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Isa Guha presenting too, so all good!

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Think arrogant is strong, confident maybe but nothing wrong with that. Maybe I should say we are doomed with bucket loads of debt and will never get back up do you prefer that? No, but I can't believe anyone on here knows how a new team, that needs time to gel, will get on in the championship. Adde...

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Like most managers, I would guess it depends how important the goal is.

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 09, 2022 2:38 pm
And three days later Lowton suffered an injury which prompted us to buy Darikwa. He never again played as well as he did in that friendly.

Was he bought based on his performance in that friendly, or were we already chasing him?

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Paddy1882 wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 09, 2022 12:29 pm
That first 11 walks the championship in my opinion.

That's about as arrogant as it gets.

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1989_claret wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 09, 2022 2:17 pm
I went to Chesterfield in 2015. 2-0 up at half time and got beat 3-2.

Yes. I was there too. Darikwa played like Cafu for them in the second half.

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dsr wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 09, 2022 12:54 am
Duke of Wellington, I believe. If Bernard Manning told it (I wouldn't know, perhaps he was more your type of comedian?) then he nicked it like I did.

Well, he lost, so he's definitely not British.

Andy Murray was though, except for when he lost, then he was just a Scot.

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dsr wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 09, 2022 12:00 am
Being born in a stable doesn't mean you're a horse. He was never South African.

Good to know the legacy of Bernard Manning is alive and well

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Sheedyclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 08, 2022 4:25 pm
All the excitement has drained from with Bellamy as assistant

There's always one

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The South African New Zealander is out.

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What could possibly go wrong?

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Vegas Claret wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 06, 2022 4:12 pm
People wondering about the likes of Brownhill - Forest just got promoted with 32 year old Jack Colback as one of their main players.........

Skipton claret would have a cardiac if we signed someone like that!

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This cost of living crisis mustn't be as bad as the media are making out when people are squabbling over match tickets.

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Pound for pound, the worst header of a ball I've seen at Burnley since David Jones ( the one from the eighties).

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 05, 2022 6:09 pm
Someone else who just doesn't understand

What have I missed oh wise one?

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Nori1958 wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 05, 2022 5:11 pm
It was his club who turned the offers down

Really? We must have paid about 50 million then!

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alboclaret wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 05, 2022 4:58 pm
Help, I've missed a signing.
2 Centre halves, the goalscoring midfielder, and this lad. Who is the fifth... or fourth I guess.

N.B I'm seriously out if touch with our squad during off season.

If only there was a squad list on this site to help you

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Nori1958 wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 05, 2022 4:50 pm
Bastien is at a level where Liverpool, West ham and Everton have all been interested in buying him at some point in the last few years

It was good of him to turn those clubs down in favour of playing in the championship for us.

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Darthlaw wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 04, 2022 10:32 pm
I remember saying to my boss about Ashley Barnes first few games in the PL that he would never be a PL quality striker, as long as I had a hole in my arse.

Oops.

And you were right first time.

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Apparently joined PNE.

"Preston sign Wales midfielder Ben Woodburn as well as Robbie Brady - BBC Sport" https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62043680

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No way would I be happy if my seat was just ripped out to accommodate people who want to stand in the JML.

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Just heard the former Scotland goalkeeper has passed away aged 58.

Sad news.

"Andy Goram: Rangers legend dies after battle with cancer | The Independent" https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foo ... 14364.html

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Smile wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 01, 2022 6:25 pm
Many City fans were commenting that they expected CJ Egan-Riley to replace Kyle Walker - suggesting we may have actually brought him in as a right wing-back.

Again possibly, but I was making the point that we have five or six players capable of playing at CB.

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Thomas to leave on loan and Collins to leave for a big fee is my guess from here. Possibly, but I hope you're wrong about Collins. He's obviously not the finished article yet, as his naivety in that crucial last game against Newcastle showed. A season in the championship would do him good in my opi...

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Five centre halves now. Six if you include Thomas.

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IanMcL wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 01, 2022 6:06 pm
Doesn't look like you watch at all!

Oh I do. I also don't expect keepers to save shots that are going wide.

So go on, when did Barnes last get anywhere near 20 goals in the championship?

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IanMcL wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 01, 2022 6:02 pm
Again, I disagree. His chest control and ball holding is superb. His heading is decent and his snap shooting sharp. Buries penalties too!

That's because you always watch a different game.

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IanMcL wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 01, 2022 5:50 pm
Whilst that is an opinion, to which you are entitled, Fidel, I think it is a bit derogatory about a fine Claret.

Not really. Barnes is a very limited footballer.

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 01, 2022 5:56 pm
Think it is season long loan but awaiting details

They got the earlier signing details wrong, so it's probably for a month.

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IanMcL wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 01, 2022 1:01 pm
I have been following the Prem since we left.
Those 2 players are very clever.

They might be, but neither of them have bagged twenty goals at championship level.

Barnes will do what Barnes does, play for a free kick and fall over at every opportunity.

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 01, 2022 12:55 pm
No. They’ve changed it to a three year deal.

In that case, pretty shoddy communication from the club. Not for the first time.

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Quicknick wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 01, 2022 12:24 pm
I don't remember Paul France. I do remember Gary France.

And I'm the opposite. I don't remember Gary France.

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 01, 2022 12:36 pm
Burnley announced this as a four year deal this morning, they’ve now changed it to three years. You would hope the club might have got that right.

I’ll go and change it now on here.

Is it three years with the option of a fourth?

If so, maybe that's where the confusion has come from.

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 01, 2022 11:29 am
Good bloke is Paul France - at Barnsley now

Is he really? I never realised. Never heard anything more about him once he left us.

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Buxtonclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 01, 2022 11:25 am
I'm going to have to sit down & have a cup of tea.
Not used to us signing so many players so quickly.

Indeed. I haven't been as excited since Paul France and Ian Bray arrived in such quick succession.

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 01, 2022 11:15 am
A few hundred grand but I suspect City will have done what they did with Kieran Trippier & Ben Mee, allowed a low figure but with a huge sell on percentage.

Won't do them much good with Mee now!

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Any idea on how much compensation we've paid?

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IanMcL wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 01, 2022 10:14 am
Check again end of season, should both get a fair cracking. Their ability and lnow how is far above the Championship.

Remind me of the last time either of them scored twenty championship goals?

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Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 01, 2022 10:23 am
If it wasn't for West Ham then England would never have won the World Cup. I think its unquestionable that West Ham are one of the top 10 biggest clubs in English football

West ham didn't win the world cup. England did.

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West Ham are completely bum licked by the media, like they're a massive club, but yet they've never won the league.

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IanMcL wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 01, 2022 1:48 am
Both players are 20 goals a season in the Championship.
Do not underestimate the ability of either. We are very lucky to have them still. The others are unproven. Hopefully good enough too.

I see you've resorted to just making **** up again.

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I remember inadvertently knocking his glasses off his face when we scored a goal at Carlisle during the fourth division championship season. He was absolutely fine about it!

RIP Rocky.

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Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑
Tue Jun 28, 2022 9:27 pm
I would say it’s almost certain Collins is leaving

I wouldn't say it was certain at all, but he's Bambi on ice anyway according to you, so who cares?

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She’s sharing pictures claiming it was photoshopped, with pictures of the originals and their composites. Now, I’ve done lots of photoshopping in my time, and I’ve photoshopped many people out of images, added limbs to other peoples bodies and rebuilt backgrounds, - the ones she’s sharing claiming ...

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In terms of staff, very much so. It was a local journalist who reported that Hodge had gone and, believe it or not, I got the exclusive on Ally Beattie going. The club don’t report stuff like that now although they did announce that Dyche and his team had gone. 😀😀 Was any reason given for needing a...

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Lady Victoria Harvey has just had a hissy fit on Piers Morgan's show on Talk TV, using the 'F' word before the watershed. She claimed she knew for a fact that the infamous photo of Prince Andrew with his arm around that young girl was fake, as the man in the photo was actually Epstein!

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Tue Jun 28, 2022 8:24 pm
I don’t know to be honest since Martin Hodge left.

Is it just me, or are things far more secretive under the new owners?

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Tue Jun 28, 2022 7:52 pm
Recruitment department I would imagine. That’s how it usually works. Kompany has already spoken highly of them.

Who heads the recruitment department these days?

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Bordeauxclaret wrote: ↑
Tue Jun 28, 2022 6:30 pm
If he’s good - Kompany
If he’s rubbish - Pace

Many a true word said in jest!

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Out of interest, who will have scouted this guy?

We don't even know the coaching staff yet, do we?

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