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by GodIsADeeJay81
Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cornet back if we survive?
Replies: 39
Views: 1712

Re: Cornet back if we survive?

Nope
Both parties have moved on
by GodIsADeeJay81
Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: England squad
Replies: 24
Views: 1415

Re: England squad

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Playing regularly and having a decent season = worth a look by the England manager
by GodIsADeeJay81
Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Reading FC x Wycombe Vultures debacle...
Replies: 35
Views: 1661

Re: Reading FC x Wycombe Vultures debacle...

Murger wrote:
Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:49 pm
Wasn’t it Kevin Doyle and Shane Long?
Yeah
They signed Doyle and also Long to keep Doyle company
by GodIsADeeJay81
Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Reading FC x Wycombe Vultures debacle...
Replies: 35
Views: 1661

Re: Reading FC x Wycombe Vultures debacle...

Wycombe, or their owner, are paying £22 million apparently for Readings training ground

Let’s see where that money ends up

As for Reading, they’re just a lesser/another version of Rovers or Bolton, having lived beyond their means for decades and can’t do without someone else’s money
by GodIsADeeJay81
Wed Mar 13, 2024 6:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tresor
Replies: 81
Views: 5954

Re: Tresor

Cloud cuckoo land. We will struggle to recoup anything like our outlay on these players. Most teams only lose money on a player when they’re near the end of their contract or the player has been injured for the majority of their stay, or in the case of someone like Drinkwater just fall away It’s ex...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Wed Mar 13, 2024 5:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tresor
Replies: 81
Views: 5954

Re: Tresor

KRBFC wrote:
Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:06 am
Yet you can’t name one poster that said such nonsense
I don’t think we’ll lose money on any of them

They’re all worth at least what we paid, most are worth more

Only Darko is a doubt but he was ill and is now rebuilding his career out on loan so we should get our money back easy enough
by GodIsADeeJay81
Wed Mar 13, 2024 5:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: James Trafford's Contract
Replies: 168
Views: 9004

Re: James Trafford's Contract

I don’t disagree with you on this however we know for a fact that a 16yr old kid from Birmingham made the exact same requests to Man Utd and managed to get Dortmund to agree to the demands What? He chose Dortmund precisely because they had a policy of giving young players a chance Can you show us t...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:13 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Football's Magic Money Tree
Replies: 9833
Views: 970871

Re: Football's Magic Money Tree

https://x.com/kieranmaguire/status/1767 ... 48620?s=46

Interesting tweet from Keiran Maguire discussing the proposed spending caps
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tella
Replies: 38
Views: 3359

Re: Tella

nobody is pining after him, we are congratulating a lad who was absolutely superb for us. Of course there are, even on this very thread I’m all for congratulating the lad, he was stellar for us last season but he’s gone on now to better things and there are people stating they wish he’d signed and ...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tella
Replies: 38
Views: 3359

Re: Tella

How many minutes has he played and in what position ? I’ve only see some highlights. IMG_3608.jpeg IMG_3609.jpeg So he doesn’t play a lot and is mainly on the flank, like he was here They’re benefiting from him spending a season with us rediscovering his form etc and he’s doing a job being used mai...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Dyche or Kompany?
Replies: 61
Views: 3427

Re: Dyche or Kompany?

If Everton are taken over, it’s going to depend on how much the new owners understand the mess and job at Everton He’s proven he can get a club into the top 10 and also to qualify for a European spot Given time, and money, he can transform Everton and be their next Moyes Kompany - our owners have a ...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mud analytics
Replies: 273
Views: 7694

Re: Mud analytics

So we keep the player and keep loaning them out like we have done with Weghorst. And then finally they move on a permanent transfer at a loss. Do you know what fees we’re getting/got as part of the loan deals? We’ve loaned him to 3 clubs so far Hoffenheim may want to sign him this summer If they di...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mud analytics
Replies: 273
Views: 7694

