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Truly amazing that a Brighton fan could call us for timewasting when Matt Ryan began his ridiculous time-wastingas early as the 17th minute.

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Hart 6
Bardsley 8
Tarkowski 9
Mee 9*
Taylor 8
Gudmundsson 7
Cork 7
Westwood 7
Brady 7
Barnes 7
Wood 5
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Lennon 6
Hendrick NA

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Hart 6
Bardsley 8
Tarkowski 9
Mee 9*
Taylor 8
Gudmundsson 7
Cork 7
Westwood 7
Brady 7
Barnes 7
Wood 5
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Lennon 6
Hendrick NA

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He’s never too nice about us.
I thought Brighton were the weakest side to visit Turf this season. But it was also one of best defensively. Tarks and Mee were back to their best today. Burnley deserves to win m, we only saw Brighton in the last 10 minutes.

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1-0 (Gudmundsson 80)

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Decent game last night and justified his recall. Still think Lowts is a better player and Bardsley had some horror shows earlier in the season. But if he can carry on playing as he did last night, that will be good, I too feel he's susceptible to a red card. I certainly didn't think he should have o...

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Hart 6 Bardsley 8* Albeit always feel he’s a challenge away from a sending off Tarks 7 - good to have him back,although lost van dijk got crucial second goal (which was a mirror image of their last minute strike last season, was it not ?) Mee 7 Taylor 7 Brady 7 much better Westwood 7 Cork 7 Gudmunds...

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I would have thought the Brighton v Palace derby would have been on live tonight, would sooner have watched that than City

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Interesting use of subs from Unai Emery yesterday, two changes at half time.
Completely changed the emphasis of the game.

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CT - interested to hear your views on McNeill - you have been watching a number of the under 23s games. He seemed to give the Turf a lift earlier in the season - do you think he’s ready for a first team recall?

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Well said OP, All of our success in recent years has been entirely down to SD and his staff. No one can doubt we’re in a pickle and no, our current plight is not the fans’ fault, but we need to use these two home games to support the lads and show some character from the stands. You only have to loo...

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1-0 Burnley (Gudmundsson)

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chorleyclaret wrote:Off to see A Certain Ratio at the Grand in Clitheroe. Dance the night away to a bit of funk.

Ditto Chorley, great night wasn’t it ?

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Whatever the reactionaries may argue, Sean Dyche has earned the right to manage the club through this season at the very least. His tenure has transformed the club at every level to a ridiculously higher level than any of us could have imagined. We are all hurting with the current predicament, but f...

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There’s no XI Sean could pick that would be acceptable in many people’s eyes. People say 442 doesn’t work then complain when we go 451. This line-up gets the best out of Defour (and Cork). Wood is probably more mobile than Vokes in running the channels, a year or so ago when we were playing our best...

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I’m not sure the question mark around the manager’s position is actually a ‘thing’ in reality.

I certainly don’t know anyone of that persuasion in the real world. Probably best not rising to it.

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Doubt Eddie Howe would go there.

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Was it not also Taylor - not Lennon - who put in the injury-time freekick for Vokes to head over.

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Fair points Braindead - I felt the same way on most of those issues. There was an interesting 'sports panel' radio feature on 5Live last Friday where the topic was how do you keep achieving when you are a champion team - Steve Finn the cricket was on there saying the county he played for won the Div...

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Vydra has started both matches that we have won this season- as said up the thread, he can conjure something from nothing. After that (albeit turgid) win at Cardiff, Dyche sang his praises in interview after being questioned about his attributes and how he fit into the mix. He has played 2 mins for ...

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Rafa is a smart boss, his team were well set-up against us, they defended their box well as they generally have all season. Would have liked to see Vydra off Vokes in more of an attacking midfield role. Both games we have won this season Vydra has started. If I could have a pint with SD I’d love to ...

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From the Jimmy Mac Upper I thought the crowd generally stuck with the team pretty well last night,heard the CF more than normal and once we got one back we didn’t hear a peep of the Geordies for a good while. Of course you always get imbecilic comments and I guess that’s worse in the other stands. A...

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Played some ok stuff in patches but I do agree that we were tactically outmatched tonight and SD’s reluctance to make a sub was strange - an extra 10 mins with Hendrick and Barnes could have made the ‘fine margin’ difference. Hart 5 Lowton 6 Long 7 Mee 5 Taylor 6 Defour 6 Cork 6 Lennon 6 Brady 3 Vok...

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FactualFrank wrote:Go with what you think. Nobody knows everything about Brexit, it's all down to what people forecast. And forecasts are often wrong.

Nobody knows anything about Brexit. Never mind everything.

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Anyone but Burnley

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The best football book I have read is probably 'The miracle of Castel Di Sangro' - a fly-on-the-wall look at a tiny Italian club who made it to Serie B for a couple of seasons, written by a bonkers US journalist who gained great access with the team and its shadowy owners. I read 'Zlatan' last summe...

