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by Silkyskills1
Wed Nov 22, 2023 2:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Runcorn v Burnley FAC 1981
Replies: 45
Views: 3515

Re: Runcorn v Burnley FAC 1981

A friend of mine played for Altrincham in the 1970's. John Davison was his name, known by his nickname 'Bobsy'. He got some terrible crowd reaction against him at Everton in an FA Cup tie after he was involved in a collision with their winger John Connolly resulting in a broken leg for the Everton m...
by Silkyskills1
Wed Nov 22, 2023 1:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 60 Years today....
Replies: 26
Views: 2194

Re: 60 Years today....

Remember it well. Early Friday evening when the news filtered through. I was 11 years old, in my first year at grammar school but very aware of older people's feelings and reaction to the news. He was viewed as hope for a post- war future as we entered a new decade. I watched the programme referred ...
by Silkyskills1
Wed Nov 22, 2023 10:28 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Runcorn v Burnley FAC 1981
Replies: 45
Views: 3515

Re: Runcorn v Burnley FAC 1981

When we played Altrincham in the third round we were 18th in the Third Division. After the game the Alty manager said we were so good he thought we’d win promotion. And he was right. Prior to the Altrincham game their midfield player, John King( who years later became their manager), made some disp...
by Silkyskills1
Tue Nov 21, 2023 10:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Runcorn v Burnley FAC 1981
Replies: 45
Views: 3515

Re: Runcorn v Burnley FAC 1981

Didn’t realise that was the same season we beat Altrincham, vague memories now of going to the replay against Bury but not the game at Gigg. Bury based Clarets, possibly didn’t go to that game after going to the FAC a season or 2 earlier. Game at Bury was eventually on after some cold weather. Bury...
by Silkyskills1
Tue Nov 21, 2023 4:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Everton docked 10 points
Replies: 258
Views: 24227

Re: Everton docked 10 points

Grow up silky, my comment was a fair one. I don’t understand the case we have for suing Everton. On the same basis why arnt we suing Man City and Chelsea? Anything is deemed as 'fair' today or do you not find time to watch the news or listen to it. Might be wrong but neither City nor Chelsea 'pippe...
by Silkyskills1
Mon Nov 20, 2023 2:06 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Everton docked 10 points
Replies: 258
Views: 24227

Re: Everton docked 10 points

Must admit i tend to agree. We are going to sue Everton because the premier league didn’t deduct points from them? It’s a bit of a nonsensical argument And after a hiatus, a brief one admittedly, of a few days here he is yet again looking to provoke posters into further anti-Burnley arguments with ...
by Silkyskills1
Sun Nov 19, 2023 8:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Gazza a Claret
Replies: 51
Views: 5097

Re: Gazza a Claret

For those that saw him at Sheffield United there is only one verdict. An embarrassing liability.
by Silkyskills1
Sun Nov 19, 2023 4:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Waddle talks Burnley
Replies: 67
Views: 7277

Re: Waddle talks Burnley

I don’t think I’ll ever forget the Plymouth game as we could have gone down but it was a cracking game where we played really well with,if I remember correctly,Little supplying Coke with two crosses & Cooke rewarding Little with two goals! Hope that’s right. I thought that Waddle had come to grips ...
by Silkyskills1
Sun Nov 12, 2023 3:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Covers better than the original
Replies: 240
Views: 17077

Re: Covers better than the original

Bob Dylan did a majestic acoustic cover of The Byrds 60's pop classic "My Back Pages". It was quite a turnaround for Dylan to cover The Byrds as the Byrds has already successfully covered a fair few of Bob Dylans songs I think Dylan wrote and recorded that song a few years before The Byrds released...
by Silkyskills1
Sat Nov 11, 2023 7:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Lyle Foster illness
Replies: 115
Views: 13888

