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I think it’s inevitable that Pieters will lose his place to Taylor at some point. Our record of signing players able to hold down a first XI spot in the last 4 windows is a concern. At some point we will need to be able to adequately replace the group of players who have pretty much seen us through ...

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We knew he was a dickhead when we signed him. No in-depth due diligence required, just google.

That said, I wouldn’t send him back. We don’t have a plethora of alternatives.

I’d try and get him fit and playing well.

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Quickenthetempo wrote:Yeah.

Accy are sick of trying to get him. The chairman said he keeps banging his head with it.

Maybe clubs don’t like dealing with Accy in view of their Chairman plastering stuff all over his Twitter account.

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Very talented player and was in great form for around 6 months.

Unfortunately he’s been here over 3 years and just hasn’t played enough, including hardly featuring in the last 18 months.

He was never going to play for us again, so his departure makes sense and was hardly a surprise.

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Idiot...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-englan ... n-stand-up

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Spijed wrote:Watford got the the FA cup final, got destroyed 6-0 and look at them now

Spidjey-widgey-woo just loves a bit of whataboutery.

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Based on last night we’re looking a relying on the same 11-12 players as last season and the one before to carry us through the season.

This is my problem with our last three transfer windows. We’ve been unable to improve on what we have.

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Yes watched Leicester and he looked like a different player then. Also had Kante alongside him. Maybe needs more games. Probably rusty and the defensive side of his game wasn't there tonight. He does need games, but when is he likely to get them? There’s no case currently for him displacing Cork or...

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Been down since this morning.

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bfcjg wrote:So him at a sportsmans dinner a couple of years ago he was brilliant. Told the p1ssed Brian Clough story again.

The story at the link?

Top bullshit.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theg ... ham-forest

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It’s a penalty in the sense that Jimenez is very clever in moving his leg in front of Pieters just before the latter makes contact with the ball. There’s not really anything VAR can do to overturn it given the contact. It’s soft though and I suspect had it not been given, VAR wouldn’t have overruled...

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Hopefully he’s good for them.

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Campbell?

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Probably sold them to one of his equally dodgy acquaintances.

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I think with Vydra it's the not knowing. I was excited when we signed him so for him to hardly feature and for no obvious reason just left me with a feeling I wasn't used to. I was excited about Defour and I know why he doesnt play. I was excited about Wood and Brady and now I know all about them b...

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ClaretTony wrote:He’s only been here two weeks

Indeed, but he isn’t playing this week, he’s unlikely to feature against Liverpool and then we don’t play again in the league until 14 September.

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That’s one month of Drinkwater’s 5 month loan gone then.

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Cool. Still won’t play.

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Ian Holloway’s managerial career seems similar to Coyle’s. A bit of minor success early on, before finding a club where everything clicked. Downhill from there and now nobody takes him seriously.

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Not disputing that Dyche handled Treacy’s problems better than Howe, but from memory he started less than 10 games in his season and a half under Dyche and was released when his contract expired. Let’s not get too sentimental about all this. It was no movie-script reincarnation. I’m glad he seems to...

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It was ok for a while about 15 years ago (Hawksby and Jacobs were entertaining), but it's firmly gone down the "say something controversial to wind-up some imbeciles" road. It may well have decent discussions on there still but I gave up listening to it years ago. Much prefer picking and c...

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I know what's been posted. A right way of thinking would be to think it was a strange choice of word to use. But this :roll: ....... Because that’s the modern day understanding of the word, whatever the literal meaning is. Tap it into google. Tell me what page you get to before you find it used in ...

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Which is exactly what's been posted on thus thread AN apartheid system. I did find it a very strange choice of word at best. Indeed and regarding BOTs other clarification for dummies, he said on wages: "Often I read fans saying we couldn't compete on wages and that is normally not the case any...

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The bit about wages was interesting.

I don’t think it was long ago he was saying that fees aren’t the problem, but wages were.

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Spiral wrote:Jesus Christ please tell me this is a joke.

He compares the difference between the bigger and smaller clubs to an “apartheid system”.

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The best bit is when he likens very wealthy Premier League clubs like ourselves to the repression of black Africans.

