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CaptJohn

Whichever way you look at it we're in a relegation scrap from the first whistle. No weak teams in this league and most have resources way beyond our limited means. Fingers crossed we'll nick a few wins early on to settle the nerves.

CaptJohn

Hi Robbo, I lived in the Championsgate area for over seven years and am a keen golfer. If you don't want to travel too far (Traffic is horrendous in that area) the Omni hotel has two courses both of which are decent and the club shop will sort out bats for you. It's on Championsgate. There is also C...

CaptJohn

I was another one who was there. We played some beautiful football that day.

CaptJohn

Prefer the 50s version. Much better legs.

CaptJohn

Well done Nick. Great watching event and even though I wanted Tommy to win, I wasn't too upset when the putt dropped. 72' absolutely awesome!!
Off to Canada in August playing golf so I'm sure I'll get some stick off the locals

CaptJohn

I've been very lucky and stayed at some great hotels all over the world. The Fullerton in Singapore is stunning along with the Bellagio in Vegas. SAS Radisson in Cape Town has wonderful views and I love the JW Marriott in Miami. The even better thing I didn't pay for one of them

CaptJohn

One of my favourite recipes is stuffed red peppers. Cost about 80p each. For two people buy three red peppers. Slice in half and de seed them. Buy some budget tomatoes and slice into cubes and put in dish. Chop some fresh garlic and mix with tomatoes. Buy a small tin of anchovies (about 1 pound from...

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Going will be firm. Not much rain here in Chester for a while. Low draws are always an advantage given tight nature of track. I always used to bet on a decent horse and jockey combo with a low draw. It paid for the beers. Course looks lovely though. Played golf yesterday at Chester, which is the oth...

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Potholes : Some are getting so big they are more like tank traps. I had a very expensive experience with damage to a brake caliper caused by a pothole on the A41 just north of Wolverhampton. Caravans and caravan drivers with underpowered vehicles : They have a right to be on the road but please hav...

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Love Vegas for the shows. I've seen Celine Dion, Cher and Lionel Ritchie and all were fabulous. Hope to see Adele next February/March when we go again. I have gambled but it was a token dollar bill into a "bandit" just to say I'd done it. A trip to Boulder City and the Hoover Dam is well worth a vis...

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Marriott Autograph Boscolo.
Beautiful hotel in a great position on the north side of Venice. OK it's not cheap but your wife will love it. My wife and I had a lovely stay there in 2016 for our wedding anniversary.

CaptJohn

Born in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Dad used to go and watch Stoke or Port Vale, which were the nearest teams. First game I went to see was at the old Victoria Ground, Stoke. They were playing Burnley. The rest is history.

CaptJohn

Going back to OP and VAR does anyone remember if VAR have called handball for keeper when kicking out of hands or throwing at edge of box. To me it’s like foul throws it seems to be ignored but if you can draw a line for offside you should be able for keepers not letting go before leaving box? They...

CaptJohn

69. Doesn't time fly when you're enjoying things? I'm old enough to have seen the good, bad and downright ugly with the Clarets. Good; well right now is pretty good but for me that was when we had "SuperCasp" up front in that team of the early 70s. Bad; any relegation year was pretty bad and there w...

CaptJohn

I seem to remember watching him play for us at Reading a few years back. I thought he looked sharp but he never seemed to get a good run in the 1st team. Good luck to him.

CaptJohn

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65453756

FIFA as usual want to extort as much cash as possible. Carry on FIFA, see where it leads to.

CaptJohn

Tella for me but there have been so many great performances from so many players.

CaptJohn

Do you mean the "Burnley Old Boys Reunion match" at Goodison.
Eddie, Jason, Nick, Kieran in the Red corner and Sean, Ian, Steve, Tarks, Keano & Dwight in the blue corner

CaptJohn

TBH I think that the team knows VK is "tinkering" and some of them (Maatsen and Vitinho) are already on the beach. QPR are in dire straits but they have a chance against us in this mood. The only game where he might pick the strongest team available is away to Rovers, as he knows how much it means ...

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Chepstow at the Marriott St Pierre golf resort in June for four nights.
Canada in Aug/Sept; Two nights at Viagra Falls, 10 nights with friends in Tiverton on the banks of Lake Huron, then three nights in Toronto and taking in a Blue Jays game.

CaptJohn

To the tune the Village Peoples "Go West."

"Go East, where the Clarets play!"

CaptJohn

TBH I think that the team knows VK is "tinkering" and some of them (Maatsen and Vitinho) are already on the beach. QPR are in dire straits but they have a chance against us in this mood. The only game where he might pick the strongest team available is away to Rovers, as he knows how much it means t...

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agreenwood wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 19, 2023 7:45 am
Just watched 10 mins of it now. Like watching through my old glasses. Not even sure you’d class it as standard definition.

It's definitely not UHD quality but I watched it live last night and it was perfectly fine.

CaptJohn

Surprised no one has mentioned Tony Hancock. Must go down as one of the all time flops by any metric.

