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According to reports in France, Aston Villa have reached an agreement with Lyon to sign forward Georges

Mikautadze can also play on the left and also as a second striker too.

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I’m seriously overwhelmed this morning with all of the hype on X surrounding Burnley’s alleged interest in Luis and Mikhautdze. These comments are coming from some very credible journalists so I don’t think it’s all hype. We’re clearly attempting to strengthen the quality of our 1st team squad and n...

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Sheffield United are reported to have made an £8 Miilion bid for Bobby Thomas of Coventry.Was there a sell on clause in our deal with Coventry?

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Jakubclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 06, 2025 12:39 pm
6 million reasons it won't wasn't Sam johnstone ballpark 8 million.

Lucky for him or, he may have got left behind at the airport like Matt Target.

It reminds me of the old Bob Lord story and the real reason why Brian Pilkington was sold.

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Based on the performances I saw whilst he was on loan at Bradford City, he’s far from ready. Prem defenders would outmuscle him all of the time. He doesn’t have the physicality or athleticism required and his anticipation isn’t the best. Prem goal scorers need pace, alertness and an eye for goal and...

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My father once played against him whilst undertaking his National Service at Catterick around 1949/51. His recollection is seeing this bull of a man charging down the wing towards him. He tried his utmost to put a tackle in but the outcome was similar to Tony Underwood trying to take out Joshua Lomu...

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I came back from Porto on Thursday.Getting through security wasn’t too bad but getting through passport control to get to our departure gate was a nightmare. Was in a long queue for over 1.5 hours and encountered a number of queue jumpers who were presumably concerned about missing their flight. Sec...

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To be honest I always thought it was Norman Hunter’s tackle on Frank just before the 1973 FA Cup semi final that eventually sealed his retirement. It was a diabolical challenge and whilst not confirmed it was subsequently thought to be that injury which led to the end of his career as from memory he...

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I’m an old codger but I’ve already been advised that AI agents will become a way of life within the next 5 years and that I need to adapt or get left behind

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Or he could simply create an algorithm to do all the hard work for him whilst he’s having his 40 winks.

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By heck, Donoghue v Stevenso (1932).That takes me back over 50 years to when I was studying Contract Law as part of my Foundation Course towards the ICAEW exams. Mind you the World’s moved on a lot since then. However, the basic principles still stand. Took me some time to master Obiter Dicta and Ra...

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Looking forward to the next release from the Leeds podcasters who’ve been telling anyone wanting to listen them how they’ve already won the Championship and it’s between Blades and Sunderland for the runners up position. It’s going to be a great run-in over the last 10 games. None of the aforementio...

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Goliath wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 09, 2025 12:37 pm
Potts in midfield for Portsmouth looks a good player.

Indeed he does. Tenacious,good vision and anticipation. Also has a great football brain for such a young player. Formerly of West Ham’s academy. Wonder if he’s related to other Potts who’ve played for West Ham in the past

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Michael Melon scored again for Bradford City last night as they consolidated 2nd place in League 2. He’s a very good linkman but not an out and out striker as he lacks the predatory instincts and isn’t a natural goal scorer. He has very good attributes but sadly anticipation isn’t one of them or els...

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Another former Sunderland player who doesn’t like taking penalties at the Turf

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And what a strange coincidence that Tueart also happened to be a former Sunderland player. Must be something about the Turf that they find intimidating

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Constantly breaking up play with tackles Intercepting Bristol City passes and turning us from defence to attack very quickly. Taking the ball off the defenders Instigating triangles Drawing fouls Carrying the ball good yards Hope that’s enough for now 👍🏻 Well said John. I often wonder what match so...

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Bosscat wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 20, 2024 5:13 pm

Maybe you’re too young to remember that particular moment

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Sky Sports+

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Yes, more’s the pity that Norman isn’t still around to observe the pleasure we all took from that stoical performance

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I remember Skippy scoring a solo goal when he ran the entire length of the Bob Lord stand leaving everyone in his wake to score in the cricket field stand end. That may have been against Luton but to be honest I can’t really remember who that team were. For some reason I have Viv Busby in the back o...

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Died in his early 40's in a car accident in America. Very good footballer. Just out of curiosity are you a twin who studied in London many years ago? He also skinned Norman Hunter on the half way line in that tumultuous Wembley fixture when we couldn't get the ball past Jan Tomaszewski the Polish g...

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It's going to be Mayrhofen in the Austrian Tyrol's as we'll be on a walking holiday. Just need to find a sports bar. It looks as though we'll have 3 options. Looking forward to it.

