Burnley

More fool me for getting my hopes up after the Chelsea result and thinking the hunt for the European spots was back on. Teams with top 6 aspirations are consistent in their performances and clinically dispatch relegation candidates like Burnley – we’re neither of those. What frustrates me most is the selection. All Nuno had […]

I don’t know about you, but I couldn’t see any way back against Chelsea. Slumped in my chair, I thought about Jota, Doherty, Jimenez, Moutinho, Jonny and those glory days from just a few months previous that already feel a lifetime ago. With Dendoncker hobbling off at half-time and Adama still oiling up on the […]

Poor game management + the Mike Dean show = top 4 hopes up in smoke. Raul’s piece of brilliance in the 76th minute deserved to be the match-winner, but Nuno’s decision to replace the Mexican left Wolves short of an outlet up top, which invited Burnley onto us. The failure to heed the warning of […]

As painful as it was to learn Man City’s European ban was overturned, a top-four finish is still possible. In fact, I think if we win our three remaining games we’ll probably do it. That in itself is a big ask though given that we didn’t win any of the corresponding fixtures last season. Burnley […]

With all the technology flooding into football, it’s odd that nothing has been done to address the issue of time-wasting. If we did away with the lottery of injury time and agreed the clock was only ticking when the ball is in play we could put this to bed once and for all. No more […]

Maybe it’s a bit strange to say it without a Premier League win on the board but Wolves are on a roll. The balmy Europa victories combined with two gutsy draws against tough opposition have cemented a good start to the season. This is a dangerous fixture though and the biggest test yet of the […]