The bad: Firstly I thought Flitcroft got the wrong starting 11. O'Brien is a winger not a central midfielder and I thought he had a really poor game today while being played out of position. Wrong defence again. McNulty and Cranie? God save us. Golbourne on the wing? Again god save us. A statue would have offered more up front than Harewood. McNulty didn't fail to disappoint. Didn't have much to do but still managed to make a balls up at every opportunity. But for players slipping and finishing badly he would have gifted them 2 or 3 goals today. Dagnall. Unluckiest striker in the history of football. Puts himself about, never actually misses badly but won't score a goal if he played every game from now till 3013. He could go round all eleven opposition players, be through on goal and just as he's about to roll it into an empty net there'd be an eclipse and and earthquake all at once and it'd bobble out for a goal kick. Made the wrong sub in my opinion, Kennedy was having a good game, Golbourne having a stinker but Flitcroft chose to sacrifice Kennedy to keep Golbourne on the pitch. The other subs were far, far too late. Was crying out for fresh legs half an hour before the changes were made. The good: RNL and Rose. both put in more effort in their short spells than Davies has shown all season. Rose took his goal well even if it was an 'easy' chance. Dagnall would have seen his effort come back off the keepers elbow or something the poor sod. The commitment. Even those who I don't rate or who I feel had a bad game showed commitment today, everyone put themselves about and tried hard, but then they have in most games to be fair to them. The funny: Steele's 'Atten-shun' when the ref called him over. Brilliant. Yes sir? you called sir? Steele again. This time for going into the ponty end (about 10 rows back as well) to collect the ball while the ball boy laid down, propped up by the advertising boards. Looked comfy. Bless. Overall: Played ok in parts, dire in others. Burnley missed a few golden chances but so did we (Hi Mr Dagnall), very lucky to get the goal but then we only got the goal due to hard work so that isn't really luck is it. Same old same old really, meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Use the prize money to pay flitcroft off and let us move forwards.
