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I have no issue with Brighton and I agree with the Brighton fan who says the more clubs like us and Brighton populate the PL, the better and more competitive it will be. Brighton is actually a great place for excellent pubs before and after games (as is Lewes) but the only issue I really have with t...

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Pope 7 (But really had little to do) Lowton 9* MOM (Absolutely excellent today!) Tarks 7 Mee 7 Pieters 7 Westwood 8 Cork 7 JBG 8 (I thought he was good today) McNeil 8 Barnes 6 Vydra 8 We played pretty well, especially second half and really should have won, but their keeper did well, we conceded a ...

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We really weren't awful first half. Admittedly Brighton played better than they did second half and we weren't quite as good as we were second half, but tbh we could easily have gone in level. Brighton actually impressed me first half, but looked so "Burnley" second half defending what they had and ...

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We need to replicate that kind of attacking threat against all the teams in the lower half, including the bottom 3 and we'll be far too good for them, but we're so hard to predict right now and you never know what we're going to serve up.

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It will be unfortunate if we look back in May and say "2 points dropped today cost us everything" because we really should have won tbh, BUT most on here were happy with the point at 3.00 and even more were happy with it at 3.45, so let's just see it as one more step the bottom 3 have to climb.

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Absolutely excellent today EXCEPT for getting that all important goal. I really felt for him, but his work rate is immense and with that amount of commitment he HAS to be a "Dyche type player". He definitely gives us something different.

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He did have a good game and made several really good saves, plus he nullified a lot of our usual threat by coming a long way out to claim high balls. fair do's.

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IMO we SHOULD have won bearing in mind our excellent second half domination, BUT after conceding first and where we're at right now, I'll take the point fair enough.

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I don't think we've done too badly, especially going forward. Vydra, Lowton and JBG are getting a lot of room and a lot of joy, but we have to make it count. Barnes sadly is a passenger and it's definitely hampering us. Their goal is awful from a Clarets perspective, but tbh Brighton kind of sum up ...

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Our bench isn't really looking great, especially when you consider the impact Jay has had for some time now. (The Fulham cup tie excepted)

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"officers were bewildered".....why??? It's bloody Bacup for goodness sake!!

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I'd never heard of him, especially as I'm not really into boxing, but I just googled him and he's an interesting read.

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It'll be raining hard!

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Let's hope it's nothing trivial!

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My prediction: I'll be cr***ing it from start to finish........and it's only February.

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I wouldn't be starting Jay. (Unless we HAVE to) He was too hot for Fulham reserves in the cup, but he's been way off in the league pretty much every time he's played.

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I'm a fan of his and I have felt for him with his constant injury woes, especially following the awful tackle in the Lincoln game which actually went unpunished. He's been a brilliant, bargain signing and had some great moments in a Burnley shirt, but I (sadly) wouldn't have been extending his contr...

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I went to a funeral a few years ago and the person knew they were dying and had chosen "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life". It did raise more than a chuckle in the crematorium.

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The thing is we have so many U23 players now that many will get very limited actual game time in the U23 competitive league matches. Therefore I believe we HAVE to look to loan some of these guys out (as we are doing and have done this week) or they will stagnate. They need to play competitively as ...

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Just reading "The Nickel Boys" which is actually more than decent. Really enjoyed "The Women of the Castle" recently. "Pine" was quite good too. "Shuggie Bain" is waiting for me, so I'm looking forward to that!

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Got back into listening to Runrig "Long Distance" in the car recently. Top stuff! (And it'll probably mean that Big Country are back on too shortly!!!)

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3 league games coming up which will be absolutely pivotal. As mentioned above we MIGHT JUST get away with it come May because the bottom 3 are so poor and are so far adrift and I feel that our barren transfer window reflects that view from within the club. But it's a huge risk and we can't bank on t...

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Not purely based on tonight but has our crossing gone down hill rapidly this season? The amount of times we overhit it or hit the first man this season seems to have risen significantly. Absolutely! I've been saying this for months. Brady is normally the worst culprit and for all his supposed uptur...

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Bosscat wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 03, 2021 8:18 pm
I know what you mean Leisure but we keep Brighton below us and that buffer to Fulham and West Brom etc

Agreed, it means Brighton are the (jittery) target that the bottom 3 are all looking at and not us.

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Poop 6 (-1 for basically ruining the match before it had barely begun!) Lowton 6 Tarks 7* Mee 7 Pieters 5 (I know he's primarily a defender, but he's bloody awful going forward and ALWAYS turns back in promising situations!) Westwwod 7 Cork 6 JBG 5 (I'm a fan, but he's not the player he was and I wo...

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We didn't do too badly overall and I agree that Pope's early error meant any remote chance of an upset was scuppered before it ever got off the ground. We actually got into some decent situations going forward and could/should have made more of them at times. Our opportunities to get a cross in are ...

