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by NottsClaret
Wed Aug 16, 2023 12:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: England v Australia WWC
Replies: 137
Views: 6026

Re: England v Australia WWC

Brilliant.. well done England
by NottsClaret
Mon Aug 14, 2023 5:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New food/drink rules at the Turf
Replies: 353
Views: 32729

Re: New food/drink rules at the Turf

No point moaning about price. Nobody pay it and the price will drop, but enough will keep paying so they'll try at £7 next, that's just how it is.

The crap service is a justified whinge.
by NottsClaret
Mon Aug 14, 2023 12:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Are you sat next to or near a pillock?
Replies: 105
Views: 7396

Re: Are you sat next to or near a pillock?

Never had a problem at the Turf, a few away games which were obviously 'learning experiences' for my kids. The only strange one at home was a lad who sat just down from us for a couple of seasons, really got into the game, which was great. But also used to whistle unbelievably loudly. It didn't seem...
by NottsClaret
Fri Aug 11, 2023 9:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets v City match thread
Replies: 377
Views: 14465

Re: Clarets v City match thread

Commy wrote:
Fri Aug 11, 2023 9:25 pm
This is like watching paint dry with them just passing it around.
There wasn’t one Championship game as boring as this in 46 matches.
by NottsClaret
Fri Aug 11, 2023 3:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: We're going to win the league
Replies: 28
Views: 2712

Re: We're going to win the league

First season (I think) we've had in the Prem where the preview podcasts haven't had us around or in the bottom three. They've all put us midtable from what I can gather. Bookies have us safe too. It's surreal. True, although the flip side to that is the bookies and pundits were nearly always wrong ...
by NottsClaret
Fri Aug 11, 2023 1:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Casper at the double in pre-season opener
Replies: 17
Views: 899

Re: ARTICLE: Casper at the double in pre-season opener

Before my time, but for anyone bemoaning how the 'games gone soft'.. yes it undoubtedly has, but you also get to see players like Frank Casper playing into their 30s rather than ruined in their prime.
by NottsClaret
Fri Aug 11, 2023 10:52 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mission to Burnley (including spoilers from page 9)
Replies: 868
Views: 51633

Re: Mission to Burnley (including spoilers from page 9)

Only watched the first one, it's pretty good so far. That concludes my review.
by NottsClaret
Tue Aug 08, 2023 9:17 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Udoka Godwin-Malife
Replies: 23
Views: 1908

Re: Udoka Godwin-Malife

I feel talent should be shared round more evenly. I got a double jointed finger and that's it.
by NottsClaret
Mon Aug 07, 2023 6:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Club Statement re Persistent Standing.
Replies: 52
Views: 4160

Re: Club Statement re Persistent Standing.

Yeah, nobody is falling for that statement. If the police or any safety authority still gives a toss about persistent standing - and they don't - then as others have said, you'd imagine they'd have mentioned the CFS which is basically an unsafe standing area. The ground won't be closed and the polic...
by NottsClaret
Mon Aug 07, 2023 1:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.
Replies: 15428
Views: 1610949

Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

Like many others, I've said plenty of times on here, he's an absolutely class player.
by NottsClaret
Mon Aug 07, 2023 1:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Vaping/ E Cigarettes
Replies: 35
Views: 2515

Re: Vaping/ E Cigarettes

Seen loads of kids on them non-stop. If there is a problem with them, then it's going to be a huge one. I'd rather people went back to smoking fags. OK, it rots your lungs, blocks your arteries, costs a fortune, stinks and ultimately kills you and those around you.. but it did look cool, there's no ...
by NottsClaret
Mon Aug 07, 2023 10:31 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley Town Centre
Replies: 123
Views: 9073

Re: Burnley Town Centre

Why has no one started a thread "Barnsley Town Centre" ? That would actually be a better comparison. It's a much improved town centre. Big, revamped market, loads of cafes and bars. New shopping centre and cinema. It'll never be Leeds or Sheffield and it's easy to be dismissive but they've done a g...
by NottsClaret
Sun Aug 06, 2023 3:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today’s Blast from our recent Clarets Past (v) - Mitchell Thomas
Replies: 15
Views: 957

