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by SammyBoy
Thu Feb 15, 2024 1:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The ITV digital collapse
Replies: 52
Views: 3395

Re: The ITV digital collapse

Everyone I knew at the time had a chipped card instead of a subscription, which was probably a contributing factor.
by SammyBoy
Thu Feb 15, 2024 1:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: whatever happened to John Cofie?
Replies: 21
Views: 3417

Re: whatever happened to John Cofie?

I wonder if he was actually good or just 6ft and rapid at 13 years old. I remember him doing an interview where he said he couldn't play on the crap pitches whenever he got loaned out because he was too used to the high quality surfaces at Utd's academy.
by SammyBoy
Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What do ‘modern day’ pro footballers do when they retire?
Replies: 47
Views: 3391

Re: What do ‘modern day’ pro footballers do when they retire?

Richard Eckersley has a vegan food shop, or something like that. Got to wonder whether that guy was actually a footballer or won a competition.
by SammyBoy
Mon Sep 25, 2023 3:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: HST2
Replies: 184
Views: 12611

Re: HST2

Haven’t followed HS2 beyond the headlines but the standout question for me is how much are tickets going to cost given tickets on the existing lines are already crazy prices? What’s the point having a high speed rail link if it’s prohibitively expensive.
by SammyBoy
Tue Sep 12, 2023 11:01 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Matt Le Tissier
Replies: 222
Views: 11969

Re: Matt Le Tissier

Le Tissier has gone full “bloke in his 50’s who discovered the internet last week”, seen it happen countless times.
by SammyBoy
Fri Aug 18, 2023 10:54 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Theo
Replies: 42
Views: 3525

Re: Theo

It's interesting that Walcott's first England appearance was 2006, and his last was 2016. To my mind he personifies those abject post-Sven, pre-Southgate wilderness years for the national team. In fact, I'd argue the same could be said about him regarding Arsenal's slide from dominant top two team t...
by SammyBoy
Mon Aug 14, 2023 7:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tesco - horizon parking
Replies: 46
Views: 5872

Re: Tesco - horizon parking

viewtopic.php?style=2&f=2&t=70079

Probably worth reading that, another poster had pretty much the same situation a few months ago.
by SammyBoy
Mon Aug 14, 2023 7:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: MNF
Replies: 144
Views: 6977

Re: MNF

I usually switch on close to kick off but I’ve had the whole coverage on today in the background. I can’t believe there’s literally an hour of Carragher and Neville dissecting the weekends games in tedious detail.
by SammyBoy
Mon Aug 07, 2023 1:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Vaping/ E Cigarettes
Replies: 35
Views: 2515

Re: Vaping/ E Cigarettes

It's a matter of time before the disposables are banned, and rightly so as they're terrible for the environment and are designed to be as "kid friendly" as possible. The normal ones I don't see an issue with tbh, people are always going to use nicotine and they're an improvement on smoking.
by SammyBoy
Fri Aug 04, 2023 4:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jobs, careers, vocation, occupation
Replies: 129
Views: 7413

Re: Jobs, careers, vocation, occupation

Didn't want to get a job so sort of floated through Uni and now have an MA in History that I've never used, started out in procurement after that but it didn't really suit me, so I've worked in sales for the last 6 or 7 years.
by SammyBoy
Sat Jul 29, 2023 6:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Boxing *** Spence V's Crawford ***
Replies: 27
Views: 1702

Re: Boxing *** Spence V's Crawford ***

I’m thinking potentially a late stoppage by Spence.
by SammyBoy
Thu Jul 13, 2023 2:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley 11 based on career success
Replies: 20
Views: 1136

Re: Burnley 11 based on career success

Chris Waddle would likely get in.

Edit - can now see OP included him.
by SammyBoy
Thu Jun 29, 2023 9:44 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: WOW
Replies: 41
Views: 3670

Re: WOW

I asked my mate who's British-Indian whether it rings true that that Venky's persist with Blackburn because writing it off as a bad job is culturally shameful. He said it's much more likely that owning an English football team is something they can chuck into conversation to impress people, and that...
by SammyBoy
Thu Jun 29, 2023 3:02 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New manager at the park view, Vintage Claret looking again
Replies: 50
Views: 3463

Re: New manager at the park view, Vintage Claret looking again

BurnleyFC wrote:
Wed Jun 28, 2023 10:48 pm
I don’t know about him being an arsehole, he sounds like a complete headcase.
I’m getting strong Basil Fawlty vibes :lol:
by SammyBoy
Sat Jun 24, 2023 7:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Russia Invades
Replies: 10694
Views: 790758

Re: Russia Invades

HahaYeah wrote:
Sat Jun 24, 2023 7:20 pm
Posted over 3 hours ago, Yet the HYSTERIA still ratcheted up and up. :roll:
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
by SammyBoy
Thu Jun 22, 2023 1:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mortgages
Replies: 345
Views: 13824

Re: Mortgages

I'm fixed at 2.5% til October 2025, but I'm not sure that'll be long enough to fully ride this out - time to start playing the lottery. Genuinely grim times for people coming to the end of their fix. The crazy price of houses today means even a few percent increase is disastrous for borrowers, not m...
by SammyBoy
Sat Jun 17, 2023 8:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Martin Tyler
Replies: 74
Views: 4056

Re: Martin Tyler

Hopefully the new guy won’t be contractually obliged to manically scream “AND IT’S LIVE!” whilst sounding on the verge of orgasm.
by SammyBoy
Tue Jun 13, 2023 7:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Lee Roche
Replies: 18
Views: 2812

Re: Lee Roche

Roche was very much a part of the post ITV Digital “cobbled together squad” era.
by SammyBoy
Thu Jun 08, 2023 7:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Just Stop Oil...
Replies: 212
Views: 9408

Re: Just Stop Oil...

