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by elwaclaret
Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Larry Lloyd
Replies: 6
Views: 347

Re: Larry Lloyd

Sad news, I still remember him as the likeable but tough centre half of the Forest pairing… there again McVitie would seem like a good guy playing alongside Kenny Burns.

Managed Notts County to a promotion too didn’t he?
by elwaclaret
Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Russia Invades
Replies: 10692
Views: 790553

Re: Russia Invades

Putin raging about the “ new” F-16’s which UKR will soon have in service . Not about the actual planes but he’s stating any non UKR take off for these planes on missions would class said country as a “ target” . He’s actually got a reasonable point tbf . Though we know NATO has been a huge contribu...
by elwaclaret
Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Now that is a cool President
Replies: 3
Views: 493

Re: Now that is a cool President

ŽižkovClaret wrote:
Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:53 pm
https://fb.watch/r5fq1-pDHC/

Can't see either US based fella following suit anytime soon :lol:
Getting so close to heaven, Bidon has a chance. Trump will be more likely taking a submarine to the underworld.
by elwaclaret
Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Turd Island
Replies: 36
Views: 1968

Re: Turd Island

I'll tick one of those off for you: Brexit is partly to blame. Our water companies no longer need to adhere to stricter EU laws about treating water and dumping waste. Also, since Brexit, water companies have struggled (due to both logistics and costs) to import the necessary chemicals required to ...
by elwaclaret
Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:57 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Is Summer On Its Way
Replies: 8
Views: 824

Re: Is Summer On Its Way

Judging by the hale stones and sleet we saw yesterday in Rossendale and Accrington, summer has indeed arrived. 8-)
by elwaclaret
Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:51 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Turd Island
Replies: 36
Views: 1968

Re: Turd Island

He's a bit late on Blackpool....i remember dodging turds back in the late 60's. Privatizing the Water system & other vital utilities is sheer madness.....the British people just can't get enough of being ripped off in the name of Private Enterprise. When it comes time to repair the damage to the wa...
by elwaclaret
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Turd Island
Replies: 36
Views: 1968

Re: Turd Island

Feargal Sharkey, "Ofwat the regulator has already highlighted and confirmed. We have already paid them all of the funding they ever needed for 30 years to fix this problem. "We should be asking where our money's gone and what's happened to it and how you fix it" "Water companies have learned they ca...
by elwaclaret
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Turd Island
Replies: 36
Views: 1968

Re: Turd Island

We’re testing more, so naturally we find more It’s not just the uk with this issue, a quick google will show that it’s happening in various European countries Yes things need to be done to reduce it, but our sewage network is very old and needs a lot of work doing to it But that was the whole magic...
by elwaclaret
Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Turd Island
Replies: 36
Views: 1968

Re: Turd Island

Streams, lakes, rivers and our coastal waters. Raw sewage spills into England rivers and seas doubles in 2023 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68665335 Fergal Sharkey of the Undertones fame is heavily envolved in keeping tabs on water pollution… he files regular reports on water compa...
by elwaclaret
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Russia Invades
Replies: 10692
Views: 790553

Re: Russia Invades

NEXTA: ‼️ "Men in Blue" part 2 We have identified agents of the Russian secret services in the "Crocus" hall Our editorial staff continues to analyze photos and videos of the terrorist #CrocusCityHallAttack and everything related to it. In our previous publication we told about the oddities captured...
by elwaclaret
Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Joey’s in bother again
Replies: 394
Views: 27288

Re: Joey’s in bother again

I know all that & the differences between certain mental health conditions the point I'm trying to make it feels like labor is after what happened with LF & all the understanding that was shown in a helpful way maybe some sort of similar understanding could be helpful here especially in terms of th...
by elwaclaret
Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Joey’s in bother again
Replies: 394
Views: 27288

Re: Joey’s in bother again

I mentioned that before regarding something isn't right upstairs when certain deemed inappropriate comments were in the offing. But some of boards shrinks disagreed it's surprising how you can be so selective with responses when it all should fall under the same mental health umbrella. But it shoul...
by elwaclaret
Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:06 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Russia Invades
Replies: 10692
Views: 790553

Re: Russia Invades

NEXTA: The AFU strike on Sevastopol was the largest since the beginning of the war - Bild According to Bild's analysis of open data, the attack on the night of March 23 was the largest on Sevastopol since the beginning of the war. It surpassed the September operation, when the AFU hit the headquarte...
by elwaclaret
Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Joey’s in bother again
Replies: 394
Views: 27288

Re: Joey’s in bother again

After a number of these outbreaks I anm getting increasingly concerned for Barton’s mental health. It strikes me that this self destructive mission is driven by inner demons, and the need to be in the limelight (for whatever reason) even while damaging his own reputation may suggest ADHD is playing ...
by elwaclaret
Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: A Lovely Story from Leeds (of all places).
Replies: 28
Views: 2056

Re: A Lovely Story from Leeds (of all places).

wecef15003 wrote:
Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:59 pm
I don't try and tell them anything as they wouldn't understand it.
Go down slightly better than telling them they came from Leeds though, I’d expect.
by elwaclaret
Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:38 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Wife carrying race (only in the America of course)
Replies: 15
Views: 947

Re: Wife carrying race (only in the America of course)

I do hope it wasn’t some weird dream but I’m sure Sandy Tozvik did a version of that carrying a pig on her back in Denmark.
by elwaclaret
Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:33 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Truro City - fixture congestion and ground (pitch) problems
Replies: 42
Views: 1522

Re: Truro City - fixture congestion and ground (pitch) problems

Think they need to have a look at getting the drainage fixed… that will surely warp were they should have ended up in the league. Randomly, it reminded me when I was telling a bloke in Newquay that I collected Burnley programmes as a kid he gave me a handful of Newquay programmes (they were about th...
by elwaclaret
Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley divisive XI' would be a fun thing to do... Thread worthy!
Replies: 97
Views: 3198

Re: Burnley divisive XI' would be a fun thing to do... Thread worthy!

