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Boss Hogg wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:24 pm
Hopefully we don’t spend too much in case VK is potted after 12 games. A new manager may not want the recent type of signing.

But surely that applies to any manager( especially at certain clubs) in the country.

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This is brilliant. Whilst at college we (ents committee) had the privilege of booking The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Supertramp, Marsha Hunt... others less well known whose names I don't recall. Late 60's was a brilliant time to be young ;) Great that it's jogging a few memories. Made a mistake o...

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Something away from our woes for a while.I was a student in London 1970-73 and was just looking at the price of hiring popular bands around that time. A message from the social secretary of Commercial Entertainments on Great Compton St. in London in 1969 provided a list of prices. At that time their...

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Beyer, Berge, Cullen, Roberts, Benson, Mellon

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I knew we didn't win there that much, and having been at off top of my head the FA Cup game 2-2, a 3-2 win there and a 3-3 draw I would never have guessed it was that bad. Oh well it's either 19th or 20th we finish then Also a great 0-2 win in August 1973, our first game of the season on our return...

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boyyanno wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:46 pm
I mean you can snipe all you want but it really isn't.

Was organised by a senior player in the squad. Be easier to tell you who attended than who didn't.

Well, go on then.

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My nephew asked me the other day what my feelings were about Blackburn. Going to hell in a handcart would be too good for them. 'And never coming back'?, he replied. I took it as a rhetorical question.

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123EasyasBFC wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:47 pm
I’m kind of glad pundits have actually stopped talking about how bad we are now really, just quietly get the next 12 games over with

That's an awful lot of games to 'just get over'.

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Agree, but the ship has sailed as far as Muric and Benson is concerned. VK may get lucky with Cullen and a few others. I wouldn’t play anybody that isn’t likely to be here, either. What’s the point in playing Assignon when he’s off soon? Or Fofana? Get the defence settled, and do it now. Give us a ...

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Absolute diamond of a footballer. Mesmerising at times . Born in Collyhurst, North Manchester only a short distance from where I lived in Lower Crumpsall in the 1960's. Both areas were dumps but his talent with a ball at his feet served to get him away. RIP the mercurial Stan Bowles.

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Can a disaster get worse? If it can it's occuring right in front of us. No fight or desire in that performance right from the moment we early conceded an own goal in the first minute. Totally unacceptable performance; the sort I've seen before resulting in the manager's dismissal. How has it come to...

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If I’m honest I’m not. I am personally of the opinion it doesn’t matter who’s in goal we have got bigger issues. I’m specifically looking at the likes of Amdouni and Brownhill, they have been really poor for some time now and similarly I’m not sure this formation is benefitting us at all. That's wh...

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He’s got to have identified by know where the issues lie. The next four games are critical not just for our club but the remainder of his career. I think you might be suggesting that goalkeeper is one of 'our issues'( I hold my hand up if I'm wrong). I agree with you but just don't see this happeni...

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A very special goal from Brian O'Neil on a memorable day......Thanks for the reminder bfc8. Seem to recall this game being the one when Frank Casper got sent off for hitting Francis Burns. I know we were 0-1 down at the time but then went on to win the game 2-1. Don't recall much about either goal ...

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Good luck to him for his recovery. Not had a good season by any stretch of the imagination but I sincerely hope he listens to advice from the experts around him and gets back to playing as soon as possible.

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Never understood the bawling, screaming and shouting at players. Assuming that they are not hard of hearing it serves no purpose at all.

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An incredibly talented footballer whose name has often gone under the radar. Germany really have had so many gifted players in their ranks over the years. No wonder their tournament record has been so impressive. RIP Andreas Brehme.

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I am not beating the club with a stick. Just commenting (it’s an opinions board isn’t it?) on what I believed was totally amateur. It needs improving. It needs scrapping. Makes me wonder whose idea it was and why they are still employed. What standard of 'entertainment' were the ones that were reje...

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Can it? This is as bad of a season (relatively for spend/league) that we've ever had. I take it you were in attendance yesterday. Do you think we have 'bottomed out' and can only improve from now on? That defeat and performance yesterday disgusted a large cross section of our support. Football's an...

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One of many world class all rounders of that era. Didn't he bowl 'off the wrong foot'? Am sure he planted his right foot down on delivering with his right arm. RIP.

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Blatherwickstattoo wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 17, 2024 7:08 pm
Can’t get any worse tbh

But it can.

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bobinho wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:00 pm
I’d imagine they’d feel the same…. And why wouldn’t they? And it’s ok for them to do so.

Well, that's me told.

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There is/ was a strong 'anti Steve Wright' contingent airing their views on social media outlets for a number of years. Never understood it myself since they had the option to switch off or find an alternative station. Wonder how they feel now?

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Wasn't it just 15,000 tickets per team?

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Cheers for that Silky.......at least you didn't have to stand in front of that Bobby Smith killer goal. At least we got some retribution at WHL some seven months later. Dad allowed me to travel down to that even though ( due to a horrible winter) the game was played on a snowy Monday (I think) afte...

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Where's Silky with his story? Okay. I was a season ticket holder though only 9/10 throughout it. Easter Sunday my cousins came to our house where they got their annual Easter eggs off my mum. The eldest was 13 and my mum said to him she thought he was too old for an Easter egg. His head dropped but...

