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Shaggy wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:35 pm
Dyche had a much better base to work from than Edwards.

Yes, a base he created!

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They'll all get searched outside (we do!) and all balls confiscated! Next idea!

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Does anyone else think it's all over for Ukraine? By that, l mean winning back all their territory, including what they lost in 2014. Even if the US aid goes through, I still don't think it will be enough. Russia is now resurgent and has finally got its act together, just like it always does after ...

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I've said before, but I really don't see any need for "half time entertainment". The vast majority of people are under the concourse getting drinks, food or the loo. It's so packed you can barely move down there. Those left in the stands are almost all checking their phones or discussing the footy w...

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Like Targetman rightly says, JC never was the fastest and over the past couple of seasons that was only exacerbated with his advancing years. Noone is suggesting he'd be the "answer" or that if selected on a weekly basis he'd have totally changed our season, but after 20 odd games and barely more po...

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Utterly ridiculous that he's obviously fit yet he can't get a single kick in a struggling and basically already relegated side.

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When you think about it, £100 million sounds an awful lot, but is it? You would probably get 3/4 players of proven PL quality for that and if you were a top 6 club you'd probably get 2. We got 12/13? players. That's because we were shopping in a far cheaper market and buying potential and then (in t...

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Trafford 6 Assignon 5 O'Shea 6 Esteve 5 Delcroix 5 Ramsey 4 (I hope he's ok btw) Brownhill 4 Berge 6 Oderbert 5 Andoumi 4 Fofana 6 JBG 5 Jay 5 A truly dreadful display. I've mentioned on other threads that we've regularly been turned over by the " big 6" in our PL era, but we've almost always been c...

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He's an extremely good championship player. Unfortunately, he's like a good number of players who are not and never will be that huge level above which is the PL.

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The guy never touched Ramsey ,he hurt himself as he avoided the tackle,probably got his studs stuck in the turf. Ok. I need to see it again, but at the time it definitely looked like the first "tackle" was a fail and the second "lunge" caught Ramsey badly and wasn't deemed a foul. I'll need to doub...

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Dyche failed in his first PL season and he clearly learned an awful lot and used it to good effect. The thing is, we were never this bad or this far off the standard. That's the worry.

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Weirdly I think he's absolutely bombed this season from recruitment to team selection to substitutions, BUT he ****** it last season, so based on the fact that we're going down and have been from basically the third or fourth game and we'll be championship come August, it makes sense to stick with h...

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TPClaret wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:27 pm
I think you need a lot more than luck to get 100 points in the championship

Tbh, I do agree, but he's recruited really poorly since we walked the championship and it's not surprising people are saying he's out of his depth tbf.

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Nope, just extremely lucky!

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Me too and I live in Brussels!!

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That's a clear foul on Ramsey and he's ended up badly hurt. That's god awful refereeing at this level. Plus (as mentioned above) kicking the ball away when a free kick is awarded is a yellow card, but only in the first half it seems, which is weird!

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None! Losing to an extremely impressive, expensively assembled side isn't the issue. Showing absolutely no fight, no aggression, no organisation and no ability at this level is. Embarrassing.

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It's 4-0 and the game is over, so why on Earth not given Benson a fitness building run out!??? Unbelievable!!

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Let's start with well beaten by an extremely good Arsenal team who are arguably the best side I've seen this season and let's also say that in our PL existence we've regularly been beaten by the likes of Arsenal, City, Liverpool, Tottenham etc, BUT we've never looked so far off it! When Arsenal were...

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We should refuse to play and that way we keep the scoreline to 3-0.

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I think it's been difficult to judge Beyer fairly this season at this level because he's not had settled partners and fellow defenders alongside him, he's had a young rookie goalie learning his trade and inevitably making mistakes behind him and I'm not certain he's ever been fully fit even when he'...

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Went in a car with my dad and my dad’s mate Ken and his son Alan. I was only ten but I’m sure we had to drive through Manchester City centre and then through other towns and cities. Alan, who was a little bit older than me, took supporting Burnley to a level I could never have reached. He played a ...

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 12, 2024 9:46 pm
Yes but from memory it took a hell of a long time to get home

Not for my dad and my uncle because they flew down! (From Blackpool I think?)

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I must remember to put my tie on this coming Saturday. I must look such a scruffy sod!!

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Came across this on FB and agree 100%. Don’t know what the state of play is with English kids football but this should be the norm. Saw a piece today on Irish tv about the number of children giving up sport before secondary school. Situations like this could be a major cause of that. IMG_3943.jpeg ...

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If things go in a certain direction (seriously south) for the lovable rogues it could end up going the same way Captain Tom's daughter's garden spa. (Which would be funny!)

