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Felt sure we’d lose by 4 or 5 today. But I think we’ll
either beat or draw with Leicester. That’s just Burnley.

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91/92 would've had a few different scorers. Conroy and Eli were the top two but off the top of my head Davis, Pender, Deary, Farrell, Francis, Harper, Lancashire all chipped in. I wouldn't be surprised if there were a few more (Measham, Randall?) Yeah Randall, Painter - don’t think we can compare t...

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Always a tough call to captain a player against Burnley. I brought Son back in this week and had him at captain but then thought how annoyed I’d be if he scored and went for Calvert Lewis instead.
Richarlison could be a good differential.

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Sorry for being a pedant CT, I think you meant to say 4-2 at Leicester, not 4-0. Tomorrow’s line-up will be likely be pretty similar to last year’s line-up. I thought the occasion got to us, tomorrow might be one of those where it’s better to play in an empty stadium than a full one. I’d almost take...

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Looks like England are keen to have a bowl at the Indians at dusk !

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Thought Dyche was very honest in his interview tbf.
Good rest and recuperation, hopefully get a couple of players back and we’ll do better at Tottenham.

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I’m glad this board doesn’t allow swearing reading that. Interesting take though, that Lundstrum has been living off an all too brief purple patch early last season, and the outside world don’t seem to have noticed. My Blades supporting friends loved Norwood too, but he also seems to have been caugh...

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1-0 Tarkowski

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I have full confidence in Long as a reserve centre half. He’s kept plenty clean sheets before, notably in an excellent performance at WBA and his best game of the season was at Fulham.

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I think Fulham have a chance of hitting the 35 mark, but I’m sure we’ll be looking at 40+ whatever the result tomorrow. Newcastle and Palace could be sweating. Newcastle play away at Fulham on the final day.

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The January window just gone? Or the one before? The same Sander Berge that cost £20m+? I was listening to the Guardian Weekly Podcast not so long back, and they had a Sheff Utd fan on. He was saying a real problem this season, apart from O’Connell being out, was trying to shoehorn Berge into the t...

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Pope 8
Lowton 9*
Tarkowski 8
Mee 8
Pieters 8
Gudmundsson 8
Westwood 8
Cork 8
McNeil 8
Barnes 8
Rodriguez 9
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Brady 7
Bardsley 7

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Today was just a brilliant performance on every level and one that all Clarets can be proud of. The defending of the clean sheet especially characteristic. The assumption that we’d have beaten Bournemouth if either Mee or Tarks had played is completely subjective. I think SD’s reference to the game ...

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Bit of a worry now, we’re losing our lines a little and India are feasting. Keep it steady boys.

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Just checked and India’s death rate is 112 per million people. Ours is 1707, so about 15 times worse.
Says it all really.

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Crowds?
They must have vaccinated A LOT of the Indian population in the last week!

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RIP Stefan. Gideon Coe paid a warm tribute last night on his 6music show.

Ironmasters and their version of Green Fields of France are epics. I'll certainly be playing one of them on my Ribble FM radio show next Monday night in memorial

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Just to clarify - my anger is in Dyche “not” having a go, so I am in agreement with you. Apologies if I was ambiguous and implied I was frustrated with those feeling low about it, not the case. Very obvious to me that we wanted to be out - you don’t take off a winger and put on a 2nd fullback, then...

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Were we very poor second half against Brighton? I would say that's as good a half as we've played all season... but people like you will find fault in everything. You despise Dyche? How long have you been watching us? Five minutes? :!: Plus we won at Liverpool, had the match of the season against V...

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Agreed Dressinggown - I watched the link someone shared earlier of the 0-0 with Spurs at the Turf - Coca Cola Cup 1st leg under Jimmy Mullen in the early 90s. Turf Moor was throbbing, we played some great football and the commentators commented on how the home fans must have issued songbooks as the ...

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The constant reference to it being some kind of cup upset was tiresome.

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As Burnley manager (FM 2021) I am fighting a relegation battle, currently sitting 1 place above the relegation spots. However I lost the League Cup semi final to Everton 2-0 and have just progressed into Round 5 of the FA Cup after a 3-0 demolition of Newcastle. Just been drawn away at Barnsley in ...

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CrosspoolClarets wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 09, 2021 8:51 pm
Dyche sends a message? Tell you what - I’ll send him a message.

After that farce in Athens, you were on your final warning. Thanks (most sincerely). Now it’s time to clear off.

Lol

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I'm not watching the match, but looking at the updates it appears that West Ham seem to have lot two centre halves through injury tonight at Old Trafford. Plus Bowen and Yarmalenko?
Can easily happen.

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Very little acknowledgment of an incredibly hectic fixture schedule (much more than a normal season due to starting in September) and an injury list of Brownhill, Cork, Brady, Pieters, Wood (with Barnes only just coming back). If we’d had a fitter squad he’d have played a stronger team. There’s a sm...

