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It's actually Esteve and Hartman who somehow contrive to allow far, far too much space for the first goal, but the guy takes his shot really early on both goals, but especially the second, which is very clever and means Esteve is still half a stride away from making the block both times.

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I'm not suggesting it would be the answer to everything, but SP really has got to find a way of rehabilitating Magic Mike back into the squad/team. He's clearly got talent and talent which "appears" to be of the required level and he could just make the difference when and where it matters. He'd cer...

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Ekdal has to injured to not even make the bench and as has been mentioned, I'd definitely be starting Big Les ahead of Laurent who tbf has performed pretty well.

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Claret Till I Die wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 05, 2025 10:57 am
Happened to us at Spurs

Also happened to us at Norwich a couple of seasons back.

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Vegas Claret wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 04, 2025 4:24 pm
PNE winning again, started well this season, currently in 4th

Seems to be an annual event at PNE (starting the season very well), but it never seems to end well for some reason.

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He was an excellent signing and was instrumental in us looking reasonably comfortable before Coyle left. The injury he then picked up playing for Scotland which sidelined him for several games was actually crucial as it coincided with us starting to sink badly if I remember rightly.

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HunterST_BFC wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 02, 2025 7:19 am
Dean Marney did most weeks

Yep, and what about Brownhill's free kicks?? Red card every time I'd say!!

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Is ANYBODY passionate about brioche!!? It's crap!

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Don't forget Popey's effort v Arsenal. Wasn't that exactly the same as the one at DL in Covid. He nicked the ball and took the player. Penno DL. Minutes later the Barnes/Mee incident. The Pope one this last weekend was a really weird one. Imo, he A. Got a touch on the ball and B. The Arsenal player...

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Thank you. Is there a reason why it is not marked as an Inn? That's a good point and I did wonder that myself. With a name like The General Havelock (Crimean War?) and being basically directly outside the barracks, I'm assuming it had been there some considerable time and should have been there whe...

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"Tyrannosaur".

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That would make the other The General Havelock? No, as Meeaction says, the Havelock was on the corner diagonally opposite the Angel so I knew the other marked pub wasn't that as I remember it. Funnily enough my next question was going to be, what was that other pub which is marked and he's answered...

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On a previous similar thread it became apparent that the gym (previously VW dealership) and the Travelodge are sitting on the site of the barracks and from what's being shown on those maps it looks like Campbell St, Duckett St and Clyde St are on the land now occupied by Starbucks and the petrol sta...

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I'm still smarting over the two (extremely valuable!) points we literally threw away against Utd and Liverpool. We'd played well and worked unbelievably hard for those points and we almost got over the line and then messed up big style, twice. Being well beaten at Spurs and again yesterday I can acc...

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Sat Sep 27, 2025 11:56 am
We sacked Dyche on a Friday before a Sunday game

Which many people at the time thought was equally weird. We'd played Norwich the Sunday before and as you say, they waited until the Friday to push him out.

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They've had all week to sack him. Why sack him now with a game on Monday. Weird timing.

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The Shire Claret wrote: ↑
Sat Sep 27, 2025 7:29 am
I’ll raise you a Mark Winstanley

Centre back (Just to be pedantic!!

) Ironically though I mentioned Mark Winstanley on here this week when commenting on the Tuesday debacle. I reckoned Worral was actually slower than our erstwhile hero, which nobody actually challenged!!

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You guys are clearly too young, but some of us on here remember Ray Deakin!! Crikey, we've come a long way since then.

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There are 2 inns marked on that first map. I'm assuming the one bottom left is The Angel?

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Despite extremely encouraging displays against Utd and then Liverpool, City away is the home banker to end all bankers (quick spell check!!!) They'll probably just pick Haaland and the goalie and rest everyone else. Can't see the useless ref having much bearing on proceedings tbh. At least the North...

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Lip wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 25, 2025 10:40 pm
Good on you Dark Cloud,I take you are a pound bakery fan then.

Absolutely not!

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Like tons of other people there have been plenty of occasions over the past couple of years when I've thought I really don't know or care what's wrong with the guy, we just really need to cut our losses and get rid. However, if he's now fit, willing and able to play I'd welcome him back to the first...

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Never been in a Gregg's and won't be starting!

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It looked (even before kick off when the team was announced) like Parker had picked 11 players who he wanted/needed to give game time to regardless of their positions. Then he started looking at how he could line them up and make a cohesive team. The answer was you couldn't!

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Man of the Match???

Can we vote for a Cardiff player?

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I've only really seen Sonne 3 times. He came on for 2 minutes v Sunderland and immediately conceded a penalty, he was utterly woeful at PNE in the cup and then last night where he looked to be moulded on (the late) Ray Deakin. Broja is quite clearly equally rubbish. "Extremely good, but unfortunatel...

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Weiss 6 Sonne 4 Worral 5 Slower than Mark Winstanley and really cannot play out from the back!! He really can't be anywhere near the first team. Tuanazade 5 Humphreys 5 He's a good player as we've already seen, but he didn't look it tonight. Pires 4 Les 5 Stupid booking and for such a big unit he wa...

