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by Long Time Lurker
Sat Oct 08, 2022 7:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: We are good enough to go up
Replies: 159
Views: 7967

Re: We are good enough to go up

Which players, specifically, are you bucking into good/not very good, when you say this? You made mention of specific players later in your post, but wanted to be clear. Pretty much all of them. Cullen and Twine are the best of the bunch. The rest are reasonably okay for this level, but I don't thi...
by Long Time Lurker
Sat Oct 08, 2022 7:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: We are good enough to go up
Replies: 159
Views: 7967

Re: We are good enough to go up

"Remove half the team and we look a poor team" is one of the dumbest takes I've seen yet. I merely voiced the opinion that I think we need to win promotion in the next three years, this year would be nice. What I consider to be a dumb take is people who make value judgements based on how things are...
by Long Time Lurker
Sat Oct 08, 2022 6:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: We are good enough to go up
Replies: 159
Views: 7967

Re: We are good enough to go up

A warm up season would imply that we have a long term plan ...... which I'm dubious about. Most of the players that we actually bought and signed up to long contracts don't appear to be very good. Bench fillers would be a fair assessment in my opinion. Remove the loan signings, along with the remnan...
by Long Time Lurker
Sat Oct 08, 2022 4:06 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Match thread- Coventry v Burnley
Replies: 319
Views: 12317

Re: Match thread- Coventry v Burnley

Tribesmen wrote:
Sat Oct 08, 2022 3:58 pm
Yep agree change things at HT . We have done well but playing with 10 men would kill us
Sub Andy Hodgson for the second half. The bad audio for the commentary was a mercy.
by Long Time Lurker
Sat Aug 27, 2022 4:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Wigan v Burnley match thread
Replies: 352
Views: 14769

Re: Wigan v Burnley match thread

BurnleyFC wrote:
Sat Aug 27, 2022 4:51 pm
Brownhill is absolutely electric in this league.
Shush, we need to rest Brownhill and play down his contributions. If he keeps playing like this he will attract buyers and he will be sold :(
by Long Time Lurker
Sat Aug 27, 2022 4:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Any new links to our game please guys?
Replies: 13
Views: 1185

Re: Any new links to our game please guys?

You don't actually have to go to the expense of subscribing to a paid VPN service to watch restricted channels. In a lot of cases a proxy server will be sufficient to gain access. The free Opera browser comes with a built in VPN ( which isn't really a VPN, it is a proxy server ) but it does work wel...
by Long Time Lurker
Fri Jul 29, 2022 10:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Wildest dreams
Replies: 21
Views: 1378

Re: Wildest dreams

A first half that was high tempo and enthusiastic. VK seems to be sticking with the " best defence is a pronounced offence " brand of " ping pong " football that he employed at Anderlecht. In the second half some players were noticeably flagging and our performance dropped. We didn't find ourselves ...
by Long Time Lurker
Tue May 24, 2022 8:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bardsley gone
Replies: 69
Views: 7623

Re: Bardsley gone

I like sticking to the policy/procedure, I find you don’t end up in sticky situations if you do! It also takes away the emotions of a situation. We will report inline with the Premier Leagues 4 day requirement. It's a pity that such a fervent love of procedure and policy doesn't extend to those cha...
by Long Time Lurker
Mon May 23, 2022 7:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Alan….? Alan….? Are you there, Alan?
Replies: 282
Views: 16205

Re: Alan….? Alan….? Are you there, Alan?

