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Goliath wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 12, 2024 11:50 pm
Wonder what you'd have said if he missed 2 glaring chances without even hitting the target like Amdouni did against Spurs a week ago

Not forgetting Gudmundson also missed a howler against Liverpool at the same end of the pitch.

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Got to agree with most tonight, Tresor was weak, uninterested and pathetic when he came on. We would have seen that game out if Cork had come on. Exactly this. The substitutions killed us tonight. You're spot on re: Cork but also: Foster was shattered and should clearly have been replaced. Tresor w...

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ClaretsPadiham wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:18 pm
There’s another comedy show tomorrow night on TNT Sports.

Difficult to predict could end up being a tragedy. It should certainly be a drama.

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Big Vinny K wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 08, 2024 6:57 pm
Aye - he was in Accrington Stanley today and answered a few questions about the Post Office scandal.

That Royston Vasey idiot MP of ours was by his side - and btw he looks like he’s eaten a post office

He was also in Burnley, but thankfully it has had relatively little coverage.

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claptrappers_union wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 08, 2024 5:04 pm
The show entertained me.

So your main emotion wasn't anger?
It didn't upset you at all?

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'boss can I have Monday off but if our game gets moved take Friday instead, are both free?' 'yes no worries' 'cheers boss' No your right it doesn't take 5 minutes takes even less Unfortunately not everyone has your boss. I cannot imagine that many people work for a company, service or boss who coul...

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Granny WeatherWax wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 07, 2024 5:36 pm
Been covered now but the club / Tony mentioned it when the original fixture was moved to a Monday.

That's been covered - as you say, but that's not the same as "everyone knew", which is demonstrably not true.

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Everyone knew it might move so hardly a surprise. Respectfully. How do you mean everyone knew? I don't know anyone who anticipated this. A total surprise to many of us, and as others have said above - a total disgrace that many supporters (of both teams) will have booked transport and / or accommod...

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the_magic_rat wrote: ↑
Sat Jan 06, 2024 1:44 pm

Al Dakhil 5 One surging forward run aside, his only contribution was to lose possession for the goal.

Not sure what you mean by this? Don't think he was culpable in any way.
Amdouni??
They both begin with A. That's all I can think of.

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IanMcL wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 27, 2023 2:17 pm
It will be Berger but without sounding the R. So Berg_e

This is correct.In fact there's currently another thread that talks about the "disappearing" "r" ("rrrr") at the end of words.
In Berge's case however the "rrrr" will never have been pronounced.

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Wasn't there a bakery up Manchester Road called "Brenda's Big Baps", or something like that?

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I was'nt wishing her to fail. I thought she had a decent game. She will succeed and do very well, paving the way for others. That's already been decided. Mine, and everybody's opinions are irrelevant. But I still have one. As I alluded to yesterday: There's a chronic shortage of referees. (40,000 i...

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Still a long way to go yet.
Feeling very nervous
Come on Newcastle!

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Not to the extent of having to recruit females to do the job. This isn't being done because of a shortage. And if we're going down the road of capabilities and the oft quoted "can't be worse than some of the males we've got", maybe we should replace James Trafford with Mary Earps. Like the vast maj...

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groove wrote: ↑
Fri Dec 22, 2023 7:22 pm
I see no need for it at all. There isn't a shortage of male referees.

Is that a fact? I thought there was, and there certainly appears to be a shortage of capable ones based on recent experience.

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Blyclaret wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 21, 2023 11:29 am
But Barton is correct. Another PC decision to support women in sport. Sky sport is unwatchable at moment. Women commentators…. football analysts. Load of ********.

It's a public vote, (not the BBC), so its their decision. They could have voted for any of the male nominees.

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People on benefits appear to have a misunderstanding often saying .. get the government to pay .. the only money the government has is tax payers money and I think many working people are getting fed up of seeing a large chunk of their income wasted by governments I understand that currently over 4...

