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I've always liked that Jake Cooper. Limited but old school footballer who does his best.

(not saying we should be interested, just mentioning it)

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Dyche’s side was steadily improving through potentially to 2020 but then it stalled due to lack of investment in the squad. We stopped picking up home wins and that was crucial to us. The game after we won at Liverpool we beat Aston Villa 3-2 at home. Since that game we’ve won just 8 out of 48 home...

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I know we are in The Championship next season but we will have ambitions to return to the top division. Which of those players can play in The Premier League? I don't know about Esteve but O'Shea, unless he improves, is our Kevin Long. The others have shown they are not good enough. Of those I'm hop...

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Why? Same as ugly people. They make others look better.

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Something I’ve noticed whilst looking for an extension lead Why do they all have the cord coming out of the unit from the right? When the socket it is being plugged into is located to the left it looks untied when the lead is having to be “doubled back” You should look for an extension the lead the...

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Many players already have chips on their shoulders.

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How many said exactly this about Barnes last time round? Didn't do too bad for us though did he? Barnes was pretty awful to start with - the old Barnes always falling over etc.. However, and surely to the credit of VK and the coaching staff (see, they can actually do it) he improved considerably af...

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A true dull man would not have this problem because all his socks would be the same style/colour. Indeed he would have the same set of clothes so he doesn't have to think about what he has to wear each day - a sort of uniform if you like. In that way he can spend more time on other dull matters. Mi...

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My wife has just “caught” me vacuuming the garage floor. Quote: “no other man would vacuum his garage floor”. Please prove her wrong 🙏 M 56 size UK 9 no bananas :lol: FB_IMG_1712663012611.jpg Like bean tins, paint tins should be stored upside down so that you don't get a skin on the top (Dulux reco...

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Vincent'sCap wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:14 pm
Could be dull - could be scarily important.

My wife just found this underneath her car (Peugeot Partner)

Heavy, metal, finished at one end, oily smell.

What is it?
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Of course this might not come from her car but another one. As it's only her car......

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sjb wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:47 pm
Buy some of those plastic things which hold socks together in the washing machine. You can get a variety of colours and prevents the need to pair up socks when they are washed.

A true dull man would not have this problem because all his socks would be the same style/colour.

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The biggest question is why £20m was good business for us and will we ever get that back? An absolutely crazy use of scarce resources when we had two keepers. We did need a top quality goalkeeper. Of the two we had last year, Muric and Peacock-Farrell, it was clear Peackock-Farrell was not god enou...

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Consistently playing in the Premier League. There’s a lot of people suggesting that the players we’ve signed aren’t upgrades without any actual like for like comparison. If these players go into the Championship next season and don’t tear it up, then there’s a fair argument to be had. It’s comparis...

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I take your point, but that then implies that the recruitment (director of football?) is far more critical than the manager. If the recruitment side is right, you assemble a team/ squad which basically are all top notch in their given positions and simply go out and run about and batter virtually a...

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I get that VK is learning and he did seem to progress in The Championship. It was reasonable to expect that he had some understanding of what is required to stay in The Premier League and if he needed to learn more he would. It seems though he got carried away with some mission to bring in young pot...

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I agree. I think the fans have been pretty good. I think on balance most people see the bigger picture. There’s only a couple of times they’ve really turned, notably Palace away. What is 'the bigger picture'? I thought it was staying in The Premier League. What is bigger then that (apart from stayi...

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All top level referees are marked on every decision they make. About 250 per game. If the people marking them, who by definition are their teachers, thought that refs in general were giving too many free kicks, then the ones who give most would be quickly replaced or else told to give fewer. Refs h...

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You have to remember why the financial rules were put in place. It was to encourage clubs to manage finances sensibly and prevent them going bust, which is an embarrassment to the Premier League. Financial penalties are useless for clubs going bust but suit those with infinite finance. A points dedu...

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dsr wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:37 pm
The problem isn't that the ref on one occasion got it wrong, it's that they repeatedly get it wrong. And the reason they repeatedly get it wrong is because they are taught to give free kicks when players fall over, regardless of whether they have seen a foul.

How do you know what they are taught?

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I don't think the ref is in the perfect position. Whilst up with play he's a bit close. All he might have seen is O'Shea's arm movement then the player going down. It makes sense because O'Shea had messed up so it's quite possible he will try to foul to recover the situation. I agree it's not a free...

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https://www.understandingwar.org/backgr ... gy-success

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I only saw it on MotD but thought it was a pen. Assignon put his hand on Mudryk's shoulder then gave him a nudge. Sure Mudryk made a meal of it - what player wouldn't these days - but Assignon messed up. If he doesn't want to risk giving away a penalty (and a second yellow) don't put your hand on hi...

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So if WW3 was going to ensue, why hasn’t it already? What with Ukraine using its drones to destroy Russia’s oil refinery capacity (10-20% of it by all estimates)? That’s not only directly damaging the Russian economy to the point they’ve had to start importing fuel from Belarus to meet domestic nee...

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68692195 Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has delivered a blunt warning that Europe has entered a "pre-war era" and if Ukraine is defeated by Russia, nobody in Europe will be able to feel safe. "I don't want to scare anyone, but war is no longer a concept fr...

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Chester Perry wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:00 pm
Paid League 1 wages in the National League - causing severe financial repercussions for other clubs as a result

Only if they decide to do the same.