I said that MSD would probably have a clause like this in their contract months ago and I was politely mocked for making the speculation. It makes perfect sense of MSD. We have all seen clubs that have risked it for a biscuit and directed all of their parachute payments towards sustaining a push for...
by Long Time Lurker
Mon May 23, 2022 7:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Alan….? Alan….? Are you there, Alan?
Replies: 282
Views: 16205

Re: Alan….? Alan….? Are you there, Alan?

tiger76 wrote:
Mon May 23, 2022 6:53 pm
Friday 10 June, but most business won't start in earnest until early July when contracts expire, closes on Thursday 1 September.
So if things play out as normal, our window will open somewhere around August the 22nd ?
by Long Time Lurker
Mon May 23, 2022 6:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Who is out of contract
Replies: 47
Views: 4284

Re: Who is out of contract

If we keep everyone then we won't have any space in the squad for the younger replacement players that ALK envision us signing. So slots in the team have to be opened up for potential new arrivals. The new arrivals could also account for lower wages than our veterans might ask for and playing out on...
by Long Time Lurker
Mon May 23, 2022 6:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Who is out of contract
Replies: 47
Views: 4284

Re: Who is out of contract

I think we are morally obligated to and it’s the right thing to do. Not saying it’s a multi year deal, it might only run alongside his rehab at a reduced rate. I think it’ll be a contractual norm in the coming years to take care of injured players rather than them having to use insurance schemes. T...
by Long Time Lurker
Mon May 23, 2022 12:53 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Can’t wait to see the plan
Replies: 76
Views: 7161

Re: Can’t wait to see the plan

Customer Announcement!! Please mind the gap between the plan and reality Pace and Co have a plan, it is a very good plan, so good that they can't possibly tell us what the plan is. However, if we did know about the plan then we would all see what a good plan it is, because nobody would hide a bad p...
by Long Time Lurker
Sun May 22, 2022 11:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Can’t wait to see the plan
Replies: 76
Views: 7161

Re: Can’t wait to see the plan

Never see a transformation in a player like it… world beater against Spurs, then could not interact at all ever after. Just don’t get that at all. It might have something to do with the team changing around him. In his first games he was on the left with Jay next to him and Mc Neill out on the left...
by Long Time Lurker
Sun May 22, 2022 11:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Totally hypothetical...would you have Dyche back?
Replies: 69
Views: 3153

Re: Totally hypothetical...would you have Dyche back?

Irrelevant, but I would have preferred us not to have sacked him. We got some points from some difficult games prior to his departure and we were on the cusp of facing teams of lesser quality. I think that we got a bit lucky with the post Dyche bounce results, notching up wins from goals that result...
by Long Time Lurker
Sun May 22, 2022 11:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Alan Pace
Replies: 292
Views: 16598

Re: Alan Pace

Right, so, we owe £65m. Let’s just stick to that sum because we don’t know what “significant” means. And let’s assume the £12.5m from the Wood sale went towards paying off Dyche, otherwise it might’ve gone to reducing debt already. Let’s assume we get offered £40m for Pope, £17.5m for Max & £20m fo...
by Long Time Lurker
Sun May 22, 2022 10:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Free signings
Replies: 14
Views: 1897

Re: Free signings

These are some of the players that I was considering for my Summer Tombola list. My thinking was players who could form the basis of a solid young Championship calibre squad in anticipation of a relegation next season. Oh, and potentially cheap, since we have no money. The players I associated with ...
by Long Time Lurker
Sun May 22, 2022 8:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 9 Weeks on Saturday
Replies: 7
Views: 1183

Re: 9 Weeks on Saturday

We need a lot of new backroom staff as well.
by Long Time Lurker
Sun May 22, 2022 8:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Collins
Replies: 46
Views: 4300

Re: Collins

Bin Ont Turf wrote:
Sun May 22, 2022 7:59 pm
He's forgiven.

Going to be brilliant for us is that lad.
A number of nieve mistakes for us this season, but he has done more than enough to substantiate himself as a player with a bright PL future.

