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Moorite wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 24, 2024 4:13 pm
I feel that Trafford would have been loved on here if he played under Dyche.

We wouldn't have had Trafford under dyche

alwaysaclaret

I've said it before. I can't blame Trafford anymore. It's now Vincent's fault for not replacing him in the side. I actually feel sorry for Trafford. He must be so devoid of confidence it's unbelievable. I really don't think it's having any effect whatsoever on he's confidence, I think he's obliviou...

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HahaYeah wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 24, 2024 2:03 pm
Substitutes

Cork
Rodríguez
Manuel
Ekdal
Vitinho
Cullen
Bruun Larsen
Delcroix
Muric

Best thing about selections today, cover in every position, still no sign of Beyer

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If I’m honest I’m not. I am personally of the opinion it doesn’t matter who’s in goal we have got bigger issues. I’m specifically looking at the likes of Amdouni and Brownhill, they have been really poor for some time now and similarly I’m not sure this formation is benefitting us at all. Do we hav...

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I am genuinely very optimistic for this game but VK just has to learn. Drop some of the deadwood that just hasn’t performed all season and add a bit more steal to side. Palace are there to be beaten we just need to get that starting eleven right I agree, palace there to be beaten, but more chance o...

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Every injury is slightly different, and different people recover at different rates even from very similar circumstances. They can hardly come out and say 'he'll be fit on 14th October at 1pm' so what's wrong with what they've said. Some people can't wait to knock the club for any little irrelevanc...

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boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:39 pm
I don't pick the team, I'm just telling you (roughly) what I remember.

Of course, I'm simply asking a question and giving an opinion.

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Well the manager would hardly torpedo his own boat, so you can fairly safely assume that MB hasn't matched up to the required standard. How can he know that when he's played a mere stop/start 100 minute's, there's several other's who haven't matched up to the required standard yet have been selecte...

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boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:23 pm
VK said something on the lines of European clubs weren't sure of his ability and that he (VK) was prepared to give MB a chance to prove himself.

So if that's the case he's shown him he's ability last season, and look where it's got him.

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boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 22, 2024 7:34 pm
He explained that ages ago.

Enlighten me, I missed that one

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boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 22, 2024 8:50 pm
Sometimes it pays not to overthink stuff.

I agree, but not really much thinking needed is there !

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KRBFC wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 22, 2024 6:19 pm
I agree with Big Vinny, if it was data protection then why are other clubs willing to reveal more details? Why the sudden change under two managers? Did guidelines change in the last couple of years? I think it’s an ALK thing, not that I’m against it really.

I would think it's more a vk thing.

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:06 pm
It’s just that most clubs offer such updates

And for as long as I can remember we've not had such an issue with disclosing information on injuries. Just a bit strange it's stopped now.

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A key player, or a player that the fans took to because he changed games after coming off the bench? VK several times stated Benson was not fit enough to start Championship games… so why give him a new contract knowing that we were going up another level and hoping to stay two levels above Benson’s...

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VK won't say what he's done but season ending and suggested it might be most of the year. So why the hell not put the fan's in the picture, personally I'm not as bothered as I may be of foster for instance, because I'm not a fan of Ramsey, done nothing and hardly been fit since coming through the d...

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OR: extended in preparation for the Championship next year. Bruun Larsenn and Tresor can go but Benny, Anass, Luca and Wilf would be a nightmare for Championship FBs. So then it would beg the question, of the four, benny anass luca and wilf, which 2 would be first choice. Can you imagine how bad Be...

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Well Tresor seems to have fallen out of favour after a few unsatisfactory performances. And I’ve personally not seen a lack of application from Ramsey. Definitely an inability to impact a game but that’s another matter. I don’t really think he’s shown loyalty to this summer’s signings, the team has...

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THB definitely couldn't get back - that was one of the only gripes against him. Recall him getting burnt at home against Hull fairly early on a few times. Maatsen could get back but was often high and wide - especially early season. Honestly if people rewatch some games from last season and the pos...

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boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 19, 2024 7:09 pm
The young players may well be struggling, both physically and mentally.

Not the only thing their struggling with.

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It's the man management aspect that I have serious concerns about. Tactics are one thing but keeping a unit together and believing is the main thing - I haven't seen any evidence of that. To have just one player that played in a 101 point Champ winning team today is just insane. How can you expect ...

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Iloveyoubrady wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 19, 2024 5:38 pm
Think Trafford, amdouni, Odobert, Koleosho and Berge are all worth as much or more than we paid. Ramsey and Tresor seem to be the two shockers imo.

Doubt anybody will pay over £19m for a keeper that's shipped 55 goals after 25 games.

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ksrclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 18, 2024 3:57 pm
1. BFC engage with the community again
2. BFC start honouring the traditions of the club again
3. BFC recruit players who want to play for the club and give 100%

So you want a miracle

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I've been saying it all season but today it was absolutely evident, if we play 2 up front he should be playing every week. His direct competition is Amdouni for the number 10 role and Jay offers so much more. I didnt see him lose a header from a long ball today, his link play is a step above Amdoun...

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BabylonClaret wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 18, 2024 12:47 pm
There is another - a plan and purpose that the team is all working to. We look like we don't play with each other all week

Correct, not that I didn't realise, but absolutely agree. Identity simply doesn't exist, leadership, anything.

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It's a shame, but this season is an absolute train wreck. From the outside Kompany looks bereft of ideas, some of his footballing decisions have been odd to say the least. Worryingly, his man management skills also appear questionable. The (admittedly in some cases enforced) replacement of key memb...

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Plus a team who 10 years ago were non-league, finished 21 points behind us last year, spent a total of £23m look more likely to stay up. We dismantled a winning team, spent £100m and we are where we are now. All but mathematically relegated. And yes I know we’ve taken 4 points off Luton. Approximat...

