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Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 10, 2024 7:33 am
Directors and their dealings are a fact of modern football.Alsn Pace is an astute operator who is attempting to develop our team.

So astute he offered Dyche a four year contract and then sacked him 6 months later.

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Just heard Bolton CEO Neil Hart interviewed on Radio 5, he was formerly at Burnley in the same position (?). Came over very well and sounds like he has done a very good job at Bolton.

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ashtonlongsider wrote: ↑
Sat Jan 06, 2024 6:47 am

Al-Dakhil 7-I was quite impressed with his cameo bar the 'cock up' for their goal, but I thought Muric was more culpable.

How did Al-Dakhil make a “ cock up “ for the goal? Can you explain this comment please?

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Was more effective up front than Bruun Larsen.

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Vitinho is getting pelters from some but Zaroury doesn’t look interested when we haven’t got the ball and leaves his full back one on one with Johnson.

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As did mine in the early 60s Chob. However I think Maggie extended the scope, amounts and eligibility criteria as I got money to fix my roof and other “ structural” improvements such as a new front door. I think there was also a time limit on payback if you moved within a certain period which was r...

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Good point Nori and this is the problem created by our league position. We need to strengthen but the type of player we need won’t come given the probability is that they will end up in the Championship.

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Just to add to your excellent point CoM, before the eighties Conservative government unleashed the abolition of financial controls over house purchasing, house price inflation was very low, however interest rates for saving was relatively high so saving for a deposit was worthwhile. Now the opposite...

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Up here Sunderland fans fly from Ponteland Airport rather than Newcastle International, ironically Ponteland is where most of the Mags players live in their gated mansions.

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Another interesting footnote from that round is that Carlisle knocked out Sunderland after a replay at Roker Park when ( I think? ) Sunderland were the holders. I bet they were two tasty matches. I also went to the Grimsby match and my memory of the game is that not only were the crowd vociferous th...

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I have just rung the ticket office again to draw their attention to the non appearance of refunds from a couple of games that I was unable to attend and the club had sold my seat to another supporter. This time instead of waffling on about systems the lady who answered checked my account and then im...

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I sold my ticket for the West Ham game. However the money wasn’t credited so I phoned up and they told me that that they were having problems as the system was “upgraded” and the money would come through in a couple of days. It didn’t, so I phoned again, more xcuses about the “upgrade” and they woul...

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Steve1956 wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 02, 2024 8:22 pm
This league is corrupt from top to bottom...do you enjoy watching our club get shlt on every week by shlt referee's ....the sooner we leave it the better in my opinion.

Surely then you should be in favour of “****” refs as this will ensure your happiness sooner.

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sandy richardson wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:48 am
Maybe we need to look at clubs like Spurs for a left back. How much is Udogie in the window?

Probably not for sale, not enough left in our Kitty, although the board might pull a rabbit out of the hat. They’ve loaned Parrot out to a Dutch club as well so probably we will have to fish elsewhere.

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Only our second equaliser, the other was vs Arsenal.

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Just to get things in perspective Brian Law’s got 11points from 18 games and VK has the same points from 19.

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It’s looking like a low number of points would be needed to retain PL status - around 30-33 I think. . Hate to urinate on your chips CC but if Forest beat United they will be averaging a point a game so 38 points will be the minimum. The team have stopped shipping goals for fun but our big unresolv...

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In addition to the money spent on roads HMG are giving the Cockneys another £250 million to upgrade the Piccadilly Line, I am not sure if this is in addition to or part of the £6.4 billion provided since 2020 to support transport in London as outlined in the article below https://www.gov.uk/governme...

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I was at this game and it was one of the most dismal experiences ever watching Burnley. Back in day the away end was an open terrace so not only did we have to witness this massively tame surrender we got absolutely soaked in the process. My abiding memory of the game is one of a player called Hewle...

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Talk about ridiculous logic......not wearing a seat belt is illegal....sitting where the club put you is not However BFC ground regulations state that any supporter found to be in a section of the ground where they “do not belong” may be ejected. Similarly the same punishment is threatened for the ...

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jrgbfc wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 19, 2023 3:22 pm
Haven't they made it compulsory buses for the Newcastle fans?

Mags fans have to buy a bus ticket and they then receive their match ticket once on board with no choice in seat allocation. They've got 6000 tickets.

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Trafford -5 his technique for the first goal dismantled by Shay Given on MOTD. Great save from DCL but is a Boy doing a man’s job. Vitinho - 6 was pulled around by Everton’s change of formation. O’Shea - 5 free pass for DCL header Beyer - 5 passable showing Delacroix - 5 looked like he was playing o...

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Re the specific point regarding post match interviews Kompany has had an easy ride so far from the interviewers. He’s asked to give his thoughts but there is no penetrating follow up. His analysis seemed to be that we didn’t defend set pieces and didn’t take our chances. The MOTD graphic showed that...

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Clarets Women win their FA Cup Round 3 tie 11-0 with three hat tricks.

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And to contrast that, I don't think we've picked up a single point from a losing position. We're currently a team that can't defend a lead, and collapses when we go behind. We're certainly a long way from Dyche's "small margins". ksr has hit the nail right on the head. Basically the team hasn’t eno...

