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Stumbled across this thread. Somewhat mystified.

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Woodleyclaret wrote:Good news, hes been excellent this season and chipped in with some vital goals.
I don't understand the antipathy in some fans comments towards him.

If he left it would be someone else mate. They'd probably go back to Hart bating.

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I think it's nigh on impossible to compare for all the reasons set out above. If we had to sum up I think it would simply be that it is harder now for Sean than it ever was for Harry but you can't take away from Harry that the team under him punched so much above their weight it was amazing. Unless ...

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Good Post BTW, I can understand where you are coming from, it's boring & tedious, in life sometimes things need to be decided & the only way to do this is by having votes & the usual idea is to just accept the outcome even though sometimes you don't agree with it, that's what normally happens. Abso...

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Imploding Turtle wrote:But you said the reason you weren't posting them was because this isn't the brexit thread. Now you're saying it's because of something else.

Make your mind up.

Hey, look, you changed your mind. Shame we're not allowed to do that on Brexit.

What ARE you on about - have you been drinking again?

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No I'm not sick to death of it, every day shows us how far we have come from the lies and broken promises of the leave campaign. I will never give up on up on something that most evidence points toward having negatives effect on the future the country for and removing rights of generations to come....

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Corbyn... Pro remain... :lol: :lol: :lol: To keep us on topic I don't remember the 'project fear' social media adds, could you provide a few examples of paid for remain social media adds. You could certain put the Turkey Is Coming , Polar Bears Will Die under a project fear label. Even funnier thou...

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Imploding Turtle wrote:Then post them in the Brexit thread. (you won't though, will you?)

No because I'm f*cking sick of it for the reasons I have posted.

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Bosscat wrote:In Lisbon m8
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DUKW trip

Hey I was in Portugal a couple of weeks ago mate. Lovely place - never been before for some reason. I'm not jealous - honest.

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What lies did Remain tell that won them the referendum? What lies are Remain still telling? I'm not going to be drawn into a Brexit argument, suffice to say if you don't remember 'project fear' you must have been sleeping a long time. And for every argument in favour of remain there is a counter ar...

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CombatClaret wrote:Cool, could you post some of the remain campaigns similarly egregious social media ads please, as this is what the topic relates to.

No because this is not a Brexit thread.

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Should a post specifically about the historical use of political advertising on social media be moved..? I can't see how it could be much more on topic, Brexit just happens to be the vessel. The OP and the report don't mention Brexit but someone on here had to. Why? To use the leave campaign as an ...

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Controlling highly targeted, political advertising doesn't equate to censorship in my view. I think this is a good move and more social media firms need to follow (and Google) I agree and you are right and it is good that at least one form of social media is taking on responsibility. I am tending t...

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We sucked in data... we had large sub samples... so we could target say women between 35-45 who live is these geographic entities who don't have a degree We held back almost of of our budget and basically dumped it all in the last 10 days, really the last four days. We aimed it at roughly 7 million...

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This is a hard one for me. My total belief in absolute freedom of speech and expression would say that this is wrong - I hate any form of censorship. However I can fully understand and sympathise with the reasons behind this due to the stance of opposing the free spreading of lies for political gain...

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I blame Ronaldo.

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We have the best and worst of both worlds.We run a diesel automatic and a manual petrol and neither seems particularly better than the other. I use mainly the manual (Kia C'eed 1400) and get plenty of miles per gallon despite it's age (9 years - although it had a recon engine earlier this year). The...

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I think we'll only fully realise what SD has done for us once he's gone. I'm not sure about that bud. I think we all know what he has done, and when he does leave he will leave a legacy that may well see the next manager carry it on, who knows? We seem to be generally pretty good at getting the rig...

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The game is so different now that it is hard to compare just like with great players. However, what Dyche has done at Burnley is bordering on genius imo. The season before last we were in the top 4 at around Christmas (can’t remember exactly) and we went to Arsenal at the end of the season with a f...

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Quality of chances created. It’s not too hard to understand...we destroyed Chelsea on chances created and missed them. They then scored with a few half chances So that means we have crap strikers then? Is that what it's saying? And there's me thinking that Wood and Barnes were very good at converti...

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Incidentally (and off topic), speaking of Harold and his lost battle, I was in Leicestershire at the weekend and visited, among other things, Bosworth battlefield, the final act in the wars of the roses. We walked all around the perimeter in the pouring rain (about an hour or a little more) and lear...

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Down_Rover wrote:and King Harold 'watch him he will have some feckers eye out'

King Harold's other famous quote was, when told William had landed, 'I'll keep an eye open for him'.

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Xpected goals and Xpected goals against So how do they work that one out then and place us 6th? Surely no-one this side of Venus expects us to score many goals? It's not what we do, even when playing well. Our defence is actually pretty good normally but if the idea is to balance them out then sure...

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I think most players and fans agree that deliberately doing something that is against the rules is considered "cheating". Not really. It's a contact sport and one played with a certain amount of aggression that will occasionally spill over into foul play simply because of adrenalin. Diving has no s...

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Can someone explain what this thread is about? What exactly are XG and XGA? Are they comets that are going to collide with Earth at some point.

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Those interested should google " Violet Jessop " ..... she was a stewardess/nurse who worked for the White Star line, she survived a sea collison which badly damaged the " Olympic " in September 1911, survived the sinking of the " Titanic " in April 1912, and then was working on their sister ship "...

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I can't see him coming here. Apart from the fact that we couldn't possibly afford him Dyche wouldn't have him because he plays for Arsenal so is therefore by default a cheat.

