Clarets v Watford Match Thread

[criminalclaret]

Forster and Twine looking to come one. Barnes and Zaroury perhaps?

[Buxtonclaret]

They're really going to be holding play up now,

[box_of_frogs]

This is one of them 1-0 defeats where nothing goes for us isn’t it

Just like the match down at Watford!

[NickBFC]

Quite a thuggish lot Watford.

[HunterST_BFC]

I’d be happy for Barnes to get his red card… as long as he smashes that Hoedt tw@t for it

[burnleymik]

Barnes and JBG off

[Boss Hogg]

This is one of them 1-0 defeats where nothing goes for us isn’t it

Looks like this. They’ve come with a game plan with their pressing and physicality.

[JimmyRobbo]

This is one of them 1-0 defeats where nothing goes for us isn’t it

Unfortunately, I think so. I have thought that a few times this year and we've turned it around. Who knows, we've found ways to win before.

[grapidianclaret]

JBG was good again tonight

[Buxtonclaret]

They'll kick us off the pitch these last 20.

[Ampth7]

JBG was good again tonight

Yes, played well

[Shaggy]

Looks like this. They’ve come with a game plan with their pressing and physicality.

It would be better if we had a competent ref to be fair, but just seems one of those games

[Indecisive]

This is how football works.

We're by far the better team and the football is attractive to watch.

Everyone is hyper critical because they've scored and we haven't.

If you watched this game and they just cut 30-40 secs of key moments, and asked who won, 99% of people would guess us.

It's not our best performance, but we are the better team... as we have been in all but 1 or 2 matches this season.

Similar to judging our chairman's performance on other threads, the only real metric the majority of fans use to analyse performance is whether we get 3 points or not.

[burnleymik]

We are well off our usual game plan. So many long wasted balls. Really unlike how we normally play.

[Superjohnnyfrancis]

Another clueless ref what a pity

Needs to look at the players from corners not the taker

[criminalclaret]

We are definitely not at the races tonight but I still have faith. Get one, WBA will collapse

[NickBFC]

Ekdal and Maatsen really have been awful on the ball tonight. Really off colour.

[Ampth7]

Maatsen has been poor

[LordBob]

This is one of them 1-0 defeats where nothing goes for us isn’t it

It could be I'm not there tonight had pain relief injections this morning told not to drive for 48 hours and it's a long round trip but if Watford and the Blades get the double on us and we go to the prem 17 points clear does it matter??? Luton won't be liking this.

[Taffy on the wing]

Maatsen has been poor

Just one of those days!

[Ampth7]

Just one of those days!

Indeed

[box_of_frogs]

Another clueless ref what a pity

Needs to look at the players from corners not the taker

Whilst he’s not been great, I don’t think we can blame the scoreline on him. Only got ourselves to blame.

[Kgun5]

Sloppy football.

[HunterST_BFC]

We are getting "Burnleyed"...

[CombatClaret]

We are getting "Burnleyed"...

Dyche's Burnley

[SussexDon1inIreland]

Come on super Burnley

[burnleymik]

Obafemi coming on.

[Rick_Muller]

I can’t stand cheating on football. Watford are a bunch of cheats

[NickBFC]

Reckon Tella scores that.

[Kgun5]

Turf Moor fans urging the team forward.

[CombatClaret]

I can’t stand cheating on football. Watford are a bunch of cheats

The easiest team talk for Bilic pre-game, "Go out and spoil the party".

[burnleymik]

Free kick in a good spot. Come on Twiney!

Oh and robbo off for Obafemi

[LordBob]

Dyche's Burnley

Like when we beat Liverpool 2-0 and when you looked at the stats you would't have believed it, that's footy and we love it !!

[SussexDon1inIreland]

Surely that’s two yellows for Pedro?

[tarkys_ears]

Surely that’s two yellows for Pedro?

Nope... Didn't get one for his assault

[Rick_Muller]

Surely that’s two yellows for Pedro?

That’s what I thought too

[PremierLeagueClass]

This is where we really miss Benson.

[SussexDon1inIreland]

Cheating bast@@@s

[JimmyRobbo]

A naive display in many ways.

Credit to Watford, they've been horrible since their goal.

[CoolClaret]

I don’t mind physical teams - leaving stuff in and shirt pulling is cheating though.

Still not sold on var but if we had it I think Watford would be down to 10 men

[box_of_frogs]

We could be playing Watford next week and still not
score!

[Kgun5]

6 added.

[Mrpotatohead]

A bad day at the office. A GK calamity is the only difference here and I think we've still been the better side on the whole. We move on to the next one.

[SussexDon1inIreland]

Joke! Should be 10 at least

[Longsider]

Come on Burnley. Come on Burnley

[Milltown1882]

I don’t mind physical teams - leaving stuff in and shirt pulling is cheating though.

Still not sold on var but if we had it I think Watford would be down to 10 men

They’d be down to about 8 tonight

[Boss Hogg]

Horrible ref horrible Watford side. They’ve done their homework but we’ve been miles off it

[burnleymik]

Stupid by Obafemi. Just gives even more opportunities to waste time

[Elbarad]

A lot of huffing and puffing, but sloppy at key times. Oh well, can't win them all I suppose, though I was starting to think we just might.

[PremierLeagueClass]

Bit concerning our subs have pretty much killed our attacking threat.