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Went about 15 years ago. We were probably one of the first to go there. The tour operator told us on arrival ' just imagine you' re on the moon'. Would be intrigued to see how much progress has been made. Wall to wall sunshine but a constant breeze. Very relaxing though and that is what we wanted. A...

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cricketfieldclarets wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 14, 2020 2:09 pm
People can moan about Leicester. But they know how to look after their fans. Great gesture.

Yep, always above board and done everything by the book. Why can't we all be like Leicester?

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He does have an Uncle Peter and I might have got his age and school year wrong. Thought he was Lower 6 th but I believe he is in Year 11. Sorry for misleading anyone.

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I've never known the Number 10 as a player playing in midfield. For me, it's the player who plays off the main striker. They can be the target man or someone who plays 'in the hole' in a 4-4-1-1 and helps to connect midfield to the striker. That's what Jakub's Tash said. A No 10 links the play betw...

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'other clubs would have fired him after the last relegation' our recent run of results and performances( the first 45 mins. at home to Villa were as bad as I can recall with him in charge and that includes those dreadful home night games in early 2013) have been of the type that get managers sacked....

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Arsenal v Rotherham, 2nd replay at Sheff Wed.? Bit easier for the Rotherham fans to attend!

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Just checked and Spurs were 9-1 up at half time. I suspect it was full price and despite Crewe being a Div.4 team the attendance was over 64,000. Now, that was the magic of the FA Cup. Crewe had their chance the previous Saturday in front of around 30,000 at Gresty Rd but couldn't take it. Edit: sho...

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Halfway down that draw is one game that brings some memories flooding back. Crewe Alex.v Tottenham. For the younger posters on here Spurs scrambled a 2-2 draw at a muddy Gresty Rd. in the first game so went to the replay at White Hart Lane a few days later in decent spirits. They returned home on th...

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So do I but then again we had some cracking players at the time.

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Regarding the Newcastle/Forest tie Moncur's winning goal was yards offside but there was no way it was going to be ruled out.
Both replayed games were at Goodison Park. My brother-in-law travelled from Bedlington in Northumberland for both games.

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A bit of an over-reaction by the Guardian, had we beaten Aston Villa all would have beeen well. A couple of victories and we will be back on course for mid-table. Similarly, had we lost at Bournemouth we would now be in the bottom three, I believe. This is most certainly a relegation scrap that I m...

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Another area I feel we've shown weakness is our tactical naivety. In this league a team like us is going to be beaten because the opposition simply have too many better players. However, this season there have been too many occasions where teams have beaten us because they had a plan and it appeared...

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Peter Adamson, who played the role of Len Fairclough in Coronation St. was a regular at Turf Moor in those days.

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Just trying to recall who they beat in the previous round which certainly had them 'up for't cup'. All pay on the gate,too.

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Another game where both sides wore their 'change' strips that day. No idea why. Frank Casper scored in the 2nd half down at the Beehole End a few minutes after the re-start. It was a poor game,as I recall with the visitors looking for a replay. The pitch,too was very bobbly. Nottm. Forest lost to Ne...

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I remember the game but again, being only 7 years old, I had to rely on my brother's first hand account from his trip to Sincil Bank(did you go,Frenchclaret?). Often wondered as the years went by exactly what 'special cup training' entailed. Blackpool always seemed to be a popular destination for us...

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Four sides open for Wrexham game. Recall seeing a photo in the paper of the whole Wrexham team sat in the Bob Lord watching us in a League game prior to the cup tie. Their star player was David Smallman and he was sat at the front of the team group with Alan Whittle, the former Everton youth team pl...

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Burnley1989 wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 08, 2020 6:37 pm
You do wonder how many more wickets he’d have taken if Lancashire hadn't tried to change his bowling action all those years ago

Or did he amass his wicket haul as a result of changing his action?

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Not good enough imo, I’d get rid of Vydra and Rodriguez. I wouldn’t be confident in the funds being reinvested on better replacements though. Just out of interest if/when you get rid of Vydra and Rodriguez who are you looking at to replace them? I'm just taking a more pragmatic view on the situatio...

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Royboyclaret wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:03 pm
Looks to be a nice sunny day, perhaps it was the first game of the season against Bradford City.

Really? Looks like there's frost on the ground in my picture.

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Right_winger wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:34 am
He’s all huff and puff. JBG and McNeill are far superior players.

JBG?

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Complete rubbish. Just because we've managed to stay up playing a certain way doesn't mean it's the only way of being successful. Look at Sheff U. No one has said it's ' the only way' but it is a way. Football ebbs and flows; not that long ago Sheff Utd. were knocked out of this comp. by non-league...

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Didn't see any of the thread, I just deleted it, but we did have a cup tie called off at Oxford back in 1971 in the 3rd round. I was on the coach driving through Banbury when we saw Jimmy Adamson in the middle of the road waving us down to tell us the game was off. The driver was encouraged to hit ...

