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by BroadIslandClaret
Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:40 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How good was our 1991/92 team?
Replies: 95
Views: 10922

Re: How good was our 1991/92 team?

Nothing irks me - I don't shut down any party - never popped a balloon - it just seems strange to me that you don't seem to allow any opinions without getting personal. It was a fantastic season. All I've said on this thread is that it was basic long ball football which is exactly what it was. I al...
by BroadIslandClaret
Mon Mar 19, 2018 7:39 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ant Arrested
Replies: 88
Views: 9045

Re: Ant Arrested

I dont like the proffesional Geordie but still feel all people struggling with mental health issues deserve compasion regardless of who they are. You are right, of course, but when ANYBODY gets behind the wheel under the influence and injures other or conversely endangers motorists with their actio...
by BroadIslandClaret
Mon Mar 19, 2018 1:53 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pickford, Butland, Hart, Pope
Replies: 35
Views: 4648

Re: Pickford, Butland, Hart, Pope

Mark `PNE` Lawrenson on 606 has just said (well, I`ve just heard him say) "out of the 4 contenders for the England No.1 jersey, Pickford would be the best at the moment." WHAT????? I must have no understanding of football whatsoever.
by BroadIslandClaret
Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:51 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ant Arrested
Replies: 88
Views: 9045

Re: Ant Arrested

The cops must have had TINY handcuffs!
by BroadIslandClaret
Sun Mar 18, 2018 11:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How good was our 1991/92 team?
Replies: 95
Views: 10922

Re: How good was our 1991/92 team?

It wasn't just about how good we were, because good teams can be pretty boring sometimes, but it was the excitement of the matches. We were really good up front and Davis and Pender were excellent, but when Pearce was in goal it could keep you on the edge of your seat, and not in a good way. I have...
by BroadIslandClaret
Sun Mar 18, 2018 11:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How good was our 1991/92 team?
Replies: 95
Views: 10922

Re: How good was our 1991/92 team?

We have an awful lot to thank Mullen for as that season and the play off season finishing at Wembley '94 were absolutely brilliant, especially compared to what we'd suffered before. I did understand the reasons why, but I always felt the board were far loyal to Jimmy to a fault when it was clear we...
by BroadIslandClaret
Sun Mar 18, 2018 11:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How good was our 1991/92 team?
Replies: 95
Views: 10922

Re: How good was our 1991/92 team?

Some interesting away games in this season with large followings. This did seem to attract some attention from the locals or in Barnet's case the Met Police and that idiot on a horse who could quite easily have crushed a number of people. Mansfield was a bit lively on Quarry Lane outside and the wh...
by BroadIslandClaret
Sun Mar 18, 2018 11:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How good was our 1991/92 team?
Replies: 95
Views: 10922

Re: How good was our 1991/92 team?

It was exciting because we were finally getting out of the bottom division, but it was very basic long ball football making use of pace down the flanks. If you don`t mind me asking, ClaretTony, what is it that seems to irk you regards Jimmy Mullen and his reign at Turf Moor? Each and every time thi...
by BroadIslandClaret
Sun Mar 18, 2018 11:05 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How good was our 1991/92 team?
Replies: 95
Views: 10922

Re: How good was our 1991/92 team?

claretandy wrote:Hard to think that Harper was only 22 !
Really? Geez! He wasn`t so popular until his wrist was constantly bandaged up.
by BroadIslandClaret
Sun Mar 18, 2018 10:55 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How good was our 1991/92 team?
Replies: 95
Views: 10922

Re: How good was our 1991/92 team?

I definitely missed Maidstone and York but most of the others are vague. Have strong memories of Wrexham Carlisle Walsall Lincoln Northampton At least one in Yorkshire. Hereford (?) Dreadful memory. Northampton away summed up that team! I don`t think there was a Hereford. Possibly a Mansfield (who ...
by BroadIslandClaret
Sun Mar 18, 2018 9:56 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How good was our 1991/92 team?
Replies: 95
Views: 10922

Re: How good was our 1991/92 team?

piston broke wrote:I'd only pick Walker over Marriott in that X1. Marriott was excellent for us but size was his problem.
Andy Farrell on the bench for his versatility.
Walker did look magnificent but I`m not accepting your change ;)
by BroadIslandClaret
Sun Mar 18, 2018 9:51 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How good was our 1991/92 team?
Replies: 95
Views: 10922

Re: How good was our 1991/92 team?