Re: Mud analytics

Obviously just a feeling as, like you, I can’t predict the future. Yet my statements are still said with less certainty than yours. We already have too many players hence a number being out on loan. We will no doubt need to free up space in the squad for more signings, probably quite a significant ...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mud analytics
Replies: 273
Views: 7694

Re: Mud analytics

Not saying they'll go for as cheap as some make out but I don't think many will significantly appreciate either. Who would you sign from our lot as a PL or top team in Europe? Given that we have borrowed money to finance incomings and our revenue streams are going to be significantly lower next sea...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mud analytics
Replies: 273
Views: 7694

Re: Mud analytics

I think your confidence is wildly misplaced. For a start, we signed players with potential who may have been good enough for the Premier League, now we have players with potential who we know aren’t good enough for the Premier League. There aren’t many teams in the world who can afford to spend 8 f...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mud analytics
Replies: 273
Views: 7694

Re: Mud analytics

I think some (many) are thinking about Tresor, Ramsey and Trafford who were not cheap. But in most cases the fees we've paid should give us a decent chance of a profit. Remind us which English, PL keeper got relegated, sold for a huge profit, then got relegated again and sold for even more money Tr...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mud analytics
Replies: 273
Views: 7694

Re: Mud analytics

We've been over this before but I honestly don't know where your confidence comes from on this. I wish I felt it! I’m looking at the facts We pay below the average rate for PL clubs We have signed our players up to contracts that are generally 4yrs minimum so they’ll all have at least 3yrs left on ...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mud analytics
Replies: 273
Views: 7694

Re: Mud analytics

Really I don't like to bicker, but that's a damning statement mate if you are trying to defend things. In an absolutely pivotal season. And it is all on the manager and the recruitment policy. I’m stating a fact, we aren’t the first club to sign a huge number of players in a summer transfer window ...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mud analytics
Replies: 273
Views: 7694

Re: Mud analytics

Not sure how you reconcile your two points there. Easy We’ve signed a number of young players with huge potential who’ve now got PL experience, which will stand them in good stead for the future Potential suitors won’t be overly fussed about the outcome of our season, they’ll be looking at the stat...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mud analytics
Replies: 273
Views: 7694

Re: Mud analytics

Big old gulp of the ALK koolaid that! Nothing wrong with buying young players and developing them - in fact it's smart and it's something we did even with Dychey. Where it becomes daft is signing 10 a season and sticking them into a team and expecting it to click no problem... or borrowing money to...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mud analytics
Replies: 273
Views: 7694

Re: Mud analytics

I think the main thing people take issue with is that we haven't exactly 'bought low' or 'found cheap'. We've paid pretty hefty fees for a handful of players who currently look a long way from being good enough. The exception is probably Koleosho, who was cheap. If our current business model is as ...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:27 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mud analytics
Replies: 273
Views: 7694

Re: Mud analytics

Someone commented earlier in the thread that MUD only became active with us in August 2023. I would love clarification on this tbh. The whole money ball plan that was eluded to in mission to Burnley was definitely at the front of Alan pace and kompanys vision. Maybe to the detriment of the football...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chairman Pace
Replies: 87
Views: 4774

Re: Chairman Pace

I can understand where your coming from ,but can you really find me an example starting from Aug 23 to Mar 24 where Kompany has shown anything he has learned ,and if you can’t ,how is he suddenly going to have a lightbulb moment at the end of this season and sign the players with the aptitude and a...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chairman Pace
Replies: 87
Views: 4774

Re: Chairman Pace

Well maybe that's where he's going wrong we wouldn't have a thread about a failing experiment or staring down the barrel of relegation & a accumulation of debt running in the millions if all was hunky dory. The club will be left a carcass that's in little doubt. We’ve got lots of threads with peopl...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Paul Pogba
Replies: 39
Views: 5013

Re: Paul Pogba

I would expect Juve are ecstatic... He won't be playing much/any less than he is now, but this'll surely allow them to cancel his contract, so they'll no longer be obliged to keep paying him to do nowt Apparently he’d had to take a 99% wage cut and was being paid just £1700 a mth Now it will be can...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Assisted dying
Replies: 77
Views: 2687

