Pope John XXIII
Vital Football Legend
For those of you familiar with your Biblical history, you will recall that Job was the ancient, highly respected man of God who whose faith was incessently tested by points deductions, managerial changes, African national tournaments, injuries and diabolical VAR decisions.
Eventually Job asked "Lord, why doth thy forsake me?" And Richard Masters replied that it was because he was an expendable way of staving off an Independent regulator.
I have no feelings about Burnley either way, so long as they do their job on Sunday and don't win heavily. I've been to their ground a few times, I've seen us win 3-0 there with Gareth Taylor scoring (now read the Job story again and tell me which one is more believable) and seen us lose loads of times.
They have the worst home record in the league, I'm pleased they have nothing to play for and I just want Forest to do their job and stay in the Premier League without the ignominy of the worst collapse in English history.
Burnley Style
Yeah, I'll take that
They have a bit more possession than us (46% to 40%), which is a good thing, since then having the ball is a prime route to other teams creating chances against them. They score fewer goals (40 to our 47) and concede far more. Their passing accuracy is about the same as ours, but we win more in the air.
They play the Kompany way, which at this level is akin to asking Marinakis to paint the Mona Lisa.
Burnley formation.
Burnley will be playing
It will look like this, with the worst keeper I have seen in a Forest shirt playing - who somehow is a massive upgrade on "the other guy".
Thankfully, the guy who gave us loads of problems in the home game, Koleosho, is injured. Unfortunately, their striker who has scored against us twice (but only had 5 all season) will be fit.
We have to be careful, as this basic formation caused us loads of problems at home.
Burnley players
The top strikers are Lyle Foster (5) and Zeki Amdouni (5).
Foster is young at 23, South African and can play on the wing or centre forward. Don't know much more than that, although he has 3 assists.
Amdouni has 6 goals in all competitions and 1/3 of them have been at the City Ground. Zemdouni has some quality on set pieces but is a bit weak in the air.
Top PL scorer is Jacob Bruun Larsson with 6. Kompany picks positions by tombola and Larsson has played in 6 different places. He's more of a wing forward and quite a direct free kick threat with a good cross.
Wilson Odobert played up front at Spurs. He is 19, French and has 3 premier league goals and a couple of assists. He has also played in 6 different positions this season, so maybe Kompany will pick him for goal against us.
There is also David Fofana, a 21 year old Ivorian with four goals. Shooting from distance is his thing.
Occasionally they may play Jay Rodriguez, who is 58 now and has scored loads of goals against us over the last 40 years or so. He has a couple of goals and brings the average age of the attack right up.
We know Sander Berge, as the unlucky recipient of the only lucky refereeing decision we've had to for us all season. He caused us problems at our place and has 33 appearances, so they like him. I didn't rate him for Blades but he has done well for Burnley.
Next to him in the middle is likely to be Josh Brownhill, who has been with them for five years. Not exactly a DCM but a proper old fashioned CM who can pass really well, hit through balls, hold the ball and defend well.
Last game they played Josh Cullen there, who at 28 is one of the more experienced players. An Irish DCM, he is one of the stalwarts of their title winning season.
Kompany mixes it up, so who knows who is ok the wing? Sometimes it's Larsson. Sometimes it is Vitinho, a fullback. Sometimes it is the Icelander Johann Gudmundsson (good at direct free kicks and crosses)
In defence it is generally Dara O'Shea, the 25 year old Irishman who is decent in the air, and Maxime Esteve, the 21 year old Frenchman who is good at interceptions.
Full backs will be Vitinho or Assignon (RB) or Charlie Taylor.
Form
If I showed this for any other set of 10 games it would look shit. However, they have had a run of decent games and done ok.
There are a fair few draws here, which will do us fine. They have lost the last two to decent sides.
Most of all though, they have only won 2 home games all season. They will want to go out well, but they also want to just get this fucking season out of the way (don't we all?)
Who's the ****** in the black?
