100% this! Couldn't have had easier runs to the point at which we lost out in both tournaments. Too conservative and passive to win anything meaningful.
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- Thu May 25, 2023 8:14 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: England squad
- Replies: 51
- Views: 2756
- Sun May 21, 2023 8:52 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Boxing tonight
- Replies: 11
- Views: 932
Re: Boxing tonight
Overdue in my book, Taylor has had a couple of 'gifts' in recent fights.
- Fri May 19, 2023 6:48 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Harry and Megan car chase
- Replies: 68
- Views: 4325
Re: Harry and Megan car chase
They are equally supported and hated by the brainless morons on either side of a terribly pointless political debate. You only have to look at the people on this thread and the likes they garner to see how polarised people can be when they have nothing better to get upset about. Sadly, it's become ...
- Sun Apr 30, 2023 9:04 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The new song
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3628
Re: The new song
It also scans better the way LB is suggesting, though that probably doesn't matter too much to the 120bpm massive, who's sole job appears to be get to the end of the song.
- Fri Apr 28, 2023 9:24 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: I see ASLEF are targeting football fans
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2789
Re: I see ASLEF are targeting football fans
Yes, if my memory serves me correctly that's for a 4 month classroom based course at Crewe. Then 57k once training is successfully completed, then 67k after 2 years.
- Fri Apr 28, 2023 8:43 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: I see ASLEF are targeting football fans
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2789
Re: I see ASLEF are targeting football fans
Avanti are recruiting currently, 39k during training period.Burnley Ace wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 5:35 pmIs t it a “closed shop”? I have never seen an advert for a train driver.
- Wed Apr 26, 2023 9:21 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: City v Arsenal
- Replies: 38
- Views: 2231
Re: City v Arsenal
That was a pen for me.
- Wed Apr 26, 2023 7:01 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: A Word or Two on Charlie…
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4289
Re: A Word or Two on Charlie…
He was awesome if you only watched the last 10 minutes, for the other 80 he was a square peg in a round hole.
- Wed Apr 26, 2023 7:00 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Adam Wharton
- Replies: 94
- Views: 10721
Re: Adam Wharton
Best they can hope for is that one of the big clubs signs him and loan him back for a season or two.
- Mon Apr 24, 2023 8:19 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: RATE THE REF - Dean Whitestone v QPR
- Replies: 69
- Views: 6998
Re: RATE THE REF - Dean Whitestone v QPR
I was not at the match so can't say anything except that it would appear that the referee was following the correct procedure as laid down by IFAB. 2. Dropped ball Procedure • The ball is dropped for the defending team goalkeeper in their penalty area if, when play was stopped: • the ball was in th...
- Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:13 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: How the hell did we lose that
- Replies: 105
- Views: 7013
Re: How the hell did we lose that
They didn't oblige us by playing to our strengths. Packed their own final 3rd and refused to be drawn in to pressing the ball, which is why we ended up aimlessly passing it sideways on the halfway line.
- Sat Apr 22, 2023 5:20 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: RATE THE REF - Dean Whitestone v QPR
- Replies: 69
- Views: 6998
Re: RATE THE REF - Dean Whitestone v QPR
Farcical performance!
- Fri Mar 31, 2023 6:16 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Fully Electric Cars
- Replies: 812
- Views: 41370
- Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:23 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Fully Electric Cars
- Replies: 812
- Views: 41370
- Fri Mar 31, 2023 6:50 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Fully Electric Cars
- Replies: 812
- Views: 41370
- Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:12 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: What’s your non clarets hobby?
- Replies: 129
- Views: 5616
Re: What’s your non clarets hobby?
Egg chasing and Rallying. The 2nd one I'd love to do more often, but my significant other isn't overly fond of my car, apparently its a drain on house finances.
- Sun Mar 26, 2023 9:22 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Monster Munch - Variety Pack.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1490
Re: Monster Munch - Variety Pack.
That would definitely be my go to.
- Fri Mar 24, 2023 10:47 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Channel 5 Boxing
- Replies: 3
- Views: 575
Re: Channel 5 Boxing
Not quite going to plan for Arthur, he never fails to underwelm. The only thing making this remotely watchable is George Groves in round punditry.
- Thu Mar 23, 2023 9:42 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Italy v England Euro 2024 qualifier
- Replies: 162
- Views: 5549
Re: Italy v England Euro 2024 qualifier
2nd half reeks of Southgates lack of courage.
- Tue Mar 21, 2023 9:49 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: What's the walk out music?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 4777
Re: What's the walk out music?
