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Rick_Muller wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 15, 2024 8:49 pm
I just hope he’s OK. He is one of the football “royalty” in this country and I just hope he’s still around for years to come.

Get well soon Roy

I couldn't agree more, Rick. I have always admired him. Dignified, thoughtful, articulate and knowledgeable.

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I think it’s very much about systems for Beyer (and the rest of our defenders). I honestly believe if you slotted Beyer into Everton’s defence next to Tarks he would look really good. However our system leaves the defenders so isolated and as a result they all look miles off premier league level (a...

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It's a real shame that Foster is out for a while, as I was interested in seeing how his partnership with Fofana developed. We haven't had two strikers as good as these two up front together since the early/mid-'70s.

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Super Teds wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 13, 2024 7:32 am
A very underrated destination is Almería, it’s a great place. However, no great football pedigree in the city but I hope they stay up somehow. They’ve been unlucky this season but I imagine they’ll come back up if they drop.

I like the place, as well.

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The last thing we want is for Everton down with us. And if we finish bottom Forest as well. It would make getting back up so much harder. Especially if an Ipswich go up this season and leave Leeds or Southampton down. Exactly what I've been thinking. It's going to hard enough to repeat last season ...

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I have two kids, now adults, and would not change that for the world. They are brilliant people and I love them and love spending time with them. However I will admit I never wanted to have kids …I actively dislike the way they completely take over your life and the level of anxiety and “competitiv...

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I had enough of kids as a teacher. Happy not to have produced. Had a great life: travel, both backpacking and by motorbike; lived and worked in Tokyo; lived in Portugal and Thailand. Just signed a publishing deal for three crime novels set in Tokyo that I couldn't have written if I hadn't experience...

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But Trafford has never been number one in the Championship, you can’t expect anybody to make that step up and preform at a high level. It’s like asking the 17yr old pot washer at a Michelin star restaurant to be the head chef Peter Mellor went from playing for Witton Albion to playing in the top di...

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ElectroClaret wrote: ↑
Fri Feb 09, 2024 9:25 pm
Yes they were, daft getting shut of him.
Let's hope that touch deserts him.

Yes. I have a horrible feeling that he'll prove to be a good appointment.

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Birmingham were doing much better under Eustace than they are now.

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I'm not sure who I trust the most between the conspiracy theorists and the people who believe everything they are told by the national media. The world would seem much less deranged if the sensible people in the middle were more outspoken than the half wits on either side, as seen on this thread Co...

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Hes crafted out a brilliant role for himself. 4 or 5 months of work a year with no need to do the long hours scouting or planning for the future etc I suspect Big Sam is hoping for similar to end his career. They can basically live off a new manager bounce for a living. Genius You can only do that ...

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Just making a point here that I'm sure most people will recognise. You know that Post Office thing that's been in the news a bit recently, do you know what that was once branded as? Yep you've got it- A conspiracy theory. Being easily lead and lacking capacity to make an informed decision could lea...

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Juan Tanamera wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:57 pm
The latest £20m could be the last if the Indian government/taxman has a say.

Let's hope so.

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I won't be gloating if they go down. If we do, we'll need to get back up double-quick or we could go the same way.

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KRBFC wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 06, 2024 11:17 am
It’s absolutely nothing to do with organisation

It’s everything to do with Dyche playing with a deep defensive line and Kompany wanting the defence to push further forward. There are positive and negatives to both.

Wasn't Dyche playing a deep defensive line to do with organisation?

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Steeeve. Honestly!

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Why wasn't Esteve on at the start?

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Thanks for the concise summary, Tony. It's appreciated. Three good signings in total for the first team including Fofana.

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Amazing gig last night in manchester, one of the best ive ever been to. Sold out completely and the last hour of the gig everyone on their feet all the way up to the back tiers. The best Hard rock - electro band there is.. such a cannon of great songs , and Dave Graham still running around like a t...

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Evidence or not I think we can all agree there was just far too many players of 'potential' signed, we did exactly the same as Southampton did except they started with a far better squad and still went down. The thing that I genuinely cannot get my head around is Kompany not bringing in big lads - ...

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Did you get the chance to see Jimmy Mac? I'm two years before you (Oct 1960) and so never saw him in his pomp but at least I can say that I saw him play for us. Sadly not. The nearest I got to seeing him was when we hosted Stoke at the Turf. He was on the Stoke's team in the programme but was a lat...

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Thanks for the update, Tony. James is in my top ten of all-time Clarets. At least, that I have seen. I first went to TM in 1962-63.

