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Why are there no campaigns to reopen the pits? There must be plenty of people still around who worked in the pits as young men and would be only too anxious to send their grandchildren down there. Can't something be done? We could do with more fuel self-sufficiency and there is loads of coal still d...

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We are half way there with the 'Do not resuscitate' scheme. My own opinion is, there is too much money in medicine sales keeping older people alive when they have no quality of life. So they will be kept alive. If money is the concern, there is far more money involved in seeing your loved ones payi...

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Because what is the alternative? There has been £80 million of external investment into a business like Burnley with no equity, publicity or anything? There are mystery individuals who lend tens of millions to pay off loans when required? ALK couldn't find enough money to pay the former owners up f...

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Hi dsr, yes, the club's owners/shareholders owed the club (July 2022 accounts) £115 million. ALK borrowed £65 million from MSD immediately before they bought the previous directors' shares in Dec 2020 and a couple of days later transferred this loan to the club. We also know that repayments were ma...

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I'd have Boyd ahead of Blake in my team. Apart from the goal v Man United, Blake didn't really do much in the PL for Burnley.

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A good meal in the Longside Lounge. I'm almost tempted to go home after that! (The way Bournemouth played against Man C, I have no expectations of getting a result.)

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I think we once played an all-English XI under Dyche. Possibly not the starting XI, but the XI on the pitch after some subs came on.

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Strong parallels between Louis and VK Loved at first but made bad decisions and ultimately was disposed in Jan 1793. Louis XVII died aged 10 in 1795 and made very few decisions because he was a prisoner of the republic, kept in solitary confinement in a barred room (with no toilet) which became exc...

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Equally, missing saying that most of that money was already committed to pay wages doesn't "fabricate" a strong argument that it was all borrowed by new owners to but the club. UTC We know that ALK have taken £115m in money out of the club. We know that £65m of this was borrowed by the club at high...

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Whatever the reasons and sources of the cash, we do know that up to July 2022 the owners had taken £115m out of the club by way of interest-free loan and that the club had had to pay many millions in interest to service it. The loan and the interest paid could have been used for other purposes, eg. ...

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I don't think that's really a scenario. It's not as easy as many think to asset strip a business, particularly a football club, so what would be in it for ALK? They'd just be making their shares worthless. At present, it is to ALK's advantage to keep BFC running because the assets are greater than ...

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I was told months ago that VK had money tied up in the Trafford deal … City have a buy back clause of triple what they paid for him, meaning VK would make a profit of 300% on the deal .. That’s why he doesn’t get dropped and keeps defending him ! Of course people will try to say I’m wrong & he can’...

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Also famous for scoring all 4 goals for Villa in a 2-2 draw with Leicester.

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Perhaps it's time for a more experienced director of football to come in.Roberto Martinez or similar may help our direction. VK seems devoid of a plan ABor C and a fresh slant may help him What is your idea of what a director of football would do? It can be a huge range of things depending on the c...

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Poulton-le-Claret wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:26 am
No, I just think VK is stubborn and feeling like he has to play his big money signing.

Which is why Tresor and Ramsey have about 6 starts between them?

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I am beginning to worry more about next season than this one. There seems to be a total expectation that we will be promoted back into the PL when it is just as likely that league one beckons. There are hardly any redeeming features that suggest that the weaknesses in the team and management that a...

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I don’t know what some fans watch, I think he’s technically brilliant and see a real player in him. Some of the dribbling and turns are outrageous bits of skill, the structure of the team is just terrible. The sides so bad it’s easy to scapegoat the player who runs around like a headless chicken th...

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Well what is ? The post office are saying there could be 300 plus who were correctly convicted and they have the “evidence”. Why for one second would we believe one word they say or a shred of their so called evidence ? Remember the innocent and possibly the odd guilty person have already suffered ...

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bfc8 wrote: ↑
Fri Feb 23, 2024 8:38 am
Root 66 not out 66 when I looked.

Is that a tribute to the late Fred Elliot?

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Why would the offer have been illegal? Surely the club could make an offer to buy shares at whatever value and on whatever terms they deem reasonable? No. If the club has paid £x to the majority shareholders, and they also want to buy the minority shareholders' shares, they are supposed to offer th...

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Taken a long time for a lot on this board to realise that Brownhill is at best a poor championship player. True enough. You've clearly forgotten last season when he proved himself to be a very good championship player. Those of us with longer memories, memories that go back a full season or more, h...

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I think the answer is as simple as saying that tall players are better headers of the ball than small players.

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The stuff that was originally added to make long life milk, is now added in smaller doses to ordinary milk, which is why it lasts longer. As for going off, there is little danger in drinking sour milk. You can buy it off the shelf. And even if drinking sour milk is in some way bad for your particula...

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works both ways though, i suspect some claiming they are happy to be single and have no kids say that as a coping mechanism for not being fortunate enough to experience it I think, rather than accusing people of lying, it might be both more tactful and more accurate to suppose that such people woul...

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Whilst not wishing to hijack, the name Rebecca Welch reminded me…. Did she get another game in the PL after the Fulham game? Bournemouth tried to make out she had a shocker because she sent off Billing for kicking a Forest player. Some of them believed that if you kick someone because he is trying ...

