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by ervi34
Tue Mar 12, 2024 3:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tresor
Replies: 81
Views: 6324

Re: Tresor

I'm hoping we haven't triggered the conditions to sign him permanently. He never impressed and looks like he couldn't be bothered to be here. On top of that, no chance anyone pays anywhere near 17 million for him so just like Weghorst, we would need to loan him out.
by ervi34
Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tella
Replies: 38
Views: 3464

Re: Tella

Leisure wrote:
Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:14 pm
But he's only scored 4 all season.
That's 4 more than Ramsey and Tresor combined.
by ervi34
Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: West Ham United V The Clarets 2pm KO
Replies: 617
Views: 18850

Re: West Ham United V The Clarets 2pm KO

fidelcastro wrote:
Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:09 pm
If the Brownhill sub was tactical, it didn't bloody work!
I don't think he's been that bad. Won some duels, worked hard but I can't get how he didn't score that chance in the last minute...
by ervi34
Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: West Ham United V The Clarets 2pm KO
Replies: 617
Views: 18850

Re: West Ham United V The Clarets 2pm KO

Good to see another awful lineup.
by ervi34
Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:23 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: TUESDAY GAMES
Replies: 84
Views: 2934

Re: TUESDAY GAMES

4:20 wrote:
Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:42 am
Before Obafemi last night, have we ever had one of our players on loan at another club score against that lot?
Adam Phillips knocked them out of Carabao Cup a few seasons ago.
by ervi34
Mon Feb 26, 2024 4:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Selections on Sunday
Replies: 108
Views: 4908

Re: Selections on Sunday

If he starts Trafford and Amdouni once again then I wouldn't mind seeing him getting sacked when Bournemouth put 3 past us.
by ervi34
Sat Feb 24, 2024 5:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Crystal Palace v Burnley - Player Ratings
Replies: 72
Views: 4921

Re: Crystal Palace v Burnley - Player Ratings

Taylor - 5
Berge - 5
O'Shea - 5

Amdouni, Trafford, Brownhill - 1

Everyone else - 3

Kompany - 0
by ervi34
Sun Feb 11, 2024 10:52 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tressor the man with the touch
Replies: 42
Views: 3071

Re: Tressor the man with the touch

We will find out next season how many will score as many goals as Tella did … I think most people were genuinely baffled we didn’t try harder to sign Tella and to say he wasn’t good enough has certainly come back to bite us .. I think there's a very small chance he stays with us when we go down. Wi...
by ervi34
Sat Feb 10, 2024 6:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Next 10 games
Replies: 128
Views: 5040

Re: Next 10 games

Luton and Fulham were also winnable and we've seen how that ended.
by ervi34
Sat Feb 10, 2024 2:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today’s thread - Liverpool v Burnley
Replies: 601
Views: 15931

Re: Today’s thread - Liverpool v Burnley

Another game we've lost before it even started...

Can't keep playing with 9 men.
by ervi34
Mon Jan 29, 2024 12:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: January transfer window rumours.
Replies: 2353
Views: 284166

Re: January transfer window rumours.

The thing that bothers me the most regarding Benson is the fact that we simply don't know if he's good enough to play in PL. Yes, we can speculate that his weaknesses (doesn't track back, lightweight, predictable at times) could limit his effectiveness, but we can't be sure. Why? Because he was neve...
by ervi34
Mon Jan 15, 2024 12:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: January transfer window rumours.
Replies: 2353
Views: 284166

Re: January transfer window rumours.

Strange move, especially for the quoted price. He might not be a PL player but we won't be there for long anyway.
by ervi34
Fri Jan 12, 2024 9:31 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: January transfer window rumours.
Replies: 2353
Views: 284166

Re: January transfer window rumours.

Westleigh wrote:
Fri Jan 12, 2024 9:22 am
I thought Wesley ,didn’t realise he was injured.
What makes you think we could sign a €80m player? Might as well go and get Van Dijk if that's the case.
by ervi34
Fri Jan 05, 2024 7:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Spurs v Burnley match thread
Replies: 841
Views: 63525

Re: Spurs v Burnley match thread

What was actually the point of signing Massengo?
by ervi34
Sat Dec 30, 2023 5:25 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?

