With Steven Defour's recent injury, Cork has not only lost his midfield partner but has also become the only ever present in
the Burnley team having played in all of the 26 Premier League games to date.
Not exact matches
Do nt we need to finish at least 6th for Europa league entry, with 5 games left, 3 away from home and we haven't picked up a single point this year on our travels, add to that, that
Burnley are 1 of the
teams we
play at home, if we don't win the Europa this year, we could miss out on any European football next season.
I
would have actually pick Giroud to start, so i was not disgruntled, there will be other games sanchez can get the the forward role, there are two reason i wanted giroud physical presence for defensive presence in our box with
Burnley being a physical
team and in their box to offer that physical presence, i still think arsenal are not
playing to his strengths when he
plays forward.
Where we
have teams defending like
Burnley we could use him for all the corners and physical hold up
play needed to break them down.
I quite like our remaining fixture list; we
have played 6 of our 8 «mini-league» games against the 4
teams above us, after TH our remaining away games are Palace, QPR, Newcastle,
Burnley, Hull and Man U and with 8 home games where I don't fret so much.
Just kidding — let's
play the strongest
team we
have while looking at
Burnley on Sunday.
I remind everybody it is mighty
Burnley arsenal
has just beaten and it was not so easy.I doubt this same
team would have beaten any big
team, open your eyes nothing
has changed, it s still the favourites of wenger and the others can rot on the bench or
have a ridicule 10 mn of
play.
Yes completely agree, to be Champions, we
have to
play like Champions, We must win against
Burnley and Watford and beat Chelease at bridge, Can we do it, if yes that we are Potential Champion if not then we are are an average
team, and we must pray god that the
team likes Chelsea and Liverpool also become average and thenwe can fight?
I
have a feeling that Giroud is only going to be
playing in games like Ludgorets, or as Wenger said,
teams like
Burnley.
Not to mention they
have Danny Ings who wasn't bad last season
playing for a smaller
team like
Burnley and Balotelli as back ups.
As reported by The Mirror today, Sherwood
has played down the fact that his
team were beaten at home by
Burnley in their final Premier League game and suggested that he will instruct his players to go out with an open and attacking frame of mind in the FA cup final at Wembley on Saturday.
Arsenal are the first of the top six, those
teams currently above us in the table, to visit us this season
having played four of them away and this, above all the others, is perhaps one
Burnley fans
would love to win.
Moreover as Chelsea
have to
play the possibly relegated
teams we
have to
play Sunderland
Burnley (away) and Hull (away) as well plus Chelsea and United at Old Trafford.
100 % — Swansea City
have won all three of their Premier League home games against
Burnley — the only
team they
have a 100 % win record against
having played them more than once at the Liberty Stadium.
While Crystal Palace and Charlton Athletic wait to find out which north group
teams will be joining them in the end of season
play - offs,
Burnley have finally moved off...
Sam Vokes could be set to
play against
Burnley team mates Stephen Ward and Jeff Hendrick at international level
having been called up today by Wales manager Chris Coleman for their World Cup qualifier against the Republic of Ireland.
We move on, though — specifically to tonight's rare Thursday - evening match against
Burnley, who these days are an uncomfortably tough
team to
play - a widely admired, over-achieving side who badly want the Europa League place that we currently occupy, and which we
would happily surrender to them, as long as we were headed north into the Champions League and therefore in no further need of it.
Burnley's youth
team will
play their last game of the season tomorrow morning at Port Vale, bringing to an end a disappointing season that
has seen us finish next to bottom of the Youth Alliance League.
As they prepare to continue their defence of the trophy against
Burnley on Saturday, Mertesacker says everyone
has a role to
play in helping the
team achieve more success.
History hasn't been kind to Wolves, as they became one of the only
teams to
play in all four divisions at the end of the 1980s, ironically at the same time as
Burnley, but recent result
have prompted fans to believe they might be back on the rise.
KEY FACT:
Burnley have lost only three of their 20 league meetings with Huddersfield since March 1971 MATCH ODDS: Huddersfield 11/8 Draw 21/10
Burnley 5/2 bet365 Pick:
Burnley first
team to score @ 6/4 ANDY SAYS: A close call,
have to go with a score draw... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS:
Burnley have a lot of players out, so I think Huddersfield might win this... 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: Can see goals in this one, but can't separate the two
teams... 2 - 2 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: The only
play in this game who is in the top - 200 is Aaron Mooy
With
Burnley going well in the Championship, Arsenal
had to be weary of their opponents in the FA Cup 4th round, and couldn't afford to
play a severely weakened
team.
Sam Allardyce explained before last weeks win at
Burnley that he
has every intention of
playing his strongest
team right until the very last day of the season.
It was a largely inexperienced
team with Dan Agyei and Gudmundsson's former Charlton
team mate Nick Pope the only others to
have played any first
team football at
Burnley.
It's probably harsh to stereotype the Canaries and claim they could be another Hull,
Burnley or even a Blackpool,
teams who in recent campaigns
have gone up to the Premier League with a reputation for
playing an attacking brand of football and maintained their forward - thinking principles.
He started last season in the centre of defence but
has moved more recently to a right - back berth whilst stepping up to our under - 23
team under Michael Duff who himself
played in that position before finally settling in at centre half in the
Burnley team.
Manchester United
have continued their decline in form after putting 37 shots on goal against
Burnley at Old Trafford last Saturday, to being controlled by Fenerbahçe in the UEFA Europa League in Turkey, losing 2 - 1 and
playing like a
team that not only do not know each other,
have never
played football before and
had clearly never heard about the passion you must show when
playing for a club as big as Manchester United.