Harper would have been on the left, Painter was a striker. Really? Brought in to replace the injured Eli? Not arguing against Harper (maligned at times as he was) at all. I always saw Painter as more of a winger. I could well be wrong! This team of mine though is time-travelling no so I demand flex...
by BroadIslandClaret
Sun Mar 18, 2018 9:48 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Nixon says Heaton might go
Replies: 119
Views: 11790

Re: Nixon says Heaton might go

Id have pope over heaton First of all, neither of them should accept being a back-up keeper and won`t, in my opinion. Pope over Heaton for me too but (even though he looks and sounds a really grounded chap) SHOULD have the ambition to play at the very top and if his current form continues, some tim...
by BroadIslandClaret
Sun Mar 18, 2018 9:32 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How good was our 1991/92 team?
Replies: 95
Views: 10922

Re: How good was our 1991/92 team?

Caernarfon_Claret wrote:The most away games I've ever been to that season.

Wrexham a stand out.
I missed one...Maidstone United
by BroadIslandClaret
Sun Mar 18, 2018 9:29 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How good was our 1991/92 team?
Replies: 95
Views: 10922

Re: How good was our 1991/92 team?

I`m going...

Marriott
Measham Davis Pender Jakub
Francis Deary Randall Painter
Conroy Eli


I`M SORRY Andy Farrell (one of my favourites but...)
by BroadIslandClaret
Sun Mar 18, 2018 9:25 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How good was our 1991/92 team?
Replies: 95
Views: 10922

Re: How good was our 1991/92 team?

Very good at that level. The amount of foreigners in the game is nullified by the size of squads at present. Back then there were a lot of sides with shoestring budgets and very tiny squads, no reserve sides for example. If you HAD to choose a starting 11 from that remarkable season, what would it ...
by BroadIslandClaret
Sun Mar 18, 2018 9:18 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How good was our 1991/92 team?
Replies: 95
Views: 10922

Re: How good was our 1991/92 team?

Claretforever wrote:His goal after 15 second against Cardiff which lead to the Mexican Wave was a favourite.
I`m on the wall in the Cricket Field Stand - 15 secon...well 3 seconds of fame!
by BroadIslandClaret
Sun Mar 18, 2018 9:15 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Looking like a 3 way shootout for 7th
Replies: 47
Views: 7581

Re: Looking like a 3 way shootout for 7th

claretandy wrote:If we finish 7th and Utd or Spurs win the FA cup.
NAILED ON!!!!!!!
by BroadIslandClaret
Sun Mar 18, 2018 8:36 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Looking like a 3 way shootout for 7th
Replies: 47
Views: 7581

Re: Looking like a 3 way shootout for 7th

Burnley 53
Leicester 51
Everton 49

Will that mean Europe?
by BroadIslandClaret
Sun Mar 18, 2018 8:32 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How good was our 1991/92 team?
Replies: 95
Views: 10922

Re: How good was our 1991/92 team?

The `best` I have watched! The mid/late season acquisition of Robbie Painter was also a very shrewd bit of business. He added what was needed for the final push! A lovely player!
by BroadIslandClaret
Sun Mar 18, 2018 8:25 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pickford, Butland, Hart, Pope
Replies: 35
Views: 4648

Re: Pickford, Butland, Hart, Pope

Blackrod wrote:Hart isn't currently playing for what is a poor side and when he does not very well. Should be nowhere near this England squad. Weak decision making.
Weak decision by Hart, Southgate or both of `em?
by BroadIslandClaret
Sun Mar 18, 2018 8:17 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pickford, Butland, Hart, Pope
Replies: 35
Views: 4648

Re: Pickford, Butland, Hart, Pope

I still think Hart will be our number 1 in Russia so long as he gets game time at WHU. Think you'll find experience does count for a lot. Hart also has a lot to prove after a couple of what I would call unsuccessful loans and he will want a good move this summer. A successful WC campaign can only h...
by BroadIslandClaret
Sun Mar 18, 2018 7:52 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pickford, Butland, Hart, Pope
Replies: 35
Views: 4648

Re: Pickford, Butland, Hart, Pope

Provided he doesn’t make a catastrophic mistake, yes he will. Heaton doesn’t start again until pope seriously messes up or is injured. Pope won’t see action for England. Southgate will use experience as the excuse not to play him. Totally agree. There isn`t a cat in hells chance Pope gets `dropped`...
by BroadIslandClaret
Sat Mar 17, 2018 1:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jay Rodriguez
Replies: 86
Views: 8920

Re: Jay Rodriguez

BroadIslandClaret wrote:I`m going to lowball this and say only 27 replies to this post.
Unsurprisingly, wrong.
by BroadIslandClaret
Sat Mar 17, 2018 1:33 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Safe journey home
Replies: 16
Views: 2206

