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Tonali trying to get the Liverpool man sent off. Pathetic.

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0-2 within 20 seconds of restart.

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box_of_frogs wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 25, 2025 8:48 pm
Softest red card seen all weekend. The games gone soft.

Seriously? He’s scraped his studs down the back of Van Dijk’s calf.

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Red all day long that.

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My favourite VAR call was the one they showed on the MOTD highlights where the Sunderland player got away with slapping Hannibal’s face because it was deemed ‘a petulant act’. I mean….. what???

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Can I be first to say…… Dyche to Forest?

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Linked with Getafe attaching central midfielder Christantus Uche by Ekrem Konur on X. Konur has 239k followers but i've no idea how reliable he is. Sunderland, Leeds and Wolves also linked. I’m always suspicious of links that just list the expected bottom clubs in the Premier League. Sounds like ag...

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agreenwood wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 22, 2025 10:26 am
**** me. This thread has been ruined.

Always the same posters too.

Let’s face it, if it stuck rigidly to the topic title this thread would be in page 3 or 4 by now.

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LDNBFC87 wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 22, 2025 10:05 am
I believe we were offered £20m after the first VK season. Wolves rings a bell but I might be wrong.

We didn’t sign him until after the first VK season, so I suspect you’re mistaken.

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No doubt you’ve been saving up to buy the stamp CT. My wife bought a book of stamps recently when she told me the price I thought she was joking, she wasn’t. Don’t worry, the high price is for the stellar service the stamps guarantee. Like when I sent my sister a birthday card this year, needed it ...

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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 what...

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Cirrus_Minor wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 21, 2025 12:06 pm
I've seen Brazilian favelas and once went into one by mistake after a wrong turn. Very poor houses crammed together in their thousands on hillsides, etc. Always remember that most had a satellite dish, most likely for football.

But what was the beer like?

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Claretitus wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 07, 2025 6:45 pm
We should get one. No, in fact 2 flags, with Zian waving his shirt like a corner flag, ON A FLAG.

Then Zian should wave that flag on top of a corner flag and we should have a picture of that made up into a flag.

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I don’t know whether the crowd behind the flag are supposed to be at Ewood or not, my suspicions were raised by the lack of empty seats, but where ever it is they’ve replicated a number of fans in different poses to make it look full. If you look down the left hand edge of the main block of fans you...

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ŽižkovClaret wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 06, 2025 2:29 pm
As it is a non statutory age, i wonder, if it was more widespread, pensioners between 65 and 84 might get a little itchy suing finger.....

If it’s even possible you’d have to be extremely mean spirited to sue because the only result is that the free tickets would end.

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It’s a low cost gesture that gains them lots of plaudits and good will. Not sure why every club doesn’t do it to be honest.

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It’d probably be better to only start threads for media outlets/pundits who don’t have us down to be relegated, make the board less cluttered.

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India win

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Just need a six to guarantee a tie and a series win.

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This is proper drama! Who says test cricket is dead? Absolutely love it.

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I’d be grateful if someone can outline the steps and cost involved for watching the game on Saturday I’m assuming 1) buy a headset, but which one and how much are they? After that ? Is it an app? Website? Free? Subscription? One off fee? Thanks in advance ! Given this is a test that may or may not ...

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 31, 2025 8:08 am
Apparently using soundwaves of chants - whatever next

Yes, this looks like it’s b******s. The ‘waves’ barely deviate from the horizontal so I doubt they are the sound waves of chants, unless they recorded just the Bob Lord.

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Leisure wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 30, 2025 7:50 pm
Why's that?

Because of the perception of many that Sunderland are making a better fist of pre-season.

It was a joke, but I guess if you have to explain your joke it’s not funny!

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TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 30, 2025 5:40 pm
What about Sunderland's kit?

Bound to be better than ours.

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burnmark wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 30, 2025 5:02 pm
A change kit is being revealed at 8am tomorrow.

Looking to sell as many as they can before the end of the PSR window.

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Whilst i can't see VR matches being of use to me unless our ownership decide to relocate my North Stand Upper seat to the US, does anyone know if this maybe a way around the Saturday 3pm blackout on league games. Does having a VR match being shown live constitutue a broadcast? I can’t imagine that ...

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Don't muddle 3D tv and virtual reality. Literally different realms. The latter is brilliant. The latter can be brilliant, but I’m not entirely convinced watching sport, where you’re effectively stuck to your seat and the only movement you get is too pivot around a single point, is a best use of it....

