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Which isn't all that impressive when you consider their budget far outstrips the majority of their opponents. It's their ability to stop goals that's impressive. Whether you're impressed with them or not, or whether you would swap a more expansive style for theirs if it meant an improvement or...

Ancelotti?

Never really as dour as all that, though, were they. Partly Graham's personality and a well-drilled offside trap gave them the 'boring Arsenal' reputation. They frequently battered teams in that era.

There's a question that's taken a bit of googling to remember which was which. 88-89 my favourite. Others standing out as having enjoyed: 89-90; 98-99; 99-00; the first lot of Championship years were turgid, but 01-02 had some enjoyable moments, as did some of 03-04; Coleman's years were...

But that wasn't a team that specialised in winning ugly. Far from it, but you can't win them all with free-flowing attacking football. Burnley *are* side set up to win ugly, and instructed to do all they can to disrupt a game, not all of those things within the laws of the game. Would I want...

Burnley's somewhere I can imagine people are still tried for witchcraft.

Yeah, he was weak as piss. It was embarrassing.

I don't know why that wasn't a booking; clear and cynical foul. Not a red, though.

No We just need officials to be stronger with teams taking the piss.

A what, now?

Fair play. That's given me a proper laugh.

He won't if idiots keep giving him attention...

As have Wycombe.

This part at least is very true.

But why was he advancing out of his box; Kitching had it covered under no pressure. Collins charging out put doubt in his mind. It was a crazy misreading of the game.

If you don't pick Wilson over a broken Collins, why extend his contract? It's so weird.

It's not corruption. He didn't care if we or Burnley won that game. He was just bad at his job, which is also an extremely difficult job.

See thread title for explanation.

Thing is, regardless of what you might think of the keepers in terms of quality, Collins' confidence is shot. That affects his decision making, and you get things like today.

Other than gifting them the goal, in the first half, when Burnley weren't just trying to defend a lead, I thought it was a good, solid display.