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by dougcollins
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:19 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: League One
Replies: 45
Views: 3767

Re: League One

bfcjg wrote:
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:32 am
Some cracking Lancashire derby's.
But the kind of games you don't need to be honest.

Nothing like the derby factor to upset the formbook.
by dougcollins
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:15 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: inane lyrics
Replies: 56
Views: 2561

Re: inane lyrics

Tricky Trevor wrote:
Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:28 am
BBC did a docu on him back in his heyday and it showed him doing this on his NY hotel bed.
'Life on Mars' I seem to remember.
by dougcollins
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:22 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tresor
Replies: 81
Views: 6327

Re: Tresor

Elizabeth wrote:
Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:01 am
I think his tracking back would be no worse than Zaroury and Benson and they didn't do too bad for us in the Championship
I'm not sure you were paying attention last season.
by dougcollins
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:15 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: General Info - Everton (a)
Replies: 22
Views: 1600

Re: General Info - Everton (a)

Kind of dependant on where you get to sit at Goodison, but I've got two differing opinions:

a) It's a great example of a traditional old football ground

b) Its a sh!thole
by dougcollins
Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Martin Ødegaard
Replies: 42
Views: 3351

Re: Martin Ødegaard

Casper2 wrote:
Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:28 pm
Or Henderson
Aaargh.
by dougcollins
Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tresor
Replies: 81
Views: 6327

Re: Tresor

Elizabeth wrote:
Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:56 pm
Tresor would rip Championship defences apart next season. I hope he stays even though it is unclear.
I've seen nothing to suggest that would be the case.
by dougcollins
Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Season tickets next season
Replies: 770
Views: 45207

Re: Season tickets next season

IanMcL wrote:
Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:32 pm
So you are a Stewart, Bosscat!

Did you hang around for Peggy?
Are you waiting for the next rising? (Any time soon now, so polish your claymore)
Polishing your claymore is frowned upon in North Yorkshire -certainly in public.
by dougcollins
Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: BBC Poll Kompany in or out
Replies: 19
Views: 2325

Re: BBC Poll Kompany in or out

steve1264b wrote:
Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:39 am
This desperate journalism for a national broadcaster.

Well below any ethical standard, BBC should never have polls about managers like this.
Don't forget they employ Chris Sutton.
by dougcollins
Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:27 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: inane lyrics
Replies: 56
Views: 2561

Re: inane lyrics

bobinho wrote:
Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:10 pm
Anything from Queen…

But to absolutely nail it, and to win thee thread outright, pick any line you want from the absolutely banal bohemian rhapsody.
Can you do the Fandango?
by dougcollins
Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: BFC v BCFC
Replies: 8
Views: 1675

Re: BFC v BCFC

I presume that's Dean Windass? If so, he was guest speaker a few weeks back at the Rishton Utd FC Sportsmans Dinner and sounded a top bloke and a bit of a lad! My mate picked up his kids from the same school as Windass in Bradford, and one time he related this missive: ''At half time I told the ref...
by dougcollins
Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tella
Replies: 38
Views: 3465

Re: Tella

Quickenthetempo wrote:
Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:47 pm
Not sure how much of a difference he would have made football wise.
But we certainly miss his smile and positivity around the place.
You seriously don't think he would have made a difference to this team, football wise?

Have you seen any of his games in the Bundesliga?
by dougcollins
Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: West Ham v Burnley - Player Ratings
Replies: 40
Views: 3882

Re: West Ham v Burnley - Player Ratings

Assignon is definitely dividing opinion.
by dougcollins
Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Fofana
Replies: 55
Views: 4158

Re: Fofana

Poulton-le-Claret wrote:
Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:59 pm
Jay Rod, definitely Jay Rod
Amdouni is a striker?

I would have never worked that one out.

(Sorry - was meant to quote Woodley's 'Partner him with a striker Jayrod or Amdouni next week')
by dougcollins
Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:38 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: West Ham United V The Clarets 2pm KO
Replies: 617
Views: 18871

Re: West Ham United V The Clarets 2pm KO

We seem to be the only team bl00dy Ings can score against.

As soon as he came on you just knew.
by dougcollins
Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:05 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: West Ham Travel
Replies: 4
Views: 788

Re: West Ham Travel

Just seen this,and maybe too late! Not going today, but I've done it a few times before by parking in Romford (quite a few big 'pay' car parks near the station) and then two stops down the line to Stratford. Busy with 'ammers after the game but probably preferable to heading back into town on the tr...
by dougcollins
Sat Mar 09, 2024 9:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: inane lyrics
Replies: 56
Views: 2561

Re: inane lyrics

yTib wrote:
Sat Mar 09, 2024 9:11 pm
i don't know, existentialism has always alluded me.
I can't work out if that's a clever pun or you just mis-spelled 'eluded'.