FCBurnley wrote:
Sat Dec 30, 2023 5:23 pm
What was Berge first yellow for. Sadly the cameras missed it on my feed
Pulled his man down while they were on the counter. Was a yellow.
by ervi34
Wed Dec 27, 2023 4:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mo Salah v Burnley
Replies: 19
Views: 2350

Re: Mo Salah v Burnley

AGENT_CLARET wrote:
Wed Dec 27, 2023 4:16 pm
Excellent goal scorer

Terrible footballer rest of his game
66 PL assists...
by ervi34
Sat Dec 16, 2023 7:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets v Everton Match Thread
Replies: 405
Views: 126435

Re: Clarets v Everton Match Thread

Tresor, Redmond and a few others stood around having a laugh with the Everton boys at full time, absolute disgrace- some of these guys don't give a crap. To be fair, I think I don't really care about them either. Maybe I'm just nostalgic and influenced by lack of results, but I wouldn't feel anythi...
by ervi34
Sun Nov 26, 2023 11:59 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What's the point of this season?
Replies: 87
Views: 6186

Re: What's the point of this season?

The "we got promoted too early and that's why we are not performing" narrative would make sense if we didn't spent 100 million after achieving promotion. If we got up, bought 3-4 players like we used to before and performed like we are now I would still be disappointed but would have a lot more unde...
by ervi34
Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:38 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sacking Kompany
Replies: 218
Views: 26234

Re: Sacking Kompany

He reminds me of Daniel Farke - good for Championship, tactically too naive to manage in PL.
by ervi34
Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sheffield United is a must win or Kompany has to go
Replies: 116
Views: 14389

Re: Sheffield United is a must win or Kompany has to go

Unfortunately, I don't think Kompany can keep us in this league. So I think we either - stick with him and start preparing for next season in the Championship (which is awful after the amount of money we've spent - yo-yoing is not sustainable) or sack him and bring someone else to try and save our s...
by ervi34
Tue Nov 14, 2023 10:18 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tella
Replies: 84
Views: 8174

Re: Tella

The thing I liked the most about Tella was his fantastic movement. He was a lot more dynamic than every other winger we had last season. Yes, Zaroury and Benson were brilliant for us, but their playstyle was a lot more different. They would often position themselves near the sideline and then try to...
by ervi34
Sun Nov 12, 2023 11:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Latest odds on our manager gone by Christmas?
Replies: 132
Views: 14940

Re: Latest odds on our manager gone by Christmas?

claptrappers_union wrote:
Sun Nov 12, 2023 9:59 pm
An AP journalist on Twitter is suggesting Eddie Howe could shown the door at Newcastle…
Could you post a link? They would be mad to sack him.
by ervi34
Sat Nov 11, 2023 6:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Positives
Replies: 41
Views: 3108

Re: Positives

Berge looks really good.

Koleosho is getting better and manages to last longer than he used to.

Vitinho looked solid once again.
by ervi34
Thu Nov 09, 2023 2:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 7 Months ago today....
Replies: 30
Views: 3276

Re: 7 Months ago today....

I didn’t blame it on Pace, I just meant it’s not VKs fault we didn’t bring back Tella and Maatsen because he clearly wanted them both back. Tella went to Germany for £25m, would he have picked us over them? Obviously we didn’t value him at £25m. Like you say in the end Maatsen didn’t want to return...
by ervi34
Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 7 Months ago today....
Replies: 30
Views: 3276

Re: 7 Months ago today....

Call me delusional but last seasons side would’ve ran over that same United side at home and Palace too. A combination of VK ditching players from last season, injuries to key areas and Pace not signing Tella and Maatsen (who VK wanted back) has killed last seasons side, it’s gone completely and qu...
by ervi34
Sun Nov 05, 2023 6:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today’s football 5.11
Replies: 172
Views: 13866

Re: Today’s football 5.11

Brilliant goal, reminded me of our winner against Palace when Barnes scored.
by ervi34
Sun Nov 05, 2023 3:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today’s football 5.11
Replies: 172
Views: 13866

Re: Today’s football 5.11

Conroysleftfoot wrote:
Sun Nov 05, 2023 3:43 pm
I see that Townsend starts for Luton against Liverpool. No sign of Lokonga.
Injured
by ervi34
Sat Nov 04, 2023 11:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Beyer has taken this one personally...
Replies: 112
Views: 7804

Re: Beyer has taken this one personally...

