Burnley 0-1 Saints - Reaction

[Lighthouse]

It wasn’t pretty but it’ll do.

[USaint]

Not a great game but first points of the season is a relief. 

[hypochondriac]

We wrre rubbish but you can't argue with three points. Pressure on the next game would have been massive if we hadn't won so good to be up and running. Badly need some reinforcements now to put some pressure on the midfield in particular. 

[The Kraken]

Horrible to watch but much needed 3 points.

Much improvement needed as it was basically Burnley reserves.

[Sheaf Saint]

One of the worst games of football I've ever watched (as happens a lot when Burnley are playing), but I'll take those 3 points.

This is the kind of game we usually never win, so it's great to get a result. Plenty of players well below their best out there tonight though.

[NewYorkSaint]

Phew.

[Mr X]

We won but let's not kid ourselves another poor performance!

[obelisk]

Not a good performance at all. Take those 3 points though.

[sammysaint93]

Terrible, terrible game of football. Take those 3 points though... 

[Saint Billy]

Horrible game, horrible win but at least its a win.

[OttawaSaint]

Not pretty but 3pts will do very nicely thanks.

[Useful Idiot]

Incredibly relieved that we got the result.

Defence actually looked OK for the majority of the game, but apart from the goal we were absolutely terrible going forward.

Don't think we'll face many weaker lineups than Burnley were forced into during the game.

[Jeremy]

 

ripper!

[bpsaint]

That’ll do - get the monkey off our backs and hopefully build from it.

No stand out performers, Djenepo poor and Armstrong was a let down not playing potentially goal scoring passes on a few occasions.

[Jimmy_D]

Burnley have been a bogey team for us, nice to finally(!) win at Turf Moor.

Did well to limit Burnley’s chances but they didn’t make it too difficult for us.

[saintwbu]

Really enjoyed that because it’s not something we do very often - win ugly. Romeu MOM for me, played like he was after lockdown, think the early yellow card killed him last week and him being subbed made us collapse. 

[Teddeer]

3 points however we got them was what mattered tonight. You are never going to get a classic game of football against Burnley. Makes a welcome change to put one over on them.

[itchen]

Awful game, attacking wise. But our defence better than expected. Three very welcome points.

[SNSUN]

First win at Turf Moor since 1971, was sort of watching it at work, looked scrappy, hard fought, scuffy goal, but what a win to kick start the season.

 

I'd have said we'd be on 3 or 4 points after 3 games, but I did think the win would be against Palace not Burnley. Now Ralph and co, please go out and strengthen the squad!

[Danbert]

Vestergaard had a decent game, I thought

[Bananaman]

Literally... where would we be without Danny Ings? Also, if I was Tella, i'd be fumin' at Stewie for not playing me in at the end. 

[Toadhall Saint]

Happy with that. Never going to be a classic but to win at turf moor you need to out grind them. 

[waylander]

Unimpressed with Djenepo but Vesty handled Wood pretty well. Good 3 points.

[S-Clarke]

We out Burnley' d, Burnley.

Truly inept performance all round, but 3 points are all that matters really.

A side with anything about them would have taken us apart today, thankfully it was Burnley reserves with their u18's on the bench.

Still tons and tons of improvement to be made though, we are absolutely nowhere near where we were at the end of last season, nowhere near.

Edited 26 September, 2020 by S-Clarke

[DT]

Brilliant result. Well done saints. Amazing. 

[VectisSaint]

That was absolutely dire, we were really really poor. Fortunately Burnley were an absolute shambles. 3 points is great but apart from that nothing to get excited about there. Djenepo? Has he actually played football before? Every time he got the ball, passed back, or gave it away, looked like Mane when he first arrived, let's hope he has the same transformation, cis honestly we could have replaced him with Forster and it would have been an improvement. Still like I said already 3 points so shouldn't complain too much. 

[stknowle]

We won, it's all that matters ultimately. However, it was against a poor team made particularly weak by 4 or 5 injuries to key players. It strikes me that if we have a similar injury issue this season we will be well and truly fucked. 

[Mr Brightside]

Don't care if it was rubbish, away win at Burnley, what's not to like? Pretty comfortable too. Vest and Rom decent. Get a couple in and push on from here.

[Give it to Ron]

Vestergaard was very good MOTM.

i like the way we broke up play when they broke niggly foul.

Edited 26 September, 2020 by Give it to Ron

[S-Clarke]

Just now, LeG said:

Vestergaard motm. What was wrong with Djenepo tonight??  

Looks like he's forgotten how to play football.

Desperately lacking wide depth. Let's see what happens in the next week.

[Lord Duckhunter]

Make no mistake, we got lucky today. Burnley with half a side missing, fuck me we made hard work of it. If I was a neutral I’d think 2 really poor sides. Second half we were awful.

Djenepo gave one of the most inept performances I’ve ever seen. Bertrand  way too causal second half, Armstrong & Adams had one. Oriel Rom my motm, Vestergaard did well, Ings was Ings & JWP did ok. Great to win when playing poorly for once, as it’s something we’ve not seemed capable of doing. 

