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Attractive free flowing attacking and solid defending. Can we not want both ? Yes, we can... I want the love, respect, support and companionship that I get from my wife of 27 years......and I want the danger, excitement, downright filthy and varied sex life, and high-roller lifestyle of James Bond!...

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'Was that a reason for the improvement or was Joe Hart just very unlucky to be in goal during our worst spell in the Premier League since our return for years ago?' Don't want to reignite the Hart love/hate debate, but my take on it was that he is still a very good keeper but that his communication ...

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Without wanting to sound too partisan, I note from the Times season stats today that Emerson doesn’t feature in the list for top number of saves made Nick Pope was fourth I think. That suggests that he had to work much harder for his clean sheets (which we know). Should number of saves be taken into...

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It was invented because most football fans have a natural bias that leads them to think the decisions that go against them are because the refs were either incompetent or favour the other teams As fans are still biased then the introduction of VAR has just increased peoples unhinged view that the r...

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The concensus of opinion on the international referees' board that I post on is that the Westwood incident is 100% red but some considered the Pieters one to be a bit harsh and a yellow would probably have sufficed, although the majority view was two reds. Just imagine if this board had the opportu...

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Willie Morgan - classic Claret (not purple) and blue, round neck, LONG sleeves!

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Jimjan wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 17, 2020 1:17 pm
Arthur Bellamy used to come up to St Theodores to train us on Tuesdays (unless Burnley had lost on the Saturday or had a Tuesday Game) . A proper Gentleman

What year would that be, Jimjan - and which team?

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I'm still mad that we never replaced John Deary!!

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Corrected1

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CoolClaret wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:40 pm
Has to pick our back three over say Pickford, Slabhead & Mings.

How Mings gets a look in I'll never know - Villa are 19th ffs

Slabhead!

As a rule, I try to avoid personal comments...but he DOES have a bit of a Herman Munster vibe going on!

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He’s referring to the club going into full panic mode ( and we do need to be a bit cautious ) on the back of Coronavirus. Things were obviously agreed before about contracts and targets and then stopped in their tracks leaving everything in limbo with no contingency plan. Whilst we can’t carry a bi...

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wilks_bfc wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 27, 2020 3:36 pm
Got a few;
Shawshank Redemption
The Great Escape
The Italian Job
Escape to Victory

The last 3 remind me of spending summer holidays at grandparents, as a kid

Summer holidays?!
that's Christmas Day, right there!!

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Yup, totally deserved it. They seemed able to grind results out a bit more this season, a lot of games where they weren't actually as incredible as last season but when a team starts doing that you know they're on for the title. As for the fans, they're the same as every other set of fans in the co...

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...but I was really, really, REALLY pleased with David Luiz's performance last night!
It's more than a year since his 'anti-football comment.
I should grow up!
Let it go!
Tee Hee!

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What about the Trump Curse?

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FactualFrank wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 12, 2020 3:17 pm
King can move to G2 as castle is no longer where it was.

Then Bishop moves to h2?

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White g5-h5 check
white f4-h2 Mate ?

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I know this is a serious matter, but this made me smile - taken from the SkySports article posted on April 22, and referring to Matt Southall :
"He was part of the Blackburn Rovers School of Excellence as a youngster before pursuing a career in sport."
made me chuckle!

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Keane better than Frank Sinclair? Or Mitchell Thomas?!

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Just over 2 years since my Mum eventually passed away, having sunk into that awful oblivion over the previous 5 or 6 years. However, when I visited her the day before she died. She was in her bed, in the care home where she was looked after, and barely breathing. When it came time to leave, I bent o...

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conyoviejo wrote: ↑
Tue May 26, 2020 1:42 pm
Perhaps he could name one "uptheClarets" after the forum.?

I'm open to what flavour it could be .Any ideas folks?

Sometimes unpredictable, but often bitter?!

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Serious question - what kind of person, on finding they have access to CCTV footage of somebody being murdered, films it on their phone so they can post it on social media?
Can they really believe that is an admirable thing to do?!

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic,Kepa Arrizabalaga, Kelechi Iheanacho, Claudio Pizarro........Not bad!