Re: Today’s Blast from our recent Clarets Past (v) - Mitchell Thomas

2001 I think, we played West Brom at home and as soon as they brought a peak Jason Roberts on, Stan put a by then veteran Thomas on to man mark him. Hardly gave him a kick.
by NottsClaret
Thu Aug 03, 2023 1:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mission to Burnley (including spoilers from page 9)
Replies: 868
Views: 51633

Re: Mission to Burnley

Maybe we're not quite ready for a takeover by gay-hanging, journalist-murdering Arab billionaires just yet. We're already getting into a tizz about a chairman with some fairly harmless if ludicrously eccentric beliefs, and the possibility he might talk about them on telly.
by NottsClaret
Wed Aug 02, 2023 6:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Hundred
Replies: 43
Views: 3632

Re: The Hundred

I watched a bit of it last night, it's not really for me but my daughter loved it, first time she's ever watched a cricket match on telly so i guess it works for its target audience.
by NottsClaret
Wed Aug 02, 2023 1:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hijack
Replies: 28
Views: 3966

Re: Hijack

Strange one isn't it. Absolutely ludicrous in every way but very watchable.
by NottsClaret
Wed Aug 02, 2023 5:34 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mission to Burnley (including spoilers from page 9)
Replies: 868
Views: 51633

Re: Mission to Burnley

Now I want to watch it more than before. Reliving last season will be fun anyway, but I must have seen nearly every goal from every angle already, as well as seeing a good part of it live. But the oddbod religious stuff is always fascinating. A behind the scenes look at one of our most enjoyable eve...
by NottsClaret
Tue Aug 01, 2023 5:33 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today’s Blast from our Claret Past - Steve Harper
Replies: 21
Views: 1364

Re: Today’s Blast from our Claret Past - Steve Harper

Bit of an obscure one, but I remember him scoring a decent goal against Dynamo Moscow when we played them in that friendly and it looked like they were going to get a cricket score against us.
by NottsClaret
Mon Jul 31, 2023 6:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 5th Ashes test
Replies: 478
Views: 20940

Re: 5th Ashes test

Great series that, enjoyed every day of it. Shame about the weather in Manchester but can't be helped.
by NottsClaret
Mon Jul 31, 2023 10:58 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: FC Copenhagen ban ‘can I have your shirt’ signs at football games
Replies: 51
Views: 3339

Re: FC Copenhagen ban ‘can I have your shirt’ signs at football games

I think there is some logic to this, rather than just finding kids annoying. I saw Mason Mount getting harassed in the street recently for stuff. I guess if you allow or encourage this stuff in the stadium, it soon spills over into people hanging round training grounds, car parks etc, competing for ...
by NottsClaret
Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:42 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Merlin missing at Morecambe
Replies: 15
Views: 1642

Re: ARTICLE: Merlin missing at Morecambe

"I would like to say to the fans who keep saying it’s rubbish that in all fairness it has been rubbish here for a long time, and I have got the same players"

Couldn't accuse him of sugar coating anything.
by NottsClaret
Thu Jul 27, 2023 6:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mission to Burnley (including spoilers from page 9)
Replies: 868
Views: 51633

Re: Mission to Burnley

Claretforever wrote:
Thu Jul 27, 2023 2:11 pm
This is the view they chose to show… :roll:
What's wrong with it? I imagine most of us have lived on a terraced street just like that at some point in East Lancashire. I did for years and have absolutely zero embarrassment about it, it was a good place to live.
by NottsClaret
Thu Jul 27, 2023 11:10 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Eddie's on borrowed time
Replies: 73
Views: 6311

Re: Eddie's on borrowed time

I wonder if they might struggle to adapt to all the extra big midweek games. It's a good point this, Newcastle had a huge advantage last season from not playing European games. Arsenal sort of half heartedly got to the last 16 of the Europa. Now both are in the Champions League, if they make any so...
by NottsClaret
Wed Jul 26, 2023 7:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mission to Burnley (including spoilers from page 9)
Replies: 868
Views: 51633

Re: Mission to Burnley

Burnley is fine, far nicer than many towns in the U.K., and there’s nothing wrong with terraced streets. Let’s wait until we see the programme before we get too upset.
by NottsClaret
Tue Jul 25, 2023 8:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Benfica - v - Burnley MATCH THREAD
Replies: 602
Views: 21579

Re: Benfica - v - Burnley MATCH THREAD

Muric staking his claim here. Entertaining this for a friendly.
by NottsClaret
Tue Jul 25, 2023 3:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Koleosho signs in
Replies: 31
Views: 4633

