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jojomk1 wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 31, 2024 7:26 pm
Expecting somewhere between 4 and 6 unfortunately

As I said, "keeping it down"!!

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We actually have an enormous amount of players when you count in the ones who are not in that squad due either to injury or to being unaccountably left out. There's always a bunch who fall onto the latter category every single game which shows we really do have too many players vying for limited gam...

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Let's keep the score down at least.

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I know they're not to everyone's taste and tbf they were never really to mine, but on reaching my 60th birthday 6 years ago I decided I'd nail my colours to the mast (as they say) and get one on my lower leg. It's the new Burnley badge and it's not huge and it was really well done and in fairness I ...

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Did I hear that Vigouroux had gone out on loan as well or was that just a rumour? According to our squad list he's gone nowhere as it stands, so apparently just a rumour and tbh a pretty weird one as I couldn't imagine six months in Ireland being beneficial for any of the parties involved, least of...

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Personally I feel Redmond was an error signing In hindsight yes, but at the time I was pleased we were adding some PL experience and nous to our squad of "potentials". I wanted us to sign Townsend for the same reason. Why we've made so little use of Redmond may well be explained now by the fact he'...

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I was on that match and remember my brother referring to the penalty we got to level it at 3 all as a "mystery payout"!

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Wrexham for me 74 I was 13 at the time and the atmosphere was brilliant, Electric ⚡ I was on the Wrexham game in '74 along with 36,000+ others. You're dead right the atmosphere was electric and my mum was actually inside M&S at the bottom of St James St when Casper's deflected shot went in and she ...

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Shrewsbury away (replay) which was the game prior to the fantastic Sheffield Utd 2-2 draw always pops into my mind. Deary sent off, 1-0 down and only minutes left on the clock. Enter Pender and Conroy for an utterly dramatic late, late win. Brilliant stuff.

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Taffy on the wing wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 26, 2024 5:26 pm
I can't see photos on the Winter photos thing either. ?

Because they're not really "winter photos"

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Clovius Boofus wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 24, 2024 8:15 pm
It won't happen. The Russians could be watering their horses at Calais and the Tory Party would still be arguing about who was going to be their next party leader.

Won't happen! The Belgians would have eaten them all!! (The horses, not the Russians)

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Young Helm did a similar thing a little while back. He opted to try to make a go of it by moving permanently to Burton and seems to be a regular and doing well. Choosing to try to make a league career in one of the lower two divisions as opposed to playing U21 footy or having numerous loans is defin...

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Will they mail my pension to wherever I'm posted? Hope it's somewhere warm.

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There's a CB on loan at Southampton who's getting absolutely rave revues I notice, as Saints have been on an amazing run. Can't believe we didn't think he was worth pursuing!

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It's interesting we often refer to "the commonwealth" here without always realising just what that meant back then. I was absolutely amazed to find that practically every other grave seemed to be a fallen Australian which I hadn't appreciated before and there's even a dedicated (huge) memorial and v...

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For anyone remotely interested in history a visit to The Somme is absolutely a must. The front line ran for only a matter of around 14 miles and is easily drive able in a day or two with numerous iconic places along the way to get out and explore. Due to the rich agricultural nature of the area almo...

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I noticed Ben Alnwick was in goal for Cardiff at Plymouth yesterday. I may be wrong and someone will correct me maybe, but I think it's the (young) Spurs goalie from that night.

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How can it be an accidental collision when he looks at Trafford and then deliberately moves towards him? :lol: :lol: :lol: It’s the clearest and most obvious attempt to block the keeper as he runs out… evidenced by him not celebrating after the goal has been scored and looking straight at the ref t...

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People like Paul Waine and Chester Perry will know far more than me, but I've long suspected that the money Venkys pour into the black hole which is Rovers was some kind of tax mitigation "scheme" (at best) or money laundering (at worst) because otherwise it makes very little sense given the lack of...

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Yep agree. during the time I played from early 80s to end of 90s for a big chunk of that time there was quite a lot of dross that got to don the famous claret shirt ! I played with and against a few who I thought had more talent than some of the dross. And I also realise how difficult it is to make...

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Kiko, Jay's dad, has to amongst the best that I faced and Pete Wharton (Andy's Brother) was a really great player and much better than Andy who weirdly made umpteen first team appearances for the Clarets.

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Media reporting Jordan Henderson wants to return from Saudi Arabia. If he's still in contention for an England place - and he's made his money in SA - I'd be happy to add Henderson to the squad to the end of the season. UTC All fine in theory until we have to pay his (reported) wages of £250,000 a ...

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I think? the original idea re not flagging offsides straight away was in case a goal was scored and disallowed, which was then proved to be onside. I also think? that it was to allow play to carry on without unnecessary interruptions if the offside player simply loses the ball and possession reverts...

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Two wholly different situations occuring on the same day at the same time by pure coincidence it seems. The Bolton game is a strange one because as others have said it's absolutely awful for the individual involved who was taken ill, but these things have happened at footy from time to time and the ...

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The fact that Adebayo turns his back, isn't focusing on the ball and clearly makes no attempt to actually play the ball really should make it obvious it's a blatant foul. He realises he can't get to it and simply decides to see what he can get away with, probably assuming that it's just going to be ...

