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Jakubclaret

Southgate often picks players on how they do for England instead of their clubs. Look at Pickford and Maguire when their form dipped. He is already in the fold. Good experience for him but the keeper we had playing for us last weekend is still the keeper we should have started the season with. This...

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Keighley's issue is a different one. As alluded to, Keighley had it's own Town Council until it was removed in the 70's and placed into Bradford. Very few people from Keighley have ever accepted this and still deny they are part of Bradford some fifty years later. I'm not sure why I know both areas...

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NewClaret wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:09 pm
Just be happy for him mate. And us.

It basically underlines what a top prospect we have on our hands regardless of how this season has panned out and, if nothing else, helps add value to an important asset.

Or the flip side it demonstrates just how short England are in the goalkeeping department.

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What I find a bit sad is Ulrika Jonsson coming out with stuff about him. That is surely the time when you keep it to yourself. I've just googled & had a look at the evening standard article so I now know what you mean I don't usually read newspapers as I take everybody & everything at face value. I...

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It's definitely a story with a happy ending as I think far too many dogs which are suitable for rehoming are put to sleep but that's opening another debate up.

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It depends what she has to say as long as it's respectful I don't see a problem dishing the dirt or showing disrespect that's completely different.

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Like a lot of illnesses if you can catch them early then you have a better chance of beating it. It happened to me in 2015 noticed blood in my P I rang my surgery up straight away got down there with a urine sample and the doctor sorted me on the road to recovery. Been clear ever since thank gawd. ...

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He said it last July. I thought you'd given up arguing the toss. I said all day we've actually moved into the evening now ;) if you seriously believe the club (any club) are going to fork out £12m without carrying out any sort of preliminary health checks safeguarding their investment you'll be def...

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taio wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:01 pm
If he didn't disclose or was unaware of the extent of his problems, how would you expect the club to know?

Well to say he went on record speaking about his time at westerlo & the struggles he encountered & how he received help from them I'd expect the club to know nothing

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Signed on the last day of the Jan 2022 transfer window, as a replacement for Chris Wood. We only had 2 weeks to sign a striker; were we just desperate to get someone in? Not enough research goes into finding the right sort of players. if the last windows scattergun approach to recruitment isn't tes...

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Yes, I've repeatedly acknowledged that. My key point is it doesn't mean the club could have known. Foster himself might not have known at the time, or certainly been open about it, given the understandable denial and taboo around mental illness. So he never disclosed or the club decided to proceed ...

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elwaclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:53 pm
So you would not have had Winston Churchill as PM during the Second World War?

Good call.

That's a fruit the loop analogy.

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taio wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:52 pm
It managed to know after he signed for us - the refences on Wikipedia are dated July-23 and November-23. So obtuse.

So you are agreeing the first incident of LF illness happened before he signed?

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taio wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:48 pm
It may well have occurred prior to Jan-23. The point, again, is that given the nature of mental illness it should be entirely reasonable to understand why it might not picked up through a rigorous medical.

Wiki somehow managed to know.

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Of course it means happening more than once. The point is you keep referring to the Wikipedia article, including saying that the same information was available when Foster signed when clearly the content on Wikipedia is post him signing for us. And more to the point, it's entirely possible that the...

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elwaclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:33 pm
Alternatively you simply cannot write off buying a hugely popular and promising international footballer because they previously had a bout of depression…

Thank God you don’t interview for academia.

That's all good & well when we are in the championship I guess.

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The Wikipedia page you are relying o specifically references him first speaking about his historical mental health problems in July 2023. He joined us in January 2023. To me a reoccurrence is something happening more than once you might have your own version of what that word means & we can disagre...

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How would you expect the club to know if it wasn't known at the time or picked up through the medical? It beggars belief then that wiki had historic knowledge but somehow it wasn't picked up upon then. It leads to it was kept secret & not disclosed but every health questionnaire I've ever filled ou...

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taio wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:22 pm
I reoccurrence from when? And if it was prior to joining us, how do you know the club could be aware of the situation?

You tell me & we'll both know but it's fair to assume wiki cannot just state something like that without it being true & if that's the case you'd expect the club to know.

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taio wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:15 pm
Did Foster have a history of mental illness?

Wiki states it's a reoccurrence that exact word.

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Possibly, or maybe he just didn't like it when he got here. I doubt we could recoup much of the transfer fee, though, just cover the wages. Not enough research goes into signing these players, take foster for example the amount of games he's missed for whatever reason(s) & that's being sympathetic ...

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boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:58 pm
Because we can't get rid of him, I suppose.

It's manageable if you get somebody continually picking up the tab until the deal finishes that seems to be the way to go. I don't think some of the signings are researched thoroughly enough & carry baggage.

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Peter Loo wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:04 pm
Surprised he's still with Burnley.

Only in name.

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taio wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:52 am
I'd describe not wanting to play for us as pretty important rather than throwaway

I don't think it was personal he didn't want to play in the championship it's something we agreed to before we signed him & knew about. It's not as if he suddenly turned around 1 day & downed tools without notice.

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I’m with you in the minority. I have always rated him. Sadly, many of the wooden headed ones amongst us cannot, or just refuse to accept that he could be this big asset for us. Using throw away comments like he doesn’t want to play for us and that his attitude stinks. He is in terms of ability, hea...

