Eckersley goes nuts !

Stalbansclaret · Post by **Stalbansclaret** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 6:55 am

Interesting career change from the less-than-impressive ginger one

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4349414/m ... permarket/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

ClaretEngineer · Post by **ClaretEngineer** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:05 am

"Former Manchester United Ace"

How do these people sleep at night.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:16 am

Fair play.

Not the stereotypical career pathway for a former footballer.

Sutton-Claret · Post by **Sutton-Claret** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:46 am

I can't even remember to take a carrier bag into a shop - how am I going to remember to take a jar ?

JohnMac · Post by **JohnMac** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:58 am

We had these weigh and save shops in the '80's but now people are more packaging conscious it's just a tweak on the same thing.

'We are from Manchester but just thought Totnes was the ideal place'

Too right as well, they mostly wear cardigans, blue leggings and have green hair down that way.

Good luck to them for being visionary.

geopancake · Post by **geopancake** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:18 am

His second branch will be under the longside where Holland's pies will be replaced will toasted oats, chia seeds and dollop of organic yoghurt.

Burnley_Mark · Post by **Burnley_Mark** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:26 am

Zero waste Twix?
Say... 60p per mouthful?

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:28 am

Not sure you could fit a proper twix into those jars without wasting a load of space.

Maybe we separate dispensers for the caramel, the biscuit and the chocolate?

Only problem with this is that I don't think it would reduce the price.

martin_p · Post by **martin_p** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:44 am

Wow, Eckersley seems a lifetime ago, but he's still only 28!

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:56 am

martin_p wrote:Wow, Eckersley seems a lifetime ago, but he's still only 28!

That's what stood out to me and I actually checked it because I thought he must be older.

The thread title of 'Eckersley goes nuts!' reminded me of his performance at Barnsley in the League Cup when we had to take him off before he got sent off.

ClaretEngineer · Post by **ClaretEngineer** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:00 am

Lancasterclaret wrote:Not sure you could fit a proper twix into those jars without wasting a load of space.

Maybe we separate dispensers for the caramel, the biscuit and the chocolate?

Only problem with this is that I don't think it would reduce the price.

You're then ''stripping back'' and making the process ''artisan.''

It'd still be cheaper than a Twix on the Turf though

turfytopper · Post by **turfytopper** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:01 am

The motorhome is ready to leave for Totnes....note to self..pack empty jars can't wait to grind some nuts.

Seriously i planned to go there on international break weekend..

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:16 am

A man who robbed a good living by impersonating a footballer is now charging gullible fools over the odds for nuts and oats whilst making them bring their own bags.

Who'd a thunk it?

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:18 am

Now there's a man with his finger on the pulse

professsorpiehead · Post by **professsorpiehead** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:31 am

Not long now before lollipop men are called Darren

Winstonswhite · Post by **Winstonswhite** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:39 am

Lord Beamish wrote:A man who robbed a good living by impersonating a footballer is now charging gullible fools over the odds for nuts and oats whilst making them bring their own bags.

Who'd a thunk it?

Robbed a good living?! Harsh. How about, bloke who didn't quite make the grade as a professional footballer so decides to set up his own family business!

Blackrod · Post by **Blackrod** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:48 am

I thought this would be about a sending off too. Post 13 echoes my thoughts. They know nobody will overpay for nuts and seeds up north. People will pay less even if a bag does comes with it.

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:52 am

Winstonswhite wrote:Robbed a good living?! Harsh. How about, bloke who didn't quite make the grade as a professional footballer so decides to set up his own family business!

A four year deal at Burnley where he didn't even start a league game? The guy should have worn a mask!
He was a pro-footballer for a decade and barely played 100+ games in that time, whilst being paid a small fortune to do so.

Stand and Deliver!

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:56 am

Good for him. They look a nice family. Obviously got a brain.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:00 am

Lord Beamish wrote:A four year deal at Burnley where he didn't even start a league game? The guy should have worn a mask!
He was a pro-footballer for a decade and barely played 100+ games in that time, whilst being paid a small fortune to do so.