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The thing that worries me about VAR is that you potentially now have referees reluctant to make difficult calls in the belief that VAR will re-ref the incident by way of some sort of safety net. However you’ve then also got VAR supposedly applying a “clear and obvious” criteria in an inconsistent m...

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I agree with several others that last night was exactly like the penalty in the Villa game. The ref makes his on field decision and var decide there's isn't enough evidence (in their opinion) to overturn it. Had the ref made the opposite decision, they still wouldn't overturn it, but they bloody wel...

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Trafford played well and had a good game (notwithstanding his kicking accuracy isn't a patch on Muric's) However having seen the Luton goal live at the ground I was fuming and sure it was a foul. Watching it back now it looks more of a complete cock up by Trafford who has completely misjudged the fl...

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dougcollins wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 12, 2024 3:31 pm
Good tackle.

Absolutely. (In 1970!!)

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He was so often the get out long ball for Muric. Muric always seemed to know where he was, the pass was accurate and most importantly, it stuck!

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I think we have to cut Beyer some slack because he was probably expecting to be paired with Ekdal and that's almost certainly our best, most experienced CB pairing, even though it still might not have been good enough tbf. As it is that pairing hasn't happened and Beyer has had to try to find his fe...

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To get the best out of Tella we'd have had to be picking Muric, so really it wouldn't have made much difference (imo)

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Couldn't get access to the site for around 2 and a half hours this morning and then having finally got on I had another half hour unable to log in. The site kept insisting I was using "desktop" as opposed to "mobile" and kept defaulting. Weird.

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I was there when he came on for the first time at Yeovil of all places and I turned to my son and said "Apparently many Brighton fans are saying they'd have driven him to Burnley just to get shut!!", so I really wasn't expecting what followed. So many great moments and other than the obvious derby o...

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I'm lucky because my wife always stays up later than me, so reading with the bedside light on isn't an issue, although falling asleep sitting up with the book still open frequently is! PS. Recommendations: I'm not huge on non fiction and tend to read fiction mainly, but some brilliant non fiction bo...

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I read in bed every night and I’m usually nodding off after 30-45 minutes. In fact I have to go to bed earlier to ensure I get through a decent amount of the book before falling asleep as otherwise I’d be on the same book for a couple of months. I find a Kindle on a low brightness setting is great ...

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Watching TV and using phones or playing computer games in the last hour or two before bed can be a real problem. Good old fashioned reading in bed for half an hour is the best preparation for sleep. Watching Burnley Football Club is an absolute no, no!!!

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I actually think the throw out leading to the goal last night was a whisker away from being genius. If Amdouni slips it past Pedro as he almost did we had a real break on as Spurs were mainly ahead of the ball and were very open. I think Muric spotted this and tried to get us on the quick counter at...

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I would never sit here and say Muric is a world class keeper because he isn't, but of two we are essentially picking our starting keeper from imo he's the better and that's because of two main factors. They both pass the ball out from the back, but Trafford plays it 10 yards to the CB every single t...

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Like all good goalies he's slightly eccentric and at times somewhat erratic, but I'll take that because he catches high crosses, can make instinctive saves, organises his defence and can pick a long pass like David Beckham. He can also win headers at corners! He still has his heart stopping moments,...

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By the time it's finished we'll be bankrupt, in league 2 and there will be nobody going to The Turf anyway! It only makes sense if the ground is full every game and we're attracting loads of visitors and media attention.

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Muric 8 (-1 for one crap kick out) Vitihno 5 O'Shea 8 (Excellent) Delcroix 8 (Ditto) Taylor 8 (Ditto) Cullen 7 Ramsey 6 Oderbert 7 Amdouni 4 (If it was figure skating we were marking he'd get 1 because he couldn't stay upright! He's lucky to get 4 after those two awful misses! A most frustrating pla...

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Overall a good showing, but yet again nothing to show for it. We missed probably the two clearest chances of the match and once again engineered our own downfall. We're hugely frustrating to watch as a Burnley fan. On the plus side O'Shea is definitely getting to grips with the level and Delcroix lo...

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Not bad from us, but still can't help feeling it's only a matter of time before something happens down our right. Vitihno cannot defend against genuine quality and Johnson has him all ends up. Ramsey looks dodgy, but tbf he's been given a couple of crap passes under real pressure so not all his fault.

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From tonight’s line up, you have to imagine the following are probably on there way out in some capacity this month: Benson Obafemi Cork Roberts (amazed he’s not playing tonight) Massengo Redmond If this turns out to be true then it's utterly ridiculous as 5 of those have barely kicked a ball in th...

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Shame we're not seeing Massengo, even on the subs bench which is odd. Assuming he's fit it would have been a great opportunity to see what he can do.

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Definitely a great opportunity to give Massengo a proper run out.

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I'm pretty sure Dodgson is an attacking full back (left?) and not a CB.

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Only 2 clean sheets in 19 matches tells the story. That's the key here (imo) and if that stat can be significantly changed by whatever means (change of tactics, change of selection, bringing in new players) over the next 19 games then we'll have a great chance. Defence and defending should have been...

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Good to see that despite being a world famous superstar, Bing Crosby still shopped at Sports Direct. Makes me feel better about my wardrobe.

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