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by Dark Cloud
Fri Dec 22, 2023 2:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Gunners gunned down at the Turf
Replies: 12
Views: 699

Re: ARTICLE: Gunners gunned down at the Turf

sjb wrote:
Fri Dec 22, 2023 2:29 pm
I'm pretty certain Radford's goal was at the Bee Hole End.
Well you might be right, bearing in mind I was a teenager then and now I'm a 65 year old gimmer! CT will surely know, but I have this apparently clear memory of him scoring at the CF end.
by Dark Cloud
Fri Dec 22, 2023 2:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Gunners gunned down at the Turf
Replies: 12
Views: 699

Re: ARTICLE: Gunners gunned down at the Turf

I was one of that utterly embarassingly paltry crowd, especially bearing in mind we were the third best team in the country at the time! There was also barely any away following if I remember correctly, but I do remember a lone Arsenal fan in the CF front row waving a flag when Radford scored right ...
by Dark Cloud
Wed Dec 20, 2023 5:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Everton fans in home end
Replies: 405
Views: 65315

Re: Everton fans in home end

Don't see anything in the statement which says that Liverpool fans won't be seated in the JHU, which was the minimum that I expected the Club to say or am I missing something? Well that's probably because they know it's way too late to do anything about Liverpool fans having got tickets in the home...
by Dark Cloud
Wed Dec 20, 2023 9:02 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: SPOTY
Replies: 63
Views: 4647

Re: SPOTY

Wish I'd put a tenner on a lady footballer winning it. Really didn't see that one coming.
by Dark Cloud
Wed Dec 20, 2023 8:29 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Muric
Replies: 25
Views: 4252

Re: Muric

According to Orient fans the guy from Orient is very far from crap and I think we could do far worse than giving him a go (for what it's worth). He's experienced and although the levels might be lower, experience goes a bloody long way in the PL as we can all see week in week out. Also, the guy who ...
by Dark Cloud
Tue Dec 19, 2023 5:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Lowerhouse New Pro
Replies: 43
Views: 4203

Re: Lowerhouse New Pro

StayingDown4Ever wrote:
Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:53 am
I’d probably say Burnley. Didn’t Lowerhouse go about 100 years without winning anything at all?
They've more than made up for that in recent years!!! (And by that I mean the last 20 at least!)
by Dark Cloud
Tue Dec 19, 2023 2:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: U21s v Preston
Replies: 24
Views: 3294

Re: U21s v Preston

Tbf, that's a very strong Burnley side.
by Dark Cloud
Tue Dec 19, 2023 9:10 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Russia Invades
Replies: 10694
Views: 791174

Re: Russia Invades

Allies being dictated to by the Republicans and Hungary who have both blocked aid packages to Ukraine. Unfortunately politics wins over lives. Definitely. And I have to question what's actually going on with said bloody Hungarians. They campaigned to join Europe, become part of "the club" and then ...
by Dark Cloud
Mon Dec 18, 2023 9:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Russia Invades
Replies: 10694
Views: 791174

Re: Russia Invades

ALP wrote:
Mon Dec 18, 2023 8:49 pm
Disturbing news as the funding dries up.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67748813
Exactly what Russia hoped and expected would happen. They've played the long game and knew we would lose interest. Very poor stuff from (some) of Ukraine's supposed allies.
by Dark Cloud
Mon Dec 18, 2023 5:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Obefemi
Replies: 56
Views: 7260

Re: Obefemi

I do kind of get where the op is coming from in that we seem to have loads of these players who are perennially injured and rather frustratingly seem to be on the brink of a return for months and months whereby they appear on the bench from time to time, don't actually kick a ball and then somehow d...
by Dark Cloud
Mon Dec 18, 2023 8:50 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The most annoying thing for me is….
Replies: 87
Views: 16426

Re: The most annoying thing for me is….

I’ve got to say it, Kompany has lost his marbles. It is like the Emperor’s New Clothes on the playing side at Turf Moor nowadays. Kompany in his head still believes all is ok and things will just “click” any day now and he will then be applauded and the media will blow smoke up his @rse for stickin...
by Dark Cloud
Sun Dec 17, 2023 3:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Mood has changed
Replies: 155
Views: 23304

Re: The Mood has changed

I'd still be keeping VK, but he's got to realise that walking the Championship is a totally different thing to competing in the PL. Surely he of all people knew that and if he did why did he get his summer priorities and signings so bloody wrong! After last season he has enough credit in the bank (i...
by Dark Cloud
Sun Dec 17, 2023 1:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The most annoying thing for me is….
Replies: 87
Views: 16426

Re: The most annoying thing for me is….

