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by scamander
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Notts Forest: do you now have hope we will survive?
Replies: 94
Views: 5460

Re: Notts Forest: do you now have hope we will survive?

Wasn't at the game so please correct me if I'm wrong but how convincing were we vs 10 men?

The only thing which might give us any hope is what our run in looks like in respect of teams already on the beach.
by scamander
Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The table
Replies: 35
Views: 2598

Re: The table

Would look so much better if we hadn’t had the points against Forest and Luton stolen from us by shocking VAR decisions Whilst I agree we have had numerous chances to take points which we have failed to do. The fact that Forest are near us is in part due to them being on the wrong end of some odd o...
by scamander
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:36 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Confident for tomorrow
Replies: 60
Views: 3457

Re: Confident for tomorrow

Would be nice but I suspect we will pick up points once our relegation is confirmed and we play teams who are already on the beach.
by scamander
Mon Mar 04, 2024 5:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The next Nathan Tella
Replies: 58
Views: 3721

Re: The next Nathan Tella

Talented though Tella was the system we had set him up perfectly. Short passing which saw Jay drop deep and the opposition would push up gradually to try and squeeze the play as they becane more frustrated. We'd then play a quick ball over the top for him to run onto. I think we have the tools with ...
by scamander
Sun Mar 03, 2024 2:56 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets vs Bournemouth - Match Thread
Replies: 472
Views: 10463

Re: Clarets vs Bournemouth - Match Thread

Great example of the difference in the teams. Cook plays a lovely ball forward to Semedo, nicely weighted. If that was us the ball would have been a yard short. We have had numerous opportunities to play a quick, accurate ball but we seem unable to do it. Either an extra touch is taken or there just...
by scamander
Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets vs Bournemouth - Match Thread
Replies: 472
Views: 10463

Re: Clarets vs Bournemouth - Match Thread

Saw the goal as Esteve's fault, his side of the centre pairing but O'Shea could have done more to cover.
by scamander
Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets vs Bournemouth - Match Thread
Replies: 472
Views: 10463

Re: Clarets vs Bournemouth - Match Thread

It's not often you see a goal conceded which would draw criticism at pub level. Sheesh.
by scamander
Mon Feb 05, 2024 3:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: TRAFFORD
Replies: 808
Views: 29836

Re: TRAFFORD

Just to broaden this discussion out a bit. There have been lots of keepers making mistakes this season, in part due to the new style of play they are required to have. Ramsdale and Raya were getting criticised earlier this season. At the weekend Pickford was being heavily criticised for his kicking ...
by scamander
Wed Jan 17, 2024 8:10 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Roma sack Mourinho
Replies: 43
Views: 2405

Re: Roma sack Mourinho

Very much a manager of his day, incredible in his younger career but seems to have lost it. One of those managers who the players loved but also could fall out with quickly. To use a wrestling term he played the heel role well, I sense he'd be a genuinely nice guy to have a drink with. He wasn't a p...
by scamander
Mon Jan 15, 2024 8:56 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Fofana is first January signing
Replies: 94
Views: 5906

Re: ARTICLE: Fofana is first January signing

I see this as VK making a statement about us staying up, the issue being that no moves in the transfer market could be seen as us throwing in the towel. It's a difficult line to walk and I appreciate that my opinion (we are going down so let's keep money at the club) would be viewed as us throwing i...
by scamander
Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:35 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Scrap VAR
Replies: 84
Views: 3654

Re: Scrap VAR

I think most fans of every club have issue with VAR, I seem to remember Wolves getting some very bad decisions against them. I'm also getting tired of fans from every club claiming a conspiracy or similar or that it's corrupt. Really? The big aim for the PL is to see us relegated - if so then using ...
by scamander
Fri Jan 12, 2024 10:38 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Luton
Replies: 469
Views: 16383

Re: Burnley v Luton

Didn't see the game so I can't comment on much. However, the "it's ok we'll defend a narrow advantage for 20 mins or so sat deep" plan doesn't seem to have worked again. From what I could tell (mainly from here) we decided to barricade the doors and hope. If you do that you bring the dodgy decision ...
by scamander
Sun Jan 07, 2024 7:59 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Arijanet Muric
Replies: 284
Views: 35195

Re: Arijanet Muric

I will support whoever is picked in goal by the manager. Unfortunately 90% of this board seems to only want one of them to do well and the other to fail. I just don’t understand why some will defend mistakes by one or call a routine save a world class save but be completely polar opposite of the ot...
by scamander
Sun Jan 07, 2024 7:54 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: January transfer window rumours.
Replies: 2353
Views: 284187

Re: January transfer window rumours.