I'm feeling generous though.
by dougcollins
Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: BEST DAY OF THE SEASON AT THE TURF
Replies: 8
Views: 985

Re: BEST DAY OF THE SEASON AT THE TURF

Woodleyclaret wrote:
Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:21 pm
Sheffield United on my birthday 5-0
The only home game I missed, on holiday.

Not see us win at home in a season will be a 60 year first.
by dougcollins
Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today's Football
Replies: 206
Views: 5860

Re: Today's Football

Culmclaret wrote:
Sat Mar 09, 2024 5:47 pm
Some of our defending this season has been non-existential….
And here's me thinking that the only explanation was exactly the opposite.
by dougcollins
Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: inane lyrics
Replies: 56
Views: 2561

Re: inane lyrics

brexit wrote:
Sat Mar 09, 2024 9:52 am
"Till we play Blackburn Rovers"
Ha ha, my pet hate.

How about:

'When love walked in through my door
That familiar feeling I'd had once before'

Not that familiar then. Or:

'Romeo, you nearly gave me a heart attack'

If only Shakespeare had thought of that.
by dougcollins
Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:32 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: inane lyrics
Replies: 56
Views: 2561

Re: inane lyrics

ClaretinJapan wrote:
Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:02 am
I want a dog, a Chihuahua,
When I get back to my small flat
I want to hear somebody bark...

Pet Shop Boys

Up there with some New Order lyrics

Enjoying it though!
Top tune is 'I Want a Dog'.

'Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak
Somewhere in this town'

At the prison, perhaps?
by dougcollins
Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Triangular corner flags
Replies: 16
Views: 1208

Re: Triangular corner flags

Coeus wrote:
Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:50 pm
Perhaps our set piece coach needs to look into this?
Sounds like a viable use of his resource.
by dougcollins
Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Season tickets next season
Replies: 770
Views: 45207

Re: Season tickets next season

claretdj wrote:
Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:49 pm
Update will be Monday, which one I don't know.. :lol:
Depends on if we win on Sunday then..
by dougcollins
Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Massengo injury?
Replies: 9
Views: 1254

Re: Massengo injury?

Best said if he didn't play injured, he would have never played a game.

We appear to have plenty of players in that position.
by dougcollins
Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Massengo injury?
Replies: 9
Views: 1254

Re: Massengo injury?

Even compared with the season we were relegated, the pace in the PL seems to have gone up a gear.

I suppose something has to give.
by dougcollins
Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Triangular corner flags
Replies: 16
Views: 1208

Re: Triangular corner flags

Meticulously covered in 'Twin Town', but I can't find the clip on YouTube. Probably not surprising considering the language.
by dougcollins
Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:13 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: We don't like defending
Replies: 22
Views: 1628

Re: We don't like defending

Poulton-le-Claret wrote:
Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:08 am
Half of that tally is from when Eddie Howe was manager.
Imagine what it would be without the Dyche seasons?
by dougcollins
Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:12 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Directors box
Replies: 92
Views: 6063

Re: Directors box

My friend has a restaurant, and I told her if I owned one I'd only let people in if correctly attired.

She said 'You'd have a very empty restaurant'.
by dougcollins
Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:04 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Unpopular opinions
Replies: 126
Views: 5863

Re: Unpopular opinions

CrosspoolClarets wrote:
Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:10 pm
To be fair, we also have Amdouni who has a far higher pedigree so far than Lyle
Just let me know when he decides he's going to show it.
by dougcollins
Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:01 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hiring a band
Replies: 45
Views: 2177

Re: Hiring a band

I have one of Kate's guitars, though to be fair, she's never seen it!

My mate built her one but in his opinion it wasn't 'perfect'- so he went ahead and made her the perfect one, and I have the first one.

Absolutely nothing wrong with it.
by dougcollins
Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tonights footy
Replies: 16
Views: 1057

Re: Tonights footy

Brighton fans receiving a coin bombardment.

Good job they're not winning.
by dougcollins
Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Unpopular opinions
Replies: 126
Views: 5863

Re: Unpopular opinions

And as for gloves- one hand removed for a first offence.

Player gets to choose.
by dougcollins
Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Richard Keys
Replies: 65
Views: 7714

Re: Richard Keys

Big Dyche fanboy, Keys.
by dougcollins
Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hiring a band
Replies: 45
Views: 2177

Re: Hiring a band

elwaclaret wrote:
Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:58 pm
Funny how times change, I worked with Bad Manners and the Beat in the early 90’s they hated the studio and just wanted to play live.
I spend a lot of time in the studio but you really can't beat playing live.