Re: Safe journey home

Exeter City (a) as we arrived at a local service station. `89?
by BroadIslandClaret
Sat Mar 17, 2018 12:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Next seasons starting 11 and signings
Replies: 17
Views: 2101

Re: Next seasons starting 11 and signings

If everyone is fit for the start of next season and this was our starting 11 who would would you replace if we signed a couple of start players. Pretty good starting 11 which is why I think we might sign 2 or 3 back ups pre season rather than starters. Pope/ Heaton Lowton, Tark, Mee, Ward JBG, Defo...
by BroadIslandClaret
Sat Mar 17, 2018 6:05 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jay Rodriguez
Replies: 86
Views: 8920

Re: Jay Rodriguez

I`m going to lowball this and say only 27 replies to this post.
by BroadIslandClaret
Fri Mar 16, 2018 2:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: West Ham V Burnley
Replies: 9
Views: 3110

Re: West Ham V Burnley

I thought Tony Livesey was a Burnley fan!!!!!?????

Obviously 3 good chaps though and real fans...don`t deserve Gold, Sullivan and Brady.
by BroadIslandClaret
Fri Mar 16, 2018 1:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Chelsea Home Game
Replies: 18
Views: 4333

Re: The Chelsea Home Game

[quote="Walton"]17th doesn't fit for me either. 18th is ok though.[/quote

You must be a masochist if you want to be relegated...
by BroadIslandClaret
Fri Mar 16, 2018 10:20 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New to forum
Replies: 31
Views: 4646

Re: New to forum

IanMcL wrote:What's that you say? :?:
Spellings knot the problem. Its the grammer.
by BroadIslandClaret
Fri Mar 16, 2018 10:19 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: New Turf Moor contract for Barnes
Replies: 70
Views: 7860

Re: ARTICLE: New Turf Moor contract for Barnes

Fulfilling his potential. He will have suitors galore. Let`s face it, he`s too good for Burnley. I could see him playing in a Top 7 Premier League team.
by BroadIslandClaret
Fri Mar 16, 2018 12:58 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How many more points to secure 7th?
Replies: 38
Views: 4195

Re: How many more points to secure 7th?

I said 52-55 about a month ago. West Brom Watford Chelsea Leicester Stoke Brighton Arsenal Bournemouth I think it’s well within our grasp with those games left. 10 points there so that puts us on 53 . Leicester are going to get 11 points from their final games leaving them on 51 points. It could we...
by BroadIslandClaret
Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:38 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New to forum
Replies: 31
Views: 4646

Re: New to forum

karatekid wrote:Have you got spellchecker?
Grammar is a far more big problem on hear.
by BroadIslandClaret
Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Another Arsenal dive
Replies: 2
Views: 913

Re: Another Arsenal dive

For me, that`s the worst of the lot. The cheats like Alli at least attempt to create `contact` but Wellbeck simply went down. What was the official behind the goals, literally 3 yards away, thinking? If he is not punished for that, then I give up. Shameful foreigners diving. Oh, wait...
by BroadIslandClaret
Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: New Turf Moor contract for Barnes
Replies: 70
Views: 7860

Re: ARTICLE: New Turf Moor contract for Barnes

I thought he`d signed a Pardewesque monster contract on first reading your report, ClaretTony. What actually is it? A 3-year extension? GREAT NEWS and he`s fully deserving of it.
by BroadIslandClaret
Thu Mar 15, 2018 2:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: England squad to be announced at 2 p.m. today
Replies: 124
Views: 10009

Re: England squad to be announced at 2 p.m. today

Southgate pretty much just said (my opinion) that unless one of Hart, Butland or Pickford get injured, Pope won`t be going to the World Cup. The question of "Why Pope?" was ridiculous The clown of an anchor on Sky Sports News just strongly suggested that Southgate doesn`t consider Tarkowski an optio...
by BroadIslandClaret
Thu Mar 15, 2018 2:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: England squad to be announced at 2 p.m. today
Replies: 124
Views: 10009

Re: England squad to be announced at 2 p.m. today

How does Alfie Mawson get in ahead of Mee? Swansea have conceded 42 goals to our 26 - Mee and Mawson integral to both teams.
by BroadIslandClaret
Thu Mar 15, 2018 2:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: England squad to be announced at 2 p.m. today
Replies: 124
Views: 10009

Re: England squad to be announced at 2 p.m. today

Hart in as one of 4???????? Livermore???????? Well done Tarkowski and Pope!!!!!
by BroadIslandClaret
Thu Mar 15, 2018 2:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: England squad to be announced at 2 p.m. today
Replies: 124
Views: 10009

Re: England squad to be announced at 2 p.m. today

IanMcL wrote:2 mins...
Foreplay`s over?
by BroadIslandClaret
Thu Mar 15, 2018 1:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: England squad to be announced at 2 p.m. today
Replies: 124
Views: 10009

Re: England squad to be announced at 2 p.m. today

How about this for Russia?