Re: Assisted dying

It should be an option for those who have the mental faculties to decide they want it

No one should be basically forced to live in pain etc
by GodIsADeeJay81
Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Paul Pogba
Replies: 39
Views: 5013

Re: Paul Pogba

Pearcey wrote:
Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:21 pm
Wow! Don’t know the case but that seems harsh.
Failed random drug test
Failed the 2nd drug test
by GodIsADeeJay81
Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chairman Pace
Replies: 87
Views: 4774

Re: Chairman Pace

FCBurnley wrote:
Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:56 am
It is and it’s not
No he’s not
He isn’t and they are ( he sacked Dyche)
It is
He sacked Dyche because from a business point of view Dyche wasn’t performing as required
by GodIsADeeJay81
Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Paul Pogba
Replies: 39
Views: 5013

Re: Paul Pogba

4yr worldwide footballing ban confirmed
by GodIsADeeJay81
Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:27 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chairman Pace
Replies: 87
Views: 4774

Re: Chairman Pace

If he's not a football man he shouldn't be running a football club or at least trying to or whatever he's supposed to be doing. Things are shitshaped at the moment it wouldn't take that much to allay some fears & offer basic reassurances that there's a plan of some description. I don't think anybod...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:43 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chairman Pace
Replies: 87
Views: 4774

Re: Chairman Pace

There’s little he’d say that would appease some people
He’s busy, the manager is the face of the club for regular interviews
by GodIsADeeJay81
Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:55 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Making the league more even
Replies: 36
Views: 2351

Re: Making the league more even

taio wrote:
Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:19 pm
Real Madrid's salary cap exceeds €700m.
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
by GodIsADeeJay81
Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Making the league more even
Replies: 36
Views: 2351

Re: Making the league more even

How “good” the premier league is isn’t based on the league at all. The premier league is ranked on how well it’s clubs do in Europe. A salary cap in any form means english clubs will lose out to European clubs and will do worse in Europe, thus the premier league will be ranked “worse” and viewers i...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Reading points deduction
Replies: 2
Views: 922

Re: Reading points deduction

That will help me pass some time tomorrow at work with the Reading fan
by GodIsADeeJay81
Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Making the league more even
Replies: 36
Views: 2351

Re: Making the league more even

La Liga has budget caps, manages no issue

When it’s suggested here fans kick and scream about how unfair it is and their rich owners should be allowed to spaff money as they see fit
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:23 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Director of football ?
Replies: 8
Views: 1006

Re: Director of football ?

Woodleyclaret wrote:
Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:41 am
Perhaps it's time for a more experienced director of football to come in.Roberto Martinez or similar may help our direction.
VK seems devoid of a plan ABor C and a fresh slant may help him
Are you thinking a DoF will be stood pitch side during the game?
He won’t be
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:36 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pertinent questions: How much does it cost to sack VK?
Replies: 43
Views: 2622

Re: Pertinent questions: How much does it cost to sack VK?

4yrs left on his deal We don’t know the wage/bonus terms of his deal and we don’t know termination part of his contract ie does he get lump sum upon dismissal We can assume that he’d be paid until he got a new job, like most managers are and that included Dyche Then there’s his staff In regards to t...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: When people ask who you support.
Replies: 14
Views: 1150

Re: When people ask who you support.

Burnley I’m lucky I work with fans of several different clubs though Reading - yes their bizarre pitch invasion from a few years ago has been mentioned Oxford - 3 stand club :lol: Utd - always something to laugh about Spurs - same as Utd No shame from me in who I support, I’m just able to dish out w...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sat Feb 24, 2024 10:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Where do you think there will be more profit?
Replies: 5
Views: 492

Re: Where do you think there will be more profit?

