The good news yesterday was getting off the bottom of the table again but it was a day of what ifs after losing a two goal lead against West Ham United at the London Stadium and having to settle for a point from a 2-2 draw.
David Datro Fofana, whose two previous Burnley goals had seen us rescue a point at home against Fulham, hammered us into the lead in just the eleventh minute and as we moved into first half stoppage time that lead was doubled via a Konstantinos Mavropanos own goal.
West Ham pulled one back very early in the second half and went on to grab a point with their own stoppage time goal and from former Burnley striker Danny Ings no less who came on as a substitute and was perilously close to bagging himself his first ever hat trick. A second successive away game in London meant another early start made even earlier with the 2 p.m. kick off. It was the first X43 out of Burnley at 6:50 for a pick up at Prestwich for the journey to Epping before the underground journey into Stratford. It all went very smoothly; no hold ups worthy of a mention and we were there in good time to learn that Vincent Kompany had named the same team that had lost to Bournemouth; the only change was on the bench where available again Josh Brownhill replaced Hjalmar Ekdal.
Embed from Getty ImagesI don?t think we could have known what a treat was in store for us in the first half but potentially our best half of football on our travels this season alongside the second half at Fulham on the ...