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by timshorts
Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: CB conundrum
Replies: 26
Views: 1150

Re: CB conundrum

OssyClaret wrote:
Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:40 pm
The top sides seem to like having 4 “Centre Backs” now across the back 4. City and Arsenal in particular.
So Tony pulis and stoke city were 10+ years ahead of their time, not just Bolton.
by timshorts
Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Agents Fees
Replies: 29
Views: 1337

Re: Agents Fees

So, just to put this in context, Chelsea paid more in agents fees in a single year than the entire gdp of the country of Tuvalu.
by timshorts
Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Name and Shame them.
Replies: 44
Views: 5329

Re: Name and Shame them.

They dented dirty Leeds promotion bid a bit today. That gives us a much better chance of playing both of them 'ext year.
by timshorts
Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Dull man's club.
Replies: 78
Views: 4121

Re: Dull man's club.

When I worked at Track Records in York during the 90's, a guy came up to the counter one day near to Christmas, with a list in his hand. He was obviously after a present for someone, and he proceeded to ask (in a cockernee kind of accent)... 'Excuse me, have you a CD by (and this is what he said).....
by timshorts
Mon Apr 08, 2024 8:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Half A Century Of ABBA
Replies: 23
Views: 1065

Re: Half A Century Of ABBA

Lovely, catchy pop music. However, not in the same league as Springsteen, Bowie, Gaye, Bolan, Gabriel, Franklin, Presley, Jackson, Jagger, etc. Or Mans Zermalow come to that if we are sticking to Swedish eurovision acts. Mind, even the blonde one, who was prone to singing sharp as a result of her f...
by timshorts
Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: County Championship 2024
Replies: 37
Views: 2879

Re: County Championship 2024

jdrobbo wrote:
Fri Apr 05, 2024 2:33 pm
Day One v Surrey ABANDONED

SHOCK!!!
Meanwhile, at the other end of the spectrum, Lords has seen almost 1100 runs in three days and only 8 wickets.
Wouldn't it be better to start the season with that hundred nonsense.
by timshorts
Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Is there a VAR compilation video
Replies: 22
Views: 1565

Re: Is there a VAR compilation video

I saw some kind of article/analysis last week which had a league table of bad VAR decision that had gone against and for Premier League Clubs. We was about 14th with a few more going against us than for us and surprisingly some of the bigger clubs like Liverpool and Newcastle were below us. Think t...
by timshorts
Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Suspensions
Replies: 9
Views: 1537

Re: Suspensions

dougcollins wrote:
Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:35 pm
If we receive an apology for Assignon's sending off, will VK's red be rescinded?
Very unlikely. Even when the decision is obviously shite, you are not supposed to tell the ref that it is.
by timshorts
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Internationals 26-3-24
Replies: 98
Views: 3694

Re: Internationals 26-3-24

Boss Hogg wrote:
Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:26 pm
This England kit is awful what’s the point of it on home turf ? A better game than the Brazil one. Chilwell and Dunk not looking great so far.
It's a homage to the john major spitting image puppet. As is the style of play by the sound of it.
by timshorts
Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Internationals 26-3-24
Replies: 98
Views: 3694

Re: Internationals 26-3-24

HT Wales 0 Poland 0. Connor playing well. Yep. Keeps popping up all over the place. No one goes with him when he drifts infield. A very even game though. Moore having a much better game than v Finland, although thats probably because " moving whilst being tall" doesn't appear to be this refs list o...
by timshorts
Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chesterfield back in the league
Replies: 46
Views: 2951

Re: Chesterfield back in the league

They might not be playing the mighty Stockport next season though....Stockport 2 up v MK Don's in the top of the table clash. Avoiding Stockport or mk dons isn't an issue. Chesterfield have a pretty decent record at mk. What they will be glad to see the back of is bogey team maidenhead - although t...
by timshorts
Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley divisive XI' would be a fun thing to do... Thread worthy!
Replies: 97
Views: 3677

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

A centre back pairing of bikey, whose best game for burnley was in a reading shirt, and Gibson. And we couldn't have Bamford left out of the squad, cos he'd cry. Yes, I know that I ought to be using another of a multiplicity of user names to answer myself, but think Jason shackell might be a better...
by timshorts
Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley divisive XI' would be a fun thing to do... Thread worthy!
Replies: 97
Views: 3677

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

A centre back pairing of bikey, whose best game for burnley was in a reading shirt, and Gibson.