Re: ARTICLE: Koleosho signs in

Blows my mind these signings. We used to sign someone who'd got a couple of hundred Championship appearances, or maybe a Prem players who's success depended on how long there knees held up. You kind of knew what you were getting. £3m now for a lad with potential from Spain or America or something. Q...
by NottsClaret
Tue Jul 25, 2023 7:06 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Away kit leaked
Replies: 279
Views: 12710

Re: Away kit leaked

Moan moan moan moan moan. Can the club do anything right at the moment. Seems all Burnley fans do these days is moan. We have just got back in the Premier league FFS Not sure I ever really get this line of thought. If a thread is started specifically about the away kit, do we only post positive opi...
by NottsClaret
Mon Jul 24, 2023 8:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Wasps
Replies: 20
Views: 2027

Re: Wasps

I used that foam stuff once. It does work, if you have easy access and as above, an escape route. Just do it around dusk and leave the nest up afterwards, supposed to put off any other colony from moving in. Only about £5 for a can.
by NottsClaret
Mon Jul 24, 2023 9:32 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Venkys
Replies: 210
Views: 28565

Re: Venkys

I certainly don't wish absolute financial ruin for them, but I think it would be really good for their fans to understand their place in the world by suffering a couple of decades in League One/Two. That's all I ask really, just to make them more humble. You're a better man than me jedi, nothing bu...
by NottsClaret
Fri Jul 21, 2023 2:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Redmond signs in for the Clarets after a year in Turkey
Replies: 92
Views: 7296

Re: ARTICLE: Redmond signs in for the Clarets after a year in Turkey

It's exciting checking out all the new players we've never heard of on YouTube, but it's reassuring to sign someone we've already seen produce in the Premier League for years. Right side of 30 too, it should be a good signing this.
by NottsClaret
Fri Jul 21, 2023 11:00 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What are your expectations now?
Replies: 33
Views: 2541

Re: What are your expectations now?

What sort of challenge in the premier league do people think we can realistically mount? I mean, there has to be some reality coming in here! It's so hard to predict, I've honestly no idea. We've only been out one season but so much has changed, I genuinely wouldn't be shocked if we were 6th at Chr...
by NottsClaret
Fri Jul 21, 2023 7:51 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Banking your season ticket
Replies: 65
Views: 4450

Re: Banking your season ticket

You can always spot a landlord.
by NottsClaret
Wed Jul 19, 2023 6:56 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Best live concerts/performances on YouTube
Replies: 47
Views: 2405

Re: Best live concerts/performances on YouTube

Watched a bit of this the other day, made me feel old. Mondays in 1990.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K-UwIP ... =N01JAMFAN
by NottsClaret
Fri Jul 14, 2023 12:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Moments that could have changed BFC forever
Replies: 63
Views: 3378

Re: Moments that could have changed BFC forever

Mike Dean deciding not to award Sheffield Utd a (pretty much stonewall) penalty! Other than if Orient had equalised in ‘87, that’s the one I thought of. They had a couple of decent shouts despite us clearly being the better side. If we’d lost that, the last 15 years - as close to a golden era as a ...
by NottsClaret
Fri Jul 14, 2023 8:06 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Overlap with Deli Ali
Replies: 28
Views: 2896

Re: Overlap with Deli Ali

Really good interview that, well done to him. Sad that he only had a ‘normal’ life from 12-15 years old. That’s definitely going to mess you up at some point. Hopefully he’s happier from now on.
by NottsClaret
Thu Jul 13, 2023 7:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Wout is back
Replies: 284
Views: 45473

Re: Wout is back

Happy to give him a chance, although I still doubt he'll start the season with us. As for his spell at Man Utd, Ten Hag picked him to start for them 19 times. They did better when he started playing for them than they had when Ronaldo was there. Might only have scored twice, but their results improv...
by NottsClaret
Wed Jul 12, 2023 12:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Next seasons kit
Replies: 657
Views: 59703

Re: Next seasons kit

Where are we on the club badge now?
by NottsClaret
Wed Jul 12, 2023 12:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Next seasons kit
Replies: 657
Views: 59703

Re: Next seasons kit

Hard to have a strong opinion on that at all. It's just a typical Burnley kit.

