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by GodIsADeeJay81
Mon Sep 20, 2021 1:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Would you take a punt on any of the below free agents?
Replies: 51
Views: 6394

Re: Would you take a punt on any of the below free agents?

Sleeping Cat wrote:
Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:07 pm
And he has been without a club for over a year. Fitness would be way off.
The match fitness would be yes, same as Bale when he went to spurs last season, took months for his body to re-adjust back to playing regularly
by GodIsADeeJay81
Mon Sep 20, 2021 1:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Would you take a punt on any of the below free agents?
Replies: 51
Views: 6394

Re: Would you take a punt on any of the below free agents?

Froobs wrote:
Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:06 pm
Both worth a risk
Would you be staying the same if they failed to play a full 90 mins throughout the season and barely made a dozen appearances?

Probably not.
by GodIsADeeJay81
Mon Sep 20, 2021 1:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The volcano on La Palma in the Canary Islands has erupted
Replies: 48
Views: 7380

Re: The volcano on La Palma in the Canary Islands has erupted

No, the scientists will have modelled all possible scenarios which would have included this one and if the land mass did just drop into the ocean in one go then the tsunami hitting the East Coast is a possibility. What I am saying is people took this and ignored the scientific findings on how likel...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Would you take a punt on any of the below free agents?
Replies: 51
Views: 6394

Re: Would you take a punt on any of the below free agents?

minnieclaret wrote:
Mon Sep 20, 2021 11:52 am
Sturridge. Scores goals, 3 of our strikers don’t.
Carries the same injury risk as Wilshere though unfortunately
by GodIsADeeJay81
Mon Sep 20, 2021 8:31 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Panorama - Footballs Broken Dreams - 8.30pm
Replies: 23
Views: 4248

Panorama - Footballs Broken Dreams - 8.30pm

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by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The volcano on La Palma in the Canary Islands has erupted
Replies: 48
Views: 7380

Re: The volcano on La Palma in the Canary Islands has erupted

Somethingfishy wrote:
Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:36 pm
Here we are... https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/canary ... WCNOHVU7A/
I started to read it, but I got stuck at the first advert ...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: grass too long…again!!
Replies: 23
Views: 4695

Re: grass too long…again!!

Arteta in the Metro: ‘…Again he [Tierney] had a problem. I think he was cramping. The pitch was pretty difficult today it was quite long…’ GRRRRRR!!! :roll: Neil Lennon was co-commentator on 5live and he pointedly said that Tierney never had cramp when he was at Celtic..... That would suggest it wa...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What's the reason Brownhill is playing instead of Jack Cork?
Replies: 108
Views: 11032

Re: What's the reason Brownhill is playing instead of Jack Cork?

You don't see anything he does as a positive though, massive or otherwise :lol:

You're probably genuinely disappointed when he does something good during a game.
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What's the reason Brownhill is playing instead of Jack Cork?
Replies: 108
Views: 11032

Re: What's the reason Brownhill is playing instead of Jack Cork?

Yes the odd interception. Doesn’t that stat equate to just over 2 interceptions a game. That’s the same amount of progressive passes our CM makes a game. Yup, but he's also doing more interceptions than the majority of the PL. I know you're a glass empty kind of person, though, because you'd need t...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 6:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What's the reason Brownhill is playing instead of Jack Cork?
Replies: 108
Views: 11032

Re: What's the reason Brownhill is playing instead of Jack Cork?

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The odd interception
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 6:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Derby - administration
Replies: 217
Views: 34468

Re: Derby - administration

apologies if it has already been asked and answered, but if they go in to administration, would that make the contracts of the players null and void to avoid any more outgoings? And of so does that mean we could sign 1 of them as no contract? Just thinking Jason Knight etc. No, only doing a Bury wo...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 4:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rovers in the play offs. Burnley in bottom 2
Replies: 22
Views: 2804

Re: Rovers in the play offs. Burnley in bottom 2

We are just having our usual poor start to a season, those who're busy flapping about it have seemingly forgotten that.
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 4:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Derby - administration
Replies: 217
Views: 34468

