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by elwaclaret
Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Thomas Frank
Replies: 27
Views: 2336

Re: Thomas Frank

The way I saw it Maurice dived over the falling player and punched the ball while in mid air, thus playing the ball before contact with the player (by landing on him); therefore not a pen.

Another who likes Thomas Frank’s honesty
by elwaclaret
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: HAPPY MONDAY!. FOREST, points deduction?
Replies: 119
Views: 6611

Re: HAPPY MONDAY!. FOREST, points deduction?

Think the Premier league table needs a two new columns… current financial deductions and potential appealed deductions.

To give the fans a chance of knowing where the club is in the league. Complete farce.
by elwaclaret
Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Lee Dixon.
Replies: 26
Views: 3336

Re: Lee Dixon.

yTib wrote:
Sun Mar 17, 2024 4:28 pm
he's 60 years old today.

god i feel old.
Oh dear me too. Remember his debut game, and wondering if he was Paul Dixon’s son; much to my dad’s amusement at the time.
by elwaclaret
Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Motd
Replies: 76
Views: 4200

Re: Motd

CoolClaret wrote:
Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:15 pm
That 'analysis' for our game was beyond amateurish. Awful that from the Beeb.
I’m not sure what the rule is for pundits these days, but eloquence does not seem to be among them. It has been poor often enough, but that was another level. Saturday Night’s BIG event show…
by elwaclaret
Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: League One
Replies: 45
Views: 3493

Re: League One

Came across the results from this day in 1986 earlier (we lost 3-1 to Swindon) , the following Tuesday Rochdale 1-0 Burnley 2,597. Steve Taylor scored the only goal from the penalty spot. Never forget us losing to Rochdale with our own goalkeeper playing a blinder , on loan for them. David Williams...
by elwaclaret
Fri Mar 15, 2024 7:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: League One
Replies: 45
Views: 3493

Re: League One

NottsClaret wrote:
Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:17 pm
Oxford in the 80s, Cambridge early 90s. I doubt Lincoln ever have, could be wrong.
See my above post re Lincoln. Mid eighties Lincoln spent a couple of seasons where they finished above us and even in the league above us.
by elwaclaret
Wed Mar 13, 2024 2:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Maatsen interview in Guardian
Replies: 19
Views: 2771

Re: Maatsen interview in Guardian

Burnley Ace wrote:
Wed Mar 13, 2024 2:29 pm
I don’t think there was the remotest chance that he wanted to come back to Burnley.
A link would be good. Agree, and also that signalled Tella’s intent. Maatson said around mid season he would be more likely stay if his good mate Tella was going to be with us next season….
by elwaclaret
Wed Mar 13, 2024 2:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: League One
Replies: 45
Views: 3493

Re: League One

Peterborough v Stevenage tonight, 5th v 6th. Clash of the titans. 🙂 I regularly look at the teams in the lowest two leagues and think back to a time when we had to genuinely worried about clubs of that stature turning us over regularly. The last thirty years really have been a different world for B...
by elwaclaret
Wed Mar 13, 2024 2:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Assignon, Esteve and Fofana
Replies: 68
Views: 3473

Re: Assignon, Esteve and Fofana

What do you mean when you say 'I think there is a player in there'? It doesn't make any sense whichever way it is considered. As for the three players mentioned let all three go back to their clubs though I believe we are stuck with Esteve so that's a pity. Modern trendy speak for a player with pot...
by elwaclaret
Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Football's Magic Money Tree
Replies: 9833
Views: 970938

Re: Football's Magic Money Tree

the high level subject matter of this 16th article from Philippe Auclair and Paul Brown on the proposed 777 Partners takeover of Everton, is one I have been waiting for since the deal was announced. from Josimar Football The Russian connection 777 Partners has done business with a Russian oligarch,...
by elwaclaret
Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: League One
Replies: 45
Views: 3493

Re: League One

When have Lincoln, Oxford or Cambridge looked light years ahead of us? Oxford were in Division one… Billy Hamilton left us to play for them, making a front two of Hamilton and Aldrich. Lincoln beat us at a walk 3-0 At Sincil Bank when our keeper sweeper (Joe Neenan?) flew out to deal with a through...
by elwaclaret
Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: League One
Replies: 45
Views: 3493

Re: League One

Lincoln followed up a very impressive 5-1 win at high flying Barnsley at the weekend with a 6-0 win tonight against Cambridge. Their fans must be buzzing. Bolton also had a big win, 5-0 against Oxford. Makes you think - as painful as this season is - we've been at the same level as all of Lincoln, ...
by elwaclaret
Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: On this day
Replies: 77
Views: 7144