Stand and Deliver!

We were the ones daft enough to give him the deal - and I still think he was a better full back than the other we brought in that summer, Brian Easton.

When the Eckersley signing was confirmed I was sat with Dave Thomas with Jimmy Mac at Jimmy's house with regard to the Jimmy Mac scrapbook that was being published. It was in the days of the club texts and I received one to confirm the signing. I looked at Jimmy Mac, saw that we'd signed someone from Man United and wondered how much of an impact he might have compared to the great man. I don't think there's a comparison to be made.

NottsClaret · Post by **NottsClaret** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:16 am

Love this story. It's a wonder of the modern world that a lad who's probably a semi-pro standard footballer can make a fortune playing reserve team football for a bit then sells second hand cornflakes to hipsters. Good on him.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 1:17 pm

Bizarre career.

In Britain, Totnes is the one place this could work.

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 2:22 pm

http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-new ... 408590?%3F

ontario claret · Post by **ontario claret** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:11 pm

Actually, I think he learned the concept during his stay with Toronto FC.

ontario claret · Post by **ontario claret** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:11 pm

He definitely looks an old 28, though.

ontario claret · Post by **ontario claret** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:29 pm

He was probably living in "The Annex" when he was here, which leads the country in granola bars consumed per capita.

Spiral · Post by **Spiral** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 10:42 pm

TIL; an "ethical, wholesome and organic" supermarket is fair game for ridicule, apparently. If he'd opened a commodities or insurance brokerage the critics would probably all be praising his entrepreneurial spirit because fossil fuel futures, now, that's a real f.ucking business, right?

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 10:46 pm

ontario claret wrote:He definitely looks an old 28, though.

He's older than 28 surely

jedi_master · Post by **jedi_master** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 12:12 am

IanMcL wrote:Bizarre career.

In Britain, Totnes is the one place this could work.

There and Hebden Bridge.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 12:42 am

Totnes is out of this world...

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 1:24 am

ontario claret wrote:He definitely looks an old 28, though.

He was 8 when he was born so that makes him 36!

scouseclaret · Post by **scouseclaret** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 1:27 am

ClaretTony wrote:We were the ones daft enough to give him the deal - and I still think he was a better full back than the other we brought in that summer, Brian Easton

Surely you're kidding. This guy made Sheena look like Maldini. That 45 mins against Barnsley was, by quite some distance, the most inept display I've ever seen from a professional footballer at any level - including any of the dross we watched in the 4th division. You say he could have been sent off - possibly only to save him from further embarrassment. I think in his only other Burnley appearance he was - at Hartlepool!!!

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 1:35 am

Spiral wrote:TIL; an "ethical, wholesome and organic" supermarket is fair game for ridicule, apparently. If he'd opened a commodities or insurance brokerage the critics would probably all be praising his entrepreneurial spirit because fossil fuel futures, now, that's a real f.ucking business, right?

Correct. Despite your apparent tone of indignation.

Because basis pulses and grains aren't available in regular shops with extremely minimal packaging to help the environment?

You know, something like this:

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/gro ... e-oats-1kg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/p ... /259458142" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

If Eckersley is selling his oats or his grain at 75pence/kilo like Tesco are then fair enough. But until then I'd be laughing myself hoarse at the suckers who pay through the nose for basic commodities on the basis that they are dispensed from a tube and filled into an expensive kilner jar.

I used to be able to buy enough dried lentils at the local mini market to feed myself for a week for about £2.50.

Spiral · Post by **Spiral** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 2:54 am

Ram your lentils up your cock hole. One mention of the glorious market, a whiff of a mention of a financial instrument, and you're triggered.

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 3:01 am

Ohhhhhhh!

Righteous indignation to nasty nasty for just one response - and the gumption to claim that I'm the one who is "triggered".

I bet you pay too much for your groceries.

Good night.

