charleyfarley 12:02 Sat Mar 24
Burnley 2 v 2 West Ham - Official Match Thread (FT - & Reading Won 3-1)
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BURNLEY v WEST HAM UNITED
npower CHAMPIONSHIP
SATURDAY 24 MARCH 2012
KICK-OFF: 3PM
• West Ham United go into Saturday afternoon's npower Championship fixture at Burnley unbeaten in nine games. The Hammers begin the weekend in third place in the table, two points behind second-place Reading with a game in-hand.
• Burnley sit in 16th place in the table. The Clarets have not won a league game in six attempts last tasting victory when they beat Barnsley 2-0 at Turf Moor on 14 February.
• The reverse npower Championship fixture this season between the two sides came on 3 December 2011 when Burnley snatched a 2-1 win at the Boleyn Ground. This was the last time the Hammers lost a league match at home
TEAM NEWS
BURNLEY
• Forward Danny Ings (hip) missed Wednesday's 1-0 defeat at Ipswich Town and could miss Saturday's game.
• Full-back Danny Lafferty came off midway through Wednesday's game at Portman Road with a hamstring injury and is also a doubt.
WEST HAM
• West Ham United will once again be without the services of Ricardo Vaz Te (hamstring), Julien Faubert (groin), Winston Reid (head), Papa Bouba Diop (hamstring) and Guy Demel (thigh).
• The Hammers have no new injury concerns nor suspensions for Saturday's game in Lancashire.
SKY BET
• BURNLEY 19/10
• Draw 12/5
• WEST HAM 11/8
REFEREE
• Saturday's referee will be Mark Haywood.
• Haywood took charge of his first-ever Hammers game earlier this season when he was the man in the middle for the Hammers'
0-0 home draw with Bristol City on 1 November.
WEATHER
• Saturday's weather forecast is for a warm, sunny day in Burnley with maximum temperatures of 15C (59F).
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Wham1966
10:35 Sat Mar 24
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An ITK on ITBS says Morrison didn't show for another training session this week. Would explain his absence from the bench.
The boy needs to learn this is his chance, but he has to play by the rules. Or both the fans and the player will be asking in a year's time, what might have been.
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Chalkie the Ponce
9:29 Sat Mar 24
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I just hope that BFS has the guts to change his style of play because we do not have the players to play it.
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Duke of Devonshire
8:02 Sat Mar 24
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Hugh, I think that just shows how desperate we are to try something different.
I want to see us with more mobility in the middle. Lansbury showed glimpses of this early on and seems to be a different player for the England U21s. I'd like to see him get a chance.
Morrison looks an exciting talent but we'll never see how well he can be if he never plays.
One thing's for sure, O'Neil is not the answer.
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Hugh Jargon
7:56 Sat Mar 24
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I think its hilarious how everyone picks Morrisson. Never seen him play!
Maynard, Vaz Tie and Balders up front for the rest of the season. Nice and lively.Shit or bust.
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The_Professor
7:55 Sat Mar 24
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Cole should watch Carew and learn how to play as a target man.
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stirlinghammer
7:50 Sat Mar 24
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thanks danny, great to get your view from the game. safe journey home mate...
lets hope its maynard & baldock for the remainder of the season. cole is ok for the final 10 mins of the game if required
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DANNY66
7:47 Sat Mar 24
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Currently at services just after Birmingham
A few things.Plenty of chances were spurned by Cole,Taylor,Nolan,Carew and Baldock.One of those occasions when the ball wouldn't drop right for us in the box.
However the team was wrong from the start.Baldock and Maynard should have been the front two
In the first 68 seconds we knocked the ball long 5 times
We played more football with Baldock and Maynard but when we brought Carew on started knocking it long again.Although this did create a couple of chances a more measured approach with some craft and guile from say Lansbury I felt would have seen us snatch a winner!
All in all I left the game disappointed as the draw didn't do much for us and it was a game we should have won!
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Valley Hammer
7:29 Sat Mar 24
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What a change in the seocnd half. As others have said it should be Maynard and Baldock up front form now on with Cole on the bench.
A game that wa sthere for the taking and we should have taken it.
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Hammer and Pickle
7:26 Sat Mar 24
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andyd 7:19 Sat Mar 24
More than happy to differ to your better judgement seeing as you were there mate.
Perhaps there is hope after all.
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Far Cough
7:21 Sat Mar 24
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Apparently, Morrison missed another training session, according to Moxy
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andyd
7:19 Sat Mar 24
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Hammer and Pickle 6:53 Sat Mar 24
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Delusional.
Sam is spot on. Back home from the game (live in Mcr) and we had so many chances it was untrue. 0-2 at HT was a joke. At 2-2 we must've had 4 good chances in the last 5 mins to win it.
Hopefully Mayn and Bald will stay up front for Peterborough as they looked sharp second half.
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The_Professor
7:15 Sat Mar 24
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agreed.
He is a real threat too opposition defences, same with Maynard.
Cole just aint good enough, he has strength but ability average.
Hes 6 3 ft and cant play as a target man which makes me laugh to be honest.
Carew is far better even tho his finishing is just as bad as Coles.
I would play 4312 for the rest of the season with Maynard Baldock Nolan just behind and let them form a partnership
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bruuuno
7:14 Sat Mar 24
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WE ARE WEST HAMS CLARET N BLE ARMY
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Kidders
7:11 Sat Mar 24
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1 pt from Burnley, 0 pts from Ipswich could just be the difference now, thats a massive 11 points dropped from 2 ordinary teams.
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ChesterRd
7:06 Sat Mar 24
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Sounds like he still thinks he started with the right line up. Oh dear.
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stirlinghammer
6:55 Sat Mar 24
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lucky we did not score in the first half as BFS would have reverted to a 4-6-0
fck off BFS.
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Hammer and Pickle
6:53 Sat Mar 24
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Delusional.
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Stranded
6:51 Sat Mar 24
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Sam says..
"I'm flabbergasted how we did not win that," said Allardyce.
"I'm stunned and shocked but that's football.
"I was stunned at half-time that we were 2-0 down. We dominated the game from the very start and kept slipping up. We kept missing chances. Whatever we did we couldn't find the net.
"In the second half we got better and better and then squandered so many chances. It's a massive cost to us because we should have won comfortably.
"This could be the turning point in our season with regards to getting automatic promotion. It makes things more tense and tight.
"I just told the players to carry on the way they were playing at half-time as chance after chance went begging.
"It was just two defensive slip-ups that cost us. The second one was an ordinary cross we should have dealt with. I've never seen a game like that."
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BKH WHUFC
6:27 Sat Mar 24
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has to play at Peterborough
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Leigh Jim
6:14 Sat Mar 24
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-------------Green----------
Obrien--Faye-Tomkins- McCartney
Morrison --Nolan --noble-- Taylor
---balldock-----Maynard-----
Surely the team for Tuesday?
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Xnulian Rrudho
6:11 Sat Mar 24
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BKH WHUFC 6:06 Sat Mar 24
Same. I bet his confidence hasn't been done any favours by spending so long out of the side, or out of position
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