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- by IanMcL
- Sun May 05, 2024 3:58 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: What happened in the CFS?
- Replies: 72
- Views: 4573
So many left really early today that it made our journey home so much quicker. My row ans exit was free at the end. I walked down to the bottom of the steps, for the last 30 seconds and straight out at whistle. Shame. First time I haven't clapped. Easy walk up the exit passage. That was just as wel...
- by IanMcL
- Sun May 05, 2024 3:53 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Small world - Claret connections
- Replies: 5
- Views: 213
Today I woke up to say cheerio to 2 young Asian origin ladies from Virginia, USA. 10 mins later, they were back....puncture. Hire car. I rang and AA called. Fitted all purpose AA wheel and took it to KwikFit....who couldn't do it today! Chatted to him. He asked how are things?. Fine except tired as ...
- by IanMcL
- Sun May 05, 2024 3:42 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley Scarf Spotted
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2374
About ten years ago, I was in a chippy in Aylesbury and infront of me in the queue was a man wearing a Burnley hat. I said, "I'm a Burnley fan too." He looked at me blankly. I pointed at his hat. "I'm a Burnley fan too," I said again. "Oh," he said. "I don't know what you mean. I just like the hat....
- by IanMcL
- Sun May 05, 2024 3:41 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley v Newcastle - Player Ratings
- Replies: 55
- Views: 2760
Muric 8 - very good performance. Some kicks a bit off, others spot on. Sames excellent. Assignon 5 O Shea 6 1 for goal Esteve 5 Vitinho 4 - out of position and giving ball away, too often. Cullen 4 Berge 7 - ran sicks off with some success at both ends. Brownhill 5 - meant it. Bruun Larsen 4 Foster ...
- by IanMcL
- Sun May 05, 2024 3:33 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The 'Penalty'
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2286
Penalty McPenalty all day long. VAR should have intervened. Not clear and obvious is barmy ehen the outcome is night and day! Did he give pen? No - waved away. Was it a penalty on replay? Yes clearly and obviously! Is that a clear and obvious difference to the original decision? Yes. Opposite. Is VA...
- by IanMcL
- Sun May 05, 2024 3:24 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: RATE THE REF - Anthony Taylor v Newcastle
- Replies: 27
- Views: 931
Lower marks for missing what I believe was a clear penalty. There was also an incident in the first half when a Newcastle player looked to be about 3-4m offside. He looked like he was going to whistle but the lino didn’t put his flag up and a corner was awarded. He then looked to be in communicatio...
- by IanMcL
- Sun May 05, 2024 3:21 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Is the club better off now since SD left ?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1429
50m in bank now £180m debt. Prem League...now Chanpionship. Players with nous and England internationals. Now young lads and from overseas. 2 learning needs. The SD squad only got old because the Chairman, who milked the club, wouldn't strengthen. Wanted the money for himself, obviously. That left p...
- by IanMcL
- Fri May 03, 2024 8:54 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Luton v Everton
- Replies: 124
- Views: 4628
The Luton big fellowship are certainly causing a problem. Ashley Young well past it!
- by IanMcL
- Fri May 03, 2024 8:02 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Eye surgery
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1191
I had to pay to get new lenses, as I just had bad eyesight. Worth every penny. I can see!
- by IanMcL
- Fri May 03, 2024 8:00 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Luton v Everton
- Replies: 124
- Views: 4628
Everton will play. They contain 3 Clarets in their squad. All 3 will want to succeed.
Mr D? He put heart and soul into the club. He would not want to see his legacy fade away.
Come on Toffees.
- by IanMcL
- Fri May 03, 2024 7:58 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Taffy
- Replies: 162
- Views: 8863
Leisure wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 7:00 pm
There will be a minute applause ahead of kick-off on Saturday in honour of former player Leighton James and the squad will be wearing black armbands on the day.
Quite right. Legends are few and far between.
- by IanMcL
- Thu May 02, 2024 9:53 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: RIP Duane Eddy
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1336
My brother in law and a couple of pals used to go and see him, when he came to the UK. Regular throughout the years.
- by IanMcL
- Wed May 01, 2024 11:25 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Everton Issues
- Replies: 53
- Views: 6651
The loss of Russian sponsors cost them £15 million in sponsorships as well. They also suffered a £15 million Pension re-evaluation Their accounts are a bit of a car crash. They have a wage bill of £160 million on a turnover of £172 million. Over 500 staff plus 300 match day staff. They need an Arab...
