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Sargent would have been well worth a punt imo, but once it got to £15 million+ we're right to say no. He COULD come good in the PL, but it's too much for us to pay out for a "maybe".

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Something I will absolutely concur with, is that Stan (never mind which Stan, because there really is only one and everyone knows who he is!) would never condone any form of breaching or bending of league rules and paying amateurs would be at the very top of his hate list. When that unfortunate furo...

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 17, 2025 9:13 am
We did loan him from Brum but his debut was on a Saturday against Wigan

Cheers CT. It's a long time ago. I definitely directed someone carrying footy boots in his hand to the Turf late one afternoon one, but it would seem it wasn't him.

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I'd like to think the lads and lasses that do the dynamos, allstars and younger teams do get a reward of some kind. They are fantastic with the kids. Maybe he's referring to the amount they get in the collection for a 50 or a ton. Imagine a couple of dog treats and 10 bob they get down at Burnley i...

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Someone mentioned Louis Donowa higher up. If I'm remembering correctly I THINK we loaned him from Brum and he made his debut in a Tuesday evening game. I was in town close to Yorkshire St that tea time after finishing work and I saw a guy in shorts and tracksuit top with a back pack and literally ca...

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I do believe someone made a very valid point higher up: the "expansion clubs" who came into the league were very used to poaching and paying players who weren't officially pros and it was very much the done thing in the leagues they came from. They knew the Lancs League wouldn't sanction that kind o...

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Targetman wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 16, 2025 6:44 pm
Who was it who said..."Football is a simple game"..??

Well it wasn't Goliath!

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Summut's not reet! (Took me 15 minutes to log in and write that!!)

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This is a real risk. For example, the Rawtenstall Captain (who is a local lad) has recently been lured away mid-season by that super power of North West cricket, Edenfield (3rd tier GMCL). It's particularly disappointing to hear that someone, especially the captain, has up and left a club mid seaso...

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bfcmik wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 14, 2025 1:54 pm
Playing each other once per season would be 1 game more than the current number of games!

Well yes, I guess that could be one (innovative) solution, but still, the promotion and relegation between the 2 divisions does add a bit of spice tbf.

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Just my opinion but the lancs league have destroyed the league with two divisions ok if you are a top team in div one with your very good players but how do division 2 teams keep there good players that theyhave when the big boys come for them 2 nddivision standard very average a lot of the times a...

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bfcmik wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 14, 2025 1:57 am
Astonishing to see two former 'powerhouse' clubs, East Lancashire and Accrington sitting bottom and 2nd bottom in Division 2!

East Lancs on a charge though. (They won their first game yesterday!)

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We did a video last year or a couple of years ago after someone signed ( can’t remember who) which focused on the medical in detail. Maybe Jakub could watch that and let us know what we’re doing wrong. I think it was Weghorst. The camera followed him around the clinic (Manchester I think?) as he wa...

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I really liked him first time around, but I'm still struggling to work out what's gone on since he left us last year. For a good player it seems a weird year and I'm bothered there's a good, underlying reason for that. We'll see.

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I worry that JBL is adding padding to an area where we really don't need padding (even though I actually rated him higher than most in his first spell) when there are other areas like centre forward where we could well be found wanting (imo)

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Do you think this puts to bed potential of Oscar bobb? Any further update from your guy I hope not regarding Bobb. Whilst I really liked JBL during the season he was here and he looked one of the better ones in that seriously struggling side tbf, he's hardly pulled up any trees in the season since ...

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I agree with others that JBL was one of the few who looked like he could hack it at PL level and I was disappointed he ended up leaving, so I've no problem with him returning. However I hope we're not going scatter gun here and signing good players because they're available and not thinking about ga...

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My feeling is that Ramsey won't be going anywhere and will be in and around the first team squad, especially since he returned to first team action just ahead of last season finishing. Beyer I suspect is rather further away and if he is fit enough now, he'll go somewhere decent for 6 months to get b...

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northernpowerhouse wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 11, 2025 9:11 am
Linked to Rhian Brewster on a free

https://the72.co.uk/2025/07/11/sheffiel ... h-burnley/

God no!!! He's useless.

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Is the lady experiencing an unfortunate wardrobe malfunction!!? Probably explains why the guy's laughing!

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My first thought was Ingleby as someone mentioned above.

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A price worth paying if you can then name a stand after yourself!!!

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Whilst we might look like we're splashing the cash a bit at the moment, both in terms of actual deals and deals we seem to be chasing, we have to remember that we still have an awful lot of players who are going to be moving out, either permanently or on loan in the next few weeks and there will be ...

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I'll personally rent and reopen Burtons for a day, just to show my bare bottom in the window!

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He didn't look 'poor' at all, he made two massive costly errors but his shot stopping was brilliant in the games he played he made some massive saves which people are quick to forget because everyone wants to remember the errors. We needed an upgrade for the premier league but James Trafford at tha...

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I was a fan of Muric and he was excellent behind the all conquering Championship side, especially his amazing long range passing . I thought he should have been well ahead of Trafford in the race to be number one in the PL and kept thinking we'd be in much better position if we'd only drop Trafford ...

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jrgbfc wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 06, 2025 8:42 pm
Have Rishton got a few new players? Look to be much improved.

