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He was signed in the January window to bolster our first promotion push and I bet even Dyche thought at the time it was simply a very cheap short term measure to try to ensure promotion and then we'd fairly quickly move one. But he's been absolutely brilliant and utterly embodies what SD has created...

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He's a more than decent PL striker when fit. But the "when fit" part is clearly the issue. If they were confident he'd get fit and stay fit, surely Southampton would no way be looking to let him go. And as said, he's not really an upgrade on the 2 we have starting. We need a really good ba...

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I bet the SISU Christmas party is a barrel of laughs!

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Worked out okay for us though, didn't it? It did EVENTUALLY, but remember we'd had 2 previous cracks at it and Dyche in particular learned from that first season up that you HAVE to get a quality defence. After you've got that you can press and stifle other teams and give them possession and absolu...

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Norwich will need to splash a shed load of cash on what is always the most important area for newly promoted teams. Defence. It's not unusual to find that the strikers who got goals for fun in the Championship whilst helping a team gain promotion, can actually get a few goals in the PL (with the odd...

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tim_noone wrote:Shut your eyes.....and think of England!

Who? Me or Colin??

(Appropriate emoji!!)

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Bassini is clearly a fantasist who's wallet is even more empty than his head and his threats. His track record in business and in football is basically appalling and if I was a Bolton fan I'd be very, very scared. As regards him passing the "fit and proper persons test". Should be a piece ...

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Just done a quick calculation - another 8 rows of seats at the back of the Bob Lord (should be possible looking at google maps from above) would add approx 1500 seats to the stand - replace the roof with a new one to remove the stanchions and Bob's your uncle (and a stand!) not too much added capac...

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There's a fixture missing from Div 1. Clitheroe V ?

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As somebody said on TV recently, when the officials off the field tell the on field ref that he needs to have another look at something, in his mind he is automatically going to think he got it wrong first time, otherwise they wouldn't be asking him to check. So if when he checks, he still thinks he...

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I couldn't give a flying F about Barr. I'd never heard of him until IT mentioned him. How on earth can somebody worry about this goon Barr when we might become only the third club since the history of football even began to be relegated on 39 points! Get focused (And I bet Colin is more worried than...

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nul pwa.

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And there's still a chance the Clarets could go down. Some people need to get their bloody priorities right on here!!

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joey13 wrote:Should have kept your mouth shut

Absolutely right Joey, but I'd had more than a few pints in town on Saturday and was very giddy. The reality now is I really, really don't fancy Colin, so I'm going find it very tough!!!

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I'm absolutely crapping it all of a sudden. The euphoria of Saturday has worn off and the reality is that not only will the mighty Clarets be going down, I'll personally be going down too (On bloody Colin!!!!)

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Steve1956 wrote:We will beat Arsenal on the last day.

My fear is that we might HAVE to.

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Been retired 18 months now, but still haven'y fully adjusted and find a lot of days hard. BUT not the days when we play Newcastle away on a Wednesday night or when the Everton away match suddenly gets moved to a Friday instead of Saturday and it makes absolutely no difference to me!

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Brighton might well be dogshit and their current form is absolutely appalling , but after tonight they will still have 5 games to find just 2 wins to pass us (unless we can get a point somewhere). It's our last 4 fixtures which are making people nervous imo, even given our "apparently" sup...

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Cardiff aren't going to catch us - they still have Liverpool and United to play - but they might catch Brighton if they win tonight. Who do you want in the PL next season? Cardiff could well emulate Huddersfield, especially with the Sala ramifications still hanging over them. Every chance Brighton ...

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burnley007 wrote:I actually fancy us to get another 2-3 points at least this season

Really?

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Really don't get why Burnley fans want Cardiff to win. Lose all of our last 4 and Cardiff have a chance if they win tonight. Brighton have games in hand. Safety for us first. Once that is confirmed we can relax about the other games. As it stands tonight we are being drawn a little closer back towa...

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Newcastle away was probably the one really poor showing in all those 15 games. Even Liverpool away we were really good apart from absolutely gifting them at least 2 goals (if not 3) from the ubiquitous "individual errors" (Tom!!!!

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Those pictures of their end are exactly how I remember it and tbf it was probably even more packed and more dangerous than ours! The pictures can't convey the wall of noise though, especially after they went one up. Never heard anything quite like it since.

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My final wish is that we don't lose the last 4 games (which is entirely possible given the fixtures) and finish on a rather sad low after turning things round so brilliantly since Christmas. A couple of draws would suit me fine or even a win on the last day would be just brilliant.

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My overwhelming, total and utter despair at the result made believe for years that we'd been absolutely crap that day, but with the passage of time I have just about been able to watch those Granada highlights again (eventually) and despite not being at our best and Casper being an inured passenger ...

