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I have mixed feelings about Dyche. I remember that in the COVID period he had hardly any players he went to Palace with Kevin Long, two keepers and 4 kids on the bench, and won 1 - 0! It was from around about that point on things seemed to grow gradually worse with minimal investment so that Oligarl...

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Hard Day's Night

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Re the non penalty, it looked like one in real time and certainly looked like one after on the replay. This type of incident is one where the benefits of VAR should be brought into play. As Enola says the ref could be blind sided as to whether Estupinan played the ball or not, so why not give the pe...

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Muric - 4 Assignon - 7 some decent attacking play and reasonably sound defensively. Ekdal - 7 handled BHA front 2 quite and decent distribution Esteve - 7 ditto above Vitinho - 6 looked ok to me played out position again Odebert - 7 our most dangerous forward player, on another day might have had tw...

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The FA have allowed the Northern League to extend until May 11th due to fixture pile up.

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People seem to have quite selective memories of the Dyche era. Personally I prefer to recall the season we qualified for Europe when we took on the likes of Spurs, Liverpool, Chelsea etc in their own maddens and came away with points. We also played a lot of good stuff in the closed doors era. Furth...

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Yet according to our manager, speaking to BBC after the match, we have been the better side over all of the last six games and could have been looking at an 18 points haul I heard that too. I know this might be about semantics but for me the "better" team is one that scores more goals than the othe...

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I find myself in broad agreement with WarksClaret. Oddly we have only been doubled by the top four (so far) but our undoing has been the three doubles mentioned by Warks, six games where we only managed one goal and conceded 12. It was imperative not to lose against teams like Palace and Everton but...

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Vegas Claret wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:19 pm
I wonder why the promoted teams are the bottom 3, can't put my finger on the reason that would be.....

The previous season all three stayed up. Forest, Cherries and Fulham.

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Right, it’s all the refs. fault.

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Glad he’s gone for an attacking line up as there is no point blocking out for a draw today. The pre match stats show that Everton have a long run of failing to win after conceding the first goal. Also if we don’t beat Everton and Forest there really is very little chance of reeling either of them in...

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I saw Cruyff play for Barcelona vs Ipswich in a UEFA Cup Round 3 tie in November 1977. Not one of the Dutch Master’s better nights as the Tractor Boys masterminded by Bobby Robson ran out 3 - 0 winners. Neeskens was also in the Barcelona line up. Cruyff actually “retired” at the end of that season b...

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Spare a thought for Charnock Richard FC in Padiham’s division. They have 12 games to play in the next 27 days due to postponements.

They’ll need a new tumble dryer at the end of April.

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Because at non league level costs will increase in three different ways. First there are possible ground improvements that the club may have to make for the next level, second there are additional travel costs as the team will have to travel further distances third there will be increased player cos...

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Cheers Paul thanks for your extensive note.

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Hibsclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:18 am
I’m sure we had a game called off at Chesterfield some years ago probably around late 80’s or so. I remember getting to saltergate and seeing the spire and driving straight back. Complete waste of time

You mean you found your visit uninspiring?

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BS surely it does not matter where we buy our gas from, the Ukraine invasion created a shortage of global supply which must force prices up. Also you mention storage, my understanding is that one of the reasons we pay over the odds for our energy is that the UK compared to our European counterparts ...

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Will any of you be taking the opportunity to support grass roots level local clubs? Myself I hope to attend Ashington vs Grimsby Borough a NPL Eastern Division mid table clash, although it is a trifle windy up here atm with 40 mph+ gusts so not expecting any Burnley like Samba football. I note that ...

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A bit remiss of you CT but you forgot about Bobby Thomas who has just got to an FA Cup semi final.

Just below league level Conn Clarke has emerged as a big goalscorer for Altrincham who are pressing for a play off place.

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Paul, thanks for your detailed answer. OK here are UK Natural Gas Prices https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/uk-natural-gas they seem to correspond closely to US prices. Re the seasonal aspect: prices fell steadily from 136p per therm in October 23 down to 55p in February 24 back up to 73 in the ...

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We suddenly have better performances and strength in depth upfront with Fofana and Foster back fit with Amdouni/Rodriguez as subs. Its not beyond the realms of possibility but its still unlikely. Decent point, but we need some of the others to chip in as well. Since Fofana arrived he is the only sc...

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My energy supplier informs me that the unit price for gas bill will drop by about 14% however when I look on the charts for the current prices for Natural Gas I note that the Natural Gas price on the markets has halved from October 2023 and fallen exponentially since the to reach peak in August 2022...

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VAR more or less gave us three points on Saturday, shorty and the Lady Lino played on when Vitinho was flattened.

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We need to make up five points on Luton plus they have a better goal difference. Their last four home games are vs Bournemouth, Brentford, Everton and Fulham. Also Forest play Palace and Fulham at home in their next two games the current four point gap could easily be nine or ten after the next roun...

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Meanwhile over at Gigg Lane the wheels have come off the promotion wagon a bit. Only one point from the last nine so Bury are now chasing the two Wythenshawe clubs for the Auto spot. Furthermore the Shakers played their last two home games behind closed doors following a crowd incident earlier in th...

