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Refs and liners getting things right and sometimes wrong has always been part of the game and it can be extremely frustrating and has always been thus. VAR also gets some things right and other things wrong which means it's completely pointless and just wasting everyone's time, especially because so...

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There can't be many jobs where you get a paid day off in return for making a big error. With that said though, surely the responsibility for the bad decision is Jones' unless there's an implicit assumption that the ref watching the replay is just a facade and the real decision is made by the VAR? T...

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I like him and there's absolutely no doubting he will always give you 110%. He never stops running, harassing and putting himself about and he's definitely got some genuine quality which made him an absolutely vital cog in our promotion push. However, he reminds me so much of Dean Marney who offered...

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It's simply not worked as it was created and intended to work. It's just brought more differing opinions into the decision making process, but often actually "proves" nothing. The Fulham "goal" earlier in the day is all you need to look at to know this.

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karatekid wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 30, 2025 1:59 pm
8 seconds for the keeper to release and yet you can take an age over a throw in.

And a goal kick.

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ChrisG wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 27, 2025 6:06 pm
Some proper characters in town over the years.

Is the man with the ghetto blaster who rides the bike still knocking about?

Yes.

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I actually thought he looked good in his little cameo at Preston in the FC cup debacle when pretty much everyone else was rubbish.

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I wonder if Edwards thought he was a shoe in to be starting games in the PL this season and is miffed off because he isn't.

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Watched final few overs on youtube, crowd was 3 men and no dogs from camera angle, hopefully many more near pavilion? Tbf the camera angles at many grounds can be such that there's barely anyone in the background, but there's actually a very healthy crowd out of sight in and around the pavilion whi...

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Dubrvvka 8 Walker 8 Ekdal 8 Esteve 8 Hartman 8 Cullen 8 Ugo 8 Hannibal 7 JBL6 Foster 7 Anthony 8 Sonne 7 (Did well considering I don't think he's PL standard!) Laurent 7 Loum 7 (Should have scored!)! Worral 7 (Did what he had to do to see the job through) Sunderland looked very good on the ball, but...

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Foster always looks to me like he's been to the same school as Koleosho. Excellent in many respects and has good control, can be really tricky, absolutely committed and shows great skill, but then can't play the (often easy!) final pass or find a colleague. And in Foster's case doesn't score either ...

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He was excellent, but after the first few minutes when they definitely could have scored, Sunderland created nothing. Flattered to deceive!

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He did ok, but the guy sitting next to me said Sky felt the disallowed goal was a travesty. Not sure.

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Excellent today, but I did think Sunderland helped Ekdal by constantly fannying about with the ball and then eventually slinging in Championship standard crosses which definitely helped us.

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My only take away from the changes in access and seating in the CFS is that we are now able to accommodate more away fans equalling more£s. Maybe I'm missing something, but that was my overriding impression of today. Otherwise it's been utterly pointless. Aside from that the 2 people sat next to me ...

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karatekid wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 22, 2025 10:37 pm
I wonder if they will reopen the Swiss bar underneath. Used to be full of fit birds.

Well I'm guessing they weren't from Burnley!!

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I've always liked him. He bossed us playing for Udders more than once and was excellent at Bournemouth, but maybe he's past his best and 8.5 million is a lot for us. If nothing better comes along he'd be an 11.55 option on deadline day for me!

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I'd be extremely surprised if Osmajic faces any punishment. Ultimately I believe he said something extremely derogatory because I was there and Hannibal reacted immediately and was clearly incandescent for quite some time. However, nobody else appeared to hear it or corroborate it, otherwise the ref...

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Built in 1960, by the Haworth Construction Company, which had it's Offices at what is now Oakmount Vets on Trafalgar Street. The owner was Eric Cookson, a local character who lived in a stunning modern design house, " Domus " at 542 Colne Road, which is a grade II listed building. He tried to get a...

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I had to find that Derek Scott miss at Anfield in the league cup semi again just to see if, after all these years, it really was THAT bad! Yep, still gives me the same sinking feeling I had on the night standing in the corner of the Anfield Rd End. Score was still 0-0 and he'd already missed a great...

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TG Jones is a rebranding (apparently). Nothing has really changed, except a number of stores have (or will be) closed. The news article I was reading a few weeks back poured scorn on the firm because the name TG Jones is entirely made up by "marketing people" and has no historical significance whats...

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I'd say all Burnley pubs are away friendly as long as people are respectful and behave within reason. The only one I'd probably advise away fans to give a miss to, especially in a group, would be The Dyche, but maybe that's just my perception.

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Our season won’t be defined by the games against the top 8 or so (where I expect Spuds to be). Our season will be defined by the results against the bottom half. Beat the those at the bottom and you won’t be there yourself. Which is why it's really not that crazy to suggest Saturday's game is a mus...

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Sadly, social media has just made everything a BRAND! Marketing is the evil spirit in all of this and that's all social media is; presenting an image of something/oneself that is most likely false or distorted. And as we know, a marketing mentality sells anything for a bit of money & attention. Add...