Re: On this day

100 years ago today we reached the FA Cup Semi-Finals with a 3-1 replay win over Swindon Town at Turf Moor. Over 34,000 there for a game played on a Wednesday afternoon, many no doubt having bunked off work. Cartoon from Burnley Express 15/03/1924, courtesy British Newspaper Archive. Also 41 years ...
by elwaclaret
Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Death of a fellow Claret
Replies: 12
Views: 2489

Re: Death of a fellow Claret

I've just found out a fellow Claret passed away on Saturday. I never met him but got to know him well through FB. He ran a group dedicated to our local heritage. It's come as a real shock. Even though I'd never met him he'd come to mean a lot to me. He was always optimistic about his beloved Burnle...
by elwaclaret
Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Stadium Tour
Replies: 32
Views: 1876

Re: Stadium Tour

The stadium tour used to be full of half-arsed poorly researched gosssip level insights… though it got better when they started employing ex-players to act as guides. I don’t think you can complain that the stadium tour sticks to ‘the club message’.
by elwaclaret
Mon Mar 11, 2024 2:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Movement in the Penalty Area
Replies: 14
Views: 1621

Re: Movement in the Penalty Area

Anticipation and confidence, sadly both need familiarity, understanding and confidence… not easy to get into a team of youngsters who only met in the summer and who are used to being overrun when overcommitted while attacking.
by elwaclaret
Mon Mar 11, 2024 2:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ekdal and Al-Dakhil
Replies: 55
Views: 4306

Re: Ekdal and Al-Dakhil

I’m not sure how player values increase when they don’t play. Maybe we should have sold some at the end of last season in hindsight. Not sure how this fits Pace’s project that is supposed to be on track. Different teams are looking for different attributes, and seeing a player not getting game time...
by elwaclaret
Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:33 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: VK post match v WHU
Replies: 12
Views: 2264

Re: VK post match v WHU

I like Cullen and I’m glad he’s found a bit of form and got back in the team, but let’s not pretend he was unfairly left out or didn’t get a chance before being dropped. He started the first 10 league games of the season and was poor. He was dropped and his omission coincided with some of our bette...
by elwaclaret
Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:49 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: VK post match v WHU
Replies: 12
Views: 2264

Re: VK post match v WHU

2 pts dropped from a decent first half because our defence was out muscled and not tight enough to there forwards but it's similar to last week where we didn't take our chances but creating plenty.. Think quite often it is cooler heads under pressure we are missing. It’s a confidence thing, you nee...
by elwaclaret
Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:09 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Vincent's Number 1 Fan
Replies: 47
Views: 3495

Re: Vincent's Number 1 Fan

123EasyasBFC wrote:
Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:45 pm
Admire your optimism, if we finish on 34 points I would give everyone who likes this comment £100
Being greedy taking the money off you, and getting to stay up… but hey it will pay for a good night, so thanks :lol:
by elwaclaret
Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: motd
Replies: 5
Views: 2318

Re: motd

MT03ALG wrote:
Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:18 pm
Was it not Given who thought that Luton's goal was a perfect goal ?
Thought Trafford was too weak, and should have cleared them all out; hard to disagree with that: but for me it was still a foul.
by elwaclaret
Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tella
Replies: 38
Views: 3362

Re: Tella

I came down with a bump when he was so cagey in the town hall interview. It was clear he had no expectation he would be at Burnley next season, was my first reaction when I watched it. I’d have liked him to stay, but I did not expect it, as a result of the above. Great for the lad if as looks likely...
by elwaclaret
Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: VK post match v WHU
Replies: 12
Views: 2264

Re: VK post match v WHU

Yes, listened to both.