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Recruitment is difficult in January, doubt the club wanted to be tied down searching for new keepers as well. Maybe Muric has better offers in the summer truth is none of us know. What we do all know is that he isn't happy and will be leaving if things haven't changed I will say this. Recruitment m...

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That West Ham goalie has made me realise I should stop criticising Trafford. He really is an utter clown (but won't be against us of course!)

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The back 4 has steadily improved. Some of it to do with getting better players in there and some of it to do with building on experience (O'Shea for example) We're not too far away there, but the trouble is defending isn't just about the back 4. It's primarily the back 5 and that 5th element is seri...

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Let's be honest, Tresor isn't the only player in our squad looking ridiculously overpriced!!!

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Decent idea. Way too late unfortunately.

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Another game (like City, Arsenal away etc) where it matters little what team we put out. Last week v Fulham I get it. Today it's an irrelevance unfortunately. Only one winner and just a case of by how many. We'll probably play Massengo and Muric et al and when it gets to 4-0 people will say they're ...

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Maybe this extract from the stats on the BBC website may assist in understanding the choices VK makes. James Trafford has made more successful passes than any other goalkeeper in the Premier League this season. His 1,067 passes in total is also the most of any Burnley player this term. Because most...

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We're back!!!

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Definitely got some issues. Extremely hard work unfortunately.

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I know this thread isn't really about individual players, but two who have come up regularly throughout it are 1. Cullen: Absolutely deservedly player of the year last year, but not PL standard and he's had several opportunities to prove it this season (unlike some others!) and has been found wantin...

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We've ended up with a huge squad and I'm struggling to name one who is absolutely, nailed on, no debate, PL standard! I've got one or two "maybes" who could possibly yet convince me (Beyer, Foster, Berge? The new additions?) but essentially it's pointless having a go at players for lack of effort an...

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I've no problem with the amount of change if it enhanced us ready for the hugely increased challenges of the PL, bearing in mind that I believed VK would know which players can look great in the Championship without having what it takes to cut it in the PL. What went wrong however was that we simply...

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Saying "the majority of fans are in favour of VAR" is like announcing the results of a Russian general election. You struggle to actually find anyone who is in favour despite the "landslide" verdict.

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Bosscat wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:09 am
VAR not the only one making mistakes Screenshot_20240208_090751_Chrome.jpg

So they couldn't even get that right!!!!? (Shakes head!)

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Ramsey and Amdouni are passengers in this team currently. I can’t really criticise Vitinho because he is neither a RB or LB. It’s not his fault he is having to play in these positions and even though he is struggling he gives 100%. I feel for the lad. I agree with this and I felt yesterday he (Viti...

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The problem is not just playing four regular defenders. It's playing four GOOD regular defenders. None of our defenders has proved to be good enough most of the time - none of them. That's why VK has had to bring in two more on loan to try and improve things. Roberts - not good enough and now gone....

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Trafford no way at fault.? Really? Were you at the game? I wonder why the Cricket Field stand were singing 'Muric' to Kompany as they went off at HT then? I genuinely didn't think he was at fault. Both goals are **** poor defending. I'm not a Trafford bum boy, but I didn't believe he was culpable t...

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Ok I may have been slightly harsh on JBG. I did say I love him but he is not the answer to our problems. We’ve had some wonderful times with him but like I said I think his time with us is coming to an end. I agree re JBG. I said to the guy next to me that our idea of retrieving a lost cause with 1...

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SalouClaret wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 03, 2024 7:06 pm

I did think at the time that anybody could have brought anything they wanted in.

Leave the Anne Summers stuff at home. You can use it later IF we win!!! (Just don't get too excited!!!)

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Do we really need entertaining at half time??? I spend most of it queuing for a p*** like most other folk and then chatting to the guy next to me about how **** we've been.

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IanMcL wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 03, 2024 6:59 pm
Long queues getting onto Longside Upper. Search. One older guy didn't want to be searched. Held up the queue even more!

He was happy to be searched, but just wanted the "young lady" to do it (apparently).

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Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 03, 2024 6:58 pm
I particularly enjoyed Massengo home debuting with a foul throw. The lad didn’t mess around. He took the ball with so much authority too.

I will say in his defence that imo the majority of thows by any team at the Turf are generally foul throws if the rules were correctly applied.

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SalouClaret wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 03, 2024 6:54 pm
We got in the longside upper today with 2 backpacks without a steward in sight. Quite worrying really.

Why, what's in your back pack!!!!?

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Every other teams throws it easily to one of their players. We NEVER find a Burnley shirt with throw ins. Ever!! It really is a standing joke!!!

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