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Beavertown Neck Oil is my go-to beer at home and when I’m out and find it on draught that’s me set for the night.

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Just watched the second one tonight. Prison dramas are often too cliched, and whilst this does have some of the obvious ingredients there’s a lot of depth to the story. Great performances by both Graham and Bean too.

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True he did and he looked decent, however there's a world of difference between being fit and being match fit, especially after such a long spell on the side-lines as he's endured this past few months, and normally after that type of lengthy absence it takes most players 3-5 games to get back up to...

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Now, now be careful criticising Gareth Southgate you'll upset his fan club on here. And I agree we'll regret not taking JWP mainly for his set piece delivery, after all it's not like England create loads of chances from open play is it, 2 games this week and the grand total of 1 goal from open play...

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 07, 2021 6:46 pm
You have a lot more faith in them than I and many others have.

Maybe, I just think the club will want to offer a DD option as it's in their benefit as well as the supporters'.

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The Supporter's Groups have been asking this question of the Club for weeks now but still no response. We appreciate that until the Club know exactly just how many fans will be allowed on, they're not in a position to accept payments for Phase 2 renewals and, therefore, until this is sorted they ca...

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rob63 wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 03, 2021 4:14 pm
Thought Pepper had done a decent job

No longer required now the seasoning has come to an end.

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My biggest gripe with Southgate is that he doesn’t give Gabriel Clarke a right hook. How anyone can stand there listening to, and providing a polite answer to his questioning, is beyond me! Jeez, how tedious was that? Great use of his time, asking 5 slightly differently worded questions about TAA t...

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I've got this really good idea: 4 midgets (am I allowed o say that?) across the back... Any high ball that gets challenged is a free kick to us and probably a booking for them... can't fail, can it? It will probably fail every time the ball is played above their heads for the attackers to challenge...

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Cirrus_Minor wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 02, 2021 10:06 pm
Personally think that Reece James is better than TAA and is in form. He was outstanding in the FA cup final, had Sterling in his pocket all game.

I agree and thinks that James is the most rounded of our right backs.

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I'm not having that. How could he have known where the defender's head was? was he reckless for jumping really high? He doesn’t have to know where the defenders head is for it to be a reckless foul. Are you really saying that if you stick your foot above head height and it hits an opponent’s head i...

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How does being a better athlete equate to being reckless? the game is really going to the dogs. :? Being a better athlete has nothing to do with it. His foot was so high that he kicked the defenders head. How can you say that isn’t a reckless foul? I’d say some people’s brains have gone to the dogs...

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Cirrus_Minor wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 02, 2021 9:52 pm
Looks a bit grim for TAA.

Haven’t seen the squad, do we have a back up right back?

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tiger76 wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 02, 2021 9:49 pm
Maybe but not intentionally, a free kick perhaps, but never a booking.

Superman would have been proud of that leap mind you he got some height.

It was a huge leap. Like a basketball player. But a foul doesn’t have to be deliberate to be a yellow card offence. It was reckless, therefore a yellow.

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Exactly, he couldn't have even seen the defender. OK, so if the ref thinks it's a foul does that mean it's worth a yellow card? There was no intent to foul. Come on man. It was a reckless foul, therefore a yellow card offence. He kicked the defender in the head. A high foot that connects with an op...

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tiger76 wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 02, 2021 9:30 pm
Crazy booking what is DCL supposed to do it's not his fault he outjumped the defender to win the ball, and then he picks up a booking for his troubles.

He kicked the defender in the head.

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Steve1956 wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 02, 2021 9:07 pm
Comparing Barnes to Grealish is just plain stupidity!

You said he wouldn’t get away with ‘winning fouls’ if he played for Burnley. Yet we have a player who we all know is very good at ‘winning fouls’ and far less discreetly than Grealish. So what is stupid about the comparison?

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The one I was specifically referring to (at the time I made my post) he wasn’t even touched. Literally dived over the the Austrian player’s legs. You say that people wouldn’t moan if he played for Burnley but by the same token I bet those on the other side of the fence would moan if he wasn’t Engli...

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The funny thing is that for all his "gamesmanship" nothing good has actually come of it. So I would ask him to stay on his feet and actually go past someone. It wasn’t gamesmanship though. He was intentionally fouled on a number of occasions. One of their players was booked as a result of the persi...

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Steve1956 wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 02, 2021 8:55 pm
If he played for us he wouldnt do that,he wouldnt get away with it
He is a prick though!

Wouldn’t get away with being fouled? FWIW he simulates far less than Ashley Barnes who seems to get away with it.

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So is rolling around squealing like a stuck pig, doesn't make it acceptable to all of us. Rolling around squealing like a pig is simulation, it may be a part of the game but it is not in the spirit or the laws of the game. Protecting the ball so that the only way for a player to dispossess you is t...

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KRBFC wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 02, 2021 8:48 pm
I don't see the issue with Grealish, to me he gets quite clearly fouled most times and I hate players going down under minimal contact. Excellent player

I doubt very much the same people would criticise him if he played for Burnley.

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This. He knows the dark arts and draws nearly every foul. Some are genuine but others are hilariously soft. Drawing fouls is part of the game, it has nothing to do with dark arts. He’s been targeted almost every time he’s had possession tonight. He’s very good with the ball at his feet so invariabl...

