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by ecc
Sat Feb 17, 2024 2:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The incredibly upbeat (wow what a result) Arsenal matchday thread.
Replies: 31
Views: 1991

Re: The incredibly upbeat (wow what a result) Arsenal matchday thread.

At least Charlie's fit again. Be back next match.

Long afternoon ahead.
by ecc
Fri Feb 16, 2024 3:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE:Under-21s back in action against Posh
Replies: 10
Views: 943

Re: ARTICLE:Under-21s back in action against Posh

No, none were in the squad.
by ecc
Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bayern season tickets
Replies: 11
Views: 1512

Re: Bayern season tickets

And for 17 matches, not 19.
by ecc
Thu Feb 15, 2024 5:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Seven Virtues of Mental Health
Replies: 33
Views: 2252

Re: The Seven Virtues of Mental Health

Hello Rowls,

Only just seen your long post.

I will read it through but I'd just like to ask you two questions if I may:

a) Have you ever spent time in or visited a psychiatric clinic?

b) Do you believe depression-related suicide can be drastically reduced if everybody follows your advice?
by ecc
Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Foster and Beyer remain out
Replies: 61
Views: 3882

Re: Foster and Beyer remain out

Crap news about Lyle. Just a crap bloody season.
by ecc
Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Football's Magic Money Tree
Replies: 9995
Views: 1022137

Re: Football's Magic Money Tree

More wrongdoing at Barcelona and more FFP related payments to reduce their squad budget - this is what happens when you persistently seek to flex/stretch rules and cut corners. They will delay by appealing again (this has been running for four years already) but one wonders what practice they have ...
by ecc
Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:42 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Palace/Chelsea
Replies: 27
Views: 1973

Re: Palace/Chelsea

ElectroClaret wrote:
Mon Feb 12, 2024 10:42 pm
Nope.
But a belief in a footballing miracle is all we have now mate.
Indeed.
by ecc
Sun Feb 11, 2024 8:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Football on your travels
Replies: 7
Views: 525

Re: Football on your travels

My mother came from Kirkham but she didn't like football.
by ecc
Sun Feb 11, 2024 2:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 6 Nations Rugby ... Round 2
Replies: 46
Views: 1974

Re: 6 Nations Rugby ... Round 2

Hi Clarets4me : thank's for taking it in good spirit. I don't follow rugby but know the difference between these two countries in rugby.

I used to follow football. I supported Burnley but I'm taking a sabbatical. :)
by ecc
Sun Feb 11, 2024 2:06 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Leverkusen V Munich
Replies: 27
Views: 1846

Re: Leverkusen V Munich

Alonso will probably be living in Southport again come the summer.
by ecc
Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Leverkusen V Munich
Replies: 27
Views: 1846

Re: Leverkusen V Munich

The first Bayer goal scorer is on loan from Bayern. I think our FA or Premier League outlawed that a decade or so ago - can't remember the player but I think it involved a newcastle striker scoring the winner against them whilst on loan for someone else. Bayern obviously allowed Stanisic to play ag...
by ecc
Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 6 Nations Rugby ... Round 2
Replies: 46
Views: 1974

Re: 6 Nations Rugby ... Round 2

Are Ireland playing themselves? :)
by ecc
Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How to Fight Off a Bully XL
Replies: 72
Views: 4422

Re: How to Fight Off a Bully XL

Croydon Claret wrote:
Wed Feb 07, 2024 2:10 pm
Hit it with a rolled up copy of the Daily Mail or, if browsing online, an iPad will perform the same function
Are these dogs put off by the smell of sh*t?
by ecc
Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Kick off after a goal.
Replies: 16
Views: 2003

Re: Kick off after a goal.

"Maybe one player getting the use of an invisibility cloak for ten seconds after conceding."

LOL. Needed cheering up. Thanks for that.
by ecc
Sat Feb 10, 2024 3:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today’s thread - Liverpool v Burnley
Replies: 601
Views: 16612

Re: Today’s thread - Liverpool v Burnley

Benson on the bench though.
by ecc
Sat Feb 10, 2024 2:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today’s thread - Liverpool v Burnley
Replies: 601
Views: 16612

Re: Today’s thread - Liverpool v Burnley

It's just one sodding injury after another.
by ecc
Sat Feb 10, 2024 2:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today’s games
Replies: 41
Views: 1861

Re: Today’s games

2-0.

