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by Sleeping Cat
Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Possible affordable targets for next season
Replies: 82
Views: 4353

Re: Possible affordable targets for next season

First you’d need to look at the ones who need or are going to leave . Almost certain : Weghorst Cork Jay Peacock-Farrell Possible : Roberts JBG Obafemi McNally Churlinov Bastien Egan-Riley JBL defendant on loan to buy deal (unknown) Tresor as above (unknown) Brownhill (option on contract poss) Berg...
by Sleeping Cat
Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jumping ship at the end of the season
Replies: 56
Views: 5095

Re: Jumping ship at the end of the season

Personally, I would expect all player out of contract in the summer to not be renewed, including those with options. Easy way to reduce the wage bill from higher earners.
by Sleeping Cat
Tue Mar 05, 2024 12:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jumping ship at the end of the season
Replies: 56
Views: 5095

Re: Jumping ship at the end of the season

Mansfield claret wrote:
Tue Mar 05, 2024 12:01 pm
Probably because they are all getting on a bit age wise?
They're also likely to be at the top end of the wage bill, so an easy option to help help reduce this.
by Sleeping Cat
Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jumping ship at the end of the season
Replies: 56
Views: 5095

Re: Jumping ship at the end of the season

Last time we went down we had to sell £60m of first team players and let other experienced players leave on frees to help reduce the wage bill accordingly to more suit the budget for a championship season. Given we have spent pretty much all of the money the club would receive for a season in the pr...
by Sleeping Cat
Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Squad for next season, STAY OR GO
Replies: 53
Views: 3111

Re: Squad for next season, STAY OR GO

K: Muric STAY Trafford STAY Peacock Farrell.... GO Vigeroux STAY Full Back: Assignon STAY Vitinho STAY Roberts GO Taylor STAY Central defenders: Beyer STAY Esteve STAY Ekdal .......Stay AL Dakhil STAY O’Shea STAY McNally ......GO Delcroix GO Egan Riley GO Central Midfielders: Brownhill STAY Berge ST...
by Sleeping Cat
Tue Feb 27, 2024 2:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK’s Strategy: Are We Witnessing A Failing Experiment?
Replies: 215
Views: 8157

Re: ALK’s Strategy: Are We Witnessing A Failing Experiment?

I am honestly not sure but wouldn't be surprised. The bit that gets to me the most on this sort of thing is I just know that ALK will probably never have the club operating without some sort of debt; anytime something is paid off/amortised they will be looking at other ways to 'push the envelope' i...
by Sleeping Cat
Tue Feb 27, 2024 2:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK’s Strategy: Are We Witnessing A Failing Experiment?
Replies: 215
Views: 8157

Re: ALK’s Strategy: Are We Witnessing A Failing Experiment?

We know that the stadium and training ground (and I think another property) have been used as security against the loans right? And here in lies the concern. All the risk for the ALK strategy is on Burnley FC, not on ALK themselves. If they fault on the debt they can walk away with small losses & b...
by Sleeping Cat
Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:45 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Time to revert back
Replies: 20
Views: 1792

Re: Time to revert back

Get some experience of the pitch, players who know how to play at this level to help the younger ones around them.

Muric
Assignon - O’Shea - Beyer - Taylor
Cullen Cork Berge
JBG Fofana Foster/Jay
by Sleeping Cat
Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:40 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Simple vote for Kompany to stay or go…no debate
Replies: 424
Views: 14526

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

Stay

But it is entirely based on what he achieved last season in the division we are going to be playing in.
by Sleeping Cat
Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Crystal Palace v Burnley - Player Ratings
Replies: 72
Views: 4783

Re: Crystal Palace v Burnley - Player Ratings

Trafford 4 - just not ready for this level Assignon 5 - tried O’Shea 5 - tried Esteve 4 - mateta had him all game Taylor 5 - didn’t look match sharp JBG 5 - ended up covering for Assignon a lot Berge 5 - sloppy at times but the only one who looked like unlocking them Brownhill 4 - wasn’t having a gr...
by Sleeping Cat
Mon Feb 19, 2024 1:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jay Rodtiguez
Replies: 73
Views: 4992

Re: Jay Rodtiguez

When Jay was in the team pre Xmas I actually thought these performances as a team were the best we had this season. He got the best out of those around him and defended from the front. Useful for defending set pieces also. So I think there's argument to say that in a front two Jay should partner one...
by Sleeping Cat
Mon Feb 19, 2024 1:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cork.
Replies: 42
Views: 3471

Re: Cork.

We’ve spent over 100 million and people on here think Cork and Rodriguez are the answer, both players legs have gone and nowhere near the standard we need . You could say "we've spent over 100 million and none of the players we've signed are any better than two 34 year olds who we already had on th...
by Sleeping Cat
Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:47 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: VK OUT !!
Replies: 347
Views: 14799

Re: VK OUT !!

