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Just cannot fathom the desire to sell Zaroury and Benson - Championship match winners, and that's where we are almost certain to be in a matter of months. Instead we have: Odobert - almost certain to be sold Koleosho - bad injury, but likely to be sold you'd think Bruun-Larsen - only on loan and inc...

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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 players...

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Maybe the lad will be more settled there. He’s from Swindon isn’t he? Not far. I’d have kept him for the Championship squad but if we’re breaking even (we probably are, near enough) and he’s not seen as part of our plans in either league then fair enough. Hope we include a sell on. Good luck to him ...

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Cuppies and Wall-y in Todmorden in my childhood (90's-early 2000's) There were evenings where you'd have about 20 of us stood in the giant car park behind Kwik Save (shop and car park long gone now, where Aldi is these days) battering the ball against the huge 20ft wall that was there in a Wall-y ga...

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Westleigh wrote: ↑
Sat Jan 13, 2024 6:25 pm
Jedi ,what single contribution has Redmond made to warrant him even being in the Squad?

He’s been given no chance to, so neither of us can answer. I selected him based on my belief that JBL won’t be here, Benson won’t be here and JBG shouldn’t be a starter. Who else could play right wing?

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Brownhill is out of contract and I can't imagine him doing another season in the Championship at this stage of his career. Cullen won't get a better offer from a PL club. Brownhill has another years option which we will no doubt be activating. Good lad but not convinced anyone in this league would ...

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——————————Trafford Vitinho/NEW—-O’Shea—-Beyer—Taylor/NEW ————Cullen————Berge Redmond——Brownhill——Koleosho —————————-Foster Muric, Al-Dakhil, Ekdal, Delcroix, Ramsey, JBG, Zaroury, Obafemi, New Striker Squad: Massengo, Twine, Agyei, Mellon, Vigoroux, Egan-Riley, Franchi, McNally I have discounted pla...

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I look forward to the Championship. I utterly hate this division and it saddens me that we’re in this cycle of needing a promotion every couple of years to stave off financial stuff. Aside from the security of the club I’d happily never see us play at this level again, such is my disdain for VAR and...

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Struggle to believe anyone is defending Tresor after last night, but there is a few (although when one is the one man Belgian National team fan club that isn’t even a Burnley fan, it’s no surprise). The double standards on here are laughable. Vitinho is fair game every single match for not being goo...

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That’s the point though isn’t it. We weren’t loyal to Dyche, pace sacked him as soon as he could. Why are we being loyal to a worse manager than has spent a fortune? Perhaps because Pace realises it was a stupid decision to sack Dyche in the first place, why make the error again? We’re going down n...

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Not withstanding my anger at VAR tonight, I’m angry at what I saw from Tresor. Was he at fault for this result? Not really no, obviously, but that non-performance over the course of the few minutes he was on the pitch was so lacking in any intensity, any fight, any heart, any…effort (!!!) that I am ...

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We’d still be conceding too many goals but I think we’d be scoring more and thus have perhaps turned a few of the closer defeats into draws.

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jedi_master wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:04 pm
I thought Al-Dakhil did well there when he came on against Villa.

I’m losing my mind today - I mean against Spurs!**

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Andingle wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:44 pm
Who plays LB if Taylor not fit ?

I thought Al-Dakhil did well there when he came on against Villa.

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Delcroix has to play at centre back after his performance at Villa, regardless of Beyer’s fitness. IMO.

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If you put these two (well, assuming they’re any good!) into our team we look a different specimen physically. Brownhill has done OK alongside Berge, but I’d love to us go to a three in there at the expense of Amdouni. Agree with the shout further up on Beyer into right back too.

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A modern day club legend I feel is Barnes.

He really got what it means to be a Burnley player.

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Left at the right moment but there is no doubt he did a really good job for us overall, particularly with recruitment. He came into a club that had only just stayed up under Stan in 03/04 and I think he had 8 first team players (not very good ones barring Blake, either). To keep us solidly mid-table...

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I remember a 0-0 draw there under I think Cotterill (so wouldn’t be a Neil Wood debut) and we were definitely in a side stand yes. I remember nothing of the game in the slightest but I recall it absolutely lashed it down after the game like I’ve never seen before, an absolute monsoon. We were soakin...

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Selfishly, as I do not live local it is infinitely preferable for the midweek games to not have work the following day - however I fully agree/understand and sympathise about how ridiculous it is to shift the date on this so close to the game. It’s pathetic and no doubt will ruin the plans made by m...

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I liked that he got his foot in - it’s not something I expected of him but he was quite industrious and played an unfamiliar role fairly well against a good side. There is a player to work with here.

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Muric 8
Vitinho 5
O’Shea 8
Delcroix 9 (MOM)
Taylor 8
Cullen 8
Ramsey 6
Odobert 6
Zaroury 6
Amdouni 5
Foster 4

JBL 5
Brownhill 6
Al-Dakhil 7
Redmond 5
Tresor 5

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He was great tonight and I hadn’t rated him much at all in his appearances thus far. O’Shea likewise continued his recent excellent form and Cullen had his best game of the season. Promising signs from these three in particular. I also will add that Al-Dakhil did well at left back after Taylor got i...

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Great performance, very unlucky - and out of the cup. Call me defeatist but that’s a good night for us, we didn’t need or want a replay. We yet again showed how we have begun to cope with this level of team. Just a real shame it’s perhaps too late, but it should be a more enjoyable 2nd half of the s...