Young players from established teams is always tricky, Mee and Trips as good examples of players who shone albeit it took time (I remember Mee's best position being heavily debated in his early tenure with us). I think we had Whittingham early on who didn't do well but he went on to be a fantastic C...
by scamander
Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 11 points after 19 games
Replies: 63
Views: 3677

Re: 11 points after 19 games

Did some rough stats on this, to get to 37 points we need to be averaging 1.4 points a game. Our current average is 0.6. Newcastle are a team who are the closest to averaging this by the way, it's a very strong ask. I think this means we need 8 wins minimum (probably 9). Aside from Luton and Sheff U...
by scamander
Sat Dec 16, 2023 7:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets v Everton Match Thread
Replies: 405
Views: 126444

Re: Clarets v Everton Match Thread

Everton fans were bemoaning having Keane and Godfrey in the starting XI. Both played very well. That's what our current level is, we're a decent reserve side. Got a couple of players out of form? Stick them in against us, we'll make them purr. Was always going to be tough this season and I expected ...
by scamander
Sat Dec 16, 2023 6:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets v Everton Match Thread
Replies: 405
Views: 126444

Re: Clarets v Everton Match Thread

ElectroClaret wrote:
Sat Dec 16, 2023 6:37 pm
Agreed.
So why is he still being asked to do it?
That's what I don't understand. Bizzare.
by scamander
Sat Dec 16, 2023 6:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets v Everton Match Thread
Replies: 405
Views: 126444

Re: Clarets v Everton Match Thread

Trafford continually gives the ball away or plays his receivers into trouble because he passes the ball so slowly that when our player gets the ball he is totally surrounded. Pace should acutely embarrassed. I certainly am He's being asked to play that way to draw the opposition onto us, thus creat...
by scamander
Sat Dec 16, 2023 6:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets v Everton Match Thread
Replies: 405
Views: 126444

Re: Clarets v Everton Match Thread

Disgraceful Muric can’t get a game I'm not trying to poke the hornets nest which is the whole Muric/Traffird thing but was Muric strong in the air? Only saw him in the TV matches last season but he looked very unconvincing at crosses and seemed a weak 'big' keeper. Genuine question - was he good in...
by scamander
Sat Dec 16, 2023 6:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets v Everton Match Thread
Replies: 405
Views: 126444

Re: Clarets v Everton Match Thread

Everton are an in form side, hoped that their changes might have given us some hope. Sadly not.

Only hope is a freakish red card for them or something but we just don't have the ability to play the same format as last season.
by scamander
Fri Dec 15, 2023 9:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Maatsen
Replies: 47
Views: 10056

Re: Maatsen

Perhaps a wider point with regards to Maatsen but Chelsea must be getting concerned about FFP. From what I understand they've gambled a lot with their transfer kitty over the next couple of seasons (having payments spread out). In short with Europe looking unlikely they will need to start rebalancin...
by scamander
Wed Dec 06, 2023 6:51 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Kompany’s Subs
Replies: 66
Views: 8570

Re: Kompany’s Subs

I think putting on JBG was based on the idea of adding some experience in terms of controlling the game further. The sad truth was that Koleosho was the reason we were controlling or had parity to some extent. Pace is vital to the system we play, it was last year. If you have short play at the back ...
by scamander
Tue Dec 05, 2023 9:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Match Thread - Wolves v Burnley
Replies: 605
Views: 58870

Re: Match Thread - Wolves v Burnley

Luton are nowhere near our level. What they do have is a team of battlers, that give everything and never give up. If we had half their fight we'd be midtable. Good luck to them I say, if it keeps them up they deserve it. If we go down we'll have deserved it. I'm not sure it's about battling and pa...
by scamander
Tue Dec 05, 2023 9:38 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Match Thread - Wolves v Burnley
Replies: 605
Views: 58870

Re: Match Thread - Wolves v Burnley

We play well at points but what I see is teams just managing us. Let us have possession, perhaps we create a chance but they know we'll play to a system which we don't have the skill for. Just have their midfielders or forwards wait for the obvious mis pass or such around our own box. Kerching. They...
by scamander
Tue Dec 05, 2023 9:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Match Thread - Wolves v Burnley
Replies: 605
Views: 58870

Re: Match Thread - Wolves v Burnley

Do we have any fit forwards? Jay needs a rest.
by scamander
Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Match Thread - Wolves v Burnley
Replies: 605
Views: 58870