It does look like Villa, but isn't that why we play in Claret and Blue anyway?
by NottsClaret
Mon Jul 10, 2023 6:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Andros Townsend
Replies: 36
Views: 4669

Re: Andros Townsend

Carwin261 wrote:
Mon Jul 10, 2023 6:07 pm
Hopefully we’re better than when Sean Dyche would pick up any old has been hoping he may have a good game once every blue moon,ie Crouch ,Stephen’s ,Lennon ,Walters et al .
Or maybe another Bardsley, Pieters or Barton who were all really good.
by NottsClaret
Sun Jul 09, 2023 6:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ashes third test
Replies: 868
Views: 27245

Re: Ashes third test

Not read the whole thread but agree with dande. We’re a bit unlucky to be 2-1 down to the best test team in the world and could yet win the series. Our form is unbelievable over the last year or so, people who don’t like cricket are suddenly watching cricket, kids all over the country have new heroe...
by NottsClaret
Sun Jul 09, 2023 6:33 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Have you ever done a DNA heritage test?
Replies: 62
Views: 3693

Re: Have you ever done a DNA heritage test?

Just about every living soul on the planet will have a complex mix of different ethnic groups. Every region at one time or another has been invaded, integrated, suffered disease, famine, the process repeated over and over. Exactly this, go back far enough and we’re all African. Just go back a few t...
by NottsClaret
Thu Jul 06, 2023 8:18 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Match day prices
Replies: 117
Views: 6506

Re: Match day prices

Inevitable really, a Premier League match, even in Burnley is a tourist attraction for the whole world. These tickets aren't aimed at Burnley fans really anymore. Just have to suck it up while we're in the top flight and either get a season ticket or watch on telly. They won't be £50 when we're back...
by NottsClaret
Wed Jul 05, 2023 2:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Eyres scored Burnley’s first Sunday goal
Replies: 11
Views: 723

Re: ARTICLE: Eyres scored Burnley’s first Sunday goal

25 really is late to make it as a pro, what a career he had too, maybe even helped him later on. I think Vardy was still non-league at roughly the same age.
by NottsClaret
Mon Jul 03, 2023 4:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Loyalty Points change
Replies: 362
Views: 18655

Re: Loyalty Points change

Only quickly scanned through the thread and also on Twitter.. the fact there seems to be very little backlash and a general acceptance this is fairer for younger fans suggests they've got it about right. As with Lancaster, it doesn't benefit me personally but there's no way I should be getting ticke...
by NottsClaret
Mon Jul 03, 2023 2:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: All Time Top 20 Championship Players - Second Tier Podcast
Replies: 12
Views: 738

Re: All Time Top 20 Championship Players - Second Tier Podcast

Tricky one to assemble that, as the best ones quickly move on to the Prem, like Trippier or Ings.

So then you’re looking at lesser players who hung around for years in the 2nd tier, because they were never quite good enough. Robbie Blake maybe for us?
by NottsClaret
Mon Jul 03, 2023 12:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ashes Second Test
Replies: 998
Views: 33340

Re: Ashes Second Test

It was a s***ty thing to do and the Aussies deserve all the grief they get.
by NottsClaret
Sat Jul 01, 2023 10:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cesc Fabregas retires
Replies: 24
Views: 1467

Re: Cesc Fabregas retires

Really good player, and did it consistently against much better sides than that performance in 2009 (v a midfield which would play about 90% of its career in the championship or below).
by NottsClaret
Thu Jun 29, 2023 4:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Conor Cody
Replies: 30
Views: 3573

Re: Conor Cody

I remember when Stoke kept quite a few 'stars', spent £50 odd million and finished 16th first season back in the Championship.

Just because we made it look easy, doesn't mean it's easy.
by NottsClaret
Wed Jun 28, 2023 10:27 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Next seasons shirt sponsor.
Replies: 338
Views: 16338

Re: Next seasons shirt sponsor.

It's a quandary for sure. A disreputable Far East gambling firm promoting a damaging industry which football says it should be distancing itself from.. and yet the logo looks quite good on a Claret shirt.

That said, I've not bought a replica shirt since becoming an adult so it's no biggie for me.
by NottsClaret
Tue Jun 27, 2023 9:49 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Bardsley calls time on playing career
Replies: 16
Views: 1301

Re: ARTICLE: Bardsley calls time on playing career

That Philipe Anderson who was the next big thing for West Ham will be pleased, Bardsley marked him out the game to such an extent a few years ago I've never heard of him since.