The first season Dyche kept us up he spent about £40m. If you canpare the average price of players then to today then I think Dyche spent bout £120m. That was after going down, keeping nearly all the players and spending money in the Championship that was massive It has to be said that almost half ...
by ervi34
Sat Nov 04, 2023 10:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Resigned to Relegation
Replies: 148
Views: 12785

Re: Resigned to Relegation

But I think that's because we gift the goals. Had we still been 0-0 kicking off the 2nd half I would guess both Palace and Everton would have upped the press to squeeze a goal before dropping back into shape. This 100%. If Beyer never makes that mistake, Palace would not be happy to sit back for th...
by ervi34
Sat Nov 04, 2023 8:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Foster Paradox
Replies: 8
Views: 2130

Re: The Foster Paradox

The good thing with Foster last season was the fact that there was no real pressure on him, although we spent a lot to buy him. We pretty much knew we are going up when we signed him and there was no rush for him to start scoring. Kompany was patient with him; gave him some minutes from bench first,...
by ervi34
Sat Nov 04, 2023 7:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Who should we be doing better than ? Delusion
Replies: 21
Views: 1279

Re: Who should we be doing better than ? Delusion

It's strange how the mood on the board has change in the last couple of months. If someone said the same in July he would have been mocked and probably branded as a delusional hater. I have seen people suggesting we will comfortably stay up or even be in top half of the table. For me, it's simply no...
by ervi34
Sat Nov 04, 2023 5:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Crystal Palace - Player Ratings
Replies: 73
Views: 8415

Re: Burnley v Crystal Palace - Player Ratings

Trafford - 5 Couldn't prevent the goals and didn't have much to do overall. Still, misplaced a few passes once again. Taylor - 6 An OK game. Looked more comfortable with the ball and positioned himself well. Beyer - 5 Would have been higher if he didn't decide to give them an opener. Overall we loo...
by ervi34
Sat Nov 04, 2023 5:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: any Positives from todays game??
Replies: 74
Views: 5723

Re: any Positives from todays game??

Overall we looked a lot more better and competitive than in the last few games. However, how many PL teams would be pleased with sitting back for 60 minutes and not even trying to attack us? We defended a lot under Dyche but at least we'd have a few set pieces and maybe some counter attacks. Palace ...
by ervi34
Sat Nov 04, 2023 5:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets vs Palace
Replies: 368
Views: 21378

Re: Clarets vs Palace

JimmyRobbo wrote:
Sat Nov 04, 2023 4:59 pm
Fair comment.
Don't forget that our better players were on loan or about to be obsolete with another year on their tyres.

If Beyer doesn't gift them that goal, who knows how it would have turned out.
They wouldn't have parked the bus and someone else would have gifted them a goal.
by ervi34
Sat Nov 04, 2023 4:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets vs Palace
Replies: 368
Views: 21378

Re: Clarets vs Palace

Taffy on the wing wrote:
Sat Nov 04, 2023 4:56 pm
Booing at the final whistle ......pathetic!
Why would that be pathetic? We are absolutely awful.
by ervi34
Sat Nov 04, 2023 4:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets vs Palace
Replies: 368
Views: 21378

Re: Clarets vs Palace

Don’t agree with that - at goal kicks they’re pressed very high up - they sit off when the ball has been in play for a while though but they’re absolutely trying to force us long They did at times (just like Everton did on Wednesday) but Brentford and even Bournemouth were pressing us with more pla...
by ervi34
Sat Nov 04, 2023 3:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets vs Palace
Replies: 368
Views: 21378

Re: Clarets vs Palace

Not as poor as we've been lately but still far from convincing. I think Palace are defending similar to Everton in terms of not really pressing our back line and that's one of the reasons why we look slightly better than usual. Our attacking play is still very predictable and despite the possession ...
by ervi34
Sat Nov 04, 2023 2:06 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets vs Palace
Replies: 368
Views: 21378

