Good point. Anyone pre-match thinking we should be beating a team like Burnley is incredibly misguided and heaps unrealistic expectations on the team. Steadies the ship and gives the boys a bit of confidence ahead of the game against Watford. Deeney's red means Duffy's loss is not quite as stark...
We did well September-November to mitigate against a difficult, difficult December, something we'd all anticipated. We're through the worst of it now. Let's find our feet again and push through to the New Year. Up the Albion!
We can't just rely on the odd chance each game to score. Can't have a 100% perfect striker. We need to be providing more chances for whoever is leading the line and play a bit more positively.
I agree. My only concern is that I don't really see what Chris is doing as rotation. It's more a replacement of a player and then letting him have 2 or 3 games in the side until he's had a bad game. Aside from Bong/Suttner, when a player is rested (e.g. March), they're being rested for a couple...
Benefit of hindsight this one and very glass half empty. You can put a gloss on anything. Do you take the shine off of West Ham's victory against Chelsea because the latter played Champions League? A sign of a team that will stay up is getting the job done against teams who are in "disarray"...
Hemed must be due for a runout. Hughton's call for rotation during December has been more completely replace players, rather than rest for a game then put them back in. Murray has scored 1 in 4 now, and that one being from the spot. Got to be chance to give Murray a rest and Hemed a chance...