There are (it seems) only 3 automatic picks on the team sheet each week providing they're fit and available. Trafford, O'shea and Beyer. The first two are clearly not good enough to hold a place down in a PL team which intends to be competitive. The last one probably is, but I'm yet to be totally co...
by Dark Cloud
Sun Dec 17, 2023 8:35 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The most annoying thing for me is….
Replies: 87
Views: 16426

Re: The most annoying thing for me is….

The most annoying thing for me is the majority of other teams never look any better than us, but we make stupid errors at the back and are always prone to let in the softest of goals out of absolutely nowhere when we're actually playing ok, on top or at least matching them and in some cases taking t...
by Dark Cloud
Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Awful
Replies: 147
Views: 31587

Re: Awful

Two (massive) problems. 1. We ALWAYS concede at least one (usually more) dreadfully soft goals to teams who really don't seem much better than us. 2. Having gone behind in games we simply can't show any urgency or change of gear no matter how much the clock is ticking. We ALWAYS play like we're 3-0 ...
by Dark Cloud
Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Everton - Player Ratings
Replies: 129
Views: 23696

Re: Burnley v Everton - Player Ratings

Trafford 4 (I'm not "piling on" but after making an unbelievable save, he's all over the place at the resulting corner! Bread and butter stuff imo. Pope, Heaton and 100 other keepers catch or punch that ball. He's flapping and Everton score. Making the worldy saves is the easy bit when it comes to g...
by Dark Cloud
Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: fao swiper steele
Replies: 5
Views: 1290

Re: fao swiper steele

yTib wrote:
Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:17 pm
bump you ginger swine.
He's not ginger anymore!!! He's got old!!!
by Dark Cloud
Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Everton fans in home end
Replies: 405
Views: 65315

Re: Everton fans in home end

My son was sat in the Longside Lower and said the guy sat in front was "acting rather weird" throughout the first half! (Whatever that means!) At half time he turned round and started chatting, admitted to being a Scouser and Everton fan and asked my son not to say anything. My son told him if he ke...
by Dark Cloud
Fri Dec 15, 2023 6:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Urban Legends
Replies: 81
Views: 13410

Re: Urban Legends

Spijed wrote:
Fri Dec 15, 2023 2:59 pm
Aled Jones didn't sing "Walking in the air" that's featured in the film the Snowman. That was Peter Auty.
This is true.
by Dark Cloud
Fri Dec 15, 2023 12:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rosehill House Closed
Replies: 39
Views: 6887

Re: Rosehill House Closed

I'd have expected it to be popular with (admittedly slightly more discerning) away fans who are staying over. There's usually plenty around Burnley on Friday and Saturday nights and they can't all be at The Travelodge or The Ormerod.
by Dark Cloud
Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: CJ Egan-Riley
Replies: 9
Views: 3435

Re: CJ Egan-Riley

Was he meant to go out on loan in summer but the club messed up his paperwork and missed the deadline or something? I'm pretty sure this is what happened and it was us who messed up the paperwork at the very last minute scuppering the move. The player and his agent were extremely cross from what I ...
by Dark Cloud
Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What striker is a feasible buy in January?
Replies: 65
Views: 10526

Re: What striker is a feasible buy in January?

Never thought I'd say this, but I think I'd be seriously thinking of getting Wout back unless we're in a deal where it's not possible. I'm definitely not his biggest fan, but he's a striker (allegedly) and he's already ours and we're rather stuffed in that department atm.
by Dark Cloud
Sat Dec 09, 2023 8:19 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Koleosho injury
Replies: 112
Views: 20105

Re: Koleosho injury

JellyBaby wrote:
Sat Dec 09, 2023 12:08 am
I tried to play on when I did my ACL, lasted a few mins. That was over 15 years ago and I haven’t played properly since! Got back to kick arounds but was never the same. I assume he’ll not be on with the NHS though
Maybe that's Benson's issue? He's on the waiting list!! 🤔
by Dark Cloud
Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: A proper bid for Clarke
Replies: 32
Views: 5523

Re: A proper bid for Clarke

Let's be realistic. Our trajectory is only heading one way unfortunately and that makes it virtually impossible we could entice any meaningful, ambitious talent to join us in January. During the summer we probably had our pick as our stock was high and they would have been queuing up to come to The ...
by Dark Cloud
Thu Dec 07, 2023 5:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mike Tresor
Replies: 50
Views: 9706

Re: Mike Tresor

Big Vinny K wrote:
Thu Dec 07, 2023 3:43 pm
Was he even in the squad against Arsenal ?
Well it seems clear to me that whoever it was that started against Arsenal, should definitely be in the bloody team!!! 😏
by Dark Cloud
Thu Dec 07, 2023 1:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Koleosho injury
Replies: 112
Views: 20105

