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Goliath wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 18, 2025 7:56 pm
I actually agree with this. The chances of a goal are already about 80% at a guess, that's massively enhanced with rebounds. If you miss you don't deserve a 2nd go at it.

You aren't getting a second go at it, hence why a player scoring from a rebound just gets credited with scoring a normal goal

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I moved just before Xmas from Leeds to near wetherby. In feb there was a leak on the road. Within less than half a day Yorkshire water was there, closed the road, dug up half the road, left the leak. A day later the leak evolved into the Bellagio fountains, spraying 30 feet in the air right into my...

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No one appears to have asked the most important question. Are we now all fans of Espanyol? Will we go to watch Espanyol when we are in Spain for our holidays? Perhaps, we will also plan weekends in Barcelona to take in a game. Will we be able to get tickets for some of Espanyol's big home games, Re...

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claretonthecoast1882 wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 15, 2025 2:45 pm
Has he sold up ?

Isn't he like Eddie Davies at Bolton & Jack Walker & Rovers in that he's happy to put money into the club without seeking to get anything out financially?

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claretonthecoast1882 wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 15, 2025 2:13 pm
Is there a list of football clubs where the owners don't want to make money ?

Obviously Dale Vince would be on it but I am not sure many would want to follow his method. The last owner claimed to be a Burnley fan and yet he was in it to make money.

Has Tony Bloom got money back from Brighton?

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Goliath wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 14, 2025 3:13 pm
West ham 3 0 is right up there. Barnes and Wood partnership at its absolute peak

Not least the West Ham supporter running on the pitch with the corner flag

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Bow wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 09, 2025 10:40 pm
Makes a mockery of the competition putting PSG against these useless sides.

what happened to PSG's invincibility?

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Surprised if it was Berge since he played in most games for Fulham last season.

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"I want a goalkeeper who can save shots and command his box." That's what we all want, I hope. That's why I loved Nick Pope despite his kicking. Indeed. Never understood why some complain at goalkeepers or defenders that hoof it clear at the first sign of danger. Rather have that than concede some ...

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fidelcastro wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 08, 2025 10:10 am
One down. About 15 to go!

Will we get any loan fee? Or is that too much to ask

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We don't need time to know that there was profit him given it looks like he's signing for Arsenal for £70m. Tbf, even Brighton didn't think he was going to become the player he is now: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cr7zyr5j329o "Having failed to make the grade, Brighton allowed him ...

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Smith & Stokes might as well let loose as they've nothing else to lose now.

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Scott Parker will realise that to have any chance of survival in the PL that he will need to strengthen the front 3 and improve our attacking options. As it was we scored 26 goals fewer than Leeds in the last Championship season and that is taking into account the 18 goal contribution from Josh Bro...

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That word underwhelmed, and I was too a year ago. October 2012, we'd just won 4-3 at Bristol City under Terry Pashley and I was told that RL were reporting that we had a short list of three for the job. I made a call to someone who said: "Prepare to be underwhelmed." I was, but one of the three was...

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ClaretPete001 wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 04, 2025 10:31 am
Indeed, which is why I think there is a lot of business yet to be done.

And where do we get all the money to pay for the additional signings, even spending that much on a single player?

Are some really suggesting we should spend up to £30 million on striker?

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We are up to nowhere. The squad is not good enough to survive in the PL as it stands. I don't think Flemming is PL quality as a centre forward and it looks like we have lost 18 goal Brownhill. We haven't signed the 2 key players required. Firstly, to upgrade Laurent in the double pivot and a qualit...

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Suspect we may see Tuanzebe play at RB. Dont think Tchaouna will be benched often either. May see him more centrally. All well and good if he plays at right back, but Esteve aside (assume he stays) we have a brand new defence & keeper that's about to play in the Premier League. Unfortunately, that ...

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Are there no European players with the ability of Steven Defour, coming to the latter stages of their careers, who might fancy a season or two in the Prem?

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boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 29, 2025 9:21 pm
Lost you at "Luton did well".

Better than we did in the Prem.

Let's face it, our early tactics were rubbish to say the least. Playing like we did against Spurs & Villa at home, pushing so far up the pitch was never going to work in a million years.

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Be two separate teams after promotion. How many did we finish in front of Luton and then behind? Luton did well because they did what every promoted team needs to do, which is make yourself very hard to beat. Looks like Sunderland will take games to the opposition. Will be interesting to see how we...

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CyrilEbokiPoh wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 29, 2025 10:34 am

We can’t stand in his way. He deserves the chance of a big move in a World Cup year and probably trebling his wages.

Does that mean we should be prepared to accept a lower fee just to keep him happy?

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Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 28, 2025 3:54 pm
Pickford went for 25m to be fair, the full fee of 30m was never realised due to Everton’s crap performance.

30m is the 7th most expensive fee for a keeper in history.

Makes the 70m Chelsea spent on Kepa seem crazy

But Everton paid that in 2017. Fees have moved on since then

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What fee is being reported for Trafford including clauses?

