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I agree with the sentiment but it’s hard to sell a lad on a 4 year contract on a decent wedge. If Dutch / Belgian football is his level very few of those clubs could afford him and why should he take a pay cut??? We gave him the contract. I say fair play to the club for getting the lad out on loan....

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"All tax is theft".

You been reading Proudhon?

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SammyBoy wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 07, 2025 3:25 pm
Sounds pretty typical. I have Portuguese in-laws so visit Lisbon a couple of times a year at least, the rest of society functions like this too.

I tell my Portuguese spouse how superior I am on a daily basis.

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"Really happy I have a private health scheme that costs a quarter of my NI if I was in the UK"

Presume you don't live in Europe, brexit.

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Claret86 wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 14, 2025 8:28 am
Its going to get to the point that Sky Sports bring out a new channel just to cover the legal battles of each club

I'm not entirely sure whether your comment is tongue in cheek, Claret86, but it really wouldn't surprise me, and, of course, that would, in some way, be a bit like looping the loop.

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Whoever Hutchy is, he can write correctly and he doesn't insult people. Got to give him that.

FWIW from the little I've seen of him, I thought Hedges is not too shabby and seems committed to their cause. That I do not like their cause doesn't mean I can't respect him for that.

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Good afternoon all For anybody wishing to pay their respects to my dad, his last journey past Turf Moor will be at 1.30pm this Thursday 14th August before his funeral at St John's Church Worsthorne at 2pm followed by drinks in the Bay Horse at Worsthorne. Thank you once again for all your kind word...

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burnley007 wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 13, 2025 1:06 pm
The club make absolutely no effort with the U21's. They never seem to share much info about fixtures.

https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/mat ... 1/fixtures

I agree the club is poor on the OS. The twitter academy page can be useful (not for U18s though).

https://x.com/ClaretsAcademy

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TBH their fans have been suffering under the Venkys for over a decade. Reminds me of a Radiohead song...

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So, we're playing with a young team against a National team. It will be a tough challenge for our boys but there will be many of those this coming season.

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Casper, Blackie, Pimlott, Williams, Ashton (C), Campbell, McMahon-Brown, Leuluai, Ryan, McCoy, Tweedy

SUBS: Chester, McEvilly, So, Masara, Pouani

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Really odd. Guardiola insists on keepers who can pass a ball. Donnarumma's one major weakness is...his passing.

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Transpennine wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 11, 2025 9:10 pm
Wouldn't that be sweet. They could get the taxpayers' cash back as well for that stadium. But we won't go there....

Don't see why we shouldn't go there. It was, and remains, a disgrace.

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AlargeClaret wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 11, 2025 3:58 pm
This is almost ( but not quite ) up there with “ But Hitler liked dogs and the trains ran in time “ …

They certainly don't now; Deutsche Bahn are a joke.

And wasn't it Mussolini and Italian trains?

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Another young player goes out on loan See link https://www.uptheclarets.com/shrewsbury-loan-for-mcdermott The lad needed to go on loan and will hopefully be starting games. Whilst our U21 team will suffer the likes of McDermott and Bauress needed to be playing professional football. We'll presumabl...

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I'm not a royalist. I'm not patriotic. But I'm not going to start booing the national anthem. If you're at war with another country then I can understand people booing that country's national anthem. But your own country's? Best leave the country if you hate it that much. And booing during a minute'...

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Padiham Joe wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 01, 2025 4:33 pm
Single adult ticket, Bristol based, also required here - joconnor9@hotmail.com. I hope someone from the ticket team is keeping a track on demand in order to increase allocation in the future.

On that I wouldn't bet.

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Phil Bird is just too biased. It's as simple as that. Maybe he's told to be, perhaps he's afraid to tell the truth. But he's just not objective.

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Wasn't there, didn't hear him but looking at some of the Italian names unless you speak the language you need to check on the pronunciation. I wouldn't expect him to master "Cancellieri" but there are enough online aids if you look for them.

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DCWat wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 10, 2025 9:32 am
That’s a real shame, I think we could do with him before Christmas.

Christmas of which year?

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Generally prefer a 4 but at least Parker is willing to adapt and may change it around depending on the opposition. Something a previous manager wouldn’t have done. I agree with you, Boss Hogg. SP got horrendous stick, understandbly at the time as it took the players time to adapt to his system, for...

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I'd love for the lad to succeed above all because he's our player but also because he's had dreadful stick from most people on here.

"Looks like he's never played football before".

Now he's better than Foster. Where the hell does that leave Foster?

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boyyanno wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 09, 2025 2:30 pm
Can't believe people are being critical of the team we're putting out for a friendly!

Well, it's practice for the season ahead, I suppose. Some posters need friendlies to ahead of a long season.

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boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 09, 2025 12:25 pm
It's on Clarets+
We are3-0 down.

Parker out.

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wilks_bfc wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 09, 2025 12:47 pm
Ex EFC captain??

Reliable source.

That said, if it's true he'd be a great asset for them especially in a season where the odds are against them.

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My God it all sounds so damn complicated. You've got to be keen to go to football these days (and I'm not talking about the cost...).

