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Suffice to say that there's a contributer to this thread who opined that Ings wasn't up to scratch for the strikers job in our first full championship season under Dyche. Few people challenged his wisdom. He offered this opinion having seen about as much of Ings as we've seen of Foster. That's a fa...

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Ampth7 wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 16, 2023 1:43 pm
How has Gray’s playing career been going since his one good season with us?

Not well, but I am referring to his time with us, which was generally very good.

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It’s concerning that he doesn’t have one solid trait in terms of blistering pace, control, vision or finishing, but I have noticed him snatching at the opportunities he has had. Hopefully once he calms down he’ll be able to find his rhythm and start to prove those who have already written him off w...

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He needs to sit down and watch Andre Gray's debut for us against Sheffield Wednesday, now I've seen enough of Lyle to know that he's technically as good as Gray but he needs to get that energy and angst that Andre had. Gray's debut was Bristol City away. But you could immediately tell he had someth...

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Irrelevant. Barnes has over 100 league goals to his name with multiple seasons operating in the Prem.

From what I have seen so far we have to hope Foster has a future in England, because at the moment he's miles off it.

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He's nothing like Barnes.

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Isn't this the point of the season where the squad shows the manager why they should be in the planning for next season? All we saw yesterday is why Foster, Churlinov and Twine don't play very much. As for Foster being bought for the Prem I am bemused.I am pretty sure you have to show something at C...

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Rarely see someone look so uncomfortable on a pitch. Out of his depth I'm afraid.

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It's simply not working with this guy.

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Mixed feelings about his wife being involved in this. In a way, a nice touch to get another perspective, however I think all this does is conform to a stereotype about footballers' wives and it all being about the player with the wife's function simply being about support. I think it would have been...

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Magnificent news, generally. Three years seems like a long time, and I worry that we will take up another big deal with a gambling sponsor, but to have a reasonable end date, insight, is nothing but fantastic news. This sort of thing can’t just change overnight: proper reform takes time. I was left...

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Isn’t there always a story like this conveniently placed ahead of the next round of bidding.

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He does have dodgy 10-15 minute spells when he loses his head and gets caught defensively, and gives the ball away cheaply, and his positioning defensively can be suspect. But if he improves over the next 6 months at the same rate he has over the last 9 months, that won't be an issue next season. I...

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Maatsen is a good player. My observation is he is raw, more so than our other loans, and we can't afford to carry that in the Prem. If Maatsen had given the ball away as much against Prem opposition as he did last night, we would be cut to ribbons. And no amount of tidy forward play is making up for...

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Wouldn't be surprised to see Dyche take him.

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Loses the ball way too often at this level. A level higher means punishment.

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Not for us in the Premier League I'm afraid.

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Surely Dandeclaret and his set of parking wardens are due a visit.

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Shame about Alastair’s choice of jacket.

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 28, 2023 5:47 pm
Sorry but you've totally misunderstood the base of the article if you think that and I've already said it would have been published if I had got a ticket.

Well I am not interested in an argument, but that's how it comes across.

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My son has got one, he's not bothered about going, think someone in the ticket office got him it Plenty of games I have had to miss, mainly due to my location these days and my seeming lack of 'superfan status'. As others have pointed out, an article has been written this time because someone is no...

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If you think it is acceptable in elite-level sport for the team facing the decision to be unsure of whether they are facing a man down for ten mins or potentially a lot longer and therefore unsure of their own tactics on the pitch, that is of course your point of view to maintain. My position is it ...

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Just watched the BBC highlights and a good point was made and sounded like it was under consideration. Give the guy a yellow but then TMOs have that 10mins to continue the review, away from the passion of the moment, and upgrade to red if thought the correct punishment. I like that. Difficult for t...

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If we've been smart about this, the clause should be first option on re-signing him, not a straight sell on fee.

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Pretty sure Obafemi has played in the FA Cup for Swansea this season.

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According to BBC, Morris at Luton has 15 goals and is above Tella

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dougcollins wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 07, 2023 4:41 pm
Pretty good for a guy who couldn't really sing, and a band that couldn't really play.

And they would have been the first to admit it at the time.

are you trying to say Stephen Morris couldn't play?

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I thought it was dreadful.

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Sensational from Liverpool, and great to see the Mancs slapped and seen off. A result for the ages.

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Blackburn open to it apparently. I guess when you've been taking it for so long it can't hurt.

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Alarm bells ringing with this one. Possibly our first major recruitment mistake. It’s a lot of dough for a signing who looks lost.

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One of my worst nights of football was at Roots Hall. Think we conceded a late goal and lost 1-0. It was under Cotterill I believe. I actually left the game angry! Really hope they survive. I was there for that one and it was during Cotterill's awful run of games without a win. A bad pass back to t...

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aclaretinstevenage wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 22, 2023 9:20 am
Jake Cooper is listed at 1.93mt tall or 6ft 3in. He looks a lot bigger than that!

He's 6'6.

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Living in London I’ve been to Millwall a few times and forget every time what an odd place it is around the ground. Wasteful tonight but happy to take a point. Millwall seemed to sit off us more than some teams and just seemed to be looking for that set piece opportunity that finally came after a re...

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Eddie Howe has proven himself to be a high quality manager so overall I think we have to say the problems were more about what he inherited than his management style

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Big struggle for McNeil..week to week he simply does not look up to this level of football from what I can see.

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That's a lot of Parking Lots.

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It's still a weakness, judging on the difficulties WBA caused us. But we certainly haven't looked anywhere near the state we were in at Sheff Utd. One of the problems of being so far ahead of the competition is that very few teams are giving us a real challenge. Mostly, they're trying to kick us ar...

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eastcoastclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 05, 2023 10:28 am
VK brought in a set piece coach as part of his team, seems to be paying off.

who is that?

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Surprised he's still around to be honest

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A lot is made of our alleged weakness at set pieces, mainly stemming from the Sheffield United game, but how many goals from corners have we scored this season? It is a fair few. I also remember, back to the Sheff Utd game, THB having a number of opportunities to score from corners in that game.

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Everton immediately finding it as difficult as we did getting players through the door....

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Interesting to listen to SD in a recent interview for the High Performance Podcast - released this morning - also very interesting to listen to the hosts and their take at the end particularly about the situation after the takeover and it is not a dig at Pace and co the had every right to try what ...

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We were very keen on Berge three years ago before S Utd nipped in. Couldn't get the finance together in the end.

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Yep. Tim Cahill was playing for them.

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My one and only visit to date to Millwall was August 2001 and that was hairy after the game to say the least. I was also there. It was the day Burnley fans started ripping up seats in retaliation to an episode in the cricket field stand a few seasons before. It's fair to say a few of the locals res...

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What’s notable is how advanced he is on the pitch second half. We were essentially playing with 11 outfield players at times meaning we had an extra outfield player.

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Indeed

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Don't tell Nathan Jones!

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Best team I've seen in my time watching Burnley.

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