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by NottsClaret
Mon Jun 26, 2023 5:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Country Bingo
Replies: 93
Views: 3908

Re: Country Bingo

Just the usual holiday ones:
France
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Croatia
Greece

Plus USA and Japan
by NottsClaret
Mon Jun 26, 2023 1:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.
Replies: 15428
Views: 1610787

Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

Surely it’s pretty clear to see that VK is looking for a new first choice goalkeeper. Looks like it doesn't it. I thought Muric improved as the season went on, is obviously brilliant with his feet and looked strong at the end. But here's a bit of unsubstantiated speculation based on very little - I...
by NottsClaret
Mon Jun 26, 2023 11:24 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Glastonbury 2023
Replies: 563
Views: 25462

Re: Glastonbury 2023

I was talking with my wife about how you didn’t get any ‘old fogie’ rock/pop stars when I was a lad and it’s a relatively modern phenomenon. I then depressed myself by realising that the reason was rock/pop was only 15-20 years old when I was a lad and the even the elder statesmen were only in thei...
by NottsClaret
Sun Jun 25, 2023 9:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Air Source Heat Pump Systems
Replies: 28
Views: 1875

Re: Air Source Heat Pump Systems

The previous owners of our house had been badly mis-sold one. It was noisy, expensive and never heated the house sufficiently. We replaced it with a gas boiler, which felt like a backwards step but they simply won’t work in a huge percentage of the housing stock in the U.K. If you’ve got a properly ...
by NottsClaret
Sun Jun 25, 2023 12:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Horse flies
Replies: 39
Views: 3791

Re: Horse flies

I never used to react to bug bites but after a couple of bad ones in the last few years I’ve started using that ‘Jungle Spray’ off Amazon. I think it might be banned in some countries but you can get it here.. nothing has even landed on me since, it’s good stuff.
by NottsClaret
Fri Jun 23, 2023 11:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Glastonbury 2023
Replies: 563
Views: 25462

Re: Glastonbury 2023

I do enjoy Glastonbury on the telly, never heard of Young Fathers or listened to Kelis in about 15 years and they’ll be on my Spotify all day tomorrow now, both absolutely brilliant tonight.

‘Names’ like Royal Blood and Arctic Monkeys were so boring.
by NottsClaret
Fri Jun 23, 2023 10:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Glastonbury 2023
Replies: 563
Views: 25462

Re: Glastonbury 2023

It’s been the Emperor’s new clothes with Arctic Monkeys for years, everyone trying to convince themselves they’re not a load of dull shite these days.

Get Kelis on instead, she’s ace.
by NottsClaret
Fri Jun 23, 2023 10:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Glastonbury 2023
Replies: 563
Views: 25462

Re: Glastonbury 2023

Kelis is surely going to be the death of Bill Murray, she’s great mind.
by NottsClaret
Fri Jun 23, 2023 10:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Darren Moore
Replies: 48
Views: 6533

Re: Darren Moore

daveisaclaret wrote:
Fri Jun 23, 2023 10:04 pm
Barnsley are appointing some internal, apparently to save money.
My Barnsley mate said they’d promote Martin Devanney from the u21s so they can save money on the ‘MD’ branded manager’s kit.
by NottsClaret
Fri Jun 23, 2023 10:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Glastonbury 2023
Replies: 563
Views: 25462

Re: Glastonbury 2023

I’m years out of touch with ‘new’ music but enjoyed that Young Fathers set after switching off Royal Blood, they were great fun.
by NottsClaret
Fri Jun 23, 2023 1:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sub goes Missing
Replies: 189
Views: 13293

Re: Sub goes Missing

An explosion is when something expands rapidly into its surroundings. An implosion is when something contracts rapidly into its surroundings. The end result is pretty much the same; anybody in the immediate vicinity will be having issues. Having said that, an implosion will likely be more emphatic,...
by NottsClaret
Fri Jun 23, 2023 10:01 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sub goes Missing
Replies: 189
Views: 13293

Re: Sub goes Missing

If nothing else, we've all learned a lot over the last week about some of the terrifying and bizarre physics at play at the bottom of the sea. Best left well alone in my view. I'd spend £250k on going into space though, if I had it like.
by NottsClaret
Wed Jun 21, 2023 1:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Duff to Swansea ?
Replies: 37
Views: 5466

Re: Duff to Swansea ?