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The signing of Broja may give Flemming the opportunity to play more of a link role this season instead of being the main striker. I believe that is where his main strength lies. Coming back from a minor injury so maybe we'll get the chance to see soon. I'm hoping. Hi Elizabeth, I agree with you. I ...

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It's true of Tarky as well. It all depends on potential and its fulfillment. And the latter depends on many factors as we know. Ben Mee was a model professional who worked and worked. And had an exemplary lifestyle.

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whiffa wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 08, 2025 2:36 pm
Are people rooting for Wrexham to do well?

I'm rooting for them to implode but I fear that won't happen until their 100,000-capacity becomes a cathedral in the desert when their benefactors find a new toy to play with.

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Thanks for that ecc! I'll get it bookmarked. You're welcome, CoolClaret! I discovered it a few years ago. Fantastic site. You can find a very large number of footballers' names pronounced and all by native speakers. The one thing I would say is that as AB is second-generation Albanian, he might not...

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CoolClaret wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 08, 2025 8:05 pm
Is it pronounced 'Bro-ja' or 'Bro-ya'? I've heard both used...

Oh, and fantastic signing!

Hi CoolClaret,

It's pronounced "Bro-ya".

This site (linked) is fantastic for the pronunciation of names.

https://forvo.com/search/Armando%20Broja/

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I was watching an episode of under the cosh tonight with the referee Kevin Lynch. He said about us “if it’s 25 to 8 in the evening in this country, in Burnley it’s 1935” He also said that we threw bananas onto the pitch in a game to the mid to late 90’s (he referenced waddle being the manager) agai...

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Yes, another part of my youth gone. Vaguely recall watching him but his name stood out.

RIP

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Don't wish to tempt fate but we really do seem to have a proper recruitment strategy this time round. It might not keep us up but it may well give us a fighting chance and less suffering than two years ago.

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Fretters wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 07, 2025 8:57 pm
https://amherststudent.com/article/brexit-ball/

Thank you, Fretters. Absolute new one for me.

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Just been conversing with my Wednesday supporting cousin. She has this to say It's a bit of a nightmare at the moment but we just get on with it! I got my season ticket a couple of days ago for the kop. The people on the north stand still haven't heard what is happening to them - about 9000 of them...

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Another good move.

Good luck to the lad.

Might be well wrong but I hope we'll see several more of the U21 lads get loans before the window shuts.

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Fretters wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 07, 2025 3:58 pm
I saw this on BBC Sport. More direct football is on its way back, or, when Pep etc. does it, he isn't playing long balls and 'brexit football', it is all 'fast breaks', and 'attacking in vertical lines'.

What is "brexit football"?

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 06, 2025 6:00 pm
I’ve removed it for you.

A pleasure to read this thread too.

This is HOW UTC can work and how it SHOULD work.

All Clarets together.

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You would have to go back a very long time to get to a better CH pairing of Mee & Tarks. Masters of the art of defending, and very dangerous in the opponents penalty area from set pieces Ben and Tarky were one of the best CB partnerships outside of the "top clubs". Real warriors, real defenders. We...

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Vegas Claret wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 07, 2025 4:44 am
He could be top for Wrexham tbh. On a different note it wouldn't suprise me if Jay wasn't there for long

I really hope he doesn't go there although he would be ideal for them - a genuine leader with all the right values - and it would suit him distance-wise (presume he lives in Cheshire).

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This lad was just a vague name to me until the rumours began but the comments I've read including the Chelsea fans' remarks make me think we might just have bought a key player. A real unit who has PL experience, youth and what our defence will need in front of it.

UTC

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Good luck to the lad as he needs to play regular football at a competitive level as he as no chance at the moment of playing in first team especially when we got promoted last season , if we were in the championship could see him in the squad but not ready for Premier league yet, hopefully in the f...

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I thought PNE were skint.

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Darnhill Claret wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 05, 2025 9:21 pm
It's almost like they don't want the supporters to support anything other than the first team, which goes against previous club culture.

And the women's team.

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Have just read the very sad news that Jorge Costa, former Porto and Portugal defender, has passed away at the age of 53. He was an old-fashioned CB who took no prisoners. Nicknamed "The Tank", I'm sure the forwards he marked will remember him. Despite his "robust" style he was part of the Porto team...

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Let's leave the lad to settle in there and show what he can do. I had hoped for L1 but if it means he can start matches then so much the better.

Some people might disagree but the fact the lad won't need to move (I've no idea where he lives but he won't need to change accommodation) is a bonus.

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That BBC article appears to lift from this I have just posted on the MMT don't be too quick to mock Newcastle fans, what is happening could easily happen to us (or worse!) [quote="Chester Perry" post_i!d=2592527 time=1754396135 user_id=2471] As ever with Simon Chadwick, this latest blog is thoughtf...

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Okay Wednesday were groggy but Benson was still capable - a few months ago- of scoring one of the best Burnley goals I've seen in recent years.

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Feel so sorry for them. Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) owns 75% stakes in four of the leading Saudi Arabian clubs, including Al-Hilal, while it also owns a 80% stake in Newcastle. The Magpies rejected a £110m bid from Liverpool for Isak on Friday, with Newcastle valuing the Sweden inter...

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