Burnley 0-3 Chelsea - Saturday 31st October, 2020

[Stan 10,300]

Kick-off 15.00

Live on BT Sport Box Office

     VS     

Head to Head Record
Burnley - 37
Draws - 25
Chelsea - 38

Last Meeting
11/01/2020 - Chelsea 3-0 Burnley

Last Fixture
26/10/2019 - Burnley 2-4 Chelsea

[Cicero 3,756]

Should rotate here. Lampard hinted at fatigue in some players. 

Mendy

James---Silva---Zouma---Chilwell

Kante

Kovacic----Mount

Ziyech----------------------------Pulisic

Tammy 

[Cicero 3,756]

Exact lineup except Havertz for Kovacic 

Pulisic injured in warm up. Werner in. 

Edited October 31, 2020 by Cicero

[carefreeluke 585]

The thing we lack in this shape with Pulisic pulling out late is someone who can beat a man, I don’t know why Lampard is so reluctant to use Hudson-Odoi who can do that.

With Mount and Havertz in forward positions we get in between the lines a lot more. Mount has easily been one of the best players on the pitch, it’s games like this which pass a lot of fans by. 

[carefreeluke 585]

Zouma on the right has been a worry the whole game. 

[Cicero 3,756]

Wish we replaced Carvalho with Thiago Silva back in 2010. 
 

Controlled half but we need more. Wasted opportunities. 

[carefreeluke 585]

13 minutes ago, Cicero said:

Wish we replaced Carvalho with Thiago Silva back in 2010. 
 

Controlled half but we need more. Wasted opportunities. 

Thing is we always suddenly lose control of things, there were a few times at the end of the half where we lost our shape. 

Need to kill the game.

[Cicero 3,756]

Zouma 0-2 

Completely free on the box

[Cicero 3,756]

0-3 Werner

Cohesive performance. Took some time but it looks like Lampard has finally resorted back to our original system. 
 

Mount 10x the player now he’s playing in his natural position. 

[Spike 2,687]

Typical Werner goal, from the left moving in the channel.

[carefreeluke 585]

Player of the season Kovacic nowhere near the team. 👀

[Cicero 3,756]

Kante another level today 

[carefreeluke 585]

2 minutes ago, Cicero said:

Kante another level today 

 

[Cicero 3,756]

God forbid another lockdown and at the restart Lampard goes back to the same chopping and changing again. 
 

Great performance. Much like this time last year, it’s evident this system and style of play suits the players the most. 
 

Another clean sheet. 

[Bluebird Hewitt 700]

8 minutes ago, Cicero said:

God forbid another lockdown and at the restart Lampard goes back to the same chopping and changing again. 
 

Great performance. Much like this time last year, it’s evident this system and style of play suits the players the most. 
 

Another clean sheet. 

If England's lockdown is similar to us, surely football will continue. 

[El Profesor 1,045]

1 hour ago, Cicero said:

Wish we replaced Carvalho with Thiago Silva back in 2010. 
 

 

Me too. It's a shame Thiago left Milan for PSG and therefore is not recognized as one of the best defenders of his generation like he deserves to be. 

[carefreeluke 585]

1 minute ago, El Profesor said:

Me too. It's a shame Thiago left Milan for PSG and therefore is not recognized as one of the best defenders of his generation like he deserves to be. 

I'll happily eat my words at the end of the season.

I'll wait until then though.

[carefreeluke 585]

 

 

 

43 minutes ago, Cicero said:

God forbid another lockdown and at the restart Lampard goes back to the same chopping and changing again. 
 

Great performance. Much like this time last year, it’s evident this system and style of play suits the players the most. 
 

Another clean sheet. 

Let's hope not.

Fair enough for the odd game but apart from that he needs to consistently stick to something.

[Cicero 3,756]

 

[The Artful Dodger 1,709]

2 hours ago, Bluebird Hewitt said:

If England's lockdown is similar to us, surely football will continue. 

The only reason there were people pushing for football to be abandoned was because the title was guaranteed for Liverpool. That is how England operates, it was nothing to do with the virus but English people's dislike of Liverpool.

[LFCMadLad 1,707]

9 hours ago, Cicero said:

God forbid another lockdown and at the restart Lampard goes back to the same chopping and changing again. 
 

Great performance. Much like this time last year, it’s evident this system and style of play suits the players the most. 
 

Another clean sheet. 

Might be wrong but wasn't you criticising Chelsea at half time?

 

[Cicero 3,756]

20 hours ago, Cicero said:

Wish we replaced Carvalho with Thiago Silva back in 2010. 
 

Controlled half but we need more. Wasted opportunities. 

 

10 hours ago, LFCMadLad said:

Might be wrong but wasn't you criticising Chelsea at half time?

 

 

[LFCMadLad 1,707]

19 minutes ago, Cicero said:

 

 

Yeah, couldn't remember if it was you or not. My bad mate, must have been someone else.

[6666 850]

Not many seem to be talking about how bad Burnley have been. Fulham seem to be taking most of the attention for only having a point so far. I can definitely see Burnley finally going down this season.

[Rick 1,306]

3 minutes ago, 6666 said:

Not many seem to be talking about how bad Burnley have been. Fulham seem to be taking most of the attention for only having a point so far. I can definitely see Burnley finally going down this season.

If they get this takeover through before January you can see the owners splashing some cash to try and save them. 

[RandoEFC 4,674]

7 minutes ago, 6666 said:

Not many seem to be talking about how bad Burnley have been. Fulham seem to be taking most of the attention for only having a point so far. I can definitely see Burnley finally going down this season.

They played pretty well against Spurs which is the only time I've watched them this season. I think they'll be fine. At some point they'll go on one of their runs of shithousing 6 wins in 8 games against West Ham, Everton, Newcastle, Fulham, Sheffield United and Southampton which suddenly propels them into the top half without anybody noticing.

I think Sheffield United are in big trouble this season but West Brom have been almost as useless as Fulham bar half a game against Chelsea. For me, it's one spot, who goes down with the latter two there.

[Dr. Gonzo 4,487]

4 hours ago, 6666 said:

Not many seem to be talking about how bad Burnley have been. Fulham seem to be taking most of the attention for only having a point so far. I can definitely see Burnley finally going down this season.

Every time Burnley have a bad start and we talking about how shit they've been, they end up shithousing a few results and doing better than anyone could expect as @RandoEFC said. I think it's better we just sort of don't talk about it as though it's weird and hopefully it never ends.

[Stan 10,300]

8 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Every time Burnley have a bad start and we talking about how shit they've been, they end up shithousing a few results and doing better than anyone could expect as @RandoEFC said. I think it's better we just sort of don't talk about it as though it's weird and hopefully it never ends.

Haha I hope it long continues but I'm waiting for @RandoEFC to come back and say they'll kick-start their run on 5th December.

 

 

Everton, that.

[Rick 1,306]

Here’s hoping it does continue. 

[carefreeluke 585]

I don't think they were that bad against us, was still a difficult game. I do however think that their playing style and identity has limitations though even when they're playing well.