I don’t see what difference changing the manager would do right now, or who we would get in. More upheaval to a team that has changed already so much from last seasons successful set up. VK gets another go at the championship given what he did last time, chance to prove that special season was not a...
by Sleeping Cat
Tue Feb 13, 2024 12:27 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Let’s talk about Benson!
Replies: 100
Views: 4884

Re: Let’s talk about Benson!

Strange how we don't have daily threads about Cullen not playing if we are going off someone not playing who was good last season, he was about the best. Cullen started the season in the team and has made a total of 11 starts + 1 Sub appearance from 24 games, totalling 936 mins on the pitch Benson ...
by Sleeping Cat
Tue Feb 13, 2024 12:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Let’s talk about Benson!
Replies: 100
Views: 4884

Re: Let’s talk about Benson!

Simple question If VK doesn't fancy him at this level or has had a fall out with him, Why hasn't he just let him go either on loan or transfer as he clearly doesn't feel the need to start him Just one of a number of baffling decisions by a manager who looks way out of his depth at this level This i...
by Sleeping Cat
Mon Feb 12, 2024 1:27 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Heaton replacing Hart moment again?
Replies: 71
Views: 3662

Re: Heaton replacing Hart moment again?

I think it's less Hart/Heaton & more Grant/Beast.
by Sleeping Cat
Mon Feb 12, 2024 11:01 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Heaton replacing Hart moment again?
Replies: 71
Views: 3662

Re: Heaton replacing Hart moment again?

As for people defending Trafford I don’t see that many posters who are saying he has not made mistakes. I don’t see many posters who say that he should be in the team before Muric. 24 people have voted for him in the MOM vote against Liverpool. They might not be saying he has not made a mistake, bu...
by Sleeping Cat
Mon Feb 12, 2024 10:39 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Heaton replacing Hart moment again?
Replies: 71
Views: 3662

Re: Heaton replacing Hart moment again?

Trafford in / Trafford out has become our very own culture war. Any opinion you disagree with isn't dealt with logically but based on the the side you sit on, irrelevant of the evidence there. Trafford currently has 9% (24 votes) for MOM on the UTC home page, which is ridiculous in the context of th...
by Sleeping Cat
Thu Feb 08, 2024 5:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Did we change too much or too little?
Replies: 84
Views: 3220

Re: Did we change too much or too little?

Luton had 60% possession against us the other week. They may be physical, but they can play too.

We were a possession team. I'm not sure what we are now.
by Sleeping Cat
Thu Feb 08, 2024 3:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Did we change too much or too little?
Replies: 84
Views: 3220

Re: Did we change too much or too little?

According to last years stats from here https://www.uptheclarets.com/202223-burnley-fc-stats Last seasons top 16 names by mins .................Starts - Subs - Mins Josh Cullen 43 0 3,844 Arijanet Muric 41 0 3,616 Josh Brownhill 41 0 3,579 Connor Roberts 39 4 3529 Ian Maatsen 38 1 3321 Taylor H’d-B ...
by Sleeping Cat
Thu Feb 08, 2024 1:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Did we change too much or too little?
Replies: 84
Views: 3220

Re: Did we change too much or too little?

We had a team of players who has just spent a whole season playing together, creating familiarity between themselves, overcoming together different scenarios and challenges on the pitch to win the Championship forge a winning mentality along the way. We then lost 3-4 key players from last years team...
by Sleeping Cat
Tue Feb 06, 2024 1:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cullen and Muric back in for Saturday?
Replies: 67
Views: 4217

Re: Cullen and Muric back in for Saturday?

I would go with bringing in the sub that made the difference vs Fulham rather than changing people other positions. Fofana, JBG & Esteve in for Amdouni, Ramsey & Ekdal respectively. Argument to bring Cullen in for Brownhill maybe, but given we will not have much possession in this match, I think Bro...
by Sleeping Cat
Sun Feb 04, 2024 9:36 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ramsey
Replies: 72
Views: 4140

Re: Ramsey

To be fair to him, I don't think he fits the current system we are trying to play. He's not a wide player, he's not a traditional centre mid, he's an central attacking midfielder for me, but this area of the pitch is where Amdouni like to drop into. One or the other for me.
by Sleeping Cat
Fri Feb 02, 2024 11:11 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Current first team squad
Replies: 23
Views: 1684

Re: Current first team squad

Somehow we still only have 1 recognised left back
by Sleeping Cat
Fri Feb 02, 2024 12:28 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Zaroury leaves for Hull in a Heartbeat
Replies: 113
Views: 6754

