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- Fri Feb 02, 2024 11:50 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: More young signings
- Replies: 56
- Views: 3535
Re: More young signings
Whilst the club would never admit this, I’m not sure there’ll be much belief that we can avoid relegation this season and bringing in experienced/low risk/PL ready players who can improve us would be expensive. There may have been very few options that met that criteria. To get to 32 points we’d nee...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:52 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ARTICLE: Roberts moves to Leeds
- Replies: 129
- Views: 6814
Re: ARTICLE: Roberts moves to Leeds
Hopefully he’ll be fine. I just looked back through a handful of Rennes games and saw he was an unused sub.Swizzlestick wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:43 amHe was a regular starter until only relatively recently though. And started Europa League games in that time.
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:14 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ARTICLE: Egan-Riley goes Dutch
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1309
Re: ARTICLE: Egan-Riley goes Dutch
Surely he could have done better than the Dutch second division?
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:11 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ARTICLE: Roberts moves to Leeds
- Replies: 129
- Views: 6814
Re: ARTICLE: Roberts moves to Leeds
Roberts is one of those high end Championship players who don’t quite cut it in the PL. He more than played his part last season though once he’d got the World Cup out of the way. My slight issue with this transfer is I’m not sure we’ve got anyone better. Vitinho isn’t good enough either and the lad...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:04 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ARTICLE: Zaroury leaves for Hull in a Heartbeat
- Replies: 113
- Views: 7071
Re: ARTICLE: Zaroury leaves for Hull in a Heartbeat
It’s a shame that he hasn’t kicked on like we thought he would. Although I don’t think his form fell off a cliff after the World Cup to the same extent some on here have said, I also don’t think he ever quite hit the same heights in the second half of the season. It’ll be interesting to see if his t...
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 1:51 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 496 Challenge
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1221
Re: 496 Challenge
Presumably this is designed for established runners?
Going from zero to 20-odd mile runs within less than 5 weeks is a mammoth escalation!
Going from zero to 20-odd mile runs within less than 5 weeks is a mammoth escalation!
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 1:46 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Another night, another dream, but always you.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2171
Re: Another night, another dream, but always you.
Indeed, although City have kicked on several levels since.JohnDearyMe wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 1:32 pmMakes the 3-3 draw in the Coyle season even more remarkable
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 1:27 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Another night, another dream, but always you.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2171
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 8:06 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Tonights Football
- Replies: 255
- Views: 10356
Re: Tonights Football
Get them Kompany digs in lads. Our rivals are winning. Perfect ammo.
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 5:29 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Haaland and KDB fit and available
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1543
Re: Haaland and KDB fit and available
For some I know having the opportunity to watch us pit our wits against the top players is what football is all about. Personally, the gulf in quality and resources makes games like tomorrow seem rather tired and pointless. I’ll be there mind. My daughter wanted to go. I’ll be holding the inevitable...
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:39 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: January transfer window rumours.
- Replies: 2353
- Views: 288971
Re: January transfer window rumours.
Just stop lads. You’re going around in circles.
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 8:39 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: January transfer window rumours.
- Replies: 2353
- Views: 288971
Re: January transfer window rumours.
Linked with Brian Gil of Spurs according to Turf Cast.
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 8:15 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: January transfer window rumours.
- Replies: 2353
- Views: 288971
Re: January transfer window rumours.
IF Benson and Zaroury do go next week it’ll be a shame. I loved watching them last season. That said, they’ve rarely been near the first team this year and, whilst we’re all free to speculate whether they are better options than those who have been in front of them, it’s not unusual for fringe playe...
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 8:09 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Conscription
- Replies: 132
- Views: 7006
Re: Conscription
It’ll never get to forced conscription.
I’m sure the “anti-woke” lot will sign up in their droves.
I’m sure the “anti-woke” lot will sign up in their droves.
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 4:57 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Kompany's Signings (Complete List)
- Replies: 218
- Views: 7943
Re: Kompany's Signings (Complete List)
Last season's business was a huge success based on the outcome of the season and the fact we sold players for loads as well. This season's business has been a huge failure and we will need sales this summer. Yep and I suspect very few people will disagree. We can get into a debate about the extent ...
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 4:43 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Kompany's Signings (Complete List)
- Replies: 218
- Views: 7943
Re: Kompany's Signings (Complete List)
Its information they receive. So the sources will vary with each deal. Clubs sometimes make it official, often not. Over the years they have built up a reputation for being the closest to reality - in a business with little transparency of course. I've heard club officials challenge media reports o...
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 4:26 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Kompany's Signings (Complete List)
- Replies: 218
- Views: 7943
Re: Kompany's Signings (Complete List)
Where do Transfermarkt get their fee information from?
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 3:04 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Today's Football
- Replies: 129
- Views: 5464
Re: Today's Football
Wes Ham look like a side missing Alvarez, Pacqueta, Kudus and Antonio.
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 2:41 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Entitled fans
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2064
Re: Entitled fans
Add in Palace fans with their banner today.
At least Sunderland can point to having 40k fans through the door in the second tier.
