Burnley
4 Bradford City 0
Blake's heaven
The statistics said...
We
beat Bradford 4-0 at the Turf,
leaving the defeat at Naardge but a distant memory.
After
an indifferent start, our
first goal came in the 43rd minute. Man of the
match (and former Bantam) Robbie Blake
played an inch-perfect ball to Ian Moore, whose
shot from
around ten yards
left ex-Claret favourite Marlon Beresford
with no chance.
In
the second half, it was all Burnley. Luke Chadwick
quickly added two goals, in the 54th minute and
then on the hour mark. Both were excellent strikes
- the first with his left foot and the
second with
his
right. Soon after, in the 68th minute, a Farrelly
pass set up Blake for the goal his all-round
performance merited.
Our survey said...
:
I thought that the first half could have gone either
way, but we got the crucial first goal, changed
the formation, and played well in the second
half to fully deserve our handsome win.
In defence,
Todd was great - and in attack, Blake was outstanding.
In defence,
Camara is only second in ineptitude to The
Wild Women of Wongo* - and in attack, Facey again
showed that he is not a centre-forward, with one
of the
worst misses of all time. Indeed, if Facey is a
centre-forward, I am Monica Lewinsky.
*Film,
famous for being stupendously bad.
Pauline:
My first home game of the season - I can't understand
what everyone's been moaning about! Poor Marlon.
He wasn't at fault for any of the goals. Robbie
Blake was superb, and so was Andy Todd. I felt
a little sorry for Bradford, as they were probably
on top for the first twenty minutes or so, and
didn't really do anything wrong. We were just too
good - that's everyone, including Facey. He might
have missed a sitter, but he had a good game overall.
The only
downside was that ever since returning from the
game, I've been ill (hence the lateness of this
report). Still, I can put up with that every time
if it means that the Clarets win!
Danny:
We really needed the goal before half time, but that
gave no indication of the pleasure the second half
would bring. Ironically, it all began with the
miss of the season by Delroy, which meant that
the rest of the team took responsibility for ensuring
that it didn't have to count. A thoroughly enjoyable
performance.
Barbara:
It was nice to see Marlon picking the ball out of
the net four times! Well done all the Clarets.
John:
After a poor start, we came to life after our first
goal. In the second half, we were much improved
- I lost count of how many attempts on goal we
had, which must be a good thing.
Hopefully, Stan's policy
of shoot on sight will be continued for the rest
of the season.
Partick*:
After a somewhat shaky start, it was nice to see
the Clarets get back to dominating a game.
*Well, that's how
Burnley spelt his name on his seat this season.
Worse still, it was actually there before, spelt
correctly... Our Travel Secretary
is now heartily sick of thistle jokes!
Chris:
In the first half, it was a very average game, except
for the last five minutes of the half
which saw very entertaining, goal-to-goal action.
Ian Moore's goal was very well taken.
In the second half, we picked up our game after
Facey's miss. The twenty minutes that followed were
truly brilliant, and I hope we play like that for
the rest of the season.
Michael:
Facey is a complete donkey. Robbie Blake's finish
for his goal was sublime. Andy Todd is a defender.
Dean West is still never in the right place when
defending(?), but his attitude is excellent.
The Beast is overweight. Farrelly was very good,
but has tart tendencies. Overall, an excellent
performance against a very poor team.
Becko:
We've
got Robbie Blake,
We've got Robbie Blake;
We've got Robbie, we've got Robbie;
We've got Robbie Blake!
And
Luke Chadwick - so we should stay up!
Firmo:
This is Firmo, reporting from the Todmorden Beer Festival.
I am delighted, and not a little relieved, to have
seen us win at Turf Moor today. I didn't want to
make a big thing out of this, but I hadn't seen
Burnley win at home in the League since Boxing
Day last year. And I've been going to more home
games.
Thank
God we won today. I think Stan's half-time team
talk must have included the words "Just bloody
shoot, will you?". Luke Chadwick was
excellent. But what about Facey's miss? We think
it came third in the list of all-time Burnley misses,
behind only BRENDAN O'CONNELL'S MISS AT YORK and
Graham Branch's miss at Oldham.
I
was a bit disappointed with the Bradford supporters
booing Robbie Blake today. I thought they showed
a lack of grace. However, he repaid them with an
excellent performance. It has to be said, though,
that the Bradford supporters we bumped into at
the Beer Festival are splendid fellows. Time for
another beer!
Pete:
The best I've seen us play this season. Nice to see
us score some goals at home for a change. If we
keep this team for the next few games, I think
we'll win a few.
Editor's
note: it's been suggested that Pete has a twin
brother, in the form of Ed de Goey. What do you
think?
| Separated
at birth? |
|
|
Pete |
Ed |
Dermot:
After
a disappointing start, we came in 1-0 up at the
break, and then started the second half as we'd
finished the first. The glaring miss by Facey seemed
to inspire the team to a resounding victory. Roll
on next week!
Pic
of the day
In
order to facilitate faster drinking, Woody has
grown an extra hand. You can see the concentration
etched on his face as he tries to grow an extra
mouth to match.
Poll
of the day
A
sensible one this week: If you could keep
one of our three short-term loan players (Facey,
Farrelly and Todd), which
one would it be?
After
the usual bickering, the votes came in as follows:
• 0 voters
went for Facey
• 2 voters plumped for Farrelly
• A rather impressive 10 voters
decided on Andy Todd. Indeed, he is this week's
broccoli! It should be pointed out
that
all
three contenders
got
positive feedback.
Quote
of the day
Barbara: "Did
anyone see that programme on memory loss the other
night? Did anyone see that programme on memory
loss
the
other night? Did anyone see that programme on
memory loss
the
other night?"
Word
of the day
Formulaic.
Courtesy of Mr Michael E Benyon, showing off his
learning. As in "Goodness, aren't Chicago's
songs formulaic?".
(The taxi driver who drove us from Bradford to
Burnley
played them non-stop. After the third rendition
of "Sing, Sing, Sing", we were ready
to kill, kill, kill.)
As with all articles on the site, the views expressed in the vox pop section are those of the individual contributors, and do not necessarily reflect the view of the Burnley FC London Supporters Club.