He won't be with us for long.
by Long Time Lurker
Sun May 22, 2022 8:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Possible team
Replies: 47
Views: 3380

Re: Possible team

Stacks wrote:
Sun May 22, 2022 8:29 pm
Where is JBG in your lineups. He is signed next year and nobody will take his salary off us
Injured

I should point out that the lineup I proposed is what I expect us to go with, not what I would like to see.
by Long Time Lurker
Sun May 22, 2022 8:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: McNeil
Replies: 129
Views: 8932

Re: McNeil

He will join a good PL club who will turn him into a good left wingback
by Long Time Lurker
Sun May 22, 2022 8:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Possible team
Replies: 47
Views: 3380

Re: Possible team

Being realistic Cornet 17.5m That isn't how it works. If we did get 17.5m for Cornet then we probably wouldn't bank 17.5m, because i doubt that we paid his full transfer fee up front. His transfer fee is probably spread across the duration of his contract so we might have only paid 3m of what we ow...
by Long Time Lurker
Sun May 22, 2022 8:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Possible team
Replies: 47
Views: 3380

Re: Possible team

Hennessey

Roberts / Long / Mee / Cheap Signing

Cork / Daft Foreign Punt or Stephens

Lennon / Daft Foreign Punt / Jay Rod

Weghorst

Subs

BPF
Lowton
Cheap Signing
Cheap Signing
Academy Player
by Long Time Lurker
Sun May 22, 2022 7:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Relegation.
Replies: 76
Views: 6206

Re: Relegation.

end the thread here ^^^^^^^^^^ nail on the head Not really. We didn't hire a Technical Director to not spend money on transfers. Sadly, we hired the worst performing Technical Director in the history of the profession. He succeeded in stretching our budget by signing veterans for little money, sign...
by Long Time Lurker
Sun May 22, 2022 7:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Can’t wait to see the plan
Replies: 76
Views: 7161

Re: Can’t wait to see the plan

Minus Pope & Tarks I can’t see any Prem team buying any of our players. Someone like Fulham might spunk 20m on Maxwell but that’s good money for me. Average prem player and made of glass. I suspect there will be interest in Mc Neill, Collins, Brownhill and Taylor as well. I could see us getting stu...
by Long Time Lurker
Sun May 22, 2022 7:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Can’t wait to see the plan
Replies: 76
Views: 7161

Re: Can’t wait to see the plan

1968claret wrote:
Sun May 22, 2022 6:12 pm
Let’s hope it is a cunning one!
I'm betting it will involve a turnip or two.
by Long Time Lurker
Sun May 22, 2022 7:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Goodbye Nick Pope
Replies: 54
Views: 6362

Re: Goodbye Nick Pope

Unfortunately it’s an absolute minimum requirement for a top club keeper to be very comfortable on the ball. I love Nick Pope but he is really lacking in that department. Twaddle The only reason we had a chance of avoiding relegation today is because of all the super human saves Pope has made in th...
by Long Time Lurker
Sun May 22, 2022 7:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Goodbye Nick Pope
Replies: 54
Views: 6362

Re: Goodbye Nick Pope

The problem is that we might try to hold out for 40m while the window moves on, because we are banking on getting that amount for him. However, the other clubs will know that they can get him cheaper and that we will be looking to sell. After the Wood sale the other clubs know that our owners won't ...
by Long Time Lurker
Sun May 22, 2022 7:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Toon match thread (judgement day)
Replies: 345
Views: 14634

Re: Burnley v Toon match thread (judgement day)

AwayClaret wrote:
Sun May 22, 2022 6:59 pm
Anyone care to summarise :lol: :lol: :D
I think our troubles are just beginning and we are probably f*cked

Exciting times.
by Long Time Lurker
Sun May 22, 2022 6:56 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Toon match thread (judgement day)
Replies: 345
Views: 14634

Re: Burnley v Toon match thread (judgement day)

Amazed that Pace has escaped criticism so far. He would have been deemed a genius had we stayed up. We didn’t so he isn’t. Personally I hope he takes his borrowed money and leaves us alone. What a mess we are in right now Inwardly , I don't think he will be that bothered we are going down. He obvio...
by Long Time Lurker
Sun May 22, 2022 6:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Toon match thread (judgement day)
Replies: 345
Views: 14634