Re: ARTICLE: Zaroury leaves for Hull in a Heartbeat

Have to say, I am very sad to hear this news. Brilliant last season, not given much of a chance this season but with his recent minutes, I thought he might be working his way back into the fold. Out of last seasons squad Zaroury looked the most ready and capable to step up.
by Sleeping Cat
Thu Feb 01, 2024 2:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Team for Fulham
Replies: 100
Views: 5146

Re: Team for Fulham

HahaYeah wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2024 2:13 pm
Was assuming that Delcroix, along with Beyer and Taylor are injured.
ah. Esteve or Ekdal then.
by Sleeping Cat
Thu Feb 01, 2024 1:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Team for Fulham
Replies: 100
Views: 5146

Re: Team for Fulham

...............Trafford Vitinho - O'Shea - Delcroix - Al-Dakhil JBG - Brownhill - Berge - Odobert ...............Jay - Foster Gone with the squad as it is confirmed right now. Delcroix did well with O'Shea against Spurs. Al-Dakhil only option for left back really. For me, our best spell this season ...
by Sleeping Cat
Wed Jan 24, 2024 9:42 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Obafemi becomes a Lion
Replies: 103
Views: 7569

Re: ARTICLE: Obafemi becomes a Lion

Goodluck to him. Had some niggling injuries, but not given much of a chance when fit. That's Weghorst, Bastien, Churlinov, Twine & Obafemi all shipped out less than 12 months after signing. It seems less buy and develop, more buy and cross fingers. It's hard to form an identity with a squad of ever ...
by Sleeping Cat
Sat Jan 20, 2024 11:31 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Substitute Goal Involvements
Replies: 14
Views: 685

Re: Substitute Goal Involvements

I'd be interested to see how many goals we have conceded after making our 1st substitute. I'm with those who think our subs have often cost us points.
by Sleeping Cat
Thu Jan 18, 2024 9:59 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Roma sack Mourinho
Replies: 43
Views: 2391

Re: Roma sack Mourinho

And that is why he has been sacked. For the budget he commands you have to deliver champions league football by finishing in the top 3-4 in the league and he hasn't. I think his style suits knock out football more than weekly points based football and that is is less lucrative, so from a business po...
by Sleeping Cat
Thu Jan 18, 2024 9:04 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Roma sack Mourinho
Replies: 43
Views: 2391

Re: Roma sack Mourinho

He has a certain style, and i think that determines if you like/ or dislike him but he did win Roma's first trophy in over 1 years and was a penalty shootout from winning them their 2nd last season in the Europa League final.
by Sleeping Cat
Wed Jan 17, 2024 2:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Stability or Tinkering
Replies: 48
Views: 3344

Re: Stability or Tinkering

Kompany has had a lot of injuries/suspensions to contend with in the defence, but =earlier in the season he was tinkering with the team even without the injuries. Since he has settled on a "preferred" 11-14 players to start matches overall performances have improved and we look harder to beat, somet...
by Sleeping Cat
Wed Jan 03, 2024 9:40 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Could Benson and Zaroury be off ??
Replies: 93
Views: 10549

Re: Could Benson and Zaroury be off ??

It would be a real strange decision to let both of them go in the same window and does leave a strange sense that something is not right. Both have something to offer.
by Sleeping Cat
Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:56 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Wolves v Burnley - Player Ratings
Replies: 67
Views: 8949

Re: Wolves v Burnley - Player Ratings

A game of two halves. First half good, second half poor. Scores reflect the 90 Trafford 6 - Some good saves but despite the success of being more direct against Sheff Utd, he was back to short, slow, risky passes to the centre backs. Vitinho 6 - Another decent game for me. O'Shea 5 - Probably harshl...
by Sleeping Cat
Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:05 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jack Cork
Replies: 24
Views: 4112

Re: Jack Cork

Agree. There have been so many times this season when having Cork on in the middle to help manage the game and keep everyone in line would have been so helpful. A night watchman type role to help see out games.
by Sleeping Cat
Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:27 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Team for Wolves (A)
Replies: 18
Views: 2024

Re: Team for Wolves (A)

Agreed. In the first 9-10 games I think we all found many of the starting selections baffling at times, with too many changes from week to week and a good performance one week not being rewarded with a run in the team. Glad VK seems to have settled into a relatively consistent starting XI.
by Sleeping Cat
Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:05 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Team for Wolves (A)
Replies: 18
Views: 2024

Re: Team for Wolves (A)

Same team, Ekdal in for suspended Beyer but this team is building momentum and the familiarity is helping cohesion.
by Sleeping Cat
Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:33 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Team for Sheff United?
Replies: 90
Views: 8308

Re: Team for Sheff United?

