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- Sat Jan 27, 2024 2:47 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Todays football
- Replies: 112
- Views: 4246
Re: Todays football
Maidstone was one of my most memorable ever away days. We arrived for the fourth division fixture to find only one chippy… The poor south Asian girl unused to the accent exceedingly rare could not understand the lad at the front wanted a chip butty… after a long discussion about words for bread… the...
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 2:41 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Steve Cotterill
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3845
Re: Steve Cotterill
Quite possibly.
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 2:09 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: A class above the rest
- Replies: 58
- Views: 2995
Re: A class above the rest
Perhaps it is my age but the first one I remember as being talked about as being too good to stay at Burnley for long is Phil Cavanagh
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:18 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Steve Cotterill
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3845
Re: Steve Cotterill
Hardly - if you’d said the previous season I might have agreed but some good performances in the early part of the season before he left. Don’t remember an upturn in form, but I’m certainly not going to argue. I remember being a little surprised by the timing but unsurprised (apart from him being a...
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:15 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: A Claret under the knife today
- Replies: 44
- Views: 3873
Re: A Claret under the knife today
Strangely you’ve got a lot of time for murderers too. Do I ? Or do I have a lot of time for justice. As someone with mental disability who has been in and out of work all my life due to ‘not applying myself’ for 52 years only to find out I had been repeatedly let down by those who were supposed to ...
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:01 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Steve Cotterill
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3845
Re: Steve Cotterill
From what i remember his Bristol City were basically a wide open gung ho type side. He was massively adaptable with us, he had success with Robbie Blake as a lone striker, Akinbiyi and Andy Gray, all completely different styles. His name has a negative reputation alongside it, im not really sure wh...
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:46 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Steve Cotterill
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3845
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:35 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: A Claret under the knife today
- Replies: 44
- Views: 3873
Re: A Claret under the knife today
I would be amazed if he ever hinted it Really? I have read several comments at least attributed to him, including that he followed our progress last season. As I say I have no all seeing eye to either confirm or deny your opinion, but see no need to rubbish our ‘Royal support’ as it has zero effect...
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:54 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: A Claret under the knife today
- Replies: 44
- Views: 3873
Re: A Claret under the knife today
To me he's just a fellow human being living on this planet of ours. And of course I wouldn't expect him to have been recovering on the bed next to mine. It just doesn't seem right. No it doesn’t. Maybe that is exactly the point he was making when splitting with the tradition of the Royal family bei...
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:46 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: A Claret under the knife today
- Replies: 44
- Views: 3873
Re: A Claret under the knife today
I had to have prostate surgery in December 2023. It took me many months of being on the waiting list and me having to chase and chase to get it done when I did. I found it very stressful not knowing when my operation would be and then of course if it would be cancelled possibly at the last minute. ...
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:32 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: A Claret under the knife today
- Replies: 44
- Views: 3873
Re: A Claret under the knife today
Another all seeing eye… where do members of this board get them from….. where do I get one?daveisaclaret wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:29 amTakes a special kind of rube to believe he's a Burnley fan in any meaningful way.
I could really use one of those.
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:25 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Klopp to leave
- Replies: 87
- Views: 5343
Re: Klopp to leave
Probably decided he cannot cope with another year of the Premier League’s version of VAR
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 7:58 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Conscription
- Replies: 132
- Views: 6700
Re: Conscription
It's a nonsense story. If we're even close to a situation where this is required then we've all got much bigger problems to worry about. Although we probably won't have that long to worry about them. …. Because Britain has never been caught rubbishing warnings of impending World Wars, and ignored t...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 4:52 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Get ready for protests down the M65
- Replies: 91
- Views: 7700
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 4:34 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: January transfer window rumours.
- Replies: 2353
- Views: 285536
Re: January transfer window rumours.
Putting up murals to past greats perhapsCoolClaret wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 4:19 pmIt's one thing that JJ cannot be accused of tbh.
He's doing a splendid job - love him referencing Jimmy Mc..
We should definitely do more to market our history and awareness of some of our club legends!
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 4:04 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Get ready for protests down the M65
- Replies: 91
- Views: 7700
Re: Get ready for protests down the M65
Losses and debts are OK as long as they are sustainable. When Venkys stop pumping in the money... its bye bye. They can sell Wharton, £18m in the bank... where does that money go... back into the team's development or paying off debts? They'll have to hope for another Wharton to come through the ra...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 3:43 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Conscription
- Replies: 132
- Views: 6700
Re: Conscription
Probably worth you reading some Nozick, Hayek and Hoppe. From my (admittedly sparse knowledge) of these theories they are built from a premise similar to that employed by Paine, Marx and many others since the mid eighteenth century onward. Sadly they tend not to concentrate on the abuse such models...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 3:15 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Conscription
- Replies: 132
- Views: 6700
Re: Conscription
Switzerland Avoided the last war by being the world’s ask no questions bankers and no threat to ambition. The same policy used in this country has only exacerbated the problem… Britain is not a neutral power. Although it was dragged kicking and screaming into a democracy by revolts in America and F...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 2:40 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Conscription
- Replies: 132
- Views: 6700
Re: Conscription
The ones who are easily deceived are the more liberal in society. They fall for establishment propaganda all the time. Real people who have had to look after themselves/and family and who work in uncensored ( ordinary) environments and socialise in normal places with normal people. For example a st...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 1:27 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Conscription
- Replies: 132
- Views: 6700
Re: Conscription
I expected the many interesting posts from people giving their views on conscription, and I think it is silly that there are also posts which treat this as a genuine suggestion/possibility. I thought I had been pretty clear about it. I think you need to look around at what is happening in the world...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 1:24 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Get ready for protests down the M65
- Replies: 91
- Views: 7700
Re: Get ready for protests down the M65
There's massive losses and then massive losses though, isn't there? The amount Venky's are plugging into Rovers is obscene. It has certainly upset the Indian government. Bless them they live on a cloud… the Everton fiasco has obviously gone unnoticed by our neighbours. It will likely get far worse ...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 1:12 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Conscription
- Replies: 132
- Views: 6700
Re: Conscription
It's a fair point, but the first choice I would lean towards when considering how to protect my family would be getting us all out of the country. Preferably somewhere warm and safe, but would take anywhere safe. Good luck finding somewhere safe when the East, far East and Africa unite against the ...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 12:30 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Conscription
- Replies: 132
- Views: 6700
Re: Conscription
I'd assume considering this PC, inclusive World we now live in that fighting age females will also be called up and required to fight? I think you are being optimistic assuming there will be a fighting age, let alone questioning if women will be expected to be ready to fight. It is pretty certain u...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 12:19 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Conscription
- Replies: 132
- Views: 6700
Re: Conscription
The comments that initiated this debate seems to be by a soon to be retired army General: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/24/army-chief-says-people-of-uk-are-prewar-generation-who-must-be-ready-to-fight-russia https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-with-mandatory-...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 12:10 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Conscription
- Replies: 132
- Views: 6700
Re: Conscription
The rise in dictatorships - China, Russia, North Korea - across the globe is worrying to say the least. You have to wonder why Americans would vote another one in this November after the carnage he caused last time. America has history: protectionism has been a vote winner in the states. The island...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 11:20 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ARTICLE: Obafemi becomes a Lion
- Replies: 103
- Views: 7815
Re: ARTICLE: Obafemi becomes a Lion