CaptJohn

We're at Reading tomorrow.
Must go easy on the vino

CaptJohn

Bristol Bears vs Sale Sharks tonight at Ashton Gate. It's an attritional game of rugby at half time but I'm wincing at the damage being done to the playing surface by the scrums, rucks and mauls after torrential rain. It's going to impact the ability to play a passing game tomorrow.

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dermotdermot wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 14, 2023 3:20 am
I think that we tried to sign him once.

We did indeed when he was at Hull. I think the deal was almost done when their manager at the time, Marco Silva I believe, spat the dummy and threatened to leave if the deal went through. The rest is history.

CaptJohn

Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 07, 2023 10:15 pm
Plus the fact fans put up the money to sign him.

I was one of them. Unbelievable how it's turned out and so proud I was able to do so. I'll never forget that beautiful volley against Wigan.

CaptJohn

Squad usage with two very tough games in a few days IMHO. Thought THB was not his usual self against Sunderland so not surprised to see him left out tonight. Good to see we have an impact sub (Benson) on the bench. The Foster situation is a tad concerning though. I did say at the time that it could ...

CaptJohn

Hedontplayforyou wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 04, 2023 8:32 am
Looks like Newcastle are interested in Harwood-Bellis which, if true means he won’t be coming here

BBC are reporting that Newcastle are one of several PL clubs looking at THB. If we want him it will take some serious effort on our part methinks.

CaptJohn

Not bought one in protest, after they stopped doing the mushy peas

CaptJohn

Lost all credibility early on when he didn't book the guy who went right through the back of Tella. Then he became ridiculous booking Cullen. Fair enough yellow on Maatsen who could easily have seen red for that dumb challenge, brought about most likely by frustration.

CaptJohn

I thought we had an off day yesterday and all credit to Sunderland who executed a very good game plan. However a couple of things that VK got wrong IMHO. Firstly starting three players coming back from injury was risky. Secondly by starting both Benson and Zaroury we didn't have an impact sub on the...

CaptJohn

Sub-Saharan Africa, it's a big place.

CaptJohn

I lived in Nigeria for 12 years and Equatorial Guinea for 4 but travelled extensively on the West Coast to Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, Namibia and of course SA. Immigration and customs issues were all too frequent in that part of the world.

CaptJohn

Love the hairstyles of the fans on the Beehole

CaptJohn

Sounds like SA immigration have heard of Foster and his new found status and wealth. They likely want a piece of the action too.
Anyone who has lived in Sub-Saharan Africa will have encountered this type of thing all too often and Lyle will have to figure out how to circumvent it. VK is not pleased.

CaptJohn

Sorry guys Rovers have won twice over.
First by denying so many of our fans the chance to watch the game.
Second by getting us to bicker amongst ourselves.

I agree with all of Tony's comments and ask that not a penny more than neccessary, is spent at Ewood by those attending.

CaptJohn

Passing Clouds wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 28, 2023 9:48 am
Tom and Greg are pure genius together

Cringeworthy, but I agree, brilliant.

CaptJohn

Playing golf and a volunteer "dogs body" at Chester golf club.

I'm also a "Rambler" and member of Berwyn Ramblers who walk around the hills of North Wales, mainly within 10 miles of Llangollen.

Growing tomatoes and other veg in my back garden.

CaptJohn

Good goal from Darko. Very smart finish.

CaptJohn

From my perspective we were doomed from the outset as VK set his side up to play the same way as they normally do. Going head to head with such a formidable team was bound to end in abject failure. I think he got it wrong but he just couldn't bring himself to "park the bus" at his old club in front ...

CaptJohn

My favourite away kit was from a good few years back. It was light blue shirts with clarets shorts and light blue socks. It looked the DBs it really did, especially under lights. It was pre sponsorship days for sure but Frankie Casp and Dougie Collins looked very smart in it. Never liked black kit. ...

CaptJohn

Josh Ginelly scored twice for Hearts last week against St Johnstone. Seems to have found his level of football. Good luck to him.

CaptJohn

I’m still a shareholder in the club and I’d quite like to see the accounts. I kept my shares just to see how things played out. I was fortunate that I didn’t need the money and the shares were a gift to me. They don’t own all the club. So am I Socrates and I'm a tad concerned at this development. F...

CaptJohn

Drinking a glass of champers right now

It is my wedding anniversary today though. 45 years! You get less for murder

CaptJohn

No matter how old you are, you'll never be cool driving a Jag.* *you're allowed to think so if you're over 60, but note, you aren't. Hi TE, I'm well over 60 and am driving my 2nd Jag and I don't give a damn about being cool :D They're great cars but don't tell anyone, as they might become cool :o

CaptJohn

I spent a long time working in Sub Saharan Africa. When I first arrived I was given a great piece of advice by an old sweat who'd done the rounds. He said to me that the Africans were a lovely, kind people with a happy nature but with a tendency to screw things up. His advice was to "always laugh wi...

CaptJohn

I think the short answer is no. The longer answer is that we have the nucleus of a competitive side but will need to recruit in key areas to cement a place in the Prem. VK is a pragmatic individual who most likely has already decided where we need to strengthen and who he needs to move on from the p...

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I can't recall Tarks and Keano ever playing together for us. They're both right sided so it's a strange one. Up against Wood. Will be interesting.

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