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by dougcollins
Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Dull man's club.
Replies: 78
Views: 4261

Re: Dull man's club.

Vincent'sCap wrote:
Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:03 pm
Thought I'd start a dull man's club for dullards on here.
I'll start.FB_IMG_1712660156001.jpg
I've been debating for 20 years which screw to change
When you change the screw, will you put it on straight?
by dougcollins
Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Interesting that potential contract clause mentioned again.
Replies: 61
Views: 3419

Re: Interesting that potential contract clause mentioned again.

Winstonswhite wrote:
Sun Apr 07, 2024 6:04 pm
What happens if he doesn’t play in 75% of games?
Haven't you ever seen 'Gremlins'?
by dougcollins
Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: O'Shea ball control
Replies: 48
Views: 3272

Re: O'Shea ball control

So what did Oliver give the red for, as he would have to declare that- was it denying the goalscoring opportunity, or an endangering tackle?
by dougcollins
Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Half A Century Of ABBA
Replies: 23
Views: 1076

Re: Half A Century Of ABBA

Top musicians and clever songwriters.
by dougcollins
Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:31 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Newcastle game will not be live on television
Replies: 11
Views: 1694

Re: ARTICLE: Newcastle game will not be live on television

Got a 6 hour drive on the Saturday morning, had it been put back to 12:30 or something I'd have found it very easy to raise an excuse to not make it.

Looks like I'll be there now..
by dougcollins
Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Relegation songs
Replies: 9
Views: 939

Re: Relegation songs

by dougcollins
Sat Apr 06, 2024 2:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Toffees vs Clarets Match Thread
Replies: 494
Views: 15267

Re: Toffees vs Clarets Match Thread

Fofana would be on the bench for me.

Vitinho out wide and Foster down the middle.
by dougcollins
Fri Apr 05, 2024 4:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Oldest Stands/Grounds
Replies: 9
Views: 1108

Re: Oldest Stands/Grounds

groove wrote:
Fri Apr 05, 2024 2:59 pm
The Johnny Haynes Stand at Craven Cottage was built in 1905.
They have to preserve the 'Cottage' by order I believe - it would make development difficult.
by dougcollins
Fri Apr 05, 2024 4:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: BFCITC Dinner - 4 May 2024 @ Hilton MCR Deansgate
Replies: 69
Views: 4028

Re: BFCITC Dinner - 4 May 2024 @ Hilton MCR Deansgate

claretonthecoast1882 wrote:
Fri Apr 05, 2024 3:30 pm
Should be at the Kierby and priced £2 per head with pie n peas thrown in
You'd have a lot more thrown in at the Kierby!
by dougcollins
Fri Apr 05, 2024 4:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Double barrelled surnames.
Replies: 73
Views: 3008

Re: Double barrelled surnames.

Clarets4me wrote:
Fri Apr 05, 2024 4:30 pm
Someone bit, I thought it would be someone else, mind you !
What was wrong with his apostrophe's?
by dougcollins
Fri Apr 05, 2024 2:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: No.33 shirt
Replies: 8
Views: 1370

Re: No.33 shirt

claptrappers_union wrote:
Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:09 am
Should be Bertie Bee
All the threes, Bertie Bee?
by dougcollins
Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:38 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Corners- what is going on
Replies: 32
Views: 2899

Re: Corners- what is going on

I've no doubt SD will have a plan for Muric - one to watch out for at their corners.
by dougcollins
Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Will we be out-Dyched on Saturday?
Replies: 49
Views: 3085

Re: Will we be out-Dyched on Saturday?

Woodleyclaret wrote:
Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:12 pm
We need to attack from the off and defend in Evertons half.Not give away needless corners and play Benny wide right to create more chances.
Not giving away needless corners is something we've really not been good at.
by dougcollins
Thu Apr 04, 2024 8:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tresor
Replies: 114
Views: 10279

Re: Tresor

Have we ever seen him when chasing a game and when we are having a lot of possession? I definitely saw some technically really good play from him but having him wide meant he needed to do a lot defensively which he's never going to do. It would have been nice to see him in the role Odobert had the ...
by dougcollins
Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chris Wood
Replies: 39
Views: 2956

Re: Chris Wood

Some interesting comments, particularly relating to his time at Newcastle and the fans' attitude to him. When he signed for them they had played 20 matches and won just 1 and conceded 43 goals. Eddie Howe was aware of Chris's workrate and his value at defensive set pieces. In the first 8 games that...
by dougcollins
Thu Apr 04, 2024 3:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Double barrelled surnames.
Replies: 73
Views: 3008

Re: Double barrelled surnames.

