Why Palace and Burnley's defence is so different

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Burnley – as we’ve all known for a while – allow the opposition to have the ball and, to an extent, to take a few shots. As long as these aren’t good shots, Sean Dyche’s men don’t seem to mind too much, even when these chances are taking place relatively close to goal. Palace is not quite a sieve, but more like a badly designed gold-pan that lets through all the gold.

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Good article.

Dann and Delaney used to be good at this. They would throw themselves in the way of everything. And whilst I have to agree, Delaney has had his day, Tomkins was certainly a step backward in this area for me and Kelly is certainly not up to this level. I think Sakho does have more of this kind of attitude and is probably why we do a little better with him in the side.

Still... our defence being crap doesn't mean much if we can't score either! :D