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jdrobbo wrote: ↑
Tue Jun 14, 2022 7:13 pm
That’s right, you will be able to find me and my Koffee Kompany Kart, between the hours of 1 pm and 2:30 pm on matchdays.

KKK?

That’s a bold move.

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bobinho wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 30, 2022 11:02 am
Every day that goes by whilst there isn’t a permanent reminder in the town of this lads achievements is a massive shame on the town council.

Great, great player.

A thousand times this.

I thought a Road named after him originally. I actually think we’re at statue level now.

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Vince hinted that we are not the biggest side in the league and I think that means that we need more height at the back. Teams will test us out with set pieces and high balls into the box - as they attempted in the second half tonight (it was the only way they were likely to score). So I think a bi...

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Costelloe played on the right, more of a 4231. Twine for Bastien, O'Hare for Costelloe and a striker is a frightening side. Wouldn’t drop Bastien. Thought he was brilliant tonight. Won the ball so many times high up the pitch, clever movement too. He got us on the front foot so many times. Him, Cul...

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Brilliant without being showy.

Always wanted the ball, comfortable playing on the turn, breaks the lines with his passes ……… all the stuff the stats stuff said but in real time.

He’ll get lots of assists for assists. Key man.

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He did well up until the miss, then seemed to go in on himself - which is understandable. Two footed, wanted the ball, not scared to try things. The thing for me though was his intelligence to play in the system ……. happy to stretch the pitch and hug the touch line. Confident enough to know that was...

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They should have won at the Bernabeau. Name it after a great ex-player.

The Raul Moat.

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quoonbeatz wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 20, 2022 1:20 pm
Honestly, have a day off.

Genuinely would buzz off him taking a lunch break at this point, never mind a day off.

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RVclaret wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 18, 2022 1:39 pm
Newcastle’s payments for Wood appeared to be 50% at the time and 50% a year later.

Then the release clause wasn’t triggered for it.

We agreed that.

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The release clause isn’t as attractive as you’d first think. In order to properly trigger it they have to pay it - all, up front, in one fell swoop. That’s not usually how transfers work. Payments are staged over a period of time. That may be the reason behind the delay. We’re saying £17.5 mill all ...

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Juan Tanamera wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 08, 2022 10:44 am
What?
Burnley fans have loved McIllroy, Morgan, Coates, Connelly, Blake, Little etc, etc.

Yes.

You’ve proved your point with examples of four players who didn’t play for us this millennium .

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jedi_master wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 08, 2022 8:35 am
Burnley fans have always idolised those with a bit of flair who are willing to try something a bit different.

What?

Burnley fans love a runner. That’s what they love.

A runner.

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benstone12 wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 05, 2022 8:42 pm
French customer of mine today mentioned that Kompany has shown interest in Mohamed Bayo of Clermont.
Good season in L1 just gone with 14. That after securing promotion previous season as top scorer with 22.

This didn’t happen.

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I nearly bumped into Kompany in Tesco Wilmslow about five years ago.

I was 6’1 and about 16 stone. Felt completely dwarved by him, he’s an absolute unit

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Bordeauxclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 26, 2022 4:58 pm
Great to see the updates back again.

You’ve come across as a right prick these last few weekends on the cricket threads.

Just in case you didn’t know.

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Are you excited by the signing? Why do you have to be excited by the first signing? Maybe it’s the first because it’s the easiest to get done. Maybe it’s an U23 signing and nothing to do with the first team. Maybe, just maybe, we might be signing other players after him and it would be idiotic to p...

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Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:05 pm
Bit of Meh signing.

You do know that you don’t have to have an opinion on everything, don’t you?

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Villa is the game to get three points. Without a shadow of a doubt. Villa have two games left …… us and City. Which game do you think that Steven Gerrard, Liverpool legend, is going to prioritise? Villa will field a slightly weaker team Thursday. And they won’t be fully at it. That’s the game to tar...

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Making a habit of getting home in these tight games are House.

Great habit to get into.

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What a player.

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look at the recruitment done by City since Pep came in. There hasn’t been one signing that doesn’t fit his style and system. Except for that lad they paid £100 million for with as many league goals as Nathan Collins this season. The one who didn’t come off the bench in a massive European game again...

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The desperation to crow “I was right”” on an Internet forum really is incredibly tragic. Was it the right decision to sack Dyche? Who knows. Impossible to say at this point. It’s certainly had a positive impact in the short term. Nobody knows long term what it means though - we could stay up this ye...

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To be honest, I just think the guy is a moron. He remembers Portsmouth regularly getting 30,000 in the Premier League - which is some effort in a ground that holds 21,000. I schadenfreude read Grand Old Team pretty regularly. A spiteful, deluded fan base they have over there. Liverpool fans don’t ev...

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It's just incredibly unrealistic. Realistically the only creditor would be HMRC and they aren't going to be sending in bailiffs for an £11m debt. Bailiffs generally don’t get sent in for £11 million debts. To have any value a bailiff or sheriff would have to levy and look to remove 3 to 4 times the...