They've at least a couple of ex pros in their ranks these days besides the actual pro. Maybe they're trying to mimick another (unnamed!) club!

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exilecanada wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 06, 2025 4:45 pm
I asked this question yesterday but didn't get a reply. Try again:

Is 'House player Joey Hawke any relation to former Nelson and East Lancs pro Neil Hawke?

No. (Well almost certainly no). His dad was an extremely good player and firefighter from Rawtenstall.

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Whilst not condoning the unadulterated pessimism of "Brexit" there is some truth to be found in some areas of his (her?) argument. Hartman and Tuanazebe have both had injury issues which is kind of why they've become available to the likes of us and Walker has been one of the best right backs in Eur...

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Tom was a D!ck lets not change the story, i was stood watching square on and know them both well, fair play to Burnley, they won a game they wouldnt have in normal conditions but battled well at the end. Chrus Burtons a top lad, rest are cocks :lol: Tbf, I don't personally know them all at Burnley ...

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BigRedrose wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 05, 2025 8:16 pm
There was a VERY busy children's party in the function room today at Lowerhouse, certainly made it difficult getting served at the bar.

Not really sure those 5 year olds should be at the bar!!!

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Same as many I was underwhelmed and I thought it a largely "unimaginative" appointment, but tbf I felt even more underwhelmed when SD was first appointed, so it's clearly a good job I'm not on these interview panels!!! Also worth adding I was pleased we'd chosen to avoid Frank and Wayne who I though...

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Whether Oasis are "great" band compared to others depends on a mix of subjective taste and objective measures like influence, sales, and critical reception. Influence and Impact: Oasis, formed in 1991, was a cornerstone of the Britpop movement, alongside bands like Blur and Pulp. Their debut album,...

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Some good uns on there, but surprised to see The Malt and Hops in Chorley doesn't make it. Definitely one of my favourites tbf.

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Saw him at Wembley in '88. The Tunnel of Love tour. Well over 80,000 there. Amazing show and after going to Anfield a couple of weeks back (and various venues in between) I can safely say nowt's changed! Still brilliant!

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Photo looks like the Nick of Pendle to me tbf.

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A mate of mine was similar to CT in that he got a ticket when they were first available and really had absolutely no idea what it was all about or if it would even be any good. He turned out to be a really lucky guy and by the time the date was fast approaching he realised he was sitting on a gold m...

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Simply Cook is miles better. Slightly different concept in that you buy most of your own ingredients from the supplied list, but there's never more than 4 or 5 and you get to select for yourself in the supermarket, plus things aren't going off if you don't use them immediately. I've never looked bac...

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Bordeauxclaret wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 30, 2025 8:53 am
The first time a female has taken a wicket in the Lancashire League yesterday.

Indeed it was and I was there. She bowled extremely well actually and also batted excellently which meant I couldn't quite fathom her coming in at number 11. Anyway, a desperately needed win for Arrod!

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Flemming deserves a chance, but my initial thinking is he's not good enough for the PL. Having said that, it could all come down to the service he's given and the role he's asked to play.
Foster has had a good few opportunities and (imo) isn't up to it.

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I'm happy to say I'm already an exponent of the "underlying message"!!

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His dad (Tim) made many friends whilst Sam was with us and despite being a Southampton die hard, he did (as mentioned above) hardly ever miss a Burnley game home or away when Sam was playing, which living in Southampton was some commitment! Great bloke Tim and still keeps in touch with some and met ...

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Another in a number of players around that time who were brilliant in the team and the set up. Many, including Sam were literally maximising the talent they had by giving everything and realising that the "collective" was far greater than the individual parts. Few, if any went on to better things af...

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CharlieinNewMexico wrote: ↑
Tue Jun 24, 2025 8:41 pm
Frazer Forster
Fabianski
Dubravka
Stefan Ortega
Robin Olsen

Only ones I can think of that match that criteria and affordable

And injury free there's nothing really wrong with any of them, especially bearing in mind that advancing age is largely irrelevant to a good goalie.

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Under Mullen it was brilliant until ultimately it wasn't and it had clearly (and sadly!) run its course. However, the Dyche era has to be the best for me because we were competing at the highest level much of the time and when we weren't we were still very successful. As a bloke in his later 60's it...

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I can't help thinking that if there's one area a team really can't go into a Premier League season without proper experience it's goalie. We saw it first hand with Trafford, but we really didn't need to see that to know you HAVE to get experience between the sticks at that level, especially when you...

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JohnDearyMe wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 23, 2025 1:24 pm
How many teams will be relegated from the top league?

2, but with over half the league season still to play, I'd hardly describe Burnley as "on the brink" as was mentioned (likely tongue in cheek) above.

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Whatever you think about Lowerhouse and their bowlers for me Toxi is absolute class, he guarantees line and length and gives batsmen very little to go after. 2.5 overs 3/8 outstanding Toxi seems to have been around forever and yet never looks (or performs) any differently. He's a brilliant bowler w...

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Beyer (excellent player btw) said quite publicly that his initial injury was mis diagnosed and therefore not treated properly and that was almost disastrous. It was only after a lengthy lay off and a seemingly interminable recovery that the mistake was eventually discovered and he had the actual ope...

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