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Parker’s post match interview is spot on: VAR has made the game boring by taking fans out of the moment. At its worst, it’s made the game immensely frustrating and open to allegations of corruption. How are referees so bad with so much money in the game? The whole thing really turns me off football...

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Has anyone ever managed to place an item in a hotel room bin without the bin liner popping away from its edges? Why do they insert it like a balloon? And tuck your sheets in like a straight jacket? Surely nobody asks for this?

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I'd love to know what Les Lawrence is up to. Wiki not much use.

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Bit of a soft lad isn't he? Maybe a generational thing. Kind of character my kids tell me off for criticising. Maybe they are right and I'm wrong. In fact, most probably. In my eyes he'd be better shutting up and cracking on with getting a new team. In their eyes he's being real and in touch with hi...

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bobinho wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 26, 2025 10:19 pm
Looks an absolute monster.

He starts.

Parker obviously took him off so early for a reason!! With him and Anthony we look to have the physicality and energy to counter teams which is exactly what we'll need.

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Tresor has a touch of quality in the final third other players don’t. Special mention to Banel I thought he was a strange signing but he looks to have something. Maybe one to watch this season Did well did Banel. Very positive. Unlike Edwards. Can't see him getting many minutes. Hasn't got a footba...

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ElectroClaret wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 25, 2025 11:31 pm
Nowt rigged about that.

Wasn't suggesting that the individual game was rigged but the system is rigged to keep those already at the top at the top in future. It's not an even contest at all. All the Isak uncertainty etc is all part of that and that helped Liverpool last night without a doubt.

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Was a great game of football but I can't help feel depressed at the predictability of it all. There are no happy endings in football and the whole thing seems rigged towards the top sides. It's like it's great to watch but heartbreaking to witness at the same time. Not this specific result, just the...

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Clinton Morrison says he thinks the ref got it right. 100% confirmation that it was a shocking decision.

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He's been atrocious all game this ref. Started by giving 3 or 4 very soft free kicks in the first 5 and lost control from there.

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Definitely a very open division. Think we might be pining for it before too long!! I have a feeling Derby will do better than expected. Really rate Eustace as a manager and even more after he walked out on that lot!! If Ipswich don't go up they will have under performed. Just watching that first hal...

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Funny creatures Burnley fans. The number pining for Tresor to be given a chance whilst players who actually got us up like Hannibal are gladly cast aside as no longer good enough for us before a ball is even kicked! Wonderful motivation for putting a shift in and doing well.

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His tackling worries me. He's obviously a big strong lad, protects the ball ok. A good range of passing, but the thing that stood out for me was 90% of his tackles he ended up on the deck. That's a bad trait in any league, but definitely in the Prem. You can't race back in defence if you're sat on ...

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Lovely gesture. Wonder how many qualifying fans they have? My dad is getting to that age, having watched us since about 1950 so it would be a nice gesture and recognition of all those years of support. Although sadly it's age likely to stop him going on rather than the financial aspect! It's a sad t...

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Brexit Jim might need to sack a few more people to pay for it. The local boy returns story gets better and better!! What a lovely chap he is.

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Goliath wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 04, 2025 1:52 pm
That will be a fun watch

I don't think there will be a great deal of fun on offer this season!!

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Great club St Pauli. Fanatical fans and great merchandise!

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We were on holiday in Switzerland last year and the brilliant outdoor pool in Interlaken had boards at 1.5m, 3m, 5m, 7.5 & 10m. Was with my youngest daughter who was 13 at the time "come on dad, let's try the 5m". Knees knocking but managed that. "Dad, let's do the next one". Jesus 7.5m seemed as hi...

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Watched Tamworth a couple of times in their cup run last season. Big rough outfit. Bit of a throwback. Will do the young lads good to come up against that type of challenge!

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Interesting stat from the woman’s tournament there where 51 penalties in the entire tournament. 28 where scored and 23 missed . A conversion rate of 54 %. In most European leagues its between 72% and 85% (85 in the premier league ) In the last mens World Cup and taking account for after extra time ...

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jdrobbo wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 27, 2025 8:00 pm
End of an era for the ITV team. Gary Imlach has been an incredible anchor over the years.

Delighted for Wout….about time he showed up!

Just watching the final episode. Sad day really. End of an era.

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Apologies to Carter. When defending a box today she was excellent. Ref absolute dogshit. Some of those calls were abysmal. The Spanish stop, drop and roll. Plus, the old Pep trick of foul if a team counters at pace. Very good second half from us. Ref actually did a decent job of letting the game fl...

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Absolutely loved that. Did a little Stevie Taylor jig when the winning penalty went in!!!