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Vyds got hurt quite early on I think and is struggling somewhat, which is a shame because we've actually got in a few decent situations up front.

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If it's 0-0 after 20 minutes I think there should be a minutes applause for us!

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Our attacking options are somewhat limited aren't they!!??

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But Dyche doesn't seem to trust youngsters as much as players over 30, therefore would maybe not want to spend anywhere near £10m on a 19 year old The thing is, I wasn't thinking of Collins walking into the team UNLESS one of our first choice CB's gets injured, but more that he would be a potential...

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I agree with many of your points. It seems that Darren Fletcher until recently at Stoke, but now on the coaching team at Old Trafford recommended Collins to Man Utd. He is captain at the age of 19, and played RB on Saturday so fills in two positions. He is also an international.To put it into conte...

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I was trying to buoy myself up for tonight by watching highlights of the 1-1 draw from 2018 when JBG netted for us about 10 minutes from the end. I know Sterling misses from 6 inches, but we really were excellent that day and really could so easily have won. Stirring stuff and a bit more of that def...

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0-4 because we catch City on an off day and Pep is blaming the referee and our physicality and negative tactics after the game.

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I definitely agree with those who are advocating a change of formation. We've had some success against all of the "big" 6 at various times, including Liverpool more than once, without changing what we do, but City is wholly different and we keep turning up, Pep can basically name the team and format...

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So Dyche getting it in early that he's secretly "resting" players for week end!!!

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I am sure the business plan will centre around raising income levels across multiple areas. That's probably why MSD were happy to lend them the money. A business plan which will definitely revolve around us being in the PL and receiving in the region of £120+ million each year for starters. If we'r...

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We have to assume that these are very clever and shrewd business people and they know exactly what they're doing business wise, so in financial terms we may well not have been sold down the river. Only time will tell on that one, BUT us not spending a single penny in the January window, especially a...

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ClaretDiver wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 02, 2021 10:10 am
Are you genuinely in Kathmandu, if so then you lucky beggar...one of my top 10 places to visit....

In fairness no, I'm not. A mate of mine went several years ago and yep, it's on my bucket list too!

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Loads of snow here this morning too. (I'm in Kathmandu)

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Just read the article and great he’s moved up a league after impressing in League 2 as a goal scoring midfielder. I read he’s just turned 23 this January , if he impresses at Stanley does anyone think there’s still time for him to be a success in the PL? He was let go by both Liverpool and then Nor...

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But would you be sleeping better in a weeks time if Tarks/Mee got injured after we had brought in a couple of players in different positions that everyone was happy with? You’d have got the signings you wanted but had the problem you didn’t want. And you don’t need to tell me about your unswerving ...

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I'm slightly surprised by this tbh as I believed from reports I read that Conn-Clarke was pretty good and at one time he seemed to score quite a lot. Having said that, we have been bringing in lads for the U23s (and U18s) almost constantly for months and surely there isn't going to be room for all o...

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And if we beat them here and they beat us there what does that do to the swing ? If we beat them here and beat them there ,will you forget about swings ? I’m not complacent just confident we are going to stay up, so much so that I am not worrying we will get beat by any side ( after Wed of course )...

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Since he first went to Morecambe in January 2020 he has played in 36 league games and scored 12 goals ---that is outstnding for a midfiled player. It will be very interesting to see how he progresses at Accrington, good luck to him. It would be easy to say that those goal stats are mis leading beca...

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And when eventually lock down ends and travelling abroad is back on the menu, the "celebs" (and their totally unknown relatives) will be queuing up to pitch their ideas for a "Trek across the Rockies with my Grandad" or "Exploring Forgotten Tasmania with My Mum" or "Cricket Grounds of the World with...

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Yes, Cooney is still at Morecambe and playing regularly at full back. He gets credited with the odd assist I've noticed and must be doing pretty well to be getting regularly picked when the team is really flying. He just doesn't seem to have made quite the impact Phillips has, as the impression has ...

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Trialist is called Kenny, apparently!

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Started really well and as others have said, the first couple of seasons are very enjoyable, but sadly, like so many similar programmes, it deteriorates after that as it gets slower and slower, wilder, whackier or even repetitive.

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"If we can keep our current squad and avoid injuries we've a good chance of staying up, then rebuilding in summer." The 'fingers crossed' policy as espoused by the previous board That's it in a nutshell for me. I'm more than happy not be paying stupid, inflated prices for players at this stage and ...

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Pope 7 (I did wonder about him on the first goal) Lowton 8 (MOM) Tarks 7 Mee 7 Pieters 6 Cork 6 Westwood 6 Brady 4 (utterly awful) McNeil 5 (Totally AWOL, especially second half) Wood 4 (Needs to lay the ball off to OUR players and so often he doesn't do it) Vydra 6 Jayrod 4 JBG 4 Chelsea came into ...

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