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- Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:15 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Behind on the road for 116 minutes
- Replies: 7
- Views: 965
Re: Behind on the road for 116 minutes
I still go into games half expecting to get beat, which is ridiculous given how infrequently that's happened in the Championship over recent years. Just a reflex from a 1980s upbringing I don't think I'll ever shake.
- Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:05 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Todays PL Football
- Replies: 103
- Views: 3884
Re: Todays PL Football
Spurs will be better off once Kane has gone. He's part of the issue, the teams focus is him and they won't develop with him there now, they've peaked The last thing Spurs need is their only world class player who scores loads of goals and creates a stack too? Just checking I'm hearing you right. Th...
- Fri Apr 28, 2023 11:18 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Everybodys striking for a fair wage!
- Replies: 95
- Views: 3345
Re: Everybodys striking for a fair wage!
Whilst not perfect, I think the German three tier school system makes WAYYYY more sense than what we have right now and is something we should look towards implementing/ Agree. More importantly, German society respects trade skill, apprenticeships and engineers far more than we do, which is why the...
- Fri Apr 28, 2023 10:51 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: I see ASLEF are targeting football fans
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2790
Re: I see ASLEF are targeting football fans
I should say, I've reviewed some genuine automation coding for rail services and it's cringeworthy simple compared to real automation challenge. 50k average is bonkers. Without unions they'd already be gone, which is a success story I support for workers, but striking for a double digit payrise is a...
- Fri Apr 28, 2023 10:37 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: I see ASLEF are targeting football fans
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2790
Re: I see ASLEF are targeting football fans
I'd genuinely consider it at that money to effort ratio, but couldn't cope with the boredom and I've got skills I've worked hard and long for that are worth a lot more.MiltonKeynesClaret93 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 3:45 pmDo you actually have any idea what being/becoming a train driver entails?
If it's that easy I'd invite you to apply!
- Fri Apr 28, 2023 2:09 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: I see ASLEF are targeting football fans
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2790
Re: I see ASLEF are targeting football fans
I know so quite wealthy train drivers with good working hours. Aside from this if I don’t like my employment terms I need to find another job where I do. No support from me. Yep 50k average is very fair for relatively low skill/stress work, difficult to support thr dusruption. Teachers and some NHS...
- Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:38 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley Express Special Souvenir Edition
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3196
Re: Burnley Express Special Souvenir Edition
Lol. The Burnley Express should follow some criminal code? OK. I suppose their website is that bad it should be illegal, or it was when I gave up on it years ago. I come on this site for my Burnley local news these days. I suspect I've not missed much.
- Thu Apr 27, 2023 6:19 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: A Bar Stewards look at Burnley
- Replies: 47
- Views: 4648
Re: A Bar Stewards look at Burnley
Enjoyed that. You can almost taste the tears.
- Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:11 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Limbs
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3319
Re: Limbs
Absolute disgrace they robbed normal fans the opportunity to be there. Spiteful, childish nonsense. Desperate to see them fail and their finances implode. It will be 3 decent teams relegated this year, so I'm hopeful they will fall well short again next year.
- Fri Apr 21, 2023 7:39 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Rovers fans will do anything to not see the game
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6648
Re: Rovers fans will do anything to not see the game
Sat in Utd home end a couple of times. We didn't score in either game, so that wasn't a problem. Made me laugh when Utd scored though, must have been 50 people I could see slumped in their seats unmoved. Full of tourists anyway, so no one cared it was clearly full of clarets. Suspect Ewood will be d...
- Fri Apr 21, 2023 11:26 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: London BFC Chief Operating Officer event next week
- Replies: 3
- Views: 908
Re: London BFC Chief Operating Officer event next week
I work close by and was interested. And then I saw the price. Lol. Muric day out territory at £799 plus VAT.
- Thu Apr 13, 2023 6:52 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The mini skirt has died
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2077
Re: The mini skirt has died
My preference has always been for mini/short skirts being out of fashion, as those girls with really great legs wear them anyway; whereas whenever mini skirts are 'in fashion' you see an awful lot of girls who really shouldn't wearing them too. I opened the thread expecting a photo of the latter. I...
