I wouldn't worry, they're playing us tomorrow.

Clean sheet guaranteed

Edited by jimruss (30 Nov 2018 6.53am)

Burnley bought centre-half Ben Gibson from Middlesbrough in pre-season for £15 Mill but he has not played in the PL this season due to injury.

They have Ben Mee playing in central defence but he isn't the quickest and it appears that left-back Charlie Taylor isn't the quickest off the mark and can be got at by a wide player.James Tarkowski has been injured so Kevin Long has been partnering Mee at the back - not sure if Tarkowski will be fit for tomorrow's game.

It’s got 0-1 to them written all over it, until we find out how to win a game without scoring we’re doomed

Burnley's leaky defence versus our woeful,impotent attack.

Outcome?? No score,bore draw written all over it.

What was odd against Newcastle was that despite their slow defenders they played a relatively high line which was exploited time and again. They were also very slow at winning the second ball from set-pieces when defending. Playing away from home they are likely to play deeper though, I imagine. The two times I've seen them this season they've looked strong, physical and direct but lacking in quality. If Tomkins and Sakho are fit I think we'll be ok, but from set-pieces we are going to need to be brave at both ends as the likes of Vokes and Wood are monsters.

We’ve been playing well, but this is the game that, as you say, could really start to make things uncomfortable for Roy, no excuses of being gallant losers or scraping a good point against the big boys, if we can’t score and beat this Burnley team on current form, there’s a serious problem. I love Roy, but this is the time of year where SP might start getting an itchy trigger finger, with plenty of the season left and the transfer window looming.