I think I might do. 👍 All honesty I think you could have used either/or. Alan Taylor or Steve Taylor, Alan Taylor (ex Norwich and WHU) had is fair share of detractors. Steve Taylor was fairly well liked first time around… but got plenty of stick, but not as much as when he returned for his second s...
by elwaclaret
Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Internationals 23-3-24
Replies: 114
Views: 3305

Re: Internationals 23-3-24

Rileybobs wrote:
Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:56 pm
It’s still coming home. Brazil haven’t qualified for the Euro’s this summer so we’ve got nothing to fear.
Do you really think European football is so bad, that Southgate’s England have nothing to beat… ;)
by elwaclaret
Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Internationals 23-3-24
Replies: 114
Views: 3305

Re: Internationals 23-3-24

yTib wrote:
Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:53 pm
i suppose it depends on your definition of a point.
Not defending them, I hate international breaks and find it hard enough to watch internationals when they are the Euros and WC… and tbh I don’t always bother with them, either.
by elwaclaret
Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Internationals 23-3-24
Replies: 114
Views: 3305

Re: Internationals 23-3-24

Pearcey wrote:
Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:48 pm
People judging them on a meaningless friendly. Standard.
Friendlies are never pointless. World ranking relies on them, so very important for seeding purposes when it comes to the competitions and how difficult it is to progress to the later stages.
by elwaclaret
Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Weghorst
Replies: 129
Views: 6777

Re: Weghorst

Jakubclaret wrote:
Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:55 pm
That's a fruit the loop analogy.
Fruit the loop… Really. I’d have said ‘fruit the loop’ is not seeing the analogy in my post. I’m glad I’m mentally disabled and not just thick.
by elwaclaret
Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Weghorst
Replies: 129
Views: 6777

Re: Weghorst

Jakubclaret wrote:
Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:38 pm
That's all good & well when we are in the championship I guess.
So you would not have had Winston Churchill as PM during the Second World War?

Good call.
by elwaclaret
Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Russia Invades
Replies: 10692
Views: 790553

Re: Russia Invades

Not seeing much sympathy on here for those who have suffered an horrendous death. Well I for one feel deeply for the injured dead and injured whatever their nationality So do I, imagine your own regime allowing a massacre to happen, despite warnings because it feeds your leaders wider political age...
by elwaclaret
Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:33 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Weghorst
Replies: 129
Views: 6777

Re: Weghorst

Not enough research goes into signing these players, take foster for example the amount of games he's missed for whatever reason(s) & that's being sympathetic to his problems but for a team fighting relegation you simply cannot afford to have your star striker missing for so long. Alternatively you...
by elwaclaret
Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Russia Invades
Replies: 10692
Views: 790553

Re: Russia Invades

If Trump gets in and does what he is threatening it is not just Ukraine that needs to worry. All this penny pinching now is only going to end up costing much more. The trajectory at the moment suggests within the next 5-10 years Russia will roll over Europe. When they attacked a friend I did nothing...
by elwaclaret
Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Harry Kane statue
Replies: 44
Views: 2137

Re: Harry Kane statue

Change the plinth and it would look great outside the public conveniences in the town.
by elwaclaret
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: PL Prediction League - All Fixtures and Updates - WEEK 29 PREDICTIONS
Replies: 1468
Views: 118055

Re: PL Prediction League - All Fixtures and Updates - WEEK 29 PREDICTIONS

Newcastle 2-3 West Ham
Bournemouth 1-1 Everton
Chelsea 1-2 Burnley Foster 34 mins
Nottingham Forest 2-1 Crystal Palace
Sheffield United 1-3 Fulham
Spurs 3-1 Luton
Aston Villa 3-1 Wolves
Brentford 1-2 Man-Utd
Liverpool 3-1Brighton NAP
Man-City 2-1 Arsenal

35 GOALS
by elwaclaret
Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:01 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: what is YOUR favourite era watching the Clarets ?
Replies: 57
Views: 1967

Re: what is YOUR favourite era watching the Clarets ?

Might sound odd but looking back I enjoyed those times when you could walk onto an away end and pretty much recognise the same faces…. Crowd changes on the tannoy as Leighton James put it. There was a real camaraderie that went with being that bad. Though obviously I hope we never go anywhere near t...
by elwaclaret
Tue Mar 19, 2024 1:27 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Club or country
Replies: 59
Views: 1956

Re: Club or country

Burnley
by elwaclaret
Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Thomas Frank
Replies: 27
Views: 2735

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: 142
Views: 9733

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: 3642

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: 4989

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: 3766

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: 3766

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: 23
Views: 4075

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: 3766

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: 3998

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: 9881
Views: 980794

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: 3766

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: 3766

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: 88
Views: 7945

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: 2549

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: 1950

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: 1672

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: 4475

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: 2298

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: 2298

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: 3592

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: