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ClaretsPadiham wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:13 pm
Will they be playing the 2nd 11 and resting the big boys for the semi final ?

I'm not involved enough to even have a guess.

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ClaretsPadiham wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 07, 2024 7:14 pm
Haha good luck with that they play the night before

The Cheadle Town game on Tuesday has been moved to Steeton.

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One problem with this playing about at the back, is that it doesn't get us anywhere. Most of our goals (and we don't score all that many) come from breakaways where we get the ball forward quickly. We're not good at breaking down a packed defence, or a defence that is given time to get organised.

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In American football (NFL), they typically have a general manager to draft and trade for the players, and the head coach to coach them and to make all the matchday decisions. Obviously they have to work together, and it would be a foolish GM who didn't run potential signings past the coach. But the ...

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What does a director of football do? If he is Kompany's boss, then he's just like any other director. If he's not Kompany's boss, then he isn't a director at all. What's the job description?

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Darnhill Claret wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:43 am
We got away with one today. JRod's foul not getting much of a mention.

Was that the one near the end when he touched the man's sock so hard that the shin pad might almost have felt it?

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We don’t deserve it ,but here we are with the aforementioned Fat Lady being refused admission next week . While this is gonna cause some minor chaos for other large ladies , it’s not over until she sings . The only reason she won't be singing is if they're still searching her bag. Maybe they're doi...

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ClaretsPadiham wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 06, 2024 2:10 pm
Padiham’s is looking lovely.

Could we borrow it for half a dozen games?

One of them has been rearranged to be played at Ilkley, after sponsorship was found. There is an artificial pitch that meets the standard.

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24 friendlies arranged for this weekend, and all 24 cancelled. About 2 inches of rain forecast this week. Good luck!

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CoolClaret wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 06, 2024 11:27 am
Dean West was a good player!

Can I call the new lad Shandy Rambo?

West had three things to do, and he did all three well.

1. Defend.
2. Give the ball to Glen Little.
3. Run up and down the wing all day long acting as a decoy while Little did the fancy work.

Ideal player for the job.

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Sides are aware now that going down after any touch is likely to be given as a foul by these horrific referees. That’s why there has been a sharp rise in the cheating. Yes, but referees are marked on every decision they make, and if they continue giving these free kicks and penalties for minimal co...

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How do you know what they are taught? All top level referees are marked on every decision they make. About 250 per game. If the people marking them, who by definition are their teachers, thought that refs in general were giving too many free kicks, then the ones who give most would be quickly repla...

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I'm saying that if Alan Pace had received remuneration from the affiliate entity my understanding is that BFCHL would have to report that in the directors' remuneration statement. (It's the easiest thing in the world for the auditors to ask what the management fee was paid for and make sure that it...

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Depending how much you had to drink before the game, there's Charlie Taylor, Danny Fox, Les Thompson, Ray Deakin, Les Latcham, Alex Elder ...

Slightly more seriously, and with definite cheating via Wikipedia (I was looking up something else), I'll nominate Steven Hewitt.

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I don't think the ref is in the perfect position. Whilst up with play he's a bit close. All he might have seen is O'Shea's arm movement then the player going down. It makes sense because O'Shea had messed up so it's quite possible he will try to foul to recover the situation. I agree it's not a fre...

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Since the match yesterday was postponed for a waterlogged pitch, not too good.

The Charnock Richard match has now been slotted in on Wednesday 18th. Presumably Friday 20th has been saved for a potential cup final?

I wonder if there'll be any squad rotation? Anyone fancy a game?

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When you say ring fenced, how do you mean? Although I agree I’m not expecting them to repay the debt, my point was just more that I think we know cash does exist within the group should the worst occur. Re: Brighton - well they wouldn’t have it because they made an outrageous profit last year :lol:...

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I’ve not said it will. I’d like to know a) what it’s there for, and b) how it came to be there, though. Any theories? Until we know that, the existence of £88m minimum cash in a group company and/or now in the possession of our ultimate shareholders, provides some comfort there is access to funds a...

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It's a necessary addition to the change in the offside law for VAR matches. (Or, for the pernickety, the change in the application of the law.) When you could be in front, behind, or level, the linesman had a decent chance of being right, so let him make the decision. Now that you can only be in fro...

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Nothing VAR could do. The delay would presumably be looking for offside.

The problem is that refs are taught to give free kicks essentially whenever a PL player asks for one, unless they are certain there was no foul. If a player falls over, and they aren't sure, they will give the free kick.

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Look at the bigger picture, my friend. So fortunate that Alan Pace is aligned with the very immediate future of Burnley Football Club..... ....... True enough. If he hadn't taken out another £10m by way of loan, £2.5m in fees, and who knows how much paid in interest to service his loans, we could b...

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Presumably the wage bill will include promotion bonuses, which it would be more sensible to include with next year's accounts since it will be paid out of next year's money. But accounting policies, like the laws of football, have been stepping away from sensible in recent years, and moving towards ...

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I couldn't even say which country some of Burnley's players come from. And I might recognise two or three of the opponents, but basically they're just coloured shirts.

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beddie wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:58 pm
Probably, the trouble with him was that he wouldn’t spend anything unless it was absolutely necessary. He often said I might need it one day.

It's after 12 o'clock so you can stop now.

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Thank you for this. I’ve just rung my 70 year old farming friend. He’s well known for putting all his money under the mattress, never trusted banks/ building society’s. He knows he’ll have a few million so I’ve offered to go up and help him sort it out. I remember he used bailer twine to wrap round...

