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This Everton side are better than most of Dyche’s Burnley sides. Particularly in central midfield and upfront with Calvert Lewin. This thread is abusing them but they will stay up easily. They just aren’t pretty.

Dyche has done well with the resources at his disposal. This league is brutal.

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I was under the impression that he was on his way to us but Chelsea got him and let us have Fofana 😢😢😢 Big naivety unfortunately, the financial payoff from a loan deal was already established, with last seasons loans getting us the £100m bonanza. It isn’t just about buying players and selling them....

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Are you Muric in disguise…….(to Pratford)

What a hat trick though.

(sigh) what might have been……our own silly fault for courting Lukebakio and Bakayoko first, because I reckon City would have signed off the loan way before Chelsea came sniffing.

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Re: Hanover above.

Tresor actually had more touches in added time than any player on the pitch apart from Dunk.

Just saying, for the benefit of those not present. Agree on Muric though.

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Agree entirely with this. Managed to watch it back now and cannot work out for the life of me why that wasn’t given or how Bellamy could be okay with it. Unless there’s an angle where he makes contact with the ball before he collides in to Odobert it’s as nailed on pen as I’ve seen. I’m still angry...

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I suspect Tella would have signed for us early, he would have thought that was a big move. However the bigger names like Gyokeres, Lukebakio, Dier, Milner, Bakayoko - even if we had gone in big on July 1st with huge wages they would have hung on to see what else developed and we would have (and did)...

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The bigger issue is do we choose to try to relegate them in the final game or do we let Luton come down with us?

Personally, I’d take Forest, payback for the owner and well deserved for Luton. No guarantee they will romp the Championship next season. They lose Gibbs White and Akinyi for a start.

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Whichever ever way you try to dress it up there’s no getting away from the fact that Muric has lost us 2 points. Also could have gained us 1 point. For all we know Brighton could have scored from the corners where Muric claimed the ball, if it were Trafford in goal. He was very tidy in those instan...

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I think it’s more than likely we’d have picked up an extra 5 or 6 points with Pope between the sticks this season. Whether or not that would have been enough I don’t know. Newcastle have certainly missed him. I think Pope is England’s best keeper. I just don’t think he is suited to our style. It wo...

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We do of course long for Heaton and Pope again, but they were incapable of playing the way we play (and City etc play). The fast distribution, the high defence and sweeper keeper.

I’m not convinced having them in our goal this season would have saved us.

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What I’ve liked about Muric is the aggression at commanding his box, the instant the ball is swinging over he is charging towards the spot where it will descend, plucking them out of the air. Then his aggression at one on one situations. Then his speed in wanting to get us up the field (as opposed t...

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3 defeats (so far) in 2 seasons of football. Nuts And of those, one was his debut away at Watford where he came off the bench, and one was City away in the cup. The only defeat other than that was Sheffield United away. Played over 4200 minutes across 2 seasons other than those, without losing. Tha...

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Hope for Liverpool but joy for City.

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AGENT_CLARET wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:07 pm
Two title's in a row and only losing three league game's (so far) in two year must be some sort of record for a player

As far as I am aware, and it was certainly true until recently, not lost a game he has played any part in since our collapse at Bramall Lane 18 months ago. Well done to him.

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For C fitness and positioning any low marks imo are ridiculous as he was up with play all the game Scores should be high around 20 It is fitness and positioning, not just fitness. For example, as Enola he was obscured for the penalty, but needed to be in a good position to see it. Good refs see the...

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Talking of the title race, good luck to Nathan today. Starts for Leverkusen and if they win they win the league.

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25 points from winning positions, and 15 points by my tally cost us by officials (some points probably double counted in that).

That would have us level with the Champions League places

I am of course being ironic but we can all see how this season could have been very different.

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A - 10 B - 10 C - 15 D - 15 This is one of those where those who saw it live and are allowed to vote ‘could’ conclude that he made good decisions, but on checking it on MOTD afterwards would have to change their minds. Personally, I was happy with what I concluded live. The penalty was clear and obv...

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Muric 5 - an 8 for 89 minutes, a striker can miss a sitter but a keeper cannot throw one in Assignon 6 - energy but out of position often Ekdal 8 - marshalled Wellbeck extremely well Estève 8 MOTM - super, pace, height, composure and reasonable passing Vitinho 5 - inexplicable by VK to play him out ...

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Aberg could be the next superstar so has a chance to break through tomorrow. That kid has everything and a swing with few weaknesses.

Still expect Scheffler to win though, despite his cheating on the 3rd with a dodgy drop for a distant scoreboard when he was behind a tree that led to a birdie.

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You was in the home end at bramall lane last season? 4 of the 5 goals went in at the end where the home fans are They did, but the bulk of the trouble started in that first half when their guy was bombing those long throws in on him. Two or three reached the far post and Muric was flailing at them....

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Did OK today in a brief cameo, and I do think there is a very good player in there who was hampered by the surprise breakthrough of both Koleosho and Odobert, I actually think he would have more assists than both combined if he had played, but clearly if we drop, avoiding paying about £15m is better...

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He didn't try though, that was clearly evident. He set his own expectations earlier this season. The Foster we saw earlier in the season was running the channels, pressing defenders, forcing errors and working his socks off. He was a real handful and looked every part a PL striker. The Foster of th...

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Not giving zeki minutes is baffling???? Wow. I would’ve thought that’s the LEAST baffling thing that’s happened in the last 3 months. The leading goalscorer in Europa League last season? He’s struggled, but let’s be frank, once we conceded, we never looked like scoring again. It was worth a try.

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I’m devastated after today, as a big Muric fan. Really feel for him. I really believe ordinary people (us) cannot make this decision. It is too hard. Muric has star dust. Like few keepers I have ever seen. But he has brain fades. I suspect he took his eye off the ball to look at the players. A Sunda...