Think VK came across as I’d expect.
He knows they lost two points and more importantly a real confidence booster.
by elwaclaret
Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 23/24 Season - Burnley Predictor Game - BURNLEY v BOURNEMOUTH
Replies: 2248
Views: 142855

Re: 23/24 Season - Burnley Predictor Game - BURNLEY v BOURNEMOUTH

West Ham United 1 v Burnley 2

Fofana 34 min,

Championship
by elwaclaret
Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hiring a band
Replies: 45
Views: 2133

Re: Hiring a band

I spend a lot of time in the studio but you really can't beat playing live. I loved The Beat, really underrated musicians. I think most of that Two Tone crowd were better musicians than they were given credit for…. Even Kix could play… it was teaching him the right key to play in that lost Madness ...
by elwaclaret
Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Possible affordable targets for next season
Replies: 82
Views: 4354

Re: Possible affordable targets for next season

I think it depends who leaves. Priorities will surely be LB as Charlie will go, CDM as Cork will go (possibly Brownhill if we get a bid) and RB if Leeds go up and Roberts gets an offer. Tresor I wonder whether his loan was contingent on us staying in the Prem so may go back. I think we’ll look at E...
by elwaclaret
Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hiring a band
Replies: 45
Views: 2133

Re: Hiring a band

Anyone wanting to see a decent Small Faces tribute (lookalikes of Steve Marriott included) I recommend the Small Fakers… (they cost a lot less too) often found supporting bands with original members… both Loving Spoonfull and Kinda Kinks loved them.
by elwaclaret
Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hiring a band
Replies: 45
Views: 2133

Re: Hiring a band

The cost of hiring a band has significantly reduced in the last five years, as a member of a band it’s hardly worth the effort to bother performing anymore. Even festivals don’t pay as much as they used to, but at least you don’t have to cart a P.A. System about for those. I reckon when on a gig it...
by elwaclaret
Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:46 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Fan’s View (version 2)
Replies: 58
Views: 4006

Re: Fan’s View (version 2)

I agree. I thought the same thing on the Kompany quote thread the other day. I think it's perfectly fine to say you learn more from tough times than good. Yet a load of people that hate Kompany were saying it was a ridiculous statement. I don't hate Kompany, but it's Burnley that I love. A lot of p...
by elwaclaret
Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:26 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Fan’s View (version 2)
Replies: 58
Views: 4006

Re: Fan’s View (version 2)

That's not exactly the case. He might say that in his ending line but if you actually read the content of the article he absolutely speaks for "all fans" for example: "So I would say (fairly) categorically that despite Burnley being second from bottom of the Premier League, Vincent Kompany has noth...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Stoke
Replies: 37
Views: 4338

Re: Stoke

definitely a place you needed eyes in the back of your head as an away fan ! Once saw a fan when hit on the head by a pie, pick it up, wave it in the air in thanks and take a bite; but it wasn’t just pastries that rained down. That concrete tunnel in was pretty intimidating from memory too. Liked g...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Which is more important for you on Sunday?
Replies: 85
Views: 3681

Re: Which is more important for you on Sunday?

Result for me. We need something to put some belief into the team.
Performance… we need players feeling they have every right to be playing at this level.
Line up - I don’t care who plays as long as they get on the pitch and are ready to fight their demons.
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Louis XVII
Replies: 46
Views: 2834

Re: Louis XVII

They were certainly better than an often drunk executioner with an axe ! And how otherwise could I have shoehorned the size of VK’s head in ( so to speak ) the dipping of hankies in his blood was of course also surely utter nonsense . Was it a later Masonic thing inserted into folklore ? I think Du...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Louis XVII
Replies: 46
Views: 2834

Re: Louis XVII

Who’d have thought so many forumites would be so well versed in French Renaissance political intrigue allied to a cheeky side of regicide ! My main concern would be a clean execution, due the sheer size of Vincent’s Head . Early guilotines were as erratic as an old Renault 5 . How ironic if Pace wa...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Louis XVII
Replies: 46
Views: 2834

Re: Louis XVII

As a result of the Black Death towards the end of the 14th century which wiped out in excess of a third of the population and in some areas a half, everything in England was in short supply, including labour. This caused living standards to rise dramatically as artisans and farmers could get good p...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Louis XVII
Replies: 46
Views: 2834

Re: Louis XVII

Oh yes, there was a degree of middle class support for the ideals of the Revolution but it never transferred to any real action and our population were relatively free and well-fed compared to the Frenchies. It undoubtedly frightened the ruling class and there was a lot of disruption but we never h...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 28, 2024 4:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Louis XVII
Replies: 46
Views: 2834

Re: Louis XVII

Oh yes, there was a degree of middle class support for the ideals of the Revolution but it never transferred to any real action and our population were relatively free and well-fed compared to the Frenchies. It undoubtedly frightened the ruling class and there was a lot of disruption but we never h...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 28, 2024 4:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Louis XVII
Replies: 46
Views: 2834

Re: Louis XVII

Nice and knowledgeable. I don't think we came close to a revolution here in GB though. I’d recommend a bit of late eighteenth/early nineteenth lit Rowls…. The leading light of American Revolution enlightenment was Thomas Paine… the English theorist… then there was Shelley, Byron and the whole Age o...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Brian Clough interview.
Replies: 17
Views: 2025

Re: Brian Clough interview.