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Went from Burnley central Station by special train hauled by the loco Silver Jubilee no less My brother went by train from Accrington, I think. Set off around midnight getting into London 6/7am and the return journey leaving London around midnight and getting back in Accrington around 6/7am. I was ...

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[quote=DAVETHEVICAR post_id=2273843 time=170722958 Alex Elder was the best I have ever seen playing for the Clarets. [/quote] No arguments with that but Keith Newton was also a great acquisition albeit towards the end of his career. Not forgetting the important contribution from Stephen Ward more re...

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Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:47 pm
Yea. The original Kop, all standing, held 24k on its own.

Yep, and every Liverpool fan you see or hear will.have been stood on it that day.

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'More likely the pressure of a relegation battle is weighing some players down' Doesn't feel like a relegation battle. Saturday seemed more of a 'going through the motions' exercise. Luton are in a relegation battle, probably since the first match in August. They may escape, they might fail but they...

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In the old days when nothing was really on we used to “line em” like many of us did in Amateur football. Could be quite effective in getting you further up the pitch or feeding off the scraps. Anything is better than what we are currently achieving from throw ins. Nothing wrong with that type of th...

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Pre-match and throughout much of the game had an end of season feeling to me. ( apart that is from the hugely gratifying story of the two brave young Clarets and their quest to raise money for a very worthy cause). Felt like this was that final compulsion to attend before the ignominy of relegation ...

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A decent half. Crisp passing, height and quick over the ground. Course he'd be nervous. Only met his team mates on Friday, doesn't speak English. What exactly do people expect?

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Please explain what is 'pretty boy potential'? I'm intrigued.

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The ultimate igmony you’ve been told to go and watch Rovers ,that saying hasn’t cropped up for a while,your not the great Messiah,your a very naughty boy. It's ignominy by the way. Vitinho is a poor player at this level. After the goalkeeper full back is probably the most important position in mode...

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bfcjg wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 30, 2024 7:31 pm
What is even better is p1ssing Southampton and Leeds off.

Yep, reading some comments from Southampton fans playing Bertie big bo//*cks today. Don't expect them to catch Leicester now and fervently hope they slip up to Leeds or Ipswich for that other top spot.

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Two more cup ties from the 60's I recall were firstly a re-arranged 4th round tie at home to Leyton Orient on a Tuesday night in 1962. I was 9 years old but allowed to attend with older relatives. I saw it as a formality because 'banana skin' games still didn't exist in my world then. We battered th...

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 29, 2024 11:42 am
I can run up the stairs at home (just 13 steps) but I have to hold on coming down.

I never descend any stairs now without holding on to a rail. Dodgy left ankle can give way anytime. Never thought it would come to this.

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' the improving Vitinho'

Where have you read that?

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Very true - for both goals and, in modern terms, he got the assists on both. The only thing I've been able to find is a pic at the end of the game showing him still carrying his boot. Best Boot.jpg And what was then the building of a new stand in progress in readiness for the 1966 World Cup Finals.

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Feel for the keeper there Game of his life and rather than being able to celebrate with his team mates and fans he’s being asked daft questions on how he feels Same at half time. Inane questions when all the manager wants to do is get in to see his players and prepare for a 2nd half leading 1-0. Ma...

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Great family viewing. Not many times you can say that nowadays.

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Agree wholeheartedly with comments so far. She was very much part of my student days in London in the early 70's. Can I suggest another brilliant track from so many of her recordings and that is 'Nickel Song'. RIP Melanie Safka.

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Wouldn't move on Vitinho, think far too much is made of his shortcomings and people forget how young he is because our whole team are kids. Defenders tend to peak later. Well, he's 24, 25 in July. Don't think he fits the category of a 'kid'. However, more importantly, I'm intrigued regarding your c...

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Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:13 pm
Because we don’t need a top of the league CB quality as a back up???? I thought was fairly self explanatory

No, it isn't. If we are a club next season looking for promotion again why would a mediocre defender suffice as back up? Not self explanatory at all. I would say that is more contradictory.

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If you consider him a mid table championship defender why would you want to keep him as back up? Seems like you write the first thing that comes into your head.

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A foul on the goalkeeper. We have to remember, though that the game is being shown for the armchair fan and decisions like that serve to intensify the jeopardy for his/ her entertainment. I still recall what Richie Benaud said many, many years ago about a time where cricket would not require paying ...

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Watched last 20 mins with no sound. Abysmal from officials and VAR. Booked Coufal when it should have been Souczek which resulted in Coufal getting sent off. Latest trend now seems to be clattering goalkeepers and getting rewarded for it. It's a joke. Even worse right at the end another clear penalt...

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[quote=BigChaCha post_id=2260840 time=1705664710 user_id=259 We have to remember that the Championship last season was one of the weakest for years so we have to take that into account... ) [/quote] I've only been going to the Turf for a few decades so can you please explain to me why last season's ...

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It’s down to whoever wins the coin toss The team that wins the toss decides to either take the kick off or which end they want If that team decides to kick off, the other team decides which end they have Surely the team that wins the toss gains whatever advantage they think there might be and has t...

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