Burnley 1 West Ham 3


By Burnley FC
October 18 2014

Burnley were undone by ruthless finishing from West Ham United on an action-packed afternoon at Turf Moor.  Diafra Sakho and Enner Valencia gave the visitors a two-goal lead at the start of the second half after the Clarets had dominated the opening 45 minutes.

     George Boyd gave hope of a fightback with his first goal for the Clarets on the hour mark. 
But the Hammers had the final say when substitute Carlton Cole made sure of their victory on 70 minutes. 
Danny Ings and David Jones were both back in the Burnley starting line-up after recovering from injuries, with the latter partnered by Scott Arfield in the centre of midfield. 
Both teams were keen to start the game on the front foot, but it was Burnley who made nearly all the running. 
Hammers centre back James Collins had to throw his body in the way of Ings’ shot on the turn after less than two minutes. 
And on five minutes, the Clarets went desperately close to the opener. 
The ball broke to Boyd on the edge of the box and the wide man controlled it well on his chest before unleashing a brilliant strike that came back off the underside of the crossbar. 
Burnley put their opponents under severe pressure and soon thought they had taken the lead. 
Ings, back at his impish best in the opening 45 minutes, danced his way merrily through three West Ham defenders and after Adrián managed to push his shot aside, Jutkiewicz tapped the ball in only to be denied by the linesman’s flag for offside. 
The visitors were simply unable to cope with the Clarets’ energy and purpose in the initial quarter of an hour and Jutkiewicz couldn’t keep his header down following Kieran Trippier’s inviting cross to the far post. 
In response, Valencia had a hopeful, long-range effort off target on 17 minutes. 
It was still Burnley who were dominating though with Ings and Jutkiewicz combining nicely and only lacking the final touch. 

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Burnley 1 West Ham 3
Discussion started by TheLongside.co.uk , 18/10/2014 18:42
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Foreverclaret
18/10/2014 14:19
Teams are in

Burnley; Heaton, Trippier, Shackell, Duff, Mee, Kightly, Arfield, Jones, Boyd, Ings, Jutkiewicz

Subs: Gilks, Long, Ward, Barnes, Chalobah, Wallace, Sordell.


West Ham; Adrian, Reid, Cresswell, Downing, Sakho, Noble, Jenkinson, Collins, Amalfitano, Song, Valencia

Subs; Nolan, Jarvis, Vaz Te, O'Brien, Jääskeläinen, Cole, Burke

Foreverclaret
18/10/2014 15:06
Boyd hits the crossbar, so unlucky, great attempt

Foreverclaret
18/10/2014 15:09
Juke scores but is rightly ruled offside.

Foreverclaret
18/10/2014 15:18
Playing well today, far better, just shows the difference with some of the guys back.

Foreverclaret
18/10/2014 15:49
God first half, should be in front really, we just don't have that killer instinct in front of goal

Foreverclaret
18/10/2014 16:09
0-1 down, typical, we have a great first half with some good chances but no goals scored, then go 1 down with a poorly defended header.

Foreverclaret
18/10/2014 16:11
0-2 down more shocking defending.

Foreverclaret
18/10/2014 16:18
1-2 Boyd gets one back, now come on lads let's be having yer

Foreverclaret
18/10/2014 16:27
1-3 down, we just cannot defend.

Jabberwocky
18/10/2014 16:44
We can't score goals and struggle to defend. Doesn't take a genius to work out what that leads to. Incredibly frustrating given the potential we have.

So_Cal_Claret
19/10/2014 15:04
Lacking two things: pace and confidence (OK - and maybe a bit of luck). Frustrating, becuase we are so close to being a solid PL side.

Strikers and back four are lacking confidence and in certain cases, don't enough pace at this level.

Midfield four were brilliant in the first half. Not sure what happened in the second half, but most of 'em disappeared.

Once fat Sam figured out he needed to get behind our fullbacks and get some crosses in, we were done for. He could do that, because they had more pace than we do.

Just to stir the pot, here's what I would do next week to try and solve the problems:

Gilks

Tripps Shackell Keane Ward

Arfield Marney Jones Boyd

Ing Sordell

If Marney isn't fit, then Chabolah.

Dave Thomas
19/10/2014 17:34
Cal Claret... is that you Graham

So_Cal_Claret
19/10/2014 20:27
Dave - 'tis I.

bordeauxclaret
19/10/2014 22:18
Overall I thought we played quite well, still the same things killing us though, we can't defend corners and Ings can't buy a goal.

I was surprised at the amount of space they had out wide for the crosses for the first two goals. Normally we cover well with the two banks of four, but it all went pear-shaped twice in five minutes, not like us at all, but if you switch off at this level....

BC
Prediction League Champion 2006/7
Fantasy League Winner 2007/8

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