But then:

Gore Vidal (Okay)
Gwen Stefani (Now we're talking!)
Tommy Lee (Yes - the one who made THAT video!), and.....
Stevie Ray Vaughan !!!!

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Bin Ont Turf wrote: ↑
Wed May 13, 2020 1:21 pm
John Deary

We've never replaced him, you know!!

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Bavarianclaret wrote: ↑
Mon May 11, 2020 7:46 pm
Harry Gillespie, Stewart Hartley, Frank Simpson, Pete Maddock and Mick Hughes. All good lads. Must have been about 1977.

And Pete Maddock is now Chairman of the Boys (and Girls) Club!

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John believed (believes) he was a VERY talented footballer...Unfortunately, those who know what they're doing didn't agree!!!!!

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Billy Dougall
Brother Peter played for Arsenal
Brother Jimmy played for PNE
Son Neil played for BFC, Birmingham City and Plymouth Argyle (who he later managed)
Grandson John played the fool, mostly!!

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Mum and Mrs. Potts were quite similar, really, and got on well together.
Neither of them seemed the type to seek conflict, but both were angry at/about JA - and stayed angry for the rest of their lives !
Quite remarkable, really.

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Although my Mum never went into any detail about what may have happened, she was very uncomplimentary about Jimmy Adamson in relation to his dealings with my Grandad. Of course, Grandad died before JA was made manager, but the impression that I got from the little that Mum did reveal was that underh...

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JohnMac wrote: ↑
Mon May 04, 2020 4:17 pm
As much as I love the humour, Star Wars hit the big screen in 1977 so should have read the Hop, Burnley early to mid 1970's

The truly disturbing thing about this is that the common denominator of the two desperate venues appears to be....ME!

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Not much point taking it out on the road without an audience, though, and that's what made each programme different until Brexit killed it !

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JohnMac wrote: ↑
Mon May 04, 2020 12:45 pm
The genius and imagination required for those multi galaxy pub scenes is really clever.

Not really - they were based on Singles Night in the White Lion, Clitheroe. Late 80s/early 90s.

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Thanks again, Tony, for recognising Grandad's contribution.
Based on the 'Aware of Your Own Mortality' thread, there's still a few on here that might recall him, but the numbers are dwindling...

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...or the man in the white coat!!

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He did it at a time when the maximum wage rule meant that you couldn't buy your way to a title. Not sure that's entirely true. For a while when Arsenal dominated, they were paying their stars for 'employment' other than as footballers on top of their official wages. For a time, other clubs couldn't...

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Hillsborough '74. Colin Waldron breaking McDonalds legs, instead of just hanging on to his shirt tails. And, wishing I'd parked the car at our end of the ground. Not sure I'd go quite as far as the breaking of legs, but that enduring image of MacDonald's shirt stretching a yard as he left Waldron f...

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Could 11. be Gloria?

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I wonder whether that incident had an influence on Platini's personal ethical development ?!!

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Jimmy Strong was our 'Egg Man'! (Probably in the late 60s/early 70s)
If I happened to answer the door, his greeting was always 'Haway, Bonny Lad' in a soft geordie accent.
A lovely man!

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IanMcL wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 15, 2020 2:52 am
We've made a note to take you off, before extra time is needed!

But what if it goes to penalties?!!

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NobbyStiles

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Too posh to be scousers?
Southport?

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It’s still not murder though. Anyway, a swan could break your arm. COULD break your arm??!! I was brought up believing that any swan absolutely WOULD break your arm, given half a chance !! (Specially one that you might stumble across in the Duke Bar/Heasandford area - why else would they be there, ...

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I recall thinking that pesky Soleedo seemed to score against us pretty much every week!

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Revolution

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1. Ryan Giggs?
10. Ian Wright?

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UTC Flag Pile Rentals
Phone 0428 710 731 (Up to 5pm Friday)

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I presumed that one was Heartbeat

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Ace of Spades

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Yes, I’d like to join you in saying good morning to one of the more courteous and measured posters on here!
Hope all is well with you and yours, Spades.

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