same team for me. I think the recent consistency in the starting line up has helped the team and there have been positives to pull from each performance since Palace. Kompany needs to improve his choice/decision for subs and not make changes for the sake of it.
by Sleeping Cat
Fri Nov 24, 2023 11:53 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley vs West Ham - Starting XI
Replies: 91
Views: 5598

Re: Burnley vs West Ham - Starting XI

- - - - - - - - - -Trafford
Vitinho - O'Shea - Beyer - Taylor
- - - - - - Berge - Brownhill
JBG - - - - - Amdouni - - - Koleosho
- - - - - - -- - -Jay


Same team as Arsenal. Team did well that day. Probably would have put Muric in for Trafford if available, but he isn't.
by Sleeping Cat
Mon Nov 13, 2023 10:08 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Josh Cullen
Replies: 26
Views: 4034

Re: Josh Cullen

After that performance Berge / Brownhill partnership should continue. We will need Cullen though, suspensions and injuries, he will get another chance and maybe a bit of time out of the team will help him.
by Sleeping Cat
Mon Nov 13, 2023 9:48 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Arsenal v Burnley - Player Ratings
Replies: 75
Views: 6987

Re: Arsenal v Burnley - Player Ratings

Trafford 5 - Made some really good saves, and looks good in that department. Poor at commanding his box and coming for the ball. Vitinho 7 - Looked focussed, disciplined and up for the fight. Ahead of Roberts to start the next match, O’Shea 6 - Thought he did okay generally. Beyer 6 - Similar to O'S...
by Sleeping Cat
Fri Nov 10, 2023 1:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Team v Arsenal
Replies: 46
Views: 3697

Re: Team v Arsenal

-------------Trafford
Roberts - O'Shea - Beyer - Taylor
- - - - - Cork- - - -Brownhill
JBG - - - - - Berg - - - - - JBL
---------------Jay---------------
by Sleeping Cat
Thu Nov 09, 2023 9:30 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Arsenal info
Replies: 27
Views: 2648

Re: Arsenal info

Lots of excellent pubs in the area, and some very walkable "crawls" to the ground. Not all welcome to away fans but not many. Been to the Alwyne Castle near Highbury & Islington station before the game a few times.
by Sleeping Cat
Thu Nov 02, 2023 1:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Team v Palace
Replies: 210
Views: 14649

Re: Team v Palace

I’m surprised how many folk are putting Berge into a position (10) he’s not played all season. Particularly after just shining in a deeper, double pivot role last night. It's less a 10 and just the more advanced of a 3 man midfield for me. I would prefer Berge as a "10" though than playing Amdouni ...
by Sleeping Cat
Thu Nov 02, 2023 1:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Team v Palace
Replies: 210
Views: 14649

Re: Team v Palace

- - - - - - - - - -Muric Roberts - O'Shea - Beyer - Taylor - - - - - Brownhill - Cork JBG -- - - - - Berge - - - - Zaroury - - - - - - - - - Foster Muric back in. It's time. More experienced that Trafford, more self assured etc Cullen Suspension is a nice way to get Cork and his vast experience at t...
by Sleeping Cat
Wed Nov 01, 2023 3:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Another winter World Cup?
Replies: 38
Views: 2854

Re: Another winter World Cup?

The whole process was set up to enable Saudi Arabia to win it. Australia would have just been throwing money away with their bid. This. I read that Australia were the only bidders until FIFA fast tracked a bid by Saudi Arabia late in the process to get them in the reckoning. It's been viewed by Aus...
by Sleeping Cat
Tue Oct 31, 2023 9:28 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Midfield
Replies: 12
Views: 2171

Re: Midfield

The system and tactics are exposing the midfield.
by Sleeping Cat
Tue Oct 31, 2023 9:18 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Looks like we are buying Tresor
Replies: 124
Views: 9388

Re: Looks like we are buying Tresor

He was Belgium player of the year last season, so it's not just Kompany with that view Previous winners of Belgium player of the year. 2012–13 Carlos Bacca Club Brugge Colombia 2013–14 Thorgan Hazard Zulte Waregem Belgium 2014–15 Víctor Vázquez Club Brugge Spain 2015–16 Sofiane Hanni Mechelen Alger...
by Sleeping Cat
Tue Oct 31, 2023 9:09 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Your lowest point as a Burnley fan
Replies: 145
Views: 9632

Re: Your lowest point as a Burnley fan

Waddle season was one long low. On the back of what had been a successful and enjoyable period for the club from 89/90, I remember feeling we had lost our way were heading back towards the abyss.
by Sleeping Cat
Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:40 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Judging after Brentford and Bournemouth
Replies: 51
Views: 4302

Re: Judging after Brentford and Bournemouth

Teams' form before playing us

Bournemouth D-D-L-L-L-L
Brentford D-D-L-L-D-L