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I had a tv with 3D capabilities not too long ago and remember watching my first match in 3D on Sky Sports. It totally revolutionised how we consume live sports, and televised football has never been the same since. :lol: I remember my first match in 3D. 16th August 1975, Burnley v Arsenal at the Tu...

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I have very mixed feelings about this. I understand the attraction for fans that live far away, but I feel it could be another nail in the coffin for football, and entice people away from attending on match day which is the opposite of what we should be trying to achieve. Living in Kent, I don’t ge...

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Ric_C wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 30, 2025 1:52 pm
If you look at the trailer on the Burnley express article, it shows 3d models. Maybe linked to trackers on the players. Can't see the players wearing 360 cams, the referee maybe?

I’d ignore the trailer, this is about you having a virtual seat in the crowd and watching the match as a spectator.

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The Meta Quest 3 is probably the best out there in the market at the moment. I could see the reasoning of watching highlights in VR maybe, but the live game? Nah. Especially when it is just 3d representations of the players, not sure what the point is really. I saw a 5 minute MLS preview on the app...

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Brilliant news.

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Club confirms he’s gone for club record fee (and more than Pickford).

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Row x wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 29, 2025 11:41 am
Not sure why you think that, it's what most ticket related businesses are moving to...airlines, concert venues, trains etc

Yes, but it isn’t forced on them is it, seems like that’s what the Premier League are doing with football clubs.

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There was mention last season that all premier league clubs had to be digital entry this season, I don't know if that's still the case Many clubs already have digital only entry, and it works fine, those who went to Preston last season twice will have used it. I remember hypothetical questions befo...

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creepingdeath wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 29, 2025 11:18 am
Not looking good 2025 squad photo just released

Looks like Frank Sidebottom is in charge!

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I’ve previously said the same, so sympathise with this view, but in retrospect these plans must’ve been in the making well before Sheffield United. The set up of crossing the pitch has been a rubbish for staff, officials and fans for some time so I would expect a move has been in the plans for a wh...

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I don't see why not, virtually every other ground in th country unceremoniously dumps everyone out of the stand and into the same circulation zone after the match. Old Trafford, Deepdale, Etihad, Elland Road. Doesn't cause any issues of note. Yep, don’t see why we’re any different. If their is a pe...

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Leisure wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 28, 2025 5:56 pm
Because the end block on the left hand side facing the pitch looks straight down the touchline but at the other side the last block is more to the right and looks down the front of the BL.

So people will have to turn their heads a couple of degrees for the same view?

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I still don't understand why playing 'regular games of football in their lifetimes' is a pre-requisite to having an opinion on games or a player. It certainly eliminates a large percentage of those people that support football I have a relative who in his teens spent some time as an apprentice at D...

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bumba wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 28, 2025 8:30 am
She didn't

Are you her doctor? Of course she did!

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Pearcey wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 25, 2025 8:59 pm
David Beckham’s free kick against Greece. Incredible!

I was at that one too.

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He’s so good I keep forgetting he’s a yorkie.

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morninbob wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:38 pm
Just one correction, warren Joyce wasn't signed to replace John deary, they played together.

There’s a few thing misremembered (we didn’t finish 7th the season after we won 4th Division for example) but you’d expect that when it’s over 30 years ago.

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Loved that, some happy memories, can’t believe it’s 30+ years ago now. Hopefully it’s the first step in getting Jimmy back to the Turf for a game, he’d get a fantastic reception.

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6 seconds or 8 seconds makes little difference if it is enforced. Perhaps the law makers feel that it is easier to enforce a 6 second rule as it is fairer on the goalkeeper. Assuming you mean 8 seconds. Not sure why enshrining an extra two seconds of time wasting within the laws of the game is fair...

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 24, 2025 3:01 pm
I was just thinking that’s a concerning username

It’s when he announces he’s going to Poland you need to start worrying.

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Crawley gone 166-1

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Seems the consensus on here (from an admittedly small sample size) is that people don’t want referees to stop goalkeepers timewasting. Which seems at odds with what I hear at Turf Moor whenever an opposition goalkeeper takes more than 5 seconds to take a goal kick. I’d like them to apply the existi...

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kentonclaret wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 24, 2025 12:07 pm
Hold the back page on that

Looking at him out in the middle I’m pretty sure he will miss the rest of the series.

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