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Whales and dolphins yes but not any Icebergs ... although a number of rather large ice cubes in my drinks last night :D :D :D I believe the captain of the Titanic used to be on that famous list of quotes with the word f*ck in them. 'What f*ckin iceberg'. There was also 'what a stupid place to put a...

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Funkydrummer wrote:We took that many to Wembley in 2009 !!!!!

No big deal

Burnley was so quiet it had tumbleweeds and a tolling bell.

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As someone has pointed out Hertha's ground is huge by most standards but the ticket allocation is very generous even so. And I think Hertha themselves are very well supported so why that allocation I wonder?

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Great article and great manager. The only thing that worries me is the quote from Mee saying 'he wanted to rub off on the lads'. Mee isn't too good with words is he? Seriously when we signed him as manager I (probably along with many others) said 'who?' I wondered what the club were playing at after...

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He never played for Burnley. He worked as a coach in the community scheme and maybe did some coaching at youth level for the club. In his Wikipedia entry (yes I was so ignorant of him) it says this: He started his English career with Burnley in 1996. While playing for AS Marsa in an away match agai...

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Paul Fletcher, Terry Cochrane & Malcolm Smith scored against Orient with the goals against Charlton scored by Smith, Peter Noble, Fletcher & Cochrane. Ah - Malcom Smith. A decent goal scorer for us as well. Am I right about Flynn missing the 'sitter' toward the end of that Charlton game - someone d...

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Why do people get so protective of things like this? Take it for what it is “a report on the failings of LONDON FIRE BRIGADE” on that night not of the individual firemen and women. I think it’s clear that there are lessons for the Fire Brigade Country wide to learn from this report some of them are...

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I make it six managers in League's 1 and 2 with Claret connections. John McGreal, Joey Barton, Michael Duff, Michael Jolley, Graham Alexander and Dino Maamria. As for John McGreal specifically though, he was the player I wanted to be in the school yard when I was a young claret growing up and wanti...

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And Cochrane scored in both those games too. Clever and tricky winger was TC but probably best remembered for his winning goal at Ewood the following season, '77/'78. Thanks for confirming that for me Royboy - see my above post. I was sat in the Nuttall Street stand that day. I'm sure there was mor...

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Those Orient and Charlton games were on consecutive Saturdays - Terry Cochrane's first two games for us too. I'd forgotten that Tony, Cochran is right up there with one of my all times at Burnley, loved him. Of course I am pretty sure he scored the only goal of a game at Ewood to win it for us. Tha...

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I remember two on consecutive home games. 0-3 down at half time to Orient to draw 3-3 and 1-4 down at half time to Charlton to draw 4-4 (with a sitter missed by Flynn (I think) late on or we would have won. I'm pretty sure it was two consecutive Saturdays as well for some reason. The 4-3 v Preston w...

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50216606 an example of "a good day to bury bad news" with the election on everyone's mind. I am at a loss how the London Fire Brigade can be judged in this way. What exactly has happened to the people who stuck flammable material to the side of a tower block...? My fir...

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My mum was a laugh a minute right till the end - she died on April fools day 9 years ago. I still think it wouldn't have shocked me had she suddenly sat up and said 'only joking'. Actually it would have been nice.

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I think we'll be okay and with luck could have a top half finish. Things have gone a bit pear shaped last two games but Leicester away and Chelsea were never going to be good for us. Factor in the awful decision at Leicester and the two dropped points at Wolves due the the ultra late penalty and we ...

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Oh yes they are well supported from within the city and so they shoukd be. But they could have even more support is my point. Leicester has 4 to 5 times the population of Burnley. Leicester has a huge ethnic population. Mainly from India. Some of these people are big Leicester fans but many are not...

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Which is ironic given that Corbyn is a massive Euro sceptic. I fear for future of this country. I don’t want any of them. I am one of the many who are without a party. I fear there will be many more before too long bud. Never in modern history have MPs so blatantly disregarded the will of the peopl...

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Corbyn will loose the election and we can then rebuild the Labour Party to win the next one. Hes a liabilty and hes undone all the hard earned gains won by Tony Blair. Would that be Tony the warmongering semi-Tory Bush puppet Blair? He was the reason, eventually, why I didn't vote Labour for a whil...

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Many comments on here about not wanting Corbyn as the possible new PM and yet will they all go and vote for Labour in Burnley because that seems to be "what they've always done". Leaving Brexit to one side for the moment, (I know it's a huge issue), but what has our present MP - Julie Cooper - actu...

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Pimlico_Claret wrote:Has anyone actually ever done that?

No - it's just something that people say to express their dislike of a political party or politician. No-one has ever done it.

Cue a host on here who will swear they know someone who did.

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This is a difficult one really but yes a deliberate foul is cheating but mostly it's done openly and can therefore be punished (or not as the ref sees it), and some fouls are NOT deliberate but can still be dangerous, but I think where most people draw the line is on the deceit matter. A foul is a f...

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Bosscat wrote:Cheers chaps for a Titanic thread ....

I am on a bloody cruise holiday (at least no damned Icebergs around the Canaries)

Are you absolutely sure Boss? These icebergs apparently don't need cold weather to survive a long while. I'd be keeping my lifejacket handy bud.

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Ironically, it was the trying to avoid the iceberg that resulted in the damage to the ship. Had they hit it head on, with the specially strengthened section of the bow, things could well have turned out differently. Yeah. I would think it would have shifted a lot of furniture and even more people. ...

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Excuse me - is this the right room for an argument?

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