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Just passing on what I was told. The info came from someone within the club. Of course they could be telling porkies to create trouble. Not to be a dick - but I’ve got significant experience of debt recovery and insolvency through my previous career - including working in a bailiff’s office and for...

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Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 15, 2022 11:37 pm
The rumour going around today was bailiffs at the club for 11m quid.

Amazing.

What were they planning to do? Remove Dwight McNeil and sell him at auction to recover the debts?

C’mon man. Think a little.

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Lancasterclaret wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 15, 2022 9:28 am
I really liked Dr Strange

Looking forward to this

I don't think there has ever been a "bad" Marvel movie now I think about it

Tell me you’ve not seen Eternals without saying you’ve not seen Eternals.

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PeterWilton wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 30, 2022 8:26 pm
Ah. Then i humbly apologise.

Not at all.

I should have been clearer. My fault.

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Some of us have heard the recording, seen the pictures and know who is alleged to have perpetrated the apparent crimes. I admit there is *some* speculation in that I am believing the accuser but I'm going to challenge you on your use of "wild" to describe that speculation. By wild speculation I’m t...

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Lot of people speculating wildly about what could be a pretty horrific subject for any number of people involved without knowing anything of what happened, the law or the feelings/pain involved.

Real ugly thread is this.

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Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 27, 2022 9:16 am
Everybody remembers Van Persie and Van Ristleroi

Didn’t know Scooby Doo posted on here.

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Claret Till I Die wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:31 pm
He took Chris Wood to Newcastle in his helicopter

He has a helicopter? He never mentions it.

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If Simon Jordan knows so much about running a football club why doesn’t he run one, instead of pontificating whilst on the fourth best slot of a commercial radio station?

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split Martin Hodge's salary between me and LTL and you will see proper players enter the building. Jota from Benfica is on loan at Celtic, Benfica asking for around £5m I heard. Celtic just signed Maeda, top scorer in J league and monster SoRare scorer! Ola Solbakken is another from Bodo Glimt who ...

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Is that right? I’ve gone through the fixtures and that’s how I get it.

Fairly stark stats those. Shows how tough a year it’s been.

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I know he has his style and ethos and strong views about how he wants to play but trying to go toe to toe with the best team in world football was never going to end well. They have had a few hammerings now because he refuses to change his style of play. Great teams and coaches change the way they ...

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He has a helicopter you know.

But he doesn’t like to talk about it.

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minnieclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 13, 2021 11:37 pm
Figures came out last week that JBGs delivery is twice as good as Dwights. Shame our strikers can’t bury them or Cornet might not be the star he’s become.

That was JBG’s delivery for Iceland in World Cup qualifiers against Burnley players Prem stats.

It was a meaningless comparison.

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boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 29, 2021 5:18 pm
Just because you have borrowed your user name from someone clever doesn't entitle you to be dismissive of others' opinions or commonly used terminology.
You scoff at "results driven" and then come up with "the prism of arbitrary tatt" laughable.

Mate …..

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Spijed wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 29, 2021 12:22 pm
But he was a one season wonder.

He took over Sheff United in the third division.

How did he get them from there to top half Prem in one season?

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We are in a results driven business and the results are poor, See ….. it’s stuff like this. It gets bandied about and people don’t really think about what it means. Why is it a results driven business? What does that even mean? What is a result? How long do you like at results over? If it is a resu...

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Makes me really sad this thread. Really sad. What this man has done for the football club and the town …… and people now openly speculating about his job. And I know it’s just an Internet forum and ultimately meaningless …… but still. Remind yourself where we were when he took over. Remind yourself ...

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Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:23 pm
You’re supposed to watch the film before the series.

Why did they make the film 15 years after the series then?

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I watched it last week.

I loved Sopranos and enjoyed the film. About 30 minutes in I did think that if you hadn’t seen the Sopranos you really wouldn’t understand the importance of lots of it.

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Didn’t Tripps have a release clause with us as well?

Basically the same thing.

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PadihamThickNeck wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 02, 2021 10:55 am
They will make a hell of a lot of money on shirt sales.

No they won’t.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc. ... 396586.amp

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Imagine if Dwight was able to pick the ball up 30 yards higher up the pitch with runners and options and didn’t have 65-70% of a team to get past? Given that a lot of the time he picks the ball up 15 yards inside our half, given that he is frequently doubled up on, given that he has very little move...

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Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:03 am
I didn’t include Collins because they outlay has practically already been covered with sales.

And it didn’t suit your agenda

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KRBFC wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 11, 2021 7:07 pm
“Go by what I do, not what I say''

Good words, still doesn't mask over the glaring deficiencies in the playing squad of which ALK is entirely responsible.

They are responsible for four years worth of inadequate recruitment?

Crumbs.

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burnley007 wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 04, 2021 4:25 pm
I hope the level of U23 players we're bringing in this summer is much better than recent years. It has been pretty average. When will we actually start paying for young U23 players? (Although did we pay for Mancini?)

Haven’t we just sold two U23 lads for a million each?

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