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Two crucial points: 1. Fantastic for James, warm congratulations, reflects well on Burnley, and shows how well regarded he is, including by me, even if I would have chosen Muric this season. I have no doubts he is the number 1 heir apparent, should be for us and for England. Ahead of Ramsdale in due...

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Got to say I really appreciate the efforts he has made in two successive seasons to help his team out of a hole……

…..in a parallel universe somewhere.

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It looks more like Gascoigne than the guy who has never won anything and blew his chance to do it with England. And I’m thinking of the 60 year old Gazza with that grey beard.

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Glad he did well. I’m not questioning VK’s decision to make Trafford first choice, I’ve no doubt Trafford will become a top GK, but he did wait far too long to make a change in goal. Just as Muric was expected to bide his time, Trafford would also have accepted if he had been benched before. These ...

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10 is Heaton at Old Trafford when we drew 0-0. Agreed. I would also argue Trafford at BHA was close. A 10 is when you walk away from a match knowing that keeper was never going to be beaten. But, I say again, Muric was excellent. Not match fit. Not match sharp. Pummelled by Toney. Exposed twice by ...

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Interesting that ten posters gave Muric 10/10 on the ratings for the Brentford game. That's 'Out of this World' according to the guide there. Out of this World. Was Muric's performance really 'Out of this World'? A.9 is excellent and that is certainly a term I would use for it and the rating I gave...

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As Colborn says, 4 of the top 6 have missed most of the season, and the games they played in we often lost so we can’t say it was apples and pears. We simply haven’t been able to get the right team out, partly by accident and partly by choice. It would be amusing if Muric gets in his 10 appearances ...

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For me - this is the sliding doors moment. Had that goal stood, Forest were beaten. Foster would not had been sent off, and may not have had his subsequent issues and I'm certain he would have contributed to better performances following that game. We would ultimately have had a better start to the...

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the BFC statement on it says different The Fan Advisory Board currently consists of 22 members, all members are season ticket holders. representing under 18s, 18-24s, 25-34s, 35-44s, 45 -54s, 55-64s & 65-75s. Amongst the members, some of the members also represent gender, disability, ethnicity, rel...

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I hadn’t realised that while we play Forest, Liverpool will play Everton and could beat them at Goodison to win the league and relegate Everton at the same time. That would probably make it the best day in the club’s history, makes our achievement at Deadwood look second rate. It would also be very,...

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So Everton's FFP breach penalty will be set lower because they've incurred one before; on that basis Everton can presumably now spend what they like as their next breach would incur a 0 points deduction and the one after that a two point addition. That logic would certainly mirror Everton fan’s sen...

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The age old question of club or country is doing the rounds on twitter. Thought I'd see where people are at on here. 1) Would you rather Burnley stay up this season or England (or your alternative country) win the Euros this summer? Choose one. 2) Would you rather Burnley win the FA Cup next season...

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Is it not illegal in other industries to trade at a loss year after year, why should football be any different? That isn’t always true though, if a country, who shall remain nameless but it begins with CH and ends in INA, has companies that deliberately undercut our domestic firms with “loss leader...

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One point people need to remember about the disallowed goal against Forest back in September. There was 22 minutes played after the disallowed goal which was ample time for Forest to have scored an equalizer had the goal been allowed. The resulting kick-off instead of the offside free-kick would ch...

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VAR gave the correct decision on Saturday - even Frank admitted it. What NewClaret refers to are the incidents where it was inexplicable to not get the decision (at least one we had a letter of apology for). When we get into things like West Ham H (Coufal), Villa A (Ramsay) and Bournemouth A I’ll ac...

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The whole point of these rules is so clubs with wealthy owners can’t blow others unfairly out of the water with director’s loans etc. As they are a bigger club with a bigger turnover than all of the bottom three, Forest (this season not last) are allowed to spend more in any event. So there should b...

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I was sitting watching them review the offside laughing to myself hysterically. It was like they were trying everything they could to get our player offside so they didn't have to revert the refs decision on the penalty. If it was a closer call, no doubt it would have been given offside, even if on...