Re: Clarets vs Palace

I'll be surprised if we get anything with this lineup.
by ervi34
Fri Nov 03, 2023 12:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Team v Palace
Replies: 210
Views: 14679

Re: Team v Palace

I would probably try something like this, although I feel we won't get a result anyway: Muric Roberts Delcroix Beyer Taylor Cork Brownhill Gudmundsson Berge Redmond Rodriguez Bring back Ramsey as a playmaker! When Foster isn't fit it has to be Amdouni as a 9. Rodriguez isn't good enough for the prem...
by ervi34
Fri Nov 03, 2023 11:50 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Team v Palace
Replies: 210
Views: 14679

Re: Team v Palace

So you're raising the possibility of mental health issues, but not even knowing if they are true or not Well obviously I don't know if they are true or not and probably only people close to Foster know what the exact issue is. I just pointed out that there were some rumours going around a few days ...
by ervi34
Fri Nov 03, 2023 11:33 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Team v Palace
Replies: 210
Views: 14679

Re: Team v Palace

Nori1958 wrote:
Fri Nov 03, 2023 11:20 am
Must be right if one person on here mentioned it.
And where exactly have I said that it is right? I said that it could be true because usually an ordinary illness doesn't keep a footballer out for 5 weeks.
by ervi34
Fri Nov 03, 2023 11:10 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Team v Palace
Replies: 210
Views: 14679

Re: Team v Palace

Give up Not sure what have I done to deserve this comment. He has openly talked about mental struggles earlier this season and someone on this board wrote that he heard he's unfortunately having the same problems again. Kompany said he maybe won't even be available after the international break. He...
by ervi34
Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:17 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Team v Palace
Replies: 210
Views: 14679

Re: Team v Palace

RVclaret wrote:
Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:12 am
Foster won’t be seen until after the international break according to Vinny. Huge blow.
Does this mean rumours about mental problems could be true? Hopefully he can recover quickly.
by ervi34
Wed Nov 01, 2023 11:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Everton match thread
Replies: 734
Views: 36680

Re: Everton match thread

I think we’ll stay up still, short term pain though because it’s pretty awful at the minute. Get our injured players back, a settled side and add a couple of key players in January. I've seen a lot of people suggesting that we could solve some of our problems in January but we have to remember how ...
by ervi34
Wed Nov 01, 2023 11:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Has VK Lost the dressing room?
Replies: 110
Views: 9255

Re: Has VK Lost the dressing room?

We will take a hit this season and come back up. And be better for it. As it is, well have to put up with more and more "fans" on here chucking their toys out of the pram for a few more months yet. I'm sorry but where's the correlation between your sentence and the original post? I definitely think...
by ervi34
Wed Nov 01, 2023 11:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Everton v Burnley - Player Ratings
Replies: 70
Views: 6452

Re: Everton v Burnley - Player Ratings

Muric - 6 We all knew changing keepers won't solve all our problems but tonight Muric has shown why he should be our number one. Trafford doesn't make early clearance like he did and I doubt our best move of the game happens because I don't imagine him making a pass that starts it. However, he has ...
by ervi34
Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Everton match thread
Replies: 734
Views: 36680

Re: Everton match thread

This move doesn't happen with Trafford in goal.
by ervi34
Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:06 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Everton match thread
Replies: 734
Views: 36680

Re: Everton match thread

jojomk1 wrote:
Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:05 pm
the experts keep telling us Tresor is much better on the left
And playing on the right ?
He is best when benched.
by ervi34
Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Everton match thread
Replies: 734
Views: 36680

Re: Everton match thread

kenyon6923 wrote:
Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:02 pm
Did tarks celebrate goal ?
Smiled a bit but no real celebration.
by ervi34
Sat Oct 28, 2023 5:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bournemouth v Burnley MATCH THREAD
Replies: 831
Views: 29547

Re: Bournemouth v Burnley MATCH THREAD

The worst moment of the whole game for me was around 70th minute. We have just won a free kick near the center of the pitch. Instead of crossing we decided to play it short, than play it to AAD who then played it to Trafford who then kicked it in the stands. Just shows how clueless we are when going...