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The way I saw it, they both had hands on each other but Pieters was just stronger. No ref is going to give a foul for that.

And again. From 1-0 to 1-2 in the time it took me to go for a shit!

So who would you have put on in Stu's place then?

I completely agree, but Stu was spent and needed to be subbed. So what other choice did we have? With Romeu out for the rest of the season, our midfield options are extremely limited.

I'm sure MLG will read between the lines.

Not sure but I seem to recall that one was the first in a long time as well.

Congratulations to all the Burnley fans who have collected on their cheeky insurance bets they placed at 0-2.

And on the few occasions recently where he managed a cool finish when given time to think, they were all disallowed.

It's a fair cop guv!

Oh Che!

Should have brought Tella on instead of Djenepo IMO. He's more likely to chase and win those long balls.

This doesn't bode well. We rarely seem to do well when we try and go all out defence to protect a lead. And we nearly concede straight away.

How was that not a foul on Ings?

See that's why people are rightfully critical of Walcott

Indeed he has 😉

He's been good lately, but I doubt he could play the roles of 2 players!

He had no right to save that FFS!

Oh my word that was close!

Wasn't a head injury.

Well that was a strange half. I honestly thought it was all over at 0-2, because Burnley are usually very good at protecting leads and we always struggle/fail to score against those kind of sides. But since Pieters went off it does seem like tactically it has gone in our favour. Thought Pope should have saved Stu's shot but Danny's touch was excellent and he looked like the pre- injury Ings for his goal. I'm not overly confident we won't concede again, but I'll honestly take a point. Will be absolutely gutting for us to force our way back into it only to go on and lose.

That is precisely what we have been missing since Danny got injured in December.

If Forster should have saved their second then Pope should have saved that. Good move though, and deserved a goal.

Definitely all over now. Hate to say this but Burnley looked excellent in their win at Goodison. Not a chance we are coming back from this.

And no replay shown. Odd.

Why? It was a blatantly obvious penalty. You would have been fuming if that was the other way round and wasn't given.