- by IanMcL
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:06 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The summer Trafford/Muric dilemma
- Replies: 110
- Views: 5040
CrosspoolClarets wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 6:19 pm
I suspect we may be fielding a £10m - £15m bid for Muric now he has proven himself. In that situation we would probably not stand in his way.
If Trafford is valued at £20m Muric must be out of sight!
- by IanMcL
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:03 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Mandibular Tori
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2332
Can't handle teeth conversations. Sorry. Is your operation Mandi tori?
Get coat.
- by IanMcL
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 5:44 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Issues on Up the Clarets
- Replies: 61
- Views: 6282
Leisure wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:48 pm
One of mine appeared about 8 times!
Could have been worse....might have been 8 people turned up for 1 seat on your coach!
- by IanMcL
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 5:42 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Muric wins Brighton's Goal of the Month
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2122
Fretters wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:48 pm
Yep he did, but the point is, if it had been a Brighton player that played the ball towards goal, then Muric did exactly what he did, it would be credited to the Brighton player, not a Muric OG.
Yes. It was a pity a Brighton player didn't pass it to him! Might have saved some anguish! ...Nah.
- by IanMcL
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 5:39 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Onana's assault
- Replies: 64
- Views: 4267
Unless you want to ban keepers from punching the ball you’ve got to accept that things like that will happen and aren’t sendings off. By its very nature punching the ball away is always likely to be at head height in proximity to an attacking player and is therefore, just by being a legal part of t...
- by IanMcL
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 12:39 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Spurs v Arsenal
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1484
Fretters wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 3:42 pm
Brighton, the beacon of English football, are currently down in 12th with Bournemouth in 10th.
Softies by the seaside.
- by IanMcL
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 12:29 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Beyer
- Replies: 59
- Views: 4136
Ignoring the fact we don't know what division we'll be in come August. If we can keep the vast majority of the squad together, it'll be the first time VK has had a full pre season with a squad to work with. The thought of being more flexible with the option of switching to a 3-5-2 (as mentioned abo...
- by IanMcL
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 6:53 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Onana's assault
- Replies: 64
- Views: 4267
There’s definitely an argument that a keeper going to punch the ball and landing one flat in a player’s face is endangering the safety of an opponent though, which is a sending off offence. When you take onto account the fact that the ball had long gone, this was late, intentional and a red card of...
- by IanMcL
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 6:50 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Relegation Run-In
- Replies: 91
- Views: 10062
Tarky and Dwight will keep us up!
Potentially in our hands now. A big ask but possible.
Good luck to all the Clarets. May they perform the miracle.
- by IanMcL
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 6:48 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Beyer
- Replies: 59
- Views: 4136
Didn't we pay the suggested fee or more, for Mr Beyer?
He is a good defender. Worth all of that.
Still very young and inexperienced though.
Esteve is rock solid.
- by IanMcL
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 6:33 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Chris Wood
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3334
Boss Hogg wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 6:19 pm
He scores goals but doesn’t do too much else. Scoring goals at PL level is one of the hardest things to do though. Bound to score against us.
He holds the ball up consistently. He heads everything. He flattens defenders. He knows how to score.
Worth his weight in gold.
- by IanMcL
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 6:31 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Claret Tony
- Replies: 61
- Views: 8581
bfcjg wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:35 pm
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Tony will be having nightmares.
They are gathering....
- by IanMcL
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:11 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Do the board really want concessionary supporters?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 3504
I do think the price rises for concession are high and have been introduced too fast, but concession tickets are still on average 30% cheaper than a full adult. A 30% discount does seem a fair amount to me, but does the club really need the extra profit from increasing concession prices, I highly d...
- by IanMcL
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:01 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Do the board really want concessionary supporters?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 3504
You just shouldn’t have been seeing an increase so high but worry not, having got away with it last year and this year, they’ll do it again next year. We are not supporters now, we are referred to as general admission tickets and they want more people paying more money. I will pay less next season ...
- by IanMcL
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 3:58 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Do the board really want concessionary supporters?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 3504
BFC is a commercial entity, not a community trust. They have a fixed amount of supply which they need to maximise profit on. It makes business sense to eliminate concession prices if those seats can be sold as full priced adult tickets. I think the issue here is more that fans are paying more for t...
- by IanMcL
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 1:18 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Do the board really want concessionary supporters?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 3504
Just reading an excellent article in the Guardian this morning by Jonathan Wilson about Spurs & their search for “plastic fans” at the exclusion of the long established local ones.It is the way the Premier League clubs are heading & who can blame them in their search for greater revenues. I blame t...