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Game just got a lot better

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I think it’s been in the main dreadful. Reminds me of a kids game all at hundred miles an hour with the odd decent passing move.

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Really odd. Guardiola insists on keepers who can pass a ball. Donnarumma's one major weakness is...his passing. I’ve read reports suggesting Guardiola will be changing City’s formula quite a bit next season; much more direct, to counter the passing style that has become the norm and he feels they n...

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I had the misfortune of working with loads of band wagon jumpers in the nineties when Walker was throwing his money around,for me the more times we can beat them the better. Most of us had similar experiences. However, we have a difficult season ahead why would you want a hollow victory against a v...

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The use of ‘academics’ as a slur against reason is hilarious, and typical of the current brainwashing trend seen most often attacking the humanities departments in Universities both sides of the Atlantic. The reason is not hard to understand Humanities is based on education and reasoned argument… th...

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Some similar diagrams show Tourette’s syndrome in there as well - and indeed Tourette’s is mentioned on that website I believe… Thankfully not something I struggle from in daily life. I was taught swearing demonstrates a restricted vocabulary… although just occasionally when tired my partner has be...

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IMG_0053.jpeg From this website https://differentlywired.co.uk/what-is-neurodiversity Love this diagram, and completely agree with it. I’m actually pretty sure I was not diagnosed in my afternoon in Leeds with the experts (sorry the name of the practice escapes me for the moment) with the forth aut...

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The thing with ADHD and autism - the burn out from social interaction is usually far worse - the autistic difficulty of social interaction (ie masking in public, the enerfy required, anxiety etc) coupled with the drive of ADHD we never give ourselves sufficient rest - in my case I have my special i...

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My lad starts high school on September. One benefit we’ve had is that he can wear PE kit as opposed to a blazer and shirt. He really struggles with buttons and can’t stand the noise of fastening them. While I want him to start addressing the issue I am happy that they’ve taken the stress away in hi...

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There's still a lot of misunderstanding about it. I'll tell you my typical experiences with it. 1. Impulsivity - both good and bad, can be terrible for personal finance and relationships, but also gives a drive to seek new/novel experiences and ways of thinking. 2. Having bouts of energy. This is r...

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Without wishing to undermine anyone who truly has any problems, I have overheard conversations where poor parenting, leading to unruly kids, who have not been taught anything, are being pushed for an ADHD diagnosis, so the parents can claim help benefits! The English diagnosis is far too broad, com...

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Didn’t Wrexham and Birmingham have a request to have their league game played in America rejected last season? I seem to remember the FA refused as it would set an unhealthy precedent.

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My daughter has just been diagnosed with ADHD so been doing a little googling on the subject.... which in turn means my face book feed is full of ADHD links. One turns out to be a talk at Turf Moor on 08 September as follows if anyone is interested... The Science of ADHD: Navigating Neurodiversity ...

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dougcollins wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 11, 2025 4:46 pm
I'm sure you meant Western edge of WYorks.

Quite right, thanks for pointing out the error. I was concentrating on my history not my geography

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Scousers booing the National anthem as they don’t consider themselves to be English… there must be a hell of a lot of historians in Liverpool. Do they consider themselves Brigantian, Scottish (pre Hadrian’s Wall), or Welsh… early Medieval (Bede)? Maybe we should declare our independence for the Bron...

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He bought a hotel in Clitheroe after he finished playing but it’s a lot of years ago now. He’s 70 now and I think he and Billy Rodaway played in the same Liverpool schools team. From Wikki sounds like he’s been working as part of the Birmingham City match day hospitality meeters and greeters most r...

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We've had considerably worse. I said apart from those two early games, he didn't play for two years. It was actually three, he didn't play in the Buchan/Cavanagh season either. But we had Jim Hegarty then and Joe was better on one leg. One thing is for certain their wasn’t many strikers didn’t pull...

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I liked Twiney, but he went down like he’d been shot on more than one occasion when we played Bristol City on the Turf last season. That could be what he was being asked to do to be fair. I think the other night he looked to be filling out a bit. For me that was his big problem (beside the obvious ...

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I don't think he was the model pro - he did like a drink - but the help he gave the Junior Clarets back then (when it was run independently from the club), turning up at all their meetings. He got involved with a lot of supporters club stuff at the time too along with Vince Overson for a while. Two...

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Don't think Benson had much to do with it but Bond hit the roof when he got back. He tried to get the deal cancelled but whoever we appealed to declared Joe fit which was a joke. We played our first game under Bond against St Mirren in the Isle of Man and we'd got to the ground before the team. The...

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He was the club doctor at the time so I would thing he and Jimmy Holland would have done the medical. I don’t think it was very sophisticated back then and there were suggestions that West Ham hadn’t sent all the relevant medical information and they wouldn’t get away with that now. Today’s medical...

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Once of a day his dad would have been on here seeing what you were saying about him.

Has a good reputation in the women’s game, I thought briefly after he left City he might b on AP’s radar as there was a lot of noise about the women’s team around the same time.

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dougcollins wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 07, 2025 4:14 pm
You mean like a lunchbox?

Must admit I’m wondering what a day pack is too. Could be a cucumber face pack, perhaps?

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Pleased to have an established and experienced number one. He’s been one of the top keepers and I’m hopeful he will be a solid last line next season. The announcement videos are not to everyone’s taste, but there is absolutely no denying they are attracting a lot of attention for the club and readin...

