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jlup1980

The election is of secondary importance to Brexit. The EU will try very hard to make an example out of us so that any other countries toying with the idea of leaving will see just how bad it will be if they do. They will rip Corbyn apart if he gets in and May will go in with such arrogance and ignor...

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Depression is a horrendous thing. It's affected my wife quite badly since we had our second child. She was prescribed pills but they alone can't beat it. You need support and understanding. I've tried very hard to support her in the last 4 years and I've constantly praised the positive steps she's t...

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Everytime I look at political stuff on any social media I'm seeing posts by (mostly) Tories doing anything they can to discredit anyone they can in the Labour party. Tories getting scared? This is all they ever do and all they ever will do. They never win an election with policy, they win by scarem...

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I don't see any similarity between Karanka and Dyche. Dyche got us automatic promotion twice since 2012. The first time was on a genuine shoestring budget and the second was bankrolled by player sales. He built a team around togetherness and had total backing from his players. Karanka achieved autom...

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Ruddy is well worth a look as a reserve keeper.

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I don't want them to go bust purely because of the small percentage of decent supporters they have. The ones who were there long before Jack Walker and will remain with them long after the Venkys. They don't deserve what's happening to the club. Having said that, once the club is back where it was b...

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The guy could barely hack it at Boro and that was with millions and millions of pounds backing him. I'd love to see him fail at Sunderland because he certainly wouldn't be able to cope with them!

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Really don't see Palace being dragged into it. Between Hull and Swansea. I agree 100% but it's handy for us that Palace have still got to go to United and City yet! I know they've pulled off some great results recently but the top 4 chase is going down to the wire so they could easily lose both of ...

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That'll do for me. I would suggest we can all relax a little now! 7 points clear, 3 games left and a much better goal difference than Swansea. They need to win all 3 remaining games to get above us and I can't see that happening. Match their result next weekend and we're officially safe.

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Mutton-headed old mugwump

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An interesting foot note about next week is Warburton now being manager of Forest. What's his relationship to Brentford like these days? Will Brentford want to see him relegated or will they put that little bit more in to help him survive?! For what it's worth I said Forest would go down about 3 wee...

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If the linesman puts his flag up it's offside. Heaton could have broken Zaha's leg and it still wouldn't have been a free kick or a penalty. We were on the receiving end of the opposite outcome at Arsenal remember. Had the linesman put his flag up they wouldn't have unfairly been awarded the last mi...

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I thought the subject title was a new formation idea for away games!

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"Essentially a single issue party, our aim is to have an elected member who can lobby for change in the governance of Football, and attempt to safeguard Blackburn Rovers FC for years to come." Call me old fashioned but I like my local MP to stand for more than a single issue. What about housing, the...

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Worst case scenario we start Tarky in the middle and Brady on the left. There's no need for Flanagan to get anywhere near the team.

Heaton
Lowton Keane Tarky Brady
Westwood Defour
Boyd Hendrick JBG
Gray

jlup1980

Defour is becoming one of these players who gets better and better the longer he's out of the team. I'm in the camp saying he should play, but not necessarily because I think he'll prove to be the difference between relegation and staying up, but more for the fact it'll signal a change. We've won on...

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BurnleyPaul wrote:Heaton
Lowton Keane Mee Ward
Westwood Defour
JBG Hendrick Brady
Gray

Subs: Pope, Tarkowski, Flanagan, Agyei, Barnes, Boyd, ???

Can't tell you how much I'd love to see that starting 11!!

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Seems like a harsh ban but I think we all knew his ban would certainly end his Burnley career. Thanks for the memories Joey, especially your two man of the match performances against Rovers!!! It's a shame for us but it opens the door for someone else to step up and carry us through the last 4 games...

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Of the 16 starts, we've won 8, drawn 1 and lost 6 - I was merely pointing out that we went on to win four of those eight after he'd been substituted with the scores level. I thought Dyche liked his stats? Winning 8 from 16 starts is a pretty good stat for me. I'd happily take that ratio over the re...

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Yes we should, 100% we should. Barnes has been found out, Boyd is offering less and less by the week and Barton is looking past it.

Heaton
Lowton Keane Mee Ward
JBG Westwood Defour Hendrick Brady
Gray

jlup1980

We don't do very well against Big Sam teams and Pulis has the knack of out-Dyching Dyche! I don't expect anything other than 2 defeats I'm afraid. Bournemouth away is another toughie; they'll score at least 1 that's for sure. We might scrape a point if we're lucky. West Ham is the game I see us winn...

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You can't compare him to Rashford as we never put the ball into him in a one-on-one position or even in front of him to run onto. It's always passes out wide, usually at chest height, when he has his back to goal. Rashford, or any other striker, would struggle in our team. I personally thought he di...

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Have we the players to change this....? I think the big question is "have we got the Manager to change this?". We clearly have the options to put another man in the middle of the park in place of Barnes (Westwood, Defour or even Tarky) and we also have the option to play a more creative wide man th...

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Can't disagree with that. Although I'd prefer to see Hendrick further forward. Hendrick always gives me the same feeling Arfield does in a defensve midfield position. Would rather see him bringing the ball through midfield in an attacking position. I've suggested in another post a sort of a 4-2-3-1...