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This will be my final say on this thread which I know almost all will scan through because of it's length (give a sh!t btw it's just observations of someone who played at a decent amateur level but the skill set of certain positions in a team remain relevant) Muric yesterday completed what are clas...

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ClaretsPadiham wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:20 pm
How’s the thread got this far and Ryan Giggs hadn’t been mentioned once ?

Because he is not even the best Welsh left winger to come here, let alone the best left winger.

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Entertaining thread. 50 posts about football and 150 posts about a misguided attempt in society at large to remove all definitions of a woman / girl. Now we have no women of the match, gender neutral toilets, no safe spaces for women, no fair competition for women, no “she” allowed in emails in favo...

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Walker——-Kompany——-T Silva——-Bale
Ronaldo——Lampard——Rodrigo—-De Bruyne
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Lovin' your optimism. Heart says I hope you're right, head says we'll fall short by whatever means. I think all our heads say that. We have left it too late. We kept playing some players whose form wasn’t good enough. But the chance is there. That’s key for us, players, fans, owners. To believe. An...

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gawthorpe_view wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:40 pm
We've got to catch Luton first!

Not necessarily. Beat both and give them both a 6 point deduction, we finish above and relegate Everton and Forest, all other things being equal.

We can dream. And should.

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Muric is 6’4”, same as Pope- it shows. Not sure the relevance of pointing out that Muric is 2 inches shorter than Trafford. Anyway, Trafford is a decent but raw keeper, abused unfairly on here just because people want Muric, but Muric has stardust about him. Telling him (effectively) in the summer ...

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Look folks, those things are now done, we were wronged in those games, but if we all stay as we are from now until the final game, and we win that final game, we stay up (assuming the two further 6 point deductions happen). Everton are at Arsenal in the final game while we play Forest here. Can’t gi...

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If's and but's, I'm just happy that we have shape and are being competitive, no one can argue, we've been dreadful and deserved to be where we are. The point of this thread is that is simply not true. Those robberies late in those games would have seen us 1 point from safety after Forest get their ...

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Muric - 9. Immediate and massive improvement in distribution (the best in the league, and one of the best on the planet) and box command (not great but far better than Trafford). Shot stopping fantastic too with a pair of top stops. Usual chaos with Aro, can’t explain quite why he was taking free ki...

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You know, it was incredibly annoying having halfwits slating Kompany after a defeat.

Now we have them doing it after a win. The only controversial thing is why this board allows threads like this to develop. Feels like wading through a cesspit. Only came on to do my player ratings.

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A 5
B 5
C 10
D 10

A shocker. Gave us nothing until the late Toney assaults, missed the pen, fell for their cheating, too slow around the putch, game too quick for him

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Utterly weird. Trafford makes numerous mistakes and keeps his place. Last week he does nothing wrong and gets dropped. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to see Muric play, but still, bloody odd! Not really Mistakes are mistakes but last week both goals could be avoided with a great shot stopper - low p...

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Brentford goalkeeper (and Palaces) are the worst two in the EPL for conceding more than their expected goals (yes, James is 3rd bottom of that, via Opta). So that gives us hope. That and their injured defence.

Can’t make Wolves so going tomorrow and am cautiously optimistic.

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Some interesting comments on the podcast today guys. We have scored a lot of own goals this season. Fan engagement has been poor. We aren't Universal Studios, but we should be gathering information from supporters about how match days are going and what will get people through the turnstiles earlie...

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Players with at least 5 goals and 5 assists this season in the Premier League: Ollie Watkins, Mohammed Salah, Leon Bailey, Son, Cole Palmer, Bukayo Saka, Julian Alvarez, Anthony Elanga, Phil Foden, Darwin Nunez, James Ward-Prowse, Matheus Cunha, Martin Odegaard, Erling Haaland, Declan Rice, Rodri. ...

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Linked In profile suggests his time at Man City was the link between players, families, agents, management etc.