- Thu Apr 13, 2023 6:44 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ARTICLE: Promotion Season Number Nine
- Replies: 55
- Views: 3241
Re: ARTICLE: Promotion Season Number Nine
Just spilt my brew laughing. Love the attention to detail.ClaretTony wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2023 6:41 pmI think promotion had been clinched the week before when we won 5-0 at West Ham
- Thu Apr 13, 2023 6:11 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Obafemi confirmed as a Claret?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3940
Re: Obafemi confirmed as a Claret?
Very happy if that's true. Bargain. A pre-season at Burnley will help and he might develop into a real force. If not, his record at Champ level means we'll get some return either way. I'm another one who thinks game time for fringe none loan players is more important than anything now the title is i...
- Thu Apr 13, 2023 5:50 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: no betting companies on PL shirts....
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2256
Re: no betting companies on PL shirts....
Gambling companies wouldn't invest in sponsorship if it didn't work but I suspect problem gamblers will find a way anyway. If it keeps 1 problem gambler out of trouble it will be worth the hit to club coffers I suppose. I'm sceptical personally, but accept the moral argument, just not sure it goes f...
- Wed Apr 12, 2023 5:20 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Our Team if the Boo Boys picked it...
- Replies: 150
- Views: 5131
Re: Our Team if the Boo Boys picked it...
That's me convinced. Preston and Rovers must be good teams afterall. It could be that we made them look like 2 of the worst sides to come to the Turf because we are so good, but they also lose a lot of other games too. Might be the same as any other year, my barometer might be off looking at those t...
- Wed Apr 12, 2023 4:55 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Our Team if the Boo Boys picked it...
- Replies: 150
- Views: 5131
Re: Our Team if the Boo Boys picked it...
It's difficult to make too strong a case for the strength of the Championship when Preston and Rovers are in playoff contention. That doesn't mean we haven't been superb. You can only play what's in front of you and we've smashed it in style.
- Tue Apr 11, 2023 3:12 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Our Team if the Boo Boys picked it...
- Replies: 150
- Views: 5131
Re: Our Team if the Boo Boys picked it...
Anyone who considers their opinion fact is a fool. Maatsen has been generally good but very average on occasion recently. Muric has been like an extra outfield player and has been a critical cog for it, but has looked very dodgy at times and will definitely be tested next year if he plays (with and ...
- Mon Apr 10, 2023 5:01 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Today's football 10/04
- Replies: 160
- Views: 7295
- Mon Apr 10, 2023 11:20 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: That feeling
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3702
Re: That feeling
it's an intangible thing, I just can't describe it, but this season and last night gave me the same feeling as I had at York for the first time since that night. All the other promotions have been great (and fully celebrated!!) but this just seems that bit special to me anyone else ? I agree, altho...
- Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:32 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Sunderland match will pause on 15 mins
- Replies: 47
- Views: 4645
Re: Sunderland match will pause on 15 mins
I hope they defer fast to another time and make a donation instead, especially for a night match. A very personal decision I appreciate and many wont like "cheating" but it is very much allowed in Ramadam. Can't see how they won't be shadows of players otherwise.
- Thu Mar 30, 2023 4:51 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Gary Lineker
- Replies: 529
- Views: 17641
Re: Gary Lineker
My holiday to Rwanda and Uganda was spectacular. Nothing wrong with the place with UK funding maintaining standards. Arguably more realistic than taking over more shabby hotels and defunct military camps. How else do you plan for unknown thousands of arrivals on asmall island not blessed with spare ...
- Wed Mar 29, 2023 5:39 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Scotland 2 Spain 0
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1143
Re: Scotland 2 Spain 0
Scotland were outstanding. The sort of intensity I wish England mustered against the better teams. Spain couldn't cope with it. Crowd were immense too as a result.
- Tue Mar 28, 2023 6:17 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ARTICLE: Clubs should hang their heads in shame over derby tickets
- Replies: 633
- Views: 32882
Re: ARTICLE: Clubs should hang their heads in shame over derby tickets
You mean do we think your 10 year old nephew who has been supporting them for all of 5 years should miss out on a ticket compared to someone who has been following them for 60 years and also been on all the home and away games in the last 5 years ? I'm clearly cut from a different cloth. I'd want t...