Re: Lyle Foster illness

Same here Silky, age is no ally when it comes to mental stability, as I'm finding more frequently year on year. Up to the age of 10/11 I was a genuinely carefree happy young lad. That all changed soon afterwards and the next few years were a living nightmare down to a 'family situation'. Never real...
by Silkyskills1
Sat Nov 11, 2023 6:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Lyle Foster illness
Replies: 115
Views: 13888

Re: Lyle Foster illness

Is mental illness something that can be "recovered" from? In my experience it is always there, managed rather than cured and likely to have instances of deterioration. I think you are correct in your assessment. My mental health has plagued me for probably most of my life but it has only been in re...
by Silkyskills1
Thu Nov 09, 2023 9:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: I won't deviate
Replies: 140
Views: 9193

Re: I won't deviate

There’s been plenty of suggestions across numerous threads. I did an in depth post on what Forrest did last year to change there points per game. They were an open free flowing time that was struggling, they have set up be much more rigid and as a result had a dramatic increase in points. If I reca...
by Silkyskills1
Thu Nov 09, 2023 6:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: I won't deviate
Replies: 140
Views: 9193

Re: I won't deviate

Silky you do realise I am not a professional manager, I am also not getting paid millions of pounds right? This is literally what VK is paid to do. He is paid to find a system that works. Not stick with a style that is failing. As mentioned again, we could go down as the worst premier league team i...
by Silkyskills1
Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:03 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: I won't deviate
Replies: 140
Views: 9193

Re: I won't deviate

Identify our weaknesses and change the system to suit our strengths? Or do we just continue to play a system that specifically exposes our weaknesses and hope it somehow works? I'll try again( God loves a trier). What do you think are our strengths and what 'system' should the manager adopt? Presum...
by Silkyskills1
Mon Nov 06, 2023 10:59 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jack Cork’s absence on Saturday
Replies: 46
Views: 5867

Re: Jack Cork’s absence on Saturday

bumba wrote:
Mon Nov 06, 2023 9:27 am

If he wants this atmosphere he bangs on about he should pick the right team and players the fans want then it'll give the crowd a boost.
Sounds like you are suggesting that the manager should choose his team based on the popularity of players. That can't be right at any level.
by Silkyskills1
Sun Nov 05, 2023 8:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today’s football 5.11
Replies: 172
Views: 14006

Re: Today’s football 5.11

Newcastleclaret93 wrote:
Sun Nov 05, 2023 6:59 pm


Our squad is definitely good enough to stay up. We just need to change tactics/style or get a manager that will
What are the tactics we need to employ? You keep mentioning them but don't explain how they operate.
by Silkyskills1
Sun Nov 05, 2023 6:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today’s football 5.11
Replies: 172
Views: 14006

Re: Today’s football 5.11

The tone of your post suggests this question might well be a disingenuous one, but I think I can help out anyway on the off chance you are actually interested. At the start of last season Forest played quite an open and attacking 3412 formation with an emphasis on trying to move the ball around. Af...
by Silkyskills1
Sun Nov 05, 2023 5:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today’s football 5.11
Replies: 172
Views: 14006

Re: Today’s football 5.11

They have dramatically changed their system from the start of last season. We will have to do similar if we want similar returns Can you please explain how they changed ' dramatically'. Personnel I understand but I'm more concerned with their tactical approach that brought about a change in their f...
by Silkyskills1
Sun Nov 05, 2023 3:27 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Minutes silence yesterday.....
Replies: 69
Views: 7646

Re: Minutes silence yesterday.....

It’s always the same, somebody decides to start clapping and everyone feels obliged to follow suit. The announcer needs to say after the Last Post please do not start clapping as there will be a minutes silence which will cease on the referees whistle. Seriously? You think the announcer should pop-...
by Silkyskills1
Sun Nov 05, 2023 3:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today’s football 5.11
Replies: 172
Views: 14006

Re: Today’s football 5.11

RVclaret wrote:
Sun Nov 05, 2023 1:18 pm
Norwich are a great example of sacking a manager, losing their identity and now ending up in no man’s land, with an unhappy fanbase, empty stadium, ageing players and parachute payments running out. I hope we don’t follow paths.
'empty stadium'? Nearly 26,000 today.
by Silkyskills1
Sun Nov 05, 2023 12:59 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Lack of goals
Replies: 56
Views: 6204