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:12 am
We didn't play Villa in 1967/68 - so it can't be Casper

I wondered whether it was Casper. So if not him, who was it?

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Goliath wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 29, 2024 10:54 pm
Have the Venkys got a policy that they dont deal with us? It seems strange that we never seem to even be linked to their top players, the last player to go between the 2 that i remember is Andy Todd on loan.

Would you want any of their current players, though?

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It must have been 1967-68.

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gawthorpe_view wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 29, 2024 10:55 pm
Missing link!

https://youtu.be/-kfPWVu8lSw?feature=shared

Who is the Burnley player at 30 seconds in? Was it Frank Casper? He was at BFC with Willie Morgan for one season, so it could have been.

Edit: Trevor has the answer in the previous post.

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Benson and Zaroury are creating a lot of transfer interest and speculation because they are both very good players and quite a few big teams would be overjoyed to have them in their team .:: I wonder if Larson and Tresor were available it would create the same level of phone calls desperate to sign...

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Stay where we are!

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Probably more like 15,000 than 18,000 looking at the total gate and the normal Preston gates at the time… unless the attendance was under reported. It’s not likely the largest though. We reportedly had 22,000 at Ewood in 1913 for an FA Cup game, and well over 20,000 when we won the title at Maine R...

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What has been our biggest away following? City one of the times that we have played them in the FA Cup? Utd in the Carabao Cup? Sheffield United in the FA Cup? Liverpool in the Milk Cup? The smallest away following I have been a part of was when we played Middlesborough away midweek in the Milk Cup...

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I'd have thought we'd be joint 19th with Luton.

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Nori1958 wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 26, 2024 8:59 am
He won't be living in Blackburn, just like our players don't live in Burnley

Manchester, no doubt. I'd much rather live in certain areas of London than anywhere there.

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Zom Zom wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:37 am
A former Claret may be on the move. Blackburn want to sign Jimmy Dunne from QPR (BBC Gossip column)

Is he out of favour at QPR? I'd much rather live in London if I was him.

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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/ ... es-aged-76

I don't often consult the Guardian.

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Hope he does well. I like him.

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claretonthecoast1882 wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:04 am
Their average crowd is vastly inflated by giving away teams up to 7000 tickets, unlike anybody else in the division.

I didn't think about that. Quite a few Championship teams have huge away followings given the possibility. The away fans there must make so much more noise than Rovers'.

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It's interesting that at 15,428 their average gate is the lowest in the Division except for soon to be relegated Rotherham. So thanks to the Venkys they are actually punching well above their weight in terms of income. 15,428 is a decent average for the Championship. Didn't we get promoted with few...

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Honestly this kind of comment pisses me off. Ive been over here 30 years, if I call my sister in 10 minutes my Burnley comes back, but it doesn’t necessarily because she’s lived in Durham married to a Wearsider for 25 years so it’s sort of a hodgepodge. If I go back to Kentucky in 10 minutes my Ken...

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Portugal Thanks. Just googled him. He lived for a while in Lagos where I have an apartment and played for Esperanca de Lagos's youth team. Their old ground is just down from where I lived. The new ground is a soulless affair on the eastern edge of the town. In the late '70s, Esperanca used to get c...

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He was brought up there, wasn't he?

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If he hasn't done anything illegal, what's the big deal?

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South West Claret. wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:46 pm
Oh dear what a silly boy, at his age as well.

He's only in his early 30s.

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I've probably been to more countries than you have buddy but that's not the point. Im talking about this country and, yes, you are tolerated if you are settled in the safe, comfortable bubble allude. We may be more "tolerant" than other countries, and thank God for that, but a quick trawl through t...

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You're white, middle class, not a Scot, not a cyclist, not interested in electric vehicles, not troubled by global warming, not anti racism, not an advocate of women's rights or gay rights or disabled rights I'm guessing. On second thoughts, perhaps the first two were enough. And you think people i...

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CoolClaret wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 22, 2024 11:57 am
6ft4 CB to partner O'Shea/Ekdal, Beyer to right back

I'll go with that

Is Beyer fit?

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Tribesmen wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 22, 2024 10:58 am
Trump / honest

Blair / honest

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South West Claret. wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 22, 2024 8:27 am
Israel and decency.

Hamas and decency.

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evensteadiereddie wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:03 am
Mmm, not so sure about that.

I am. I have lived in three countries as well as England. England has to be the easiest place to live as a foreigner.

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evensteadiereddie wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 19, 2024 7:06 pm
Britain/tolerance

The British are very tolerant.

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