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by Vino blanco
Sun Sep 19, 2021 2:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Winless pair meet at St. Mary’s
Replies: 23
Views: 3032

Re: ARTICLE: Winless pair meet at St. Mary’s

I’d like to think Mancini might be playing against Rochdale.
by Vino blanco
Sun Sep 19, 2021 2:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pope's kicking
Replies: 61
Views: 7387

Re: Pope's kicking

How can it be Pope’s fault? Ok, it was a poor kick out to the halfway line, but they had to get the ball back into play and then get it forward to the edge of our box: now that was the easy bit for them they ran at us and as usual our two central midfielders were left trailing behind theirs, leading...
by Vino blanco
Sun Sep 19, 2021 12:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Woulda Coulda Shoulda
Replies: 36
Views: 5004

Re: Woulda Coulda Shoulda

Don’t forget we won at Liverpool, Arsenal, Everton and Wolves away last season….12 massive points. We won’t be doing that this season.
by Vino blanco
Sun Sep 19, 2021 11:09 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jimmy Greaves RIP
Replies: 78
Views: 8429

Re: Jimmy Greaves RIP

Without doubt the best goal scorer I have ever seen play. He seemed to glide over the pitch and went past defenders like they didn’t exist. Deadly with both feet with an incredible burst of speed over 20 yards. RIP Jimmy Greaves.
by Vino blanco
Sat Sep 18, 2021 9:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: A second cup win of the week for the youth team
Replies: 4
Views: 817

Re: ARTICLE: A second cup win of the week for the youth team

Good to see we are improving in this department. Well done.
by Vino blanco
Sat Sep 18, 2021 8:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Henri Lansbury
Replies: 17
Views: 3670

Re: Henri Lansbury

I’ve thought for a long time that when a free kick is given the opposing players should retreat immediately from the ball or get yellow carded.
by Vino blanco
Sat Sep 18, 2021 7:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Maxwell Cornet
Replies: 114
Views: 16956

Re: Maxwell Cornet

He looked like a proper PL player, we need another 3 or 4 of his quality. As someone said above, let’s hope it doesn’t get coached out of him.
by Vino blanco
Sat Sep 18, 2021 7:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Arsenal - Player Ratings
Replies: 67
Views: 16300

Re: Burnley v Arsenal - Player Ratings

Pope 7 Lowton 6 would like to see Roberts in team soon Tarks 7 Mee 6 Taylor 7, good going forward, bit open at the back JBG 6 okay in bits Westwood 4 woosh Brownhill 6 better when Cornet came on McNeil 6 needs more consistency Wood 6 nothing to feed off Barnes 4 hopefully won't see him near starting...
by Vino blanco
Sat Sep 18, 2021 5:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Drop Dwight?
Replies: 51
Views: 6738

Re: Drop Dwight?

I thought the "Hendrick position" was on the bench at Newcastle.
by Vino blanco
Sat Sep 18, 2021 5:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Arsenal match thread
Replies: 208
Views: 20976

Re: Burnley v Arsenal match thread

Superjohnnyfrancis wrote:
Sat Sep 18, 2021 5:17 pm
Massive improvement but prob need a starter in central midfield to come in in January if were not in the bottom 3 still by then.
I would prefer to see three new midfielders, our current crop are not up to it.
by Vino blanco
Sat Sep 18, 2021 5:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ben Mee: England has always been my aim...
Replies: 13
Views: 2362

Re: Ben Mee: England has always been my aim...

Talking about Mee and England in the same breath is nonsense.
by Vino blanco
Sat Sep 18, 2021 5:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ******* Arsenal!
Replies: 27
Views: 5277

Re: ******* Arsenal!

Arsenal were poor and we had no idea how to break them down.
by Vino blanco
Sat Sep 18, 2021 5:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Drop Dwight?
Replies: 51
Views: 6738

Re: Drop Dwight?

I would sooner drop any of our non existant midfield and play McNeil in midfield.
by Vino blanco
Thu Sep 16, 2021 1:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New four year deal for Sean Dyche
Replies: 139
Views: 15222

Re: New four year deal for Sean Dyche

Just seen his interview on ssn, it looks like he has a positive and forward thinking relationship with Alan Pace a the new board, which can only be good for th club. I feel that survival in the PL this year is more important than ever, which will give our manager and board time to put their long ter...
by Vino blanco
Tue Sep 14, 2021 7:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today's footie 14/9/21
Replies: 35
Views: 2658

Re: Today's footie 14/9/21

Quel dommage.
by Vino blanco
Tue Sep 14, 2021 6:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today's footie 14/9/21
Replies: 35
Views: 2658

