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******* hell.

This thread is grim.

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Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:22 pm
He looks a lot younger on that clip

I think it’s because he is.

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Marney&Mee wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 16, 2023 7:18 pm
Half of that’s his forehead…

He went to a posh dinner where it was £200 a head and he had to pay £300.

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I posted on one of their forums that I thought they’d do well to finish within 30 points of us.

They took umbrage at that and called me arrogant. I absolutely stand by it, I think we’ll possibly go over 100 points.

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Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 12, 2023 5:17 pm
Disappointed to see Helm go, thought he was one of our stronger academy players.

Are you still an Academy player at 21?

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Works over Manchester!!

You can take that to the bank then.

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Targetman wrote: ↑
Sat Jan 07, 2023 12:27 am
Delli Alli hasn't been a good player for a long, long time, if indeed he ever was!

If he ever was?

Jeez. How quick people forget.

There was a time when he was arguably the best U21 player in Europe.

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Other than moment games (York, Scunthorpe etc) the one I enjoyed most was 3-2 away at Luton with John Spicer in goal and Ade playing like prime Drogba.

That game was crazy. It was like a cheese dream.

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A friend of mine is a purveyor of vinyl - huge collection - and a reader (but not poster) on here.

He’s always available for appraisal of records and would likely purchase some if people are interested in selling.

Just as an FYI.

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I’ve preferred Vintinho, but Roberts had a very good game. I have been wondering the extent to which a once in a career World Cup had been playing on Roberts’ mind. Not saying he wasn’t giving his all, but it’d only be human to have the threat of injury niggling away in his head. Free from that now...

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Nori1958 wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 21, 2022 10:10 pm
We have several Muslim friends who celebrate Christmas, some of whom have gone down south to celebrate with their families

Oh well then.

Several hundred million don’t.

But you have some friends that do.

We’ll see which one is most likely then.

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morpheus2 wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 21, 2022 12:14 pm
I would imagine he'll be wanting to spend his christmas with his family and friends!

You’ve not thought that through, have you?

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I mean …… the last time we had a final here thousands of fans stormed the stadium and set off fireworks in their arse outside the stadium before the game.

But yeah ….. sure. We’re not treated fairly. It’s everybody else’s fault.

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atlantalad wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 23, 2022 1:01 am
I detest unions. How do they ‘protect’ you.

In no particular order :-

Weekends

Pensions

Sickness entitlement

The minimum wage

Maternity/paternity rights

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My favourite post is somebody seriously saying Barnes’ first goal should have been disallowed for pushing Kaminski after scoring.

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Found out only yesterday that the reason why I haven't been able to access twitter for the last couple of months is because I said. I used to like Everton but I hope they now sink. Back on now can't believe how woke its turned into, be lets hope Musk sorts it These days if you say you used to like ...

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A lovely man. Dry as a bone and had forgotten more than most people know.

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I disagree. There’s an undertone on here, on Twitter and at the games that people don’t quite trust this team or staff. I’ve had the distinct impression that a sizeable proportion of fans are expecting the wheels to come off. I put it down to the sea change in style and fact that we’ve had 10 years...

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annoys me immensely. Fairweather fans. only interested if we are winning. guy seated near me in the Bob Lord went to the bar/toilet 3 times in the first half. another 3 times in the second half and wasn't seen again after 75 minutes. delusional. What if he has an illness? To look at me I’m an other...

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In seriousness, it's fair for him to want to play at the best level possible to get into the Dutch team (particularly if Van Gaal told him he needed to). This summer he decided the championship was not that level, so I wonder what would have changed for him to have such a turn in opinion and want t...

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Pickles wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 30, 2022 10:43 pm
Concerning Harwood-Bellis...

You don't captain England through the levels if you haven't got a bit.

Mark Ford says “Hi”.

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I always liked the old joke about Inces 1st season at OT ... after a particularly difficult start Sir Alex turned to Ince in a prematch dressing room peptalk and said "and you Ince ... if you don't pull your finger out I am pulling you off at half time" Ince grinned and said "oooooooh Gaffer we onl...

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Evidentially, all the players who left were taken by PL clubs or purchased by a PL club last season. So, no arguments. Brownhill wasn't and neither was Zaroury. Whether their stock has risen subsequently I don't know but the point still substantively stands. It absolutely does not. By your rational...

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ClaretPete001 wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 26, 2022 10:12 am
How many of those who played yesterday could we sell to PL clubs: probably none.

You don’t think we could sell Brownhill and Zaroury to Premier League clubs?

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Difficult at Villa as it is at Everton. High expectations but not really enough money to realise them Eh? Top 10 highest net spend in Europe over the last five years - that’s despite two of those years in the Championship and bringing in over £100 million for Grealish. https://www.planetfootball.co...