That will depend on the wage bill, quite simply Last time round our wage bill accounted for the absolute majority of the PL money It won’t this time, but it will be a huge chunk of it Clubs generate money via player sales, most often We won’t lose money on every single player we have either, that’s ...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Joe Hart
Replies: 27
Views: 1981

Re: Joe Hart

Suffered a huge drop in confidence and form when Pep ditched him

Glad he’s had a good ending to his career being at Celtic

Didn’t realise he’s only one of 3 players to have won all three domestic competitions in both England and Scotland, Sir Kenny Dalglish and Andrei Kanchelskis being the others
by GodIsADeeJay81
Thu Feb 22, 2024 1:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Aaron Ramsey injury
Replies: 120
Views: 5884

Re: Aaron Ramsey injury

beddie wrote:
Thu Feb 22, 2024 1:41 pm
Wouldn’t you think that mention of “suggested it might be most of the year” Kompany would actually come out with what it is.
Do you tell everyone your medical history?

VK is under no obligation to state what the issue is at this time and fans are not entitled to know what the issue is either
by GodIsADeeJay81
Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rovers protest
Replies: 140
Views: 7681

Re: Rovers protest

I’m assuming the game is on Tv? They can want the Venkys out all they like, but ultimately they still need an owner with deep pockets to cover those losses every year To reduce those losses they’d need to smash their wage bill right down and that will lead to a drop in quality without a decent scout...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Wed Feb 21, 2024 6:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Colne couple win £61m on Euro lottery ..
Replies: 38
Views: 3807

Re: Colne couple win £61m on Euro lottery ..

Not a chance I'd go public. friend of mine went on a UK gameshow and won a substantial five figure amount and was harassed by every scrounger going, both when recognised in town and via his phone for almost a year afterward. God knows what it would be like for an eight figure value. The couple who ...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Tue Feb 20, 2024 8:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sean Dyche Matthew Syed interview
Replies: 36
Views: 3399

Re: Sean Dyche Matthew Syed interview

Calm down. If you could point me to where I ever said he wouldn’t get another job that would be fine and dandy… of course you are Mis- representing what I have said in the past that Burnley will be the highlight of his career and he won’t get a better job than with us. I’m confused by your post. Cl...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Feb 18, 2024 9:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Favourite films of all time
Replies: 123
Views: 4187

Re: Favourite films of all time

Krull is my fav of all time Naff sci-fi/fantasy film from the 80’s that tried to catch onto the coat tails of Star Wars Stuff I recommend - Manchester by the Sea - about a man dealing with some trauma that’s explained as the film goes along The Green Book - black, gay musician goes on a tour of the ...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Fri Feb 16, 2024 3:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Netflix / Prime recommendations
Replies: 565
Views: 62744

Re: Netflix / Prime recommendations

The final episode of The Grand Tour, Sand Job, is on Amazon
by GodIsADeeJay81
Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: GDP Since start of Covid.
Replies: 48
Views: 1919

Re: GDP Since start of Covid.

https://x.com/julianhjessop/status/1757 ... 35331?s=46


Japan has also entered technical recession
by GodIsADeeJay81
Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New York
Replies: 63
Views: 3335

Re: New York

I lived in Brixton for over ten years until very recently and can count on one hand the number of times I smelled it. Huh, weird I’m out driving around most days in Oxfordshire and Berkshire and I smell weed every day It’s quite prevalent, to say it isn’t is nonsense I’ve also smelled it everytime ...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Wed Feb 14, 2024 2:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New York
Replies: 63
Views: 3335

Re: New York

I’m off to NYC twice this year, really looking forward to both trips
by GodIsADeeJay81
Mon Feb 12, 2024 9:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Superbowl
Replies: 77
Views: 3411

Re: Superbowl

Tricky Trevor wrote:
Mon Feb 12, 2024 8:32 pm
Anybody got thoughts on the HT show?
Knew the name, not the music but that was some show he put on.
Wasn’t very good, and it was Usher, so I expected far better from him tbh

The Dr Dre one from two years ago was far superior