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claret2018 wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 01, 2024 10:50 am
Is there anything as tedious as April fools day stories in the papers.

Especially those printed on March 31st.

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Roll on 12 o'clock. I was worried.

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Don't agree it was a penalty, but worse still a yellow card. If that was a booking then there should have been at least another dozen. Pathetic. We would have only had 3 more. 7 fouls by Burnley, 4 yellow cards. Chelsea, on the other hand, would have had another 9 or so. They would have been gettin...

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Just seen, posting below: Cole Palmer (Chelsea): I've seen some poor decisions in my time but the penalty awarded to Chelsea for the apparent foul on Mykhailo Mudryk by Burnley's Lorenz Assignon was about as farcical as it gets. Darren England's assessment of the situation was appalling. He awarded...

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Came home last night just in time to watch our game on Motd and the thoughts of an ex pro footballer on the penalty decision, now I was a bit tipsy but he explained why it was not a penalty. My question is do any ex professional footballers sit on var because a common criticism thrown at refs is th...

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If you really can’t see why , both in real time and VAR why it was given by the ref and VAR , it’s more about claret tinted denial than real time decision making . If you seriously think Assignon didn’t commit a foul , albeit a relatively soft tuone , there’s no point whatsoever in even trying to r...

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Ironic that Dyche's teams were perceived as cloggers, but I think we've had as many sent off this season as we did in all Dyche's time in the PL.

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When the ref gives a penalty, VAR will not overturn it unless they can prove that the forward was not touched. If there was the merest touch, then it will be confirmed. That's the way the powers that be think it should be done, for the time being.

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can't say with any authority, because it would be hypothetical, but my gut feeling is had it been Arsenal instead of us then those decisions by the officials would be different. I cant think why referees should be biased, because it looks improbable, but yesterday made a mockery of their role at th...

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Do you think he watches the game back to see what a mess he has made of things? Of course, it just might help if VAR did its job of telling the ref there is something that might be worth a second look. As it stands, when the ref gives a penalty, VAR will give it even if the contact is restricted to ...

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The problem with referees isn't just that England is incompetent. Refs nowadays are trained to be incompetent by the PGMOL. Look at the two penalties Newcastle got today. One, both players went for the ball, neither got it, their boots clashed, penalty. The second one, the West Ham man tried to kick...

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Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage applied for German dual National passports although Farage was refused his .: both should be hung for treason leading the blind To vote for brexit which was the worst decision this country has made .: You can't hang 52% of the population because you don't agree with t...

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KateR wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:58 pm
Just thought I'd drop this here, love to hear what DSR & Co have to say about this

20% of what? Is it a cash reward, and if so, where is the cash coming from? Or is it 20% bonus units?

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Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:29 pm
I'm pretty sure a credit agency will hold records of all of your legitimate financial affaris.

Thanks, that would solve it.

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Even with Crypto if I died an executor could find out I had a Coinbase account and Coinbase would be duty bound to provide all the details and give access to the assets or the funds. How could they find out you have a Coinbase account? For the record, I know that the transactions are not stored on ...

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If I die, and my brother has to sort out my affairs, and all my transactions are on my mobile phone - how does he find out where my money is?

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If people want to take babies on it should be at their own risk,maybe a seperate area possibly utilising some of the disabled area,I never took mine on until they started infants,ditto the grandchildren I'd be worried about anti social behaviour in the area or an accidental spillage of a hot drink ...

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Whats the phone got to do with it? Nothing is stored on the phone and the next of kin dont have to wait for a bank statement be it on paper or online. The bank itself will be who provides the executors or next of kin any information they need. You do realise that when somebody dies professional exe...

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Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:35 pm
Yes they do but most people would use a digital bank statement via their online banking account

That's what I thought people did. But if the executors or next of kin just have to watch the letterbox for a month to get the next paper statement, then it's an awful lot easier than unlocking a phone.

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I booked a non refundable £2k holiday yesterday, to leave on Saturday for the EU. Today, after seeing the BBC website, never having heard the 10 year rule, I checked my passport and despite having plenty of time left it was 10 years and 3 months since issue. I then checked the Urgent 1 Day passport...

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The reason the Passport Dates Rules are not promoted is down to the blanket media avoidance of the B word. BREXIT. The irony being the rules - as were allowed while in the EU actually still stand to travel to many other Countries, just now no longer to the EU. The change in UK passport standing has...

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Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:30 pm
The money is in your bank account and your bank statements would be the paper trail.

I didn't realise internet banks still sent out paper statements. I know credit card companies don't if you let them get away with it.

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Well offer your opinion then. Do you think it's wise to take babies onto football matches. I can't think of 1 single benefit the baby will get out of it not at that age. 1. It gets used to loud noises before it's old enough to object. (Obviously if it cries like a baby it will be removed.) 2. Like ...

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Getting bored of this. Yes, it includes 5 GB per month, which would be well ample for your banking and ticketing needs. Anyhow, on reflection, I now think you should stick to your rubber finger and continue to ignore stuff that makes life easier. The second sentence isn't really necessary, is it? O...

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Walton wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:32 pm
Lebara have a non-contract deal for unlimited calls and messages with 5gb of data for £1.98pm for the first 3 months, then £4.95pm thereafter, working out around £4.20pm for a 12 month period.

They do cheaper deals as well

Brill. How much for the handset?

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