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He's a former paratrooper and General according to Wiki.

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https://news.sky.com/story/russia-moscow-shooting-latest-ukraine-islamic-state-live-sky-news-blog-12541713?postid=7440160#liveblog-body This could be the start of NATO involvement. If you are referring to stray missiles, I doubt it. I would think that despite being virtually enemies, there are agre...

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Loudon has done some great songs over the years, many very tongue in cheek. For anybody into folk music, there's an excellent BBC concert (nicely filmed/ good sound) on You Tube with him + the wonderful Richard Thompson + the very good Suzanne Vega - recorded live at Bush Hall (just round the corne...

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How much does it roughly cost to have an artificial pitch installed? With the weather getting more extreme it seems to be becoming more of a problem for non league clubs. Would make sense for some of the tv money in the game to be siphoned down the leagues for that purpose As Peter Loo says, I too ...

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The reason seems to be unprecedented rain in the south west and Gloucester have an artificial pitch so unlikely to have to cancel: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68641250 My local team play in the Isthmian Premier (one step below Truro) and are two or three games behind because of their home g...

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Excellent. I love Going to a Town. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtVyl402W5s He comes from great musical stock! Loudon Wainwright and Kate McGarrigle. Also related to Martha Wainwright, Sloan Wainwright, and Lucy Wainwright Roche who's mother was Suzzy Roche of The Roches. What a dynasty! School ...

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2. Arins was blonde wasn't he but there's something peculiar about the hair here. Ian Brennan? 7. Billy Ingham - it just looks like him. Behind their number 9 (Bob Hatton?), Paul Fletcher? 4. Peter Noble. Goalkeeper, Alan Stevenson with rugby shirt. 8. Tony Morley? Behind our number 8, Brian Flynn? ...

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boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:57 pm
Wouldn't sit our style of play anyhow.

It would be nice to know who does. Please tell Vincent.

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As an easter egg it is better than your standard bunny If only that were true. It would soon be eaten. (this thought stolen from the film 'Sitting Pretty' where a woman who fancied herself as a sculptress had made a snowman and asked the pompous hero what he thought of it. 'Oh well, it will soon me...

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The only merit of the 1986/87 season is that it ended (I should stop the sentence there really!) on an extreme high with the Orient win and all the relief it gave us. I think that was the highest I ever felt as a Burnley fan after being pushed to lows unimaginable in past seasons (I stopped going pr...

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Not my sort of film but I like the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MfK59w-D4U

I know it's a Doors song but I like the Quo version too.

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Bert Head was a special manager. Probably worked with Colin Waldron at Bury but had good spells at Swindon and Palace with emphasis on youth.

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Many years ago, a friend of mine ( a notoriously bad flier ) went to a friends engagement party, and was introduced to the bride-to-be's Father. He was a short dapper gentleman, very quietly spoken with a great sense of humour ... A couple of days later, my friend met his mate, who told him that he...

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Some years ago I saw on TV a tribute to Gerry Rafferty. There were two outstanding contributions to my ears:

Rab Noakes - Moonlight and Gold:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1A0n1U7fOo

James Vincent McMorrow - My Singing Bird:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99Yf2zVFC4U

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Big fan of Show of Hands. Although I think Arrogance Ignorance & Greed might be their most pointed/best song. I love folk music in general, go to folk gigs/festivals pretty regularly, so may as well throw out a few artists I like that haven't been mentioned yet for anyone who might not know them: M...

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Who's Al - Alan Pace?

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Oh, and Bob Dylan didn't deserve the Nobel Prize for Literature. I missed that. Oh dear! Marc Bolan rightly mentioned on this thread. I like the music primarily, but good, musical, lyrics can enhance that. The art seems to be to strike a lyrical chord with listeners so that they can generate their ...

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I believe we had square ones to accommodate Mike Summerbee's habit of blowing his nose on them.

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Statistically how do sides do who get promoted from the Championship with 100 points do? Based on this and a bit of Wiki: https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ranked-10-best-championship-teams-ever-points-total In other words, they all stayed up. Club/Championship season/points/Premier League seaso...

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Exactly my thoughts, Jedi. It’s difficult to know who exactly will be staying or going, but if Kompany is as astute as we are led to believe , then he MUST have one eye already on planning for next season. I hope Cullen stays in the first team now, and we start playing through him again. Yep, he mi...

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He doesn’t fit into the system our manager wants to play. A very strange signing. Not so strange. I guess he was intended to be back up to the likes of Beyer, Ekdal or Al Dakhil. Unfortunately all three have proved both not good enough and injury prone hence we've come to rely on O'Shea who at leas...

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On Heron, not mentioned in that documentary, was the fact that when they recorded their original album outside the mics didn't pick up the outside sounds, like bird singing, therefore they had to record that separately and add it on in the studio! I think I read that on the CD notes.

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Heron - Yellow Roses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqlHLkMyC98

... and a documentary on the band - how they recorded their album outside in a field:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvvv5hJbcnQ

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And Gladiators referee. I turned on my TV yesterday and Gladiators was on. I don't think I've ever seen it and I know I won't look at it again! Anyway, they introduced the referee and I thought they said Mark Clattenburg and it did look like him. Did he used to shout 'Forest Ready', 'Liverpool Read...

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Kate Rusby - The Wild Goose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3Ytu2feXng

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