Pope
Tarkowski Stones Maguire
Walker Wilshire Henderson (gulp!) Chamberlain (`The Ox` - so annoying when they ALL call him that) Rose
Sterling
Kane
by BroadIslandClaret
Thu Mar 15, 2018 1:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Peter Crouch
Replies: 25
Views: 3657

Re: Peter Crouch

Sidney1st wrote:Sad state of affairs if it comes down to this....

I'd rather they picked Abraham.
I`d go for Moses.
by BroadIslandClaret
Thu Mar 15, 2018 1:06 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: England squad to be announced at 2 p.m. today
Replies: 124
Views: 10009

Re: England squad to be announced at 2 p.m. today

cricketfieldclarets wrote:He wont though. Southgates shown hes happy to make bold choices. Yet people still criticise him. He will pick pope. Amd he wont pick Hart.


Hope you`re right!
by BroadIslandClaret
Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: England squad to be announced at 2 p.m. today
Replies: 124
Views: 10009

Re: England squad to be announced at 2 p.m. today

I`m going for Tarkowski only. No Pope. Utterly pathetic but true, I fear. Hart will be in there and Southgate will bang on about experience and form being only temporary, class permanent.
by BroadIslandClaret
Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:27 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Criticism after leaked memo of “banned words” sent to Qantas staff-
Replies: 50
Views: 4857

Re: Criticism after leaked memo of “banned words” sent to Qantas staff-

Rowls wrote:Lesley Grand ought to stop "feminitiating" silly new words.

"Manteruptions" - give over.
Sorry, Rowls...didn`t mean to reply to your post.
by BroadIslandClaret
Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:26 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Criticism after leaked memo of “banned words” sent to Qantas staff-
Replies: 50
Views: 4857

Re: Criticism after leaked memo of “banned words” sent to Qantas staff-

Agreed. But what on earth does “give over” mean? I use it all the time and I fully understand the context in which I’m using it, but it’s only now I have seen it written down that it strikes me the meaning of it has nothing to do with the words used??? :?: Anyone know of its origin when used in the...
by BroadIslandClaret
Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:25 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Criticism after leaked memo of “banned words” sent to Qantas staff-
Replies: 50
Views: 4857

Re: Criticism after leaked memo of “banned words” sent to Qantas staff-

Lesley Grand ought to stop "feminitiating" silly new words. "Manteruptions" - give over. Without looking it up, possibly derives from a meeting room where once a person has spoken and the others believe his/her/**** point has been made, he/she/**** had to pass (give over) `the gavel` the next speak...
by BroadIslandClaret
Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:07 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Mark Hughes appointed at Southampton
Replies: 19
Views: 1454

Re: ARTICLE: Mark Hughes appointed at Southampton

Incredible. Fails miserably in the exact same league in the same season and wanders back into a big payday a month or so later. What a life (and don`t give me the bull about the stress)!
by BroadIslandClaret
Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:04 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Marney in Forest link
Replies: 41
Views: 4702

Re: ARTICLE: Marney in Forest link

Heaton Trippier Duff Shackell Mee Marney Jones Arfield Kightly Ings Vokes I love that team...it seemed to be collectively ever-present and unchanged in that great unexpected first promotion season under SD. Time to let Deano go but he has been a brilliant servant and I definitely echo Dark Cloud's ...
by BroadIslandClaret
Wed Mar 14, 2018 11:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Dreadful Clarets Performances : Which Stand Out?
Replies: 121
Views: 8499

Re: Dreadful Clarets Performances : Which Stand Out?

I went to our 2nd visit to the theatre of chips, lost 1-0. Memories from the game were about 4 lads throwing a massive fire extinguisher over the fence at the front at the police. I'm guessing it had been borrowed from the burger hut. The police had to beat a hasty retreat. At full time they locked...
by BroadIslandClaret
Wed Mar 14, 2018 11:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jim Bowen RIP
Replies: 41
Views: 5872

Re: Jim Bowen RIP

He didn’t use the word ‘niggardly’. He used the term ‘nig-nog’. You may be conflating his story with this one... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_the_word_%22niggardly%22" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; It seems so! Well, at least I got the first three letters corr...