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I do find the increasing propensity for people to hold phone conversations in public places on "speaker phone" rude and intrusive. It happens in cafés and public transport and in shops and it's absolutely rife in the gym I go to. One guy was having a conversation with someone regarding not being lia...

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Clearly we could use a couple more first team ready signings, but tbf we've already had some more than decent incomings this summer. The problem is getting (and keeping) our best 13/14 players fit. I'm sure Parker knows and doesn't need me to point out that if we're regularly picking the likes of So...

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What I expected. (Sadly)

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Surprised to see Sonne and Laurent getting in the first XI at this level, but I guess despite the incomings we're facing a few injuries just now.

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warksclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 15, 2025 9:39 pm
Him and Jimmy Dunne have both been excellent in the Championship. To think that during "toegate" these two deputised for Tarks & Mee v Leicester. I think Thomas scored too

Think it was Dunne who scored.

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The government removed Roman from Chelsea because his country of birth randomly invaded their next door neighbour and started killing people. It's absolutely laughable to suggest the government or the League should intervene when it has absolutely no need or desire to remove the Venkys from Blackbur...

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I think the word "spectrum" is well used in this context. It's broad and we're basically all on it somewhere or other because we all exhibit different behaviours. Giving our behaviours a label (or different labels) doesn't necessarily make a difference to those behaviours. Someone above said there's...

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To me personally there's a kind of wider issue in play here which I have a particular bug bear about. Imo, anyone can do what they want within the law whether it's my cup of tea or not, but when what they're doing impinges on me and affects me in any way, then it becomes wrong. People who play their...

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PS. I also think men vaping looks extremely "camp" (if I'm allowed to say that!?) but maybe that's just me!

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This really pisses me off people just think they can vape anywhere I thought the whole thing about vapes was to help people stop smoking.In my view it's created a bigger problem.Also without knowing the long term medical problems that will almost certainly happen This is exactly how I see it too. O...

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Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 09, 2025 8:27 pm
People near me were eating pies and they looked seriously overcooked

They'd bin on their holidays!

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If anyone knows whether Colne have won, I'd be grateful. I was watching the end bit on the telly, and it said Crompton needed 226 off 46 overs, and they shook hands and came off when Crompton reached 214/9 off 45. Anyone there who can explain? The result still hadn't been added to the Lancashire Le...

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I know it's a hackneyed old cliche, but I'm really hopeful Tresor will resurface and be like the proverbial new signing. He could even turn out to be our best signing! You never know!

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I do think Alan has learned something this time round, probably from Parker. There's absolutely no guarantees in the bear pit which is the PL, especially for the newbies, but you HAVE to gamble and you HAVE to get a decent sprinkling of experience. That's probably where we got it most wrong under VK...

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A striker may or may not be the difference between staying up and helping our finances or going down and going through the whole uncertainty once again. It doesn't have to be Broja, who has question marks already over his injury record, but who a lot of fans are willing to take a risk on. Fair enou...

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Why? Because it "appeared" it was basically all wrapped up days ago, including the medical and we were supposedly well down the road with Broja before we started sniffing round Les. Obviously I could be wrong and tbh I hope I am because he could potentially be a brilliant signing, but things don't ...

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The Broja deal has got to be a dead duck after all this time. If it isn't and he's actually announced as joining I'll be pretty surprised.

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2 things (in the main) 1. Too much money which I believe can cause a waning in the "desire" department. To keep playing you've train hard and sacrifice quite a lot in terms of a "regular lifestyle" and as the money piles up the desire dwindles because players realise they can only spend so much. 2. ...

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brexit wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 06, 2025 7:43 pm
Maybe they failed their medicals?

I heard Broja can't get through the airport without setting the metal scanner off! Good job we won't be playing in Europe.

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Disrespectful to the club and fans , why not just keep your mouth shut . I kind of agree with this. In truth everyone knows that for many of our players we are a chance to prove something and get a big money move to bigger things and Hartman is clearly here to prove his fitness and that he's going ...

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ClaretsPadiham wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 06, 2025 3:21 pm
One of the most bizarre threads ever.

An organised welcome

We used to see plenty of "organised welcomes" back in the 70's but that was certainly a euphemism!!

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"John Textor is still interested"!!!! "Not sure he's the solution!" Oh dear...... I'm pretty certain he isn't!

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I've been in the past about 4 years ago. It's weird. I have a friend lives near Edinburgh and she was in one of the "shows" which tbf was very professional and extremely good in a properly decent venue. We also allowed ourselves to be shown into some of the less selubrious venues just off the main d...

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dermotdermot wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 05, 2025 9:54 am
Once again, Dark Cloud speak with forked tongue. There’s no way Mason Mount will play for Burnley in a million years. Just forget about it.

Ok Dermot. It's all just "blew away"!!

(To quote my favourite film of all time!)

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If we end up with Broja, Les, Mount and an experienced PL goalkeeper before the window closes I'll be keeping next summer free for Europa league qualification!! (We won't though will we!!)

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I'm sure the celebrities are being used as a front entirely unwittingly and I always imagine they could therefore sue.

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