And we couldn't have Bamford left out of the squad, cos he'd cry.
by timshorts
Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Royals.
Replies: 46
Views: 3450

Re: The Royals.

i don't object to a monarchy. i couldn't care less. what i object to is the celebrity crap that surrounds it. kate middleton is just another lass. she is not news. Well if that is her at the farm shop then she looks an awful lot better not dressed up. Eldest child has dreadful hooray Henry haircut.
by timshorts
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: HAPPY MONDAY!. FOREST, points deduction?
Replies: 142
Views: 10107

Re: HAPPY MONDAY!. FOREST, points deduction?

There is the tiniest part of me that has a little sympathy with City, Chelsea, Newcastle, Everton and Forest etc spending above their means to try and achieve success. IMHO the FFP/PSR rules were not set up to protect clubs such as ourselves or others who abide by the rules they were introduced to ...
by timshorts
Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Possible affordable targets for next season
Replies: 100
Views: 6355

Re: Possible affordable targets for next season

Whitteker?

Let's get real. If he goes anywhere, it will be to a club higher than us in the pecking order. He declined interest from lazio in the last transfer window, seemingly because he thought that he needed to stay at Plymouth a bit longer to learn his trade.
by timshorts
Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today's Football
Replies: 178
Views: 5991

Re: Today's Football

Exactly, I've never seen a set of fans behave like some of i have this season, falling over themselves to praise other teams in an effort to slag burnley off. It's the same as England fans wanting Scotland or Ireland to do well when England have been knocked out of a tournament or when England are ...
by timshorts
Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Assisted dying
Replies: 77
Views: 2782

Re: Assisted dying

I had a client that went to Switzerland. She had cancer. Knew what she was doing, and no pressure or obligation to sway the decision. I don't have that much of an issue with it in those cases. However, those with bossy daughters who answer questions for them are rather a different matter. As soon as...
by timshorts
Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:04 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Making the league more even
Replies: 36
Views: 2391

Re: Making the league more even

Yup, based on turnover etc Barcas is a lot less and they’ll have work to do this summer The point is, they’ve got one and they get on with it whilst English fans whinge at the very thought of it Well yes, they've got one, but as it is miles bigger than most of their opponents, their league is rigge...
by timshorts
Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: VAR & the FA cup
Replies: 45
Views: 1956

Re: VAR & the FA cup

no (but it doesn't make things better). It means some games have 2 refs whilst others only have one, it's just unfair full stop. Let's say it's Burnley v Exeter and Mansfield v Northampton - two identical goals are scored and one gets ruled out at Burnley because the VAR finds a minuscule tug on a ...
by timshorts
Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Best All English XI of Premier League era
Replies: 25
Views: 995

Re: Best All English XI of Premier League era

expoultryboy wrote:
Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:07 pm
Jay ?
Not unless barnes is Austrian.
by timshorts
Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Making the league more even
Replies: 36
Views: 2391

Re: Making the league more even

Parity is one of the key features that makes a league competitive and watchable. Yet by doing their best to claim a bigger piece of sky money at the expense of the lower ranked clubs, they can't work out that long term they are shooting themselves in the foot. You would think that the glazers would ...
by timshorts
Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:04 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Favourite films of all time
Replies: 123
Views: 4346

Re: Favourite films of all time

Three colours blue (and red, but blue is best)* Hellzapoppin* Mean Girls* Field of dreams The replacements The double life of veronique* Roman holiday* Miss smillas feeling for snow The eye (although that is to a great extent because it has "the stars" by the frequency at the end which is a beautifu...
by timshorts
Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Everton points deduction reduced
Replies: 122
Views: 7199

Re: Everton points deduction reduced

So:- 1. Multiple claims of rule breaching were alleged. 2. The allegations were admitted, but 3. There was an appeal based upon the sentencing applied to the admitted breaches. 4. The appeal was based on nine points, seven of which were thrown out. The claimants succeeded on only two points. 5. The ...
by timshorts
Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:26 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Time to revert back
Replies: 20
Views: 1842

Re: Time to revert back

Wembley09 wrote:
Sat Feb 24, 2024 9:49 pm
He can't play Muric, Trafford got a clause in his contract that he starts every PL game when he's avaliable.