I'll stick with my original suggestion https://youtu.be/y6120QOlsfU Could be unbelievably intimidating, particularly if the place falls into silence and darkness 1st. A partisan crowd erupting into noise as this fired up would have me sh1tting it coming out of the tunnel. Alternatively, but on a sim...
- Sun Mar 19, 2023 1:05 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Today's footie 19.3
- Replies: 229
- Views: 7772
Re: Today's footie 19.3
It's exciting, but there's not much quality about it.
- Fri Mar 17, 2023 9:35 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Fury V Usyk
- Replies: 53
- Views: 3706
Re: Fury V Usyk
People knew Usyk was technically sound, but he'd just come up from cruiserweight, and I remember from watching it unfold over the months, even though there were question marks over Joshua's technical ability, the narrative was all about how Usyk would really be pushed to his limits against a fighte...
- Wed Mar 15, 2023 10:21 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Fury V Usyk
- Replies: 53
- Views: 3706
Re: Fury V Usyk
Not sure how you hold someone at range that has a 7 (yes that's seven) inch reach advantage.LONDONCLARET23 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 9:13 pmUsyk's pedigree is pretty much unrivalled in the history of the sport. A stroried, decorated, amateur and pro career and has the techinical capability to hold Fury at range and box his face off.
- Fri Mar 10, 2023 12:47 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 6 Nations 2023
- Replies: 143
- Views: 5994
Re: 6 Nations 2023
Game of the weekend for me will be at Ramsgreave Drive where Blackburn will be taking on Wirral, attempting to reduce their points deficit on Lymm! I'll concentrate on England after that.
- Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:02 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Rules For Life
- Replies: 115
- Views: 5696
Re: Rules For Life
Be excellent to each other.
- Fri Feb 24, 2023 7:35 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1738
Re: Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury
After Jake Paul called out Carl Froch and he took the bait a part of me now wants to see that happen. He’d pulverise him. I'm in the same boat, I originally was desperate for Fury to win to put an end to the 'clowning' of a sport that is very dear to me. Now I'd grudgingly accept a Paul win on the ...
- Sat Feb 18, 2023 7:36 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Lee Mason gone
- Replies: 81
- Views: 5628
Re: Lee Mason gone
Lee Mason was terrible decision maker on the field, can't imagine why anyone thought his decision making would improve whilst watching the game on TV.
- Tue Feb 07, 2023 8:36 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Fully Electric Cars
- Replies: 812
- Views: 41370
Re: Fully Electric Cars
It was funnier in 2021 when the original author penned it.
- Sun Feb 05, 2023 9:17 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Green Football Weekend
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1603
Re: Green Football Weekend
Standard virtue signalling tripe. If they genuinely wanted a green weekend why were we not all travelling to our local derbies? Us at Norwich, Bristol at Preston, Cardiff at Hull, Sunderland at Millwall, that's just our division. The Prem saw London clubs on Merseyside, in Manchester and in the Nort...
- Sat Jan 07, 2023 8:05 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Travel to Twickenham.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 936
Re: Travel to Twickenham.
It depends on what the rest of your weekend looks like. There and back same day, I usually drive, there's a couple of schools and a scout group that do matchday parking within a 20 min walk on the west side of the stadium. If I'm overnighting 'post match' I stop at the White Hart at Hampton Wick and...
- Wed Jan 04, 2023 9:50 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Dwight
- Replies: 378
- Views: 33266
Re: Dwight
The not insignificant number of Everton season ticket holders that I work with think he's having a good season. Obviously you know better.Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 04, 2023 9:33 pmHave you even watched them this season?
Anyone saying he’s been decent is just straight up lieing
- Wed Jan 04, 2023 9:23 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Dwight
- Replies: 378
- Views: 33266
Re: Dwight
Tripe!!Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 04, 2023 8:57 pmTarks has been poor all season for them. His pace has been consistently exposed.
- Thu Dec 29, 2022 10:22 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: RIP Vivienne Westwood.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 917
Re: RIP Vivienne Westwood.
I shall Don my favourite suit at the weekend in honour.
RIP an icon ( in my eyes atleast)
RIP an icon ( in my eyes atleast)
- Mon Dec 12, 2022 11:38 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Has Southgate taken us as far as he can?
- Replies: 123
- Views: 10745
Re: Has Southgate taken us as far as he can?
The term fine margins is most relevant. I'm not sure what Southgate got wrong in the first half. There were a couple of incidents that lost us the game and neither were down to Southgate. I thought he had us too deep and compressed the space between the back 4 and the midfield, this was to attempt ...