The best way to phase out oil is to make production of sustainable alternatives cheaper, no self-respecting capitalist is going to choose a moral obligation to the planet over money so until it's more profitable to use something else oil will be here to stay.
by SammyBoy
Thu Jun 08, 2023 7:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Just Stop Oil...
Replies: 212
Views: 9408

Re: Just Stop Oil...

I've always thought the message should be more along the lines of "lets try and wean ourselves off oil", surely if we turned the tap off things would stop working pretty quickly.
by SammyBoy
Wed Jun 07, 2023 10:10 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: O/T Universal Basic Income
Replies: 124
Views: 4671

Re: O/T Universal Basic Income

Which is why it has to be extensively trialled I suspect It might not work, but to dismiss it out of hand just because a lot of very rich people, Rowls and pensioners are against it isn't correct either Yeah, just not sure how you'd gauge the macroeconomic effects of UBI without the universal part ...
by SammyBoy
Wed Jun 07, 2023 8:00 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: O/T Universal Basic Income
Replies: 124
Views: 4671

Re: O/T Universal Basic Income

I haven’t had time to think about UBI all too deeply and I’m no economist but the first thing that sprang to mind was hypothetically, should we all receive £1600 per month on top of whatever income we have now, won’t the price of everything inevitably go up leaving people in a similar position (rela...
by SammyBoy
Mon Jun 05, 2023 6:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ultra Processed Food
Replies: 145
Views: 4733

Re: Ultra Processed Food

Strip burger, 4 wings, chips and a Rubicon please.
by SammyBoy
Thu Jun 01, 2023 5:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Parking Charge - Asda Burnley
Replies: 158
Views: 9813

Re: Parking Charge - Asda Burnley

The Protection of Freedom Act 2012 (POFA) legislated in part private parking. Prior to this you could simply ignore all demands as they were not legally enforceable. The simplest thing to do is to speak to the manager of McDonalds and explain that you were with young children, there was a long wait...
by SammyBoy
Thu Jun 01, 2023 5:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Parking Charge - Asda Burnley
Replies: 158
Views: 9813

Re: Parking Charge - Asda Burnley

It was sound advice before the Regs changed.... Mostly it's poor advice on here as per usual. Don't ignore them now - that doesn't work any more. It also doesn't matter what shop or store you were in ..or how much you may have bought in there. If the signs in the car park (regardless of which store...
by SammyBoy
Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Parking Charge - Asda Burnley
Replies: 158
Views: 9813

Re: Parking Charge - Asda Burnley

Pretty much all private parking charges are largely unenforceable - I've had a few and never paid them (council issued ones are a different story). Here's a good place to start if you want some advice on how to proceed https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4816822/newbies-private-parking-...
by SammyBoy
Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Parking Charge - Asda Burnley
Replies: 158
Views: 9813

Re: Parking Charge - Asda Burnley

Pretty much all private parking charges are largely unenforceable - I've had a few and never paid them (council issued ones are a different story). Here's a good place to start if you want some advice on how to proceed https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4816822/newbies-private-parking-t...
by SammyBoy
Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:06 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.
Replies: 15428
Views: 1610787

Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

Think Barclay has played about 30 times for Nice this season.
by SammyBoy
Tue May 23, 2023 10:40 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Long gone at Birmingham
Replies: 15
Views: 2691

Re: ARTICLE: Long gone at Birmingham

My gut feeling is that Long can get more money elsewhere rather than he's been released because he's not up to it.
by SammyBoy
Tue May 16, 2023 10:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What will you miss/not miss about the Championship?
Replies: 42
Views: 2479

Re: What will you miss/not miss about the Championship?

Interesting to see the Championship commentary being highlighted here - I too have found this refreshing. The EFL commentators seem to take a measured approach and actually try and give a balanced view of the game, unlike in the PL where it's some maniac sounding on the verge of orgasm whilst scream...
by SammyBoy
Fri May 05, 2023 10:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Saw this online
Replies: 5
Views: 1092

Re: Saw this online

I see they still had the gambling adverts back then, some things never change :lol:
by SammyBoy
Sat Apr 29, 2023 9:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: FAO Leisure
Replies: 14
Views: 1894

Re: FAO Leisure

I don't get on many games these days but been on plenty of Accy Clarets coaches in the past, always well run and a good craic - well done to all concerned.
by SammyBoy
Sat Apr 22, 2023 6:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Phil Bird commentary
Replies: 70
Views: 6194

