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- Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:02 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: County Championship 2024
- Replies: 8
- Views: 674
Re: County Championship 2024
Yorkshire might be dangerous this year…. Having cymbals Bairstow playing a full season at his level will be a benefit to them….. surely he’ll play for them? And won’t be in the England side this summer.
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:57 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: RIP Willy
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2418
Re: RIP Willy
Very sad to read the news earlier. Willy was an absolute gentleman, with a great wit and sense of humour, and was an outstanding footballer. RIP
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:24 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brilliant New Burnley Podcast
- Replies: 659
- Views: 61490
Re: Brilliant New Burnley Podcast
Tweeted the lads about this one, but one of the biggest curse stories is about the Mayo Gaelic Football team, who reportedly failed to show respect to a funeral as they returned from winning the 1951 all Ireland Football in Dublin. The priest who was leading the funeral procession supposedly put a c...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:54 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: JJ Watt...
- Replies: 259
- Views: 14154
Re: JJ Watt...
Registration dates tie as well…. I think you’ve nailed it.Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:49 pmI think there is a poster on here who goes by the alias of MD Watt who I suspect is JJ and I think JJ's wife Kealia is also on here as well using the alias DC Watt
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:33 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: We don't like defending
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1611
Re: We don't like defending
Or.... we like playing a lot of games.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:20 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Unpopular opinions
- Replies: 126
- Views: 5760
Re: Unpopular opinions
Agree that VK is the right man for the job. The jury is always out after a relegation, as it was with Dyche, but they need a year to try to bounce back. If they do they have redeemed themselves. A lot of sensible remarks on this thread, which is welcome, but I do take issue with the “talented indiv...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:24 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Kompany quote
- Replies: 161
- Views: 7194
Re: Kompany quote
I didn't = I did the exact opposite of that. Extraordinarily clear that the point is just because you throw money at it doesn't mean you have success. You might want to have a proper look at what those others clubs have spent putting their squads together over the last few years (other than Luton o...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:17 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Unpopular opinions
- Replies: 126
- Views: 5760
Re: Unpopular opinions
Iam not sure Barkley was ever mentioned as an option for us, I don't think it would have been a popular signing at the time, Iam sure Drinkwater would have had a mention or two. Has Townsend really been any better than what we have? I don't know his stats but he's never stood out in the few games I...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:15 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Unpopular opinions
- Replies: 126
- Views: 5760
Re: Unpopular opinions
Burnley. Luton have been very fortunate with Ross Barkley, he's played more games than he has in any other season. Had they lost him for as many games as we have Foster, or had Foster had the run of games Barkley has it might have been a lot different I cannot agree with the amount of impact you ar...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:42 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Unpopular opinions
- Replies: 126
- Views: 5760
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:40 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Kompany quote
- Replies: 161
- Views: 7194
Re: Kompany quote
Forest have spent between 3-400 million putting their team together, they are TWO places above us. 100 million, like it or not, is absolutely **** all in the 23/24 Premier League. I genuinely struggle with how people can't see the bigger issue here in terms of the pyramid, if the next 3 promoted te...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:36 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Unpopular opinions
- Replies: 126
- Views: 5760
Re: Unpopular opinions
This point in needing a big rebuild and the team not being good enough…. Burnley finished 10 points clear of Sheff United and 21 points clear of Luton. Sheffield United lost their 2 best players, and didn’t really add that much…. They still have the same points as Burnley. Luton added to their team,...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:31 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Unpopular opinions
- Replies: 126
- Views: 5760
Re: Unpopular opinions
If their max ability gets them one place above us, with probably the same end result come May, then they are not that much better, are they? Team who finished 21 points behind Burnley, spent 20% of what Burnley did and currently have almost 50% more points this season, suggests one team is progress...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:57 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Martin Ødegaard
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3289
Re: Martin Ødegaard
Watching Burnley this season should give more than enough evidence of why you need Rice and one other defensive midfielder in the team to enable the flair players to properly flourish.
