Yes, a great many had fallen for the fear factor: "What are we going to do without Roy / Wilf / Eze / Olise" etc etc, buying into Hodgson's doom and gloom brand of abysmal football and the "You've never had it so good" schtick.
Wish him well on his retirement but thank the lord he's gone and we can now look forward to seeing what these players are actually capable of.

Apparently he’s a big thin lizzy fan hence the Phil Lynott look….

My take on the game was we started well but did not make the most of the fast start and then the game got into a holding pattern with not much happening. In the second half Burnley showed a bit more intent but never threatened. Once we got the goal (and Ayew was behind most of our better pieces of play the game was never in doubt)
There were bits of the game that we can improve on. I think we got a lot of joy crossing from the right to the left hand edge of the 6 yard box. Munoz though might have distracted Edouard in the first half for his chance but he totally got in the way of Richards who would have almost certainly have got a second if Munoz left it.
At least the new manager used the subs to good effect particularly Franco and Ahamada who both made a different when they came on.
On a negative side i just had a feeling that at times we struggled to create a lot against a team down to 10 men and when their disallowed goal went in you just had a feeling on a bad day it could have been a game we lost despite a dominate display.

I'm still thrilled.

I too felt a bit for Burnley, was not their day, but that was certainly a game that had the potential to leave the feeling 'well if we can't beat this lot, what hope is there for us?'.

Glasner has only been there a number of days, we have Guehi, Doucoure, Olise, Eze and possibly Anderson missing, but immediately the formation and team made us look something we have not for a very long time - a cohesive, modern, attacking side.

My hope for the future is high where before I always tried to be more of a 'realist' merely hoping to avoid the worst. I have great faith in Glasner almost immediately, was notable that many E.Frankfurt fans were leaving comments on our social media stating they missed him and still wish him all the best.

We should be safe this season, gawd forbid many of us may be looking forward to our games again, we have our biggest players yet to return and may see some investment for next season. Glad all over, Glasner all over, COYP, great win and here's hoping.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

I know where you are coming from. My optimism under Glasner is that he'll try to correct this. In one of his interviews he was specifically asked about scoring without EE and MO, and he talked about getting more men in the box, patterns of play etc.

For me this is critical, and the 2ng goal optimised this. Mitchel with the confidence to bring the ball forward, nice combination with Franca. And JMP and Ayew busting a gut to get in the right position. Which in turn gives Franca something to aim at.

He was no doubt aiming at JPM, but Ayew was making hte run you want your opposite wide man to make. Getting in at the back post for anything that squeezes through. (and if you look at the wide shot Munoz is just behind Ayew too).

Feels like under Roy Franca has a double marked JMP to aim at.

I know it sounds trivial, but its all simple stuff, but a lot of it comes from a confidence, and a manger who is demanding that players take the right risk and get in dangerous positions.

How will you feel, when we lose to Spurs and Luton?

Beating a poor 10 man Burnley team is no yardstick of progress, we laboured to score until they tired around 70 minutes. Lets see how the next 2 games pan out, before getting carried away.