[whelk]

Just now, S-Clarke said:

Looks like he's forgotten how to play football.

Desperately lacking wide depth. Let's see what happens in the next week.

I said exactly that phrase about Armstrong in second half. Rate him generally but now again just looks so poor. Lacks bottle too.

Cab still do a lot better than Adams IMO

[Sidney Fudpucker the 3rd]

Lost there last year, so that's 3 points gained this year. However, we won at Palace and beat Spurs at home last term and we lost both of them this time, so we're 3 points down on last season from the same 3 fixtures.

Really need to push on with a win next week... And get those 3 signings that Ralph has talked about over the line..

[LGTL]

Two horrendous teams, Ings aside.

[whelk]

Can’t believe no one has said ‘paper over the cracks’ yet?

[whelk]

1 minute ago, Sidney Fudpucker the 3rd said:

Lost there last year, so that's 3 points gained this year. However, we won at Palace and beat Spurs at home last term and we lost both of them this time, so we're 3 points down on last season from the same 3 fixtures.

Really need to push on with a win next week... And get those 3 signings that Ralph has talked about over the line..

That’s exactly how consecutive seasons work. 

[dronskisaint]

Poor game, we're not firing properly yet but we were the ones trying to play football...thought Romeu was a rock, Vestergard exactly what was needed and, sadly, Djenepo having one of those 'couldn't trap a bag of cement days..we do need some cover - badly!

[S-Clarke]

1 minute ago, whelk said:

I said exactly that phrase about Armstrong in second half. Rate him generally but now again just looks so poor. Lacks bottle too.

Cab still do a lot better than Adams IMO

Both 'wide' players were dreadful tonight. Armstrong doesn't look anywhere near fit enough yet, feels like we've had to rush him back due to the injuries to Redmond etc.

Shows how desperately we need additional wide players tbh. Not fair to expect someone like Tella to be the answer.

[GarrettIvo]

3 points is 3 ponts

[whelk]

Another plus is no fcker had to freeze their nuts off and no worry about getting home

[saint97]

Vestergaard and Romeu superb. Huge 3 points

[SuperSAINT]

The away form is back  

Great for us to get points on the board.

[saint1977]

Relieved to the win at a bogey ground, munter of a game. Vest very decent in countering Wood, Ings quality, Adams good assist, tidy from scraps although should have done better when spooning over. Romeu solid and his kind of game,

Both clubs COOs need to pull their fingers out on recruitment, stupidly thin benches for the PL no wonder Dyche and Ralph are fed up. Worked in Saints favour tonight as Burnley’s injury list was longer. Saints need a busy few days in the window, need a couple of CMs, a wide right at the minimum. Watched Palace v Everton on Amazon earlier, CP unlucky and light years ahead of SFC on quality even if they lose Zaha. 

[Forester]

Agree with this.  Clean sheet and in all honesty Alex had only one save to make all game

[Ashby Saint]

Positives: Ings, Vesty, Bednarek, Romeo

Negatives: Djeneppo (looked like Redders), Armstrong (faded badly), Walker-Peters (defended too narrow), McCarthy (positioning, hestitant coming out)

[beatlesaint]

The inability to keep hold of the ball in the second half especially was worrying. They made bloody hard work of it. Romeu and Vestergaard were decent.

[saint1977]

5 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

Both 'wide' players were dreadful tonight. Armstrong doesn't look anywhere near fit enough yet, feels like we've had to rush him back due to the injuries to Redmond etc.

Shows how desperately we need additional wide players tbh. Not fair to expect someone like Tella to be the answer.

Neither of them are match fit or sharp I think. The injury to Redmond exposed the stupidity of the last minute transfer activity. SFC Recruitment Team shut up about the black box and get some wide players and CMs in to help Ralph and freshen things up. Some competition will liven the place up and mean we don’t have to rush back key players like Armstrong. If they are worried about the takeover, they can use one PL loan and the European loan market rather than permanent. Stabilise and ensure new owners still have a PL club

[Jazzfunk]

We closed a game out. A game that felt like it lasted longer than the Apocalypse Now Redux. Clean sheet away, another goal for Danny Ings, and three points. What's not to like, other than the fact it was so narcoleptic that I felt myself falling asleep at half nine on a Saturday. Up the Saints. 

[Colinjb]

We showed a professional edge. That in itself, and despite the laboured elements of the game gives me great hope.

[verlaine1979]

16 minutes ago, VectisSaint said:

That was absolutely dire, we were really really poor. Fortunately Burnley were an absolute shambles. 3 points is great but apart from that nothing to get excited about there. Djenepo? Has he actually played football before? Every time he got the ball, passed back, or gave it away, looked like Mane when he first arrived, let's hope he has the same transformation, cis honestly we could have replaced him with Forster and it would have been an improvement. Still like I said already 3 points so shouldn't complain too much. 

Spot on. We were absolute toss and nicked three points by virtue of being ever so slightly less awful. If you're watching that as a neutral, you'd say both teams are likely to be well in the mix for relegation.