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So easy for The Arse that Maitland-Niles is playing in his PJ bottoms.

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That's why he's on the prick list, I'm sure he believes he's funny. Quite sad really. Lineker may be on your pr1ck list but he is not on THE pr1ck list. That is reserved for people who are unanimously voted on by all sane people and currently, to my knowledge, includes Tim Sherwood and Robert Jones.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55506922

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Danieljwaterhouse wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 01, 2021 2:27 pm
I’m plumbing for:

Jones (on loan)

Plumbing???

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Seems this is one of the new markets they wanted to enter and they needed a club to use that proves the model works. Yeah, I can see we would be a useful guinea pig in this area. Thing is, would other clubs want to join the platform knowing we were the primary "connected" customer? I appreciate the...

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I’m not claiming that the directors haven’t financially benefitted from the success of the club. Clearly they have. But they’ve benefited at the expense of ALK Capital, not BFC. The sell-on value of the club was never guaranteed to be higher than the purchase price, so I can’t see how anybody can b...

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:? I honestly don’t get this, and probably shouldn’t keep engaging when people claim so. But what money have MG and JB taken from the club? I know we've been round this Rileybobs and I too honestly don't understand why we don't see it the same way. Let's assume a club has £10m in cash and no other ...

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Leicester don't have an investor, they have a benefactor. The thing I find most troubling is not whether or not the owners are local, but the fact that Burnley FC is being transformed to a significant degree from being a football club to being a business venture for people who want to make money fr...

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KRBFC wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 31, 2020 10:37 am
He has a Twitter account, a step in the right direction in terms of communication and I’m sure he can gather feedback from there. Providing he doesn’t use social media to slag off the manager like the Fulham owners.

Follows Vizeh and UTC amongst others. Agree that it is a positive step.

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I don't dislike MG and I have repeatedly recognised his part in our rise. I wrote this back in Sep and nothing has changed in my mind, except it now looks almost certain he will walk with £100m: How does Garlick "get out", assuming he wants to? What is a fair price? How much has he invested? I doubt...

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This obsession that some fans have about Garlick making a return on his investment is weird. He invested in the club, hasn’t taken a penny in return and is now selling up. What exactly is wrong with that? Not taken a penny in return? Does the £100m capital gain not count as a return on his investme...

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The guy has taken us to the PL from the Championship - not taken a wage for most of it... He is about to be "rewarded" with approx £100m for his 14 year directorship. Would you feel differently about him if he had taken £7m per year in remuneration? Or, £14m in each of the seasons we have been in t...

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Pope 7
Lowton 7
Tarkowski 8
Mee 9
Pieters 7
Benson 5
Westwood 7
Brownhill 7
Brady 8
Wood 6
Barnes 8

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Pope 7
Lowton 7
Mee 7
Tarkowski 7
Taylor 8
Benson 5
Westwood 7
Brownhill 8*
Pieters 6
Barnes 7
Wood 6

Rodriguez 6
Stephens 6

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The likely pros and cons of investment/change in ownership as I see it but there are too many unknowns to not have a degree of scepticism, at least until more details emerge. What do others think in terms of pros and cons? Possible Pros Improved liquidity which makes us more resilient (for example, ...

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KRBFC wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 24, 2020 3:33 pm
We are in the Premier League, ALK are spending £200M to buy a Premier League club.

I think you might be missing the context but not sure it would make any difference. What is it about BFC that makes us worth £200m do you think?

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All things being equal I don't see what "ceteris paribus" adds to that statement. Any road up, it's not true. Obviously ALK are expecting something quid pro quo. We don't have to generate 200m, grosso modo we need to generate an acceptable return on 200m that's all. Other than that it's solito nego...

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But they are buying a business that is worth £200m. So after 12 months, all being equal they could recoup their £200m by selling the club on. On this basis ALK don’t need to generate £200m of profit to see a return on their investment. As to your question, we have seen what happens with our current...

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Of course it’s not a gift. ALK are paying a reported £200m and in return they will acquire a profitable business with high-value assets. We don’t know how ALK are funding the purchase and whether this will create a debt. And any talk of their strategy in running the club is pure guesswork. Not sure...

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Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 24, 2020 11:00 am
What makes you think that there will be debt created from the investment?

The investment is not a gift so it requires repayment before the investors can secure a return on that investment. Whether it is push down debt on acquisition on the Balance Sheet or not is irrelevant to that point.

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It is highly likely that we will get relegated at some point in the future. What would you have expected to have happened under existing ownership, compared with new, say, ALK ownership? Under the current ownership I would have expected us to rely on a combination of relegation clauses, the older st...

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It would take an extremely wealthy fan base to be able to buy a Premier League club. I never contemplated full supporter (trust) ownership. My evolving proposal :D relies on outgoing benevolent custodians gifting part of their windfall to supporters to act in the long term interests of the Club. A ...