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Cullen has been our best player for me. Unlucky with his booking and I was concerned that would neuter him getting it so early, but it’s been the best he’s played since promotion. Pleasing to see, I do like him.

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Amdouni is so poor He’s another Weghorst, totally ineffective in this league I don’t think Amdouni should be starting purely as I think we perhaps need to be more compact, but he’s clearly very talented and has a lot of excellent attributes. He’s another level to the joker that you have compared hi...

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I think we’ve played well and competed at a good level - should I be surprised that the consensus on here is mostly negative though having had a quick scroll? Probably not.

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For all the criticism Zaroury is receiving, he’s created the best chance of the half (a sitter, arguably) for either side.

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Muric
Roberts O’Shea Al-Dakhil Delcroix
Cullen Massengo
Benson Brownhill Tresor
Foster

If Benny is fit, give him a go.

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Maybe we want Benson back in the event of relegation and to only sell if we stay up? Twine was probably loaned out with the hope/belief he’d have a great season and turn us a profit. Obviously it’s not worked that way and we’ll likely make a small loss on him (Bristol City rumoured to want him for £...

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- Return to my wedding weight from 2018
- Be less angry/frustrated about things that have absolutely no bearing on me or my life
- Get a tattoo (I have threatened this for years, it is time)

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Very highly regarded. Look, we know where we’re likely heading - he looks a decent long term replacement for Roberts to me?

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Loan him? No problem. Sell? Only if we stay up. Clearly the club feel similarly if Nixon is correct.

We know where we’re likely to be next season - here’s to another 30 odd sub appearances from Benny after Tresor, Koleosho and Zaroury have tired our opponents out (I reckon we’ll sell Odobert).

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Nori1958 wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 30, 2023 7:25 pm
Just been said on the utd game that we're past the time when 5 bookings is a ban

Great news

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Jakubclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 30, 2023 7:19 pm
I'd expect townsend to have the wind in his sails he's done well for them so far when some were knocking him taking his time finding another club vindicating us not wanting him.

Bad decision not to sign him.

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This must have already been covered but I'll add it to this thread as I thought 19 games was the cut off for 5 yellow cards so a 5th yellow for Berge today wouldnt make a difference. Is there a reason or a rule change that this isnt the case or has the 20th game always counted? I’m not sure DA, I h...

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Sweep Luton aside meaning ‘win the game’ - apologies if the insinuation was ‘batter’ to you all! I think it will be a close game but I feel confident we will win, that’s all

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Apologies if this has been confirmed somewhere (I have looked…) but does anyone know the status of Sander’s suspension? As I understand it, when he got the booking he was going to be suspended for 5 bookings for Luton as opposed to Spurs in the FA Cup. When he then got the second yellow, did the sus...

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It’s honestly hard to fathom how this is Manchester United really. I know they’ve been crap for years now but how on Earth are they so consistently rubbish after spending (I think?) more than anyone else in the league over the last decade. Such poor management.

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Played really well today and have done for a number of weeks now (barring Everton). Improvement is clear, we’ve been unlucky too. I think we’ll sweep Luton aside. It looks a long shot to stay up unless a team above the relegation zone goes into a nosedive but if we bring some experience in with the ...

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I’d be thinking of him as a CDM to try and help our defence. We’d have to sacrifice Amdouni from the starting 11 for it to be possible though (unless he could play wide). Utterly hypothetical and pointless but, this is what I’d hope for: ———————————Trafford Ayling———-O’Shea————Alderweireld———-Cressw...

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This does feel a killer blow to all three promoted teams if I’m honest. There’s no team above Luton that is realistically in sight (I know Everton lost 3-0 today but they’re still a long way above the bottom three in quality).

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That’s a couple of times that I’ve seen Ayling mentioned. He’s bobbins! My Leeds supporting mate would drive him over to Turf Moor. Two full backs, dominant centre half, proper box to box midfielder who can use the ball and a striker. Half my family are Leeds season ticket holders (in fact…I’m actu...

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Trafford 8
Vitinho 4
O’Shea 7
Beyer 7 whilst on
Taylor 5
Brownhill 7
Berge 5
Odobert 6
JBG 6
Amdouni 6
Foster 9

Delcroix 5
Ramsey 5

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Leander Dendoncker (Villa - Loan with view) or Harrison Reed (Fulham - Loan with view) Luke Ayling (Leeds - Loan) Sergio Gomez (City - Loan with view) or Aaron Cresswell (West Ham - Loan or Perm) Danny Ings (West Ham - Loan) Punt…. Toby Alderweireld (Antwerp - Loan/Whatever and I don’t care that he’...

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Played well. Unlucky. Hard when you’re up against more players and a referee who was not letting us escape with a point.

We will nuke Luton.

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scouseclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 30, 2023 5:01 pm
I’ve seen nothing in Ramsey to suggest he will be a good player. His brief appearances so far have all been strewn with errors and I’m struggling to think of a positive contribution.

Was really good against Man Utd and looked decent when he came on against West Ham IMO. That’s about it though.

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Ramsey will be a good player but that £15m or whatever it was should have been spent on someone like the bloke coming on instead (Dendoncker). He’s just too little and soft to play in the middle as yet.

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