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by edlass
Sun Jan 10, 2021 4:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Podcast recommendations
Replies: 19
Views: 2155

Re: Podcast recommendations

Have you tried office ladies? It's Pam and Angela from the US office and it's really good. Each week they go through an episode in order starting from the pilot. They answer fan questions etc and have guests on from the show. You can tell they really love the show. At first I had to get over the exc...
by edlass
Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Your favourite FA Cup tie
Replies: 167
Views: 8743

Re: Your favourite FA Cup tie

Derby away for me too, I was only 10 or 11 and it was an amazing experience and I genuinely would have been happy even if we had lost it was my first real epic match. My Dad always tells me they pulled the kids out of the away end at half time for a kick about and that stopped us chanting at the hal...
by edlass
Tue Dec 29, 2020 8:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12771
Views: 1250276

Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

During the match tonight the commentator said more than once that dyche had been promised money for transfers. How can they know this? Have I missed an ALK statement or something or are they just dressing up the report that ALK want to speak to him?
by edlass
Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Earliest BFC memories
Replies: 91
Views: 5481

Re: Earliest BFC memories

I remember being scared by the announcement before matches. It was loud and frightening and I don't know why. It would say something about keeping all gangways and emergency exits clear. That and watching birds flying around the new long side construction whilst my dad nudged me because I had missed...
by edlass
Mon Dec 07, 2020 7:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Favourite promotion under Dyche
Replies: 21
Views: 1848

Re: Favourite promotion under Dyche

What a tough choice. I'll go with the Title win. I liked being an underdog the first time but it felt so satisfying to get the championship. When I think back to how that season started with the Juke and Vossen it scares me, as if time might go back and change it to a mid table season with crap stri...
by edlass
Fri Dec 04, 2020 3:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: VAR - Your views
Replies: 87
Views: 4369

Re: VAR - Your views

A summariser on the BBC said the other day something along the lines of "Yes that VAR decision didn't go their way but across the season they'll get some decisions their way too" That was their opinion anyway. So the only thing that has changed is the viewing pleasure if football which is now much l...
by edlass
Mon Nov 30, 2020 1:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Stockport County
Replies: 78
Views: 9476

Re: Stockport County

I might as well add this here. A mate of mine told me fc Halifax were singing songs about us. He is an Fc Utd fan. I couldn't explain to him why that was.
by edlass
Sun Nov 22, 2020 6:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: falling out of love with football?
Replies: 102
Views: 7361

Re: falling out of love with football?

I was listening to a podcast the other day with two American ladies discussing a program they were once in. Anyway, to describe someone barely being hit and falling over they said in their own words but something similar to. "you know, like soccer when they barely get hit and they fall to the floor ...
by edlass
Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12771
Views: 1250276

Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Hi Grumps. At first i thought you were suggesting we as fans give Farnell a chance but from the recent posts I am not sure now. What people are saying is, if he is INVOLVED then they don't want that bid and it seems that he could be involved as their lawyer at least even if he wont have a role after...
by edlass
Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12771
Views: 1250276

Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Never tell me the odds.
by edlass
Wed Nov 18, 2020 11:00 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12771
Views: 1250276

Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Isn't it mad that everyone here is an adult :D
by edlass
Fri Nov 13, 2020 6:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Who is Burnley’s most technical player
Replies: 40
Views: 3966

Re: Who is Burnley’s most technical player

Yep it must be!
by edlass
Fri Nov 13, 2020 5:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Who is Burnley’s most technical player
Replies: 40
Views: 3966

Re: Who is Burnley’s most technical player

I love Barnes at his best. My favourite Barnes goal is the West Ham away one. This video from the west ham fans perspective is one of my go to, cheer me ups. Skip to 1:00 and watch Barnes crack that one in and the burnley fans bounce whilst the west ham fans groan!! https://youtu.be/q8EWctSLnNQ My D...
by edlass
Wed Nov 11, 2020 6:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Danny Drinkwater
Replies: 46
Views: 7479

Re: Danny Drinkwater

It's such a shame. When we signed him I was so genuinely excited. That kind of excitement where my wife gets annoyed because nothing else makes me that happy. (not since the joey Barton signing).
by edlass
Wed Oct 14, 2020 8:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bury : No Wages
Replies: 898
Views: 138446

Re: Bury : No Wages

Chester Perry wrote:
Wed Oct 14, 2020 7:20 pm
I have to say that I am a little stunned by this

https://twitter.com/forever_bury/status ... 1393496071
That's extraordinary. This is the Steve Dale Bury?
by edlass
Fri Oct 09, 2020 4:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Last page turner you read?
Replies: 86
Views: 7244

Re: Last page turner you read?

