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Well... we will never know, because he doesn't have that extra yard of pace does he :lol: But effort, fitness and his quality of goals from open play gives him a lot of the attributes you need for me. His passing range and general control of the ball aren't really good enough for any PL team, let a...

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Bin Ont Turf wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:32 pm
I don't need any conclusive evidence to know that a club like Man City with stupidly rich sand dwellers are bent.

More bent than a game of Snakes and Ladders between Vladimir Putin and Julian Clary.

Neither do I, but a judge does.

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Lola and Willa - sadly former no longer with us

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There's no comparison between City's situation and Everton/Forest/Leicester. Apples and oranges. To elaborate, the question with City is whether they have broken the rules or not - that itself is a massive legal case that will take months/years to decide. And that's before you even get to any punis...

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Funkydrummer wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:14 pm
Meanwhile, Citeh plod on regardless, and Everton remain, having been rewarded for offending twice.

You couldn't make it up.

There's no comparison between City's situation and Everton/Forest/Leicester. Apples and oranges.

hetheclaret

Hi - has anyone rented a car recently from Marseille airport, and if so, have they any recommended companies/ones to avoid? Nothing fancy needed, just a car to drive around the countryside in the week for 2x people.

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helmclaret wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:38 pm
Every single company doesn’t have a material uncertainty around Going Concern.

Yes it does, and football clubs are far more at risk than others.

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‘Material uncertainty’ with regards to Going Concern would suggest otherwise. That part is stating that if clubs don't pay what they are owed then the club would be in trouble - a "no sh*t" statement that I imagine every football club has in its annual reports. The press love to pick up on the "goi...

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Somethingfishy wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 31, 2024 5:46 pm
This is like watching paint dry.

To be expected - two brilliant teams cancelling each other out. And in the context of the title race, a draw is fine for either of them, but a loss would be a disaster.

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Played 30 games last season otherwise his season totals since his debut are 9,14,4,17,15 (so far this season) 89 in total in 7 years (average of 12.7) That's not to do with injury, that's because he was a young player in a squad competing at the top end of the Bundesliga, so game time would always ...

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Muric starts for Kosovo. So no injury concern for now at least. Wales v Poland for me tonight. A competitive game rather than a chance to throw caps about. Really ticked off with Mainoo getting caps when he is in his apprenticeship. England caps should be earned. If you’re good enough, age and club...

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People who make up these “tables if VAR worked” seem to forget to include decisions where it went for us such as WHU away. Edit - in fact did it even get used for that penalty they should have had at the end? It's also the most pointless exercise - decisions will never, ever be overturned so get ov...

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All the teams listed there will be able to cite their own perceived injustices & create a table displaying an higher position. Exactly. Every club has a vocal group of refereeing/VAR conspiracy theorists. I have an ex colleague who supports Brentford but unfortunately I couldn’t discuss the game wi...

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Wasn't at the game so please correct me if I'm wrong but how convincing were we vs 10 men? The only thing which might give us any hope is what our run in looks like in respect of teams already on the beach. I thought we were very unconvincing - 80 mins at home to 10 men in rotten form and the fact ...

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He’s been pretty poor whenever I’ve watched them, tbh. Not posted it on here because there’s enough negativity, but on the evidence of his Hull performances there’s absolutely no reason he should be anywhere near our first team in the Prem. Robert’s can’t get a start at Leeds yet I saw a post this ...

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Some of the fan base can’t accept we have owners who aren’t from the ‘local’ area and resort to calling them out for nonsense because of it. Imagine if a world class female coach came… I would happy have a female coach just to see Joey Barton and his legions (including some on this forum) combust.

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Cooper would be a good option. He basically did the same thing as Vincent when he turned Forest around so quickly in the Championship. The owner then brought in a huge number of players and it took half a season for him to knit a team together. They were brilliant the second half of last season and...

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A Barnes winner at Ewood today would certainly lift the gloom..