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The Esk is a bit of a laughing stock amongst Everton fans.

He got some huge, huge, huge things wrong in the early days regarding Moshiri. Search his name on Grand Old Team, their forum. Not great reading.

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Not even on the bench today :- Twine Churlinov Westwood McNally Dervisoglu Lowton This team is 13 games old. We don’t know our best back four yet. Don’t know our best front three yet. But we’re two points off top. Second top scorers. Lost once. There is way, way, way more to come from this team. I’m...

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I was just looking up Steve Bruce's career on Wiki. It seems in 1999, while manager of Huddersfield, he wrote a trio of novels: Striker!, Sweeper! and Defender!. The books centred on fictional football manager Steve Barnes, based on Bruce, who solved murder mysteries and thwarted terrorists. Bruce ...

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Thought the OP had misspelt our goalkeepers name initially.

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Was talking to an MD at a big construction firm who employ thousands of people.

They said it was costing them £365k to give their staff a paid day off.

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fanzone wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 11, 2022 12:09 am
Just my opinion but true racism has vanished in this country

I’m gonna stick my neck out here and guess that you are a white guy.

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Dyche also on Richard Keys and Andy Gray’s podcast this week …….. and it’s actually quite embarrassing.

I don’t think too many other prospective Premier League managers would agree quite so much with Richard Keys on modern football.

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Lancasterclaret wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 01, 2022 11:28 am
https://twitter.com/berger_pj/status/15 ... 9385956353

More confirmation

Bit annoyed that its another loan, but I guess this is the way we are going to do it

I rather suspect this is our last resort having failed to agree a price for the Metz lad. I’d rather this than nothing at all.

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Watching the clips of Dervisoglu, it's notable that he seems to drop deep as opposed to playing as a dedicated 9. It's becoming clearer and clearer (especially after last night, with Rodriguez adopting a False 9 position for the majority of the game) that Kompany really doesn't see us having the us...

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We had to drop Jack Cork back into the centre halves at goal kicks last night as he didn’t win a header. The moment when Muric came out for the free kick was to help his centre backs as they couldn’t compete in the air. The Hull goal at the Turf came from him coming to the half way line for a header...

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That pass from Muric to Tella in the first half was worth the entrance fee alone.

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There were times where he was running into positions the centre forward would take. The movement with Jay or Tella drifting wide and Vitinho running through the middle was superb.

That could easily have been four or five again tonight.

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Think people are going a bit overboard here.

Loses an awful lot in the air.

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I love Sean Dyche. I think he did a brilliant job. But there’s absolutely no way he gets the Leicester, Forest or Villa jobs. His brand is too entrenched and clubs like that consider themselves progressive. Personally think he’s going to have a real hard time unless he adjusts his thoughts. To me hi...

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In a packed, packed field this may be the most “these days, if you say you’re English” thread that’s every been on here.

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Fair to say lowbank had a drink last night, I think.

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This thread.

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BigGaz wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 22, 2022 10:26 am
There is no sliding scale of morality. Either all of it is ok or none of it is

I mean …… that’s just plain wrong.

Racist chanting is ok? What about a chant about the Cardiff striker who died in the plane crash?

Under your theory that’s all fine.

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The form was patchy, we had the 3rd best home record though and we were 9th with a game in hand. I dunno just felt like the timing was odd at the time, it worked out in the end I guess. Next you’ll be quoting the Deloitte and Touche points per wage spend stat. The form wasn’t patchy. It was gash an...

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KRBFC wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 23, 2022 7:40 pm
We were 9th with a game in hand, 1 of the best home records in the division.

Home game before we’d chucked away a 2 goal lead against Leeds to lose 3-2. We’d also been smashed at home 4-0 by Reading.

We’d also only won one game away from home all season.

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Maybe I'm the only one and I'm rewriting history and making things up. I hated the Laws appointment but I found the timing of his sacking quite bizarre. We were around the playoffs, I thought we were going along ok that season. Didn’t he get sacked after we were beaten at home by a bloody awful Scu...

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PremierLeagueClass wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 23, 2022 3:33 pm
Show me a good loser and I’ll show you a loser

Meaningless ear **** is that phrase.

Absolute bobbins.

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KlyBfc wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 22, 2022 5:43 pm
I’m not a huge fan of Barnes by any means but I’d rather have his honesty

His what now?

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Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 17, 2022 7:09 pm
Kind of shows how flawed there algorithm is.

Kind of shows how flawed your intelligence is.

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11 goals in 91 appearances in all competitions.

Just didn’t work out this one.

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