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Fair play to Hannibal who is trying everything to make something happen, but is totally hammered by people like Big Les getting himself needlessly booked which means he can't play properly, Worral who's distribution and pace reminds of Mark Winstanley, Edwards who I've always thought was a good play...

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It's a very decent starting XI, notwithstanding I'm a little unsure of our formation or the roles everyone will play, but the bench is certainly an odd one. Parker must be reckoning on not needing to look beyond Tresor and/or Barnes! We'll see!

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Due to family connections I watched Salford at The Willows many times back in the late 70's and early 80's and have seen them at the new ground more recently too. I've also been to several other away grounds watching them. As was well discussed on another recent(ish) thread what's happened there thi...

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It's a tough one, given the previous two devastating results, I can understand it. If we had had one or more points on the board and hadn't conceded in injury time in consecutive weeks, then I think he'd have gone for it. I think you're spot on. We could easily have had 2 more points before today (...

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Herts Clarets wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 19, 2025 8:51 pm
Mo Camara it is

Mo Camera!!! Where's his bloody hair come from!!?? Turkey????

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And the time he kicks the ball against the advertising boards which makes the ball go on the field, to get time to get into position. Cant teach that He definitely did this at least once in the first half when he was on the wrong side of the pitch. He ensured the ball ended up on the field to delay...

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Did anyone else clock him telling Dubravka to go down for treatment so that Walker could change his boots without having to miss any of the game. Gamesmanship but experience that will help in the long run hopefully. I didn't see this, but the guy sitting next to me did and pointed it out when I was...

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He literally invites (almost goads) the guy with the ball to take him on and then just takes it off him. I agree about the sloppy passes here and there on a couple of occasions today, but he genuinely oozes class and it was never more evident than today imo.

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He needlessly carded Florentino early which unfortunately SHOULD have put him in a corner when it comes to similar challenges as it does with many refs, but he then just allowed several similar challenges by Forest to go unpunished. Poor reffing imo and yet I thought he reffed well overall.

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A class above anything on the pitch today.

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Dubravka 10* (Whoever chooses MOM on the Turf wants stringing up!) Walker 9 (A class above everyone else out on the pitch!)! Ekdal 9 Esteve 9 Hartman 9 (This guy is some player!) Cullen 8 Laurent 8 Louis 8 Loum 7 (Cracking free kick!) Anthony 7 Foster 8 (Played really well, BUT -1 for missing a bril...

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Feel like we missed an opportunity here. Broja, Edwards unused while they made subs to try to win it. Forest played well enough but came here vulnerable. Great endeavour again. Respectable point but we might have to be braver in these sorts of situations. Agreed. Parker is actually a superb tactici...

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Harsh yellow card which he managed really well throughout the rest of the game and it looked even more harsh when the ref refused to card Forest players for similar.

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Got to be "Get It On" by T Rex.

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It's definitely a valid point that virtually everyone brings up in debates like this: The Championship (and below) sees a quite noticeable drop in skill level, but crikey it's far more exciting and competitive to watch and at the start of every season, despite the relegated clubs starting out as fav...

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Yes. There's a lack of competitiveness with only a tiny handful of teams realistically in with a chance of winning the league before a ball is even kicked, plus all teams these days are taught to keep possession at all costs, even if that means turning back in what looks like a promising attacking p...

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Have you spoken to these plastics, to see why they support Liverpool or other big clubs?....or just a guess? I started supporting Burnley in the late 60's.....why?..because they were successful and I had family who supported them.....never lived, or worked in Burnley in my life....is that ok? Yep, ...

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Hatters has really taken off and deservedly so. He's worked hard to build it up and yesterday he had 4 excellent real ales on and was very busy. Hatters fits in great alongside The Brewn and The Bridge which are also superb and the rumour I heard yesterday was that Hatters only missed out on inclusi...

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A straw poll If you meet a stranger and they say they follow one of the big sides, do you initially show them less respect than someone who follows a less fashionable/successful club? Especially if that club is Manchester United or Liverpool. I certainly do. Yes! Although, if that person happens to...

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Do you think all Sheffield fans come from the town? If one of them suddenly became successful, would all the non Sheffield based fans be plastics? No, I don't think all Sheffield fans come from Sheffield and I'm well aware not all Burnley fans come from Burnley, but those fans of Sheffield, Burnley...

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Agreed -though I have to be very careful as I have never lived north of Leicester but supported our club through good and bad times And there's the important bit Warks, "bad times". We've had plenty and so have most clubs. These people who claim to be "football fans" and have randomly latched onto ...

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Liverpool have a national fan base from the days of Shankly, Paisley, Benitez, Keagan, Gerrard Rush, Fowler, Toshack, etc etc You mean people from all over the country who wanted to latch onto a winning, trophy collecting club, even though it had no relevance to them, their family or there geograph...

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There were lots of them in The Bridge before the game, but not one was actually from Liverpool it appeared which seemed to play along with the narrative of plastic fans from random parts of the country latching onto and "supporting" the more successful teams. I was far from impressed tbf.

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