Has anyone tried Lord of the Rings? I'm not the most avid of readers and I am finding it tough. I struggle to focus with all of the landscape descriptions but at the same time I can't stop! I am just starting book three of 6 (or at least that's how my version is broken down)
by edlass
Wed Oct 07, 2020 5:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Recession, Regret and Regression
Replies: 83
Views: 7497

Re: ARTICLE: Recession, Regret and Regression

I was avoiding that thread! But I've just been and read some of Chester posts on there and the more I do the more I feel like we are doing the right thing, although it's hard to accept.
by edlass
Wed Oct 07, 2020 4:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Recession, Regret and Regression
Replies: 83
Views: 7497

Re: ARTICLE: Recession, Regret and Regression

A well written article in a journalist sense - yes A successful article in the sense it has provoked a lot of response - yes Is it good to hear a different voice given such a platform - most certainly yes Does it contain demonstration of detailed analysis, understanding/empathy of the club's financ...
by edlass
Mon Oct 05, 2020 10:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Next manager
Replies: 95
Views: 8057

Re: Next manager

Just hypothetically I like Paul Warne at Rotherham. I Heard a post match interview after they reached the L1 playoffs and I liked what I heard, it reminded me of Dyche. I've since followed how well he has done with Rotherham steadying the ship after relegation (though I'm not an expert) and getting ...
by edlass
Sun Oct 04, 2020 5:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Thoughts on JBG being back?
Replies: 30
Views: 2517

Re: Thoughts on JBG being back?

Mr Glass I call him. Like the bad guy from unbreakable.

But the answer to the question is definitely yes if fit!
by edlass
Sun Oct 04, 2020 2:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: A few old Burnley photos
Replies: 7
Views: 1822

Re: A few old Burnley photos

The picture that stands out is the “play up arsenal" man with his sign to welcome Blackburn back to the first division and may the best team win. So polite!
by edlass
Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:38 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley - The most boring circus in the North West
Replies: 54
Views: 5959

Re: Burnley - The most boring circus in the North West

It says alot about Southampton doesn't it. Apart from the goal I don't remember us not being able to "contain danny ings".

Also, are we run like a championship club? There's defi itely things wrong but that's a bit harsh
by edlass
Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:10 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Dychonomics vs The Football Pyramid
Replies: 25
Views: 2394

Re: Dychonomics vs The Football Pyramid

Even though they are Dyches comments I think it's unfair to target us as the problem. I think he even lumps us in as a modern super club but all we are is a small well run premier league club and we all know if we get relegated we'll become a small well run championship club. We won't smash spending...
by edlass
Mon Sep 28, 2020 7:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Last Man Standing Competition
Replies: 94
Views: 8477

Re: Last Man Standing Competition

Yep
by edlass
Fri Sep 11, 2020 12:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New away kit
Replies: 102
Views: 7585

Re: New away kit

Selby Claret wrote:
Fri Sep 11, 2020 12:10 pm
Anyone else want another two bits of white piping to finish off the collar and shoulder.....
I think that it might be blue piping, its not that clear but i think the opposite is claret on the other sides, but it does just look like unfinished white :D
by edlass
Fri Sep 11, 2020 12:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Favourite Tea / Coffee / Soft Drink?
Replies: 35
Views: 1386

Re: Favourite Tea / Coffee / Soft Drink?

Pepsi max for me, i spend a silly amount on the stuff and I buy it in bulk from Costco so technically getting it at a good price but i drink WAAAAY to much. Its so normal now that a "treat" is getting the cherry one. I must clear at least 3 litres a day.

