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For those that saw him at Sheffield United there is only one verdict. An embarrassing liability.

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I don’t think I’ll ever forget the Plymouth game as we could have gone down but it was a cracking game where we played really well with,if I remember correctly,Little supplying Coke with two crosses & Cooke rewarding Little with two goals! Hope that’s right. I thought that Waddle had come to grips ...

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Bob Dylan did a majestic acoustic cover of The Byrds 60's pop classic "My Back Pages". It was quite a turnaround for Dylan to cover The Byrds as the Byrds has already successfully covered a fair few of Bob Dylans songs I think Dylan wrote and recorded that song a few years before The Byrds released...

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Same here Silky, age is no ally when it comes to mental stability, as I'm finding more frequently year on year. Up to the age of 10/11 I was a genuinely carefree happy young lad. That all changed soon afterwards and the next few years were a living nightmare down to a 'family situation'. Never real...

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Is mental illness something that can be "recovered" from? In my experience it is always there, managed rather than cured and likely to have instances of deterioration. I think you are correct in your assessment. My mental health has plagued me for probably most of my life but it has only been in re...

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There’s been plenty of suggestions across numerous threads. I did an in depth post on what Forrest did last year to change there points per game. They were an open free flowing time that was struggling, they have set up be much more rigid and as a result had a dramatic increase in points. If I reca...

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Silky you do realise I am not a professional manager, I am also not getting paid millions of pounds right? This is literally what VK is paid to do. He is paid to find a system that works. Not stick with a style that is failing. As mentioned again, we could go down as the worst premier league team i...

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Identify our weaknesses and change the system to suit our strengths? Or do we just continue to play a system that specifically exposes our weaknesses and hope it somehow works? I'll try again( God loves a trier). What do you think are our strengths and what 'system' should the manager adopt? Presum...

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bumba wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 06, 2023 9:27 am

If he wants this atmosphere he bangs on about he should pick the right team and players the fans want then it'll give the crowd a boost.

Sounds like you are suggesting that the manager should choose his team based on the popularity of players. That can't be right at any level.

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Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 05, 2023 6:59 pm

Our squad is definitely good enough to stay up. We just need to change tactics/style or get a manager that will

What are the tactics we need to employ? You keep mentioning them but don't explain how they operate.

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The tone of your post suggests this question might well be a disingenuous one, but I think I can help out anyway on the off chance you are actually interested. At the start of last season Forest played quite an open and attacking 3412 formation with an emphasis on trying to move the ball around. Af...

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They have dramatically changed their system from the start of last season. We will have to do similar if we want similar returns Can you please explain how they changed ' dramatically'. Personnel I understand but I'm more concerned with their tactical approach that brought about a change in their f...

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It’s always the same, somebody decides to start clapping and everyone feels obliged to follow suit. The announcer needs to say after the Last Post please do not start clapping as there will be a minutes silence which will cease on the referees whistle. Seriously? You think the announcer should pop-...

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RVclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 05, 2023 1:18 pm
Norwich are a great example of sacking a manager, losing their identity and now ending up in no man’s land, with an unhappy fanbase, empty stadium, ageing players and parachute payments running out. I hope we don’t follow paths.

'empty stadium'? Nearly 26,000 today.

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I suggested we needed a striker( or two) 8 months ago. But we were in party mood. Criminal that this was overlooked. What we have to offer now up front is shambolic.

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Vino blanco wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 04, 2023 12:46 pm
I'm sick and tired of watching the PL and Var interfering on nearly every bloody goal.

So am I so I don't watch it anymore. Just watch my team and that's enough.

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if Foster is out (and boy that is a blow) then I think I'd play Redmond at number 9, I'm pretty sure he's played there before for Southampton, and Rodriguez has been pretty ineffective. He can come short and go in behind and retains mobility at the top end of the pitch. I don't think Amdouni at num...

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Nonayforever wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 02, 2023 9:05 pm
I wouldn't want them even if you gave me £60 each

Surely you not wanting them is sufficient. Perhaps someone else is more interested.

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Excellent news. Well done Accy Clarets.

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An understandable weariness in recent match reports Tony, looking forward to the time when you can be more upbeat. Very noticeable air of resignation in your tone, CT. More usual( not from you particularly) towards the end of a season when all has been played for. Very worrying when the clocks have...

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I think VK has got the best part of a few weeks to turn this round. Get back to absolute basics, sort the defence out. If we can start keeping clean sheets the points will come. Concede three a game against Palace/arsenal etc… and I’m not sure he’s going to give Pace any other choice What's ' the b...

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He hasn't lost the dressing room he has lost himself. Feel sorry for the guy. His interviews since Chelsea, his body language and his booking tonight indicate he is a broken man, and despite what he says will have the world on his shoulders, Not sure how much pressure the back ground team are takin...

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KefkaClaret wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 01, 2023 9:26 pm
Ekdal wasn’t even on the bench against City or Villa, unsure of how much Kompany rates him.

I imagine his rating has improved significantly since those two fixtures which seem light years ago.

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Evening, Everton fan here in peace. I’m sorry to disappoint you but please check the lineups for the previous two rounds at Doncaster and Villa, Dyche is going for this cup and we played our first team in both games, he doesn’t even swap the GK. We will be full strength again Wednesday, we aren’t i...

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Don't think this 'Cup fever' you appear to be focused on has reached Rossendale yet. It's a fixture we could well do without. A third consecutive away game and there must be people who have spent a small fortune over 10 days or so. Of course there is no guarantee of success in these games; that is p...