Re: Match Thread - Wolves v Burnley

Perhaps the only downside to last season was that the success masked a style of play which was always going to be a far tougher ask against Premier League teams. I'm pretty sure you'll find various instances of posters referring to where we coughed it up but the opposition didn't take advantage. I s...
by scamander
Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Match Thread - Wolves v Burnley
Replies: 605
Views: 58870

Re: Match Thread - Wolves v Burnley

I read that as Berge dropping in to draw the player marking him in so O'Shea then goes long and they have a player out of the centre (i.e. Berge making a dummy run). But nope. Always short and always predictable. Can't imagine the match prep for opposition strays much from just press us high and wat...
by scamander
Sun Nov 26, 2023 9:12 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sacking Kompany
Replies: 218
Views: 26234

Re: Sacking Kompany

With regards to Luton, they were a physical side in the Championship and they have not drifted much from this style. That's no insult to them as it's a great leveller, we were trying to play Prem footballl in the Championship and the irony is that Luton's style gives them a better chance against Pre...
by scamander
Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: May aswell stick an R there now
Replies: 99
Views: 7209

Re: May aswell stick an R there now

Are we likely to lose seven home games in a row though? I wouldn't have thought so. He had some very bad patches when managing Brighton including going 3 months without a win and a separate 3 month period of not scoring. He also had a 6 game losing streak at one point. Not seven defeats at home but...
by scamander
Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: May aswell stick an R there now
Replies: 99
Views: 7209

Re: May aswell stick an R there now

Okay. How about Graeme Potter? Not that I think he'd come, but the point was that whoever it is couldn't do as bad a job as what currently being subjected to. Live in Brighton and as such I'm aware of what Potter is all about. In short he is a manager who you need patience with, it takes a few seas...
by scamander
Sat Nov 25, 2023 5:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sheffield United is a must win or Kompany has to go
Replies: 116
Views: 14392

Re: Sheffield United is a must win or Kompany has to go

Unsure if this is healthy but I want him to stay and be accountable for the relegation we deserve. I don't want him paid off so he can get a nice job elsewhere. We are down, so all we lose if he goes is more money in paying him off. We've put a lot of faith in him, I want him to learn and not walk a...
by scamander
Sat Nov 25, 2023 4:53 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Will Burnley be relegated?
Replies: 55
Views: 6202

Re: Will Burnley be relegated?

Statistics may not always tell the full story but they can be brutal. We're averaging 0.3 points per game, in order to get to 37 we need to be on 1.2 points a game from now on. I understand the 'we will improve / need a good transfer deadline' arguments, the issue is that by that point we may have t...
by scamander
Sat Nov 18, 2023 8:50 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Everton docked 10 points
Replies: 258
Views: 24005

Re: Everton docked 10 points

Everton’s upcoming games are (in no order) United, City, Chelsea, Newcastle, Spurs, Forest……and……us at the Turf under the lights. In that time we have West Ham, Sheffield, Wolves, Brighton, Fulham, Liverpool and of course Everton. After those games we could be 10 points behind again, but we could a...
by scamander
Fri Nov 17, 2023 8:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Everton docked 10 points
Replies: 258
Views: 24005

Re: Everton docked 10 points

Whether Everton are a relegation rival or not (and judging by points per game so far they're on course to win 44 points which would see them finish with 34) this makes it much more likely we will finish ahead of them. Simple as. Prior to the Arsenal game we were averaging 0.3 points per game and ne...
by scamander
Sun Nov 12, 2023 9:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How many points...
Replies: 39
Views: 3173

Re: How many points...

I haven't updated the stats to include the Arsenal result but prior to this weekend we had averaged 0.3 points per game. Assuming 37 points puts us in with a shout we needed to be averaging 1.2 points per game.
by scamander
Fri Nov 10, 2023 10:44 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: I won't deviate
Replies: 140
Views: 9104

Re: I won't deviate

It is not just the players but the managers in the PL are generally far more tactically astute than those that VK came up against regularly in the Championship. Knowing how VK is going to set his team up and realising that he has no Plan B makes us canon fodder for the best teams in this league. Ju...
by scamander
Mon Nov 06, 2023 5:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How do we get rid of VAR?
Replies: 60
Views: 5549

Re: How do we get rid of VAR?

