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If VK left us for whatever reason (not that I think he will) the first manager on my shortlist would probably be Mark Robins.

Done an unbelievable job with Coventry on the budget he's had - can spot/develop talent as well.

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The Keirby and a lot of the brutalist buildings around the town need pulling down, they are truly rancid.

Really cheapens the look of the town which does have some lovely Victorian & Edwardian buildings dotted about.

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Muric still hit some absolute pearlers in the first half out to the wings, first time with pin point accuracy.

It's things like that are the difference. Just allows us to play much further up the pitch.

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Not so sure that's the setup that VK wants to be in, I can't see Bloom/Brighton affording him the same level of involvement/responsibility/influence that he does here at Burnley, although it's definitely the calibre of club VK would probably be interested in. I think this could all be hot air though...

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When U13’s kids are being asked to play on full sized pitches/goals every week across the country I think possibility that the facilities for adult women could be created nationwide is very slim. There you go - kill two birds with one stone. Not to mention that even the adult pitches that are up an...

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Why is it not an obstacle? I would have thought that having to erect the goalposts before every game would be a definite obstacle. Unless there are loads of park pitches getting no use that could be converted from man size to woman size? What do you have in mind? Goalposts on wheels, placed infront...

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The finance involved in developing hundreds or perhaps thousands of smaller pitches with smaller goals makes it a non-starter. They will have to continue sharing. I don't think this is much of an obstacle at all, just think it'd really improve the spectacle and make it more football focused, less a...

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"It's about time someone said it. Unless anyone has proof that a referee or assistant referee is or has been involved in deliberate corruption then nobody has any place daring suggest it. A f*****g easy and growing out for supporters that is driving numbers of refs down, that is used as an excuse f...

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Jude Bellingham

King of the f*****g World.

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Really good thread / thoughts on VAR and specifically the 'offside' decision from today's game.

https://x.com/daisychristo/status/1782131160224518633

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Heaven forbid our manager celebrates a win.

F**k me.

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2,068 is a great turnout - and is more than what some League 2 sides get at home! I used to be a bit of a bellend with all this and still hold some opinions (pitch/goals should be smaller etc) but at the end of the day, if a team is representing Burnley - man, woman, child, dog, intergalactic space ...

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This is a game that wouldn't have taken place going forward with the money men's decision to get rid of replays.

Vultures.

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Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:06 pm
We’ll get chances. Absolutely vital we don’t gift them a goal. They’re wide open to the counter attack if we’re clever.

I can only think some/all our players will be watching this rn sending messages between each other - "we can do these".

BELIEVE!!!

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If United turn up like this against us and we play like we have been doing we will body them - especially in midfield.

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Good turnout that and a great result for the women.

UTC

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GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 21, 2024 4:25 pm
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Abhorrent that.

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If they get another points deduction and/or we stay up at their expense then I will fully believe in Karma - justice finally served for his/Olympiacos' deplorable actions in Piraeus.

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Quite staggering that. Wow.

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Has he? 2 wins in 7 soon to be 3 wins in 8 doesn’t scream European contenders to me. Fortunate win at Anfield and 10 man Burnley. He's just started getting players back that have been out (Eze, Olise). Yes transformed them and I said dark horse. Certainly wasn't a fortunate win at Anfield? They tho...

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Glasner has transformed Palace.

Dark horse for a European spot next season.

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Bobby Thomas starting for Cov at centre half against United - hope he does well and Cov get a result.

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morninbob wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:37 pm
Attendance announced as 15k, including 7k from Wednesday.

Jeez.

They are in serious decline aren't they?

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Never seen Dyche wear a tracksuit on the touchline before! That's surely a first?

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He stated the issues haven’t been our cb’s since O’Shea and Estève have been the partnership. Even using your figures, if you think conceding an average of almost 2 goals a game isn’t an issue, you’re deluded. Never said it was great now! Do agree with your assessment on abandoning our approach/pla...

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I'll be honest, I'm dead against it. I mean, people forget that traders need access to Dixons!

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We’ve been better against the lower sides too since Muric returned to be fair. It’s actually 1 loss in 6 since Muric returned. Trafford was in goal in the draw at West Ham. Apologies, you're quite correct.. I saw that (1 in 7) online and didn't double check it - 1 in 6 then - let's hope this run is...