Can't believe some are claiming double barrelled names as something of a modern day trend. Probably blow the minds of these same people when they discover some nobleman particularly in the 19th century had quadruple and quintuple barrelled names like Augustus Henry Lane-Fox-Pitt-Rivers or Richard T...
by dougcollins
Thu Apr 04, 2024 3:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chris Wood
Replies: 39
Views: 2956

Re: Chris Wood

claretonthecoast1882 wrote:
Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:01 am
I remember reading that if you took Chris Wood's goal away from him he didn't offer much
Somebody on R5 said exactly that about Haaland yesterday.
by dougcollins
Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Double barrelled surnames.
Replies: 73
Views: 3008

Re: Double barrelled surnames.

Used to be posh people with double barrelled. Now it's kind of the opposite.

It's like once upon a time only hard people had tattoos, and now it's kind of the opposite.

(Sorry boss, just seen your post - I totally agree).
by dougcollins
Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Match commentary
Replies: 4
Views: 1083

Re: Match commentary

Brucefanclaret wrote:
Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:53 pm
Where’s the Phil Bird commentary gone? Got crowd noise but no commentary.
That's a result then.
by dougcollins
Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Not Flagging Offsides
Replies: 20
Views: 1545

Re: Not Flagging Offsides

They got a corner because of a blatant offside that inept lino didn't flag for at all, never mind late.
by dougcollins
Tue Apr 02, 2024 4:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: PREVIEW: Clarets looking to make it four without defeat
Replies: 3
Views: 331

Re: PREVIEW: Clarets looking to make it four without defeat

Ah right- ‘arrivederci’.

Good grief.
by dougcollins
Tue Apr 02, 2024 4:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Heads up for those going tonight
Replies: 31
Views: 3901

Re: Heads up for those going tonight

Oh ffs.
by dougcollins
Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: PAUL FLETCHER
Replies: 27
Views: 3421

Re: PAUL FLETCHER

Was there too on the Longside roughly level with the penalty area, will be on that clip somewhere. How did we manage to go down that season? 1. Had a goalkeeper in Tony Waiters who couldnt clear his lines and threw the ball to his fullbacks putting them under undue pressure far too often 2. Lack of...
by dougcollins
Mon Apr 01, 2024 10:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Everton
Replies: 62
Views: 6709

Re: Everton

My fiend lives in Anfield - the quality of his house is excellent, but it's worth nothing.
by dougcollins
Mon Apr 01, 2024 8:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Refereeing bias
Replies: 8
Views: 1476

Re: Refereeing bias

Just picked up on an interesting stat from the TC podcast. There were 29 fouls in the Man City v Arsenal game yesterday with 2 yellow cards handed out, which were both for time wasting. Staggering levels of bias in favour of big clubs and the willingness not to 'ruin games'. But rather than coming ...
by dougcollins
Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Todays football 1st April
Replies: 110
Views: 4799

Re: Todays football 1st April

Anonymous Claret wrote:
Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:44 pm
I have really enjoyed watching Championship games this season. Overall it has been far more exciting and competitive than the PL.
The Championship is just brilliant.

Though I don't want it to be so close next season..
by dougcollins
Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:08 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How Clickbait Journalism Works...
Replies: 3
Views: 965

Re: How Clickbait Journalism Works...

claptrappers_union wrote:
Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:04 am
It’s awful is the Burnley Express now. They should just shut it down
It really is a terrible website.
by dougcollins
Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Spring Photographs 2024
Replies: 33
Views: 1826

Re: Spring Photographs 2024

Not quick enough to get a photo but - I saw my first butterfly off 2024 yesterday. As usual, in the area I live, it was a Brimstone (male in this case). Im not sure if they're quite so widespread in northern England/Scotland but very common in Hampshire. Not my photo but...brimstone.jpg Yep, we get...
by dougcollins
Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley Fans at Yesterdays Chelsea Game.
Replies: 26
Views: 5086

Re: Burnley Fans at Yesterdays Chelsea Game.

Bin Ont Turf wrote:
Sun Mar 31, 2024 5:29 pm
Not that great at Brentford ( understandable) and Liverpool though.
Yes, the performance at Brentford was the lowest of a poor season, for me.
by dougcollins
Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Wolves at home on [Ruby] Tuesday
Replies: 33
Views: 3050

Re: Wolves at home on [Ruby] Tuesday

We’ll Not Fade Away.
by dougcollins
Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Everton
Replies: 62
Views: 6709

Re: Everton

That article from the Liverpool Echo is frightening if you're an Everton fan. " There remains a material uncertainty about Everton's ability to operate as a going concern should the club be relegated". Are there still doubts about 777 Partners takeover of Moshiri's stake in the club, or is that goi...
by dougcollins
Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Wolves at home on [Ruby] Tuesday
Replies: 33
Views: 3050