Shame for Barnsley, they seem to have no trouble finding good managers and some top players.. just can’t keep them.
by NottsClaret
Tue Jun 20, 2023 9:23 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sub goes Missing
Replies: 189
Views: 13293

Re: Sub goes Missing

Don't really get all the hysteria around this. Yes its awful to those involved but to put it in perspective, if a light aircraft comes down with 5 people on board, you're not really gonna hear much of it. It's a bit like that missing Malaysian plane, or when someone gets stuck in a cave. You can't ...
by NottsClaret
Mon Jun 19, 2023 6:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Darren Moore
Replies: 48
Views: 6533

Re: Darren Moore

I think it's as likely he was told they've about £30 to spend this summer and agreed it was best that he left.
by NottsClaret
Sat Jun 17, 2023 9:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Your biggest sporting achievements?
Replies: 145
Views: 6527

Re: Your biggest sporting achievements?

Got roped into playing a charity match at my local cricket club, went in at 10 with my sceptical family watching we needed six to tie off the last ball and I launched their first team bowler out the ground and into the river. We lost the ‘super over’ but I’ve dined out on it ever since. Ran 5k in 19...
by NottsClaret
Sat Jun 17, 2023 9:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: George Michael
Replies: 12
Views: 1609

Re: George Michael

Never into him at the time but a hell of a voice and a very generous guy by all accounts. Listen without prejudice is a bit of a classic in hindsight.
by NottsClaret
Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Barnsley Beckenbauer
Replies: 32
Views: 2825

Re: The Barnsley Beckenbauer

Carwin261 wrote:
Thu Jun 15, 2023 8:12 pm
Talking about the Barnsley Beckenbauer ,when Tarks was at is best more than a few slagged Stones off ,but what a player that guy is now.
Unbelievably good now isn’t he? He was always class but he’s added so much to his game.
by NottsClaret
Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:14 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Replies: 147
Views: 8720

Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night

Makes no difference, only thing to look for is getting Champions League teams on the weeks they have away matches, gives a slight advantage.

Noticeable how you don't play midweek in this league. One Tuesday night match at the Turf, maybe.
by NottsClaret
Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:06 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Replies: 147
Views: 8720

Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night

claretinkorea wrote:
Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:05 am
Could be even worse if the Luton match gets shifted back due to their stadium not yet being ready...
Good point that. They'll be gutted it's Burnley as their first home game in the Prem to be fair.
by NottsClaret
Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Nottingham
Replies: 74
Views: 4619

Re: Nottingham

We've got to bringing back the death penalty pretty quick, on the back of a tragic story we know almost nothing about. What if it's someone with serious mental health problems, who hasn't had the correct care or medication because we don't really give a toss about funding those services? Who's going...
by NottsClaret
Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:33 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Northerners: A History
Replies: 50
Views: 2803

Re: Northerners: A History

I live in Chesterfield and people here claim they are Northerner’s, but compared to back home I feel very much like this is ‘The Midlands’. The North stops at the bottom of Sheffield for me, which I frequently say to my Father in Law to wind him up :D. Yeah, it's all the North from Merseyside acros...
by NottsClaret
Mon Jun 12, 2023 5:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New BFC Membership scheme
Replies: 381
Views: 24850

Re: New BFC Membership scheme

Bearing in mind we've plucked 4,000 pts out of the air. £250 may get you right to the top, first served, before everyone else. Or after every ST holder has got theirs, which would leave you with little or no chance most weeks. We don't know. That's the thing with the article on the site, there was l...
by NottsClaret
Mon Jun 12, 2023 3:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New BFC Membership scheme
Replies: 381
Views: 24850