- Sun Mar 26, 2023 7:22 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Clocks gone forward
- Replies: 2
- Views: 937
Clocks gone forward
Just in case anyone else missed it and only have time pieces that autocorrect, clocks went forward last night. Looking forward to the 5.30 commute tomorrow already..
- Sun Mar 12, 2023 1:54 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: A new club record achieved today
- Replies: 45
- Views: 4785
Re: A new club record achieved today
I'm the opposite of CT and don't have a photographic memory but can picture every one of their goals. A very special season.
- Fri Mar 10, 2023 5:22 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: David Attenborough Wild Isles
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3258
Re: David Attenborough Wild Isles
Another reason to ditch the BBC? Lose the need to be neutral and let people speak. People can always turn over if they don't like it.
- Fri Mar 10, 2023 12:50 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Roads
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4765
Re: Roads
24 degrees, with sunshine and blue skies here on the Costa del Sol. I saw plenty of people down on the beach a short while ago. I don’t think I’ll have many problems getting to the Underground Bar on Saturday to watch the Clarets, I just hope the Mahou is well chilled. Sounds good, but it's a close...
- Thu Mar 02, 2023 7:17 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Mini light show pre-match
- Replies: 110
- Views: 7854
Re: Mini light show pre-match
100%. The Turf has never looked better. Much better than the years of neglect and managed decline thanks.Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 6:57 pmApparently cost 1 million to convert Al, the lighting and do everything needed to provide the light show.
Is the money well spent?
- Sun Feb 26, 2023 3:23 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Today's football 26/02
- Replies: 59
- Views: 2217
Re: Today's football 26/02
I don't know what constitutes a foul anymore, if Dier can pin is man down with both hands like that and no-one bats an eyelid.
- Sun Feb 26, 2023 2:57 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Leaving the ground
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1567
Re: Leaving the ground
It would be much better if they didn't stick a great sign in the middle of the road you can't see until you trip over and actually shut the road leading to Park View Chippy so there is less of a bottleneck and you don't have to squeeze past the cars. Pretty minor inconvenience I'll admit but avoidab...
- Fri Feb 24, 2023 8:24 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Great Footballing quotes ....
- Replies: 58
- Views: 4045
Re: Great Footballing quotes ....
"It's not personal, it's business-wise. Steve Blatherwick, Lee Howey, Mark Winstanley and to a lesser degree Michael Williams, because he will never win the crowd over, will not play for Burnley Football Club again." was quite memorable.
- Fri Feb 24, 2023 7:40 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Films which disappointed you
- Replies: 138
- Views: 5344
Re: Films which disappointed you
Lord of the rings. Was great to watch for first two hours but as the movie progressed and it got to thick end of 3 hours I thought how the hell are they going to end this. When it finished I left muttering that it was three hours of my life I wouldn’t get back. My son then told me it was a trilogy!...
- Fri Feb 24, 2023 12:06 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Season Ticket Sellout
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6719
Re: Season Ticket Sellout
Lets hope they set up a decent and workable ticket exchange then, lots will have bought season tickets with no intention of going every game. Need to recycle the empty seats in the best way possible.
- Wed Feb 22, 2023 10:59 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Lightbulb moment
- Replies: 216
- Views: 10357
Re: Lightbulb moment
Bigotry and the lynch mob mentality eh? I think you'll find that when she was 5 years in excess of the minimum legal age for criminal responsibility, Begum chose to join a real and actual murderous death cult dripping with religious "bigotry" and a actual blood thirsty "lynch mob ". Exactly this. T...
- Wed Feb 22, 2023 2:34 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 4 day working week trial results
- Replies: 44
- Views: 2598
Re: 4 day working week trial results
I've seen people who live to work, and those that work to live You ain't going to be thinking about all that time in the office when you are looking back on stuff Speak for yourself. My job has been one big adventure and my office, when I'm there, is a big part of it and will be something I definit...
- Sun Feb 19, 2023 5:50 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Weggy Watch
- Replies: 142
- Views: 15449
Re: Weggy Watch
He's being played to do the hard yards Ronaldo wouldn't do, and the rest of his forward line don't do much of either. Anything else is a bonus. He'll keep getting games, but it's awkward viewing at times. Looks 2 yards too slow most of the time to look an attacking threat.
