Brentford v Everton

Thought I might as well get straight onto this one.

I'm not going to waste time on the match - we're bound to lose it - so I'll get straight to the presser after the match:

Sean Dyche bemoaned his team's lack of luck in their 4-0 reversal at Brentford. "I thought we weren't far away to be honest, and again we didn't get what we deserved from the match. I can't complain about the effort, just a few details in both boxes is costing us at the moment. I'm confident that results will start going for us soon, if we keep up this level. Just a word about the ref, I can't see why we didn't get a penalty when Ashley Young tripped over his laces in the centre-circle, and fifteen minutes of added time was nowhere near enough considering how much time Brentford wasting celebrating their four goals."

just had a look at the OS, and this is what Dyche said after the Arsenal defeat: "“I don’t think we were a million miles away today ..... the details kill you in football; the details at both ends of the pitch. We’ve been guilty at both ends, quite obviously, but that’s the effective part of football."

That's how predictable he is.

I'm not sure what else he can be saying to be honest, he has to walk a tightrope between being honest and not doing his team and his players down in public.

That said, I also get irritated by the regular disclaimer that "the effort was there". This is the absolute minimum that fans expect from their highly-paid heroes. If we're using that as a positive to take from yet another defeat then the barrel is being well and truly scraped. We're not that far away from "well, all 11 players turned up for the match day coach on time and only three of them were hungover, which is nice, an improvement on last week after Tarko's barbecue got a bit out of hand". It would be nice to hear a bit more info on where we are genuinely improving, maybe point out some things that aren't obvious to those of us not at Finch Farm all week. But Dyche, like most managers, probably sees these interviews as chores that just need to be got out of the way with a few well-worn clichés and catchphrases.

Fuck building regs, I might build my next house extension myself. I can assure you that the effort will be there, I'll work 10-12 hours per day solid, to build that thing. OK so it will be a dangerous, condemned wreck upon completion, because I don't know what the fuck I'm doing to ensure it's strong enough to survive a storm or, indeed, a large relative leaning against the wall. But the effort will be there. When the council tell me to demolish it I'll just point out that there were just a couple of minor details to iron out at either end - specifically that the foundations are only two inches deep and the roof is held on with Gorilla glue. But you can't bemoan the effort.

He could say; “I set us up to KITAP1 but the lads seemed to forget about the P1 element of it. I take responsibility for the tactics which just didn’t work today. We were a bit slow because we haven’t got much pace in the team at the moment. It could have been more I suppose but I’m disappointed we couldn’t steal a point. Let’s be honest, we’re going to need to improve all over the park if we’re to avoid relegation.”

Didn't go yesterday, won't watch highlights and trousered another easy £50 betting on the opposition. Wont' go next week, won't watch highlights then will probably pocket another tidy sum.
Will go to Luton game, if we dont't win, that will probably be it for me this season, as if we can't beat them, we won't win a game all season. Will obviously bet on Luton and expect to win.
It's the hope that always gets you, but as there is pretty much no hope, it makes the grim reality a lot clearer.

I'm likely to miss this match, intentionally. Can't recall the last time this happened.

I'm just not feeling it, as yanks put it.