I think most of our signings have been a punt,unless your signing proven quality it’s nearly always gamble ,fortunately last season the majority came off ,this time it hasn’t worked out for a lot of them up to now ,but if we keep most of the squad for next season even though I don’t think it will b...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:17 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Joey’s in bother again
- Replies: 394
- Views: 28029
Re: Joey’s in bother again
Yeah. So my point is, if someone was to use yank as a derogatory slur towards American people then it could be considered as bigoted, despite the word ‘yank’ not itself being considered offensive. Totally agree. It may seem semantic, even pedantic but when someone is accusing another of something -...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:14 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Joey’s in bother again
- Replies: 394
- Views: 28029
Re: Joey’s in bother again
Didn’t the North describe themselves as “Yankees” during the civil war? I could understand some from the southern states taking offence at the term if so. The main reason it isn’t a racial slur is that Americans are not / have never been a homogenous race (given the term is never used to mean “Nati...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:58 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Joey’s in bother again
- Replies: 394
- Views: 28029
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:52 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Joey’s in bother again
- Replies: 394
- Views: 28029
Re: Joey’s in bother again
I didn’t miss it. Those posters were wrong, that’s all. Quite agree. Yank is derived from the native pronunciation of English, Yanglish… Yank and has been used by American’s to describe themselves since at least the later eighteenth century I can see those from the Southern states being more offend...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:43 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Joey’s in bother again
- Replies: 394
- Views: 28029
Re: Joey’s in bother again
He’s winding up B@stards fans no end which can only be a good thing. Though personally I think he’s burnt every bridge he ever had and is acting like a manic depressive on a “ high “ it doesn’t stop it being quite amusing witnessing both his very public mental breakdown while winding up the permane...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:37 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Just a Chelsea thought.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1804
Re: Just a Chelsea thought.
All over 3-0.
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:34 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Luke McNally
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3375
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:33 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: PL Prediction League - All Fixtures and Updates - WEEK 31 PREDICTIONS
- Replies: 1589
- Views: 121252
Re: PL Prediction League - All Fixtures and Updates - WEEK 22 PREDICTIONS
Nottingham Forest 1-3 Arsenal
Fulham 2-1 Everton
Luton 1-1Brighton
Palace 2-1 Sheffield Utd
Aston Villa 2-1 Newcastle Nap
Man City 2 - 3 Burnley - Foster 34minutes
Spurs 2-1 Brentford
Liverpool 2-1 Chelsea
West Ham 1-0 Bournemouth
Wolves 1-2 Man Utd
Goals - 30
Fulham 2-1 Everton
Luton 1-1Brighton
Palace 2-1 Sheffield Utd
Aston Villa 2-1 Newcastle Nap
Man City 2 - 3 Burnley - Foster 34minutes
Spurs 2-1 Brentford
Liverpool 2-1 Chelsea
West Ham 1-0 Bournemouth
Wolves 1-2 Man Utd
Goals - 30
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:26 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 23/24 Season - Burnley Predictor Game - SHEFF UTD v BURNLEY
- Replies: 2460
- Views: 149287
Re: 23/24 Season - Burnley Predictor Game - MANCHESTER CITY v BURNLEY
City 2 Burnley 3 - 34th minute. Foster
Championship
Championship
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:21 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Just a Chelsea thought.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1804
Re: Just a Chelsea thought.
Hope the Chelsea goal makes Boro play now and not a signal for them to be rolled over.
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:20 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Just a Chelsea thought.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1804
Re: Just a Chelsea thought.
Is their history doing them no good. Banners around the stadium for Ray Wilkins, Didier Drogba, John Terry and Frank Lampard but none for current players. They’ve just scored. First thought if they are recognising Ray Wilkins they should also have one to their long time midfield stalwart, Ian Britt...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 7:32 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ARTICLE: Obafemi becomes a Lion
- Replies: 103
- Views: 7815
Re: ARTICLE: Obafemi becomes a Lion
Really hope this move helps Obafemi. I don’t believe any player can be judged on odd appearances here and there. I also find the idea players can solely judged in training as difficult. Many a game changing forward failed to shine until ‘performing’ regularly for his audience.
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 4:59 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Can we avoid relegation? Points forecast.
- Replies: 87
- Views: 4210
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 4:54 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Can we avoid relegation? Points forecast.