At least Sunderland can point to having 40k fans through the door in the second tier.
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 2:03 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Today's Football
- Replies: 68
- Views: 3756
Re: Today's Football
Arsenal and Luton’s goals are different for me. White simply stands in front of the GK. It’s gamesmanship, but hard to penalise because he’s literally stood still. Adebayo looks at Trafford and makes a movement towards him to block him off. He turns his back as he steps backwards to maximise the blo...
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 10:53 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: January transfer window rumours.
- Replies: 2353
- Views: 288971
Re: January transfer window rumours.
Of a fashion. There’s about half a dozen passes after the corner is taken.
https://youtu.be/BHT6tBxcaNQ?si=BsCb34sDrcnLZ2BG
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 9:43 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: January transfer window rumours.
- Replies: 2353
- Views: 288971
Re: January transfer window rumours.
Even then I don’t think it’s 6 in the league. Arsenal and Everton are the only two I can remember.Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2024 9:31 pmThat potentially might be what there classing it as. Without going back through each game I honestly couldn’t tell you, we have conceded that many this season they blur in.
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 9:28 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: January transfer window rumours.
- Replies: 2353
- Views: 288971
Re: January transfer window rumours.
We haven’t conceded 6 goals from corners in the PL this season.
Unless we’re counting balls being cleared/recycled and it being crossed back in.
Unless we’re counting balls being cleared/recycled and it being crossed back in.
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 6:21 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: From The Bee Hole End - live this Thursday
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3276
Re: From The Bee Hole End - live this Thursday
Fees should be published in my view, mainly because it’s usually an exercise in PR. The selling club leaks the absolute maximum value of the deal and include all the clauses (some of which might never be met) and the buying club play down what they’ve paid. I think Kompany has played down the side o...
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:00 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: From The Bee Hole End - live this Thursday
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3276
Re: From The Bee Hole End - live this Thursday
Just please get Chris Boden educated on our transfer spend in the summer. For an experienced reporter it’s painful. Fees with future potential bonuses (most of our deals given their age) does NOT mean that money has been paid yet, or ever will be! If he mentions 130m again, when it’s actually way b...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 7:57 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Ref watch on Sky
- Replies: 267
- Views: 13997
Re: Ref watch on Sky
The clear and obvious error thing is just a cop out. If they only adjudicated on clear and obvious errors they would never need to send the ref to the screen or watch repeated slow motion replays. And obviously Berge's handball wouldn't have been given if they were only looking for clear and obviou...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 7:24 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Ref watch on Sky
- Replies: 267
- Views: 13997
Re: Ref watch on Sky
Watched it. My take from Webb is that the on field decision is probably wrong, but not wrong enough to overturn it.
Welcome to football in 2024.
Welcome to football in 2024.
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 4:59 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: More FFP breaches…
- Replies: 137
- Views: 10066
Re: Everton found guilty of further breaches...
Can’t allow myself to care really. The VAR decisions against us (by my count, at least impacting a minimum certain four additional points, but also possibly another four on top as a maybe) have utterly melted my belief in us staying up as it just feels we’re fighting against more than eleven player...
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 4:45 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: More FFP breaches…
- Replies: 137
- Views: 10066
Re: Everton found guilty of further breaches...
Congrats on being the first to get in a dig at the club on a thread about the alleged wrongdoing of two other clubs.forzagranata wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 4:38 pmImagine we somehow survive in the PL as a result of this farce - how many years 'ahead of schedule' will we be then?
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 4:44 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: More FFP breaches…
- Replies: 137
- Views: 10066
Re: Everton found guilty of further breaches...
Evidence that client journalism is alive and well in football.
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 4:00 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: More FFP breaches…
- Replies: 137
- Views: 10066
Re: Everton found guilty of further breaches...
Will we even know the extent of any points deduction for a month or two? Then the appeal supposedly not until May? Forget our interest in this. From a competition standpoint, it’s a mess. If clubs are who haven’t done anything wrong are going into late May/June nor knowing which division they are de...
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 2:34 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: January transfer window rumours.
- Replies: 2353
- Views: 288971
Re: January transfer window rumours.
Jesus lads. Dig away at the recruitment of the summer of 2023 by all means. It’s warranted. However, it’s a stretch and slightly disingenuous taking the **** about the summer 2022 recruitment, when the success rate considering the volume was pretty phenomenal. Twine and Churlinov were probably the t...
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 5:54 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ARTICLE: Fofana is first January signing
- Replies: 94
- Views: 6031
Re: ARTICLE: Fofana is first January signing
Just out of interest did the people who watched the interview and highlighted the “lazy” comment deliberately mean to imply that he was talking about his on the field character?
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 5:38 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Today's Football
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1201
Re: Today's Football
More VAR-led controversy in the Newcastle City game. That’s the second injury City have suffered in recent weeks due to this nonsensical directive to linesmen not to flag for offside.
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:58 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Mike Tresor
- Replies: 184
- Views: 10553
Re: Mike Tresor
I think he could come good yet, but like Benson he’s not a battler. He’s a player to play when you’re well on top or even chasing a game.
