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A nice feeling to see that table and as a nostalgic I hope it is not too far away from being a table where we can then go all out to try to win the FA Cup. After all, beat Lincoln, get a home draw and we can go all the way without having to play away, so we must have a fair chance.

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I recall the stat that close to a year went by without us losing a league game that Ward played any part in. I think it was from the Arsenal / Everton defeats 2 years ago, until well into last season if I'm not mistaken. I thought it was folly when he was left out for Mee at left back simply because...

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Heaton 6 (sure he fell asleep at one point 2nd half) Lowton 8 (terrible finish, otherwise great) Ward 8 Keane 7 (I thought he struggled with their movement at times including the goal) Mee 7 (a few bad errors otherwise terrific) Barton 9 (when he lands from that Willian challenge I'll work out how l...

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Agent tried to broker a move to Forest and Rangers took that as a resignation - sounds like MW has wanted out for some time. I suspect the club was too big for him at this stage of his career even if the standard of football isn't that high. I said at the time regarding Joey that maybe MW isn't used...

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I'm just as sure that Russia interferes in Western elections as I'm sure that we interfere in theirs.

We've engaged in plenty of regime changes that we DO know about, sure as heck we try to engineer others too.

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I think before anyone talks about Hull's upturn, they need to look at who they have played. A couple of good draws granted but also a win or two against some very out of form sides like Liverpool. Whereas we have won everything at home, and could have got something away against 3 of the top 4 and a ...

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Isn't the most pertinent question - how do Chelsea beat us?

We have a slightly better home record than their away record. If I was a betting man, I'd be putting my money on a draw.

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When you have big managers like Allerdyce, Moyes etc struggling to keep their teams in the league despite in some cases spending large sums, that suggests this is a really hard league and any manager sitting above bottom must have something about them. Eddie like Sean has done really well so far - I...

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Not sure whether this has been mentioned in the thread, but the below link in theory is a stats geek website that has very cleverly predicted we will finish 9th - without getting more than 1 point away from home 8-) 8-) 8-) http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/763751/Premier-League-table-predicte...

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Hull have got their tails up, Grosicki will be on a mission, we will have no midfield, we can't win away.

Sounds like the sort of challenge this team have loved taking on to be honest. Hopefully we'll win it.

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Not sure where loyalty comes into it. Barton was out of contract and joined Rangers for reasons unknown but I suspect he sensed he wouldn't be first pick for us. As it turns out, on returning he has been MOM or close in virtually every game and (in my view) has led to us being far better away. He ha...

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Given Leicester could go down (and I think will) it proves nobody is too good to go down (nor to win the league). The margins are fine and are often confidence related and a few other intangible variables like Vardy not conning as many refs this time. So I won't get complacent but we have to aim for...

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My wife is from Lincoln and our first date was Lincoln City vs Burnley. Sad I know, but she has been a Claret season ticket holder for 10+ years so the ploy has worked!

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The clues are there. Private school, seems to prefer his own car to his teammates company, likes walks on his own in Yarm, sensitive, a thinker. Variables which may lead him to succeed in many walks of life, but I suspect football isn't one of them. Strikes me as someone who makes bad decision after...

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Tough luck on Deano and best wishes. The man is a machine and will be back fit no doubt to play football again. He'll be cursing that tackle for months, whereas if he had just landed from a jump he'd know he couldn't have avoided it. I thus think mental is just as big a challenge as physical, althou...

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I fully accept we can blow it from here, but realistically given the lack of Boro goals and their points tally, if Hull sell him to them, they are gone. There is no way all three of Palace, Sunderland and Swansea will fail to have a run. One will, that's just statistical history. Leicester will have...

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We are moving to a phase of the season where we need at least half a dozen points away from home. I suspect that will need more dynamic wide players but who knows? I'm happy to trust the club on this one. The signings of Gray, Defour and Hendrick suggests that if deals don't go through, they may not...

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Tax haven's have even less money to spend on public services. Still, it's all about taking back control, or something. I've missed much of today's events because I have been doing some work advising the public services of a tax haven how best to spend their money. I'm thus in a good position to say...