Re: Derby - administration

Dyche and Cornet will be our 2 highest earners. I mean I had people on here telling me JBG would walk into the AC Milan team, Wood was going to Lazio and Benfica wanted Brian Jensen. Jessie Lingaard wouldn't get into our side, we must have some reyt valuable attackers on our hands. I've just read w...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 4:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Derby - administration
Replies: 217
Views: 34468

Re: Derby - administration

Our 2 current highest earners are contracted for 5 more years. contract termination isn't free. Sell? sounds easy, not quite that easy to sell players paid well above their worth/quality especially when they're old with zero resale value. How do we sell Jay Rodriguez? which Championship/League One ...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 3:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Derby - administration
Replies: 217
Views: 34468

Re: Derby - administration

sounds simple, so how do we get players/people out of the club who are big earners and under contract? Contracts last 3-5 years generally. We can sell at anytime we wish, some contracts can be terminated by mutual consent etc. It really is that simple, then we sign other players on wages that fit i...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 2:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jimmy Greaves RIP
Replies: 78
Views: 8170

Re: Jimmy Greaves RIP

Listened to a lot of stuff said about him today I can recall seeing him on Saints and Greavsie, like many my age I suppose. People who've seen him play have said he's incomparable to anyone else who's ever played, he'd be worth more than the likes of Kane in today's market. RIP to a man who provided...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 2:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: RIP John Challis aka Boycie
Replies: 21
Views: 3110

RIP John Challis aka Boycie

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by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 12:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What's the reason Brownhill is playing instead of Jack Cork?
Replies: 108
Views: 11032

Re: What's the reason Brownhill is playing instead of Jack Cork?

Boss Hogg wrote:
Sun Sep 19, 2021 12:37 pm
Be interested to see his other ‘stats’.
He's been dispossessed just 3 times this season, compared to 9 for Barnes.

Overall he's not a bad player for us, stats can be picked up to push any agenda people want, on here it's usually negative.
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 12:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Derby - administration
Replies: 217
Views: 34468

Re: Derby - administration

Our wage bill in 2015/16 Championship season was £27m a year. Our wage bill has rose significantly since then, maybe you can explain how a conservative figure of £40m a year is sustainable in the Championship. It's so so easy to take the high ground and pretend we have been nothing but squeaky clea...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 12:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Derby - administration
Replies: 217
Views: 34468

Re: Derby - administration

We didn't carry on with it because we hit the golden ticket and somehow got promoted so our income went up to £100m+. It's incredibly easy to be sustainable when your income is £135m a year and you buy players like Peter Crouch. and some Burnley fans have been racist previously, does that mean we'r...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 12:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sound of Silence
Replies: 14
Views: 3350

Re: Sound of Silence

There's a live recording of Disturbed with another singer called Myles Kennedy and it's pretty good.

https://youtu.be/H3By4DZyTNM
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 10:45 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What's the reason Brownhill is playing instead of Jack Cork?
Replies: 108
Views: 11032

Re: What's the reason Brownhill is playing instead of Jack Cork?

Are you proposing the set up we had with Hendrick sat there to recycle the balls forward?

It has merits and we were better at pressing teams with that style
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 10:31 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Derby - administration
Replies: 217
Views: 34468

Re: Derby - administration

Relegation is only an issue when the wage bill gets out of control
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 10:14 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Derby - administration
Replies: 217
Views: 34468

Re: Derby - administration

Ok, if you have deemed it flawed then so be it. Either way, it's gone on. Our wage bill would be reduced over time if we remained in the championship, we wouldn't continue to run in an unsustainable manner with a wage bill 140% of income like Derby were at the last accounts seen from a few years ago.
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 10:12 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What's the reason Brownhill is playing instead of Jack Cork?
Replies: 108
Views: 11032

Re: What's the reason Brownhill is playing instead of Jack Cork?