But they won't go down. Whatever people might say, the stats show SD has steadied that ship (unfortunately).
by ecc
Sat Feb 10, 2024 1:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Under 18s v. Crewe this morning
Replies: 16
Views: 1249

Re: Under 18s v. Crewe this morning

Did well to win with a young team and on the back of the FAYC disappointment.
by ecc
Sat Feb 03, 2024 12:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Todays Football
Replies: 46
Views: 1990

Re: Todays Football

Bet that went down well with the locals.
by ecc
Sat Feb 03, 2024 9:52 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Team for Fulham
Replies: 100
Views: 5280

Re: Team for Fulham

"This is why events unnerve me
They find it all, a different story
Notice whom for wheels are turning
Turn again and turn towards this time
All she asks the strength to hold me
THEN AGAIN THE SAME OLD STORY"
by ecc
Thu Feb 01, 2024 5:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Actual Transfer News - NO BICKERING or pointless debates...
Replies: 386
Views: 51486

Re: Actual Transfer News - NO BICKERING or pointless debates...

Meunier would be a great addition.
by ecc
Tue Jan 30, 2024 8:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cost of Living
Replies: 198
Views: 12201

Re: Cost of Living

evensteadiereddie wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2024 7:57 pm
Not necessarily but at least we can hope that any decisions made will be for the good of the country and not just the usual chosen few.
Certainly won't change with the Tories in power.
by ecc
Tue Jan 30, 2024 5:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Haaland and KDB fit and available
Replies: 13
Views: 1528

Re: Haaland and KDB fit and available

"For some I know having the opportunity to watch us pit our wits against the top players is what football is all about. Personally, the gulf in quality and resources makes games like tomorrow seem rather tired and pointless."

That's where the PL and CL has got football.
by ecc
Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE:Under-21s back in cup action today
Replies: 25
Views: 2119

Re: ARTICLE:Under-21s back in cup action today

Don't know how badly injured Lewis Richardson is but really would like to see him out on loan. He'll be 21 soon - amazingly - and he really needs to be playing with pros.
by ecc
Sun Jan 28, 2024 5:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Father & Son for Burnley
Replies: 32
Views: 2596

Re: Father & Son for Burnley

The Lampards' Frankness.
by ecc
Sun Jan 28, 2024 3:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: West Brom v Wolves
Replies: 67
Views: 4245

Re: West Brom v Wolves

Just seen this photo (see link). A beer bottle thrown at Wolves player Tommy Doyle. If that had hit him, he'd probably be in hospital. For that alone, West Brom must be punished and not just a fifty quid fine.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68123138
by ecc
Sun Jan 28, 2024 3:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Would Girona winning La Liga be bigger than Leicester winning the Prem ?
Replies: 20
Views: 1349

Re: Would Girona winning La Liga be bigger than Leicester winning the Prem ?

jrgbfc wrote:
Sun Jan 28, 2024 2:51 pm
Would they be allowed to play in the Champions league of they have the same owners as City?
Undoubtedly. City do what they want.
by ecc
Sun Jan 28, 2024 2:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: West Brom v Wolves
Replies: 67
Views: 4245

Re: West Brom v Wolves

It's NOT like the "old days" but God forbid we see them again.
by ecc
Sun Jan 28, 2024 2:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Would Girona winning La Liga be bigger than Leicester winning the Prem ?
Replies: 20
Views: 1349

Re: Would Girona winning La Liga be bigger than Leicester winning the Prem ?

Part of City Football Group Limited (CFG).

They have a Ukranian lad, Anton Dvobyk, scoring a lot of goals in his first season in a major league.
by ecc
Sun Jan 28, 2024 1:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jannik Sinner - The First Italian Men's GS winner since 1976.
Replies: 2
Views: 256

Jannik Sinner - The First Italian Men's GS winner since 1976.

At the top of the list with the most "unItalian" of names (he comes from the German-speaking South Tyrol area in Northern Italy), Jannik Sinner has just beaten Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open. The last Italian male to win a GS was Adriano Panatta in Paris in 1976.
by ecc
Sun Jan 28, 2024 1:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: West Indies win in Australia for the first time since 1997
Replies: 1
Views: 211

Re: West Indies win in Australia for the first time since 1997

My childhood was watching a raft of All-Time Great Teams.

One could say they overproduced for twenty years.

Michael Holding and Viv Richards were the best to watch. The former was elegance personified, the latter the most exciting batsman I've ever seen.
by ecc
Sun Jan 28, 2024 11:26 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: India Vs England 1st Test
Replies: 148
Views: 7761

Re: India Vs England 1st Test

expoultryboy wrote:
Sun Jan 28, 2024 11:22 am
Beat me to it eec
Not often I'm quick to the draw.

These damn Burnley fans get everywhere.
by ecc
Sun Jan 28, 2024 11:16 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: India Vs England 1st Test
Replies: 148
Views: 7761

Re: India Vs England 1st Test

Ind 164-7

Need 67 runs to win

Ashwin, hopping onto the back foot, uses the middle of his bat again.

