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Last season's celebrations were fantastic at times. I don't blame him for wanting to bring some of that back for the players and the fans.

What's the point of following football if you can't celebrate when you win.

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It certainly doesn't feel like the 'natural' time for VK to leave. Still lots of work to be done. Good points made about the timing of his contract renewal last year off the back of links to Spurs/Chelsea. Any young, 'up and coming' manager, or anyone representing someone with a profile such as VK's...

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I’m not aware he turned down anyone last season. I know there was some daft speculation about Spurs and Chelsea but there was nothing in it. Brighton really do their homework with their head coaches. Ah. In my memory Spurs were interested and he decided to stay. Probably only based on paper talk th...

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Moyes would be a step backwards in footballing terms in my opinion. A manager that deserves a lot of respect. But would be surprised if our board wanted someone of his style and profile.

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Would be interested to get the thoughts of the 'Kompany Out' brigade on another Premier League club wanting to poach VK.

Let's hope he's still as invested in the 5 year project as he was when turning down potential suitors last season.

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NewClaret wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 21, 2024 4:57 pm
Sky quoted at the time that Forest had been advised before appealing that a points increase was unlikely.

Ah. Well that's a shame. Guess we'll just have to beat Man U next Saturday instead

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Could forest be deducted further points if the fail on their appeal? A quick Google states their appeal is set to be heard on Wednesday. No date for decision yet. Same article suggests they were given a 6 point deduction reduced to 4 points due to an 'early plea' and 'cooperation'. Can't imagine th...

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Surely this can't do their relationship with the PL any favours. Hopefully the PL don't look on them fondly with the points deduction appeal.

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Seems B'burn fans want all four sides of that ground to be empty.

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Need Blackburn to lose both their games and B'ham, Sheff W and Plymouth to win one of their remaining two games each. Stranger things have happened.

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Absolute howler. Get in.

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Sheff Weds winning!

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FCBurnley wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 21, 2024 1:25 pm
Can’t see Forest losing at Everton

Hope you're wrong but fear you're right.

That siren Everton play before the players come out is a bit tin pot. Let's hope their performance isn't.

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Esteve will be here regardless. No guarantees with Assignon but led to believe there's more chance of him staying with us next season than you'd think.

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Would almost feel sorry for the lad playing in the championship again next season. But certainly won't complain if he is. Far too good.

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Haven't watched much of this Sheff Utd team this year. But if they're anything like last season I'd be tempted to play Jay Rod due to his aerial ability and experience defending set pieces. At the other end he might do a better job at testing the keeper with some of these chances we've not been maki...

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I'm very pro-safe standing and this is a good start. I feel compelled to say that the idea of an emotional meeting about safe seating at the back of the Cricket Field Stand probably confirms the thoughts every cynic has about the people who are on the FAB. I happen to know details about the topic b...

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Wasn't there a survey that went out?

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Sounds as though this won't be the only area to go to safe standing. Longer term everyone that wants to stand could be able to stand and everyone that wants to sit should be able to sit without their view being obstructed by standing fans. Imagine there'll be a few teething problems in the meantime ...

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It's the top third of seats across the cricketfield stand. For those that have sat in there it's from row AA backwards.

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Brilliant game..... and watching the referee's performance shows how poor the standard is in the premier league... he's been on top of everything - not fallen for the play acting, or the gamesmanship - just in control, and spot on. The referee contributed to it being a fantastic game. By the second...

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Glad to hear that JBL and Esteve look to be signing.

Not overly fussed if we lose the rest, though you'd like to think all three of them would be decent enough to perform well in the Championship. Big money though. We can probably find cheaper hence signing Sambo instead of Assignon.

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Just wanting to clarify what we know/feel about the situation with our loan players upon relegation (or survival if you're still optimistic!). Assignon - understand we can buy if we stay up otherwise he goes back to parent club Esteve - seem to recall we have an agreement to buy regardless of divisi...

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Luton will go down in a much better financial position than we are .....! They will only lose players if those players want to leave. They are in the same kind of position as we were when we went down with Dyche in 2014/15. Sheffield United have all kinds of issues. The chaos at Everton/Forest if t...

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Out of the possible team's that could go down with us who are the other two along with ourselves you'd want Sheff Utd and Luton. For reasons already said - I think we'll be better than both next season. To anyone thinking we'll be closer to the relegation zone than the top - give your head a wobble...