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This window has been a disaster so far, we should be strengthening for a position of strength, each premier league place is worth £2M, we have an opportunity to finish in the top half if we are bold and ambitious. I get where that is coming from but we have signed Barton in the window who has alrea...

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Heaton 8 Lowton 8 Keane 9 Mee 7 Ward 7 Defour 7 Marney 6 Hendrick 6 Boyd 8 Barnes 6 Gray 5 Tarkowski 8 Vokes 8 Barton 8 A very resolute performance but a bit disjointed going forward. We created a few chances but many times in good positions we wasted a ball with a bad touch or wayward pass - often ...

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quoonbeatz wrote:He didn't lose his man, his man was offside. It's good defending.

His man came back onside then went again. The offside matters when assessing the lino, not when assessing Mee. As I have said though, he was excellent for the rest of the game.

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In the week where refs warned they may go on strike because of assaults in grass roots football, Wenger does that. The man has the class of Trump, the generosity of Scrooge and the eyesight of Stevie Wonder. On the plus side, we have played 5 of the top 6 away and rattled 4 of them. We have stuffed ...

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It was an error, one of many that are costing us points. For the remaining 99% of games Mee has been outstanding. He must gain us points with clean sheets. He costs us points with errors. It is up to Dyche whether he chooses to pick Ben on that basis, so Dyche will stand or fall on the decision. Tha...

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A clear offside - coming back on before making a 2nd run doesn't excuse it, same phase of play. That's 4 official's errors in 2 Arsenal winners this season (2 offsides, a handball and allowing too much time). I thought Ben lost his man, made a desperate challenge and made yet another error at a cruc...

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Whether for Trump, against him, or waiting to see, I think the question should be asked as to whether a sexist, brash New York bully is better than a warmonger. We have had plenty of the latter, but the left wing media seem to be going after Trump like the most dangerous leader since, well, forever....

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I must confess to an expectation that we are going to get this done. It is a weird sensation as a Burnley fan, but we seem to have the muscle, the culture some players want, and the league position. Only the potential wage cap we will have is a handicap, but as Swansea shows, even £100m+ a year does...

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The BBC's coverage of this is an embarrassment, making Trump supporters look as stupid or violent as they can, like the hairy bikers they were interviewing. Newsnight last night was excruciating, and that was just Emily Maitlis's jacket. I'm not sure I can get through the next hour without switching...

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Brady then Grosicki, ideally both. An ideal mixture of defensive ability whilst retaining a threat on one side, and pace on the other. We have to remember our shape is to tuck in and / or cut inside. One of those two left footers on the right like Gudmundsson does is not unrealistic. I would think G...

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Fantastic so far - exactly what I was hoping for when voting out. The things I particularly liked in the last couple of days were the desire to negotiate elements of, but not remain in, the customs union. Also, the subtle use of our intelligence as a negotiating ploy, and having Hammond threaten the...

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This is probably harsh given how little he played, but my overriding impression of him is that he lacks the hunger and aggression to succeed at the highest level. That is my view too. If we say about Barton, especially those of us who have read his book, that his hunger and aggression in part comes...

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Very classy, not much of it left in football. I am sure Jay appreciated it, just as I am sure it wouldn't have made a difference as to whether he scored or not (hence, why the fans were right to do it). Getting overly tribal about it doesn't do the club nor the town any favours imho (and I'm a big f...

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Some interesting opinions. I too work for the NHS (non-clinical) and there are several reasons why it doesn't work as well as it should. Very true. Many reasons but in my 25 years working in or advising the NHS I've not come across a problem as stark as the social care cuts. I also advise local aut...

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The problem is that all the stands are rubbish by modern PL standards. The Bob Lord has restricted views. The Cricket Field has restricted views and is in disrepair. The JHU doesn't even have running hot water, the concourse is packed at half time and unpleasant for kids who have to walk through a c...