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alboclaret wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:47 pm
I'm no sold on, dyche did what he had to with the squad he had thinking.
Some of them players became better "footballers" overnight when he left.

Which players became better footballers?

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Out of two possible reasons why Man city are better than Burnley - either (1) that they have spent more money on better players, or (2) that their manager shouts louder than ours - I'd say the spending money is the really significant factor. If Pep lost his voice and Kompany got sent off a few times...

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I'm going to say if Trafford has conceded say 5 by his errors, do we think that Muric would have conceded fewer over the same number of games from mistakes. He's been blamed for a lot more than 5. Liverpool 3 goals conceded, he was blamed for 2. Fulham 2 goals conceded, he was blamed for 2. Man Cit...

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Wasn’t Trafford heard shouting for the ball? No idea, but even if he was, that is a signal for the players to get out of the way of Trafford, not a signal to stop marking the forwards. Not that anyone was marking Jota. Obviously Trafford made the wrong choice, and his better choice would have been ...

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I can't believe that our defence left Jota unmarked from the corner because they felt that Trafford was coming. Past evidence would have suggested that Trafford wasn't likely to come, and the defence between them ought to have stopped Jota from having a free header.

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The biggest difference between those two situations is that we didn't spend going up towards 20 million on Joe Hart. So when SD belatedly brought Heaton back into the team for Hart -- it was a purely football decision. Why is this nonsense theory that Kompany would rather be relegated than be seen ...

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Its not Trafford's fault he has been put in this position. Of course he is going to make mistakes at his age. Additionally he has no experience of playing at this level. If you are going to blame someone blame Kompany and the club policy He's got more experinece of playing at this level than Muric ...

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This one isn't on VAR. All refs are trained nowadays to give a free kick when a player falls over and not to give it when a player doesn't fall over. 10 refs out of 10 would wave play on when a player gets kicked but carries on. You hear it all the time, "if he had gone down, the ref would have had ...

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Surely top half. If you count up the goals he has been blamed for, it's at least half of them, which puts us better than all bar Liverpool and Arsenal. When you add in the extra goals that Muric would have created with his passing - 4 or 5 at least - then we would surely be challenging for 6th place.

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Anyone familiar with the Chronicles of Narnia books might remember elderly Trumpkin saying "The boy's useless?" on being introduced to Eustace. Prophetic, perhaps?

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A pen, pencil, or key in its eye might help.

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The dog itself is like any other in that you socialise,train and treat it correctly it’s going to be a lovely dog. The problem is the people who are drawn to owning these dogs because of their image. The don’t tend to look after them correctly and that’s when the behavioural problems begin . That's...

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If fans were given an opinion poll where the only option was "I am in favour of VAR", and no other vote would be counted, they would still struggle to find a majority. I think it would be a 0-0 draw. I don't know anyone who is remotely in favour. One or two who say it could work but the current syst...

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Certain types of dogs have certain instincts. For example, Border Collies have an instinct for rounding up sheep (or other animals). Part of this, no doubt, is the way they have been bred. XL Bullies have been bred to be fighting, aggressive, violent, lethal. So it is no surprise that they have that...

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mkmel wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 07, 2024 3:25 pm
I think these Bully XL dogs feel no pain whatsoever.

You can hit them over the head with a spade and still it makes no difference.

Perhaps if you use the sharp end?

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I've been told that sticking a finger or two into its eyes can be very useful too. Apparently if you can hurt a dog sufficiently, it doesn't think "I'll hurt him more", it thinks "Ow, that hurts, I'm off".

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At least the breaks make a good chance to see some non-league or lower league (Accrington) football.

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I bet Sheff Wednesday are furious. I suppose Blackburn have found a way stopping relegation rivals signing players, though. Lure players away at the last minute with a better offer, but don’t click the ‘submit’ button on the registration portal and leave everyone in limbo. I wonder if anyone has an...

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Eh? Rovers operate at a huge loss Any potential buyer would face huge issues because the club is running at a loss, mainly due to players wages See Bolton, after Eddie sold them, to see what happens The Venkys are obliged to keep pumping money into the place because the alternative is administratio...

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What advantage have Rovers had from putting in the money the Venkys have, they have got them out the championship once and that was to the 3rd tier. There's no way of knowing where they would be if thay had had £400m less money to spend over the last few years. But the chances are it would be lower...

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Jamesy wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:30 pm
VK is dying on more than a Trafford hill. The ineffectual Amdouni and Ramsay are firmly dug in on this hill.

Ramsey has started 3 games this season. I wouldn't say that counts as "firmly dug in".

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claretonthecoast1882 wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 06, 2024 1:22 pm
Would you rather we had the Venkys running us or them ?

No question that Alan Pace is a better football man than the various people Venky's have put in. But on the other hand, there are certain advantages to having an owner who puts £300m into the club rather than an owner who takes £100m out.

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Quicknick wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:42 pm
I won't be gloating if they go down. If we do, we'll need to get back up double-quick or we could go the same way.

True enough. Remember they have an owner willing to put £20m per year into the club. We don't.

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