Or so the fans I spoke to at the services today seem to think ;)
Then play Trafford in the amdouni position, with muric in goal.
by timshorts
Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:10 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Amdouni
Replies: 142
Views: 7866

Re: Amdouni

The one player on the bench that exemplifies all that is missing in terms of work rate, desire, and a willingness to get stuck in for the cause, and was miles better than what we actually have in that position is Craig Bellamy. I do rather wonder what would happen if he got the job on an interim bas...
by timshorts
Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Frequently used ‘modern day’ football terminology
Replies: 74
Views: 2242

Re: Frequently used ‘modern day’ football terminology

Top, top. Top, top player. Top, top manager. Top, top team. I have the opposite problem - with bottom. "Burnley are second bottom" when we are next to bottom. "luton are third bottom" , when they mean 18th or second from bottom. I can sort of understand" the quarterback role". However, it is an out...
by timshorts
Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rovers protest
Replies: 140
Views: 7914

Re: Rovers protest

Dreadful ... disgusting the way they are pumping all that money in year in year out 😉 More disgusting is the way that they get away with it. It seems to me to be quite legitimate, but they don't have a problem and Newcastle and man city do. If the payments into the club are effectively gifts or inv...
by timshorts
Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Wembley of the North
Replies: 21
Views: 2048

Re: Wembley of the North

Unless the UK were to win a World Cup Bid or another Olympics, I can't see UK taxpayers money being used to build and lease Man United a brand new stadium rivalling Wembley which in todays money would be £1.5 to £2bn. Ain't gonna happen. And it shouldn't happen, particularly at a time when the coun...
by timshorts
Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:31 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Team for Arsenal
Replies: 46
Views: 2756

Re: Team for Arsenal

Luton
by timshorts
Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:28 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: When I flash my lights
Replies: 58
Views: 3475

Re: When I flash my lights

brexit wrote:
Fri Feb 16, 2024 12:28 pm
This is to be expected. Ageing posters out of touch with reality.
And yet, without that demographic, your user name would have been frustrated.
by timshorts
Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:20 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Carets / BFC Private reg plates
Replies: 74
Views: 3501

Re: Carets / BFC Private reg plates

There used to be a Black Golf that drove around my area when I was 15-16, so almost 20 years ago now. Registration plate T11UG5 and a nice little black cravat hanging from its rear bumper, needless to say it wasn’t the best disguise for a gang of lads that sold drugs 😂 K111ERS might have been more ...
by timshorts
Thu Feb 15, 2024 7:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: FA Cup - Tv deal
Replies: 7
Views: 1373

Re: FA Cup - Tv deal

Well, that will make the fa cup relevant again, won't it.
by timshorts
Wed Feb 14, 2024 7:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Craving a dirty kebab
Replies: 49
Views: 2393

Re: Craving a dirty kebab

Best place in town USED to be the Tara takeaway in Rosegrove, but they stopped making fresh naan bread and started buying supermarket naans - that made their kebabs awful. Absolutely agree with this. Kebabs from supermarkets also used to be half decent, but are now just rubbish. Who the f wants a "...
by timshorts
Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Joey Barton Speaks Out
Replies: 111
Views: 6036

Re: Joey Barton Speaks Out

dougcollins wrote:
Wed Feb 07, 2024 1:24 pm
Lasks says 'No, I don't think so..'
But I heard burnley voted tory.
by timshorts
Fri Feb 02, 2024 8:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 2024 Six Nations Rugby ...
Replies: 22
Views: 1094

Re: 2024 Six Nations Rugby ...

Any chance that my lot had is presently with the international nfl training camp. After a pretty decent world cup, I imagine that we are back to finishing 5th, and hoping that the white shite finish in the bottom half and don't sack their coach. The tournament will be all the poorer for having the b...
by timshorts
Fri Feb 02, 2024 8:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Strange food combinations
Replies: 34
Views: 1230

Re: Strange food combinations

Beefburger and peanut butter in a pitta bread with onions, tomato and barbecue sauce.
by timshorts
Thu Feb 01, 2024 9:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: January transfer window rumours.
Replies: 2353
Views: 285321

Re: Lorenz Assignon

Right back. Not before time.
by timshorts
Wed Jan 31, 2024 9:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Thread for tonight?
Replies: 503
Views: 14852

Re: Thread for tonight?