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I think there is a logic if he’s on his way back. Obafemi has no experience of the Premier League, he may be sat on the backside but he is seeing and getting used to the look and pace of the league. Which itself should speed up his integration as he knows where he has to be as a player to make an i...

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All the stuff posted over the past 24 hours re: Obafemi, and his injuries clarifies the situation to a large extent, but if he's on the bench, you're playing at home and 2-0 down, and at no point do you bring him on, then it's very reasonable to ask questions of the manager. (A manager who I still s...

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He hasn't been on the bench the last two games, he came on against Sheff Utd then nothing so must of picked up a niggle. He didn't it playing for Ireland. To say he "wasn't" a sub on Saturday he certainly spent a lot of time running up and down the touchline in his kit and training top. In fact he ...

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Vegas Claret wrote: ↑
Mon Dec 18, 2023 7:15 pm
So sad we even need a post like this in 2023

Yes, I was just about to post, - why should this even be a topic for discussion in 2023?

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gandhisflipflop wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:39 am
And had we had put on an odobert or a zaroury we would have still have had an outlet

Totally agree, and:
Redmond was another option (after his performance on Saturday)
Bringing on JBG was as baffling as bringing Cullen on against WHU

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Any confidence I was feeling after Saturday, suddenly evaporated when I learned that Beyer had got himself suspended! You have a point, but it could even work out well for us: One possibility: (Now fit),Ekdal comes in and he an O'Shea play well together This could then pave the way for Beyer coming...

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distortiondave wrote: ↑
Mon Dec 04, 2023 8:32 am
I wondered whether he initially thought the Emerson tackle was a red card offence, because I'm not sure you can wave play on in instances like that (can you?).

Surely a potential red card offence can be reviewed next time the ball is out of play - up to the point that play restarts?

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Westleigh wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 29, 2023 6:18 pm
Some of the names suggested on here obviously are sarcastic ,but does anyone seriously think that Jay Rod is a better option than Barnes?

Pretty irrelevant since Jay Rod wasn't out of contract - unlike Barnes,and we weren't going to keep both.

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I’d have him back on a six month loan, he’s got the grit that this team is lacking! Up till Saturday I would have definitely agreed, but to me he looked unfit and uninterested. It was like WHU were playing with 10 men. A move back to the Turf might rejuvenate him, but he won't improve his fitness o...

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MT03ALG wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 26, 2023 11:55 pm
Man United awarded a penalty today for a much less blatant foul than the first half foul on Koleosho.

Yes, but at least both referees were consistent, neither gave a penalty.
Maybe we should start a new feature: Rate the guy on VAR.

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I said it before in a different thread, but the way this team tries to defend a lead has to be different from the Dyche era. We don't have the same squad where we can bring on tall players and put in a balls to the wall performance. We have to defend by keeping the ball and, on the front foot, scor...

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Shaggy wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 26, 2023 9:58 am
We are the worst team ever at this stage of a season in the premier league.

That's not a fact, it's subjective and cannot be proved either way.
What you mean is that we have the worst points per game, but that's not the whole story.

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Terrible substitutions and not saying it with the benefit of hindsight. Hard to comprehend what Kompany was thinking. I think that that is what has upset even Kompany's staunchest supporters (of which I am one). There's no hindsight here. Just about everyone on here and around us at the time, was g...

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I’m absolutely certain that Moyes would have taken Amdouni and Koleosho off and whilst he might not have preferred to bring Ramsey on, Cullen would have been his choice to replace Koleosho. Surely Larsen was the obvious replacement for Koleosho when we were looking to kill the game off on the break...

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For the 2nd goal if Ekdal is where Cullen is - just ahead of Soucek - he heads it clear, or over the bar.

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One has to wonder why Ekdal was on the bench if he was going to bring Cullen on with 10 minutes to go. It was one of the most baffling decisions I have ever seen, and whilst it is impossible to say that it lost us the game, the fact is that we did, and we would have had a much better chance of closi...

