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2 points per game, Clarets on course to get 90+

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I thought Bastien did a pretty good job in that link up role on Saturday.

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Our Achilles heel. Shutting the back door.

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Thought this thread was going to be about chess or horses.

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Muric 6 - was efficient and not much chance with the goal, Ince took it well Roberts 6 - OK, got forward for his header but otherwise not much threat Harwood-Bellis 6 - some good distribution, some not so good, didn't look too good on the goal Beyer 7 - steady Maatsen 6 - a couple of sublime balls f...

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Two more from Shanks

When he signed Big Ron Yeats from Dundee United he said this to the assembled journalists “Take a walk around my centre half, gentlemen, He’s a colossus!”

Of one player who didn’t try to hard, Shankly said: “He has a heart as big as a caraway seed.”

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Why not try and buy him in the window?

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And a full card in the National League, can't make the game tonight so I am off to watch Blyth Spartans take on Bradford Park Avenue.

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Hats off to the Budgie's fans making that trip for a Tuesday night match.

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60/60 with 45 seconds to spare

Very strong Lancashire contingent in there, along with the Midlands and North East, the birthplace of football

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Muric 6 - Made a very good stop with the scores at 2 a piece Roberts 6 - thrupenny bit header leading to the second goal did not look good Vitinho 6 - couldn't get Zourary going in the first half but some great tricks in the second THB 6 - pulled around a bit in the first half towering header for th...

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Just to confirm the Metro situation re Trains to Sunderland, they stop at Heworth and from there there is a bus service the 901. The Network Rail Overground service is running from Newcastle to Sunderland however there is only one train per hour at 40 minutes to the hour from Central Station and on ...

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Putin seeking closer ties with the Taliban.

https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/puti ... han-assets

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Swansea were time wasting and after the sending off Burnley were avoiding injury and conserving energy for Wednesday. The probability of another goal was almost non existent.

I would not be surprised if the fourth official asked both managers if they fancied knocking off earlier.

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Apparently lived out the last few years of his life as a recluse somewhere in a remote part of Scotland.

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Arfield is 34 in November. It was a good move to him going to Rangers, probably prolonged his career at top level and
now he is playing in the Champions League. Good luck to the lad, he was brilliant for us.

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Let's spin that - do you think we should have won more games now than we have done? There's nothing wrong with being a glass-half-empty person, it just gets a bit tiresome here, especially after we've just won. Glass half empty/full is too black and white. 13 games in, it's all grey. So far the evi...

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QB So can you see this team upping the number of games won that are needed to gain promotion by the time May comes round ? The first season we went up we had that QPR moment when we played one of our main rivals off the park and it looked possible, the next promo season we signed Gray and Barton and...

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The simple fact is that we are not winning enough games to say that we are good enough to go up, except via the play off lottery. In the last two promotion seasons we won 26 out 46 games which means now we need to win 21 out of the remaining 33 games to equal that, quite a big ask. OK maybe the othe...

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One post on Twitter suggests food rationing is being imposed in Crimea.

However Crimeans/Russkies are panic buying petrol.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1578655366958657537

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Hipper wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 07, 2022 11:13 am
...and how to end the war maybe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QbUSjnhv6M

I just hope Pootin holds off until the season is over, it's one of my worst fears passing away before the season ends and not knowing where we finish.

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Randy Newman's take on Vladimir Putin from 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wFWR5qCB2k

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Now available on general sale, just bought one yesterday.

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Bruce will be next I reckon, surely all these managerial changes can only benefit Burnley, as any incoming gaffers will usually take time to implement their preferred style on their new squads. Oh aye, 'appen, but we can only benefit if we are good enough to take advantage which we weren't on Satur...

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Just thought i would bump this thread up as I am intending to go to the Ashington vs Stocksbridge Park Steels FA Cup replay on Tuesday night 4th October KO 19.45

If any other Northumbrian based Clarets are free why not come along and let's have a meet up.

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Brian O’Neil.

What a Burnley fan would be like if they could play for the club.

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Re mobilisation the first wave will be people who have served in the military previously and as they have National Service (?) that’s likely to be quite a lot of personnel.

Therefore it won’t take quite so long to have them “oven ready” ?

Perhaps some of our military experts can comment on this.

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Let’s hope they sign him.

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China has made a statement of support for Kazakhstan, pointedly saying it promises to “categorically oppose the interference of any forces in the internal affairs of Kazakhstan, regardless of the international situation.” Dominoes beginning to fall + China keeping its distance. China has kept very ...

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Yeah the one who wants to talk to the Ukrainians imagines that they can convince them to throw their lot in with Mafia run Russia after destroying large part of their infrastructure stealing their grain, looting their homes and cars, making 10 million women and children homeless, bombing shopping ma...