Graham Scott has not reffed either club and seems to move between championship and premier league. His last game for us was the 1-1 draw with Man City last season, and before that our 5-1 win over Swansea. No complaints from those
Weather
My apologies for any offence caused by this segment, but it is going to be a beautiful day to (hopefully) secure our Premier League status
Eventually Job asked "Lord, why doth thy forsake me?" And Richard Masters replied that it was because he was an expendable way of staving off an Independent regulator.
I have no feelings about Burnley either way, so long as they do their job on Sunday and don't win heavily. I've been to their ground a few times, I've seen us win 3-0 there with Gareth Taylor scoring (now read the Job story again and tell me which one is more believable) and seen us lose loads of times.
They have the worst home record in the league, I'm pleased they have nothing to play for and I just want Forest to do their job and stay in the Premier League without the ignominy of the worst collapse in English history.
Burnley Style
Yeah, I'll take that
They have a bit more possession than us (46% to 40%), which is a good thing, since then having the ball is a prime route to other teams creating chances against them. They score fewer goals (40 to our 47) and concede far more. Their passing accuracy is about the same as ours, but we win more in the air.
They play the Kompany way, which at this level is akin to asking Marinakis to paint the Mona Lisa.
Burnley formation.
Burnley will be playing
It will look like this, with the worst keeper I have seen in a Forest shirt playing - who somehow is a massive upgrade on "the other guy".
Thankfully, the guy who gave us loads of problems in the home game, Koleosho, is injured. Unfortunately, their striker who has scored against us twice (but only had 5 all season) will be fit.
We have to be careful, as this basic formation caused us loads of problems at home.
Burnley players
The top strikers are Lyle Foster (5) and Zeki Amdouni (5).
Foster is young at 23, South African and can play on the wing or centre forward. Don't know much more than that, although he has 3 assists.
Amdouni has 6 goals in all competitions and 1/3 of them have been at the City Ground. Zemdouni has some quality on set pieces but is a bit weak in the air.
Top PL scorer is Jacob Bruun Larsson with 6. Kompany picks positions by tombola and Larsson has played in 6 different places. He's more of a wing forward and quite a direct free kick threat with a good cross.
Wilson Odobert played up front at Spurs. He is 19, French and has 3 premier league goals and a couple of assists. He has also played in 6 different positions this season, so maybe Kompany will pick him for goal against us.
There is also David Fofana, a 21 year old Ivorian with four goals. Shooting from distance is his thing.
Occasionally they may play Jay Rodriguez, who is 58 now and has scored loads of goals against us over the last 40 years or so. He has a couple of goals and brings the average age of the attack right up.
We know Sander Berge, as the unlucky recipient of the only lucky refereeing decision we've had to for us all season. He caused us problems at our place and has 33 appearances, so they like him. I didn't rate him for Blades but he has done well for Burnley.
Next to him in the middle is likely to be Josh Brownhill, who has been with them for five years. Not exactly a DCM but a proper old fashioned CM who can pass really well, hit through balls, hold the ball and defend well.
Last game they played Josh Cullen there, who at 28 is one of the more experienced players. An Irish DCM, he is one of the stalwarts of their title winning season.
Kompany mixes it up, so who knows who is ok the wing? Sometimes it's Larsson. Sometimes it is Vitinho, a fullback. Sometimes it is the Icelander Johann Gudmundsson (good at direct free kicks and crosses)
In defence it is generally Dara O'Shea, the 25 year old Irishman who is decent in the air, and Maxime Esteve, the 21 year old Frenchman who is good at interceptions.
Full backs will be Vitinho or Assignon (RB) or Charlie Taylor.
Form
If I showed this for any other set of 10 games it would look shit. However, they have had a run of decent games and done ok.
There are a fair few draws here, which will do us fine. They have lost the last two to decent sides.
Most of all though, they have only won 2 home games all season. They will want to go out well, but they also want to just get this fucking season out of the way (don't we all?)
Who's the ****** in the black?
Graham Scott has not reffed either club and seems to move between championship and premier league. His last game for us was the 1-1 draw with Man City last season, and before that our 5-1 win over Swansea. No complaints from those
Weather
My apologies for any offence caused by this segment, but it is going to be a beautiful day to (hopefully) secure our Premier League status
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