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There's loads of buses into town. Burnley's a very small town so if you live locally the bus is the easiest way to avoid this problem. Alternatively, you could walk or cycle in if you want to keep fit and healthy at the same time. First sentence is not true. We haven't had bus into town for about 6...

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Car park is a bit of an issue. If you go before 5pm then you either have to pay at the machine or there is an APP to get free parking, but we found the APP difficult to use and so just paid the £2. (If you go to the early viewing it's only £3.49 each, so the £2 parking fee is a minor annoyance) We m...

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NewClaret wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:01 pm

I’d like to see him starting to pick a settled team though. Plus Muric.

We will definitely have a much better chance of winning if we play with 12 men - including 2 keepers.

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It might be best to have the minute's silence before the last post. At a football match I think that you are probably correct, but this isn't the usual or expected way. It should be The Last Post, then the exhortation should be read, "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old, Age shall...

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Comparing Rodri to anybody in this current squad is insulting to the world's best holding midfielder Yes, obviously, but as you know, my point is that any team -even Man City - can struggle if they re missing their best players. Do you think our defence and results would improve if we had either or...

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Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:27 am
Beyer has played in over half the games this season.

Ekdal never plays regardless.

Foster only a handful of games.

See today's thread : "Muric Beyer Ekdal" if you want so see a range of opinions as to why these 3 would currently be crucial to us

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Beyer, Ekdal and Foster (ill)

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I'm meaning if everybody is fit and available, not about the form we are in or the problems we currently have. Just interested in people's views on the strongest 11 Yes, but you said "right now" and the manager can't pick his 3 best players at present due to injury. All of whom are in your team, an...

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What's people's strongest 11 right now from what we've seen? Formation and players, For me..... Muric Roberts Beyer Ekdal Taylor Cullen Brownhill Berge Bruun Larrson Redmond Foster 4-2-3-1 Keep it tight Amdouni for Berge if we need creativity Koleosho for Redmond when full backs tired Benson for Br...

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We are so bad and a laughing stock we will beat Derbys record at this rate…. Should have signed Tella, Maatsen & TBH. Last seasons team would hammer this team…. Muric Roberts THB Beyer Maatsen Benson Cullen Brownhill Zaroury Tella Foster That team is mid table easily by now. Beyer would be in our c...

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If it was a red car then it will almost certainly be my mate's car. He's a Claret who lived in Burnley in his formative years and now lives on the main street in South Queensferry . Usually has a Burnley "mini-kit" hanging in his car and occasionally posts on here as sliding tackle. Are you sure th...

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 24, 2023 2:16 pm
It's the one place in the three where he can't do too much damage.

No certainty of that. I wouldn't even consider him competent enough to differentiate between a 6 and a 9.
Lots of potential with him on the electronic board to cockup substitutions and added time.

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Lazily tracking back for their third? If you're referring to Brownhill he was well in our box when the cross came over that I think O'Shea headed to the Brentford player 25 yards out. Yes a shocking header under no real pressure and picked out the unmarked player. (Yes he should have been marked an...

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Gibson for me Not sure how much we lost on Gibson, and we will never know. However, it is reported that he went to Norwich for a decent fee, (Probably around £8 million), and we didn't pay anything like the full fee (reportedly £15 million) to Boro as I recall. So although no loss is good, I don't ...

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Spijed wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 08, 2023 8:12 am
Compare the current Chelsea side to the one in 2014 when Cesc Fabregas played. Would you say their current team has moved on in terms of ability or quality from nearly ten years ago?

Good question, but yes,

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After the first half I wouldn't say that. I think Burnley are closer to their best form than they might realise. Won't be long until we start to steal points from the big teams too. You may have misunderstood me. It should have been clear that the "gap" I am referring to is the size of club. not ou...

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Boss Hogg wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 07, 2023 8:59 pm
We are not little old Burnley anymore. Far from it.

The gap between the Chelseas, Man Citys, Newcastles etc (with their billions) and a town team like Burnley has never been greater.
We won the Championship at a stroll but this is another league entirely.

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