Help
by edlass
Tue Sep 01, 2020 4:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Preston buy Wigan training ground
Replies: 13
Views: 3126

Re: Preston buy Wigan training ground

The real story here is that the club has still not been sold amid reports that potential buyers are unhappy that all the assets keep being sold off during the negotiation - particularly first team players. The administrators had said the deadline was yesterday, it is not looking good for Wigan - ho...
by edlass
Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Vinnicombe 6, Cooke 17, Nogan 69, Francis 79
Replies: 25
Views: 3091

Re: Vinnicombe 6, Cooke 17, Nogan 69, Francis 79

This was one of my earliest matches. There were some lads stood behind me and my Dad chanting "Mullen out" when they scored and "Mullen in" when we did. I had absolutely no idea what that meant but I just knew I was having loads of fun!
by edlass
Wed Mar 04, 2020 8:43 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The rise of Joey Barton
Replies: 24
Views: 3405

Re: The rise of Joey Barton

If i was a Fleetwood fan looking at the table this morning i would be thinking about automatics!
by edlass
Sat Feb 08, 2020 8:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Football's Magic Money Tree
Replies: 9978
Views: 1013518

Re: Football's Magic Money Tree

@KieranMaguire reveals The Price of VAR - In the FA cup at least = not sure too many of those clubs want to have that again - poor Shrewsbury lose an estimated £500k because Liverpool sent their team on holiday, have to pay for a system that controversially (to some) ruled a goal out and then get d...
by edlass
Wed Feb 05, 2020 12:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Better to be a Burnley Supporter
Replies: 30
Views: 4441

Re: Better to be a Burnley Supporter

Its definitely better to be a Burnley supporter. But i wouldn't mind giving winning every game a go, perhaps just for a couple of championships, maybe an FA cup or two. I'm not complaining though!
by edlass
Tue Jan 28, 2020 12:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The old Calder Vale ground ....
Replies: 49
Views: 7026

Re: The old Calder Vale ground ....

Am i right to think that this wouldn't have been any kind of stadium? Just a patch of land where they chased the "leather" and people came to watch round the edges?
by edlass
Mon Jan 27, 2020 2:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Our mentality - both club and fans
Replies: 102
Views: 8221

Re: Our mentality - both club and fans

When i really think about it doesn't seem to matter to me. As a fan right now i want to be safe, i worry about being relegated, i am annoyed when we get knocked out of cups and that the FA cup is now an inconvenience. But.... Really, right now i am looking forward to the Arsenal game, i hope we win ...
by edlass
Thu Jan 23, 2020 4:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jayrod or Robbie...Which Was The Best Goal Against United?
Replies: 51
Views: 3951

Re: Jayrod or Robbie...Which Was The Best Goal Against United?

Its like a meal you love but you don't have it all the time (because its so special), each time you have it it tastes the best. The Jay goal tastes so amazing because we've not had it for a while and we have it right now! Blakes is the same. They are both the best somehow!
by edlass
Thu Jan 23, 2020 4:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Arsenal & Sheffield Utd
Replies: 1
Views: 696

Re: Arsenal & Sheffield Utd

That would be something wouldn't it? Winning at Old Trafford and beating arsenal in the same season, in consecutive prem matches even! I would say it would be the icing on the cake, but that's still in the oven until we are safe!
by edlass
Thu Jan 09, 2020 12:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: No TV cameras or Welsh music for cup tie
Replies: 28
Views: 2764

Re: ARTICLE: No TV cameras or Welsh music for cup tie

Wow 12,000 away fans, that's a lot isn't it? I wish i knew the FA cup like that!

I love the frank post match interviews from the manager.
by edlass
Wed Jan 08, 2020 4:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Claret Blues
Replies: 0
Views: 531

Claret Blues

I got the book 'From Orient to the Emirates' at Christmas and I've just started reading it. (Don't worry its not a thread about how good we've got it!) I'm hooked and I've just got to the part where the film "Claret Blues" was shown by channel 4 in 1989. It sounded bad in the book but I hadn't heard...
by edlass
Fri Dec 06, 2019 4:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 18 Thousand Strong Home Support Dropping
Replies: 79
Views: 6903

