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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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Hart 8
Lowton 8
Mee 8
Tarkowski 8
Taylor 7
Gudmundsson 8
Cork 7
Westwood 9*
Lennon 8
Vokes 7
Vydra 7
—Barnes 8
Wood 6

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Taylor played well yesterday. He’s developing, he’s a good footballer, and will only get better.

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...one for the fatalists

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Leicester’s defending was abysmal last weekend, the away team actually had more shots on goal, looked like everything went Bournemouth’s way - we will certainly need to shut their wide men down though, Fraser and brooks are dangerous. Lowton’s return essential against Fraser I feel. I’m going for a ...

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First goal will decide the outcome of the game.[/quote]

Worth noting Bournemouth’s record for coming from behind - as they did last game last season.
best in the division, if we do go ahead, it won’t be in the bag.

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I thought the radio lancs interview was a lot more insightful than the general ‘presser’ - went into a
lot more detail into the difficulties that the early Europa rounds presented.
Gave me confidence that we could eke our a 1-0 tomorrow.

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So sad.
Thoughts and love to all of you who knew them.

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I'm in agreement with his observations. Our win at Chelsea last season was massively important to what was to come from us; even though we lost at home to WBA the next match (unluckily), the players knew what we were capable of, and you don't lose that confidence overnight. I recall my barber saying...

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Is he related to Julian Darby (ex Bolton), terrible news, a brutal condition.

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It was interesting watching Neves for Wolves on Sunday - the way he just kept dropping deep to be available for the ball, allowing himself time and space to pick the right pass, be it a simple 10 yard one or a neat pin-point chip to a wide player. He did the job that Defour was doing for us with suc...

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Good result -both this sides catchable in time

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I agree that Wolves are a top 10 side, superbly organised team who defended as a five and fluidly reverted to 3-4-3 when required. It was one of those days when losing 1-0 felt like an Ok result given how much we’d been dominated. We’ve come so far so soon and the fans need to really get behind the ...

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Watched the game from a Wolves stand with Wolves friends, they are every bit a top 10 team for me, excellent technical players who have momentum coursing through the team; watching Neves reminded me what we’re missing with Defour. Barnes should have been deployed to mark him when Wolves had the ball...

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Hart Lowton Tarkowski Mee Gibson Taylor Hendrick Cork Westwood Vydra Barnes -- Wood, Vokes, McNeil, Ward, Long, Lennon, Heats I think at the minute this gives us the best balance of a strong defence, compact midfield and a threat up top. We'd be sacrificing the creativity of McNeil and pace of Lenno...

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It was interesting to hear the West Indian great Michael Holding eulogise about Jimmy. He was equally impressed with the amount of Tests Anderson has played, he inferred that those with little interest in the game almost expect it normal that a bowler can keep delivering line and length and moving i...

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If this is an accurate transcription, it would not be hard to see how 'Jonny' and SD might not get on.

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Hope you enjoyed your 'international break' ASG.

Call it sandal tax.

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I immediately thought it was the incredible Cocteau Twins singer when I first saw this. RIP

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They'll not miss the sofas.

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Very upsetting story unraveled over the past few days - a fantastic broadcaster and had a great rapport with Tony Livesey on air. Always thought TL made the step up from Radio Lancs with impressive comfort, but a part of that was working with some excellent female co presenters. She certainly came a...

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Astonishing numbers. His run of consecutive test appearances perhaps the most impressive stat of all.
Well done Cookie.

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I hope they have one of those team ‘chats’ you know like the one they had around Christmas time of the Championship Title-winning season that led us to going 23 undefeated

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Strong squad at Watford and whatever anyone thinks about their managerial merry-go-round, someone there clearly has some top knowledge of the European game, can’t really fault them. Also have some real talent still on the sidelines too.

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This is absolutely spot on. And surely anyone who was at the game can see this. Not true at all. If Barnes had played he wouldn’t have got close to Lindelof because Fellaini would have man-marked him out of the game which is exactly what happened in the game two seasons ago. Maybe that’s why Dyche ...

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Hart 9* Bardsley 6 Tarkowski 7 Mee 5 Taylor 6 McNeill 7 Westwood 6 Cork 6 Hendrick 6 Lennon 6 Wood 5 — Vokes 7 Barnes 6 — Didn’t think it was as bad as all that. If you go back to the same match two seasons ago when United beat us 2-0 with a carbon copy display (two first half goals). I’d wager it w...

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I didn’t notice it during the silence but United fans in the stadium observed it impeccably from where I sat.
It should of course be a given, but it only takes one nobhead to ruin something like that, so appreciation to Utd fans.

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Bonkers world of Greek football. The game seems like a bit of a shambles over there at the current time. 44 league titles suggests great pedigree mind.
Looks like a great draw, enjoy those of you lucky to enough to be going

https://www.worldfootball.net/news/gre-superleague/1/

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Trust the manager and have faith that all the squad players Dyche calls on - for whichever match - have the ability and temperament to help us deliver.

Have a great time all those lucky enough to be going to Athens.

UTC

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I really don’t think those who keep bleating about choice of team line-up have much to hang their hat on. Our defenders all performed admirably and kept a clean sheet. Really the only disappointment for me was the absence of Cork, but you couldn’t sit there and argue we’d have definitely won earlier...

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Hart 9*
Bardsley 8
Long 8
Gibson 8
Ward 6
Lennon 7 (Gudmundsson 5)
Hendrick 6 - did really well to set up goal
Westwood 6 (Cork 9 - our talisman, could score a few this season)
Taylor 6
Vokes 5 (Wood 6)
Barnes 6

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We were the better team for the first 45. But theres no way on earth playing a left back at left wing ahead of your best winger is a positive move. Very little options for us tonight; I think Dyche felt ‘framework’ And direct football was the way to go, and although it wasn’t pretty and we rode our...

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Thought he was ok first half but had a poor second - some wayward passing. Don’t think Ward helped though, never seemed keen to overlap when Taylor took up good positions in the inside channel. It was the first time the two of them had played together though and at least it was a balanced flank, the...

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Apparently he wanted to bring some transparency to his role.....

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I wonder how much difference it would make if we had charged just £10 for the Euro match with £5 Under 16s
Enough to get an extra 2,000??

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