Re: Burnley v Toon match thread (judgement day)

Some absolute twaddle being spouted on this thread, we've been relegated because we've not been good enough, and no excuses about officials can disguise that fact, poor though they may have been over the course of the season. Big summer at TM now, and whoever steps in has got a hell of a rebuilding...
by Long Time Lurker
Sun May 22, 2022 6:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Toon match thread (judgement day)
Replies: 345
Views: 14634

Re: Burnley v Toon match thread (judgement day)

Yep Sean stayed to long and got us relegated Nonsense. It was a lack of investment, an awful technical Director, poor recruitment over multiple seasons, a move to more open and expressive football at the start of this season and chasing after players that didn't suit Dyche and the successful way he...
by Long Time Lurker
Sun May 22, 2022 5:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Toon match thread (judgement day)
Replies: 345
Views: 14634

Re: Burnley v Toon match thread (judgement day)

The big game changing substitution that came after half time was particularly baffling. I never envisioned Roberts coming off and Long staying on, not in a million years. I think that is game over, season over, Premier League stay over. Another lower table team who tried to shift towards sexy, attac...
by Long Time Lurker
Sun May 22, 2022 5:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Toon match thread (judgement day)
Replies: 345
Views: 14634

Re: Burnley v Toon match thread (judgement day)

Can't believe we started a game like this with five defenders. I think it was the right choice. We were more likely to keep a clean sheet than beating Newcastle with our attacking game. Unfortunately, I don't think anybody predicted the potentially devastating hand ball. Still, on the upside for Co...
by Long Time Lurker
Sun May 22, 2022 5:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Toon match thread (judgement day)
Replies: 345
Views: 14634

Re: Burnley v Toon match thread (judgement day)

Long off and Weghorst on Mc Neill on the left, drifting in to shoot, deep crosses to Barnes and short early passes to the feet of Weghorst. Mc Neil has been reborn in the past few matches, driving forward, but that has nothing to do with playing on the right. He can drive forward on the left just as...
by Long Time Lurker
Sun May 22, 2022 4:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Toon match thread (judgement day)
Replies: 345
Views: 14634

Re: Burnley v Toon match thread (judgement day)

Shocked and stunned, heat of the moment, gravity of the match, nervous reactions - none of those excuse making a basic and completely unnecessary mistake like that.
by Long Time Lurker
Fri May 06, 2022 10:26 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley Football Club - first accounts under ALK
Replies: 659
Views: 38130

Re: Burnley Football Club - first accounts under ALK

Put it down as good risk management to have £12.5 million cash (less costs) rather than a £12.5m debt to be paid by NUFC next 31st Jan. If we don't get the points required from our 4 games, we will be in a good place to discuss "significant repayment" with MSD. If we are rebuilding for Premier Leag...
by Long Time Lurker
Fri May 06, 2022 12:51 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley Football Club - first accounts under ALK
Replies: 659
Views: 38130

Re: Burnley Football Club - first accounts under ALK

Our real problem is that the club hasn't made any real money since we've been in the Premier League, our stock price rose with promotion and then froze. Arguably, the only viable way for a smaller club like ours to make money from football is to bounce between the PL and the Championship at regular ...
by Long Time Lurker
Fri May 06, 2022 12:47 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley Football Club - first accounts under ALK
Replies: 659
Views: 38130

Re: Burnley Football Club - first accounts under ALK

seems the last 4 games are significantly huge for us then ! Nods, we need to stay up and the recruitment team have to compound all expectations and perform to a very high standard. Supporting the squad we have ( albeit with some departures and possible sales ) and making the most of a free transfer...
by Long Time Lurker
Thu May 05, 2022 8:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley Football Club - first accounts under ALK
Replies: 659
Views: 38130

Re: Burnley Football Club - first accounts under ALK

Excuse my ignorance, but how much of that is fact, and how much your opinion, however educated that opinion might be. As pointed out elsewhere surely our income will have increased with crowds being back? Do we know, for definate, whether or not the loans/repayments have been renegotiated in the 12...
by Long Time Lurker
Thu May 05, 2022 7:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Manager or head coach?
Replies: 38
Views: 3183

Re: Manager or head coach?

