Gone for a Burton, Back from the game thread

[Forbury Lion]

was a little annoyed only 5800 turned out.... people should love every game and show the boys some support

I love every game, just can't afford to go. It's a shame tickets were not cheaper and that buses were not organised for this one.

[The Cap]

Kieron get over yourself mate.What were the odds of there being more than 5,800 fans at last night's game?Didn't 3-0 in the first ten minutes tell you that any kind of footie connoisseur had already worked this one out.

We've got Carduff midweek in September and there certainly won't be 5,800 at that game.

[Mike Hunt]

Burton Albion manager Paul Peschisolido told BBC Radio Derby
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/8187631.stm

There's an audio stream embedded in this BBC page, with some very nice things said about our club.

Sounds very down to earth.

Nice to hear things like that said about us

[readingbedding]

Hated him as a player.

[PieEater]

Kieron get over yourself mate.What were the odds of there being more than 5,800 fans at last night's game?Didn't 3-0 in the first ten minutes tell you that any kind of footie connoisseur had already worked this one out.

We've got Carduff midweek in September and there certainly won't be 5,800 at that game.

There was a dig at the turnout in the official match report - thanking the "loyal fans" who did turn up. As others have said, before the club moans about the attendance they should take a hard look at the pricing they set for the game.

[Alan Partridge]

Kieron get over yourself mate.What were the odds of there being more than 5,800 fans at last night's game?Didn't 3-0 in the first ten minutes tell you that any kind of footie connoisseur had already worked this one out.

We've got Carduff midweek in September and there certainly won't be 5,800 at that game.

There was a dig at the turnout in the official match report - thanking the "loyal fans" who did turn up. As others have said, before the club moans about the attendance they should take a hard look at the pricing they set for the game.

Absolutely. £12 for a midweek game home to Burton Albion where he's playing a second string anyway is scandolous. £10 absolute tops for that game, in all honesty £5 would be fair with u16's/seniors £1.

Bet there is even less there for the Barnsley game. Barnsley won't bring as many as Burton did and those that went for the slight novelty factor certainly won't bother.

[Tony Le Mesmer]

Kieron get over yourself mate.What were the odds of there being more than 5,800 fans at last night's game?Didn't 3-0 in the first ten minutes tell you that any kind of footie connoisseur had already worked this one out.

We've got Carduff midweek in September and there certainly won't be 5,800 at that game.

There was a dig at the turnout in the official match report - thanking the "loyal fans" who did turn up. As others have said, before the club moans about the attendance they should take a hard look at the pricing they set for the game.

Absolutely. £12 for a midweek game home to Burton Albion where he's playing a second string anyway is scandolous. £10 absolute tops for that game, in all honesty £5 would be fair with u16's/seniors £1.

Bet there is even less there for the Barnsley game. Barnsley won't bring as many as Burton did and those that went for the slight novelty factor certainly won't bother.

Come on, it was £10 to get in. Thats less than half price for a league game and quite frankly i looked forward to this game and enjoyed it more than a normal league match.

It costs £10 to get into a Conference South match these days.

Kids a quid fair enough, but £10 was cracking value. £420 for a season ticket? that IS scandelous.

[Alan Partridge]

Cost me £12 to get in on the g8.

[tee peg]

Our gate was pretty much in line with other clubs except Southampton who got over 10k

[Platypuss]

Peopole seem to forget that for League Cup games the away team also have to agree with the ticket price, and probably the Football league too - the FA set a minimum price for FA Cup games for instance.

[Thaumagurist*]

Cost me £12 to get in on the g8.

Well, then you should have bought it in advance!

[strap]

I must have been at a different game! I thought James Henry had a stormer, and how Kebe's keeping himout of the League side is criminal. He played box to box, made any number of runs, was tackling anything that moved, was covering acres of space, and generally playing the Sidwell role (with not quite so much bite). In short doing all the things expected of a right sided midfield player that Kebe hasn't a hope of ever achieving.

Perhaps I dropped off after 30 minutes and merely dreamt it!

I liked the way Hamer invariably passed the ball 20 yds to the full backs or centre backs, rather than simply hoofing it long a la USA. In fact I counted the number of times he went long - it was twice in the whole game.

Armstrong looked loke he'd been ot for 6 months (which given his injury is understandable). Can't really agree with the Rosenior detractors either. He was getting forward at all times and I thought had a decent game. Mills looked a bit laid back as others have stated, but that could be pre-seasonitus, given he's only had about half a pre-seaosn game?

Siggurdsson was good in teh first half, but faded in teh seconded - I never realised he was so big either! Harps had a good game clearing up at the back of the diamond, and the short passing game clearly suits him better than neck-ache football. Marek was disappointing, although again possibly due to lack of pre-season games.

Bignall was big, strong - and fast! First touch of Shane Long, but speed of a Forster and strength of a Percy Freeman! Whether he will get ahead of the established strikers any time soon is debateable, although would be good to have coming of the bench. Still don't rate Dave Mooney. Nothing on show on Tuesday warranted a start ahead of the other strikers for me.

I would have thought that BR would have used the full compliment of subs given the score and opponents, but perhaps he wanted to give the XI a full 90 using the diamond formation.

Burton were nothing more than cannon fodder once the first 2 goals went in , so ti's far too early to make any real judgement on the system or players, but they did look fairly comfortable knocking the ball around, so 5-1 was job done. Aside from Henry for the Love Child that is Kebe, (or perhaps more likely HRK), can't see many changes to teh FOrest team for the team v Newcastle. Mills is not match fit to take over from Cisse, and perhaps Harper for Karacan (is he really off to Besiktas for £1M or am I asleep again?!)