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Carlo Ancelotti is just about to complete his statutory 3 year stint at Real Madrid and will soon be on the lookout for his next managerial appointment

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I am presuming that this thread is supposed to be a bit like the transfer speculation thread? So what is it you want or don't want from it then. A guy puts up some "speculation" and you start slagging him? Is it just cold hard fact you are wanting? This thread is beginning to resemble the remnants ...

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Who’s to say that RVN decided that Man U was his preferred option. That decision in many respects may have already been made for him before his former employer came knocking on his door .

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So the, as yet, unnamed option may well be alive and kicking. If that proves to be the eventual outcome then I rather suspect the said individual has more involvement in what is transpiring behind the scenes than most of us are aware of. In which case he (or she) will be in regular contact with Bell...

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Something no one has mentioned yet is the potential time it will take for RVN’s work permit (or any other foreign coach). It sounds like Jensen’s took a little while to come through. It was suggested Kompany’s took a while last year too. That could be an issue here? It does take time to appoint a f...

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Who is the ,as yet, unnamed applicant from foreign climes who has,to date, managed to avoid being identified despite the best efforts of all concerned

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What's the logic there? Not good enough for the higher level? I rather suspect it’s a matter of available finances as the Manager will want a higher budget to strengthen the first team and cover the increased wages cost of new recruits. There’ll probably be a larger budget for the first team but th...

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We’re due to go at the end of this month to see The Eagles Final Tour but, as yet, we haven’t got a clue as to whether this will proceed or there’ll be a change of venue

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During the interview with Liam Rosenior after the Sheff We’d v Hull match mention was made of the possibility of Zaroury joining Hull on loan but Rosenior declined to acknowledge the substance of that comment. Maybe there’s some truth in that statement!!

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Will the reset have any impact upon the cards linked to my account through "family and friends".

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Patrick Vieira and VK are good pals so the rumours surrounding Diallo and Strasbourg may have some legs

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There’s some mention on Twitter that we may be interested in Benjamin Mandy. Very hard to find anything definitive so don’t know if this has any legs or it is simply a link to us because of his former association with VK

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I wonder if McNally and Thomas are the 2 players being offered to Coventry as makeweights to get the Gyokeres deal over the line. They’re actively looking to improve their back line and Thomas had an excellent season for Barnsley,last year, fitting into the centre and right back positions. They’re b...

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I really like the look of this young lad. A Belgian acquaintance of mine says he really composed when under pressure and that even in a congested midfield he can find the time and space to provide telling passes which opens up the opposition’s defence. Apparently he’s equally good at breaking up pla...

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68, will be 69 in June. First game was in November 1961 but my first recollection of an established team was in 1963/64

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I remember young Kevin’s performance against a young gunners side put out by Arsene in the 2008/09 League Cup, quarter finals. 2 goals from him as we won 2-0.Nicklaus Bendtner,Carlos Vela,Fran Merida and Lucas’s Fabianski, from memory. That was followed up by an amazing 2 legged semi-final against S...

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Cavtat is a superb place to act as your base. Just around the corner from the airport but you aren’t affected by planes landing and taking off. Stayed at the Hotel Croatia on top of the hill overlooking the town. Eating in their outside restaurant on an evening,you’re overlooking Cavtat’s port which...

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Great evening John. A decent turnout and Roger was a gentleman,as always. Great to have a little chat and photo taken with him

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Can’t quite remember but it may have been Bradford City away in the league cup. 2-0 down ,from memory at h/t and the second half was the “Terry Cochrane show”. Think we won 3-2 at the end

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Agree with the Reading comment. So how good must they have been in that season. Seem to remember we played them at home on the last day of that season and were beaten 3-0. They looked a very good outfit. If we are comparable with them then we’re clearly heading in the right direction

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I can also recommend the Winchester. Watched the Rovers game there back in November. He was very accommodating as there were a few of us so he put us in the side room to allow us to have the volume turned up

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Still can’t sign in for tickets

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I think Joe Bauer’s is 16 years 10 months, Dave Thomas and Eric Probert were 17 years 1 month. Thomas being 13 days younger than Probert

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Agreed, one of the most disappointing aspects of a poor second half display was how quickly we lost our shape when we were put under pressure. All credit to Utd but we stopped defending from the front and once again a couple of our young players showed a lack of composure and temperament and allowed...

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It was also great to see a Burnley player attacking the back post and scoring. This isn’t something we’ve been accustomed to seeing in recent times so that aspect was especially pleasing

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*Vydra

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I see that Verda has announced on his Instagram account that he won’t be taking up Burnley’s offer of another contract and is returning to Czechoslovakia to complete his rehabilitation.
This is what Kompany more or less alluded to in today’s press conference when asked about Vydra’s recovery situation

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