What about his passing stats etc… Interceptions are great but completely pointless unless you do something when you win the ball back. He’s a good grafter but that’s about it. He reminds of David Jones. Yeah lots of fans didn't understand what David Jones offered to the team, so it's no surprise to...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:50 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What's the reason Brownhill is playing instead of Jack Cork?
Replies: 108
Views: 11032

Re: What's the reason Brownhill is playing instead of Jack Cork?

Don’t understand the anti brownhill comments. It’s after every game. He is our only centre mid with athleticism and he’s absolutely everywhere. Yesterday he was involved in some good stuff going forward as well. Brownhill wins the ball a very impressive amount and can play a bit too. Yes he’s frust...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:48 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Derby - administration
Replies: 217
Views: 34468

Re: Derby - administration

We haven't always been ran in a sustainable manner though and we benefited from it..... non of us complained. As you mention we were put under transfer embargo for the Eagles deal, Eagles was a key part of that promotion winning side. It's very easy to run in a sustainable manner when your TV incom...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:46 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Derby - administration
Replies: 217
Views: 34468

Re: Derby - administration

It very well could be if we go down and use the parachute payments to fund keeping a Premier League wage bill in the attempt to get back up and dont succeed. By your logic if this happened you would be having ago at your 5 year old self for not protesting now (even though there's nothing to protest...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:45 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What's the reason Brownhill is playing instead of Jack Cork?
Replies: 108
Views: 11032

Re: What's the reason Brownhill is playing instead of Jack Cork?

I'd suggest McNeil being higher up in the tackles stats as a bigger issue than Brownhill playing.
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:57 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Derby - administration
Replies: 217
Views: 34468

Re: Derby - administration

Before you became a Burnley fan, Floods cash and the sale of Lafferty elevated us to an unthinkable promotion, without that promotion we'd have been financially crippled. It's a fine fine margin and it's not one fans can control. If owners wanna go win or bust, fans have to sit back and accept it. ...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sat Sep 18, 2021 6:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ashley Barnes - the positives ?
Replies: 145
Views: 15744

Re: Ashley Barnes - the positives ?

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote:
Mon Sep 13, 2021 9:50 pm
I'm positive he should be dropped for Vydra
Just this
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sat Sep 18, 2021 2:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: COVID Spot Checks - Premier League
Replies: 123
Views: 11321

Re: COVID Spot Checks - Premier League

Don't need upper or lower tier signs, the tickets tell you which gate to use.
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sat Sep 18, 2021 2:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Your starting eleven vs Arsenal
Replies: 84
Views: 8998

Re: Your starting eleven vs Arsenal

I'd expect (hope) Barnes and Wood to bully that Arsenal defence.
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sat Sep 18, 2021 1:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ben Mee: England has always been my aim...
Replies: 13
Views: 2326

Re: Ben Mee: England has always been my aim...

Great signing for us, better defenders than him were never picked for England, inc Bruce who was Utd Captain at the time.
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sat Sep 18, 2021 1:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Any parking tips for Burnley Town Centre?
Replies: 25
Views: 4251

Re: Any parking tips for Burnley Town Centre?

Don't park in Asda :lol:

Just check the signage on any road side parking, there are plenty of spots.
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sat Sep 18, 2021 11:33 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Buying match day tickets online
Replies: 7
Views: 1021

Re: Buying match day tickets online

QR code is scanned at the gate
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sat Sep 18, 2021 10:55 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Derby - administration
Replies: 217
Views: 34468

Re: Derby - administration

randomclaret2 wrote:
Sat Sep 18, 2021 10:42 am
Bolton and Blackburn were undoubtedly kept in unrealistic inflated positions but Derby havent been in the Premier League for 13 years
Without Mel's financial input do you think they'd be in the championship or lower?
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sat Sep 18, 2021 10:35 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: COVID Spot Checks - Premier League
Replies: 123
Views: 11321

Re: COVID Spot Checks - Premier League

Claret Till I Die wrote:
Sat Sep 18, 2021 10:16 am
Not all driving licences are the plastic card type. Some people still have their paper version
That's impressive, only paper ones issued before 2000 are still valid and that's assuming they've never changed address, name, gotten points etc
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sat Sep 18, 2021 10:28 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Derby - administration
Replies: 217
Views: 34468