1st goal against them for over 900 minutes. We apparently had 3 shots on target to their four.

It sounds as if city weren't really trying either.
by timshorts
Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Thread for tonight?
Replies: 503
Views: 14852

Re: Thread for tonight?

jos wrote:
Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:36 pm
I couldn’t find a decent stream, so switched to watching Liv/Chelsea reading this thread for updates is too depressing.
Yeah, no.

I'd rather watch flensburg's game at spelle-venhaus. And that one has been postponed.
by timshorts
Sun Jan 28, 2024 8:13 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pineapple !! Pineapple...it's a step to far.
Replies: 49
Views: 3278

Re: Pineapple !! Pineapple...it's a step to far.

sjb wrote:
Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:45 pm
Ah yes - that 1895 American invention is a vital constituent of a full English.... :roll:
That would disqualify baked beans as well, of course.
by timshorts
Sun Jan 28, 2024 7:58 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley ranked 8th poshest club in EPL
Replies: 39
Views: 3522

Re: Burnley ranked 8th poshest club in EPL

bfcjg wrote:
Sun Jan 28, 2024 12:36 am
That said i do get a bit fed up of tourists.
Perhaps they put the pin in Barley not Burnley. It can't have been the usual Barnsley mistake.
by timshorts
Sat Jan 27, 2024 6:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley ranked 8th poshest club in EPL
Replies: 39
Views: 3522

Re: Burnley ranked 8th poshest club in EPL

There is a Booths in Barrowford....! I'd like to see a link to this article. Yes, that's a valid geographical equivalent. And on the craphole stakes, if you include a hinterland of X miles, then Liverpool and Everton would be in my bottom 3. Burnley has countryside within a few miles in most direct...
by timshorts
Sat Jan 27, 2024 6:06 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Todays football
Replies: 112
Views: 4236

Re: Todays football

I wonder what they will see as a great fixture. They are not going to get the 'easy home game' scenario so I expect they might be looking for a trip to a big ground to make some more money out of it. Bill williams was saying that they believed that their cup run would probably net them about £400,0...
by timshorts
Sat Jan 27, 2024 7:57 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Belgium VAR
Replies: 50
Views: 3677

Re: Belgium VAR

ArmchairDetective wrote:
Sat Jan 27, 2024 7:16 am
This Premier League season would never end. For the big clubs anyway. Not a chance we'd ever be given a replay.
Of course we would. Every time we pick up a point.
by timshorts
Sat Jan 27, 2024 7:53 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pineapple !! Pineapple...it's a step to far.
Replies: 49
Views: 3278

Re: Pineapple !! Pineapple...it's a step to far.

mkmel wrote:
Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:41 am


Over here in the Philippines they eat pineapple and put salt on it. Mind you they add salt and far too much of it to everything.
And vinegar. Not to mention putting hot dog sausages into spaghetti bolognese.
by timshorts
Mon Jan 22, 2024 11:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Joey’s in bother again
Replies: 394
Views: 27973

Re: Joey Barton

For context, this was in response to Barton's suggestion that you can only count yourself as English if your ancestor fought in World War I. Does he stipulate for which team? And if he means the British team, is that restricted to the canon fodder, or the types that sent them into that battle in th...
by timshorts
Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:46 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ref watch on Sky
Replies: 267
Views: 13480

Re: Ref watch on Sky

Who knew you were allowed to do tactical blocks in football??maybe we should start lining up from kick offs like we are in the NFL then and “tactically block” the opposition till we get the ball.Never heard as much ******** in my life. Only you can't do that. It's outside the 5 yard zone, so that d...
by timshorts
Fri Jan 19, 2024 7:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mo Salah
Replies: 6
Views: 1794

Re: Mo Salah

Liverpool looked better without him perhaps they will cash him in and sell him to Gerrard For sale Old (but successful) diver. Only one hamstring. Might have some running left in him if you surround him with a multi-billion pound squad. Only one title win on the clock. Available for an over-inflate...
by timshorts
Fri Jan 19, 2024 7:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Troy Deeney
Replies: 36
Views: 5370

Re: Troy Deeney

evensteadiereddie wrote:
Fri Jan 19, 2024 7:11 pm
Forest Green fans must be getting sick of all this Chopin and changing...
I heard they want him to **** offenbach to Watford.