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BurnleyFC wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 02, 2021 8:28 pm
Grealish still throwing himself all over the place.

He’s getting the kicked every time he gets the ball.

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Bordeauxclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 02, 2021 8:25 pm
Is Sancho injured?

On the bench but missed training with a throat infection.

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 02, 2021 7:56 pm
Lingard playing is a joke

Not sure why. A number of players are yet to join the squad so absolutely no harm in Lingard filling in. I’d rather him play and create chances for Kane and the like than play someone out of position just for the sake of it.

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Murger wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 02, 2021 8:06 pm
So he calls up Chilwell, Shaw and Saka but plays Trippier at left back. Southgate is a moron.

Chilwell hasn’t joined the squad yet and Shaw is being rested after both were in European cup finals last week. Otherwise, good point.

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Clarets4me wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 02, 2021 1:42 pm
180/180 .... with a minute to spare, Macedonia being the last one I got ...

The only one I didn’t get! With 2 minutes to think of it.

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simonclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 02, 2021 1:40 pm
Which isn't in Portugal either

There’s more Nando’s in Liverpool.

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Comical overreaction to the squad selection. I think people just want to stick the boot into Southgate and would have done so no matter which 26 he selected. As NC93 asks, who exactly should have made the cut? You can make a case for Lingard, without a doubt. But he’s a fair bit down the pecking ord...

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1.) We don’t have a good free kick specialist, and we rarely get free kicks in goalscoring positions.
2.) We set up defensively when we win a throw-in, which means that all of our players are in position to do their defensive duties if we lose possession, which we often do.

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tiger76 wrote: ↑
Sat May 29, 2021 10:17 pm
Well as it turned out I called these both correctly for once, now why can't I do that on Super6 when it matters.

Because you have to make 6 predictions rather than 2

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I don't disagree with a lot of that, and this is where our lack of succession planning is beginning to really hit home, we knew last summer that Tarks was coming towards the final stages of his contract and we should have got his replacement in then, not wait a year and now potentially finding ours...

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That theory is somewhat ignoring the £130m we secure by staying up. Tarks is not just an established PL CB that has kept us in this league for 5+ seasons, he’s done it playing in our system and alongside Mee. I think he significantly improves our chances of staying up every year. Even another exper...

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Possibly but if Stoke's valuation of Nathan Collins is anywhere near accurate we'll struggle to get better than Tarky even for £20m or so, and it's such a key area for us that we have to get this signing right, if we don't it'll probably lead to our relegation, that's how vital it is for us. We’re ...

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Nobody seems to factor in that will have more money to put towards his replacement should we get a fee for him. We’ll be able to sign a better player with 72.5% of £20m than 72.5% of 0.

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KefkaClaret wrote: ↑
Sat May 29, 2021 8:50 pm
Very impressed by Reece James, haven't watched much of him before but I can see why people rate him.

I was going to post the same. He’s a great player isn’t he, got a bit of everything and always impresses me.

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That was a brilliant half of football. Chelsea deservedly ahead.

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dougcollins wrote: ↑
Sat May 29, 2021 11:56 am
If Dyche had a 3M PL 'survival bonus' it's no wonder we're sh1te in the cups.

It may have something to do with the club having a couple of hundred million staying up bonus.

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it does and while I am responsible for a lot on the MMT it is nothing like the what others who read it do - I will say that at times there is definite bot activity pushing up numbers on some threads on this board - I have witnessed it on the MMT and reported it to the administrators, but judging by...

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taio wrote: ↑
Fri May 28, 2021 11:03 pm
It's a certainty unless 1.2m separate users have viewed the adeola friday thread!

Well deduced. I should probably have thought of that. I hope to god 1.2m people haven’t viewed that thread.

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If a lot of businesses were not payed on or around completion they wouldn't last, but this is not about how a business or how a person pays their utility bills, its how we support a football club financially as supporters, and as i said before be it up front or over 12 months, we should all be trea...

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Out of interest, does the number of views of include repeated clicks by the same user? I always assumed it did. Doesn’t matter either way I’m just curious.

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davetheclaret wrote: ↑
Fri May 28, 2021 10:39 pm
Id rather have it up front.

Fair enough. I suspect a lot of people would prefer to be paid a regular monthly income, as would a lot of businesses.

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davetheclaret wrote: ↑
Fri May 28, 2021 10:30 pm
I won't argue with you Tony because your always right, but given the chance to have money up front over 12 payments i know which id choose.

Would you rather get paid your salary annually?

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Jakubclaret wrote: ↑
Fri May 28, 2021 8:23 pm
Slight difference being is unfortunately I’m not in a position to offer them any accommodation & somebody else is.

It always seems like you’ve got loads of empty space to me.

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Jakubclaret wrote: ↑
Fri May 28, 2021 8:17 pm
The homeless people in Manchester freezing in winter might not share that same sentiment.

If they’ve read any of your posts then I reckon they do.

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Football is a multi billion pound industry, and the stars of the show are the footballers. The reason why there is so much money in football is because so many people pay to watch talented footballers. So the talented footballers should rightly be getting their fair share of the pie. And transfer fe...

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First & foremost you’ve raised some excellent points & marcus rashford certainly helped the cause regarding the school dinners, I was extremely uneasy about Marcus rashfords motives regarding the school dinners & didn’t think it was fitting for a footballer to be engaging himself in that manner, if...

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