Re: Lack of goals

I suggested we needed a striker( or two) 8 months ago. But we were in party mood. Criminal that this was overlooked. What we have to offer now up front is shambolic.
by Silkyskills1
Sat Nov 04, 2023 12:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Todays Football
Replies: 22
Views: 1736

Re: Todays Football

Vino blanco wrote:
Sat Nov 04, 2023 12:46 pm
I'm sick and tired of watching the PL and Var interfering on nearly every bloody goal.
So am I so I don't watch it anymore. Just watch my team and that's enough.
by Silkyskills1
Fri Nov 03, 2023 5:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Team v Palace
Replies: 210
Views: 14838

Re: Team v Palace

if Foster is out (and boy that is a blow) then I think I'd play Redmond at number 9, I'm pretty sure he's played there before for Southampton, and Rodriguez has been pretty ineffective. He can come short and go in behind and retains mobility at the top end of the pitch. I don't think Amdouni at num...
by Silkyskills1
Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Two Crystal Palace tickets available
Replies: 15
Views: 1347

Re: Two Crystal Palace tickets available

Nonayforever wrote:
Thu Nov 02, 2023 9:05 pm
I wouldn't want them even if you gave me £60 each 🤣🤣
Surely you not wanting them is sufficient. Perhaps someone else is more interested.
by Silkyskills1
Thu Nov 02, 2023 9:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Spanish visitors this weekend
Replies: 34
Views: 4128

Re: Spanish visitors this weekend

Excellent news. Well done Accy Clarets.
by Silkyskills1
Thu Nov 02, 2023 5:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: REPORT: Clarets bow out of the League Cup in poor show at Goodison
Replies: 5
Views: 1128

Re: REPORT: Clarets bow out of the League Cup in poor show at Goodison

An understandable weariness in recent match reports Tony, looking forward to the time when you can be more upbeat. Very noticeable air of resignation in your tone, CT. More usual( not from you particularly) towards the end of a season when all has been played for. Very worrying when the clocks have...
by Silkyskills1
Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:30 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Kompany: time to go
Replies: 779
Views: 47532

Re: Kompany: time to go

I think VK has got the best part of a few weeks to turn this round. Get back to absolute basics, sort the defence out. If we can start keeping clean sheets the points will come. Concede three a game against Palace/arsenal etc… and I’m not sure he’s going to give Pace any other choice What's ' the b...
by Silkyskills1
Wed Nov 01, 2023 10:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Has VK Lost the dressing room?
Replies: 110
Views: 9394

Re: Has VK Lost the dressing room?

He hasn't lost the dressing room he has lost himself. Feel sorry for the guy. His interviews since Chelsea, his body language and his booking tonight indicate he is a broken man, and despite what he says will have the world on his shoulders, Not sure how much pressure the back ground team are takin...
by Silkyskills1
Wed Nov 01, 2023 10:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Muric Beyer Ekdal
Replies: 24
Views: 3276

Re: Muric Beyer Ekdal

KefkaClaret wrote:
Wed Nov 01, 2023 9:26 pm
Ekdal wasn’t even on the bench against City or Villa, unsure of how much Kompany rates him.
I imagine his rating has improved significantly since those two fixtures which seem light years ago.
by Silkyskills1
Mon Oct 30, 2023 11:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Time to get excited. EFL cup- last 16
Replies: 38
Views: 3537

Re: Time to get excited. EFL cup- last 16

Evening, Everton fan here in peace. I’m sorry to disappoint you but please check the lineups for the previous two rounds at Doncaster and Villa, Dyche is going for this cup and we played our first team in both games, he doesn’t even swap the GK. We will be full strength again Wednesday, we aren’t i...
by Silkyskills1
Mon Oct 30, 2023 3:27 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Time to get excited. EFL cup- last 16
Replies: 38
Views: 3537