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I can understand confidence being low among fellow Clarets but high emotional distractions does not guarantee success in the pitch. You only have to look at our own insipid performance after the Jimmy MAC tributes v United. I’m going for a 1-1. It’s a day for Burnley to rediscover their organisation...

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Tall Paul wrote:We are scoring goals though, unlike most of the other teams in the mix.

Cardiff scored four last week.

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I went to see Sons Of Kemet last week who were the best live band I’ve seen for a long time and I see a lot of gigs. Last album is great. Neneh Cherry’s new record ‘Broken Politics’ is really good.

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People really can’t wait to weigh in on the local reporters can they. So many esteemed football writers on here. Good luck Tyrone is what is clearly a step up in your industry.

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Hart 7 Lowton 7 Mee 5 - never got to grips to Morata's clever movement. Tarks 5 - see Mee Taylor 7 - thought he really dug in today JBG 5 - was surprised by his MOM, felt he struggled and didn't capitalise on some half-good positions Cork 6 - surprised at low marks for him, felt he looked much more ...

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I can whinge with the best of them but today was more of what I am personally after. We DID try to put our foot on the ball and play. We DID try and take the game to far superior opposition in the first twenty minutes and when we had the ball we DID try to create. Today restored my faith in Sean Dy...

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The BBC commentator gave an interesting neutral insight into our game today on Radio Five Live. He felt that Chelsea have come on leaps and bounds since the opening game of the season when they won 3-0 at Huddersfield and felt it was the best he had seen them. Also commented that he felt Burnley wer...

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They are a very dislikable ‘project’ and inevitably the novelty of visiting there is wearing off, as is constantly playing against 12 men there.

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Disappointing to see Vydra dropped, first half acceptable but once ahead we only had interest in containing, 30 per cent possession at home to Huddersfield is mind boggling. Worst we’ve season at home for quite some time. Hart 7 Lowton 6 Tarkowski 8* kept us in the game today Mee 4 defended well at ...

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[quote="EarbyClaret"]I'm struggling to think of an occasion where in an in-work manager of a top division club left to take up a job in the league below." Howard Wilkinson - the last English manager to win the top flight - did it twice. He left Notts County to join Sheffield Wednesday...

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I'm amazed it was even a consideration that he would go off an play for Ireland when he's been out for 10 months.
Dyche has played this one absolutely right.

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Surprised at this given his early withdrawal at Cardiff four days ago. What's more concerning is the lack of quality in England's midfield against arguably Europe's best two midfield units. Did James Milner already retire from international footballer? As he is about the only in-form England midfiel...

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If Dyche fancies it and his agent lets Villa know then it could be interesting. Sometimes you have to take a step back to take a larger stride forward and it seems Villa are prepared to throw plenty at it. His credentials would certainly be a lot stronger than a carvahal or dean smith (though smith ...

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Second half was quite entertaining - not high quality, but end-to-end for a while.

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Hart 8* Lowton 5 Tarkowski 7 (Long 7) Mee 7 Taylor 6 Lennon 6 Westwood 6 Cork 4 Gudmundsson 7 Vokes 7 Vydra 6 (Wood 6) -- Cork's performance was a worry today, SD talked about how it wasn't easy to play with all the balls reigning in but in truth we rarely made any attempt to play swiftly through th...

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“Harris (can't remember his first name) 6 games” Jason Harris I think, I’m sure he was a midfielder. Entwistle Caughey and Regis were really poor players. Think Grewcock netted 7 that season, he was our talisman. I recall a 3-1 home win against Lincoln when we actually scored three cracking goals. P...

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I put a bet on 15-13 Europe win. I very rarely bet on sport but had a lucky win on the correct margin Gleneagles victory four years ago.

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Fergie rates him highly but the fans would see it as a David Moyes mark 2.

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I don’t watch golf generally but I think the Ryder cup is very addictive viewing. The format of the competition is pretty ingenious, bringing a compelling mix of strategy, skill and teamwork to what is otherwise the most individualistic of sports. In the event of a closely matched competition, the s...

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His composure is a strength and when he’s on his game he can pull central defenders apart. His goal to game time ratio last season was actually among the best in the Premier League. Is just possible that Dyche is playing him in the hope he rediscovers his form, admittedly looks low on confidence thi...

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Sad news, time not on his side unfortunately.
All the best with the rehab Jon.

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Heaton
Lowton
Long
Mee
Ward
Lennon
Defour
Westwood
JBG
Vydra
Vokes
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Win the game, try and win a cup, make subs early, keep up the momentum- we have 5 days before Cardiff

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A nice read.
Interesting footnote re: attendance.
Could it be that the doom and gloom affects the fairer weather fan?
Hopefully folks will at least default to a more optimistic frame of mind towards the Club now.
A loyal Burnley fan told me we were as good as relegated on Friday.

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