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:14 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Martin Ødegaard
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3289
Re: Martin Ødegaard
Owner of the best chop in football
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:09 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Directors box
- Replies: 92
- Views: 6010
Re: Directors box
I’m just slightly disappointed to see Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta ruled out of the interview process because of the way they dress. Dear Sir, Thankyou for your application to be the manager of The Burnley Football And Athletic Club, However due to recent media searches showing a lack of wearing a...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:56 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Amdouni
- Replies: 142
- Views: 7673
Re: Amdouni
Sorry to pop the balloon here…. As probably Chris Woods biggest fanboy on here, who also thinks Amdouni has huge talent but has been let down hugely by the system he’s being asked to play in personally.CoolClaret wrote: ↑Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:51 pmBang on. Fifa/FM/TikTok player
Same would be the type to call Chris Wood sh1t.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:08 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Ben Mee
- Replies: 40
- Views: 3251
Re: Ben Mee
Quite simple really imho…. Ben Mee was an outstanding player for us - put his body on the line many times whilst wearing our shirt. He was a superb captain too, none more so than when he came out for the post match interview at city…. He had a fabulous ten years with and for us. McNeil was undoubte...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:06 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 4th test
- Replies: 70
- Views: 3669
Re: 4th test
So your losing cricket comment is really that they’ve lost 3 games in India…. A country who haven’t lost a test series at home since 2012….. fair enough.
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:52 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 4th test
- Replies: 70
- Views: 3669
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:52 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Appearances for promotion winners
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1733
Re: Appearances for promotion winners
All of those players were signed at Championship level and we basically couldnt afford to replace a full squad so had to go with them. Id argue Boyd, Jones and to a lesser extent Arfield proved that they werent good enough for the Premier League but they were experienced and hardworking. There's ju...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:24 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Appearances for promotion winners
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1733
Re: Appearances for promotion winners
They have to be good enough first. Plenty of players on the list above, as individuals were deemed not good enough. Arfield, Lowton, Jones, Boyd, Ward - all faced into teams that had them regularly needing being replaced with NEW in the desired XI's around transfer windows. The team needs to be goo...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:09 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Appearances for promotion winners
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1733
Re: Appearances for promotion winners
Consistency builds a team ethos....
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 10:00 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Trafford Contract
- Replies: 90
- Views: 5209
Re: Trafford Contract
I’d heard that the kosovan mafia had bought him, and they’d told Craig Bellamy that they’d out him as being a Swansea fan if he didn’t make VK play him every week…. But they’d also cut him in when they told JJ watt to put pressure on little Al to sell him Back to Man City for at least a 300% profit....
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:51 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Amdouni
- Replies: 142
- Views: 7673
Re: Amdouni
No framework really to allow flair players to flourish…. Trying to get too many into the team, no shape, no options, no performance, no progression.
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:10 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Bad as Laws era
- Replies: 70
- Views: 2843
Re: Bad as Laws era
No…. He can’t say it… publically anyway.Steddyman wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2024 6:29 pmI watched the BBC interview, where VK said "You can still see the team is fighting'. He simply can't see it:
https://x.com/BBCMOTD/status/1761449575913492484?s=20
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 2:15 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley contestant on today's Countdown
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1052
Re: Burnley contestant on today's Countdown
Round 1 - 5 letters
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- Mon Feb 19, 2024 7:47 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brilliant New Burnley Podcast
- Replies: 659
- Views: 61490
Re: Brilliant New Burnley Podcast
I’m waiting for the Sir Robert of Ballshire t-shirt (in gold) to be honest….
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 7:35 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: REPORT: Burnley shot down by the Gunners
- Replies: 57
- Views: 2823
Re: REPORT: Burnley shot down by the Gunners
Incredible return that…. I wonder if it was really appreciated at the time.ClaretTony wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:32 pm28 points in the second half of that season and then 54 in the next season. I don’t know how the meeting went but 82 points from 57 games was an astonishing return.
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 7:33 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brilliant New Burnley Podcast
- Replies: 659
- Views: 61490
Re: Brilliant New Burnley Podcast
Jay Rodriguez on the Ben Foster Podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/5YsMJcnrcElUZW5Knp2L0o?si=Qb3QK-enQzGI_qdQBAhTvw Some pretty decent stuff on it for us lot - had Ben Mee, Tarkowski and McNeil on, all talked about Burnley at some length. Cheers for sharing that, decent listen. Some noticeabl...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:29 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: REPORT: Burnley shot down by the Gunners
- Replies: 57
- Views: 2823
Re: REPORT: Burnley shot down by the Gunners
There's a similarity here to when they qualified for Europe, and played mostly a 2nd XI team - Dyche seemed to lose some of the key players for a while then, but somehow appeared to have a clear the air meeting or something, and got them back on side, and the 2nd half of the season was outstanding. ...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:03 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brilliant New Burnley Podcast
- Replies: 659
- Views: 61490
Re: Brilliant New Burnley Podcast
As ever…. Those sickly Alcopops give a raging hangover…..