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'Dunne is also a good prospect'

For a stint in Div.1 perhaps.

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jrgbfc wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 05, 2020 2:33 pm
A bit churlish and unnecessary from Dyche really. Similar to the way he dug McNeil out after the Everton game.

I'm surprised that you have contributed that opinion.

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I missed that. Strangely, all I saw when I saw the name was Crouch but I think he might be too old for a comeback in the youth team. He was on the bench at the previous game too so I'm assuming he's an under-16. In lower 6th(year 12) and just recently signed a two year apprenticeship(is that what t...

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One of the most injury prone players we've had at Turf Moor in a long time and I think 'injury prone' is being very kind.

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'Still, I suppose it keeps you in a job'

Says it all really.ಠ_ಠ

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My eldest brother's grandson, William Couch, got on the subs bench today. Well done to him.

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'tackling,.... being aggressive'

can't imagine some of their fans being happy with that.

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I'd be more confident had he suggested we had a game plan. Certainly didn't àppear to have one for the last three games.

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Also capable sadly of turning out performances like we've seen in the last week. No points is the reward for no ambition and more lack of ambition in the transfer window might just push us over the edge.

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Slaviska Jokanovic, had Fulham flying then got a bunch of new expensive players dumped on him after promotion and sacked quickly. Bielsa if Leeds **** it up Jorge Sampaoli, would be my first choice. Yes I know he was Argentina’s manager at the World Cup but felt like a lot of politics in that side ...

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jdrobbo wrote: ↑
Mon Dec 30, 2019 8:12 pm
Southampton don’t play a game well-suited to Adams’ game. I’d definitely have Adams, if we could offload Wells and Vydra.

Why did they sign him then?

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People have every right to not renew if they wish, doesn't make them any less of a fan. Setting up for a nil nil every week and launching endless long balls to 2 big lumps upfront isn't what football is about for me. Throw in the fact that our sole intention as a club seems to be finishing 17th eve...

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One mistake and again I was sure it was game over. Fair play to the lads for their effort, but of all the teams in the bottom half we have the least tools to bother the big boys Don't quite understand what compelled you to inform us that you watched some of the game and then watched darts. Why woul...

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Personally I thought we should have shown some urgency to get the corner taken. As I've already mentioned on other threads they were the team under pressure and they wouldn 't have relished a ball into the box at that stage of the game. However, time wasting in general is a pet hate of mine and has ...

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nyclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Dec 27, 2019 10:46 pm
On what planet would £25 million secure Tarks?!

I saw what you did there.

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As alluded to already, one of Haslingden's finest. One of our own. Can see him now dispatching ball after ball over ' the auction end'. A giant of a cricketer.

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Just like the game at Old Trafford my mum thought the crowd would be too big for this game so it was another one I had to miss. My dad went with my older brother but I did put the TV on for the 'ticker tape' final scores on Grandstand(David Coleman,I think, but I could be wrong). Still a few months ...

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Good use of alliteration there, cc. Could it become a club motto?

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Not too sure what we were close to at Everton other than a draw. Same today perhaps?

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Coyle left start of 2010 and Laws lasted just less than 12 months.

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It was pretty clear 442 sit deep wasn’t working, we rode our luck to be level with 20 to go, taking off Wood for Gudmundsson with McNeil in behind Rodriguez and pushing the defensive line up 15 yards to try pen them in and retain the ball a little might have worked out better. Why not bring on Drin...

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He's done well to comment on that performance. It was appalling and again I will say unacceptable. For someone who has all kinds of people on his staff regarding match preparation it was a very naive approach to the game. They were the team under pressure; a manager of Ancelloti's pedigree didn't wa...

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It's because we play long percentage balls. We could've dicked about with it at the back to massage that stat If you'd have liked? Not good enough on the ball today but Everton are a very good team. Defended admirably but just not enough in the tank. Everton were there for the taking today. Very ca...

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Leeds play some decent stuff, if we played them 5 times at home and 5 times away from home, we’d struggle to win 3 times imo. So, would we win more than them or draw more than we win? Or would they win the other seven games? Or would they win the same amount as us and draw the other four? Just intr...

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DAVETHEVICAR wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 26, 2019 5:23 pm
Thinksome posters should go To Deadwood if unhappy

Not likely to happen but every likelihood that that they stay at home and not attend at all. A very bizarre statement to make after a woeful display that was genuinely unacceptable.

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A few need a rest based on that showing. Was there a game plan today against a nervous side who couldn't really afford to lose? Going 1-0 down had an inevitability about it despite it coming so late but we just squandered the rest of the match to them as we had done the previous 80 mins. I imagine t...

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We won at Old Trafford 4-1 in '61/'62 and again the following season 5-2. Big mistake from me there. Put it down to the time of year. Silly, really because I recall the 1-4 and 2-5 games but for some reason thought they had occured before the 1-2 result. Have to say I didn't witness any of those ga...

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