Spiral · Post by **Spiral** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 3:15 am

I shop at Aldi, you presumptuous bell.

Besides, for a weird bloke who starts threads about cabbages, (probably), I'd have thought this rustic stuff would be right up your street.

Inchy · Post by **Inchy** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 5:42 am

Drink and football messageboards don't mix well

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 7:43 am

scouseclaret wrote:Surely you're kidding. This guy made Sheena look like Maldini. That 45 mins against Barnsley was, by quite some distance, the most inept display I've ever seen from a professional footballer at any level - including any of the dross we watched in the 4th division. You say he could have been sent off - possibly only to save him from further embarrassment. I think in his only other Burnley appearance he was - at Hartlepool!!!

The 45 minutes at Barnsley was a million miles better than the 45 minutes we got from a more experienced Easton at Watford a couple of seasons later. Eckersley was awful at Barnsley and we are comparing two dreadful full backs here, but I remain convinced from what I saw of them that he was better than Easton, and by some distance.

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:47 am

I hope neither Eckersley nor Easton read this thread.

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:06 am

Comparing the relative merits of Eckersley and Easton is like comparing a kick in the balls with having your hand slammed in car door.

JohnMcGreal · Post by **JohnMcGreal** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:16 am

Rowls wrote:If Eckersley is selling his oats or his grain at 75pence/kilo like Tesco are then fair enough. But until then I'd be laughing myself hoarse at the suckers who pay through the nose for basic commodities on the basis that they are dispensed from a tube and filled into an expensive kilner jar.

I used to be able to buy enough dried lentils at the local mini market to feed myself for a week for about £2.50.

Has Rowls been hacked by Alan Partridge?

Pearcey · Post by **Pearcey** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 12:22 pm

It's good that gingers can get their oats. Fair play to him.

Devils_Advocate · Post by **Devils_Advocate** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 12:30 pm

Lord Beamish wrote:A four year deal at Burnley where he didn't even start a league game? The guy should have worn a mask!
He was a pro-footballer for a decade and barely played 100+ games in that time, whilst being paid a small fortune to do so.

Stand and Deliver!

You must love Kevin Long

Devils_Advocate · Post by **Devils_Advocate** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 12:33 pm

ClaretTony wrote:We were the ones daft enough to give him the deal

He was only a back up full back and lets face it we wasted far more money on Steven Reid for the same net result

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 3:32 pm

JohnMcGreal wrote:Has Rowls been hacked by Alan Partridge?

How is this related to Alan Partridge?

South West Claret. · Post by **South West Claret.** » Sat Sep 09, 2017 7:58 am

What a refreshing story, especially compared with lard arse abuser Rooney.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05fcymm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Sat Sep 09, 2017 8:42 am

ClaretTony wrote:The 45 minutes at Barnsley was a million miles better than the 45 minutes we got from a more experienced Easton at Watford a couple of seasons later. Eckersley was awful at Barnsley and we are comparing two dreadful full backs here, but I remain convinced from what I saw of them that he was better than Easton, and by some distance.

Easton was definitely much better. His career shows that.

He actually had some good games for us although those who used to say he was better than fox made me laugh.

I once went to a rangers game for somet to do when working in scotland. The opposition left back was very impressive that night. Couldnt believe it when i realisef it was easton.

scouseclaret · Post by **scouseclaret** » Sat Sep 09, 2017 9:13 am

South West Claret. wrote:What a refreshing story, especially compared with lard arse abuser Rooney.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05fcymm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Maybe , but I fear it's doomed to failure.

South West Claret. · Post by **South West Claret.** » Sat Sep 09, 2017 9:15 am

scouseclaret wrote:Maybe , but I fear it's doomed to failure.

Oh really why's that then.

Blackrod · Post by **Blackrod** » Sat Sep 09, 2017 9:50 am

Easton was a better player than Eckersley as stated above. Eckersley was woefully short of the required standard. An appalling signing. Some suckers down south like paying more for things. ( Eckersley clearly knows this) I think it makes them feel better.