Very, very frustrating watching that. Extremely limited approach but even when chances have come the confidence just isn’t there to step up.
We lack players like Kudus and Pacqueta but the players we do have are struggling with the basics...
Our striker took the penalty.. our striker…. the person who’s paid to score goals, and we all absolutely knew it was going to be missed.
I think that says it all.
Everyone involved in our attacking play needs to do far better, including Dom, and including the manager.
His lack of goals is a major problem, but so is our lack of chance creation in recent weeks.
Calvert Lewin is not the problem. But he is definitely part of something that is a big problem.
I think that's the fairest way of putting it.
We need our centre forward to play much better and start scoring but we need everyone around him to...
And to return to a theme you wonder how much the psychology of the deduction kicks in. Relegation-threatened side on 20 points absolutely desperate just to cling to three points sits in and invites pressure, maybe a mid-table side on 30 points...
…I think it’s a real quandary for Dyche. He’ll be desperately wanting somebody to score goals for the team, he hinted at this in his post-match interview, but;
- DCL is most polished, the most technically effective and arguably fits the team...
Harrison, McNeil and Calvert-Lewin are so isolated. Garner and Gana/Onana don’t get up the pitch to support. The ball is just booted up the pitch and hoping to capitalise on a knock down.
Dyche has done a lot of things really well in very...
The likes of Onana, Garner, McNeil and Harrison are good technical players. We should be far better when we’re in possession and be able to work it up the pitch rather than simply resorting to hoofing it up to a target man all the time.