That's Just Pitiful

Burnley 1 - Manchester United 0
Scorer
Burnley: Blake (19)

Team: Foster, Evans, Brown (Neville 71), O'Shea, Evra, Anderson (Valencia 59), Carrick, Park, Giggs, Rooney, Owen (Berbatov 64)

We all knew this was not an easy game. This was Burnley's first home game in the top division for over 30 years and emotions were high. Still it's a game we should have come away with a victory, given the quality of the opponents. Taking nothing away from a fiesty performance by the home side, we were simply rubbish.

The fixtures threw up a few seemingly easy games to start us on the new campaign, and we fizzled on the second game. Burnley were good value for a well taken goal in the 19th minute with a superb volley from Robbie Blake. And we never really looked like levelling the score.

With an entirely changed midfield, it's natural to assume it would take sometime for the engine to switch into gear, but we never did. The Anderson and Carrick pairing should NEVER EVER be put into play again. All these two bozos did were square passes and lose the ball. Park's first touch is terrible. He didn't do anything positive in the game. Only Giggs did well.

At the end of the first half, we were awarded a penalty but Carrick's spot kick was saved emphatically. I'm abit surprised that he's our designated penalty kicker. We have players like Giggs, Rooney and Owen around and Ferguson's decision was to have this waterboy take our spot kicks. I can never understand what's on Ferguson's mind.

The second half was more of the same crap. We showed no urgency, and more importantly, we lack the cutting edge. There is absolutely no way we're going to retain the title this year if we continue playing like this.

I caught Chelsea's game against Sunderland yesterday and barring some miracle, they are going to walk away with the title. Every player knows their role and when they pressure the opponents, they give it their all, something evidently lacking in our players. Maybe I'm abit harsh here on the effort thingy, but they just collectively play on the same page.

With the way we're playing right now, there is a good chance we may even fall off the top 4 this season. City and Spurs both look pretty good this season. Pool and Arse won't win the league, but they are right up there too. This is going to be a long hard season and frankly, one I'm not really looking forward to.

Wigan, this weekend, scares the shit outta me. As long as they pack the box, I can't any of our players score.