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Hi Duffer, what's the part that "doesn't sit well" for you? If MG was paid £1 to sell to new owners, or £1 million or £100 million or £100 billion it makes absolutely no difference to the assets in the club. It's the new owners who are deciding where they value their ownership of BFC and their desi...

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They have earned the club North of £500m in our five seasons in the Sun and deserve rewarding They've spent what was earned. A good chunk of that on increasing the value of the playing squad. They are about to extract that growth in asset value in full, on the sale of their shares. I do care how mu...

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So much bullshit required , Jesus . What’s wrong with “ must have an eye for talent “ I think the problem with that is that it could equally apply to a fashion model agent as it could a football data analyst. You need to be a bit more specific. The following website might help if you want to unders...

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You won’t need it mate. Nobody applying will, unless you’re very unlucky. Apply anyway. Does doubt interesting. I’d love to know what goes on in these teams, how they work. Particularly the guys analysing the opposition. Yeah, go for it Stuffy! What you got to lose? Even if you didn't quite fit the...

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"They will be an excep-tional communicator with excellent written skills, they will value meticulous attention to detail..."

Presumably to fill a current skills gap.

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Hedontplayforyou wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 22, 2020 5:48 pm
Takeover for my birthday , and a signing for yours CT

...and Northern Powerhouse investment by 31 April.

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Identikit Dyche player. Very good character (captain of BCFC at an early age), runs for miles, intelligent footballer, decent quality (on the ball, FKs). Superb fit for us and will get better.

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Pope 7
Lowton 8
Tarkowski 9
Mee 9
Taylor 9*
Brady 8
Westwood 8
Brownhill 8
McNeil 8
Wood 8
Barnes 8

Pieters 7

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2-1 to us. Bamford guaranteed red card.

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CaptainKirk wrote: ↑
Mon Dec 21, 2020 3:17 pm
Just to catch up.
I think I remember a couple of weeks ago some "ITK" people were saying the deal was about to be announced and CT was saying it definately wasn't about to be announced - can we now assume CT was correct?

I think we can assume those claiming it had been signed were incorrect.

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Arteta currently on SSN hiding behind stats - internally generated stats (within Arsenal) at that. He has quoted a 3% chance of losing against Burnley, presumably based on a combination of possession, shots, chances etc. However, I am pretty sure that a team conceding a goal without scoring one will...

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DomBFC1882 wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 20, 2020 11:37 pm
I don't care. Im liking the part of it being either fury or rashford as you clearly mentioned

But...I didn't mention Fury.

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DomBFC1882 wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 20, 2020 11:33 pm
Exactly it had to be either fury or rashford without question but as mentioned no one gives a monkeys about the dirty corrupt peadopholic BBC

Just to be absolutely clear...I was not saying that despite your apparent agreement with my post.

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Pleased for Lewis but even he took time to acknowledge the amazing work done by Marcus Rashford this year. I look forward to sharing my appreciation for Rashford when we're all back on the Turf.

Duffer_ · Re: Today's Football 20-12-20 Fabulous goal from Sheff U

Fabulous goal from Sheff U

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tiger76 wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 20, 2020 1:02 pm
They probably can, but in all honesty I can't see why they'd bother, I can't see why any panel would overturn the ref's decision in this instance.

Spurs successfully appealed Son's red on Gomes but I agree it is highly unlikely to be overturned.

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I was just about to say it's a yellow all day long but, having looked at the law, was it excessive force? "Reckless is when a player acts with disregard to the danger to, or consequences for, an opponent and must be cautioned. Using excessive force is when a player exceeds the necessary use of force...

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A Brighton win would be my least favourable outcome. Keep them in the sh*t. Sheff U still have a mountain to climb.

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55yo Bill Bailey is indeed an inspiration to many. He sets such a low bar for comedy that many will now consider it a viable career option. Don't get me wrong, he proved to be a very good dancer but he hasn't made me laugh since his Billy Bragg parody many moons ago. I appreciate comedy is subjectiv...

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Just watched s2 final episode. No spoilers but it's a belter for Star Wars fans.

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Peter Loo wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 17, 2020 11:11 pm
Absolutely tiger patience in short supply these days it seems.

Liked it purely for the "tiger patience" phrase. Never heard it before but it made me smile!

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Xbox Series S is currently in stock at Argos for anyone interested.

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Pope 9
Lowton 7
Tarkowski 8
Mee 8
Taylor 7
Brady 7
Westwood 8
Brownhill 8
McNeil 8
Wood 7
Rodriguez 7

Barnes 7
Vydra 6

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Very good of you to share but it's a right pea souper. Can't see a thing

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Pereira off for violent conduct. I think Don Goodman called it right - not enough force or intent to justify a red; it was petulant. Still, probably good news for us.

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Steve1956 wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 05, 2020 11:08 am
Where is Madge Ian?

Munching on his Tunnock's caramel wafer?

Wait, wrong kind of cookies!

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I said Betty was a right laugh. What did I say Roy?

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Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 28, 2020 10:32 am
He said "I'm sick of watching the oldest team in the premier league play defensive football"

Who can we get to change it?

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