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ksrclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 28, 2025 11:46 am
I think we might need to as well given the loss of ER.

Won't Esteve play there with Humphreys playing on the left side?

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You'd have thought Sunderland would also have to spend a lot of money on their defence as well. It looked all over the place at times last season.

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 27, 2025 4:04 pm
And strangely mine did have the links with the tickets now downloaded.

On the email I got it said:
"THIS IS NOT YOUR MATCH TICKET"
YOUR MOBILE TICKET WILL BE SENT AROUND 10 DAYS BEFORE THE EVENT

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Our record breaking defence could be completely overhauled at this rate If Trafford leaves (many on here seem to be saying he still will), then our backline for the opening game at Spurs could look something like... Weiss (or new) Tuanzebe Humphreys Esteve Hartman This is also based on Esteve stayi...

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dougcollins wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 26, 2025 9:26 pm
I recall he started jumping off the bench to 'supervise' throw ins - which was pretty weird.

Didn't Connor Roberts come with an excellent long throw reputation?

That soon disappeared when he started taking them

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NottsClaret wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 26, 2025 7:29 pm
How many women are expecting or asking for equal pay? How many are unaware of the huge differences between male and female sport? I don’t know any.

I think the Grand Slams in Tennis are the only ones where the prize money is equal, and are actually better paid (three sets compared to five)

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Defensively brilliant as we were, when it comes to scoring, has there ever been a team as pitiful as we were at corners in the Championship last season?

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burnley007 wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 23, 2025 9:19 am
Agreed, but that worries me about about Esteve!

Could be (hopefully) that we see him partnering Esteve now Egan-Riley has left.

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 22, 2025 9:18 pm
That was my first thought

Are we likely to sell him this summer?

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Brilliant finish

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Luca Koleosho playing for Italy.

Along with Maatsen, Egan-Riley & Odebert are there any other players in the tournament we have a connection to?

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 21, 2025 9:08 am
They bring considerably more to Burnley than we take there

The difference is the borough of Croydon has a population of 400k. Basically Crystal Palace have a catchment area that is many times greater than ours, probably well over a million when you take into account the wider area around Surrey.

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True given where clubs of a similar size to us are in the country, but equally there are probably 5 who are highly unlikely to fill our away end in Bournemouth, Palace, Fulham, Brighton and Brentford Weird isn't it that Palace who proclaim to have some of the best supporters in football have such a...

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Is the standard much better than when we were in our prime in the PL. Are keepers now much better than Pope, defenders now much better than Tarkowski or strikers now much better than Wood? If football has moved on so much then all three players would be struggling to hold a first team place in the P...

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Werner looked a very good player at RB Leipzig before playing in the Prem, but then looked out of his depth once here.

Kai Havertz is another one who hasn't adapted well.

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I remember in the 90's when Rovers bought Alan Shearer for £3.6 million from Southampton. It was seen as a massive amount at the time.

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Good news for us. He’s always tormented us. And just this week scored a classy goal against Connor Roberts’ wales. He may be on the wane now. But what a player. Where would you rank him in all time prem midfields. Very hard to say. Silva Lampard Scholes Giggs All consistently did it at the top like...

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Maybe decade was stretching it, but over the past 5 years they have overtaken us in terms of wealth, playing staff, league position, transfer business. Right now they are a much better proposition than us on every front, despite how good our history is. Not that long ago Leicester won the league, F...

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gawthorpe_view wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 12, 2025 10:40 am
Espanyol hosted the recent Andorra v England game.

With a capacity of 40,000.

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I’m not shocked if true. With BBD, Moore, Brewster, Campbell, Cannon & Rak-Sakyi available up front and Hamer, O’Hare and Davies playing behind them they should have been able to get more tight games over the line. Both DL and ourselves did the double on them. He spunked a lot of money to not get t...

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Does that mean there will be plenty of empty seats in the directors box if Espanyol are at home on the same weekend we are playing at the Turf?

Will J.J. Watt now start wearing Esapanyol baseball caps

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2 of the Big 6 (8) finished 15th and 17th last season, so I would say the number of 'safe' teams is probably smaller than 'we think'. Having said that, it can only be proven when there is a shock relegation, although as a season progresses it will be less of a shock. At the moment Everton or West H...

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I like Brentford a lot, but they are a smaller club than Burnley, with a smaller fan base, and less potential. Harsh but the 150 year record proves it. Frank was manager 7 years. He was assistant before that. It is reasonable to guess that when he leaves it could all fall apart. This money-ball thi...

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Hedontplayforyou wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:39 pm
Cochrane is going to Spurs with Frank I think

Terry?

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As Nick Pope is their established keeper, Trafford must know he's likely to spend pretty much all of next season on the bench (aside from cup games, injuries etc.)

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Logically, it makes sense to have driverless cars. They are trained to stay exacly in the middle of the lane, keep the correct distance to the car in front and will never speed. Plus the reaction time to any emergency will be in a split second. Humans can never react as fast. Yes, there will be acci...

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Whilst not driverless, these look cool.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgnp103zr9o

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