His was the only sub/tactical change I had an issue with last night.
His was the only sub/tactical change I had an issue with last night.
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:56 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Corruption? Ineptitude? Or anti-Burnley?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 3811
Re: Corruption? Ineptitude? Or anti-Burnley?
I just think the operation of VAR has become so convoluted that it’s simply not fit for purpose.
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:28 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Happy Clappers.
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2546
Re: Happy Clappers.
Looks like we are likely to go down now, but this season will turn out more than valuable in terms of getting the experience in the bank and we will be back stronger than ever (if we do go down). They just need to ignore the nay sayers and hissy fitters, as difficult as that may be, as they will be...
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:15 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Scrap VAR
- Replies: 84
- Views: 3812
Re: Scrap VAR
I personally think the issues stems from the on field decision, I don’t think there’s enough there for VAR to intervene. With all due respect I have no idea what that means. What’s the definition of “enough” for the purpose of “clear and obvious”? Step back from the language of VAR and think about ...
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:10 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Happy Clappers.
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2546
Re: Happy Clappers.
Agree that we’re now extremely likely to go down. It’d be lovely to think we can turn into a bit of a berserker and wreck a few weekends for the other sides, whilst continuing to improve. Main thing for me is that we don’t start turning back into a soft touch having at least been more competitive in...
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:05 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Scrap VAR
- Replies: 84
- Views: 3812
Re: Scrap VAR
That’s the issue though, if the ref gave it on field (which he did) then what are VAR supposed to do? It’s not clear and obvious What’s the definition of clear and obvious? I think it’s a foul. You’ve said you think it’s a foul. Most on here think it’s a foul. Vincent Kompany thinks it’s a foul. Ri...
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:00 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 6 foot 6
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2595
Re: 6 foot 6
He’s skinny, but he’s tall. Don’t think he’s 6’6, but there was a photo of him lining up for the England U21s a while ago and he was the tallest player on it. He was taller than Harwood-Bellis who is about 6’2.
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 7:55 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Scrap VAR
- Replies: 84
- Views: 3812
Re: Scrap VAR
I think it probably should have been a foul. But at the same time I can see why he didn’t give it. The keeper went down so soft, a pope or a Heaton would have smashed through that lad and done anything to get near the ball. In real time it almost looked like a dive from Trafford the way he through ...
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 7:48 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Scrap VAR
- Replies: 84
- Views: 3812
Re: Scrap VAR
The thing that worries me about VAR is that you potentially now have referees reluctant to make difficult calls in the belief that VAR will re-ref the incident by way of some sort of safety net. However you’ve then also got VAR supposedly applying a “clear and obvious” criteria in an inconsistent ma...
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:39 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Kieran Maguire statement..
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4053
Re: Kieran Maguire statement..
I don’t think the word “Yank” is necessarily racist, but if people keep citing nationality in commentary on actions, then there’s clearly some stereotyping going on. In the same way there’s an element of stereotyping when ALK’s religion is frequently brought into conversations about their running of...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 3:43 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Cotterill
- Replies: 107
- Views: 10984
Re: Cotterill
He was better when we had no money.
The season he left we’d put together a decent squad, but he couldn’t get a tune out of them. The quality of the squad was evidenced with what came next.
The season he left we’d put together a decent squad, but he couldn’t get a tune out of them. The quality of the squad was evidenced with what came next.
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 10:13 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Zaroury
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4208
Re: Zaroury
Lovely dink for the Amdouni chance, but otherwise looked rusty and offered very little out of possession.
Thought there was a world of difference between the defensive shift Odobert and he put in. It may have been tactical I suppose, but if not he’s probably not done himself any favours.
Thought there was a world of difference between the defensive shift Odobert and he put in. It may have been tactical I suppose, but if not he’s probably not done himself any favours.
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 10:08 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Joey’s in bother again
- Replies: 394
- Views: 29132
Re: Joey’s in bother again
He’s added to his repertoire this morning. Now mocking Union Berlin with some weird WW2 GIF.
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 9:59 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Spurs v Burnley match thread
- Replies: 841
- Views: 64616
Re: Spurs v Burnley match thread
Odd game.
I’m sat here thinking we defended well, but were pretty toothless going forward. I’m also thinking that in the Amdouni first half chance and the two we missed at the death, we arguably created the best three chances of the game.
I’m sat here thinking we defended well, but were pretty toothless going forward. I’m also thinking that in the Amdouni first half chance and the two we missed at the death, we arguably created the best three chances of the game.
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 1:40 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Joey’s in bother again
- Replies: 394
- Views: 29132
Re: Joey’s in bother again
Can’t quite work out what he’s doing. He appears to be trying to tweet his way into a new career as some sort of cultural commentator, but then that would be at odds with his notion that you should only be able to commentate on something when you’re recognised as an elite within the field. Whether y...
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 2:17 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Owen Dodgson
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2670
Re: Owen Dodgson
Not sure if he’s had injury issues, but has only featured in about half of their league games.