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It’s constructive having the discussion not censoring it.

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Ah yes im sure she is incredibly worried about a debate about consipracy theories on the up the clarets forum Everyone has been respectful and wished her well and its branched off into a related topic. Theres literally 0 point in the thread if its just people wishing her well because she's never go...

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Sometimes it’s better to say nothing if you can’t think of anything constructive to enhance the discussion.

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Not just our games. This "evens itself out" thing gets trawled out year on year to the point where people believe it as fact. Is it a fact as you claim it to be? On the balance of law of averages it isn't far out unless you've got an agenda & are desperate to excuse another sinister reason such as ...

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You've just said that, not me. You said it's a fact that these things even themselves out. Back that up with some facts, I really want to believe you. You want me to go through every single game we've played & point out where we've benefited? Remember there's still some games left the season isn't ...

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boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:47 pm
No, is it a fact or not.

By all means crack on if you want to blame VAR for all our woes & pretty much everything that happens under the sun I'm not stopping you.

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So this is a fact , then? :D Roughly yes unless you can name 1 team that experiences all the bad luck without giving examples of any good luck. I know it's a common belief especially on here that we are hard done by but in reality we are architectures of our own downfall. VAR didn't decide that we ...

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JarrowClaret wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:27 pm
No doubt but it would have been wrongly given

I agree. It's a lack of consistency.

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morninbob wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:27 pm
Which quarters ? He fore armed him in the face while muric had both feet off the ground.

Both jumped it was a flailing arm I've seen it.

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dougcollins wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:21 pm
Toney never touched the ball - it was Muric he put into the net.

I've seen them given.

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What about other clubs var cock ups? Forest especially, Should we have conceded a penalty against Brentford which could have meant we conceded an equaliser? Or the toney equaliser which in some quarters was deemed soft. You'd literally be at it all day if you was to analyse all the bottom teams & a...

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Exactly. Every club has a vocal group of refereeing/VAR conspiracy theorists. I have an ex colleague who supports Brentford but unfortunately I couldn’t discuss the game with him because the only thing he will talk about is how the PL doesn’t want Brentford in the league. We are where we are in the...

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No I don’t. What does annoy me though, is without the VAR farces, the table would look like: 16. Everton 25pts (with a further deduction to come) 17. Luton 21pts 18. Burnley 21pts 19. Forest 20pts 20. Sheff U 14pts Then I’d think we had a chance. We’ll go down and, just like last time where Kruhl’s...

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I thought we were very unconvincing - 80 mins at home to 10 men in rotten form and the fact our keeper was MoM says it all. Still have very low hope of staying up, even if it has risen slightly. It's been a dreadful season there's no covering that up. It speaks volumes when 2 teams near the bottom ...

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jlup1980 wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:16 am
Surely it's easier to just make sure all pundits are actually capable of analysing and presenting? It doesn't matter either way then.

Good luck with that 1 I guess in fairness it's just about as remotely achievable as my suggestion I won't be holding my breath anytime soon

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We'll see,won't we. If we won because Muric made us a much better side, then we will win one or two of the games against Chelsea, Wolves and Everton. If we won because 10-man Brentford were poor, then we will probably lose. I look forward to finding out. I'm sorry you might need to refresh my memor...

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Palace probably are on 28/29 I think can't be arsed looking but play forest next if forest beat them & the others pick good results up they might start looking over their shoulder. It's that last spot which is really up for contention from a palace perspective with a gap bridge elsewhere.

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Farah Williams gives Garth Crooks a run for his money as being the no.1 worst pundit on the BBC. She really is painfully boring and offers no insight to the game at all. My 10 year old son could offer more knowledge than her and he doesn't even like football! Worst of all, she does a lot of damage ...

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But you still mention it? You accused me of being a Rovers fan, I showed you up for talking your usual nonsense. As I said, I've never claimed to be a superfan, I just like following the Clarets, motorway or not, and am happy to go on the Turf. I can see our weaknesses but can appreciate our streng...

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taio wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 17, 2024 4:08 pm
It doesn't remain in doubt anymore. Not there was any doubt to most people before anyway.

Therein lies the problem I don't possess the same crystal ball some of you possess if I did I wouldn't have to keep doing the lottery twice a week.

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Definitely BS unless VK is putting injured players on the bench then again anything is possible in the asylum.

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I really don't like women commenting on the men's game and vice versa. Last night demonstrated that the 2 on show were clueless and had no background knowledge to offer. Just wrong assumptions. Appalling. Could have spoilt a great win!😄 I agree it's probably an unpopular opinion but I'd completely ...

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One, that I remember. Being slower at passing doesn't count as "clangers". I'm more referring to incidents resulting in goals being conceded. It's pretty much acknowledged now that muric is the better keeper overall so it's not unreasonable to suggest had he started earlier our points tally would b...

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It is but what happens in the future you can look back at the past. I guess it's all down him learning but something is seriously wrong but someone is earning thousands per week & can't see basic things & keeps on repeating the same mistakes. I'm not quite sure just how many clangers trafford had to...

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I think it's premature to look on today's performance as a vast improvement that will get us wins. Yes, we hing on against Brentford's 10 men and could have won by more (or could have drawn or lost). But we have played teams in the past, and will paly teams in the future, that are better than Brent...

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