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I think Dyche has a formula for success and he isn't overly reactionary; if we are doing enough of 'x' over a 38 game period then he believes it will be enough to remain in the Premier League, 'x' being a plethora of footballing related statistics. This is why I believe Dyche isn't over reactionary...

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Somethingfishy wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 09, 2021 7:31 pm
Pretty hard to sell us as everyones favourite underdog when we can't even perform when the favourite against lower league opposition. Everyones favourite laughing stock might be more realistic.

We weren’t favourites, more premier league experience in that Bournemouth team than ours tonight.

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Bournemouth had a lot more wages on the pitch than we have. A cup upset would have been a home win.
We’re too many players ‘touch and go’. Dyche has probably done the right thing in saving them for the next three.
A cup run is nothing without fans.

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Didn’t Diogo Jota cost £40m + ?

He was on fire before he was injured a every bit a potential replacement for any of the front 3.

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Pale Saints ‘the comforts of madness’ - reissued last year on 4AD. Classic.

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Had REM’s Green on in the car a fair bit recently. Had a yearning to hear ‘World Leader Pretend’ on the week of the presidential elections. Prophetic in reference to a guy like Trump. Great combination of songwriting and production mastery from Scott Litt. think Life’s Rich Pageant remains my favour...

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Wow. Usual spanner fest on here.

Best half of football we’ve produced of the season in many ways. Our commitment today has been absolutely first class.

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BBC are showing much more MOTD than normal and have had a couple of games on free to air - like WBA v Fulham last week.

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0-0 - one of those attritional games where both sides will be pleased with a point after recent success. Never much between the sides down recent years.

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A crucial fortnight, that's for sure, not ideal that our most winnable games are crammed into such a tight schedule, but it is what it is. The one advantage is 4 of these games are at home, so if we can notch up a few wins, then we will be well on the road to survival, and hopefully eagerly awaitin...

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Holidayed very close to La Spezia - its a nice part of the world and on the face of it a decent club to partner with. Certainly be a decent destination for a pre-season friendly.

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Brighton played very well. Hard to see anything but the current bottom 3 being relegated after this week's results.
Interesting that we still have to play Fulham twice, they will be seeing that as a bit of a lifeline.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55803504 this In the worlds of music and football - both close to my heart - Brexit is a horrendous situation, as it always would be. One question I do have is why the new owners are pushing this AIScout app via social media - when hopeful young players from ove...

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I’d love to live in a world where people didn’t slag off our players in public while matches are in progress. Constructive criticism is one thing, but really what’s to be gained. You either end up looking stupid or end up coming across like a right arse. I think Wood’s been right out of form and see...

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Sounds like the speculation around Tarky is for the summer.
Jonny evans is 33 and I’d imagine Leicester will want 4 decent centre backs at the club. It would be an excellent move for him if we’re honest.

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He had a good game and I'm pleased as I felt he was a good acquisition at the time and was starting to doubt it. He has one frustrating tendency where he seems to unnecessarily put air on the ball when a simple pass along the ground will do - I'd noticed it in previous games but one very promising m...

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Peacock-Farrell - 8 Bardsley 7 Long 8 Tarkowski 7 Pieters 7 Gudmundsson 6 Stephens 7 Cork 8 McNeil 7 Vydra 8 Jay Rod 9 * I do think when fully fit Rodriguez is our best striker, hold-up play, technical skill, movement, balance and aerial presence. Not sure that Wood, for example, would have converte...

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Looks the right type - I wonder if pursuing him and Knight at Derby as they’re both coming through the Irish ranks together ?

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King for Vydra makes sense - the clubs would be simply exchanging their no. 27s Maybe £5m on top ? King's stats are impressive - pretty much a 3 goals per start forward (for club and country) who can play anywhere across the front line. His versatility and pace make him a little more useful than Vyd...

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Pope 9
Lowton 9
Mee 9
Tarkowski 9
Taylor 9
Brady 6
Brownhill 7
Westwood 8
McNeil 9 (best player on the pitch on the ball)
Wood 6
Barnes 8 (extra pt for the penalty)
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Pieters 8
Gudmundsson 7

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2 cans of out of date Guinness during the game and one large gin and tonic to enjoy during the aftermath

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I thought Jay Rod should play tonight, our scoring record and recent performances did suggest a change might be an idea, but I'd never get angry about it if SD sees it differently, he's the manager after all and all the players deserve our 100 per cent support. As said up the thread, Dyche (and the ...

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I thought he was less of a bad loser tonight than he was when we drew there in July.

I'd have loved to see an interview with Andy Robertson

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I'd just like to see Jay Rod back in for Barnes and McNeil of course on the left, with Brady on the right. If Cork was fit enough I'd have him replace Brownhill for this fixture but I'm not sure he's match fit enough to face Liverpool. I hope to god Taylor is ready, we've really missed him. This wou...

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Wowzers. Some really angry people on here - possibly feeling the effects of lockdown? West Ham have been very good this season. And this really was a game of fine margins. I’m frustrated but the first touch of all 4 of our strikers was lacking today as was the service into the box. McNeil was excell...

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