Re: New BFC Membership scheme

Nori1958 wrote:
Mon Jun 12, 2023 3:00 pm
Without being rude....I've just read the two options..and understand fully what they are.....why all the questions?
Does paying for a £250 membership get you priority over ST holders for away games? Or alongside them? Or after them?
by NottsClaret
Mon Jun 12, 2023 12:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New BFC Membership scheme
Replies: 381
Views: 24850

Re: New BFC Membership scheme

clarethomer wrote:
Mon Jun 12, 2023 11:57 am
There are no T&Cs or details of how it works so it would be mad for anyone to splash £250 without knowing that detail.
I thought that, seems odd to advertise a service for £250 but not explain exactly what it is.
by NottsClaret
Mon Jun 12, 2023 11:37 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New BFC Membership scheme
Replies: 381
Views: 24850

Re: New BFC Membership scheme

IanMcL wrote:
Mon Jun 12, 2023 11:31 am
BUT....After Season Ticket Holders!

So what's the point?
The £250 one doesn’t say after ST holders. A mistake or possibly controversial?
by NottsClaret
Sun Jun 11, 2023 8:15 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ground Improvements
Replies: 24
Views: 3560

Re: Ground Improvements

Clarets4me wrote:
Sat Jun 10, 2023 8:08 pm
I wouldn't spend a penny more than we have to on that stand, until we decide if it's going to be replaced within the next 2-5 years ...
The CFS has been being replaced ‘in the next few years’ for the last 25 years. It’ll outlive all of us.
by NottsClaret
Sat Jun 10, 2023 10:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: City v Inter. The Purist Treble.
Replies: 163
Views: 6480

Re: City v Inter. The Purist Treble.

A great side but that was an utterly joyless occasion. I think I enjoyed every single playoff match more than that.
by NottsClaret
Sat Jun 10, 2023 11:26 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Duffy joins Norwich
Replies: 21
Views: 2030

Re: ARTICLE: Duffy joins Norwich

Grant Hanley has been 31 for the last 8 or 9 years.
by NottsClaret
Sat Jun 10, 2023 9:45 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 50+
Replies: 33
Views: 2996

Re: 50+

As ever, it’s not the era that was good, it was being young.
by NottsClaret
Fri Jun 09, 2023 10:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Best hotel you have ever stayed?
Replies: 96
Views: 4242

Re: Best hotel you have ever stayed?

Century Southern Tower in Tokyo, honestly like staying in the future.
by NottsClaret
Thu Jun 08, 2023 4:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hannover fans
Replies: 43
Views: 4419

Re: Hannover fans

Now I'm worried about getting a fine for going on the pitch after Plymouth in '98.
by NottsClaret
Thu Jun 08, 2023 7:14 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Fiorentina v Hammers
Replies: 209
Views: 6779

Re: Fiorentina v Hammers

Fantastic for West Ham and this is great competition. Fans of clubs without a nation state backing them can have a realistic chance of a night of European glory.
by NottsClaret
Wed Jun 07, 2023 5:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: West ham v Burnley, 23rd August 1975 ..
Replies: 5
Views: 801

Re: West ham v Burnley, 23rd August 1975 ..

That '75/'76 season was a tough one to take and yet still contained some memorable moments, not least the achievement of the great "Uwe" Noble in scoring 9 goals in the first 9 games......He really was special...... ......In fact has any other player, apart from George Beel, a century ago, matched ...
by NottsClaret
Tue Jun 06, 2023 1:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Next seasons kit
Replies: 657
Views: 59701

Re: Next seasons kit

123EasyasBFC wrote:
Tue Jun 06, 2023 11:52 am
BK8 - same that’s on the training gear
They sound lovely.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... -marketing
by NottsClaret
Mon Jun 05, 2023 4:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Treble
Replies: 67
Views: 3515

Re: The Treble

Not really - simply saying the way in which they play the game along with the manner in which they win is better than I've ever witnessed Not denying they're the best side in the world, and an incredible match-winning machine. But it was pretty funny that their goals on Saturday came from a textboo...
by NottsClaret
Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:49 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Searching for the best Barnes goal
Replies: 35
Views: 1460