Re: 18 Thousand Strong Home Support Dropping

It seems like i agree with most people's posts when it comes to: -Novelty wearing off -No rivalries to look forward to -Glass Ceiling -Style of our football -State of all football in general And yet for some reason I really don't want to get relegated?! By Wednesday i'm looking forward to the next m...
by edlass
Thu Nov 28, 2019 9:13 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 0-5 v Gillingham and 0-6 v City
Replies: 65
Views: 5080

Re: 0-5 v Gillingham and 0-6 v City

I went to these two as a kid and the City match i remember walking up the steps and seeing across to a full cricket field stand for the first time ever (I'd been going for about 3 or 4 seasons at this point, even Preston and Blackpool didn't fill it) and i just knew it wasn't going to go well. Then ...
by edlass
Sat Nov 23, 2019 8:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: first objective looking good!
Replies: 15
Views: 2108

Re: first objective looking good!

6th out of 91!
by edlass
Thu Nov 21, 2019 12:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Football's Magic Money Tree
Replies: 9978
Views: 1013518

Re: Football's Magic Money Tree

What do we think of the price of football podcast? I love it except it doesn't seem long enough to really get into the meat of any subject so I'm usually left wanting more. I thought the instance of the player questioning his new agents fees was brilliant story and how he hadn't realised that in his...
by edlass
Mon Nov 18, 2019 1:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Opening Day Thrashings
Replies: 42
Views: 2523

Re: Opening Day Thrashings

Burnley 1-3 Brighton in 02/03. We'd just had two great seasons since coming up to Div 1 and then in the opening game of this one we played newly promoted Brighton (who were singing that they were back but they went down). We were 3-0 down too until the last minute and Gnohere might even have been se...
by edlass
Fri Nov 15, 2019 12:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Great headers
Replies: 50
Views: 3288

Re: Great headers

Just as an individual goal Andy Gray V Norwich when we won 4-1 at their place. It was on TV and the replay made it look even better, it seemed to curl in.
by edlass
Mon Nov 04, 2019 4:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: I’m inclined to give up to football
Replies: 40
Views: 3396

Re: I’m inclined to give up to football

Its a tough one. Funnily enough the most disillusioned I have felt about football Is the season we finished 7th because as much as I battled the thought I still told myself that this was our limit. I've seen the best it will ever be if things stay the way there are in football. I hate it when City a...
by edlass
Thu Oct 31, 2019 4:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bamford at it again
Replies: 42
Views: 4879

Re: Bamford at it again

When Coleman got sent off the other day it was a correct decision but if McNeil landed on his feet and just rubbed his head better would he have been sent off? He had to lie on the floor for a few minutes. That big Villa lad tried it with Ben Mee too (is there a #metoo joke there somewhere) but did ...
by edlass
Wed Oct 16, 2019 4:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tubby Football Players
Replies: 67
Views: 4482

Re: Tubby Football Players

When I was a kid a player came on loan from City called Gerry Creaney, I am sure he scored quite a few goals in his spell but in my head I remember him being a bit larger.
by edlass
Mon Sep 23, 2019 12:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Heaton Villa
Replies: 50
Views: 8872

Re: Heaton Villa

Does anyone think Aston Villa will benefit from the fact he knows the club and players very well?

I am hoping it won't make a difference!
by edlass
Mon Sep 09, 2019 12:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Football's Magic Money Tree
Replies: 9978
Views: 1013518

Re: Football's Magic Money Tree

Kieran Maguire, a lecturer in football finance at the University of Liverpool, said: “We are seeing this more and more where clubs are looking for cash immediately, but of course it costs them a premium to do so.” What benefit is there to having actual cash but at a premium? I don't really know wha...
by edlass
Fri Sep 06, 2019 11:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Football manager
Replies: 13
Views: 1170

Re: Football manager

I used to love championship manager 96/97 including the Italian leagues. I've not played football manager I must admit but tempted to get it on mobile. Anyone have any experience of the mobile one?
by edlass
Fri Aug 23, 2019 6:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Interesting from Vydra
Replies: 81
Views: 14399

Re: Interesting from Vydra

I think with Vydra it's the not knowing. I was excited when we signed him so for him to hardly feature and for no obvious reason just left me with a feeling I wasn't used to. I was excited about Defour and I know why he doesnt play. I was excited about Wood and Brady and now I know all about them bu...