Re: Time to get excited. EFL cup- last 16

Don't think this 'Cup fever' you appear to be focused on has reached Rossendale yet. It's a fixture we could well do without. A third consecutive away game and there must be people who have spent a small fortune over 10 days or so. Of course there is no guarantee of success in these games; that is p...
by Silkyskills1
Mon Oct 30, 2023 12:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: REPORT: Bournemouth brings another tough day on the road
Replies: 39
Views: 3184

Re: REPORT: Bournemouth brings another tough day on the road

Always feel that when someone resorts to 'couldn't do any worse' then desperation has well and truly set in. Personally I've no idea where we go from now; I'm just a fan and a punter. Tactics are way beyond my skillset but putting two raw central defenders into midfield where neither have ever appea...
by Silkyskills1
Sun Oct 29, 2023 11:16 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Your lowest point as a Burnley fan
Replies: 145
Views: 9775

Re: Your lowest point as a Burnley fan

Absolute f***ing horseshit. So why are they wanting Bournemouth to win over us? Aren't they small too? Smaller than us? Why is there an agenda against us? I'm getting rather fed up of this whingeing boll0cks about some kind of conspiracy against us just cos we're Burnley. Bottom line is we're crap ...
by Silkyskills1
Sat Oct 28, 2023 7:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bournemouth v Burnley - Player Ratings
Replies: 52
Views: 5305

Re: Bournemouth v Burnley - Player Ratings

I used the term 'soft touch' last week and that's exactly what we saw again today Trafford-3 There is no stability in the team and much of that emanates from the keeper. Jittery and everything appears rushed. Vitinho- 4 out of his depth at this level Al Dakhil-4 Bullied easily and decision making po...
by Silkyskills1
Sat Oct 28, 2023 6:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Judging after Brentford and Bournemouth
Replies: 51
Views: 4350

Re: Judging after Brentford and Bournemouth

No one cares if we’re not good enough,but what we do expect is all the players to put a shift in,either Kompany’s not cracking the whip ,or we’ve a set of spineless players who are sulking after getting a few home truths ,whichever way you put it if you were a neutral fan watching the last 2 games ...
by Silkyskills1
Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:28 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Your lowest point as a Burnley fan
Replies: 145
Views: 9775

Re: Your lowest point as a Burnley fan

Same for me. Nothing else comes remotely close to the drive home from Gresty Rd. Very few words were said in the car as the reality sank in that we were on the edge of the precipice and the ground beneath our feet was crumbling. Agree. That drive home was horrendous( and I wasn't driving). I've men...
by Silkyskills1
Fri Oct 27, 2023 7:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Your lowest point as a Burnley fan
Replies: 145
Views: 9775

Re: Your lowest point as a Burnley fan

As mentioned earlier that 4/5 day hiatus between losing away at Crewe and playing at home to Orient in 1987. The journey home from Crewe in the car was probably the lowest ebb I can ever recall.
by Silkyskills1
Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Clarets held by Manchester United in Turf Moor bore draw
Replies: 6
Views: 481

Re: ARTICLE: Clarets held by Manchester United in Turf Moor bore draw

I was at the game and as I recall the whole 90 minutes was quite uneventful. I do remember George Best making some sort of comeback that day; not from injury or suspension but one of those self-imposed breaks he had the habit of taking. He was, let's say, overweight when he appeared on the pitch. He...
by Silkyskills1
Mon Oct 23, 2023 7:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: TV Fixtures
Replies: 79
Views: 15373

Re: TV Fixtures

Claret Till I Die wrote:
Mon Oct 23, 2023 6:53 pm
I know a bloke who got the 2nd goal on NYD
I bet you do.
Willie and 'Bomber' Harris with the goals. What a goalscorer he was and idolised by fans at the time. An absolute crying shame what happened to him at Goodison Park. I,I, Irvine, Irvine,I.
by Silkyskills1
Mon Oct 23, 2023 3:38 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: TV Fixtures
Replies: 79
Views: 15373

