04 Jan 2026 18:16:11
At least the Team have a chance to redeem themselves and get a decent win on Wed, after all our opponents are lowly Wolves and are bottom of the Premiership what could go wrong, bring it on and show us that you are worthy of wearing The famous Blue shirt.
04 Jan 2026 18:47:52
Play like we did today and Wolves will batter us. Why the feck did the manager change the team? O’Brien was superb against Forest, if he wanted to play Keane that badly then he should have dropped Tarkowski.
04 Jan 2026 19:09:04
Do you mean that team that drew at Anfield, drew at Old Trafford, and won at home GB? I admire your confidence but can't share it. Will be an interesting game to say the least.
04 Jan 2026 19:09:13
Mental decision BMD to change a winning side. Especially at home when you should be forcing the issue. I personally don't blame Moyes for today though. Stupid mistakes that players make shouldn't fall on the manager for me.
Tarkowski thought he was Baresi and played a stupid ball into Tim. Tarks most to blame but Tim should have anticipated the ball instead of being stuck on his heels and waiting for it. I will say it again, he does not have the intelligence to play in CM for a PL team that has aspirations of a top half finish.
Keane dreadful for the goal too. Has the danger in front of him but then decides to run across him and lose sight of Thiago. Just a truly baffling piece of defending again. He does the same thing a few minutes later but luckily Pickford made the save.
2nd goal. Free header for Collins. Tarkowski more concerned with playing the hard man with Ajer than challenging for the ball.
3rd goal, Mykolenko showing zero aggression and going half-arsed into a challenge - just get rid of him. Shock, horror! - Keane gets megged and left for dead. Tarkowski yet again marking nobody. O'Brien simply needs to step up and Schade is offside.
4th goal - just watch it back and watch Tarkowski. Past being fed up of watching that helmet jog back into position whilst looking for somebody else to do his job, only to realise no one is there to help and then put his head down to the floor and then decide to "sprint" back when it is already to late.
I would scrap the whole back line next season and just start again, bar JB.
04 Jan 2026 21:43:03
I second everything you say BN, but I probably wouldn't have wrote it as politely as you.
The defending today was atrocious, at best. How many times has Keane Tarkowski and Mykolenko put in these types of performances now? Too many to count. It's so frustrating because all 3 defended well against Utd and Forest. Keane and Tarkowski have spent most of their careers fighting relegation, with Burnley and us.
That is their level and if we want to push up the league towards European qualification they have to replaced, asap. Mykolenko is similar, he's just not good enough to consistently play well for us and also needs replacing asap.
I do think the defence will be much stronger when Branthwaite is fully fit but there's no denying the other 3 defensive positions need replacements asap.