Re: Today's footie 14/9/21

He would still be on the bench if we had signed him.
by Vino blanco
Tue Sep 14, 2021 1:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Lennon not Maxwel
Replies: 68
Views: 7953

Re: Lennon not Maxwel

Agree elwa, and I also think it is partly the way they have "to fit into the framework". When Brownhill first joined us I was impressed by the way he won the ball and then took it forward quickly, looking for a passing opportunity. This part of his game seemed to disappear after only a few games. Is...
by Vino blanco
Tue Sep 14, 2021 1:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jack Cork
Replies: 292
Views: 29162

Re: Jack Cork

Papabendi wrote:
Tue Sep 14, 2021 11:02 am
deck chairs on the titanic.
Spot on.
by Vino blanco
Tue Sep 14, 2021 1:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Lennon not Maxwel
Replies: 68
Views: 7953

Re: Lennon not Maxwel

We don’t have work horses in midfield, we have light weight one trick ponies: sideways, sideways, sideways.....hoof.
by Vino blanco
Tue Sep 14, 2021 3:37 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Lennon not Maxwel
Replies: 68
Views: 7953

Re: Lennon not Maxwel

Your opinion dimitri, not mine. Anyway, bed time.
by Vino blanco
Tue Sep 14, 2021 3:08 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Lennon not Maxwel
Replies: 68
Views: 7953

Re: Lennon not Maxwel

The ship he was brought on to steady could be sinking faster than ever with players of his capabilities.
by Vino blanco
Tue Sep 14, 2021 3:04 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jack Cork
Replies: 292
Views: 29162

Re: Jack Cork

We need 3 new central midfielders, the current three are not up to standards required in the pl. All this clamouring for wide players was nonsense, we need a new midfield, which in my opinion is the most important part of any team.
by Vino blanco
Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:58 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Lennon not Maxwel
Replies: 68
Views: 7953

Re: Lennon not Maxwel

Lennon was a poor signing first time round, similar to the signings of Walters, Crouch and Stephens. To bring him back for another year is beyond belief. God knows what Pace and the new board must be thinking.
by Vino blanco
Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:48 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Everton v Burnley - Player Ratings
Replies: 73
Views: 11601

Re: Everton v Burnley - Player Ratings

Pope 7 Lowton 6 Tarks 7 Mee 6 Taylor 7 GBG 6 Brownhill 4 Westwood 3 O'Neil 7 mom the one pl player to play football in our team Wood 6 he must be totally ****** off with the non existant service he gets from our midfield. Barnes 3 god bless him, how is he now in the starting 11 of a pl team Lennon 3...
by Vino blanco
Sun Sep 12, 2021 11:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Only Fools and Horses (quick quiz)
Replies: 15
Views: 1861

Re: Only Fools and Horses (quick quiz)

10/10 very happy with that.
by Vino blanco
Sun Sep 12, 2021 10:56 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pendle Mountain
Replies: 61
Views: 7038

Re: Pendle Mountain

Pendle Hill is actually hill hill hill. On this theme, Lake Chad in the country of Chad is Lake Lake.
by Vino blanco
Sun Sep 12, 2021 10:38 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: British General Knowledge (quick quiz)
Replies: 25
Views: 1719

Re: British General Knowledge (quick quiz)

Correct,though polo started in Persia before moving to Northern India, Afghanistan and then on to China and Japan. That is the point I am trying to make, perhaps badly.
by Vino blanco
Sun Sep 12, 2021 10:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: British General Knowledge (quick quiz)
Replies: 25
Views: 1719

Re: British General Knowledge (quick quiz)

Agree the Persian Empire went as far as the Indus River, now Pakistan but then out post of North Western India.
by Vino blanco
Sun Sep 12, 2021 10:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: British General Knowledge (quick quiz)
Replies: 25
Views: 1719

Re: British General Knowledge (quick quiz)

Agree, but Spain was partly under control of the Arab Empire. That’s where the confusion lies.
by Vino blanco
Sun Sep 12, 2021 10:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: British General Knowledge (quick quiz)
Replies: 25
Views: 1719

Re: British General Knowledge (quick quiz)

Quote, “The Persian Empire also known as the Achaemid Empire, lasted from 559bc to 331 bc at its height. It encompassed the areas of modern day Iran, Egypt, Turkey and parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Quote.
by Vino blanco
Sun Sep 12, 2021 10:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: British General Knowledge (quick quiz)
Replies: 25
Views: 1719

Re: British General Knowledge (quick quiz)

Can I suggest you google Persian Empire in order to see its boundaries.
by Vino blanco
Sun Sep 12, 2021 9:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: British General Knowledge (quick quiz)
Replies: 25
Views: 1719

Re: British General Knowledge (quick quiz)

