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[Libertine]

I still hate Joey Barton as much as I ever have...

Barton yellow carded for a late tackle on Quinn

Should've been his 2nd and a sending off for the worthless pcunt...

[Horsham Royal]

1 goal -> 2 pages

[Horsham Royal]

1 goal -> 2 pages

don't need the goal now (but it would be nice)

[Melton Royal]

5 minutes of injury time - where did that come from??

[Libertine]

FT 0-0

[Josef Fritzl]

We'll score a goal one day

[Longhorn1970]

Just trying to get this to a 2 pager



and failing

Burnley very ordinary could have gone either way (like McShane said) ..

[Longhorn1970]

We'll score a goal one day

Strikers look underwhelming ..

[Melton Royal]

On the brighter side, both Derby & Forest lost - just waiting for Arsenal to beat Leicester tomorrow & then see all the glum faces in the East Mids

[genome]

There's justice in football... Absolutely horrendous dive from Gray (who was shit). All hail Ali. Decent point I guess but had nothing in the final third again.

[Longhorn1970]

There's justice in football... Absolutely horrendous dive from Gray (who was shit). All hail Ali. Decent point I guess but had nothing in the final third again.

The sooner we have a video referee the better, then he can be sin binned !

[stealthpapes]

Just trying to get this to a 2 pager



and failing

[Melton Royal]

[Longhorn1970]

5 minutes of injury time - where did that come from??

never never land .. It's madness

[sandman]

5 minutes of injury time - where did that come from??

Joey Barton.

[Longhorn1970]

good results

W-D-L-D-L-D-D

[genome]

Someone on the Burnley forums thinks Al-Habsi should've been sent off for the penalty

[Ian Royal]

Hard fought game full of errors from both sides and the ref. Burnley had the better chances and should have won but we deserved a point if nothing more.

Al-Habsi 9 MotM several good saves including the pen. Nothing wrong.
Gunter 7 same old Gunter
Obita 7 defended fairly well
Cooper 5 awful passing and gifted them a break
McShane 8 rock
Norwood 5 awful dead balls and poor passing
Hector 5 tries to bring it down but awful passing
Quinn 7 busy but not really sure what his role was until Norwood went off.
HRK 8 caused loads of problems but never anyone in the box
Piazon 5 lightweight and soft
Kermorgant 5 isolated and doesn't look like scoring

McCleary 5 off the pace
Rakels 7 little service but looks bright

Ref. Awful. Had no control at all. I don't really like the red card used for handbags, but it's the way it's used and when you kick out not once but twice you have to walk.

Yet again a team who fouls almost every break we get and barrly gets a card. Two or three times kick the ball away, nothing.

Not sure if it was a pen or not but it looked like a Johnson dive special may have been contact. Had no control of our players. Pushing and shoving everywhere. HRK hacking up the spot. Shambles.

It looks like none of the players believe we can score.

Burnley were as bad as us, but got some sitters (and spaffed them all).

Good point in the end.

[leon]

Hard fought game full of errors from both sides and the ref. Burnley had the better chances and should have won but we deserved a point if nothing more.

Al-Habsi 9 MotM several good saves including the pen. Nothing wrong.
Gunter 7 same old Gunter
Obita 7 defended fairly well
Cooper 5 awful passing and gifted them a break
McShane 8 rock
Norwood 5 awful dead balls and poor passing
Hector 5 tries to bring it down but awful passing
Quinn 7 busy but not really sure what his role was until Norwood went off.
HRK 8 caused loads of problems but never anyone in the box
Piazon 5 lightweight and soft
Kermorgant 5 isolated and doesn't look like scoring

McCleary 5 off the pace
Rakels 7 little service but looks bright

Ref. Awful. Had no control at all. I don't really like the red card used for handbags, but it's the way it's used and when you kick out not once but twice you have to walk.

Yet again a team who fouls almost every break we get and barrly gets a card. Two or three times kick the ball away, nothing.

Not sure if it was a pen or not but it looked like a Johnson dive special may have been contact. Had no control of our players. Pushing and shoving everywhere. HRK hacking up the spot. Shambles.

It looks like none of the players believe we can score.

Burnley were as bad as us, but got some sitters (and spaffed them all).

Good point in the end.

Disagree. Burnley looked ordinary and did nothing apart from con the ref in the second half.

If we had stepped up a gear in the last 15 mins instead of passing it to the opposition we would have had all 3 points?. Actually a bit disappointed.

[Ian Royal]

If Burnley had tucked away the penalty or one of two or three sitters, they'd have won comfortably, because even when not passing it to the opposition we never looked likely. Fact is, we didn't step it up. I also never said Burnley looked better than ordinary, in fact I implied they were pretty cack.