Re: TV Fixtures

Yes, I went to that. I lived in Lytham then. Blackpool won 4-2. Exactly a week later was my first visit to Ewood. We won 2-0. That's interesting that you went to the last ever Christmas Day fixture between Blackpool and Blackburn because I also went to it. Five of us, dad, uncle, brother and cousin...
by Silkyskills1
Sun Oct 22, 2023 11:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bournemouth next week
Replies: 151
Views: 16455

Re: Bournemouth next week

RVclaret wrote:
Sun Oct 22, 2023 8:01 pm
I would say their squad has improved a fair bit since then (they spent a fortune in January and this summer).
Not showing in their results is it?
by Silkyskills1
Sun Oct 22, 2023 6:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: REPORT: Bad day at Brentford without a drumroll
Replies: 32
Views: 4945

Re: REPORT: Bad day at Brentford without a drumroll

bumba wrote:
Sun Oct 22, 2023 2:58 pm
Bournemouth wouldn't want to be playing anybody else at home next weekend
Remember thinking something along those lines when we got Lincoln at home in the FA Cup but I totally agree with your premise. Just become a 'soft touch' this season and teams are relishing playing against us.
by Silkyskills1
Sat Oct 21, 2023 8:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How do we salvage?
Replies: 52
Views: 7496

Re: How do we salvage?

Steve-Harpers-perm wrote:
Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:10 pm
From what I’ve seen so far I’d prefer Tresor on the bench. We have a decent left winger who did ok last season who Kompany seems to have forgotten about!
Do you think Tresor really wants to be here? Seemed to do all he could to avoid joining us.
by Silkyskills1
Fri Oct 20, 2023 8:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Team for Brentford?
Replies: 32
Views: 5562

Re: Team for Brentford?

Totally agree with SHP.
by Silkyskills1
Fri Oct 20, 2023 5:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Burnley pay the penalty at Goodison
Replies: 9
Views: 1489

Re: ARTICLE: Burnley pay the penalty at Goodison

Doing well. Always great company and his fondness for Burnley Football Club is delightful. Not a great teller of stories( in the way many ex-pros today seem to be) but when he does relate or refer to games and players of the past it's always a good listen. A relative of mine is his son in law and th...
by Silkyskills1
Fri Oct 20, 2023 3:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Stunning Andy Cooke goal gives Clarets a win against Oldham
Replies: 6
Views: 908

Re: ARTICLE: Stunning Andy Cooke goal gives Clarets a win against Oldham

Just posted at length on the Everton game in 1973. This was 25 years later but I genuinely cannot recall anything about it. Oh dear!
by Silkyskills1
Fri Oct 20, 2023 3:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Burnley pay the penalty at Goodison
Replies: 9
Views: 1489

Re: ARTICLE: Burnley pay the penalty at Goodison

Another visit to Goodison Park and another defeat there for me. I've got to know Billy Rodaway well over the last few years but didn't realise this was his baptism as far as league games went. He's a staunch Evertonian but would have loved an encounter with 'his team' I'm certain, although having sa...
by Silkyskills1
Thu Oct 19, 2023 4:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rowett
Replies: 15
Views: 2818

Re: Rowett

At least he can short term rely on some pundit work. He is a good Championship manager and been unlucky on several occasions to have been fired (ie Birmingham City) I'm not doubting that you are right regarding Rowett's tenure at various clubs but I was just wondering if being fired on several occa...
by Silkyskills1
Thu Oct 19, 2023 1:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Is this v Burnley
Replies: 28
Views: 4866

Re: Is this v Burnley

The player in the background has the gait of Dave Thomas.
by Silkyskills1
Thu Oct 19, 2023 9:00 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Is this v Burnley
Replies: 28
Views: 4866

Re: Is this v Burnley

Think this is the FA Cup game at Anfield in Jan/ Feb 1969 which we lost 2-1. I was there on that side of the ground towards the Anfield Rd. end. Frank Casper scored our goal.