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Can this thread revert back to what it was and cease the annoying “he didn’t try” which is both nonsense and insulting? Seen half a dozen posts on it now. He was very poor, as I wrote earlier, but he did try. Players low on confidence or fitness do look lethargic, that’s different. He was out of pos...

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123EasyasBFC wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 13, 2024 7:50 pm
Apart from esteve who is supposedly a perm deal regardless of what league we are in

That lad is a diamond.

That tackle today after racing back to a quick striker through on goal - magnificent.

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0 shots, 0 aerials won, 0 tackles, 0 dribbles, 10 dispossessed (is that a PL record?). It was a shocker, no getting away from it. However, he was good when he returned from his mental health crisis. Poor since he returned from his rumoured hernia, so I suspect it is a lack of physical fitness. Got t...

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Even the most ardent Muric fan, which I am, cannot defend that. Muric has cost us 3 points in the last 2 games and if you’ve slagged Trafford off this season you have to also accept Muric’ failings. And Verbruggens after his error costing them a goal. The other keeper we wanred Shows how hard it is...

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Alan in the outdoor fanzome eating his pizza, camera is on him of course.

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My sympathy and best wishes. But if the worst comes to pass, I’d suggest ensuring the area you live in can fund the best drug treatment. Get ahead of the game and find out the best options and local prescribing guidance. At times, these things can be a postcode lottery, we have to be proactive to av...

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Rory already looking like bottling it. One wild hook, two missed short putts. Sticking with Scheffler.

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Week 31. Saturday 13th April Newcastle 1-2 Spurs Brentford 5-2 Sheffield United Burnley 2-1 Brighton Foster 10 mins Man-City 3-0 Luton Forest 2-1 Wolves NAP Bournemouth 1-2 Man-Utd Sunday 14th April Liverpool 2-0 Palace West Ham 2-1 Fulham Arsenal 3-1 Aston Villa Monday 15th April Chelsea 2-0 Everto...

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Burnley 1 Brighton 1 - Foster 13 mins

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National - Corach Rambler

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Seems a reasonable list. No doubts some of those values are fair, some a little high (Trafford) and some a little low (Odobert). If we don’t get a bidder, we don’t sell. The problem comes is if there is a clause like Leeds had which lets loads go out on loan. That’s my bigger worry. I can’t see us s...

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Probably the appropriate time to do my usual thing and remind us that the VAR was from Nottingham, and it is one of their clubs we are trying to catch. It was obvious in real time watching it on US TV that Muric, already 30 yards outside his goal, would be there first, and I out that on the match th...

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Think the nail hit on the head is the suggestion that it all depends on whether they know what they are doing, not just the finances but running a top football club in the “wild west” of multi million pound transfer dealings. The jury hasn’t yet heard all the evidence on that one let alone been sent...

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Anything with Burnley Football Club can be answered with a question… Does it make money? No? Then we won't do it. Yes but clever business people realise that money can be made indirectly as a longer term cause and effect. For example, getting the fans enthusiastic, energised and enjoying meeting th...

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Just had a look at those minutes conceded. We are not outliers from minutes 30-45. We have 8 scored and 12 conceded. Similar to several. Don’t know about just the last few minutes of the half. However where we ARE outliers (with Sheffield) is minutes 76-90. We have 6 scored and 18 conceded. But our ...

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Liked today's episode especially the analysis of much of our front four playing out of position inexplicably for the last 2 winless games. All through the season I've called Vincent, who I like a lot, the Tinkerman Reborn. An affliction of many clever, but not as clever as they think, people. He can...

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I'll predict here, with no way of proving one way or the other, that if the bottom three had performed better this season the points deductions would have been at different levels because none of these authorities or commissions want it to define a relegation. In other words, it is bent. Prediction ...

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Two things clear as day:

1. Muric, and I am a huge fan, cost us the game with a clanger worthy of non league.
2. Any poster on here is allowed to rate that however they like without ridicule. Losing points due to the avoidable, crucial and defining nature of it, seems sensible.

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Renewed, because the price has gone down.

(due to the credits from using the Ticket Exchange which changes the value for money dynamic)

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Got to be Forest to get one back on that angry Greek. We owe him one big time.

Yes I know it may affect things next year but some things are more important.

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Cannot see past City who will win them all while Arsenal fail at Spurs and Liverpool stumble at West Ham, Villa or Everton.

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tbh I'd say at least 3 reds have been ridiculous BUT we absolutely have to do better. Out of interest does anyone remember how many reds we got last season ? Timings of goals are neither here nor there, teams at this level punish you at the slightest mistake. Certainly I disagreed with the two Oliv...

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Logic would say it can only be Scheffler. His putting has improved since moving to a mallet. Something many said he should have done years ago. Plus it is due to pee it down on Thursday so it will be a soft course. That will help him find the pins. Finally, it is mid February to mid April, so it is ...

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We talk a lot about the merits of defensive skills in flair attackers, we see plenty without it (Anthony etc), and what a shame it is that we don’t get any media coverage of us, or player / manager interviews on these topics, which leaves a vacuum. Is it needed? Do the club feel it is needed? Is thi...

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You say only Berge, Amdouni and Tresor fit the quality required, Odobert and Larsen have both shown more quality than Amdouni and Tresor this season on a regular basis. Amdouni had more than enough opportunities. Tresor hasn’t been given a chance tbf to him. Only just spotted this reply but what I ...

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Though I suspect this whole story is nonsense (and irresponsible tittle tattle from Iwelumo on that joke station) it is certainly adding fuel if the 75% of games for which he is available is reduced by him being declared ill by the club last week. That means he has played in 28 out of 36 games which...

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