Historical proof that even a football genius needs an experienced Peter Taylor to bounce ideas off.
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Louis XVII
Replies: 46
Views: 2834

Re: Louis XVII

Yes - so who is Burnley's Robespierre?! Robespierre is most famous for creating the motto… Liberty, Equality, Fraternity and tried to steer the ship… so that role can only go to Alan Pace, it is a bad fit though as the Morman church did not exist until being founded in New York in 1830 by Joseph Sm...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Louis XVII
Replies: 46
Views: 2834

Re: Louis XVII

I just want to know who our Robespierre is! Robespierre has been used as a scapegoat for many things… Louis’s demise amongst them. He was guilty of a lot, but the king did accept proportional representation and was retained as head of state. Robespierre was a lawyer trying to prevent anarchy while ...
by elwaclaret
Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rovers protest
Replies: 140
Views: 7682

Re: Rovers protest

Worth watching the match for that alarming protest. Bet the Venky’s can’t sleep tonight seeing such passion on and off the pitch. Wonderful to see it go to the last penalty, although it will give them something to crow about… last thing they needed.
by elwaclaret
Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rovers protest
Replies: 140
Views: 7682

Re: Rovers protest

Perfect game. Losing after extra time, on the last penalty… with a big few games ahead of them this season; was about what I hoped for before kick off. They showed a lot more fight than we are at the moment though, sadly. Glad it wasn’t us playing them tonight tbh.
by elwaclaret
Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Stan Bowles RIP
Replies: 36
Views: 2057

Re: Stan Bowles RIP

Great player and a true maverick, something he paid a heavy price for under several managers. As others have said that QPR team was unbelievably talented. RIP
by elwaclaret
Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: pace
Replies: 89
Views: 5589

Re: pace

I think (don’t know) that will have been one of Kompanys demands to come. He’s an astute business man. VK’s qualification is business theory and models, is no slight to his qualification to point out that it is one thing to demonstrate his understanding in academic essays, and another to be able to...
by elwaclaret
Sat Feb 24, 2024 5:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Simple vote for Kompany to stay or go…no debate
Replies: 424
Views: 14527

Re: Simple vote for Kompany to stay or go…no debate

This question gets harder with every passing week. Stay. Not debate but my reasoning:- But I think we need to give VK a long break from the club this summer in order for him to contemplate this season and able to reevaluate his choices this term in the cold light of day, without the noise. I think V...
by elwaclaret
Sat Feb 24, 2024 2:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: whatever happened to John Cofie?
Replies: 21
Views: 3404

Re: whatever happened to John Cofie?

The headline is a hook, and while factually correct is deliberately misleading to grab attention. Had the Headline read ex-footballer’s had their careers destroyed by claims the court decided where unsubstantiated… it would have had a whole different emotive feel: and would have only appealed to a f...
by elwaclaret
Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: PL Prediction League - All Fixtures and Updates - WEEK 29 PREDICTIONS
Replies: 1453
Views: 116716

Re: PL Prediction League - All Fixtures and Updates - WEEK 25 PREDICTIONS

Aston Villa 2 -1 Nottingham Forest
Brighton 2 -1 Everton
Crystal Palace 2 v 3 Burnley Fofana 34mins
Man-Utd 3-1 Fulham
Bournemouth 1-3 Man-City
Arsenal 2 - 2 Newcastle

Sunday 25th
Wolves 3 v 0 Sheffield United

Monday 26th
West ham 2 v 1 Brentford

Total goals = 29
by elwaclaret
Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 23/24 Season - Burnley Predictor Game - BURNLEY v BOURNEMOUTH
Replies: 2248
Views: 142855

Re: 23/24 Season - Burnley Predictor Game - BURNLEY v ARSENAL

Palace 2 - 3 Burnley - Jay Rod 34 mins

Championship
by elwaclaret
Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: V.K.'s press conference.
Replies: 41
Views: 2764

Re: V.K.'s press conference.

Press conferences are an obligation. We used to get press conferences when there was a big announcement, the rest of the time it was for the journalists to make the phone calls. Being dragged out before every match is not something managers want to do. Why give advance warning to opponents? Therefor...