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If we get promoted again next season, which there's a 99% chance of doing, as there's no money knocking around in the championship. What hope have we got that anything will change with Vinny? What improvements have we seen from him in his time here. What makes you think we've a 99% chance of promot...

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It's been the worst season I can remember, an absolute car crash. The fact the crowd hasn't become more hostile is testament to our over-arching belief that this will all work out somehow. What went through my mind yesterday is this. In the second half I was getting behind JBG, Jay Rod and Fofana. ...

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VK and Pace need to sit down with the management team and discuss communication breakdown between players and them Personally I thought the decision to leave out Jay , Annas,Benny ,Jack Cork and Muric bewildering. Players in the team are performing poorly giving half arsed effort Brownhill was dire...

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Genuinely I think this season team is more talented and “better” than last seasons team. I expected a knee jerk from being beaten by Arsenal (who hammered the hammers last week don’t forget) but this is UTC supreme high level over reactions going on here. Not just Arsenal though is it, we've won 3 ...

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Fair enough, thanks for explaining. I am part of the VK in camp, but I am far from happy about this season, there have been serious issues with recruitment but if you offered me any manager to get us back up it'd be Vincent Kompany. He's given me one of the most memorable seasons in my 40+ years wa...

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If playing against teams that can spend more on one player than we can our entire squad is the barometer, it’s pointless even being in this league. However, you don’t have to go too far back in our own recent history to see that a well organised, hard working team can hold their own, and more on oc...

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The money was spent on players within our budget, both in terms of transfer fees and wages, who have the potential to develop. I believe we will see the benefit of this strategy..... eventually. Strange then that other teams have academies for that purpose, I've not seen any other team throwing 6,7...

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ClaretAndJew wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 17, 2024 7:28 pm
It will bring success in the form of profits though, and that is all that matters to those in charge.

I'm curious where you think the profits will come from

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I honestly can't believe he spent the best part of £65 million on Amdouni, Trafford, Ramsey and Tresor. We'd have at least as many if not more points if non of them had signed. Staggering money for a club of our size. I believe the time was up for dyche, it had become stale. For whatever reason he'...

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As a massive Trafford fan I have to say Muric has to play tomorrow. Every other solely personally attributable error has been punished - Zaroury, Al Dakhil, Roberts, Ekdal etc etc Anything less, then Kompany will lose his credibility with the players and it will be obviously be crass man management...

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HitchinClaret wrote: ↑
Fri Feb 16, 2024 5:02 pm
Trafford
Assignon O'Shea Esteve Taylor
Brownhill Berge
Fofana Tresor Odabert
Amdouni

Get into em!

Can’t imagine any team including tresor could "get into em".

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Trafford Amdouni O’Shea Brownhill all to definitely start. Rest including subs to be drawn out of the lucky dip bag tomorrow over breakfast. Think you could have forgotten to include Ramsey in that short list 🤔 but to be fair I can't see anything wrong in O'Shea's inclusion, I'd say he's the most s...

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Nori1958 wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 14, 2024 2:21 pm
So we should only get info on injuries dependant on league position?

Absolutely not, just pointing these things out and maybe it would be more important from a club/manager pov to give some info on the situation.

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I've watched burnley in far worse seasons than this, I Carnt see not knowing if someone is injured or not will have any impact whatsoever on my passion for the team. I've also watched Burnley in far worse seasons than this, but the key thing is, in far different circumstances, we should have done f...

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The poor feedback on injuries, illogical team selections, puzzling substitutions and transfer strategies has all left me cold this season. I've got to the point where this regular confusion seems to take some of the passion I used to feel from a fans association with the club has been downgraded. M...

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And is it really so important to us fans to know it? Perhaps an update when players are back in training, but that should suffice. Course it's so important, most of us are passionate and want to know when the mainstays are back, to give us the best chance of a win, but then on second thoughts does ...

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Do you think there could be a reason that in the main the teams wanting our players were in the Championship and wanted them on loan. Then you take into account every single club saw Muric not playing and still didn't make an offer for his services, maybe it was the conduct with the Kosovan mafia t...

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Wasn’t it said that Vincent had talks with Benson in January and said he was part of the plan then got him to stay? Imagine how furious you’d be if you then saw Vitinho coming in before you. Vincent is looking more of a mug as each week passes. If I was Benson I’d be doing all I could to get out in...

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Bordeauxclaret wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:24 am
Everything indicates a falling out in my opinion.

Got to agree

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obviously Vincent isn't seeing it in training for him to be selected like a couple more who hadn't featured as much as last season and have gone out on loan who were not 100 percent focused on the job in hand.. There's 2 or 3 others that are on the pitch not 100% focused on the job in hand, so sure...

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I keep saying this but VK decided in June that Muric was going to be replaced. At the time that was for Verbruggen (a full Netherlands international). The only logic that Trafford keeps playing and the board are happy to continue with JT in nets with the obvious weakness in the team that leaves is ...

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Without doubt Muric needs to start. Tbf my post is considering whatever i has happened to ensure Muric wasn’t deemed good enough last June hasn’t changed. Yeah, sorry if it comes across as anything other than agreeing really, and pointing out murics biggest downfall, but I enhance muric should abso...

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Trafford is going to continue to concede from crossses as PL teams are now focusing their efforts in that manner. He’s weak on crosses no doubt about it and that’s not helped by an ever changing defence and now midfield (with Ramsey starting the last two). I fully expect Massengo to be next to be c...

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That’s fair. I should have phrased it better. Until today I’d have said the Trafford hatred club was certainly in the majority but finding out 2 or even possibly four of them were the same person has probably killed that. That said, those pretty incendiary statements I quoted were all made from dif...

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