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Lucy Bronze - "I have been playing with a fractured tibia" "I hurt my other knee, so had to come off" Puts all those rolling and squealing Spanisrds al all those Prem men, in their place! I think the women's game should be really careful not to replicate the men in that respect because to date they...

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Great win. I managed to get to Cheltenham on Wednesday and it was a great day out. Lovely place to watch cricket. I read in the programme that we hadn't beaten Gloucestershire in a County Championship match since 1961! That's quite some stat. So a long overdue win!

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Andingle wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 12, 2025 8:20 am
Chelsea 2 Dobbo 2 , 1970
https://g.co/kgs/U9WZjzG

Good goal that second. Burst of pace from Coates before picking out a good pass and a cool finish. Quality stuff.

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Brilliant footage that! Sends shivers down the spine. I'd say that match and the Sherpa Van Northern Area Final at Deepdale are my two favourite away matches in terms of the atmosphere. It's hard not to yearn for that in the sanitised world of modern football!

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Taffy on the wing wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 10, 2025 3:44 am
Was going to suggest "the throwback" by Tom Sharpe.

Yep, one of his best, although they are all so good it's hard to pick a favourite!

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TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 09, 2025 4:48 pm
Race over already?

If Vinegard flies up Ventoux like I did a few weeks ago he's still got a chance

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Probably 25 years since I went in. Place fell silent and they looked at you like you were from another planet. Only lived near Heiffer Lane!!

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"Provided You Don't Kiss Me. 20 Years with Brian Clough" is a good read. Written by Duncan Hamilton, a journalist who worked for the Nottingham Post for 20 years.

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jdrobbo wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 09, 2025 7:46 pm
It’s very much still running!

Has it changed much? Can't imagine it's gone upmarket! Used to have a tape recording that was done in there in the 60s of 2 old blokes chatting in Trawden dialect. Not easy to tell what they were saying. Although played it to my grandad and he had no bother!

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Probably a bit dated now but Tom Sharpe's books are laugh out loud funny. Satire. Porterhouse Blue, Wilt, Blot on the Landscape etc.

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Is the Cockhill club still going up Trawden? Now there was an interesting establishment!!

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gc14 wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 07, 2025 9:18 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_-7tOah4dY
Another super night ...

Chris Pearce was on fire that night! Probably his best performance in a Clarets shirt?

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I will start with this one. Must be some absolute gold out there that we have never seen before. This is superb. And frightening to think the level we were at and the stadiums we played at. I would have been at this game. The challenges are something else. And who is our set piece coach... some goa...

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There's a place called Robertshaw's in Kelbrook that are supposed to be decent. On Colne Road. Not used them myself mind.

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Brilliant goal by Weller is my main memory of Boundary Park.

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TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑
Sat May 31, 2025 12:07 am
I must admit, my memories of that 3-3 draw aren't quite so fond.

My driving or the game?

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I always thought Heath Robinson was a partnership much more suited to Burnley

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A please might help grease the wheels.

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Wouldn't mind him if we went up though. Very good player.

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Personally I wouldn't think changing how we have approached things for the last 30 unbeaten games would be advisable just for one game. We outplayed them at their place. Let's do what we do and let them worry about us!!

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My best memory of the whistle and Goal Action was when we beat Spurs 4-1 in the Milk Cup at White Hart Lane. Brilliant night.

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But the point is that Parker obviously thought the players needed a chatting to hence Trafford being instructed to feign injury. That’s on Parker, not Trafford. I'm not so sure because Trafford went down on instinct wasn't like Parker had time to tell him to do it. Either way it's symptomatic of ou...

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The feigned injury allowed a team huddle with the manager to re group, didn’t bear fruits but that was the intention. We'd just had a five minute spell that was probably our best bit of the game with a couple of corners before the break from them then his save. We didn't need to regroup we needed t...

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I'm not convinced that changing personnel without changing approach and tactics would make much of a difference. Edwards might be good but unless you have full backs getting up to support or midfield players bursting forward the front line will continue to look isolated. That's becoming the worrying...

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I can understand the tactics for the first 15-20 mins of an away game to kill the crowd, slow the game down etc. But this goes on the whole match. Trafford taking 30 seconds to take every goal kick before passing sideways to Steve or CJ. Then rotate to Steve takes the goal kicks at the point the ref...

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I can't quite see how he would fit in with Arsenal's style of play to be honest. Seems a strange one to me.

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I've never watched the highlights again until now. Amazing how the tension and emotions come flooding back watching that. Never forget the look on my dad's face in that last 10 minutes. He's normally the most relaxed guy you can imagine - he even made us stay until the end and clapped them off in th...

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