- Fri Dec 09, 2022 5:15 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Weekend break in that London
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1645
Re: Weekend break in that London
Z hotel in Covent garden is very affordable for its location.
- Wed Dec 07, 2022 2:00 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Eddie Jones about to be potted
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1297
Re: Eddie Jones about to be potted
Ridiculous decision at this point in the cycle. The RFU will have to pay off Jones and compensate Tigers for Borthwick with money they don't have, and we'll still be no where near come September next year.
- Wed Nov 30, 2022 3:31 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Florence advice
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2886
Re: Florence advice
We did a week in Aug, it was bloody hot!! stopped here https://www.villaroyalfirenze.com/en/ largely because it was comfortably walking distance to most attractions and had a pool(though the pool did have a 15 euro each, a day surcharge which wasn't entirely advertised on the booking site we used) p...
- Sun Nov 27, 2022 8:16 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Doddie Weir has died
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1510
Re: Doddie Weir has died
A true giant of a man both on and off the field.
RIP
RIP
- Mon Nov 21, 2022 2:06 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Concussion subs
- Replies: 52
- Views: 3795
- Sun Nov 13, 2022 8:22 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: It’s Derby day how are you preparing?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 2483
Re: It’s Derby day how are you preparing?
Off up the lakes for a walk, somewhere with no phone signal, can't watch it don't want score updates. Will be glad when it's all done and dusted. COYC.
Have a safe day everyone and hope the lads bring the result home for us all.
Have a safe day everyone and hope the lads bring the result home for us all.
- Wed Nov 02, 2022 8:16 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley vs Rotherham Match Thread
- Replies: 371
- Views: 15125
Re: Burnley vs Rotherham Match Thread
Time wasting is a joke already
- Tue Nov 01, 2022 9:07 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: In the town where I was born
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3621
- Sun Oct 30, 2022 7:23 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Concussion subs
- Replies: 52
- Views: 3795
Re: Concussion subs
A couple of examples this week (Aarons and Martinez) of concussed players playing on whilst concussed and then having to come off. Obviously very predictable It's incredible that Football is pretending 'second impact syndrome ' isn't a thing. A centre half with a headed clearance whilst playing con...
- Fri Oct 28, 2022 8:24 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Blackburn - anyone else not care?
- Replies: 78
- Views: 4832
Re: Blackburn - anyone else not care?
I care, not for me but for a young lad that it really mattered to. Adam 'Harold' Donnelly, rip fella. I hope we can do 'them' again.
- Tue Oct 25, 2022 9:47 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Norwich thread
- Replies: 263
- Views: 10000
Re: Norwich thread
And then a solid claim too
- Tue Oct 25, 2022 9:46 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Norwich thread
- Replies: 263
- Views: 10000
Re: Norwich thread
Great save
- Tue Oct 25, 2022 9:09 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Game stopped at 2-0
- Replies: 97
- Views: 8848
Re: Game stopped at 2-0
I'll just throw this in,probably get criticised,but from some comments from the bouncing teenagers around me in the top corner on Saturday, they can't wait to cause trouble at the Rovers game. Obviously hope they are full of bravado and s##t. Based on the sentencing the last lot got that 'couldn't ...
- Wed Oct 12, 2022 9:15 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Fully Electric Cars
- Replies: 812
- Views: 41370
Re: Fully Electric Cars
Anyway, in the not too distant future, driving cars on roads will be for common people.😀 I'll take the direct route, lift off from my garage roof in my passenger drone.😲🚁 (I know it's a helicopter, couldn't find a drone emoji) Many a true word spoken in jest, closer to becoming a reality than most ...
- Sat Oct 01, 2022 9:18 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: RIP Olivia Pratt-Korbel
- Replies: 60
- Views: 6282
Re: RIP Olivia Pratt-Korbel
Liverpool, must be a nightmare as nobody has any trust or respect for the police, I understand slightly but it’s somewhere I avoid like the plague Bizarrely, it's a brilliant place with some amazing people. Sadly it has a massive undercurrent of absolute shithousery that detracts from the place it ...
- Sat Oct 01, 2022 8:50 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: RIP Olivia Pratt-Korbel
- Replies: 60
- Views: 6282
Re: RIP Olivia Pratt-Korbel
Any chance some of you could put your pitchforks away until a conviction? I mean, we do still have trial by jury in this country, even for utterly abhorrent crimes such as this one. The 'rats' have been bande-ing his name about for a couple of weeks. I'd be very surprised if he's not in the picture