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I think it will be similar to last season, altho I can’t see RB being quite as dominant.

Ideally, Verstappen won’t win so easily every time and there might be a bit more jeaopardy for him - and the other teams win 5/6 races rather than just one.

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I think you are getting confused between GDPR (which is a legal minefield) & patient confidentiality. If he was to go into some great detail about a player’s medical situation then he could breach the latter. But telling the media what kind of injury he has suffered is not a problem. His medical si...

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KRBFC wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:07 pm
It started under Dyche too, not sure what changed. I think it must be an ALK thing unless some new data protection rules were introduced.

Yes, GDPR. A legal minefield

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I beg to differ , nobody’s asking for a players medical history in any shape or form ,just a very very basic synopsis of the serious injury would be more than adequate for the fans, etc and others who pay their wages . Eg eg ACL ,Achilles ect , nothing more or less needed . I’ve no doubt VK is unde...

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The betting markets are a nonsense. They swing wildly over the season when sides win or draw. It is apparent that the odds earlier on in the season mean nothing. Then we have the points deductions complicating matters. We are obviously now odds against. How odds against is impossible to say. We hav...

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Whilst the club would never admit this, I’m not sure there’ll be much belief that we can avoid relegation this season and bringing in experienced/low risk/PL ready players who can improve us would be expensive. There may have been very few options that met that criteria. To get to 32 points we’d ne...

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ClaretOfMancunia wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 01, 2024 9:37 am
He did both quite regularly. Him and Tarks were always straight in there with any scuffles between players. He was a first class wind up merchant.

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My point was that sort of thing made Barnes a better striker. It does not make Roberts a better defender.

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I would add to my original post that despite my dislike of him, I'd still be picking him at RB over Vitinho, as he's a better player (not hard, granted - I like Vitinho but he is lightweight and out of his depth at this level). And I definitely don't want him playing right wing, or attacking midfiel...

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Yet when Barnes did it you were all smoking his pole. Nothing wrong with showing a bit of spine, suggest the only wetwipes are those getting upset about it. I expected a few people to say this. But I think Barnes and Roberts are very different. Barnes channelled his aggression into his play, and it...

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Interested to know if there are any other Clarets out there who think Connor Roberts is an insufferable ****? His main contribution this season seems to be to play act, get into needless craps, and act like a prat. He strikes me as quite a cocky bloke who at premier league level hasn't got a lot to ...

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When you go away to Villa, what’s their biggest threat? Watkins running in behind. What have we allowed to happen time and time again? Yes, you guessed it. Incredible. It's one thing knowing the threat and another stopping it. He's one of the best strikers in the league. Everyone knew what Arjen Ro...

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How on earth could they do that? He’s contracted to Burnley FC. I think, but may be wrong, that if a club refuses to release a player for international duty for reasons other than injury, then under FIFA rules that club cannot play that player for the duration of the international call up. That wou...

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Steve-Harpers-perm wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 23, 2023 7:16 pm
Coincidentally read an article yesterday naming him a massive flop in Germany. Think we’ll see him back next summer.

Where was this article? I'd guess it was on one of the many appalling "football news" sites scattered across the internet these days that write absolute drivel.

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Ahh right. Because I'm a traditionalist and don't agree with the demasculation of football, and society in general, I must be fragile. You'll be calling me far-right next. Because of people like you our society is crumbling. You just bend over and take it in the a**e. You must miss the 19th century...

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Really hope she has a good game - My only question is has she gone through the rigours of reffing in the football league and the championship? Or just been chucked in to the PL? If she has and it’s a process then brilliant - if it’s chucked straight in then that’s a different matter. There are plen...

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RicardoMontalban wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 23, 2023 12:59 pm
The fragile masculinity on show here is quite breathtaking.

There are lots of angry little men about sadly.