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I don't mind tackles that you used to get away with being red cards. Football is a short career.

But we need more done to stop blatant cheating and diving such as players going down when someone puts a hand on their shoulder. Ruining the game.

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Dyche knows how dreadful is our defending of set pieces and will play on that. That's my worry. Otherwise I think we can outplay them. My thoughts on this game exactly. They're a big team. We could easily play very well but concede from a couple of set pieces. Still looking forward to probably our ...

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I am not familiar at all with the ins and outs of how a coaching team works, but I don't see why we need a set piece coach when we have one of the Premier League's best ever centre backs as our manager. I don't know who they are but I can't see how their knowledge/skill could be better than VK's.

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Not earning their money at the moment. Shocking from throw in's as well. We look clueless.

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Damn. Was hoping we wouldn't have one this weekend.

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How many points have we dropped because of inaccurate refereeing/VAR decisions ? I have lost count. The more shocking bit is how many points have we gained benefiting from inaccurate refereeing decisions. It should balance out. But my honest guess is 0 points. No wonder people mention bias/conspira...

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Just to put his age into context, he's three years behind Olise for example. Two years behind Cole Palmer. Five years behind McNeil. He's doing very well to be putting in even half decent performances in the Premier League at 19 years old. He must have a high ceiling for sure. No certainties he reac...

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Thankfully Huddersfield doing their best to keep up with them.

Now looking at Birmingham to get a result against PNE.

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Probably last season. Not old enough to have seen our glory years.

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BEST (Bacon egg sausage tinned tomatoes). Brown sauce of course. Tomatoes in the middle to avoid the bread going soggy.

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Glad to see Jean Louis Valois mentioned. For some reason he was my first thought but doubted anyone would suggest him.

Defour has always been divisive on this forum.

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Seems like there's two separate points here. This season has been terrible to watch. 2 home wins, can't keep a clean sheet, heads going down etc etc. In terms of entertainment value and competitiveness quite possibly the worst season I've seen as a Burnley fan. I wasn't around for the 86/87 season, ...

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I share ClaretTony's concerns about using supermarket car parks. Maybe nip in and buy something cheap, a sandwich, chewing gum, drink for the journey back, anything. They can't give you a fine if you're a paying customer and leaving the car park within the allocated time frame.

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Clovius Boofus wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:47 am
I can't wait to drive around and litter the roads with my cheap little plastic Made in China car flags.

What about littering the streets with Burnley flags made in Blackburn, or with pie wrappers made in Preston?

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The age old question of club or country is doing the rounds on twitter. Thought I'd see where people are at on here. 1) Would you rather Burnley stay up this season or England (or your alternative country) win the Euros this summer? Choose one. 2) Would you rather Burnley win the FA Cup next season ...

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I was looking forward to a season in the Championship again. Oh well, all aboard the Premier League survival train.

Nice to have a little hope, even if the odds are against us.

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Muric
Roberts
THB
Beyer
Maatsen
Cullen
Brownhill
Benson
Zaroury
Tella
Barnes

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Muric had a great game yesterday. His saves kept us in front. Trafford may have done similar. Muric's distribution is outstanding. It's the pace and timing of his distribution as much as anything. Trafford is a good keeper but takes far longer to distribute the ball, allowing the opposition to reset...

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I've said it before and I'll say it again. Both Muric and Trafford have strengths. But we've needed Muric's strengths all season. Very glad to see him in the net today. Made a difference.

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Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:40 pm
Did you win or lose?

Which side are you on?

There was no mention of a twix. But I'm over the moon with the result today. I'm always on Burnley's side.

I wonder what the next surprise will be.

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It's all scripted for Mission to Burnley 2, we are deliberately sh1t so the end of the documentary is spectacular as we roar into action and destroy every team in front of us. Failing that Foster on the bench. Well it won’t be Muric in goal. Well well well, maybe Vincent has more surprises up his s...

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Won't lie I was hoping this would be a more lighthearted thread. I had a bet with myself that a twix would be mentioned in the first 5 replies

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Come on then, what are we all hoping for?

I'll go for a return of the half time pie and peas entertainment game to really brighten the spirits

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I've accepted our fate for a while now, but it would be nice to see us put up a fight between now and the end of the season. We have a few games coming up where if we manage to get a couple of wins it might start to reignite some hope, and I'll get behind us all the way. But we really need to start ...

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Doubt I'll be tuning in much. Change of format for revenue, not the viewer.

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