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We've had the shooting war, the Cold War, and now we have the cyber war. The things that will be going on by all the big players will seem unbelievable if it ever got out. I bet they are all it it, using cyber warfare to influence things. If the Yanks aren't at it too, e.g to undermine Putin, I'd be...

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Despite the Dutch reporter on WalesOnline saying he almost joined us in late August, it seems unlikely we would be in for him. An out and out winger, a bit inconsistent and with suspect strength though lightening pace. Sounds like he could be bullied out of games, we've done that to far better playe...

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I suspect we are very much involved in Joey choosing to delay. I expect between 6 and 10 game ban (hence a cup run could be important). I think having him for these few games and then the final few may be what Dyche is thinking. There are some crucial winnable games in that lot.

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I haven't had time to read the whole thread but have read the OP and the link. I find it amusing that many (not just on here) refer to us "not having left yet" whilst ignoring that the Bank Of England's Chief Economist is of course well aware of that fact but has still chosen to suggest that there i...

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"That wound be a very strange way of awarding points ! I don't agree with every decision Dyche makes and I would also like to see more of Defour as technically he is our best player. Absolutely, a strange way of awarding points but also very telling. The answer to the Defour thing is we would have ...

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While he was very lucky to score on Monday, due to a fumble after hitting a hard shot (to be fair) very close to the keeper, I don't think it changes the issue at hand. That isn't whether we should sell Andre or buy a better player (we should always do the latter if it is practical, with all players...

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Will he be Jermain Defoe or Rohann Ricketts? Both showed good early promise, one delivered on it, the other didn't. Neither, he will be Andre Gray. A mixed bag. It's all down to judgement. Mine is that he will be a top end Championship striker at best. That's not a criticism, just a view on his stre...

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In addition to his goals last season, Gray was also second highest in the league for assists. Gray got 6 assists for us last season of which the highest finishing side to assist against was Brentford. I think the facts on assists help prove the point the other way to be fair. I understand and respe...

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F-uck me some fans will clutch at any straw when they have it in for a player. Gray scored an absolute bag full and tore apart plenty of good centre backs and defences Nobody is going to play well in every game - exactly which top teams did he struggle against ?.....as all of the team struggled aga...

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Gray wasn't good enough last year against the top sides so it was hard to see him being good enough this year, but he is full of potential and may well improve over the season (albeit will never master his first touch). He also stretches the opposition. I think as well his misses against Sours and W...

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Ultimately this is all smoke and mirrors, but what can't be denied is that the forces that Mark Carney talked about in his speech 2 days ago regarding globalisation affecting the UK working class could be viewed as Europeisation (yes, I've invented a new word) affecting the UK working class. 1. Face...

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Ha ha. I've been accused of many things Lancaster but being misinformed has never been one of them :-) . I'm a LD voter by the way, at least I was, can't see my doing it again after this farce. Your view on who holds the cards will be shaped by your view on the economics arising from various scenari...

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Why the obsession with Germany from some posters? It's not Germany that we should be concerned about in these negotiations. They would most likely be more sympathetic than most of their neighbours to us having full access to the single market so that they can sell their cars etc. to us. (They are n...

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The way I see it there are in essence two divisions in one - we have Premier League away, Premier League at home, Championship away, Championship at home. Each one is a step up in difficulty. I think Dyche has cracked the last three, with great signs that at home we are competitive against everyone....

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But the devaluation in the pound over the last 3 months has been dramatic and the attempts to suggest it is a good thing smack to me of wishful thinking. It isn't inconceivable that food prices will rise somewhere in the region of 5% over the next year, and that will hit those on lower incomes very...

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I always find your posts interesting although there are often many elements that I disagree with, but on this point I am surprised by your viewpoint. Are you really suggesting that when people go to the ballot box (in general terms, not the referendum), their main concern isn't the money in their p...

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"One slight issue I would take with that is that the same line is being trotted out by the media, who fail to add the word "financially"." Oh the air may be cleaner, the rivers less poluted and the roads less congested but the disadvantaged will be financially worse off. We can luxuriate in being i...

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