Re: Koleosho injury

AS posted above, both Sam Vokes and Ashley Barnes actually carried on, as did Dean Marney and Lukas Jutkiewicz. Also, as I posted, Frank Casper played again a week later. The one consoiation is it can't cause any more damage if it is indeed an ACL. But also shows not everyone is the same, for examp...
by Dark Cloud
Thu Dec 07, 2023 1:06 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Koleosho injury
Replies: 112
Views: 20105

Re: Koleosho injury

From what I've seen, when other players have done this ubiquitous ACL injury they crumple up immediately and are in utter agony and basically can't stand up and are stretchered off. I'm thinking of Sam Vokes and Ashley Barnes as just two examples. Koleosho was clearly hurt, but actually tried to car...
by Dark Cloud
Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 3 minutes injury time
Replies: 23
Views: 3232

Re: 3 minutes injury time

The initial 3 minutes was absolutely ridiculous and yes, he did eventually play about another 2 once the guy with cramp got up, but still it was nowhere near enough
by Dark Cloud
Wed Dec 06, 2023 7:35 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Wolves v Burnley - Player Ratings
Replies: 67
Views: 8970

Re: Wolves v Burnley - Player Ratings

Trafford 6 (did ok, but his longer passes into midfield always sh*t me up) Vitihno 5 O'Shea 6 (did ok, but has to share responsibility for the goal) Ekdal 7 Taylor 7 Brownhill 7 Berge 6 (awful first l touch for their goal and faded as the second half wore on) Koleosho 8 (definitely had them worried ...
by Dark Cloud
Wed Dec 06, 2023 12:39 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: O’Shea
Replies: 90
Views: 12577

Re: O’Shea

I respectfully disagree in that Beyer's cock up against Palace was very different from tonight's cock up and that no matter how many times a team practices "playing out from the back" a stupid pass is still a stupid pass and a high level professional player should bloody see that and O'Shea didn't a...
by Dark Cloud
Wed Dec 06, 2023 12:33 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: PFA - how rich?
Replies: 7
Views: 1140

Re: PFA - how rich?

TBF I know for a fact (because I know someone who's involved in the PFA) that they actually do loads and loads and spend shed loads of "unseen" money where it matters most. Young players who don't quite make it and have no training or skills to make careers outside footy, others who get career endin...
by Dark Cloud
Wed Dec 06, 2023 12:18 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: O’Shea
Replies: 90
Views: 12577

Re: O’Shea

CoolClaret wrote:
Tue Dec 05, 2023 9:10 pm
I guarentee they practice that exact bit of play on the training ground.
********!
by Dark Cloud
Tue Dec 05, 2023 10:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: O’Shea
Replies: 90
Views: 12577

Re: O’Shea

Elizabeth wrote:
Tue Dec 05, 2023 10:43 pm
Berge should have done so much better
I really do agree, but I also think he was given a bloody shitty pass and was so busy thinking how the hell he was going to offload the ball that he forgot he actually needed to control said ball first.
by Dark Cloud
Tue Dec 05, 2023 10:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: RATE THE REF - Jarred Gillett v Wolves
Replies: 29
Views: 2512

Re: RATE THE REF - Jarred Gillett v Wolves

He did reasonably well overall, but after Brownhill gets the early yellow he HAS to be consistent and Wolves got away with two or three similar ones and that's wrong. He also deteriorated in the final 20 minutes when he fell numerous times for diving and petty time wasting. And 3!!! minutes (initial...
by Dark Cloud
Tue Dec 05, 2023 10:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Kompany’s Subs
Replies: 66
Views: 8569

Re: Kompany’s Subs

VK is definitely weird with his subs. One minute he's changing folk at 50 minutes and other times (like tonight) he seems really reluctant. I was constantly checking my watch from 55 minutes onwards thinking we needed a change and he changed nowt until it was too late and it made absolutely no diffe...
by Dark Cloud
Mon Dec 04, 2023 5:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Too confident now?
Replies: 32
Views: 4160

Re: Too confident now?

The problem is that nobody in the entire history of the PL has ever been as bad as that Sheffield side who turned up (or rather didn't turn up) at the Turf on Saturday. Absolutely league two stuff from them and yes, I am aware Derby only got 11 points all season, but I'll venture they were never tha...
by Dark Cloud
Mon Dec 04, 2023 3:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Too confident now?
Replies: 32
Views: 4160

Re: Too confident now?

You have a point, but it could even work out well for us: One possibility: (Now fit),Ekdal comes in and he an O'Shea play well together This could then pave the way for Beyer coming back the following week and playing at Right Back - which is one of our weak spots (defensively) at present. (Probabl...
by Dark Cloud
Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:37 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Too confident now?
Replies: 32
Views: 4160

Re: Too confident now?