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They're on sale now chaps.

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Cardiff fans were looking for trouble on the cricket club car park after the match, but thankfully from what I saw they got no takers, just some verbals, but it looks to me like the guy who was flattened on HP Way should really have been on his coach (with he rest of those lads) so he's not entirely...

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Same here and it's not the first time. Maybe somebody forgot to move their clock forward the other week. I never knock the club simply for the sake of it and overall they're great, but why advertise a time which ultimately means F all and then do it again and again and....? People set aside time to ...

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Has Claret Tony posted today???

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I was 16 and I was there. I actually remember going under that (now infamous) tunnel and onto the terracing. We arrived about 2.00 and it was absolutely jammed full then and you really couldn't move and there was a momentum which you just couldn't balk against whether you wanted to or not. My feet w...

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Heaton 7 Lowton 7 Mee 7 Tarks 6 (Struggled against the big CF first half and seemed to pass him over to Mee second half) Taylor 8 (He's been a real bright spot in the second half of the season, even in some poor team performances) Cork 7 Westwood 7 (-1 for missing 2 1V1s) Hendrick 5 (I've been sitti...

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He's really grown into this league and into our left back position and as an aside I thought today Gunnarson pushed him before falling over his outstretched leg as he fell over, which wasn't really Taylor's fault so no pen there for me.

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The two massive pluses about this season have been the development of Taylor and the unexpected emergence of McNeil. Without either and especially McNeil we'd have probably been absolutely fu***d!

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Bosscat wrote:
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Am sure Colin would love that

Well it might just make his sour face crack a smile!!!

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TBF most on that forum are being very fair and objective. Many say there are no pens and others say they are debatable at best. They are also resigned to probably going down and feel they have done well to be where they are and may even have ridden their luck last season to be promoted at all. Fair ...

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If Cardiff catch us from this position I'll personally perform oral sex on Colin. (I'm THAT confident!!!)

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You have also been saying all season that we are going down DC. You still worried? Nope, I know it's not entirely impossible, but this evening I'm really not worried (any longer). Even you have to admit that for the first half of the season and especially after Boxing Day it was ALMOST nailed on we...

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It was a massive win for Newcastle and to go there and get a result you have to say fair play to them. It heaps pressure on us, but also on a several others too and if the BBC last night can describe Newcastle afterwards as now "all but safe" then if we get 3 points today, surely we'll be ...

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Another here who uses Good Fortune regularly. It's excellent, but we always drive to pick it up and when they say "ready in 10 minutes" they actually mean about 8 and a half so don't hang about!

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He's a more than decent ref tbh, but he's one of those that's kind of worked our Ash out and gives him absolutely nothing apart from short shrift and earache, so imo SD would be better benching him now!

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I'd really like to see him stay (and let Hart go), but tbh I can't see it. He'll want first team footy and won't readily settle for another season on the bench, which means we'll probably reluctantly cash in whilst the going is good. Like many on here I actually think he's the best all round of the ...

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Alanstevensonsgloves wrote:I'm from Accrington and whilst there may be 'choice', there isn't 'quality'!

Same as with the Accy ladies then!!

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Tod has several good pub options, not just the Spoons (The White Hart). The Queen's Head and The Polished Knob are good and there are others. Hebden Bridge has plenty and is only a short train ride too.

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As mentioned it would probably never make it to screen now, but it was very clever and very funny at the time. (Probably still is actually!) I didn't even know Frankie Howard was gay until after he'd died!!

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Assuming the facts are as in the OP I hope she gets all that she deserves, but no doubt anytime soon she'll be in the papers claiming the British Embassy have abandoned her and aren't doing enough to help her and to secure her release!!
PS. How funny was Frankie Howard in that!??

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I think so close to the end of the season, it makes sense for the EFL to help out and TRY to get all fixtures played, BUT it does set a (very expensive!) precedent which might come back to bite them in the bum if other clubs start threatening to go under in the future.

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Claretitus wrote:One for us older Clarets- The Phil Cavener Corner................

Well one thing's for sure. It'll never be the "Robbie Brady Corner!"

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Is Caroll REALLY injured so often, or does he have "other" issues?

Just wondering like.

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I've never joined and I've never been on it and I've never ever felt I was missing anything and recently I seem to be hearing loads of "users" saying they're leaving it as they've apparently seen it's just a load of fatuous bollo***!

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Steve1956 wrote:63 and I havnt got a clue

Steve, I'm (almost) 61 and I remember it well. You were probably too busy watching ITV which my dad wouldn't allow in our house! He used to make us watch BBC2 also, even though I don't think he really understood it!

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