- Sun Feb 19, 2023 10:03 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Camp Nou experience
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1530
Re: Camp Nou experience
Watched Barca v Espanyol a couple of years back. It was a night match and I'd had one too many beers in the afternoon. I was literally seeing Messi in triplicate - although I was in the Gods too, so it could have been my eyesight..
- Sun Feb 19, 2023 9:57 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Newcastle v Liverpool
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1089
Re: Newcastle v Liverpool
Feel sorry for Nick,that's a poor rule the sending off for handball outside the box,ruined Pope's excellent season and also ruined what should have been a cracking game yesterday Poor rule? I'd want an opposition keeper punished if that was a Burnley player about to go clean through on goal with no...
- Wed Feb 15, 2023 9:10 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: City or Arsenal
- Replies: 43
- Views: 1875
Re: City or Arsenal
Arsenal title? Arteta would be unbearable. No thanks.Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 8:58 pmWant Arsenal to win the title purely because I dislike dynasties but Arteta is a classless pr1ck.
- Wed Feb 15, 2023 8:37 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: the fans who were leaving after 89 minutes
- Replies: 206
- Views: 15533
Re: the fans who were leaving after 89 minutes
I also think it essential people stay until the very end, the nerve of the people who think they can do what they want with their leisure time. Lol. I stayed until the end yesterday, but might not next time. I'll get over it if I miss some drama or a goal. I must not care as much as the Puritans but...
- Mon Feb 13, 2023 7:27 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Showboating
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2436
Re: Showboating
Players will only showboat if they are supremely confident and are enjoying it. As long as they are not taunting anyone (too much), they've earned the right to do what they want.
- Sun Feb 12, 2023 9:23 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Clarets v PNE match thread
- Replies: 236
- Views: 11602
Re: Clarets v PNE match thread
Delap is a thug. He tried it on when he played for Stoke, and got booked, and got booked again for the tackle from behind on Beyer. Absolute thuggery/ frustration, it was moments after Tella got his hat trick. No wonder VK didn’t go anywhere near him in the summer, oh and by the way- he’s sh**e. Ap...
- Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:42 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Tonights Footy - Rovers v Wigan
- Replies: 97
- Views: 5609
Re: Tonights Footy - Rovers v Wigan
Just watched last 10 minutes. Dog ****. Has it been this bad all game? Both as bad as each other. Can't believe Rovers avoided a relegation battle this year.
- Sun Feb 05, 2023 4:45 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ITV X
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2723
Re: ITV X
Yep, given up bothering trying after a few fails. Streaming live (via firestick) when there is high demand is still rubbish as well, which is a problem when you don't have an aerial/sat dish during football tournaments for example. ITV shouldn't be allowed the rights until they sort it. Every other ...
- Sat Feb 04, 2023 9:31 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ARTICLE: Sean Dyche is the new Everton manager
- Replies: 314
- Views: 17121
Re: ARTICLE: Sean Dyche is the new Everton manager
The Everton messageboards have changed their tune already. Dwight getting loads of praise too now he's playing in his best position..
- Sat Feb 04, 2023 7:03 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Big money footballer with disconnected brain
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4028
Re: Big money footballer with disconnected brain
Ive had this discussion a thousand times. Law and morals don't mix. You remind me of certain people who criticise us and what we do, but when an issue arises you are on the phone in a matter of seconds. Ill keep your license. I will save your marriage. I will save your job. Nope, you have been arou...
- Sat Feb 04, 2023 7:41 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Emily Atack - Asking for it?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3718
Re: Emily Atack - Asking for it?
So you agree she was asking for it by opening the message? You might want to re-think that.
- Sat Feb 04, 2023 12:03 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: What is your pint, pie & short?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 2294
Re: What is your pint, pie & short?
I think I know you, although you could still be at least 6 people. Maybe not, there could be loads of people who are right.Cubanforever wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:59 pmMoorhouses Blonde Whitch
Cranstons pork pie (bit of HP)
Laphroaig
- Fri Feb 03, 2023 11:58 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: What is your pint, pie & short?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 2294
Re: What is your pint, pie & short?
Session Pale Ale
Any Pie
Short? No thanks, must be home time.
Any Pie
Short? No thanks, must be home time.