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 6:28 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Today's Football
- Replies: 181
- Views: 4771
Re: Today's Football
Good unity, good identity, great work ethic from Luton. Barkley absolutely outstanding.
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:45 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Top 3 hopes for next season?
- Replies: 76
- Views: 3119
Re: Top 3 hopes for next season?
1) Legs
2) Hearts
3) Minds
2) Hearts
3) Minds
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:41 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: RIP UpTheClarets
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1780
Re: RIP UpTheClarets
Fully agree with the op. You’ve inspired me to do the same. One less ‘positive’ poster on here until at least the new season. I’ll be at Palace next weekend supporting the team but any support of the team on here is frowned on. Time for a break. Oh and someone suggesting using the foe button doesn’...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:26 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: RIP UpTheClarets
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1780
Re: RIP UpTheClarets
The foe feature works well to
Mitigate this as well… just add them, and unless they’re quoted you won’t see the posts.
Mitigate this as well… just add them, and unless they’re quoted you won’t see the posts.
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 1:44 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Cowards
- Replies: 76
- Views: 4726
Re: Cowards
That doesn’t change the investment proposition…. You’ve got a totally different view to the bookies. If they’re wrong, assuming Arsenal only have a 20% chance of winning, and you think that’s higher, it remains a good investment opportunity.
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 1:20 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Home before the final whistle
- Replies: 121
- Views: 5306
Re: Home before the final whistle
Finances were never discussed before apart from during Covid when Garlick was forced to comment, so not sure why or what they’d need to say. Again, last season, when we were winning, there were no comments on disassociation or being detached. The club did an amazing job on the documentary and fans ...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 12:55 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Home before the final whistle
- Replies: 121
- Views: 5306
Re: Home before the final whistle
Cool, that makes sense. From My perspective I enjoyed the fact that the club didn’t buy into all of the myths about football… that you could only play one way, that you had to spend huge money on over valued footballers with questionable morals and attitudes, and I enjoyed that hard work, endeavour,...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 12:47 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Cowards
- Replies: 76
- Views: 4726
Re: Cowards
Absolutely. Arsenal, I'd argue, are favourites to win the league and, off today's showing, are a much better all-round side than Liverpool or City. Their midfield is incredibly strong, the best of the lot. Great news…. You’ve found the investment opportunity of the year, because Arsenal are actuall...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 12:45 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Home before the final whistle
- Replies: 121
- Views: 5306
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:44 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Home before the final whistle
- Replies: 121
- Views: 5306
Re: Home before the final whistle
You don’t understand what I’m getting at? It’s really simple: the other teams around us, that are not in the relegation zone, have spent more than us over the last two years. Maybe not all more than us last summer but definitely over the last two. Thats no excuse, it’s just fact. £96m is a lot to u...
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 12:37 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brilliant New Burnley Podcast
- Replies: 659
- Views: 61490
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 12:36 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: India v England 3rd test
- Replies: 58
- Views: 3443
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 5:03 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: India v England 3rd test
- Replies: 58
- Views: 3443
Re: India v England 3rd test
Will The Yorkshire lads actually contribute anything positive at any stage…. Big drops and no runs is all
they keep contributing so far.
they keep contributing so far.
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:06 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: India v England 3rd test
- Replies: 58
- Views: 3443
Re: India v England 3rd test
Seems to be a growing rumour that Stokes will allow them to make a like for like substitute and Washington Sundar will play.Bordeauxclaret wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:42 pmIndia a man down now as Ashwin has had to leave the game.
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 4:47 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brilliant New Burnley Podcast
- Replies: 659
- Views: 61490
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 2:49 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brilliant New Burnley Podcast
- Replies: 659
- Views: 61490
Re: Brilliant New Burnley Podcast
Above post was a joke of course, before it gets taken as too seriously..... I feel all Sean Dyche in a press conference now that I've confirmed that.
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 1:59 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brilliant New Burnley Podcast
- Replies: 659
- Views: 61490
Re: Brilliant New Burnley Podcast
Far too sickly this week lads.... we're bearded camra types, full of begrudgery and cynicsm, not Blue Wkd fuelled, the sun will come out Annie types.
And not one mention of Bobby Ball. One for the naysayers that podcast
And not one mention of Bobby Ball. One for the naysayers that podcast
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:15 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Bradford Curry House Recommendation
- Replies: 10
- Views: 958
Re: Bradford Curry House Recommendation
Ask JDRobbo - he lives there.