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Always feel that when someone resorts to 'couldn't do any worse' then desperation has well and truly set in. Personally I've no idea where we go from now; I'm just a fan and a punter. Tactics are way beyond my skillset but putting two raw central defenders into midfield where neither have ever appea...

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Absolute f***ing horseshit. So why are they wanting Bournemouth to win over us? Aren't they small too? Smaller than us? Why is there an agenda against us? I'm getting rather fed up of this whingeing boll0cks about some kind of conspiracy against us just cos we're Burnley. Bottom line is we're crap ...

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I used the term 'soft touch' last week and that's exactly what we saw again today Trafford-3 There is no stability in the team and much of that emanates from the keeper. Jittery and everything appears rushed. Vitinho- 4 out of his depth at this level Al Dakhil-4 Bullied easily and decision making po...

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No one cares if we’re not good enough,but what we do expect is all the players to put a shift in,either Kompany’s not cracking the whip ,or we’ve a set of spineless players who are sulking after getting a few home truths ,whichever way you put it if you were a neutral fan watching the last 2 games ...

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Same for me. Nothing else comes remotely close to the drive home from Gresty Rd. Very few words were said in the car as the reality sank in that we were on the edge of the precipice and the ground beneath our feet was crumbling. Agree. That drive home was horrendous( and I wasn't driving). I've men...

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As mentioned earlier that 4/5 day hiatus between losing away at Crewe and playing at home to Orient in 1987. The journey home from Crewe in the car was probably the lowest ebb I can ever recall.

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I was at the game and as I recall the whole 90 minutes was quite uneventful. I do remember George Best making some sort of comeback that day; not from injury or suspension but one of those self-imposed breaks he had the habit of taking. He was, let's say, overweight when he appeared on the pitch. He...

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Claret Till I Die wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 23, 2023 6:53 pm
I know a bloke who got the 2nd goal on NYD

I bet you do.
Willie and 'Bomber' Harris with the goals. What a goalscorer he was and idolised by fans at the time. An absolute crying shame what happened to him at Goodison Park. I,I, Irvine, Irvine,I.

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Yes, I went to that. I lived in Lytham then. Blackpool won 4-2. Exactly a week later was my first visit to Ewood. We won 2-0. That's interesting that you went to the last ever Christmas Day fixture between Blackpool and Blackburn because I also went to it. Five of us, dad, uncle, brother and cousin...

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RVclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 22, 2023 8:01 pm
I would say their squad has improved a fair bit since then (they spent a fortune in January and this summer).

Not showing in their results is it?

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bumba wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 22, 2023 2:58 pm
Bournemouth wouldn't want to be playing anybody else at home next weekend

Remember thinking something along those lines when we got Lincoln at home in the FA Cup but I totally agree with your premise. Just become a 'soft touch' this season and teams are relishing playing against us.

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Steve-Harpers-perm wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:10 pm
From what I’ve seen so far I’d prefer Tresor on the bench. We have a decent left winger who did ok last season who Kompany seems to have forgotten about!

Do you think Tresor really wants to be here? Seemed to do all he could to avoid joining us.

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Totally agree with SHP.

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Doing well. Always great company and his fondness for Burnley Football Club is delightful. Not a great teller of stories( in the way many ex-pros today seem to be) but when he does relate or refer to games and players of the past it's always a good listen. A relative of mine is his son in law and th...

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Just posted at length on the Everton game in 1973. This was 25 years later but I genuinely cannot recall anything about it. Oh dear!

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Another visit to Goodison Park and another defeat there for me. I've got to know Billy Rodaway well over the last few years but didn't realise this was his baptism as far as league games went. He's a staunch Evertonian but would have loved an encounter with 'his team' I'm certain, although having sa...

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At least he can short term rely on some pundit work. He is a good Championship manager and been unlucky on several occasions to have been fired (ie Birmingham City) I'm not doubting that you are right regarding Rowett's tenure at various clubs but I was just wondering if being fired on several occa...

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The player in the background has the gait of Dave Thomas.

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Think this is the FA Cup game at Anfield in Jan/ Feb 1969 which we lost 2-1. I was there on that side of the ground towards the Anfield Rd. end. Frank Casper scored our goal.

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Recall Kevin Young having an excellent game against Newcastle at home on Boxing Day 1978 or 79. Won 3-2 with Billy Hamilton scoring a great header at the Beehole End to open the scoring. He joined Bury with Frank Casper and Dobbo in charge and they beat us 5-3 in a league Cup tie at Gigg Lane( was i...

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Couldn't see any game plan yesterday. And our inability to get the ball away at goal kicks and retain possession was both farcical and wholly inadequate. Might have helped if Trafford didn't keep passing the ball to his team mates heels instead of in front of them.

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Just very sad news. Didn't know him but definetly recognise the username. RIP and thoughts and prayers to his family.

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Robbed against forest , and probably deserved a point if not three tonight against man United . Lots of positives again, more learning curves too. I think we win that game easily if foster plays The issue of not investing in a goalscorer coming home to roost now. We've known since March we were goi...

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Tall Paul wrote: ↑
Sat Sep 23, 2023 10:02 pm
Maybe when we start losing games that we're expected to win.

Which games are they?

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A shocking response by Spurs to the previous week's defeat at White Hart Lane. Couldn't have taken long to come up with the tactics they employed. At all costs stop Casper and that's what they did. Had forgotten he was only on the pitch for such a short time and like longsidetrumpet higher up the th...

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