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by hetheclaret
Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:42 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Internationals 26-3-24
Replies: 98
Views: 2357

Re: Internationals 26-3-24

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...
by hetheclaret
Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:15 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Notts Forest: do you now have hope we will survive?
Replies: 94
Views: 5449

Re: Notts Forest: do you now have hope we will survive?

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...
by hetheclaret
Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:19 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Notts Forest: do you now have hope we will survive?
Replies: 94
Views: 5449

Re: Notts Forest: do you now have hope we will survive?

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...
by hetheclaret
Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:44 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Notts Forest: do you now have hope we will survive?
Replies: 94
Views: 5449

Re: Notts Forest: do you now have hope we will survive?

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 ...
by hetheclaret
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:16 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Zaroury
Replies: 31
Views: 3356

Re: Zaroury

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 ...
by hetheclaret
Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:58 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Available Managers...
Replies: 112
Views: 5482

Re: Available Managers...

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.
by hetheclaret
Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:57 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Available Managers...
Replies: 112
Views: 5482

Re: Available Managers...

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...
by hetheclaret
Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:56 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Barnes at Ewood today
Replies: 14
Views: 2170

Barnes at Ewood today

A Barnes winner at Ewood today would certainly lift the gloom..
by hetheclaret
Fri Feb 23, 2024 6:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: F1 2024
Replies: 9
Views: 580

Re: F1 2024

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.
by hetheclaret
Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Aaron Ramsey injury
Replies: 120
Views: 5936

Re: Aaron Ramsey injury

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...
by hetheclaret
Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Aaron Ramsey injury
Replies: 120
Views: 5936

Re: Aaron Ramsey injury

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
by hetheclaret
Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Aaron Ramsey injury
Replies: 120
Views: 5936

Re: Aaron Ramsey injury

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...
by hetheclaret
Fri Feb 02, 2024 1:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: More young signings
Replies: 56
Views: 3341

Re: More young signings

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...
by hetheclaret
Fri Feb 02, 2024 1:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: More young signings
Replies: 56
Views: 3341

Re: More young signings

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...
by hetheclaret
Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:24 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Roberts behaviour
Replies: 70
Views: 6508

Re: Roberts behaviour

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.
by hetheclaret
Thu Feb 01, 2024 9:25 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Roberts behaviour
Replies: 70
Views: 6508

Re: Roberts behaviour

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...
by hetheclaret
Thu Feb 01, 2024 9:19 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Roberts behaviour
Replies: 70
Views: 6508

Re: Roberts behaviour

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...
by hetheclaret
Wed Jan 31, 2024 9:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Roberts behaviour
Replies: 70
Views: 6508

Roberts behaviour

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 ...
by hetheclaret
Sat Dec 30, 2023 4:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: AV we got a thread v Burnley or is this it?
Replies: 750
Views: 38097

Re: AV we got a thread v Burnley or is this it?

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...
by hetheclaret
Thu Dec 28, 2023 4:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: African Cup of Nations
Replies: 51
Views: 3710

Re: African Cup of Nations

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...
by hetheclaret
Sat Dec 23, 2023 7:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Nathan Tella
Replies: 30
Views: 7434

Re: Nathan Tella

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.
by hetheclaret
Sat Dec 23, 2023 6:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Rebecca Welch to make history at Craven Cottage
Replies: 85
Views: 4881

Re: ARTICLE: Rebecca Welch to make history at Craven Cottage

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...
by hetheclaret
Sat Dec 23, 2023 5:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Rebecca Welch to make history at Craven Cottage
Replies: 85
Views: 4881

Re: ARTICLE: Rebecca Welch to make history at Craven Cottage

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...
by hetheclaret
Sat Dec 23, 2023 5:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Rebecca Welch to make history at Craven Cottage
Replies: 85
Views: 4881

Re: ARTICLE: Rebecca Welch to make history at Craven Cottage

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.
by hetheclaret
Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: McNeil booing
Replies: 132
Views: 10389

Re: McNeil booing

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.
by hetheclaret
Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: McNeil booing
Replies: 132
Views: 10389

McNeil booing

Can someone please explain to me why McNeil is getting grief? (Beyond some our fanbase being thick beyond comprehension?)
by hetheclaret
Wed May 24, 2023 2:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Long gone at Birmingham
Replies: 15
Views: 2691

Re: ARTICLE: Long gone at Birmingham

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...
by hetheclaret
Mon May 22, 2023 6:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Where are Clarets fans from outside of Burnley?
Replies: 278
Views: 16466

Re: Where are Clarets fans from outside of Burnley?

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!
by hetheclaret
Mon May 22, 2023 6:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Where are Clarets fans from outside of Burnley?
Replies: 278
Views: 16466

Re: Where are Clarets fans from outside of Burnley?

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...
by hetheclaret
Mon May 22, 2023 10:08 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Where are Clarets fans from outside of Burnley?
Replies: 278
Views: 16466

Re: Where are Clarets fans from outside of Burnley?

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...
by hetheclaret
Sat Apr 22, 2023 4:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Phil Bird commentary
Replies: 70
Views: 6194

Phil Bird commentary

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 ...
by hetheclaret
Fri Oct 28, 2022 5:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Blackburn - anyone else not care?
Replies: 78
Views: 4742

Blackburn - anyone else not care?