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Former Claret Rob Harker scores for promotion seeking FC Halifax vs doomed Oxford City in the National League.

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Alongside most refs this season we got few of the 50/50 decisions and I feel he was trying to level things up a bit after the penalty against Brentford. He had a golden opportunity to “level things up” especially Fofana’s rugby tackle in the box. If anything Brentford felt they were hard done by wi...

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aggi wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:08 pm

Was it my imagination or was there a completely blatant back pass that the keeper picked up towards the end of the second half?

A back pass has to be played by the foot. The keeper can pick it up if it comes off the shin, knee or thigh. In this case it came off the Bees player’s knee.

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Muric - 9 Assignon - 7 Taylor - 6 O’Shea - 6 Esteve - 6 Berge - 7 Cullen - 7 Odebert - 6 Vitinho - 8 Fofana - 7 Larsen -7 Amdouni - 6 Considering we were up against 10 men the defence allowed Brentford a lot of decent chances which they either missed like Toney’s free header early in the first half ...

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Yes it means that the players receiving the ball have more time and space as the opposition aren’t “set”.

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Not sure about the “ no end product” assessment as he won the penalty and instigated the move for the second goal, I would be interested to see his pass completion rate as he seemed to have quite a lot of the ball but kept and passed it quite well on the whole.

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One superb ball to Fofana (?) in the left wing position in the second half was sublime, thought we had Ross Barkley in the nets for a moment.

Pulled three out of the net and up the tempo of Burnley’s performance.

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For anyone going north of York, the A59 closure isn't that big a deal. The obvious detour through Pateley Bridge is almost as quick and very scenic. For anyone who's confident on country roads, you can also go cross country through the Dales up to Wensleydale and off towards the north east. Not ide...

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Were the new signings brought in to increase Burnley’s chance of surviving in the EPL or as an opportunity to check out some potential new investments on a sale or return basis? A bit of both maybe. Re their effectiveness, since Fofana came into the side for his five and two bits of a game the Clare...

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Fred Trueman has a statue in Skipton for a mere 307 wickets.

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Owen and Brian ensured that we have the most EPL defeats away from home in a season with 17, now Vinny is gunning for the home defeat record which I was surprised to find is held by Watford when they went down with us in 2021/22 with 15. We are also in the running for the least number of points at h...

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We actually finished 10 points ahead of the Blades last season, another indicator of our regression this season.

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I didn’t go to the match but saw the highlights and I am surprised nobody else has mentioned up to now Taylor’s cowardice in turning his back and creating the deflection that wrong footed Trafford for Bournemouth’s second. He did the same vs Arsenal for their fourth and he’s not the only player in t...

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I am not a big Amdouni fan he doesn’t seem able to link up with his team mates for me, but realistically what are the other options? Thanks to loans and injuries we only had the ephemeral Larsen and Benson on the bench plus the ancient Rodrigues.

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Doubt there'll be a big turnover this summer, can't afford another £100m Well, for a kick off nearly all the old guard are out of contract except for Roberts who has one year left but I can’t see him coming back. Muric Benson Twine and Zaroury may well want a fresh start. The three new loanees will...

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I’d completely write off the next 12 games and use them to gel the players and system for next season. It at least gives the fans something to get behind, and encouragement that there’s a plan in place. But I don’t think VK has the humility to do this. I don’t agree with this Approach TB. We should...

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Under Laws percentage points won = 18.5% VK has won 12.8%

There was also a stat on the BBC statingthat it was the most goals conceded by any Burnley team after 25 games since 1932.

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burnley007 wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 24, 2024 4:18 pm
Who would replace him?

He's the most beautiful girl in the room.

She's spunked all the money Alan gave her for groceries on cosmetics and it's all come off in the rain.

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Ideal inmate for the Jailhouse Rock

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Hull two up at Soton. 9 shots to 2 for the home side. Four on target two in the onion bag. Sounds like Harwood Bellis is having a tough night.

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CrosspoolClarets wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:17 pm
Would that be the Palace game where we had 68% possession, had 17 shots to 4, 12 corners to 1?

And lost 2 - 0 so what does that tell you?

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CrosspoolClarets wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:53 pm
This game is the reason I have long said there is little difference between us and these teams.

Yet they both beat us 2 - 0 at home without getting out of second gear, that’s why we are going down

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I need to pick you up on your non league aside CT. Most non league clubs don’t have naff half time entertainment, they have a half time draw plus drinks and food at non extortionate prices often served by local volunteers. You can also buy a beer in a cosy friendly club bar with teles on to watch th...

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He was a very fine player. Saw him completely nullify Alan Shearer once playing for Ipswich vs Rovers in a Cup Tie back in the nineties.

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I don’t think cowards is too strong a word. Just watching MOTD, Brownhill turns his back on the first goal and Taylor on the fourth. It happens with different players nearly every week. They are a bunch of gutless mard arses who would rather concede a goal than get hurt by the ball.

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