Persia is not Northern India though.
by Vino blanco
Sun Sep 12, 2021 9:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today's footie 12/9/21
Replies: 75
Views: 5775

Re: Today's footie 12/9/21

Just seen the incident on SSN, it didn’t look like a red to me, more a mistimed,silly tackle.
by Vino blanco
Sun Sep 12, 2021 9:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: British General Knowledge (quick quiz)
Replies: 25
Views: 1719

Re: British General Knowledge (quick quiz)

According to the quiz I got 5put of six. The quiz states polo’s origins are in Britain, if understood it correctly. A quick google states rightly that it started in Persia and then spread to the Indian sub continent before being brought to Europe and the rest of the world. The word polo itself is sa...
by Vino blanco
Sat Sep 11, 2021 3:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today's footie 11/9/21
Replies: 134
Views: 7788

Re: Today's footie 11/9/21

Newcastle's keeper obviously a close friend of Ronaldo.
by Vino blanco
Sat Sep 11, 2021 2:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Where Were You on 9/11
Replies: 83
Views: 7857

Re: Where Were You on 9/11

I was at the Torremolinos Aqua Park with my wife and daughter and many of the Spanish visitors were on their phones and I gathered from them there had been some kind of terrorist attack in New York. We left the park and on the way home we stopped to eat at an bar which had English tv, it was only th...
by Vino blanco
Sat Sep 11, 2021 2:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today's footie 11/9/21
Replies: 134
Views: 7788

Re: Today's footie 11/9/21

I just hope we don't have to watch Cornet spending most of his time defending outside his own box, as JBG and even Lennon have to do. Have to say Palace looked good against a poor Spurs team.
by Vino blanco
Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Poland v England
Replies: 136
Views: 9917

Re: Poland v England

Thought it was a decent performance by England in a difficult game.
by Vino blanco
Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Poland v England
Replies: 136
Views: 9917

Re: Poland v England

We should have brought some fresh legs on 15 mins earlier.
by Vino blanco
Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Poland v England
Replies: 136
Views: 9917

Re: Poland v England

The fool scored from outside the box there, rileybobs.
by Vino blanco
Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Poland v England
Replies: 136
Views: 9917

Re: Poland v England

Kane is one of the world's top strikers, as he has just shown.
by Vino blanco
Mon Sep 06, 2021 4:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Braveheart statue at Brechin City FC
Replies: 36
Views: 3128

Re: Braveheart statue at Brechin City FC

Correct Stalbans, as I said not difficult but it may came up in a quiz.
by Vino blanco
Mon Sep 06, 2021 4:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: England vs India - 4th Test
Replies: 220
Views: 14051

Re: England vs India - 4th Test

In my opinion the chance of victory was lost when we put them into bat on the first day. Call me old fashioned, but that’s how it goes.
by Vino blanco
Mon Sep 06, 2021 4:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Braveheart statue at Brechin City FC
Replies: 36
Views: 3128

Re: Braveheart statue at Brechin City FC

Hair Utd, made me smile but not right.
by Vino blanco
Mon Sep 06, 2021 4:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: England vs India - 4th Test
Replies: 220
Views: 14051

Re: England vs India - 4th Test

Went to the Taperia Myramar, in Benalmádena (aSpanish taperia near the Arroyo de Miel). We had grilled asparagus and boquerones al limon (whitebait grilled in lemon) and then a selection of chicken livers, Burgos black puddings, prawns in butter and garlic, tiger mussels and aubergines in honey, all...
by Vino blanco
Mon Sep 06, 2021 4:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Braveheart statue at Brechin City FC
Replies: 36
Views: 3128

Re: Braveheart statue at Brechin City FC

Mini quiz, there are three a Scottish league teams with body parts in their name: BreCHIN, and two others. What are they? It won’t take long but it may come up in a quiz you do.
by Vino blanco
Mon Sep 06, 2021 3:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: England vs India - 4th Test
Replies: 220
Views: 14051

Re: England vs India - 4th Test

I’ve been out for a lovely tapas lunch with my granddaughter, her husband and my wife so I haven’t watched the match. Mrs Vino was surprised I was wasn’t particularly worried about missing the cricket. I told her exactly what would happen, that we would struggle to make 200. I’ve just got back to se...
by Vino blanco
Fri Sep 03, 2021 10:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Lesser Known Songs
Replies: 100
Views: 6882

Re: Lesser Known Songs

Why do you all keep responding to da’s obviously incorrect stupid comments?
by Vino blanco
Thu Sep 02, 2021 9:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hungary v England thread
Replies: 113
Views: 11398

Re: Hungary v England thread

Grealish magic, man of the match for me, he makes things happen.