In the bleak midsummer
Burnley 1 Wrexham
4
Report by Becko
Let's not get too down,
it's only a friendly.
Hmmm. Well beaten by a
team who were two divisions below us last year. Nothing's really changed.
We looked OK going forward, Blake and Little were prominent, and Ian
Moore ran his socks off as usual. However the non-existent midfield and
sieve-like defence remain.
Mr Kilby promised 10 new
players before the season; Stan said we would have 5 or 6 in addition to
the 4 signed by the time we went to the Isle of Man, and so far they
haven't materialised. It's proving more difficult than we thought to sign
these players.
Hopefully
in the next few days we'll see the squad added to with quality players, or
the winter promises to be worse, far worse, than last year.
So what about the new signings?
Well, we needed a keeper, and it looks like we still do. On the 90 minutes
seen, The Beast, Hulk, or Bulk didn't impress. The jury's still out on Lee
Roche, but I do wonder why we signed a right back when we have two already
at the club. Mo Camara did look both 'up for it' and quick - he was
the one bright spark of the evening - but he is older than Lee Briscoe,
who we've
released. As for the trialists, forget them: and that's as worrying as
signing so few new players, if that's the calibre and the pedigree of the
type of
player we can attract. To put it bluntly, the centre of midfield and the
centre of defence must have four new players in it sooner rather than later.
What about the game? Ian
Moore scored inside the first minute with an overhead kick after confusion
in the Wrexham box, but that was as good as it got. Defensive errors and
free headers meant it was all too easy for Wrexham. We did have chances in
the second half, but you won't be surprised to hear we tried to walk the
ball into the net.
Last season I was confident
we wouldn't go down; as it stands I can't see too many teams finishing below
us. Let's hope there's at least three.
If you're interested, Burnley
lined up as follows:
|
Jensen |
|
Roche |
Richard |
Branch (C) |
Camara |
West |
Weller |
Grant |
Little |
|
Antoine-Curier |
Moore I |
|
Subs:
Blake for Weller (30),
O'Neill for Grant (56),
Gnohere for Antoine-Curier (45).
Sub not used:
Delaney.
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