Re: Phil Bird commentary

Great on highlights of our goals, awful to sit and listen to for 90 minutes. Was even worse back in the days when you could only listen and not watch and he would claim every decision against Burnley was the wrong one. Back when it was audio only he still commentated as though it was a TV broadcast...
by SammyBoy
Tue Apr 18, 2023 12:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley’s Biggest Flops XI
Replies: 56
Views: 2396

Re: Burnley’s Biggest Flops XI

Been mentioned already but Zavon Hines was appalling, no surprise he spent the rest of his career floating around the L2/National League level. The same could be said for Chris Long, I seem to recall after being left out of the team at one point he wasn't training and admitted the only thing he was ...
by SammyBoy
Tue Apr 18, 2023 11:12 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley’s best kept secret
Replies: 32
Views: 3460

Re: Burnley’s best kept secret

RammyClaret61 wrote:
Tue Apr 18, 2023 10:37 am
I might be wrong, but weren’t all those signings in the same window? :?
Just looked it up and apparently Berisha was 2007, VDS 2008, Guerrero 2009 and Nimani 2010.
by SammyBoy
Tue Apr 18, 2023 11:10 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley’s best kept secret
Replies: 32
Views: 3460

Re: Burnley’s best kept secret

I assume Van der Schaaf was meant to play the position Grezza ended up in, i.e. CDM, but for whatever reason that didn't pan out. Also, regarding Dane Richards, if Wikipedia is to be believed he didn't make a senior professional appearance until he was 24 which seems bizarre, apparently he was playi...
by SammyBoy
Mon Apr 17, 2023 9:20 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: FAO Billybennett7
Replies: 14
Views: 1932

Re: FAO Billybennett7

Following on from the above comment, you could probably use the app Booksy for something like this, offer X number of places per away day and people book and pay for them via the app.
by SammyBoy
Thu Apr 13, 2023 4:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?
Replies: 48
Views: 1697

Re: Random question: first BFC manager to be younger than you?

Still to happen, although VK is only 4 years older :shock:
by SammyBoy
Tue Apr 11, 2023 9:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Idiot punched and knocked down lad after match
Replies: 37
Views: 5959

Re: Idiot punched and knocked down lad after match

Going back 54 yrs at Settle High School we were 1st Formers and a few 3rd Formers were throwing their weight around ... One 3rd Form lad was forever having a right pop at a lad in our group of mates and pointing at his chin and saying "go on hit me" the lad kept saying "no I won't" then one day he ...
by SammyBoy
Sun Apr 09, 2023 5:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: One UTC thread that you remember?
Replies: 96
Views: 4225

Re: One UTC thread that you remember?

I think Muchacho dying on the hill that he’d have prime Ronaldo in his pocket and beat him over 50 yards in a foot race was one of the best pieces of internet I’ve ever bore witness to, pretty sure it descended into him offering people out after a few pages of ribbing which was the cherry on the cak...
by SammyBoy
Wed Apr 05, 2023 11:29 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Brussels and Bruges advise
Replies: 22
Views: 1463

Re: Brussels and Bruges advise

Not got much to add other than I really didn't like Brussels :lol: I can't quite put my finger on why but it didn't really grab me - might've changed since 2009 though.
by SammyBoy
Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians
Replies: 94
Views: 2408

Re: Music Thread - Songs Mentioning Other Musicians

Eminem - Moby - not the most flattering of references though.
by SammyBoy
Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sky Sports article
Replies: 11
Views: 3062

Re: Sky Sports article

Fulham 21/22 are mentioned in the main image of the article as presumably an example of the best Championship teams ever along with us and Reading, but they "only" got 90 points. 3 less than us both times we got promoted, once in second place to a Leicester team that got 102 points.
by SammyBoy
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:40 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Harry Kane
Replies: 26
Views: 1602

Re: Harry Kane

Seems like a really nice fella to boot.
by SammyBoy
Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The 100 point club
Replies: 37
Views: 2850

Re: The 100 point club

Probably my favourite player too and I reckon the same applies to most fans born in early 90s. There was the potential Man City move for 5m. He talks about it in his UndrTheCosh episode. Can't remember if he says he should've gone or not in hindsight. Aye, he was also on Jimmy Bullard’s podcast yea...
by SammyBoy
Fri Mar 17, 2023 12:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The 100 point club
Replies: 37
Views: 2850

Re: The 100 point club

I grew up watching Glen Little and he's probably my favourite Burnley player, but I can't help thinking that he should've left Burnley quite a while before his eventual departure in 2004. At the age of 30 he was a regular in the Reading team which broke the Championship points record, and again the ...
by SammyBoy
Wed Mar 15, 2023 5:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Covid
Replies: 87
Views: 4676

Re: Covid

Hated every minute of lockdown, glad it’s in well in the rear view mirror.
by SammyBoy
Sun Mar 05, 2023 2:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: I just can't listen to what he's saying
Replies: 61
Views: 5646

Re: I just can't listen to what he's saying

Dyche was a great manager for us, the best I’ve seen but his interviews consist of management waffle and his teams play a dire (yet effective) brand of football. Now he no longer manages the club I support I don’t see any issue with acknowledging these facts.