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AndyClaret wrote:He also said wages aren't the problem, it's finding clubs willing to sell, he also backed up my assessment and rated the window 6.5 out of 10.

I thought wages were the problem?

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Boden has just knocked it back via Defour’s agent.

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So he’s not that injured then if a club are willing to some cash at this? Ordinarily you wouldn’t be wasting money on a 31 yo who was “months” from fitness.

Surprised he’s off to Antwerp though. Not exactly one of the elite teams in a pretty poor league.

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simonclaret wrote:Every goal is checked

Yes, but we got an official message on the screen for Woods’ “goal”, but not for JBG’s. This would suggest they were checking JBG’s to assess whether a more formal check was needed? A pre-check!

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Not one to criticise but leaving hundreds of fans waiting outside the JHU turnstiles in the face of a monsoon,well after 2 oclock was utterly despicable.Not one word of proper explanation or apology with stewards eventually blaming the turnstile operators and the ground safety officer.It was rumour...

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It was a poor game until our first, but we coped better with the conditions and deserved the win.

I don’t mind that we don’t get any credit. Being unfashionable unites the players & fans.

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They were checking JBG's goal for the 'foot up' tackle when he won the ball. There was no contact, but the defender realised he had been done and hopped around one one leg to claim that there was contact. But no “VAR Check” was announced, which presumably would have been if they thought there might...

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Operational side of the club had a bad day.

Fans soaked awaiting the opening of the JH turnstiles. Eventually opened a handful well after 2pm and had to rope in stewards to man them.

No idea what has happened to the usual turnstile staff.

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We could very definitely do without the check to see if there will be a check.

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Wile E Coyote wrote:I somehow he would be one who would eventually get in our team. shame, hope the lad does well for himself.

Unlikely. His various loan spells weren’t particularly successful. He seemed to start well wherever her went and then fade quickly.

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Is the PA going to relay VAR info?

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Wasn’t Barnes the first player Dyche paid a fee for? We went about 18 months having to make do with freebies because the parachute payments were gone.

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Good afternoon

If you’re in the Bob Lord this season, fans in the JHU would appreciate it if you could develop a unified means of communicating the VAR information on the screen we can’t see.

Semaphore fashioned from rugs is acceptable.

Thanks in advance.

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Spijed wrote:Not odd in that we probably had to agree to the January date to have any hope of signing him.

I’m sure we did, but in the absence of a permanent signing, I was hoping this would at least cover us for a full season.

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Odd.

Presume Chelsea are hoping to flog him in January.

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Wells has joined QPR in loan.

That’s that as far as he’s concerned. Contract up next sunmer.

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It’s inevitable that at some point this afternoon we’ll be told that an agreement on Drinkwater’s wages couldn’t be struck.

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Garlick’s son has stuck his head above the parapet on Twitter to announce that transfers are “more complicated than you think”.

Good to know.

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A little bit of chat has started on Twitter than West Ham are now in for Drinkwater.

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Slightly off topic, but the biggest con going are the meter boxes. When I moved into my house 15 years ago, both boxes were knackered and let in water. As the boxes (one above the other) are set into the external wall, I was told the supplies would need to be disconnected and meters would need to be...

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It’ll come down to how much Drinkwater wants to leave Chelsea. If he does, a loan deal/wage agreement could be struck.

If he’s happy to pick up his huge wages in their stiffs, he’ll go nowhere. He wouldn’t be the first footballer to take the money over playing time.

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When I try and watch a video on the App it tells me my account details are invalid and won’t let me log in.

I suspect the App might be on its arse and being phased out. Same thing happened a few years back and club had to source a new App supplier.

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Will a PL winning center midfielder (that started every week) be good for Burnley.... Christ some of us have really gotten above our stations, of course he will be! If everything in football stayed the same, you’d have a point. Reputation and past achievements guarantee nothing. I’d be cautiously h...

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Is he that much of an upgrade on Cork? He’s barely played for two years, will be on extortionate wages and he’s nearly 30. He was good in Leicester’s title season (entire team was) but before that and since? Lives in Cheshire though so ticks the boxes... Agreed. Good pedigree and has had a fine car...

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