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Find it strange that a club like Wednesday, in big financial problems, sticks its neck out and gets 3,300 tickets, which sell instantly By contrast, we play Spurs at a ground twice the capacity of Leicester, on our first return to the PL having gained 100 points/two defeats/ record clean sheets etc...

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I see absolutely no problem with grounding young players this way. I consider it good for their development to work through the leagues, learn off old workhorses that life is not all Champaign and caviar. They will appreciate the good times all the more and are more likely not to be dazzled by the b...

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Jakubs Tash wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 02, 2025 7:19 pm
Why can’t the posts be deleted and 2 or 3 posters banned instead of ruining it for all?

Probably because it’s a lot quicker. I’d be very surprised if the thread is not unlocked once the message should have sunk in for those not getting the message from the warning signs.

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Do we think it is right that one person can lock a thread? I get why it was locked, but we need somewhere every transfer window to discuss rumours. Wasn't the solution more moderators or turning off notifications? If posters refuse to take any notice of warnings… they are higher up the thread inclu...

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Makes me feel old just how much the game I grew up with has changed. Not so much that the club hire a set piece coach so much as the fact this one must have decided he was going to work on being a professional football coach at about 12.

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I remember him collecting the ball for a throw-in on the Bob Lord and someone yelling “Jones you’re crap!” He looked up smiled, and shouted back; “I must be you lot are trying to sign me.” Saw him play a good few times at the back end of his career, a real character and quality player who loved play...

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 18, 2025 10:24 am
elwa - just picked up on your post. I'd no idea your dad had passed away. It's some time since I last saw him but really sorry to hear this news.

Thanks Tony taking some getting used to x

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I bought a pair of jeans in about 20 years ago. On the back pocket was a print of Snoop Dog’s autograph. Seeing it an acquaintance who considered himself ‘with it’ smirked, “Do you even know who Snoop Dog is? “
I reploed, “well, obviously he makes jeans.”

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My Dad’s favourite. Surreal that she only survived him by ten days. RIP Connie thanks for the joy you brought him xx

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Never heard anyone have a bad word for AW. What a player he was for us, nice to see the respect and love we have for him is returned.

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 15, 2025 2:38 pm
Confirmed departure

See link
https://www.uptheclarets.com/massengo-m ... bundesliga

I wish him all the very best. I loved his enthusiasm for art and his determination to embrace Burnley after his arrival. Hopefully he can settle into first team football now and have a solid career.

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Eyes and ears made me think immediately of Lenny Johnrose.

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NewClaret wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 11:00 am
I was taking Tony’s post as confirmation.

I wouldn’t take Tony’s post as confirmation necessarily, but it does suggest there is a reasonably strong source behind the rumour.

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Teardrop Explodes - Reward

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Truely shocking, I was expecting something football related… that he was going to be late back in Liverpool for training or he was mulling over moving on. How sad. He seemed from those who knew him to be a really nice fella. RIP

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Big Gaz posted about Richard the third and the Plantagenets in Yorkshire, and that no royalty really came to east Lancs, but somehow when I tried to reply the post got tangled with my reply and when I tried to disentangle them both were deleted. Not sure if it was my error, but, I apologise to BigGa...

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Many years ago I read an article that made an argument that The Ridge was the site of Brunanburgh and that there's a couple of burial mounds near Waltons Spire Nelson where the dead from the battle were buried. None of which has been verified and remains conjecture. The big problem we have, being p...

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I had heard Brunanbagh was potentially around Worsthorne way Rossendale also has a claim… and what is thought to be remains of ramparts… though an excavation in the 60’s failed to find anything… modern experts point out they didn’t go deep enough (at 6’) as any finds in our area from the period wou...

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Love this, could read this kind of localised knowledge all day long! Further backing the theory of the Satantii controlling the area is that they may well have morphed into the Kingdom of Elmet, so long thought to be in West Yorkshire has now been pinpointed further west… to what we would now call ...

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One of my pet subjects… the A59 Ribchester was a major crossroads in the northwest, hence the fort. It linked York Blackburn and Preston mini forts (eg Walton Summit) to Lancaster and Cumbria. Along the A59 were around thirteen watchtowers between Ribchester and Colne. Above A59 Bowland was largely ...

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bumba wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 30, 2025 2:24 pm
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Didn't somebody say the away strip has claret shorts with the white top?

Looks like the same template to me

If that is the away kit I do like that combination, very much.

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martin_p wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 30, 2025 2:17 pm
Hmmmm….

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Sleeves bellowing over them there, if my short sleeve retro shirt is to believed.

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The short sleeve version of the early 70s kit would have had the same amount of blue as the modern one. Besides, we may well end up with blue socks. Mark Green suggests that is indeed the case. I will keep the powder dry on any further comment regarding my disappointment for now. I may come to like...

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I can see this being hated, but I like it. The sponsor may ruin it if it's that awful massive yellow thing again. After having away's for the last two seasons I may go for this depending on the finished outcome. That I believe is smaller than last season and is blue/blue white not yellow this time.

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martin_p wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 30, 2025 1:52 pm
But we’ve had kits without blue sleeves several times over the last 55 years. We went a full decade, between 69 and 79, with claret sleeves.

Well aware of that… but never have we had so little blue, in the shirt including the early/mid 70’s shirt posted above.

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Inspired by this presumably - 50 years ago... Image credit: https://www.historicalkits.co.uk/ Except that at least had proper blue cuffs and and a thick neckline band to go with the blue BFC. We’ve had more yellow in the home shirt than there is blue in this and still managed to make it look like a...

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