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Paul Waine wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 07, 2023 4:41 pm
Hi Loup, will the rays be literal and also litoral?

Should I look out for you at the seagulls amex stadium on Saturday?

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Won’t be making this one as it is a 700 mile round trip but more importantly I am granddadding on Saturday.

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Claret wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 07, 2023 11:48 am
I don't want to p.ss i'on your chips but the weather forecast says it will brighten up by kick off

Cheers Claret, in which case the rays will be literal rather than metaphorical

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Would everyone like some uplifting rays of hope for our day out by the sea? I knew you would. Brighton haven’t won at home in the league since September. Last time out they drew with Sheffield United! They have conceded at least once in every home game. The Clarets have not lost at the Amex since 20...

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After his lively cameo on Saturday Redmond might have been an alternative to JBG

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In addition Vera and her boys are getting vexed about the FA Cup tie as Newcastle will be entitled to 15% of the ticket allocation, that’s about 7000 Geordies on the loose in the County of Durham. Expect a Sunday 11.00 a.m. ko time and the cops to reduce the allocation considerably on “ health & saf...

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According to their chairman their “identity” at Swansea is “critical” to the club.

Aye, reight.

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Was 1966 - we were 2-0 up after 5 mins, Spurs levelled but we went 3-2 up. https://www.uptheclarets.com/fixtures-results/196566-results Thanks for posting that CT some very memorable fixtures that season. The Chelsea game prior to the Spurs Cup Tie was notable as John Angus scored, only to be toppl...

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Great news everyone, O'Shea has made Garth Crooks team of the week

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Blue lines and orange ball for the Sheff Wednesday game if I remember rightly. My hero Ray Pointer scored two in this game so I was made up for Christmas. In the programme notes Harry Potts comments that we were among the best teams in the country and although Burnley had lost at eventual Champions ...

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Trafford 7 - Key save in the second half to keep a clean sheet Vitinho 7 - Linked up quite well with Larsen O'Shea 7 - defended well particularly against the robust McBurnie, needs to tidy up his distribution. Beyer 7 - quietly efficient and set one goal up Taylor 8 - great ball in for Jayrod which ...

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Tractor Boys on course to equal Burnley's points tally they obtained last season.

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We’ve got big problems at both ends. In the last seven games Burnley have scored four and conceded seventeen. This means they need to score three goals to get all three points, when they are struggling to score one.

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Is that Brian?

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An article on the players of Dumfries based Queen of the South who are allegedly spending to long on their Play Stations. Their manager has gone public on this which is sure to endear him to his players. The Doonhammers are managed by former Claret Marvin Barlett https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/...

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We started with Berge, Brownhill and Gudmundsson in midfield on Saturday and we need more experience?

I don’t think so, instead what we need is defenders who don’t cough up the ball easily and forwards who can shoot.

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A: 23 B: 25 C: 25 D: 25 I Like the fact that he booked two Palace players for trapping off at halftime. From National League North downwards they have a sin bin for this where players are sent for 10 minutes to cool down. However it doesn’t seem to stop the players and staff contesting nearly every ...

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It’s taken me a while to come up with one, however despite breaking several negative records Burnley are still only two points adrift of seventeenth place. One other is that Darko, Obafemi, Egan-Riley and Benson all turned out for the U21s so Vinny might have a few more options especially in those w...

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Trafford 6 - blameless afternoon for our custodian Vitinho 7 - played well in a defence that had little to do. Excellent cross in the second minute for Amdouni O’ Shea 5 - not a fan of his but did ok until his blooper in injury time Beyer 4 - crucial mistake that in the end gifted the points to Pala...

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bf2k wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 02, 2023 11:06 am
McNeil was about our only flare player (and Blake in the Coyle era)

Don’t agree with much of your assessment of previous regimes but I think your summation of McNeil is very good. He lit up the sky for a while then fizzled out in his last season and left us in darkness.

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bumba wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 02, 2023 8:45 am
Leicester have made some top signings and got a new manager, they'll compete better than we have next season.

Coady would have been a good signing for us at £7.5 m
Although he seems to have been out injured for a while at the start of the season (?)

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What he does do is getting the best out of every player, drilling their roles,and his mental strength. I posted a few days ago that his mental strength was one of his greatest qualities.Any side under Dyche will always be well drilled and organised. Isn’t that what coaching is? Isn’t taking a run o...

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Hopefully whoever came up with the plan that ended up with Cullen marking Tarky at corners will resign.

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Three of the next four games are at home if we are still only on five or six points then we are really big trouble as we will need to win nine out of the 24 games left. The board will need to weigh up the odds at this point and decide what to do in order to give any new incumbent a window to sort th...

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Florian wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 01, 2023 9:21 pm
Not having shots on target against a side thats no better than us on paper is whats frustrating

Don’t think that’s the case. Which Burnley players would get into the Everton team?

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Yep Redmond and Townsend. If we are going to run a kindergarten for wingers at least have some teachers on hand to learn from.

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