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Granny WeatherWax wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 21, 2020 8:44 pm
Why did luiz get sent off? Looked like he was going for the ball to me.

Dont think that matters in the laws around denying a clear goal scoring opportunity

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Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 21, 2020 8:07 pm
Why hasn’t VAR stepped in? Henderson a clear yard in front of his line before the ball was struck.

Big club bias maybe?

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I don't think people are suggesting that will happen, I think it's more of a case that the fact the 12 month option exists, puts us in a stronger position to demand a fee (or bigger fee) now. Thats a fair enough viewpoint. I dont agree cos I think clubs are more savvy than that and it will be obvio...

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I would have thought a hardcore labour man like yourself would be delighted that we are going to curb low skilled migration. The benefits are obvious to a man of your political ilk, protect the british workers jobs and no suppression of wages. Let’s be honest why would a company employ John who is ...

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Or we use a small part of the transfer fee to make up the difference between what he’s offered and what we pay him to cover what was left of his contract....that way, he’s not out of pocket, we get a fee and he has the security of a 3-4 year contract. Im not saying its impossible someone might jump...

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1. A goal every other game in the Championship 2. At least 2 teams interested - possibly 3 if QPR join the race 3. The link that was posted above mentions it... "It's unclear exactly what they're valuation is for Wells, having paid Huddersfield £5m to sign him 2017, but it would potentially be in t...

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Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice

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ksrclaret wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 20, 2020 5:54 pm
Claretonthecoast has carved a personality out of the latter.

Implying he has a personality is stretching things a bit

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Not sure the hypocrisy angle works here. Goldsmith attacked the HoL's - “Seedy lists of party apparatchiks appointed by power hungry party leaders & insulated from any democratic pressure for 15 yrs?” “No thanks.” He was then rejected as an MP by the public in an election before being compensated by...

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Top work from June Mummery today, if there's something a bit fishy going on she'll smell it a mile off.

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The problem is we have such a high expectation of referees which seem to me beyond realistic. We expect them to decide instantly on fouls and cheating when the pace of the game is so fast. It's just not possible. I've said it before but to me it's quite remarkable how much they get right. We should...

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You've failed to make a key distinction between to separate kind of incidents: A. Moving your leg into the path of an opponent with a deliberate intent to create a clash in order to dive. This IS cheating. B. Moving your leg into what *might* be the path of an opponent in order to protect the ball....

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Definitely a foul but what do people think about Cork moving his left foot away from the ball and into the path of the incoming challenge?

Still a foul for me but I've seen plenty of people on here complain when an opposition player does it to us with some going so far at to call it cheating

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and only the bottom 3 have lost more. Whats really strange though is that we are in 14th place and only 13 teams have more points than us.

Stats eh....how random they are.

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Where did I say YOU had posted anything negative ? You said when it just looks like (and probably was) another dig at the club. I said Feel free to show me all these examples of me having a dig at the club I think this "negative" stuff is just in your head but to be fair when you squabble with so m...

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Fine margins between trying to be funny and looking a bit of a k-nob....especially when it just looks like (and probably was) another dig at the club. Haha, get over yourself, youre one of the biggest knobs on here bickering about a football club. Feel free to show me all these examples of me havin...

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You know we’re in trouble when the “play 3 at the back!!!!” is being rolled out. We don’t have the players to do that. Can you imagine for a moment trying to play Bardsley, Lowton or Hendrick at right wing back? :lol: I disagree though I wouldnt suddenly switch to it mid season. With JBG out I see ...

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Like all snowflakes you think all racists are white. Imo Abbott is one of the biggest racists around. Like all snowflakes the only opinion that counts, is one that agrees with you. I hate racism, but like most people I'm getting bored of the constant racism claims that are nothing but media, snowfl...

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How would you want to see us line up today? ..................................Pope................................. ....................Tarks........Mee.......Gibson.................. Hendrick.............Cork..............Westwood..........Taylor ......................Rodriguez........McNeil.........

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gawthorpe_view wrote: ↑
Sat Jan 18, 2020 6:58 pm
Absolute claptrap.
The match is on the main sports channels, Main Event and Premier League as well as Sky One.

Arsenal v Chelsea ladies is on BT.

I really dont know if you're being serious or just beating me at my own game.

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Shore claret wrote: ↑
Sat Jan 18, 2020 6:22 pm
Like your constant anti Burnley snide remarks

Define constant please cos I virtually never get involved in the bickering threads about Burnley between the negative nellies and the happy clappers.

My earlier post was obviously in jest so dont let it get to you

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Apparently Sky wants to show the Arsenal v Chelsea woman's game on their main sports channels as there's more interest for neutrals than watching Burnley play their boring anti football rubbish

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Which of course would have been said about many things we now take as normal not much more than a decade ago. I'm not "concerned" in the sense of worried, just interested to see what happens next. The anti "fat / body shaming" movement is pretty well established. I'm not sure why you think they wou...

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Palace ladies' keeper, Lucy Gillett, claiming that abuse she received was sufficient that "maybe" she "should have walked off the pitch". https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51126018 All sounds unpleasant and, it could be argued, playing to a 'homophobic' stereotype about women athletes. Interesti...

