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MattBFC

Kane, Foden Saka, with Bellingham and Rice behind them, is a frighteningly good base to build around.

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Very lucky to have him, Eyres and Inchy in the same team at league one level.

I remember him playing for derby against us in the cup at Turf Moor and standing out massively too.

Definitely my favourite player of that time

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Always think of the sale of Wayne Thomas to Southampton then picking up Clarke Carlisle for what I think was about a sixth of what we received as one of our best bits of business!

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I think it all depends on which Burnley side turns up. Play like we did in the last two and we’ll be ok. Play like we did for most of first half of season then Cardiff will win. Expect the worst and (hopefully) be pleasantly surprised!!

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Robbie Blake
Ashley Barnes
Ted McMinn
David Eyres
Ashley Westwood

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I think we need to be a tad more realistic as we rarely sign more than 3-4 players in a window so 6+ Is unlikely. We are not a million miles away but Ward and Bardsley can’t have too long left in them and we are crying out for a stronger (much physical) CM. That’s before we look to replace Vokes. Ho...

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I was in the home end for that one. For some reason I thought Nathan Dyer was playing for us that day and that it was Brian Deane who scored for Leeds; clearly the memory is not what it was!

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It’s only recently that we actually started playing Wood and Barnes together again. I’m sure they would both have scored more had they been in the starting 11 together since August (and who knows how many more points we would have achieved)

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Wanyama and Dembele from Spurs would be a nice pairing to bring in. Both probably available and extremely classy midfielders. Even if we were in the top half again this season I think the wages are well beyond what we’re willing to pay. As it is, I don’t expect anything bar loans unless we have an e...

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Vokes and Hart. Unless we’re going to play someone very mobile, Sam cannot be in the starting 11. When he does, we play poorly.

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Joe Allen worth a cheeky bid - best player on pitch for Stoke on the Turf last season. Really comfortable on ball and quite creative too.

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Was pleased to see Wood and Barnes start together. I know Wood didn’t have a great game but he makes other teams have to defend a bit deeper and gives us an ‘out’ ball down the channels so it helps the team. Need to stick with this same forward line against Brighton if we want another good team perf...

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Seems a good appointment on paper considering their position is as precarious as ours. They clearly have some talented players who are massively underperforming so a great opportunity for the right manager. At least we were spared the links to Sean that would have come had Hughes been pushed in the ...

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For me we have to give this partnership a go. We just don’t play as well with Vokes in the starting line up unless he has somebody with a lot of movement in support such as Ings, Gray or (weve only seen flashes) with Vydra. A lot of the issues this season have stemmed from the complete lack of movem...

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Heaton
Lowton
Taylor
Gibson
Long
JBG (or Brady if JBG not back)
Defour
Cork
Lennon
Barnes
Wood

Defence don’t seem to have much confidence in Hart. Mee not at the races recently. Barnes and Wood is a proven strike force who somehow have still not started together this season!!

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Head says 0-1

However, despite not playing Vokes with Vydra or Barnes with Wood, and because I’ve been stuck in London with work so my season ticket is going unused, my heart says 3-1!!!

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Ok, so another game and we’ve still not yet started with our most effective forward line; Barnes and Wood. I think Barnes must have really annoyed someone at the club in pre-season as to have reached November and not started our proven strike force together once is ridiculous

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Have we started a game with our main strike force from last season (Wood and Barnes) yet? I can’t recall them starting together and just can’t understand why. Playing Vokes limits our play going forwards and allows the opposition to defend really high because he can’t run. The midfielders then have ...

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For me we missed playing Vydra behind Vokes or playing Barnes behind Wood from the start. We had absolutely nothing up front so when we got the ball we had nowhere to go with it. This meant possession kept getting turned over and invited more pressure on us. We made the change at 3-0 down but the da...

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Wood and Barnes playing together was a big part of our sequence of 6 wins in second half of last season. They haven’t started a match together this season as far as I can recall. I’m sure Sean will turn this around but not playing these two together or Lowton at RB is really hampering our attacking ...

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We’re holidaying in Manilva from Friday afternoon for 10 days.
Any recommendations for watching the matches from southampton onwards will be gratefully received!

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Stayingup wrote:Where are West Ham getting their money from?

Porn

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What a tough one! Think it has to be Swansea as it’s the only match on that list where we were by far the dominant team. Could easily have lost any of the others. Makes you realise how good we were away as I don’t think any home match would make it into the top 5 for the season

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When you consider we had him on one wing, Eyres on the other and then Inchy up front, it does seem a bit frightening that we were only in what is now league 1. If I remember rightly we gave most teams a good hiding at home that season but were absolutely bobbins away (until the match that counted at...

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We don’t necessarily have to go 442 though to accommodate both Barnes and Wood. Barnes can play behind Wood or we can go two up top. We have to find a way to get both in the team though as Wood scores goals and Barnes has been excellent for most of the season. I felt a bit for Jeff yesterday as he p...

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I emailed last year to renew the 2 free ones, just wondered how it works when 1 is no longer free, on the OS it does say "under 10's" so i don't no how you got yours free. I don’t know how/why I got it for this season. It wasn’t a straight renewal though as we were in JML last season. I would recom...

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I have a question, my eldest turns 10 so will be paying this time, we're on the pay monthly which doesn't roll free kids ones automatically (you have to email them) will my sons renew on my direct debit ? You need to phone up to get the ‘free’ U10 in JMU. It doesn’t just roll over for them. Btw - y...

