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Palace completely out played us that day, gifting us a goal and employing Benteke to miss copious chances. It was clear they had some quality. Agreed, but it's also clear that we've got some quality AND if we can get Mee back we'll certainly have more defensively. And, as I said above, we've been o...

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We're not doing quite so badly as Palace who about 3 years ago lost every one of their opening 9 games (including at the Turf) and still survived reasonably easily!! I keep clinging on to that!!

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Yes, we are, BUT we have to be honest and say the S'oton goal was somewhat fortuitous as it was ultimately a ricochet and their goalie made a worldy of a save from Taylor's shot and we could easily have got a point (deserved or not) AND the West Brom goalie did exactly the same from Barnes where we ...

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We've done exceptionally well for 5 years and that's been with minimal investment, but actually (mostly) very shrewd investment and just enough investment to keep us competitive and safe. IMO we really didn't need huge investment this summer, but we did need more of the same, targeted and realistic ...

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I still maintain it's in danger of becoming a media circus when I would expect better of Garlick and of any decent potential buyer.
And it's really not that hard to become the next "basket case". You're only ever one greedy owner cashing in by selling to somebody he probably hasn't even met!

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Public joke? Really, Where's that been taking place? It's been dragging on and on in a very public way for weeks and weeks now. Crumbs Grumps, we've got 45 pages on it here and actually NOTHING has happened. Yet speculation about it is on everybody's lips (not just clarets fans) and in every newspa...

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Has that waste of oxygen who reckoned he once owned Watford and pretended to try to buy Bolton waded in yet, because he's the only one missing here for a full house of Walter Mittys IMO! His name escapes me, but no doubt he'll be along at some point. This "takeover" is rapidly becoming a public joke!

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I wonder what the wider effect would be on the town? Premier League attracts big crowds from which many local businesses benefit although that’s countered by fewer matches.... It's several years ago now that I read an article saying how much having a PL team could mean to a local economy. Swansea w...

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I want Dyche to sort himself out. He seems to me a big cause of our lack of morale. I accept that injuries and our financial situation with Covid are factors but him sniping in the media after the restart and into this season was out of order. He's an employee and should toe the line. Disagreements...

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Looks like we're going to get both.

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We'd be far better off giving Benson or whoever a go as at least they'll put a shift in and they MIGHT turn out to be good enough (like McNeil did). We already know Brady isn't good enough, so why keep chucking him on?

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Is this thread an early April fool? The guy is absolutely awful. As I put on another thread, he scored in the first half of his debut and aside from one good strike at B'mouth has done ABSOLUTELY NOTHING since to show he's up to it. I honestly think he'll struggle in the Championship when we get rel...

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Once we signed Brady, the rules should have been amended to allow for scores less than 3, otherwise it's impossible! (IMO)

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Can you please clarify. Does he have to play for Burnley??

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After 5 years we've largely been sussed and found out and we haven't evolved or moved forward this close season. We're still trying to do the same things we've always done (dogged defending, constant running and harrying, fighting for second balls etc, etc), but with personnel who are too slow,not f...

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Brady is an utterly awful player. He scored in the first half of his debut and has done ABSOLUTELY NOTHING else since that minute, bar one good strike at Bournemouth! He won't even be an asset when we go down as he ain't good enough for the Champ!

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Ryland scores, but clearly offside!

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For team which prides itself and has built a well deserved reputation as being great at defending and extremely hard to score against, we suddenly look far from either and to concede a free header directly from a corner is just so unlike us (previously!)

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The bench is interesting when you think we need to change midfield! Only Brady, Brady or...Brady. I'd prefer Karen Brady to that lightweight!

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Stephens is only on because JBG has another flaky toe nail, so he's lucky to get ANY minutes at all. 45 is plenty imo!

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IMO opinion it's really hard to pass an objective judgement on our 18's and 23's just now as we've so very recently moved into not only a higher standard of footy, but a MUCH higher standard of footy and clearly we will take some time to adjust to that, especially regarding our recruitment of youngs...

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corporal jones wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:04 pm
8/10 for me and it would have been 9 but for putting our match down as the 0-0

Always read the small print!!!

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Bosscat wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:32 pm
5 out of 10 for meScreenshot_20201021-191934_Chrome.jpg

Same! But I got the one about the 0-0 draws because it was mentioned a lot on Monday evening!

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Did they find out who did it, and what provoked it? Yes, there's plenty online about it. But essentially 12? Southend "fans" were convicted over it in the end and it seems those sentences may be reviewed now in the light of this awful news. They were a young bunch of "wanna bes" who had spent sever...

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It's very, very sad and I read up on the details of his case after seeing the DIY SOS programme featuring him a while back. He was a dedicated footy fan and devoted family man, doing what so many of us love to do. Meeting his friends and following his (far from glamorous) team all over the place wit...