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Sheffield and Norwich are strong teams with very recent experience of playing in this division, unlike ourselves. So far we have only played one team in the top nine and we lost. I really don’t think that at the moment we have resilience at the back for Automatic. Of the 2016 promotion side Heaton, ...

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Not quite Ric as he chipped in 4 goals in the first promotion and was injured for the large part of the second one. However 40 EPL goals propelled Burnley to seventh place and kept us in the Division for six seasons. He has had two very serious long term injuries and has shown the courage and determ...

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Trying to tie some of this together. I was very good friends with Mick in the mid 60's. His dad, John, was a postman and very much involved with Has. St Mary's Football Club. Did you go to Has. St. Mary's Junior School? Like all good catholic boys in Hasi I went to St Marys, John was my team manage...

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I didn't go to SMC in Blackburn. I went to grammar school in Salford. However, my older brother went via 'said bus' to SMC from about 1956 -63. Just after that a lot of my friends travelled the same way. People like Mick Quinlan, Steve Butler, Roland Parkinson, Kevin Morton, Mick Rushworth. Know an...

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I am living in Northumberland, Whitley Bay and I have actually been to watch Ashington AFC a couple of times this season, Vs Northallerton and West Allotment, they look a pretty handy side and maybe too good for this division. I was very impressed with the ground and facilities at Ashington, and als...

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Aka the Greatest Singer ever to draw breath.

The Amazing Grace film is the one to watch Aretha’s live gospel recording documentary.

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Apart from Laws I’m struggling to think of a manager’s tenure that was worse than Dyche’s last 18 months. The 1-0 win at Anfield was one of the most boring 90 minutes of football I’ve ever endured. That was the point I realised I wasn’t enjoying watching us at all. Let me get this right watching Bu...

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Wasn't there a desire to sell Tarkowski but Dyche put a stop to that? Is that what Shaggy's on about? Even if the club had sold Tarky how does anyone know that any proceeds would have been re- invested in the squad? We know that there was a fairly large sum of cash prior to the takeover sitting in ...

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It didn't dry up. It was channelled elsewhere. Ok I will finish the sentence - the money dried up for Dyche to spend on maintaining the playing squad. To get it into perspective net spend on players over the last six seasons in EPL was approx £95 million. The buyout was circa £200 million. My under...

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Just as an aside on solar power I am thinking about having it fitted when I have my roof done up. My neighbour up the street has just had panels fitted so I asked him about the feed in tariff and is his system generating a sizeable income for him. To be able to tap in to the feed in tariff I believe...

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I wonder how long it will be before Vinny realises you won’t get promoted playing the style of football and signing the types of players he has done on the budget Alan has given him. So far it looks like his best signings have been loanees. That was the genius of Dyche, he evolved a pragmatic succes...

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31 away for me, a nice short ride on the Metro and I will take my binoculars so I can watch Popey picking the ball out of the net at the Gallowgate End.

Howay the Lads.

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northernpowerhouse wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 21, 2022 4:39 pm

We've averaged 70.6% possession so far. In the last six seasons only nine teams have averaged 60% or more and all but one have finished top six. The stats are very much on our side.

Conversely the opposition have had 30% possession and scored as many goals and taken as many points as Burnley.

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First thing Kompany needs to do is lock the back door. Blackpool had 30% possession and the same number of shots as Burnley with double the amount on target. Unfortunately IMHO Harwood Bellis and Maatsen look good on the ball but they don’t look like great defender's. Probably the best defender we h...

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Muric 6. Made some good saves, complicit in the first goal Roberts 6. Tidy enough THB 7. Set up the first two goals but him and Taylor don’t look like a convincing pairing Taylor 6 as above, we look very flakey at the back. Maatsen 4 didn’t think he was playing all that well before sending off, they...

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A shame it’s all gone in my time I played in the Blackburn Combination, North East Essex League, Suffolk & Ipswich League & West Suffolk. A great way to meet like minded folk, get some exercise and gain some interesting life experiences. Keeps you grounded as well, I played with blokes who had been ...

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I think one reason for this might be facilities. People don’t want to get changed in sheds any more or turn up and go home in their cars in full kit. Another is commitment. It’s a big ask to give up your Saturdays or Sunday mornings for 9 months. One more is Saturday jobs. They didn’t exist when in ...

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Swizzlestick wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 14, 2022 12:50 am
I doubt we’ll see a better keeper play for us in our lifetimes.

And neither will Newcastle fans. For me he is one of the all time greats.

Remember he almost won the golden glove playing for Burnley!

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Josh Benson scored the winner for Barnsley vs Burra.

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Try the Lord Derby near the pier and the Town House next to the station they both have multi screen footy on.

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