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None of those 7 matches were against teams in the upper echelons of the PL Table and 3 were against sides currently in the bottom 6. The next 3 fixtures against sides currently in the top 7 will give a truer picture of whether the apparent improvement in the level of performance can be translated i...

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I'd suggest that since O'shea & Esteve have only been the partnership since game 25 and have conceded 17 goals in the 8 games they have played together, they are still very much part of the problem. That's before you consider the 19 different defensive combinations we tried in the build up to settl...

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I agree-ish, because he’s also cost us points in two big games and even yesterday he mixed in some lapses with some brilliant saves. We may not have stayed up, but we’d probably have more points had Muric been in goal. He’s not the only factor in our recent upturn though. Esteve, Assignon and the r...

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Asking Sherwood for his opinion on tactic's and managerial decisions is akin to asking Liz Truss her opinion on how to run a Country.

Both woefully incompetent and miles out of their depth. Awful pundit.

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agreenwood wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 21, 2024 11:37 am
Well we can put this to bed.

Small wins.

Mad what a change of keeper can do for a team...

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Esteve is our player regardless next season (thankfully) and has gone from strength to strength with each appearance. He will be a top player imo and seems like a really great lad. Assignon had an impressive game yesterday and has brought a new edge to our team. He's quite different from Maatsen as ...

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If we really have any intention to establish ourselves as a premier league team again in future we MUST keep Sander in summer. He’s one of the only few who’s looked premier league class all season. The posts above about ambition or being deserving of a premier league team I understand but at some p...

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Is giving a player a 3 an extreme reaction? I thought that was just my view of a players performance on the day, not sure of the relevance. I think Mcburnie's an absolute handful who both our centre halves struggled with in the first half today and it's the kind of presence we miss and would be ver...

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I'd prefer to sell some of the others at cut price deals and keep Berge in all honesty, if push came to shove.

So much harder to get quality centre mids in and to replace them.

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Goliath wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:11 pm
Why do people have to have such extreme reactions

I mean - you've quite literally given Vitinho numerous 3s in the player ratings for perfectly fine performances, then think McBurnie could be a shout for us.

What do you expect?!

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Yes he’s been very good since his return to the side. I thought he was very unfortunate to lose his place in the autumn because, although he had some poor games, he was a victim of the appalling system we were using where Cullen was basically a one-man midfield. He should have been reintroduced far...

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Together with Cullen and Brownhill in front of them is how our midfield should have been all year.

If we go down and retain that as a midfield three we could quite possibly achieve even more than the 101 points that we did last season.

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I understand the reasoning behind the post but he's someway off what Barnes is in terms of footballing ability (Barnes criminally underrated as a footballer).

McBurnie is nowhere near the level we need now and is also a colossal bellend.

No thanks.

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Muric 8
Assignon 9*
O'Shea 7
Esteve 5
Taylor 5
Vitinho 6
Cullen 8
Berge 9
Bruun Larsen 7
Foster 6
Odobert 6

Brownhill 7
Gudmundsson 7

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Brownhill is so much better in that attacking mid / '10' role and is, imo, still our best option there.

So much more tactical awareness and work rate for helping our press and get on to second balls; he should've been playing there from the first game.

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Brownhill on please.

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Really pleased for Muric.

Could have easily let last week get to him and gone into his shell but he's come out and playing to a really high standard - showing his top class ability that we all know he has.

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Please get Brownhill on for Odobert.

We need his tenacity and ability to rat around.

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There's faster front lines than today in the league, definitely wouldn't have been the worst call. But I do think O'Shea's improved a lot. He has and I understand what VK is trying to do with a high line and defenders with recovery pace but I just think Ekdal's reading of the game and positioning i...

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Poulton-le-Claret wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 20, 2024 3:20 pm
Superb from Muric again

O'Shea needs to get a grip. He's getting bullied here.

Shouldn't have dropped Ekdal after Ekdal & Esteve looked like our best partnership of the season against Brighton. Made their forwards look toothless.

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We need to stop trying to force passes from the back when we're in their half and they have 11 men behind the ball - just letting them openly counter on us.

Otherwise we're playing well.

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Save Muric.

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Lol

We truly are sh1t.

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