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Issue sorted. The conversion rate for the new meter (metric) to kwh is different from the conversion rate for the previous Imperial meter. For Imperial units used you multiply by 2.83, then by 1.02264, then by 39.7 and then divide by 3.6 but to convert from metric units you don't use the 2.83 in th...

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How i'd like to set the team up if we'd trained, practised and prepared properly for it -------------------Pope---------------- -------Tarks------Mee------Gibson----- Jeff----Westwood----Cork--------Taylor -------Jay-------Wood-------McNeil As it would be stupid to introduce a massive change in form...

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My mate manages his daughters U13 team and they are scoring 8 or 9 per game and are absolutely fearless. They also haven't conceded a goal for 14 months so he could probably do both Tony Loughlan and Billy Mercer's jobs on his own and do it better

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Andy Griffin

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Dixie Dean (court)

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Ruban Loftus-Cheek

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Ian Goodison

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The Daily Express if it employed real journalism

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If you have enough disposable cash, have't got one foot in the grave and are like the happy clappers on here whose life resolves around watching their footy team and will get a season ticket no matter what then it is a fantastic offer. If you don't tick those boxes then you can simply carry on as yo...

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Fair comments and you make a good point about E7 and E10, but these aren't dynamic charging tariffs. I would suggest though that the roll out of SMETS2 meters isn't complete enough for the more snidey facilities to be utilised. We will see in the next few years how these are implemented but I maint...

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Holtyclaret wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 16, 2020 10:58 am
Why I said bought pal.

Fair point, carry on!!

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Talkshite reporting him to be out for four weeks, so may get a fit Ashley back before the end of the season. Comments like the one above, ‘poor poor management’ are f@@@ing ridiculous. Some ‘fans’ have a right axe to grind and their negativity right now is not what the club need. So what we have a ...

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But you can't entirely ignore the bit that explains why smart meters will ultimately cost people more money, just because electricity suppliers might be able to pass on some cost savings in their business. There are a lot of bull**** reasons people don't want smart meters and they are just that. Ho...

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No they won't and like Deano you've ignored the bottom of my post. I was only addressing the first part of your post which I know to be incorrect and yes the price on your bills is impacted by the company's cost to serve and having to deal with calls around estimated bills does increase the cost to...

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Without Barnes we are likely to play better football but get worse results. If we had a decent 4th choice striker who Dyche had confidence in I wouldn't be too worried but as we don't lets hope he maybe brings in a loan signing as cover for the rest of the season

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In general estimated bills are corrected - it might take some time admittedly but no one is being over-charged for the electricity or gas they use by an estimated bill - that all feeds into the misnomer that smart meters are somehow magically saving you money. One of the biggest costs to energy sup...

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Smart meters can be hacked quite easily evidently. A family member is a White Hat Hacker and has sworn he wull never have one! This is wrong. The readings on the meter work in just the same as the readings on a dumb meter and couldn't be changed remotely at all. The data the meter sends to hub is s...

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I once won the Spanish lottery according to a letter I received. The con was, as I discovered on a second letter, I had to send about £50 (can't remember the exact amount) to cover the cost of the insurance for sending such a large cheque (this was before internet banking of course). I often wonder...

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I always sent in monthly reads. Check with your supplier or on your old bills that they were used and if they were check the removal read of your old meter is correct and in line with those reads. Beyond that im no further help but just to say it is highly unlikely to be anything to do with your me...

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Bosscat wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 15, 2020 5:32 pm
Do you have a leak Leisure m8 ... because surely (its been warmer than usual at this time of year) you cannot be using 2.5 times the amount of gas.....

Wont be a leak as I think it would take around £1 worth of gas to blow a house up.

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Had new gas and electricity smart meters in for about 3 month now. The electricity usage for those 3 months this year are very similar to the same 3 months last year. However, whilst I'm not aware of any additional usage my gas reading for the last 3 months have been significantly (250%) higher tha...

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The obvious option is to go three at the back. Gibson Mee Tarks The reality is it will remain predictable and flat back 4. Not sure it would work with the way Dyche sets up but I agree with a 3-4-3 formation (3-5-2 if you play Jay alongside Wood and give McNeil a free role in the middle) Tarks-Mee-...

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Spijed wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:49 am
We were 4th at one point two seasons ago!

I'll bet you wouldn't have been happy forking out 1k for a season ticket then.

Yeah and remember that goal we once scored at Everton where we strung a load of passes together. Macca doesn't know what he's talking about!!

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Summed up very well , they are the personification of giddy plastic corporate fans with their free scarves and waving hands ,even that band they have at home are like some Disney esque/Bollywood outfit . It’s as if Richard Curtis has made a film about a football club and its been teeth grindingly s...

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dougcollins wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 14, 2020 5:40 pm
So are our stewards paid to distribute these items onto the away seats?

Nope my understanding is that Dyche has asked Vydra to do the job

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Spijed wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 14, 2020 5:50 pm
Getting a free ground whilst letting local businesses go bust meant they could do that.

Perhaps if we had a chairman with no morals whatsoever might help!

Different owners completely

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