Re: Derby - administration

Come on, that's completely different Ok, we can use the example of Utd fans not being happy with the way the takeover was financed etc so they went off and formed a new club to follow instead, FC United of Manchester. Fans have a voice they can use if they wish. When Rovers were taken over their fa...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sat Sep 18, 2021 10:05 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Derby - administration
Replies: 217
Views: 34468

Re: Derby - administration

Jakubclaret wrote:
Sat Sep 18, 2021 10:00 am
It is quite funny especially when the fans wouldn’t even have known.
Oh they knew, they made claims that Mel had the EFL on strings.
One example from 2019 -
https://twitter.com/Kyledcfc18/status/1 ... 23424?s=08
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sat Sep 18, 2021 10:05 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Derby - administration
Replies: 217
Views: 34468

Re: Derby - administration

Burnley1989 wrote:
Sat Sep 18, 2021 8:06 am
Have to laugh at fans suggesting they should have been protesting when their club spent money they didn’t have :lol: What planet are you on
Remember when the big 6 clubs planned to join the ESL?
Remember the protests?
by GodIsADeeJay81
Sat Sep 18, 2021 12:25 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Derby - administration
Replies: 217
Views: 34468

Re: Derby - administration

This is tarring with the same brush. Surprise, surprise a minority of supporters are knobs on social media. No different from any club including ours. They all sat by and watched Mel circumvent the FFP rules, there were no protests when the money was being poured into the club and then thrown aroun...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Fri Sep 17, 2021 9:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Derby - administration
Replies: 217
Views: 34468

Re: Derby - administration

Feel for the fans,not them at fault here! They behaved like Bolton fans for years, loving having their owner continue to poor money into the club to inflate their league position, constantly finding ways to dodge FFP and stick 2 fingers up to the EFL etc. Now they're weeping and wailing on social m...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Fri Sep 17, 2021 9:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Derby - administration
Replies: 217
Views: 34468

Re: Derby - administration

Does anyone know what the lowest points finish is in the championship?
Derby seem determined to hold that record alongside the PL one they still hold...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Players loans to Blackburn
Replies: 11
Views: 2203

Re: Players loans to Blackburn

The player would probably learn a lot more there than in our U23's.
We'd benefit in the long run

Mowbray has a good rep for player development doesn't he, especially after how Harvey Elliot got on there last season?
by GodIsADeeJay81
Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:56 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Personalised Number Plates
Replies: 83
Views: 9213

Re: Personalised Number Plates

claret2018 wrote:
Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:07 pm
Always seemed utterly pointless to me. Like personalising your NI number or VIN plate
Can't personalise a VIN, not legally anyway :lol:
by GodIsADeeJay81
Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Personalised Number Plates
Replies: 83
Views: 9213

Re: Personalised Number Plates

Billyblah wrote:
Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:11 pm
Wouldn't motorists driving such cars be pulled over by the Plod and receive a fixed penalty fine?
The plod don't tend to bother that much with the screw location for some reason.
The raised gel lettering is perfectly legal at present
by GodIsADeeJay81
Fri Sep 17, 2021 7:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Personalised Number Plates
Replies: 83
Views: 9213

Re: Personalised Number Plates

They can be purchased for just a couple hundred quid, sometimes even less. It's just a vanity thing, I don't see it any different to when people "name" their house. I think JCB buy up any that have JCB on them, which annoys my cousin who has the same initials :lol: People who have one to match the v...
by GodIsADeeJay81
Fri Sep 17, 2021 7:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chris Hughton
Replies: 48
Views: 5809

Re: Chris Hughton

He will be fired by the end of the season
by GodIsADeeJay81
Fri Sep 17, 2021 7:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pele leaves intensive care after surgery
Replies: 4
Views: 636

Re: Pele leaves intensive care after surgery

He's been readmitted to intensive care.