Most of the ground is in shadow now. An England fan in a Burnley shirt fiddles nervously with his bucket hat.
by ecc
Sat Jan 27, 2024 10:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Mellon makes it three at the Dee
Replies: 32
Views: 3602

Re: ARTICLE: Mellon makes it three at the Dee

Well done, Michael.

I really don't know how the SPL rates compared with L1. Put 28 Feb in your diary: Dundee play at Parkhead.
by ecc
Thu Jan 25, 2024 7:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Conscription
Replies: 132
Views: 6786

Re: Conscription

I hate the army and I hate the R.A.F.
I don't wanna go fighting in the tropical heat
I hate the civil service rules
I won't open a letter bomb for you
by ecc
Wed Jan 24, 2024 8:59 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Obafemi becomes a Lion
Replies: 103
Views: 7877

Re: ARTICLE: Obafemi becomes a Lion

ClaretPete001 wrote:
Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:20 pm
If Amdouni or Foster get injured we are back to 34 year old Jay Rod as backup.

Obafemi must be so far from VKs plans that he would need a HS2 link to get back in them...!

I think we need to ask Alice, I think she'll know...!
My wife doesn't know anything about football.
by ecc
Tue Jan 23, 2024 6:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: A first loan for Westley
Replies: 7
Views: 2433

Re: ARTICLE: A first loan for Westley

Was hoping he'd go to an L2 team but, whatever, it will be a proper test for him.

Wish the lad all the best.
by ecc
Tue Jan 23, 2024 6:19 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Cup night for the youth team
Replies: 57
Views: 3319

Re: ARTICLE: Cup night for the youth team

Well done, lads!
by ecc
Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Kompany's Signings (Complete List)
Replies: 218
Views: 7818

Re: Kompany's Signings (Complete List)

When you're winning fans don't say too much about some signings not working out. However, when you're losing every single decision is fair game for criyicism.
by ecc
Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Actual Transfer News - NO BICKERING or pointless debates...
Replies: 386
Views: 51486

Re: Actual Transfer News - NO BICKERING or pointless debates...

I'd agree if we've given up all hope of staying up (which I haven't - I am too much of an optimist).
by ecc
Mon Jan 22, 2024 4:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Actual Transfer News - NO BICKERING or pointless debates...
Replies: 386
Views: 51486

Re: Actual Transfer News - NO BICKERING or pointless debates...

Sorry if mentioned elsewhere.

We don't know whether this true. If we were to loan him out then I would struggle to understand it.

https://southwarknews.co.uk/sport/footb ... -transfer/
by ecc
Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:53 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Battle of the Somme
Replies: 34
Views: 2539

Re: Battle of the Somme

We can't have enough threads about these men. The day we stop paying tributes to them will be a dangerous one.

We shouldn't forget the soldiers from across the British Empire who travelled so far to go through hell for the British.
by ecc
Sun Jan 21, 2024 10:19 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Netflix / Prime recommendations
Replies: 571
Views: 65459

Re: Netflix / Prime recommendations

the fella who plays reacher is no actor but neither was arnie.

We could do with him in defence.
by ecc
Sat Jan 20, 2024 2:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Win needed against Brentford to keep under-21 cup hopes alive
Replies: 24
Views: 1512

Re: ARTICLE: Win needed against Brentford to keep under-21 cup hopes alive

Sounds like a good goal. If only he'd not been plagued by injuries.

Well done, Lewis!
by ecc
Sat Jan 20, 2024 12:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today's Football
Replies: 68
Views: 3708

Re: Today's Football

Not many matches on today. Gooners desperately need a win. Type of match Palace usually turn up for.
by ecc
Sat Jan 20, 2024 12:06 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Win needed against Brentford to keep under-21 cup hopes alive
Replies: 24
Views: 1512

Re: ARTICLE: Win needed against Brentford to keep under-21 cup hopes alive

Sam Waller Alex Healy-Byrne Bradley Grant Logan Pye Dan Sassi Jez Davies Basilio Soccliche Will Hugill Lewis Richardson Trialist A Trialist B Subs: Moss, Torraj, Trialist C, Burrell, Trialist D No Joe Westley or Tom Tweedy. I would like to see Joe go out on loan. You have to feel that at nearly 21 L...
by ecc
Sat Jan 20, 2024 8:55 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hobbies outside of Football and Burnley FC
Replies: 70
Views: 3488

Re: Hobbies outside of Football and Burnley FC

Working is not a hobby but takes up my time.

Trying to keep up with geopolitics.

Reading (fiction and non-fiction)

Listening to music

Learning languages