The argument that it works in other sports, I believe, is irrelevant. This is not other sports. This is football. It's fast, it's unpredictable, it's almost impossible to know what's intentional and what is not. There's an element of 'gamesmanship' not always found in other sports. That's why it's ...
by scamander
Sat Nov 04, 2023 6:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets vs Palace
Replies: 368
Views: 21379

Re: Clarets vs Palace

I would like to see how our possession breaks down between in our own half and theirs as especially in the 2nd half we spent most time passing from side to side in our half with no idea how to get it forward so a meaningless stat really My understanding is that this type of play, which most teams n...
by scamander
Sat Nov 04, 2023 5:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets vs Palace
Replies: 368
Views: 21379

Re: Clarets vs Palace

Lost with 67% possession 17 shots 5 on target 12 corners Palace 33% possession 4 shots 3 on target 1 corner Yet again possession no end product but at least we hit the target 5 times This is a game we needed to win to allow us a chance to stay up palace is a team we need to get pints from Interesti...
by scamander
Thu Nov 02, 2023 7:17 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Kompany: time to go
Replies: 779
Views: 46878

Re: Kompany: time to go

As often with a question like this, who is the replacement? Who comes in and gets a radically different tune out of players who aren't seemingly PL standard (yet)? Presumably the international break might give time for a new manager to come in and set his style. But it's asking a lot. The only other...
by scamander
Sun Oct 29, 2023 7:48 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Kompany: time to go
Replies: 779
Views: 46878

Re: Kompany: time to go

This isn't just about Kompany, it's about how the club is perceived and what it says to the wider footballing world. Sacking a manager after having significant success and then giving him the war chest makes the club look foolish. To give some context it's made worse because we are where we expected...
by scamander
Sat Oct 28, 2023 4:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bournemouth v Burnley MATCH THREAD
Replies: 831
Views: 29553

Re: Bournemouth v Burnley MATCH THREAD

Listening on Talksport2, Vitinho mistake and an amazing chip from what they are saying.
by scamander
Sun Oct 08, 2023 3:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Teams faced so far
Replies: 142
Views: 8335

Re: Teams faced so far

Whilst I agree in part, judging a team based on how they did last season has some weaknesses. For a start - you aren't playing the team from last season. You're playing the team from the past 2 or 3 results. An example is Utd, possibly the worst form that they have ever been in when we faced them. C...
by scamander
Sun Oct 08, 2023 9:07 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Dignity and respect…
Replies: 40
Views: 5677

Re: Dignity and respect…

Played it only for a year when I couldn't play football and joined a vets team. It's easier to vent frustrations and the like in rugby as it's physical. However, as for the whining/moaning etc the game is on a different level. One game was against a local rival, I was on the wing and a kick was put ...
by scamander
Wed Oct 04, 2023 7:58 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Luton v Burnley.Your verdict.
Replies: 85
Views: 7085

Re: Luton v Burnley.Your verdict.

From Luton's perspective this was a real opportunity, a win away at Everton with points against us and the world is a sunnier place. 3 points be it from a Barca masterclass or shoddy drunken bar brawl, it doesn't matter. It moves us up the table and more importantly those teans above us can't write ...
by scamander
Tue Sep 26, 2023 12:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Andros Townsend.
Replies: 79
Views: 7821

Re: Andros Townsend.

It's likely that there are offers for him and I hope he finds what he wants. However, as others have pointed out - we have no ideas of what his demands were. Wilshire had a bit of PR a while back when released and was complaining that he couldn't find a club. I suspect what he meant by that was a la...
by scamander
Sun Sep 24, 2023 8:33 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today’s thread
Replies: 188
Views: 8931

Re: Today’s thread

Tough to take, pats on the back aside for how good we looked it's no points from a team who were there for the proverbial taking. Not a Utd team on form, instead a Utd team relying on a free transfer to patch up their defence. A Utd team whose players were at low morale. A Utd team wirh a keeper who...
by scamander
Wed Sep 06, 2023 7:49 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Gifton Noel-Willliams
Replies: 6
Views: 1902

Re: Gifton Noel-Willliams

My mate's a Watford fan and both Gifton and Tommy Smith were two players who came up through their academy and were going on to big things. Tommy had a good career, but I think Gifton had knee issues which he played on with but really affected him. Shame as always feel sorry when something like this...
by scamander
Fri Aug 04, 2023 11:26 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ainsworth ain't happy
Replies: 25
Views: 4613

Re: Ainsworth ain't happy

All this tinkering is happening because too many players, managers etc. ignore the current rules and frankly take the ****. It means the ones who don't try and bend the rules to their advantage lose out. The idea of players going off after having treatment on the pitch was because getting a physio ...
by scamander
Tue Jul 11, 2023 11:42 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ashes 4th Test
Replies: 435
Views: 21685

Re: 4th Test

I remember a Darren Gough criticism of the squad from many, many years ago. He commented tbat it was harder to get dropped than picked.

I appreciate squad harmony etc but it sends a very bad message out. Form is secondary to your name.