Re: Wolves at home on [Ruby] Tuesday

Let's hope we get Satisfaction.
by dougcollins
Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Suspensions
Replies: 9
Views: 1541

Re: Suspensions

If we receive an apology for Assignon's sending off, will VK's red be rescinded?
by dougcollins
Sun Mar 31, 2024 4:56 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today's Football
Replies: 39
Views: 1740

Re: Today's Football

How come Arsenal are allowed to wear white shorts?
by dougcollins
Sun Mar 31, 2024 3:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today's Football
Replies: 39
Views: 1740

Re: Today's Football

Vegas Claret wrote:
Sun Mar 31, 2024 2:51 pm
notice how Brighton players, especially Dunk, are charging after the ref any time a Liverpool player commits a foul. Tossers
Not a surprise to me, Brighton have always done that. It's a club culture thing.
by dougcollins
Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Next 4 games
Replies: 29
Views: 2915

Re: Next 4 games

boatshed bill wrote:
Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:42 pm
that's a good bit of alliteration :D
I'm blaming the Malbec!
by dougcollins
Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Post match interviews v Chelsea
Replies: 26
Views: 2429

Re: Post match interviews v Chelsea

Bellamy just wants the best for whoever is in his team.

Obviously if you're not in his team you're not gonna see eye to eye.

I think he's great.
by dougcollins
Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Next 4 games
Replies: 29
Views: 2915

Re: Next 4 games

Culling Cullen was a callous call.
by dougcollins
Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: It's happening
Replies: 11
Views: 2438

Re: It's happening

elwaclaret wrote:
Sat Mar 30, 2024 8:48 pm
Blimey, Spiral that’s a bit of a leap from the doom and gloom of recent weeks, have you changed your tablets? :D
It's definitely not a downward spiral.
by dougcollins
Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Coming of age?
Replies: 30
Views: 2466

Re: Coming of age?

when you consider Leicester the "best team the Championship has ever seen" went there in a one off game and got smashed I'm still 100% convinced this team is way better than last seasons, whatever happens the future is bright for us The same Leicester team that's gonna struggle to get automatic pro...
by dougcollins
Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Season tickets next season
Replies: 839
Views: 53891

Re: Season tickets next season

The only places in the ground you don't get pods wet through are the Cricketfield and the Bob Lord.
by dougcollins
Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Favourite butty.
Replies: 57
Views: 2454

Re: Favourite butty.

AGENT_CLARET wrote:
Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:57 pm
Horrible choices ????? You added the worst SPAM :mrgreen:
I'm having spam spam spam spam spam spam spam beaked beans spam spam spam and spam!

Can I have hers without the baked beans?

So you mean spam spam spam spam spam.. (roll credits)
by dougcollins
Fri Mar 29, 2024 8:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: TODAYS FOOTY
Replies: 156
Views: 5119

Re: TODAYS FOOTY

Is Dennis still a Forest player?

It really hasn't been a good move for him.
by dougcollins
Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:33 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cheese and Onion Pie Recipe
Replies: 43
Views: 2447

Re: Cheese and Onion Pie Recipe

A bit of mustard is a must.
by dougcollins
Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: TODAYS FOOTY
Replies: 156
Views: 5119

Re: TODAYS FOOTY

Aclaret wrote:
Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:50 pm
Miss these Good Friday & Easter Monday games.
You'll be ok next year then.
by dougcollins
Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:36 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Favourite butty.
Replies: 57
Views: 2454

Re: Favourite butty.

Bacon, black pudding, mustard.

In proper bread, not one of those Brioche abominations.
by dougcollins
Fri Mar 29, 2024 8:44 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Is Summer On Its Way
Replies: 17
Views: 1576

Re: Is Summer On Its Way

AfloatinClaret wrote:
Fri Mar 29, 2024 8:36 am
No, they're born here so just coming back from their winter holidays
Yep, that's true.

Good to see some new 'swallow friendly' barns going up in our area.
by dougcollins
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Marrakesh - do's and dont's please
Replies: 23
Views: 3296

Re: Marrakesh - do's and dont's please

Will you go via the Express?
by dougcollins
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Passport problems
Replies: 86
Views: 3700

Re: Passport problems

Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage applied for German dual National passports although Farage was refused his .: both should be hung for treason leading the blind To vote for brexit which was the worst decision this country has made .: Exactly what I would expect from these people. The man who arguably...
by dougcollins
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: The Great Down Under Clarets Get Together
Replies: 12
Views: 737

Re: ARTICLE: The Great Down Under Clarets Get Together

Sounds like a bl00dy long journey for a NZ fan.