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Pope 8 - if he sorts his kicking out, Toms going to struggle getting back in Bardsley 5 - needs to be rested now. Too many silly fouls and often takes too long to play a pass Long 6 - mostly good but well beaten for their goal Mee 7 - some great things but a few poor passes too Taylor 7 - poor start...

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4 weeks ago I would have been convinced that this was dirty tricks to de-rail our top 4 push. Now I think it’s got to be an agent earning their corn. Or a pi**ed SSN reporter.

We are so much stronger with Ash up front than Sam, but just can’t see there being anything in this.

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Pope: 6 - only really had the one save but wouldn’t have seen it until late Bardsley: 4 - Very poor crossing and gave silly free kicks away needlessly Tarks: 5. Looked a bit slugggish. Should have had a penalty given against him and might have blocked the ball for the goal Mee: 7. Usual dependable s...

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Not great but certainly nowhere near as terrible a performance as some making out. Tarks looked a bit off his game and should have had a penalty given against him for diving in again when still 0-0. Bardsley was awful going forwards but I thought Taylor had his best league game for us. Hendrick poor...

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Think this would be a great signing. Always been impressed with him and would definitely improve our first 11. Let’s just hope this isn’t lazy journalism (as he’s Irish) and there is something in this...

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I thought we played well today. Can’t remember Pope making a save and we had at least 5 half decent chances in addition to a very good penalty shout turned away.

Huddersfield are strong at home and we made them look very ordinary. With a patched up team, that’s a great point in my book.

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Pope 6 - Error for goal but very commanding on crosses Bardsley 7 - Good again Tarky 6 - pretty good but struggled at times with movement and pace of Vardy Mee 7 - solid Ward 6 - Missed Brady in front of him for most of game. Tough keeping Mahrez contained JBG 8* - excellent again. Nearly a terrific...

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A good performance- by far the better team first half and were well in it in the second. Sloppy for their goal though. Lost a lot when Brady went off. Yes they got chances when we took Defour off but we went for it at least - and knew we’d be leaving ourselves open to the counter. Mee was hobbling a...

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Having same issue here. I have a 1st gen fire stick and use Kodi + SM but I think it's time to buy something a bit better as it's not just the footy that can be a bit glitchy. Happy to build it (software) myself. Any recommendations for equipment that cost less than £150?? I suppose it needs to be s...

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I don't think a reduction to £10 would have had much impact on the attendance. It hasn't in recent years when the club has done it. Will be interesting to see if we look at ticket retailing if we stay at this level - mobile ticketing etc. Would certainly help for the mid-week matches when people can...

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He's made of strong stuff. Just ask Tom Heaton.

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He definitely secured legendary status with fans after his sing-song about our friends down the road a number of hours after the Player of the Year Awards last season.

Thankfully, for him, the video seemed to disappear within days of it doing the rounds.

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BoT, I didn't say my favourite in all that time....

Think of that midfield in 93/94 with Deary, Joyce, McMinn and Eyres then we had Inchy and Super Johnny Francis ahead of them. Wasted in league 1 (as it's now called).

MattBFC

I've only been watching Burnley for 30 years or so but I think Cork has for me been the best central midfielder we have had in that time. It was a close run thing with Barton but I think Joey struggled this season after his 2nd or 3rd game back. Something else in his favour is this (hopefully link w...

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Can't believe we've got this far in and no advice concerning choosing a football team.

As my dad told me (I started watching mid-80s)- Burnley is your team son. It'll serve you well in later life as you'll be well used to dealing with disappointment.

MattBFC

I like O'Neill but just don't think he'd want the job. Had Huddersfield not been promoted I would have said Wagner but he wouldn't be interested now. Slavisa Jokanovic for me (the Fulham boss) would get my vote. When you consider he took over a team fighting relegation and took them to safety during...

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This may destroy the good feeling of the favourites thread, but given the divisive nature of the various political threads so far, how about naming your favourite pre-election proposal? I suggest keeping it about the 2017 general election to avoid the hysteria of Brexit again (so no mentioning the £...

MattBFC

The guy I spoke to at the club was really helpful and sorted it easily this afternoon. I couldn't get through on the first 3 tries but then pressed a different option on the phone and got through fairly promptly. I'll be able to stop guessing what's happening when the ball is down the other end now....

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3-0 Palace

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This will be a tough one; I think it all depends which Stoke side turn up. In recent away games they've drawn at the Etihad and won 3-1 at Sunderland but then apparently they were comfortably beaten at Leicester. I'd be amazed if we don't start with the same line up as the Spurs match and on that ba...

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In my student days I worked on the checkout at Asda in Burnley. I remember serving Brian on the Sunday morning the day after his Wrexham team had got a result against Gillingham (and we'd won at Scunthorpe) meaning we were promoted to what is now the championship. Unfortunately I didn't really have ...

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I thought we played fairly well. Not brilliant, but well. Definitely deserved a point. We are going to miss Ashley big time though; we're nowhere near as strong without him. On the plus side, Jeff is back!!!

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I think Keane, Ward then Heaton have been above the rest.

If Hendrick had started like the player he now is (silly red card aside), he'd be up there too.

From a purely financial point of view, Keane should sweep the awards which can only inflate his already hefty price tag for the summer!!

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