[Alan Partridge]

I must have been at a different game! I thought James Henry had a stormer, and how Kebe's keeping himout of the League side is criminal. He played box to box, made any number of runs, was tackling anything that moved, was covering acres of space, and generally playing the Sidwell role (with not quite so much bite). In short doing all the things expected of a right sided midfield player that Kebe hasn't a hope of ever achieving.

Perhaps I dropped off after 30 minutes and merely dreamt it!

I liked the way Hamer invariably passed the ball 20 yds to the full backs or centre backs, rather than simply hoofing it long a la USA. In fact I counted the number of times he went long - it was twice in the whole game.

Armstrong looked loke he'd been ot for 6 months (which given his injury is understandable). Can't really agree with the Rosenior detractors either. He was getting forward at all times and I thought had a decent game. Mills looked a bit laid back as others have stated, but that could be pre-seasonitus, given he's only had about half a pre-seaosn game?

Siggurdsson was good in teh first half, but faded in teh seconded - I never realised he was so big either! Harps had a good game clearing up at the back of the diamond, and the short passing game clearly suits him better than neck-ache football. Marek was disappointing, although again possibly due to lack of pre-season games.

Bignall was big, strong - and fast! First touch of Shane Long, but speed of a Forster and strength of a Percy Freeman! Whether he will get ahead of the established strikers any time soon is debateable, although would be good to have coming of the bench. Still don't rate Dave Mooney. Nothing on show on Tuesday warranted a start ahead of the other strikers for me.

I would have thought that BR would have used the full compliment of subs given the score and opponents, but perhaps he wanted to give the XI a full 90 using the diamond formation.

Burton were nothing more than cannon fodder once the first 2 goals went in , so ti's far too early to make any real judgement on the system or players, but they did look fairly comfortable knocking the ball around, so 5-1 was job done. Aside from Henry for the Love Child that is Kebe, (or perhaps more likely HRK), can't see many changes to teh FOrest team for the team v Newcastle. Mills is not match fit to take over from Cisse, and perhaps Harper for Karacan (is he really off to Besiktas for £1M or am I asleep again?!)

You were watching a different game! Coulntless times he brought down awkward long balls or through balls very efectively. Case in point his first goal and also a long punt where he brought it down and got a shot away (ala Doyle v Southampton a few years ago) only for Poole to make a very decent save.

His touch was one of the things that impressed me most about him.

Funny how so many people at the same game can have differing views. Sometimes based on previous agenda's.

[Thaumagurist*]

Can't really agree with the Rosenior detractors either. He was getting forward at all times and I thought had a decent game.

Rosenior probably had an half-decent game but he does seem to switch off at times. Did you miss the chested down pass to the keeper that got intercepted by a Burton forward in the first few minutes? And did you miss the moment when somebody passed the ball to him, he seemed to not notice where the ball was and was looking ahead. He seemed to let the ball run out of play before realising he'd looked ahead for too long. I shouted "WAKE UP!!!"

[Nezhen]

I couldn't agree more with Strap on his comments regarding Henry and the fact he should be starting ahead of Kebe. There are some who seem to view Kebe through rose-tinted or sh*t flitered glasses, but Kebe is plain awful and shows it time and time again. As I said on the Burton match thread:

Kebe is dreadful and will continue to flatter to deceive with his endless mazey runs leading to knowhere and nothing, poor positioning and distribution, lack of attention and vision to where the ball is or is going, non-existent tackling and general look of malaise that makes it looks like we are 'carrying' a passenger in every game he plays.

I really hope that Brendan realise this soon!

[brendywendy]

I couldn't agree more with Strap on his comments regarding Henry and the fact he should be starting ahead of Kebe. There are some who seem to view Kebe through rose-tinted or sh*t flitered glasses, but Kebe is plain awful and shows it time and time again. As I said on the Burton match thread:

Kebe is dreadful and will continue to flatter to deceive with his endless mazey runs leading to knowhere and nothing, poor positioning and distribution, lack of attention and vision to where the ball is or is going, non-existent tackling and general look of malaise that makes it looks like we are 'carrying' a passenger in every game he plays.

I really hope that Brendan realise this soon!

[Nezhen]

Hey Bendy

They don't call me quickdraw Mcgraw for nothing at work you know!

[T.R.O.L.I.]

I liked the way Hamer invariably passed the ball 20 yds to the full backs or centre backs, rather than simply hoofing it long a la USA. In fact I counted the number of times he went long - it was twice in the whole game.

Federici predominantly used the same tactic on Saturday except for his low "punts" that generally found their intended target on the half way line. Obviously a Rodgers tactic and the sign of the end of hoofball at the Madejski (for a while anyway).

[Ian Royal]

Sadly Kebe is currently our best bet on the left. Even if he personally bolloxs up the vast majority of what he creates.

If HRK can get himself properly involved and start producing quality more often and more consistently, then I think we could see him moved across to the left side and Henry come in. Henry has generally impressed me a fair bit, but never spectacularly and does seem to give off more than a hint of billy big balls bad attitude.

Then again, if we get Smith and he goes on the right, maybe a real quality and proved balance to Kebe will bring the best out of him.

[brendywendy]

Hey Bendy

They don't call me quickdraw Mcgraw for nothing at work you know!

hi quickdraw!