Don't know a thing about Jenkins but the article alludes to a connection with ALK- who is he exactly and what's his background that makes him suited to running the academy? History - Paul Jenkins Paul Jenkins was a youth coach at Middlesbrough for more than 20 years. By all accounts he was a well r...
by Long Time Lurker
Tue Apr 19, 2022 5:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Name the next manager
Replies: 4376
Views: 376625

Re: Name the next manager

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by Long Time Lurker
Sun Apr 17, 2022 8:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Name the next manager
Replies: 4376
Views: 376625

Re: Name the next manager

RVclaret wrote:
Sun Apr 17, 2022 8:41 pm
Didn’t know Dyche was sacked yet seems to know exactly what will happen with ALK and our club from here. :lol:
I know what happens when somebody asks for a pound and you only have 10p in your pocket.
by Long Time Lurker
Sun Apr 17, 2022 8:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Name the next manager
Replies: 4376
Views: 376625

Re: Name the next manager

I tuned in for todays match, noticed Dyche was absent from the side lines, did some quick google fu and learned he was sacked on Friday. Shock, stunned and gutted. I'm guessing that our relegation plight brought forward conversations that were being scheduled for the end of the season. Taking into a...
by Long Time Lurker
Sat Mar 12, 2022 5:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Brentford versus MIGHTY CLARETS
Replies: 534
Views: 21657

Re: Brentford versus MIGHTY CLARETS

Moment of Erikssen quality undid us. If you leave him some space, he’ll deliver. To be fair we weren’t at the races. Do not understand why an under par Cornet was nog substituted… Not looking good now Pretty much sums up my thinking. However, I would go further. I don't understand why an under par ...
by Long Time Lurker
Sat Mar 05, 2022 7:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Dwight McNeil
Replies: 238
Views: 15818

Re: Dwight McNeil

Had some great touches in the first half, his body language is often awful but his football isn't. People way overreact to it. Nods, his body language mirrors the way he runs. A good description would be languid. He doesn't look like a majestic sprinter, but he gets up and down the field to very go...
by Long Time Lurker
Sat Mar 05, 2022 7:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Dwight McNeil
Replies: 238
Views: 15818

Re: Dwight McNeil

There is no excuses for a premier league footballer to miss the chance he missed today. Premier league footballers miss those chances every day. He did well to quickly react to the unexpectedly poor punch out and bring the ball under control to permit a shot. Granted, he should have put it in the n...
by Long Time Lurker
Sat Mar 05, 2022 4:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New big screen and PA system
Replies: 47
Views: 5599

Re: New big screen and PA system

JohnMac wrote:
Sat Mar 05, 2022 10:39 am
Just wait for our future...

'Throw in BUUUUUURNLEY sponsored by Tillamook your #1 American Cheese'
If things drop to that level, our throw ins should be sponsored by Chuck E. Cheese
by Long Time Lurker
Sat Feb 19, 2022 5:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Brighton versus Mighty Clarets
Replies: 401
Views: 17449

Re: Brighton versus Mighty Clarets

You’ve got a weird obsession with this inverted winger nonsense. JBG has always played on the right, McNeil played on the left 90% of games. Cornet has played on the left if ever out wide. Played the same framework and system as we always have, just missing the details. I must have been watching di...
by Long Time Lurker
Sat Feb 19, 2022 4:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Brighton versus Mighty Clarets
Replies: 401
Views: 17449

Re: Brighton versus Mighty Clarets

We've been playing like that for much of the season, we just weren't getting the results we deserved earlier in the season. We've had a bad patch recently (Leeds and Huddersfield in particular) but we are trying to play football. I think the difference is that in the last three matches we finally d...