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...
by hetheclaret
Sat Aug 20, 2022 9:07 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Clarets land Stuttgart winger Churlinov
Replies: 58
Views: 6643

Re: ARTICLE: Clarets land Stuttgart winger Churlinov

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...
by hetheclaret
Sat Aug 20, 2022 8:50 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Away shirt
Replies: 40
Views: 3613

Re: Away shirt

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...
by hetheclaret
Thu Aug 18, 2022 9:02 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Has Dele Alli fallen out of love with football?
Replies: 82
Views: 6600

Re: Has Dele Alli fallen out of love with football?

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...
by hetheclaret
Thu Aug 18, 2022 8:57 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Has Dele Alli fallen out of love with football?
Replies: 82
Views: 6600

Re: Has Dele Alli fallen out of love with football?

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...
by hetheclaret
Wed Aug 17, 2022 4:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Am I missing something?
Replies: 72
Views: 3641

Re: Am I missing something?

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 ...
by hetheclaret
Wed Aug 17, 2022 4:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Am I missing something?
Replies: 72
Views: 3641

Re: Am I missing something?

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...
by hetheclaret
Wed Aug 17, 2022 4:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Am I missing something?
Replies: 72
Views: 3641

Re: Am I missing something?

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...
by hetheclaret
Wed Aug 17, 2022 8:52 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Am I missing something?
Replies: 72
Views: 3641

Re: Am I missing something?

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...
by hetheclaret
Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Any decent links to our game please?
Replies: 8
Views: 864

Re: Any decent links to our game please?

hetheclaret wrote:
Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:46 pm
Keep trying the top few options, lost the top one but the others work.
On reddit soccer streams
by hetheclaret
Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Any decent links to our game please?
Replies: 8
Views: 864

Re: Any decent links to our game please?

Tribesmen wrote:
Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:42 pm
Was going well then lost the stream and nothing since
Keep trying the top few options, lost the top one but the others work.
by hetheclaret
Tue Aug 16, 2022 3:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Charles Veitch - YouTube
Replies: 32
Views: 1954

Re: Charles Veitch - YouTube

Burnley Ace wrote:
Tue Aug 16, 2022 3:57 pm
Ekin-su from Love Island has 2.6m followers on Instagram alone, is she famous?
Extremely - in the UK. Sachin Tendulkar is one of the most famous men on the planet, but nobody outside of about 15 countries will have heard of him.
by hetheclaret
Tue Aug 16, 2022 3:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Charles Veitch - YouTube
Replies: 32
Views: 1954

Re: Charles Veitch - YouTube

I've watched quite a few of his videos and they're interesting, but he does undermine them by acting like a smug tw*t a lot of the time. He has a similar sort of following and content to Joe Rogan - very interesting, but often ruined by acting like a dick and chucking in conspiracy theories. Having ...
by hetheclaret
Sun Aug 14, 2022 9:38 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Nick Pope
Replies: 172
Views: 8478

Re: Nick Pope

Mee and Pope have always shined at Burnley, its the creative players that suffered True. I think what I meant was it’s nice to see them in a team with serious potential (Newcastle) and an exciting team (Brentford). I’m disappointed tarks and mcneil went to Everton. Garbage club who I think are doom...
by hetheclaret
Sun Aug 14, 2022 8:52 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Nick Pope
Replies: 172
Views: 8478

Re: Nick Pope

BabylonClaret wrote:
Sat Aug 13, 2022 11:43 pm
This. Same seeing Mee pop one in for Brentfors
I’m almost enjoying it to be honest…seeing clarets legends playing in better sides where they can properly shine. Last season was just abject.
by hetheclaret
Sat Aug 13, 2022 7:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Man U
Replies: 65
Views: 4520

Re: Man U

I still have the theory that City didn’t show any interest at all and it was Ronaldo’s agent ensuring UTD panicked into a ridiculous investment. I’d be very surprised if city, who have an expensive but very successful recent transfer record, would have been after him, so you’re theory is not unreal...
by hetheclaret
Sat Aug 13, 2022 6:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Man U
Replies: 65
Views: 4520

Re: Man U

You can almost hear the share price tumbling. Hope the Glazers are watching. Share price has had very little correlation to performance on the pitch - all to do with financials. Hence the mess they're in - Glazers get their dividends no matter what happens on the pitch, they couldn't care less. Eve...
by hetheclaret
Sat Aug 13, 2022 5:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Be Honest
Replies: 52
Views: 4139

Re: Be Honest

Forest were rock bottom this time last season, and look how their season ended, far too early to get carried away checking out league tables in August. We're doing fine enough so far, with the promise of a good haul of points in our upcoming games. And for me as long as we're around the top 6 when ...
by hetheclaret
Sat Aug 13, 2022 4:33 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Be Honest
Replies: 52
Views: 4139

Re: Be Honest

Yes! For that small minority who are having a meltdown already - Norwich are currently bottom, and they definitely won't be down that end of the division come the end of the season.