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Burnley Lose 3-2 At Jokewell
By TheLongside
November 24 2008
Yep thanks to some joke refereeing from Nigel Miller and his assistants, The Clarets were beaten 3-2 tonight at Jokewell in front of the Nations armchair viewers and a crowd of 10,678 in a game of two halves.The first half for Burnley was an absolute non starter,

kevmcdonald_241108_aWe looked pretty comfortable for the first 15 minutes but that didn't last, we suddenly started not do anything right at all, the players looked jaded,  Barnsley weren't much better, but they went in at half time 1 up, and who scored it, yep you guessed it ruddy John Macken.

The second half started where we left off in the first and after 6 minutes we were 3-0 down. The second goal was the biggest talking point of the night as it was obvious to all apart from the officials that it was offside, the ball was fired in and was seriously deflected off the arm of Simon Whaley, who incidentally was one of 3 players in offside positions. But the goal stood and Burnley showed a lack of concentration as they continued to bemoan the offside goal, a shot from Leon was deflected off Caldwell leaving The Beast with no chance. Then in the 55th minute Owen Coyle took off Akinbiyi and Gudjonnson, replacing them with Paterson and McDonald.
This was the kick start we needed, we were now starting to look hungry and wanting the three points. Pato scored twice in the 69th and 73rd minute leaving the final 15 minutes to become a bit of a nail biter.
Too many players not performing tonight and It was very disappointing that we did not come away with at least a point from that second half performance, but hey we haven't won at  Jokewell since 1932 so what's new.
Highlights of the night for me were definitely the performances of Pato and Kevin McDonald, with McDonald really showing his potential class.
Oh well another 3 points lost but we are still  5th in the League and Derby County at home on Saturday, onwards and upwards.

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Burnley Lose 2-3 At Jokewell
Posted by: TheLongside.co.uk (IP Logged)
Date: 24/11/2008 23:00

Burnley Lose 2-3 At Jokewell

Re: Burnley Lose 2-3 At Jokewell
Posted by: BBC 2 (IP Logged)
Date: 25/11/2008 07:23

Onwards and Upwards!

Barnsley, a place we NEVER preform

Re: Burnley Lose 2-3 At Jokewell
Posted by: claretfan1882 (IP Logged)
Date: 25/11/2008 10:20

Although we did not play well in the first half, I've got to question playing Ade instead of Paterson. I generally think OC is doing a good job but sometimes his tactics let him down as they did last night big style. I also think the club (players and fans) have their minds elsewhere on a certain big game that's coming up. We need to concentrate on staying in the play-offs. That's 4 points dropped in two games where we would be expected to get more.

That said, we were unlucky with some of the refereeing decisions to say the least. Respect the refs? I'll show them respect when they do their job right!

Re: Burnley Lose 2-3 At Jokewell
Posted by: davemanu2000 (IP Logged)
Date: 25/11/2008 13:05

I would ave won if Oen Coyle would have rested Akinbiyi on the bench .Others played honourably well . Had Barnsley not got the support of the referee and the assistant referees ,we would have beatenthem by a long chalk .

There is still a long way to throd ,we shall redeem ourselves by a series of wins .

Re: Burnley Lose 2-3 At Jokewell
Posted by: morty77 (IP Logged)
Date: 25/11/2008 18:55

We never get owt at Oakwell!
Remember the season before last, when the right back tipped it round the post?

Re: Burnley Lose 2-3 At Jokewell
Posted by: claretsmadmick (IP Logged)
Date: 25/11/2008 19:33

i think oc is going to have to realise how good pato is and start him from now on, ade can not play as a lone striker all he ever does is old the ball up with his back to goal, what good is that,

any body else hear the commentator liken eagles to a certain mr beckham,
ha ha ha, laughable.

Re: Burnley Lose 2-3 At Jokewell
Posted by: morty77 (IP Logged)
Date: 25/11/2008 19:36

I'll have you know, David Beckham has worn an Alice Band during his career(Sm127)

Re: Burnley Lose 2-3 At Jokewell
Posted by: ManHug (IP Logged)
Date: 22/12/2008 20:33

Loving the various uses of the word 'joke' in this article.

Keep it up boys...

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