Re: ARTICLE: Searching for the best Barnes goal

Was torn between West ham away and Spurs away, went for the Spurs away goal. His goal at Spurs is an absolute stunner. Probably go for that. Strangely, if it was based purely on emotion, I'd actually have gone for his winner v Palace over Blackburn or Wigan. Never celebrated a goal like it on the T...
by NottsClaret
Mon Jun 05, 2023 10:07 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley Vs Great managers
Replies: 18
Views: 1165

Re: Burnley Vs Great managers

Still seems weird that Carlo Ancelotti managed Everton.
by NottsClaret
Sat Jun 03, 2023 4:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: FA Cup Final - City Vs Utd
Replies: 181
Views: 5282

Re: FA Cup Final - City Vs Utd

Mad that everyone who has played and watched football, from us chumps to the pros in the studio, knows it should never be a penalty but that it was 100% a penalty.

The decision to give Casemiro a free kick when he was lucky to stay on the pitch was probably worse.
by NottsClaret
Sat Jun 03, 2023 7:12 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Female coaching a men's team
Replies: 61
Views: 2897

Re: Female coaching a men's team

It’ll happen eventually. Football only really cares about money. If a women comes along who can get you results - and more cash - then they’ll get offers.
by NottsClaret
Fri Jun 02, 2023 12:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.
Replies: 15428
Views: 1610787

Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

Pearcey wrote:
Fri Jun 02, 2023 12:20 pm
Jesse Lingard released by Forest and available on a free.
I'd guess it'll be someone like QPR or Birmingham next for him.
by NottsClaret
Fri Jun 02, 2023 9:33 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Treble
Replies: 67
Views: 3515

Re: The Treble

I guess City will win both games and the treble, probably playing some utterly brilliant football along the way. And absolutely nobody will give a toss.

It'll be as enthralling as Celtic winning a domestic treble.
by NottsClaret
Thu Jun 01, 2023 3:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Parking Charge - Asda Burnley
Replies: 158
Views: 9813

Re: Parking Charge - Asda Burnley

To follow on from this, the only thing you shouldn't ignore is a court summons, that's when people get into trouble, i.e. not turning up for court and having a CCJ issued due to their absence. As I said before, even if you turn up and lose, which you rarely will if you're prepared (judges often don...
by NottsClaret
Thu Jun 01, 2023 9:04 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Europa League Final
Replies: 63
Views: 3638

Re: Europa League Final

kentonclaret wrote:
Wed May 31, 2023 11:15 pm
And you seemed so pleased this morning CT that you were going to be able to watch it for free :D
I watched it for free and felt short-changed.
by NottsClaret
Wed May 31, 2023 12:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Found a dog this morning
Replies: 53
Views: 4276

Re: Found a dog this morning

Great story and well done Agent Claret.
by NottsClaret
Wed May 31, 2023 11:45 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Flawless Tv
Replies: 58
Views: 4022

Re: Flawless Tv

It won't go away, though. It doesn't matter what barriers are put in place, tech will always find a way. The cat is out of the bag, and it's time the industry caught up. Like I said, people had largely stopped paying for music because they could get it for free from the likes of Kazaa or torrents. ...
by NottsClaret
Wed May 31, 2023 7:36 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Flawless Tv
Replies: 58
Views: 4022

Re: Flawless Tv

It’s illegal but not unwise.
by NottsClaret
Tue May 30, 2023 9:42 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Barnsley v Owls Playoff
Replies: 287
Views: 9987

Re: Barnsley v Owls Playoff

Just two players kicking each other by accident. Not a penalty, play on. Sending off was a bit harsh.
by NottsClaret
Mon May 29, 2023 6:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Barnsley v Owls Playoff
Replies: 287
Views: 9987

Re: Barnsley v Owls Playoff

Watched it in deepest South Yorkshire.. very entertaining. Barnsley fans took it well, Wednesday fans obviously delighted. Barnsley deserved more on the day but over the season it’s probably fair. I reckon Duff will take them up next year, some right basket cases gone down from the Championship.
by NottsClaret
Sun May 28, 2023 10:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Big sam
Replies: 45
Views: 4246

Re: Big sam

They’d have been better off with Warnock, he’s actually still got it.