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Bfcboyo wrote:But isn't the economy going to collapse and overseas trade cease after the impending doomsday? or some would have you believe.

We won't need any ships.

We'd still have to bring essential supplies in, or people would die. (Yes, I know, project fear - but a sad truth).

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Yep, we're a Premier League team without a squad deep enough to cover an injury at full back, and our U23's aren't good enough. What are the other options - buy or loan someone in this transfer window that's better than Matt Lowton and Phil Bardsley? Bournemouth managed it. But to go back to your p...

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I'd have personally had Cork down to fill in there should it have been necessary - he played there quite a lot as a young player - with Hendrick slotting into the midfield. But Tarks did fine there today and it does make sense to keep the continuity in the back 4 should we need it. You really belie...

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I cited 3 players changing positions and 2 coming back from injury . 3 actually. It's important to recognise how well Pope and the defence did. That's our 3rd goalkeeper in 4 matches. Ok, maybe he's the best of the 3, but it's still a big change for the defence as his style is so different, and his...

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Seemed an obvious selection to me. If Bardsley and Lowton were both to be unfit next week then he is most likely the best option at RB, so why not experiment with it today? (If not him then who? -I guess it would have to be Hendrick or Gudmundson, but we need JBG as a forward option next week.) We'r...

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Spice: you seemed to be at the same match as me, and had the same expectations as me considering the makeshift line-up, players coming back from long-term injury and others playing out of position. Many positives today I thought, in terms of giving players returning from injury game time, experiment...

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I thought it was a poor performance. If one of those free kicks had gone it at the end, you couldn't complain that they'd won. The team setup didn't help. Tarks isn't a full back and Taylor isn't a winger. Surely you understand why he gave Tarks a game at full back? ... and to a lesser extent Taylo...

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BOYSIE31 wrote:And neither did their keeper

Apart from a terrific reflex save from Long of course, and some vital interventions.
Edit: Also from our viewpoint, which was good, it looked like he handled outside the box to stop Vydra from scoring.

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He was controlled by a 3rd tier centre back, he couldn’t get an easy header on target, completely fluffed another shot, then he missed the target again hitting the side netting, he kept falling over, didn’t link up well and you think that deserves even a 6? But he's hardly had any game time with us...

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Vydra 5 How was he ever leading scorer in Champs . And yet he could so easily have had a hat-trick - funny game isn't it. He wins us 2 penalties, and was due to take the first spot kick, (pretty close call for off-side),he hit the side netting, missed a good headed chance, and then won a 2nd penalt...

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how do we win 3 or 4 when we only had 2 shots on target ? A wins a win though :D I was at the game and I thought we missed the target with 3 relatively easy headers in the 2nd half. Andy Payton summarising for the radio pretty much said that all 3 should have been put away, so that's your 3 straigh...

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ontario claret wrote:. Had to come back to see more pictures of Cricketfields' daughter. .

Oh dear. And only just back from a ban. There are other sites you know.

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Wasn't that the game that Ched Evans was sent off in and then won his appeal. I think that Fleetwood had 7 cautions in that game too. ? Yes, Evans already had a yellow but a straight red in stoppage time was then rescinded. There were 11 cards in total. This might be what got Barton in trouble: "To...

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You sure they are not the three from Seabourne, DFDS and Brittany Ferries for any help at all over the No Deal Brexit period? Or is it specific to the Ramsgate-Ostend route? I think it's to be assumed that it's the 3 who got the contracts, otherwise the Seaborne lot wouldn't be in there. (ie they w...

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tiger76 wrote:
Jimmy and Stuart will be eyeing up lots of wickets this summer,this Aussie batting line-up is fragile.

Depends if they've worked out how to get Smith out. He was the big difference last time.

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theroyaldyche wrote:Either way we pretty mich confirmed their relegation

Yes every team needs a scapegoat, especially when he's consistently been one of the best players

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tybfc wrote:Yes and we stand a great chance of stuffing them.

Except 2 very good cheats will be returning to the team, which rather evens things up I think.
(Edit: Sorry mean't good batters / bad cheats / unpleasant individuals).

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dsr wrote:You speak for yourself.

I wasn't speaking for myself. I'd like a cup run, but we all know that the FA Cup isn't a priority for Dyche or the club, and that the Fulham game is far more important to us all.

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As it's a cup game that we aren't that interested in, and given the "wingers" issue, might we not try Vydra wide on the left, with Wood behind Vokes?
(I'd definitely play Wood as another goal now would really set him up).

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33 would have been enough last season with our current goal difference. Can't see it being much (if any) more required this season tbh.

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quoonbeatz wrote:already seen 2 worse tackles on motd tonight that weren't punished with reds.

Make that 3 now with Doucoure.

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AngleseyClaret wrote:The ref was card happy tonight and issuing many cards for no reason, no way was Brady's a red card

Out of interest. Which of those cards did he get wrong? All seemed correct to me - for both teams.

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Spike wrote:Criminally insane =terrorist

I really don't think that Mandela was criminally insane, nor many others who fought for a cause. That's not to say that I agree with their methods or tactics.

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But as nil_desperandum accurately pointed out, there were suffragette terrorists. https://www.bl.uk/votes-for-women/articles/suffragettes-violence-and-militancy" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; And I would definitely put them among the 100% of terrorists that were wrong. Blimey, dsr a...