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I think the perspective bit has it's place. I mean 36 points in a hell of an achievement so far, but we can't ignore our form over the past 12 games or the fact that Dyche just seems to go with the same team every week regardless of opposition. He's learnt a lot this year, I really believe that, but...

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I said about 4 weeks ago that Dyche had reverted to his tried and tested style and was going to try and get the final few points we need through effort and organisation rather than through taking the game to anyone. He simply has to get Defour into the team. He's our best ball player and the only on...

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Thought before the game Defour should have played behind Gray. Just using one striker Spot on. Today was never about launching balls at Barnes. Fellaini and Bailley lapped it up all afternoon. Plus Pogba isn't exactly small! Today should have been about playing through them on the floor, that's whe...

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We simply have to get Defour on the pitch somehow. We need his little touch of quality to create something. For me he should be in for Barnes who has been found out in the past month. JBG should be in for Boyd as well. Lets play a 4231 and break with positivity and pace please!! Heaton 5 Lowton 6 Ke...

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4 games left, one win needed... arguably you could say one point needed. We're still in control as we have 4 winnable games left.

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Would this "lady" from Bacup, have avoided a custodial sentence had she been a man. After a night out in Burnley? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/19/woman-who-treated-police-like-a-personal-punchbag-avoids-jail-af/amp/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; She sounds like a lovely ...

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Sky Sports news story ahead of Sunday: Burnley have run 462km more than the Red Devils this term - the same distance as Burnley to London, albeit having played two more games. Burnley's James Tarkowski tops the two teams with 15.16km per game..... Really? I think they've just added up all his runni...

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claretdom wrote:I was expecting it to carry on as.. and we have been married ever since

Love it ha ha

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How ironic Ugo Ehiogu has passed away today. An ex-player who completed his coaching badges and got the job as U-23 coach at Spurs. Imagine that, a black man completed the required courses to get a job and got it. I thought Dwight said this sort of thing didn't happen? I hate using it as an example ...

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Stoke got rid of Pulis because they wanted more attractive football. West Ham did the same with big fat Sam for the same reason. I think you can count both of those out. Leicester have won 6 and drawn 1 in the league under Shakespeare, why on earth would they get rid of him? There is no shame in se...

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Just looks like a silly little girl getting a warning to me. Nothing else to say. It got me thinking about an incident that occurred in Panama Joe's (or was it Mean Cat Daddies?) back in the late 90's / early noughties though. I was out with a few mates and one of them had clearly had far too much t...

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Depending on where we finish this season it's highly unlikely he'll have the opportunity to move on this summer to a club in a better position than us. I think it's obvious that we can discount the top 7 clubs as possible destinations so that leaves you with: West Brom - Pulis isn't going anywhere. ...

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Don't forget the next couple of lines Funkydrummer! Yorke, 45, said he knew of black former players who would not do coaching badges as they felt they had little chance of getting a coaching role. "If it's not because of the colour of our skin then tell me what it is?" the former Trinidad and Tobago...

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Heaton Lowton Keane Mee Ward Boyd Barton Hendrick Brady Gray Barnes The plus point will be having JBG back on the bench with Defour. Two good players to bring on if needed. The injury to Vokes has highlighted how short we are up front though. Agyei is 4th choice now and he's very much an unknown qua...

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I'd rather they try something similar to the coloured cards held in the JMc stand before the Chelsea game the other year. That was really effective and would look terrific across all the stands.

jlup1980

I can't see past a 1-1 for some reason. Just think it'll be a similar game to the Chelsea one. A point would do as well; I think that'd make us safe.

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A defender from a midtable side over one from the Champions elect? Makes sense. Id probably had Leroy Fer and Sigurdsson in for Hazard and Kante. Oh, I almost forgot Chris Brunt and Mcauley in for Luiz and Rose. Yes because that's exactly what I'm saying. Christ you've not half exaggerated my point...

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The goalkeeper berth is a tough one to win. As biased as I am towards Tom, and as brilliant as he's been this season, there's a clear argument for De Gea, Courtois, Lloris and maybe even Pickford as well. There are some very good goalkeepers in the league. I'm just glad Tom is one of them! I'd argue...

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Is that something we didn't already know? Must be a slow news day.

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We'll see the best of him next season or he'll be on his way. He's clearly a very talented boy and I don't think he would have sat around on our bench since his arrival if Sean hadn't dangled a carrot to make him do it. Keane will go in the summer and I fully expect us to replace him with Tarks. We'...

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Doesn't that depend on how many of the others are actually still talking to him? I thought he had fallen out with the other two writers, Dave Spikey and Neil Fitzmaurice (I think that's his name?), but don't know if that is true? Didn't they all get together to do Phoenix Nights Live the other year...

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The second episode dragged a bit I thought (I must admit I thought the same about the first episode if I'm honest). It sometimes works when they bring other characters in but I thought the Smurf wasn't particularly amusing at all - just annoying. It worked in Series One when they had the fishmonger ...

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The Real Madrid fans were still booing him last night. They obviously want rid. Cheeky bid? Only down side is he'd need to beat George Boyd at a beep test before he gets a game.

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Heaton
Mee
Defour
Brady
Gray

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I didn't know Paul but reading through some of the comments on here makes him sound like a bit of a character!! As a father of two myself I cannot imagine what you and your family must be going through at this time. All I can do is offer my sincerest condolences to you all Clansman.

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How long before certain members of this board are calling for these kids to be in the first team squad?!!

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