Any confidence I was feeling after Saturday, suddenly evaporated when I learned that Beyer had got himself suspended!
by Dark Cloud
Sat Dec 02, 2023 9:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Can we please avoid saying...
Replies: 9
Views: 2469

Re: Can we please avoid saying...

Burnley1989 wrote:
Sat Dec 02, 2023 9:26 pm
We are 100% better than Sheff Utd and Luton, we just need to pick that last club off, which won’t be Everton

We can do it
Completely agree with this. We're miles better than those two mentioned, but I worry about the third team as everyone else has more nouse than us I feel.
by Dark Cloud
Sat Dec 02, 2023 9:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sheffield Utd fans
Replies: 27
Views: 5021

Re: Sheffield Utd fans

claretburns wrote:
Sat Dec 02, 2023 8:34 pm
A typical football fan point of view, fans travelling to Wolves or Brighton in the next week would react exactly the same if we lost 5-0.
TBF I'm travelling to both and I won't.
by Dark Cloud
Sat Dec 02, 2023 9:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sheffield Utd fans
Replies: 27
Views: 5021

Re: Sheffield Utd fans

claretburns wrote:
Sat Dec 02, 2023 8:34 pm
A typical football fan point of view, fans travelling to Wolves or Brighton in the next week would react exactly the same if we lost 5-0.
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TBF, I'm going to both and I definitely wouldn't.
by Dark Cloud
Sat Dec 02, 2023 9:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Does today's result really mean anything?
Replies: 41
Views: 4856

Re: Does today's result really mean anything?

If it means anything it means that if Sheffield U finish second in the Championship next season we'll finish first, by roughly 25 points imo.
by Dark Cloud
Sat Dec 02, 2023 8:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sander Berge
Replies: 36
Views: 4843

Re: Sander Berge

Excellent today against utterly dreadful opposition.
by Dark Cloud
Sat Dec 02, 2023 8:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Sheffield United - Player Ratings
Replies: 80
Views: 8795

Re: Burnley v Sheffield United - Player Ratings

Trafford 6 (More of a spectator than I was) Vitihno 8 Beyer 8 O'Shea 8 (Absolutely excellent in the air, but-1 for some silly mis placed passes) Taylor 7 Brownhill 8 Berge 8 Brun Larson 8 Amdouni 8 Koleosho 8 Jay 8 Subs N/A Essentially a game between two clubs far too good for the Championship, but ...
by Dark Cloud
Sat Dec 02, 2023 8:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: O’Shea
Replies: 90
Views: 12577

Re: O’Shea

Today's game and opposition suited O'Shea and I thought he was excellent. Sheffield were very aerial and he was tremendous in the air and won everything, which IMO led to Mc'Burnie losing his rag. He was less convincing passing the ball along the floor and messed up more than once. Having said that ...
by Dark Cloud
Sat Dec 02, 2023 7:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ollie McBurnie
Replies: 54
Views: 8779

Re: Ollie McBurnie

Dark Cloud wrote:
Sat Dec 02, 2023 7:39 pm
I would have to see it again, but I wasn't sure Vitihno even touched him.
I meant O'Shea l, not Vitihno.
by Dark Cloud
Sat Dec 02, 2023 7:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sheffield Utd fans
Replies: 27
Views: 5021

Re: Sheffield Utd fans

Ok, the first goal after 15? seconds doesn't help, but at the final whistle they were berating the players big style and the couple who tentatively approached the away end soon changed their minds!
by Dark Cloud
Sat Dec 02, 2023 7:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 2 questions from today
Replies: 33
Views: 4100

Re: 2 questions from today

We’re a basket case and a good side in the same post. Thanks for bestowing that opinion on us. Maybe just get behind the team. I tried to imply that I believe we're a very good side in many ways, but we've been found wanting when it comes to actually taking points in the most testing league in the ...
by Dark Cloud
Sat Dec 02, 2023 7:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 2 questions from today
Replies: 33
Views: 4100

Re: 2 questions from today

Spijed wrote:
Sat Dec 02, 2023 7:42 pm
The worry still lingers that two of the Sheffield United chances today would have been scored by many sides in the Prem.
The chap sitting beside me said exactly that when they spurned them.
by Dark Cloud
Sat Dec 02, 2023 7:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bruun Larsen
Replies: 40
Views: 6191

Re: Bruun Larsen

I saw him come off to bench to score the winner at Luton and assumed he'd be a shoe in from then on, but sadly he wasn't. I feel he might just be our current Stephen Defour in that if his fitness was guaranteed he'd be playing for a miles bigger club than us, but it isn't.