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Test User wrote:I think 100% of terrorists are not right either.

Suffragettes?
(Not that I support violent protest in any way)

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Oddly enough I was only thinking of him on Boxing Day (after our 5-1 defeat), remembering him tearing us apart in Liverpool's 5-1 win here on Boxing Day 1969. He absolutely ran us ragged. Great old-fashioned winger.

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Bobzuruncle wrote:I agree , with the exception of our central defenders.
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Mee stronger in the air than Vokes? Really?

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expoultryboy wrote:Aclaret : you forgot the worst of the lot , Russell brand .

None of those listed by Aclaret deserve to be ranked alongside Brand to be fair.

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Fine margins - that free header goes in and we're stuffed. It doesn't and we kick on for a damn good win. That was the key thing really yesterday. It almost seemed like fate. Week after week we've given the opposition free-headers / shots and they've generally buried them giving Hart simply no chan...

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I heard this terrible news around midday, (and did discuss it with those near to me at the match), but wasn't going to comment on here until it was posted by a source closer to the family. Very sad news indeed, and must be heartbreaking for Stan.
RIP Chris.

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So our two best players against Everton are both dropped - and I'm not including Hart in those two.

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It's been announced that Ruth, (the wife of Andrew) has died in her home country Australia at the age of just 46 from a rare form of lung cancer. It's just about exactly 12 months since she was diagnosed. How terribly sad for her husband and two young sons, (aged 13 and 10) that she should be taken ...

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I've based my conclusions on what I've previously stated above. Car manufacturing in the UK has been eroded year on year by companies moving production abroad (plenty of examples of this being done with the help of EU subsidies) Jaguar/Land rover announced earlier this year that they are moving pro...

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THEWELLERNUT70 wrote:Sounds like a venereal diseases

"I caught a touch of Cressida D!ck that I need looking at"

Well, at least you might have got us back on topic now after the deviation into the car industry!

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You seem very precise when quoting one figure, then round up an extra 25% for the other. Why is that? Out of the 27 countries you mention, how many produce and export vehicles to the UK? How many of the vehicles imported and exported to the UK are made by British companies? We exported 800,000 cars...

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From your own link "In 2017, the United Kingdom produced 1.75 million motor vehicles, exporting 800,000 of these within the European Union. The other way around, the EU countries represent 82% of the UK’s motor vehicle import volume, worth €38 billion. The 27 other EU member states (EU27) produced ...

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When it comes to the Automotive industry, the EU has far more to lose than the UK. Again, I'm glad they are worried Maybe check a few figures before making such a bold statement. Less than 12% of EU produced / exported cars come to the UK. That's a 12% hit divided by 27. 54% of UK exported cars go ...

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I find it really weird that an element of brexiteers - by no means all - say that there will be no problems with a "no deal" brexit, and then when someone who will be faced with the reality of it explains one of the problems, they say it won't be problem because we'll come to an agreement (i.e. deal...

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Top Claret wrote:Not saying drop him,but wtf has happened to Tarkowski? He used to take the ball out of defence and play football, the only things he does now is give it the big whoooosh

Maybe he has no options ahead of him? (Everton were particularly good at closing us down yesterday).

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Imagine that it was the last game of the season and Bradford required a point to stay up. I appreciate the ref would have probably have kept quiet in that situation but had he not it could have ended up with some interesting Litigation. But the evidence is there for all to see, and can't be denied ...

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Sunderland 1 Bradford City 0 - and referee Darren England has apologised to Bradford City manager for not allowing Bradford City's equaliser. Probably best I think that refs don't speak after a game, that hasn't helped anything. Totally disagree. Everyone mistakes, and refs should be encouraged to ...

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fidelcastro wrote:To suggest he isn't even Championship standard, committed or not, when he's been promoted from it TWICE, would suggest you're talking b0llocks!

I assume we're talking CURRENT form, not his past achievements

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Leisure wrote:Yeah, really got tonked at Spurs and Arsenal! FFS.

Yes but then he makes big changes to the defence

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boatshed bill wrote:Sorry, but Long wasn't very good vs Arsenal.
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Maybe, but Mee hasn't been good all season, but he's kept Gibson out.
(Agreed it must be difficult playing on the same side of the defence as Taylor, [before someone makes that point])

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taio wrote:He's better than Long. And it wouldn't have changed the result in any case. We were awful in every position with the exception of Gibson. We were never going to do better without playing a goalkeeper.

Partially agreed. But Gibson for Mee or Taylor would have made much more sense on current form.

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cricketfieldclarets wrote: Taylor needs replacing though.

Yes. If a change was to be made then that was the one.

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Bin Ont Turf wrote:When the personnel were just getting to grips with the new set up?

Totally agree. 3 changes to the back 5 was a totally unnecessary gamble after recent performances.

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cricketfieldclarets wrote:I could see the logic in trying Lowton. But he played at the expense of our most committed, best performer of the last month.

Sorry. I couldn't see any logic at all in effectively making 3 changes to the back 5.

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JohnDearyMe wrote:Hart, Mee and Lowton for starters

Not forgetting Taylor who put us on the back foot so early in the game. Terrible defending.

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Should have been on the pitch after about 20 minutes. It was so obvious by then that we needed someone out there who could show a bit of passion and leadership.

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