London Fields Hammer wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 11:54 am
I was stood right behind the goal yesterday so got a first class view of all those shots flying over the bar. I wonder if it was partly because Burnley defend shots so well. If you don't aim at the top corners some defender will block the shot. So everyone over-compensated. It has to be said that all the Burnley back line were outstanding yesterday at the last-ditch stuff.
We just didn't have any other options. They play in that very compact formation, we couldn't get through them (needed a bit more zip on the passing, I like Benhrama but he always seems to want to take a few touches), so we kept swinging in crosses, but that wasn't getting us anywhere, so that just left edge of the area shots.
I did think at one stage we were going to win it, but Pope is a very good keeper.
Rice MotM comfortably I thought, which I'm not really happy about, because it really did look like he was a class above the rest, which can't be good for our prospects of keeping him.
Everyone thought Masuaku would be a liability, and they were right. He was exemplified when he did a great nutmeg, then passed straight to one of their players. I really hope I never see him play full back again. Coufal on the other side looked good.
Antonio the other big disappointment, didn't look fully fit. They were singing his praises on Motd2, which makes me suspect they only saw the highlights.
Happy with the clean sheet, especially for Diop, if he can cut out the errors he can be one of the best centre backs around.