I loved The Beat, really underrated musicians.
by dougcollins
Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Fan’s View (version 2)
Replies: 58
Views: 4054

Re: Fan’s View (version 2)

Tony can't half talk some b******s but that is a good article.
by dougcollins
Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hiring a band
Replies: 45
Views: 2177

Re: Hiring a band

My mate had a club in Yorkshire in the 70's, and I overheard him on the phone telling this band to **** off.

'Cheeky b******s wanted £300' he said to me.

That was The Damned.

He did get The Pistols on though.
by dougcollins
Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Season tickets next season
Replies: 770
Views: 45207

Re: Season tickets next season

colne-claret wrote:
Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:12 pm
My wife emailed ticket office today to query if and they responded saying they are finalising details
Trying to calculate how much they'll get away with increasing the price.
by dougcollins
Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:57 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Amdouni
Replies: 142
Views: 7731

Re: Amdouni

Wear are his shin pads?
by dougcollins
Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tonight’s Football
Replies: 180
Views: 4181

Re: Tonight’s Football

simonclaret wrote:
Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:47 pm
From BBC:

Arsenal are the second team to net at least five goals in three successive top flight away matches, after Burnley in September 1961 (6-2 at Birmingham City, 6-2 at Leicester City, 5-3 at Fulham).
I would suggest it was a much more level playing field in 1961.
by dougcollins
Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Leicester
Replies: 14
Views: 2195

Re: Leicester

If so, it's pretty much a guarantee for Leeds to go up auto.

Just read it, won't affect them this season. It is Leicester after all.
by dougcollins
Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The next Nathan Tella
Replies: 58
Views: 3720

Re: The next Nathan Tella

Leisure wrote:
Mon Mar 04, 2024 5:09 pm
Their keeper made 6 saves on Sunday (1 great save and 5 run of the mill saves)! But still 6 on target!
Apart from the free kick I would have had a good chance of saving the rest, they were more like overhit back passes.

As alluded to, it was absolutely criminal that we didn't sign Tella.
by dougcollins
Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Alan Pace
Replies: 66
Views: 4200

Re: Alan Pace

Sundays may be awkward for Alan.
by dougcollins
Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mark Clattenburg - Forest
Replies: 30
Views: 2711

Re: Mark Clattenburg - Forest

TheFamilyCat wrote:
Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:07 pm
We'd end up with Lee Mason.
The only consultant who found in favour of the opponents.
by dougcollins
Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Directors box
Replies: 92
Views: 6063

Re: Directors box

ISpeds00 wrote:
Mon Mar 04, 2024 12:21 pm
i wouldnt worry about it
just watch the game
I think I can see why he was looking in the directors' box.
by dougcollins
Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:38 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The next Nathan Tella
Replies: 58
Views: 3720

Re: The next Nathan Tella

Stockbrokerbelt wrote:
Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:21 am
Foster, if fit will be our 20 goal man.
If fit appears to be a very big if.
by dougcollins
Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: O'Shea Booking
Replies: 36
Views: 2572

Re: O'Shea Booking

He ran up to the touchline to wallop the matchball into the Longside Lower to give himself time, and ended up down the slope. The Bournemouth player ignored this and simply picked a new ball off the cone to take the throw. Dara was annoyed by this as he ended up behind him as he was taking the throw...
by dougcollins
Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: TRAFFORD (AGAIN)
Replies: 721
Views: 27465

Re: TRAFFORD (AGAIN)

There were a lot of worse performances on that field than Trafford today.

Try looking at the defenders who gave him two unstoppable goals.
by dougcollins
Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cullen
Replies: 44
Views: 2304

Re: Cullen

My mom today.

Up there with some of his EFL performances.

Not his best ones though.
by dougcollins
Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: FAO Neil Wadsworth of Bob Lord Stand
Replies: 6
Views: 1122

Re: FAO Neil Wadsworth of Bob Lord Stand

He threw away a boomerang.
by dougcollins
Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Bournemouth - Player Ratings
Replies: 86
Views: 4886

Re: Burnley v Bournemouth - Player Ratings

I think the biggest argument for dropping Trafford is reflected by the scores he's now getting for a perfectly fine performance in which he played to instructions. He's becoming a lightening rod for the teams failings. I agree with you on this. I really felt for the guy today, he was absolutely the...
by dougcollins
Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Fofana
Replies: 25
Views: 1953

Re: Fofana

Him and JBL were terrible up front.

It was so bad I was thinking we'd be better off with Amdouni and Jay Rod.