- Replies: 87
- Views: 4210
Re: Can we avoid relegation? Points forecast.
Where is the bulldog spirit? Our job is to go all out to make it happen.
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 4:53 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Coventry v Burnley 75-76 Season.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1410
Re: Coventry v Burnley 75-76 Season.
Bit of a colour clash for the Coventry goalie! Geniuine question… why does the keeper clash? Are we talking for the colour blind? I see no problem with the keeper clashing with his team-mates below the waste, where any part of the body can legally play the ball and all that matters is that a foul w...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 4:40 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Battle of the Somme
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2518
Re: Battle of the Somme
Sadly the French were in overall command, and commanded along the whole French front - moral was sapping as the French bore the brunt. There was a very real possibility that the alliance would fail, and the numbers of French soldiers going awol was increasingly a problem. The British command under o...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:54 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Coventry v Burnley 75-76 Season.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1410
Re: Coventry v Burnley 75-76 Season.
I miss goalkeepers wearing green shirts and team shorts and socks… and looking for all the world like they belong to the same club as the outfield players.
My love for the Claret V remains, the first kit I saw my team wear.
My love for the Claret V remains, the first kit I saw my team wear.
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:17 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ALK CAPITAL ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP WITH DUNDEE FC
- Replies: 228
- Views: 13317
Re: ALK CAPITAL ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP WITH DUNDEE FC
There’s nothing stopping you talking to him. The constant negativity towards him is ridiculous. I don’t agree with Tony’s view of Alan Pace but I can understand and appreciate those that do. Bankers and financiers have a very long history of coming into poor old Burnley district to ‘lift the area’ ...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:55 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Can we avoid relegation? Points forecast.
- Replies: 87
- Views: 4210
Re: Can we avoid relegation? Points forecast.
I’m expecting it to end a lot closer than most seem to think on here. I still think (and hope) we may stay up, but no longer can I say I expect us to tbh.
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:45 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ALK CAPITAL ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP WITH DUNDEE FC
- Replies: 228
- Views: 13317
Re: ALK CAPITAL ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP WITH DUNDEE FC
I think these link ups could mean little to the clubs fans involved for some time, loans apart. Clubs will not be able to ‘transition’ too quickly for fear of supporter backlash, but the in the long term the clubs systems will converge and share common features, transferable skills etc. From one clu...
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 5:51 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Hobbies outside of Football and Burnley FC
- Replies: 70
- Views: 3449
Re: Hobbies outside of Football and Burnley FC
Joined Merlin last year, so working at themeparks & Lego a lot. Getting sets very reduced in price and just came back from Legoland California, seeing everything behind the scenes pretty awesome. Hoping to take the family to new thorpe park ride in spring (or myself with 'work') :D I’m not sorry to...
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 5:16 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Hobbies outside of Football and Burnley FC
- Replies: 70
- Views: 3449
Re: Hobbies outside of Football and Burnley FC
My major passions: My dogs (my main exercise) Research Reading Writing Pure hobby: Painting and building models and miniature figurines (though I have done commissions in the past) Historical Wargaming and DnD… though not had opportunity/time to do this on an even semi-regular basis for several years.
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 5:01 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: January transfer window rumours.
- Replies: 2353
- Views: 285536
Re: January transfer window rumours.
Another good one now - PL is magically the best it's ever been in the season that we return to it with 2 other teams from 'the worst Championship ever'. I just find all these equivalances b0llocks tbh. Quite agree. The Premier League, like politicians are very good at self promotion. I do not see ‘...
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 4:47 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The Seven Virtues of Mental Health
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2243
Re: The Seven Virtues of Mental Health
As someone who lost ten years to a mental breakdown… because I just did not ‘get it’ that no matter how hard I tried (outside academia) I was always seen as ‘not bothered’ or ‘not applying’ myself leading to several redundancies it was only when finishing my Masters Degree that I was diagnosed with ...