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I don’t think Crooks watches football matches. Gordon Banks has been in the news, so my money would be on him being named in the team of the week.

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Wed Feb 10, 2021 11:13 am
Which means we get an extra days rest over Fulham as they play Sunday, and we dont have any travel days/time.

We shall see first hand how much the extra rest has done for us compared to them.

Trouble is Palace are much more physical side than Everton.

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Charlie’s a huge miss. It will be dangerous if Both Cork and Brownhill are missing. Wood’s goals and defensive duties are desperately needed and an on form Brady is a match winner.
Boy do we need em !!!

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Boy, do we need em !!

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Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:01 pm
The Royal Dyche had a real Sunday league team ill have you know...

........ and they would have beaten us tonight I reckon.

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Exactly. These people are so dramatic jumping from one extreme to the other without any middle ground. If Dyche was seriously concerned about injuries then why did mcneil play? Heaven forbid he change formation Dyche’s success has been built entirely around the defence and its covering midfield two...

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I think Tom was replaced by Paul Robinson for cup games.

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Pub team.
Dyche = 2
Players = ?????

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Any tweets from the new brewery owners ???

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A couple old timers with a few raw glass collectors who have never played football together as a team before. The manager forgetting the paperwork and having to make a last minute phone call to get a young kid out of bed to replace his (banned) part-time cellarman. Playing a cup match against a lowe...

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I think this will be another “Fulham” with both clubs fielding weakened teams because of their league positions. 3-1 to the Clarets.

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Vydra is a quality footballer, but his impact is in some way down to the fact that teams prepare for Burnley and how we play football. Vydra isn’t typical of our ‘style of play’ and so impacts the game accordingly. Opposition players will consciously or sub consciously prepare for the task at hand....

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Well done Rooty but I don’t think you’ll make Garth’s team of the week.

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Brighton have never really had a ground in the middle of town like us. Goldstone was a train ride away too, but in another direction, withdean was an athletics ground in a suburb, and gillingham in another county. At least the current one is easy to get to for away fans with the free train rides wi...

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So we’ll have a change of keeper + Bardsley, Long, Stephens and Rodriguez (possibly Benson) who are likely to start. That’s six so which players from today’s team do you think the manager will risk?

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Have we got one? Can we risk our best players? Will it be the side that beat Fulham?

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Every club’s got one - ours is Ashley Barnes.

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Not sure Nick Pope observes this rule and Tom Heaton certainly didn’t.

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VAR = Lee Mason - what can you expect? Mitrovic throwing himself down and rolling over clutching his face influences the incompetent officials, yet again players cheating to incriminate a fellow professional. I don’t think we will ever see Ben Mee acting like this. Football is becoming a cheats para...

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Mr Pace and his team retained the services of two board members to oversee, provide guidance and to enable a smooth handover.
I would think it highly likely that Mr Garlick’s duties are to advise the new chairman with all transfer negotiations and new contracts.

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Beware injured toes or other ailments to Wednesday’s starting line-up when we meet Chelsea on Sunday !!!

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The problem is that both Brady and JBG are natural left footers, so are less comfortable playing defensively on the right and both wingers routinely cut inside to cross with their favoured left foot when attacking. Opposition coaches know all of these weaknesses and will set up to exploit them.

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Its a big ask to address everything in 1 window if waiting until summer, we ideally probably need rightback, at least 1 winger ideally right winger The right side of the team needs to be substantially strengthened. Grealish tore us to shreds on that side last night and with other world class left w...

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Jones, Worrall and now Collins - I’m sure that at least one will arrive this week.

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I wonder if our ex-chairman has been put in charge of negotiations as we have seen this style of bidding before. This seems a low starting point especially as there is a distinct possibility that we will be getting £5-6m from a Norwich promotion for Gibson.

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The manager will go with the same preferred lineup with two barge poles up front and ironically this is probably the best game for these tactics. Liverpool have their injury problems in central defence and are playing various makeshift combinations. I think that they definitely have a weakness in th...

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Maybe they a just a happy band of brothers - content that there’s unlikely to be any new faces to arrive and rock the boat?

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Play Bairstow as an opener and play Lawrence at 4.

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Didn’t notice it today but thought that we looked like a pub team emerging from the tunnel before the MK Dons game. Smile, yes but IMO we should look like a professional outfit at all times. A shake up is obviously needed and the manager needs to reinforce his own high standards. “Burnley won’t be i...

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Was Danieljwaterhouse on one of the teams ??

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Goalkeeper and back 4 pick themselves. JBG, Brownhill, Westwood and Dwight in midfield. I would then like to see Brady in a roving role behind Rodriguez up top.

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Root 66 - it’s where he gets his kicks.

Edit. Sorry Tony your reference was more subtle than mine!

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I don’t think there will be much transfer activity at all. The gloomy Covid outlook and high numbers of infections is pointing to a significant break in the second half of the season (maybe until March). The further loss of income and potential loss of tv money may cause a rethink by the Chairman an...

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Steve McClaren.

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Nicky Banger ???

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The postponement of the Fulham game gives us the chance to get our crocked players a chance to get back to match fitness. I wouldn’t risk any of the current defence (including Pope) nor any of the midfield.
Bring back Cork, Vydra, Bards, Rodders and JBG plus give Stephens and Benson a full game.

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A couple of years back I spoke to Ian Wright about his time at Burnley. It was a good conversation and the main thing that stood out was his respect and love (yes love) for Barry Kirby.

Top man I hope he hangs around in some sort of ambassadorial role for the club.

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Okay let’s move on.

Exciting times.

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I’ll say it again; ’Like I say, the idea that Dyche is in some way involved in the takeover is ridiculously far-fetched.’ You can italicise it as much as you like, but if you look back my point is that the retention of SD as manager is an essential part of ALK’s deal and that it is highly likely th...

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Fair enough points. But the only way I could see Dyche benefiting from being a shareholder is by taking a dividend. And considering how insignificant his shareholding would be I doubt that would be very rewarding. And that is assuming the new directors will be taking dividends as the current ones d...

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I prefer far-fetched.

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If you say so Tony.

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Not such a ridiculous suggestion - I would think that SD would be a vital part of an investment like this. He has kept Burnley in the top flight for a long time with his hands tied behind his back.

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Maybe defenders should watch a clip of the Leeds goalkeeper to see how to deal with Kane?

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Hi IWL, you've got to factor in the legal situations. Sean Dyche owes his duty to his current employer, not a prospective future employer. Yes, breaking these protocols is always possible. But, why create risks for yourself by doing something that might not be approved of by his existing employer -...

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If ALK consider that the manager is integral to their long-term plans surely they will have already quizzed the manager as to his own long-term plans and aspirations. SD has said he has not spoken to them, so what if he now says that he wants a change of scenery?? A lot of spin being leaked to put t...

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I don’t think anything has changed in Woody’s game other than opposition defences knowing what to expect from our tactics and his job as target man gets harder each week. Also his goals have dried up because the excellent delivery from the likes of McNeil and Westward he enjoyed last season has lack...

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Chris Wood is our target man - nothing more nothing less and he does a very good job of it. However we are currently a one-trick pony as far as attacking tactics are concerned and our opponents know this, set themselves up defensively and practice all week before we meet. Every pundit in the land tr...

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Should get behind these young players - yes, but not when we’re scrapping for points in important games. A performance like today’s will have set him back a bit and his next big chance will only come from the bench this season.

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Should have been subbed today for Jay. Didn’t attack the ball in the air as he usually does and his ball-control on the ground was non-existent. Takes a lot of knocks and needs a rest.

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