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Casper2 wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:38 pm
Tarkowski put in 100% every game , O’Neil didn’t, actions have consequences even in this PC world

Criticising someone for not putting effort in is the laziest criticism possible - you can't prove it, yet it cannot be disproved either.

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Can someone please explain to me why McNeil is getting grief? (Beyond some our fanbase being thick beyond comprehension?)

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Birmingham fans liked him and he put in some solid performances according to the Blues fans I play football with. They've released all their top earners apparently. Several players were on around £45k-£50k per week allegedly which was a totally unsustainable business model for them It is probably p...

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Noblelight wrote: ↑
Thu May 11, 2023 7:13 pm
Born in Henley on Thames, lived in Oxfordshire all my life. No connection with Burnley but supported them for over 50 years.

Didn't know there were any other Clarets in Oxfordshire!

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Some brilliant fascinating stories on here.. Clarets fans are totally Global it would appear. Any more North, Central & Southern American Clarets it there....or anywhere else exotic? There's a village in Rwanda full of Clarets fans, hopefully...my cousin went there on a school trip and donated a lo...

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Born in Oxford, have only ever lived in Oxford or London. My mother grew up in Wiswell, among other places around there. My uncle began taking me to games when I was 4/5 - he was only a Burnley fan because the local grocer gave my grandmother his tickets to the football one weekend, as my grandfathe...

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Sorry if this has been covered before as I do not come on here often, but curious to know - does anyone else find Phil Bird's commentary unbearable? I am not bothered by his completely biased comments - to be expected from a club commentator and he isn't nearly as bad as some other clubs. It's more ...

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Interested to hear other Clarets thoughts on this, of course I'm in the minority. I don't regard Blackburn as any different to most games. I have never lived in or around Burnley and I don't know any Blackburn fans - I've only ever met one, and am no longer in touch with him. Bragging rights are irr...

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If he has a Bucephalus our near neighbours will be slavering!!! As much as I love the reference, Alexander the Great was from Lower Macedonia, which is now a region of northern Greece. The modern day country of Macedonia essentially "hijacked" Alexander's legacy...the only Macedonian politicians yo...

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I doubt anyone really cares about the away shirt as much as you seem to. Not really something to get upset about is it? You use the word shambles about the club… mmm…I use the word peachy. When was the last time we enjoyed our football as much as we do now? And that surely is far more important tha...

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2015/16: 10G, 11A 2016/17: 22G, 13A 2017/18: 14G, 17A He clearly has ability, but it’s so mystifying how quickly he’s plummeted. As for people calling him a d*ck, that’s pathetic. You don’t know anything about him other than what you read in the sh*t rags and see on social media. He’s a twenty-some...

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A poor-to-average player that had a decent season or two as a youngster and for some reason got held up as a fantastic talent. Think it's widely agreed he's one of the most talented English players to come through in the last 10-20 years. But his attitude is rotten, from the sound of things - arrog...

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Of course it’s pathetic, you literally accused a model pro of stealing a wage? That’s aggressive, not stating the facts behind why he hasn’t ‘stolen a wage’ [/quo It's not pathetic? I think it's a perfectly reasonable assessment of his Burnley career which many people would agree with I would have ...

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Not his fault. The club kept him and offered him contracts. He's never really let uus down when he has played. But his type of player is probably not suited to our new style of play. Then again neither is Tayor at Centre Back. The guy stealing a living has unfortunately been JBG. To accuse JBG of s...

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Turns up every day, doesn’t kick up a fuss and until recently was never injured and always available for selection Played 16 games the season we finished 7th How’s that ‘stealing a living’? Pathetic view of one of our players I'm not denying he's done alright for us when called upon. But I just thi...

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Dear Madge, Numerous posters say that we are missing a dominant centre half yet we have both Kevin Long and Bobby Thomas on the books. Why doesn't VK give them a chance because we do need a big lad at the back, so am I missing something :?: Confused of Chester. I’m in the ‘Kevin long has been steal...

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