Just goes to show what stuff goes on behind the scenes. Unclear the exact role he had at BFC as Chief of Staff.

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All three are young lads with a spirit that is welcome, a strut, but raw edges that get exposed at this level. That gets harder to live with for a defender where mistakes need to be every few games not every few minutes. I would sign all three though given the chance. Also helps if we have 6-10 Fren...

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reading the above reminds me of this and the 'not your dad's Burnley" bravado of Burnley FC's commercial director - which is not an uncommon feature in modern club running, but is part of the ongoing charge to diminish the need for 'legacy fans' - which is an absolute nonsense for all clubs, partic...

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The whole lack of information is sad. So if the Early Bird price is scrapped and when relegation is confirmed do I want to pay a big increase when quite a few of the home games will be a push. (I live in Lincolnshire). Will this be the time to go back to picking games home and away and letting some...

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I think there is a good player in Tresor and it may well be that he's someone who, if he is here next season (and I have to say the fact he's been so absent since Christmas and now describes himself as a "ghost" does make me wonder if he's below the threshold for the permanent move to be mandatory)...

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I don’t think it really works like that. It does work like that in terms of assessing the teams chances to win a game. Which is basically what all the chat on here does. Money spent on non-playing players, either as a future investment or a fall back if injuries occur, aren’t as relevant as money s...

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Heartwarming, no pun intended, to see Lockyer travel down, walk onto the pitch, and thank the paramedics who saved his life. Simply wonderful. He owes them a debt he can never repay, nor would they want him to. Can’t underestimate how galvanising the effect on Luton was, a shame if it isn’t enough. ...

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:19 pm
You're right about QPR - the only time he played in a losing Burnley team after the game at Sheffield United was in the FA Cup defeat at Manchester City

Yes, league game I meant, should have stated that.

Losing to Man City away is no crime though

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Just got in from watching women’s Championship at Bramall Lane (good quality and no diving), so haven’t read this thread yet, but am predicting Page 1 will be usual suspects posting “you see, this is why Burnley are so bad and worse than Luton”, and Page 2 will be, well, absent from those posters :...

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Only started one of our three defeats too last season, the one at Sheffield United. He came on as a sub in the other two. Was actually out injured for the QPR defeat and hasn’t played a minute of a lost game since Sheff Utd away, as far as I am aware. Was in that ground tonight and the memory still...

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Just got in from watching women’s Championship at Bramall Lane (good quality and no diving), so haven’t read this thread yet, but am predicting Page 1 will be usual suspects posting “you see, this is why Burnley are so bad and worse than Luton”, and Page 2 will be, well, absent from those posters :l...

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Burnley 1-1 Brentford Fofana 34

NL2

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Week 29.
Saturday 16th March

Burnley 2-2 Brentford Fofana 25 mins
Luton 1-2 Nottingham Forest
Fulham 0-2 Spurs NAP

Sunday 17th March

West Ham 1-2 Aston Villa
12 Goals

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Would be great news if we hadn’t (though from earlier reports I fear we have). I’m still angry about his “contribution” at home to Luton and really struggle to see him coming good. If, indeed, we have signed him I suppose he might be effective in the Championship but he comes across as really not w...

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The days of communication are pretty much long gone these days I'm afraid, which is ironic given the numerous platforms, apps and machines/devices that are prevalent in today's society. As for BFC, we are now being treated in the typical American way. All top show with very little or no substance. ...

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Good report. Not sure about the toenail though. Watching on TV live as soon as the goal was replayed it was obvious the shirt sleeve was further ahead than the defenders so I wasn’t nervous while VAR checked it. Would have been just our luck though to have them do what they did to Jay at Bournemouth...

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But he's only scored 4 all season. Scored 7 including in the Europa League and EFL Championship. Didn’t start a league game for Beyer until late January. Got 4 since. Averaging a goal per 90 minutes. Third in the league behind Guirassy and Kane on the per 90 min goals (ignoring those with only 1 go...

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