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I would be absolutely flabbergasted to learn that a player (ANY player) had trained with a club he hadn't ACTUALLY signed for, however imminent that signing might seem. (Yes, Gibson trained for a while at Boro, but that was entirely different circumstances) It's got to be utter bobbins and as mentio...

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It was ever thus. The football is often garbage but it has generated good results in previous years. There's very little finesse to anything we do and when we're on a poor run it makes it that much harder to bear. Absolutely. There's only a whole thread here devoted to tactics because we've been st...

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Pope 7 (only had to make 1? proper save) Pieters 7 Long 7 (showed tonight why he'd be an asset to any aspiting Championship team as he never really looked in trouble, but then again WBA looked every inch a championship team. If we have to keep picking him against the better teams, we're bug***ed) Ta...

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I thought we were much the better of two extremely average teams who on this showing will be bumping along the bottom for large parts of the season, yet on chances we SHOULD have edged it. However, against better sides than them, which tbh will be pretty much every other team in the league, I will b...

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Great match and as the saying (cliche) goes, a brilliant advert for the game. Such a shame Salford couldn't quite get over the line.

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Come on you Devils!!

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Very impressive. I enjoyed listening to that.

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Would actually take Pirlo at this stage!

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BOYSIE31 wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 15, 2020 1:34 pm
This is what Kevin Long should have done 6 years ago

Apparently his bank manager doesn't agree.

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I had the impression that he was one of the better players in our under 23s. Seemed to score a lot for a player who played at left back and midfield. Can't help but wonder if his contract circumstances had been different if he would have been one of the first to have got his chance post covid and d...

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That's very unfair. When posts like this appear from very reasonable posters like ecc and randomclaret the frustration is palpable, but I don't see any shortage of desire. Remember the Board, first and foremost, are Burnley fans like the rest of us and want the best for us on the pitch, but it's to...

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I would suggest he's a more than decent player who both the club and the lad himself PROBABLY felt wasn't going to ever be quite good enough to hold a place in a PL team, but definitely could make a career outside that level. Hence we offer him a new deal and he turns it down and joins a lower leagu...

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I do miss it to a degree and miss everything that goes with it, like a few pints, meeting mates, away trips on the train etc,etc but I definitely think we'd all miss it a lot more if we were forced to watch footy on TV, BUT the grounds were full of fans and the atmosphere bouncing. Watching on TV wh...

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mkmel wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 13, 2020 8:37 am
Do you have to have a cathedral to be classified as a City?

I don't believe so and I THINK that was always a myth. You do need a royal charter proclaiming you're a city though.

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43.though I'm certain I put Chichester in and it didn't come up. Don't forget there are 2 cities in Manchester and london. And I got Lisburn thanks to Jimmy Mac Yes, got the "second" city alongside Manchester straight away as my ex wife was from there and I had it drummed into me form very early on...

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KateR wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 12, 2020 8:30 pm
it was rigged, spent most of my time correcting my spelling mistakes

Same!! Got 47, but the time is a bit stingy tbh. Kicking myself over one or two obvious ones!

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FactualFrank wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 11, 2020 6:23 pm
The fact that the defender then felt like he had to put his hands behind is back, is a poor do really (crap handball rules).

He was only making sure his Bud didn't get spilled!

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I also don't like the idea that the 2 major drivers here are both American and not British owners who at least may better understand the historical structure of the game here and how it affects communities and fans outside the big, glamour clubs. I'm not sure these people get that and how many fans ...

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On the surface much of it doesn't sound that bad tbh and maybe I (we're) balking at it initially because it embodies so many fundamental changes, when MAYBE some of those changes aren't all that bad. However, once those elite 6 clubs have wrestled control basically of the entire game and particularl...

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I always found it interesting that for someone so astute in the transfer market, Howe for some reason thought Marvin Bartley would ever be good for the Championship having managed him at Bournemouth. Giving Eddie the benefit of the doubt, I think he was looking for that defensive midfielder to give...

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I thought Edgar only got into the team when Laws started him at United. In fact, Howe loaned him to Swansea a couple of times I think. You may be right, Fretters and someone like CT probably knows the actual facts, but I definitely recollect him playing for Howe, especially towards the end of his t...

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dermotdermot wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 10, 2020 5:57 pm
Once again, Dark Cloud speak with forked tongue.

Pretty soon there will be no pleasures left Dermot!!

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I always thought it was where Mr Spock originally came from.

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snapcrackleandpop wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 10, 2020 1:03 pm
So we will recreate the Madame Tussauds of football, no thanks.
I don’t know where you sit but in the CFS social distancing is impossible.

That's fine, because everyone in there is related! (Apparently)

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snapcrackleandpop wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 10, 2020 12:26 pm
Nobody can honestly think that allowing fans back into stadiums at the moment is a good idea.

If you were stuck at home with my mrs day in day out, you might think differently!

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