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You do realise Doge pulled funding for AIDs prevention in Africa? The knock on effects will kill potentially millions of people as a direct consequence of Musks actions. As well as leading to the spread of the disease further and wider all over the world. But hey he saved a couple of quid in the me...

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The women are more successful than the men, despite the underfunding, despite the men’s game dominating, despite the older generation progressing their misogynistic attitudes onto them. What do you mean by "despite the underfunding"? The WSL isn't profitable - professional women footballers are ear...

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GOLDEN GAMBLE!

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Yeah, that's too much money for Sargent.

Let's hope that City pay the buyback clause if JT is to leave.

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I had no idea that it was closed!

Fond memories of going in there as a child, so happy to see this re-open... I may just pop in as well!

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The cynic in me senses now as it did then it was a means to exploit the sports for profiteering whenever possible. Rich pickings for advertising . I have no axe to grind with women involving themselves in any sport, but in my view the almost manic approach to project the womens game as an event wil...

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No idea why you would even be watching the game with views like this. What were you expecting ? To say you were “crying laughing” during the penalty shoot out is embarrassing. You are going to end up down that Trafford rabbit hole again ! Seriously just don’t watch it - it’s weird that you choose t...

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It is of the highest standard. These are the best female footballers in Europe. If that's not enough for you to want to watch it then that's perfectly okay, but maybe you need to realise that the decision to broadcast it maybe wasn't made with you in mind. Girls up and down the country will be insp...

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If your enjoyment of sport is solely about the quality on display, you’ll be forever disappointed with women’s football. They’ll never be as good as men. I can still enjoy a game of amateur football, kids football, women’s tennis, an F2 race or a Championship game, even though the levels are way be...

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So many posts in here whining about quality, being "gaslit", comparisons to mens game, female commentators etc. Seriously, if you can't enjoy being 2 goals down, levelling it up with 2 quickfire goals, players getting injured, bloodied noses, strapping up their own legs and then winning it on penal...

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... can we at least stop being gaslit into thinking it's of good quality? It's a joke; these are well-paid professionals, and it's embarrassing that this is masqueraded as a high-level sport.

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I didn't realise Westwood had qualified for this years Open, which qualification process did he follow? He was on a massive PGA tour hot streak not long before jumping to the oil tour. https://www.theopen.com/latest/final-qualifying-richard-teder-lee-westwood-lucas-herbert The first time I played i...

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I would rather take Wilson or Vardy on free"s than spend £20m on Sargent.. Probably wanting minimum 2-3x Sargent's wage and they have no re-sale value, no scope for growth and could both be totally over the hill. And we will have a striker for 3-5 years in his best years, either gets sold for profi...

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Bethell for Pope Atkinson for Woakes Dawson for Bashir Probably won’t happen though. Wonder which of the next 2 Archer plays? Perhaps he’ll get tested for one. Would you not have Tonguey back in for cleaning up the tail? Have Bethell in, but right now, for me, it would be for Bashir. Hopefully, Atk...

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Can't pick between Hull, Chelsea, United or Liverpool. All good for different reasons: - Hull being our first PL away win and was a bright spark in what was a disappointing season - Chelsea kickstarted our season for that fantastic 7th place finish - United because I never thought we'd win at OT in ...

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There are some proper casuals in here!... As somebody who has been watching England for about 45 years, this is one of the most exciting test teams I can remember... I think some have forgotten how bad we were under Root and are failing to appreciate the improvement under Stokes in terms of playing...

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No matter how many times people on here write off this team, tell us that this player or that player aren't good enough, this team regularly find a way to win. We don't want the openers to chuck their wicket away, that's all. Done incredibly well to win it with favourable bowling conditions, but co...

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Tremendous innings this from Jadeja - grit, composure, rotating the strike to protect the tail when he can — I've been thoroughly impressed.

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I find it incredibly frustrating viewing this, and it's not worth the occasional mental win against all odds. Openers are there to see off the new ball and wear out the strike bowlers, giving a real platform for your middle order to rack up the runs. The amount of pressure we put on our middle order...

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burnmark wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 12, 2025 1:59 pm
Excellent news! Great to see him back on the pitch and to hear how happy he is.

https://x.com/burnleyofficial/status/19 ... 22397?s=46

Jordan close to tears? He nearly brought me to tears with that interview - so great to see him wearing the claret shirt again.

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Think you missed my point. No complaints from me about who we have but a growing concern over our ability to attract 'quality' that is of the level needed in this division. And that is an observation and not a complaint. Ok that's fair - but that's more just because of our club and likelihood of fa...

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I think the harsh reality of football at this level is beginning to show itself. The latter part of this thread has posters alluding to us being 'top heavy', large numbers but very short on quality to enable us to compete over 38 games. Parker can only do his best but doesn't have the pull that Kom...

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I've always thought if you play a back 3 with 2 attacking players that you can trust to drop into a 5 defensively but are good enough attacking, it can work if you basically pick 5 defenders and the outer 2 aren't really attacking players then you just get pegged back As you say a proper Centre For...

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All the best with it, sorry to hear about your mum in law - it's a truly terrible disease.

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If we're counting Larsen as a genuine goal threat after 6 goals last time (fair enough) it seems reasonable to also include Foster who scored only one less goal despite a truncated season and indeed would have had a 6th but for a diabolical VAR call at Forest. They're both players who at Premier Le...

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Something like 4-2-3-1: ----------Trafford Walker-Tuanzebe-Esteve-Hartman ---------Cullen-Laurent Edwards-Hannibal-Anthony ---------Flemming Or 3-4-2-1: ---------Trafford ----Tuanzebe-Esteve-Humphreys Walker--Cullen-Laurent---Hartman ----Hannibal----Anthony --------Flemming Subs: Weiß Roberts Humphr...

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You're right that he could add to the goal threat. As I said, I like him as a player. I just think we're bursting at the seams with squad players. I know there is still plenty of time but I'd like to see some balance restored and some big players for the spine prioritised. Yes, we are - hopefully w...

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As someone has already said, our squad right now is just really weird. We've a vast array of what you might call squad players, with very few players who you'd say "they're nailed on to start every week". I did like JBL last time he was here, but I think he adds more to the squad player side of thi...

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Just catching up on this thread. Hard to work out what's going on with all the cloak and dagger innuendo stuff. If it is Bruun Larsen as everyone seems to be thinking, I'm not sure. He's a good player and he came out of the 23/24 season with credit once he was match fit, but I'm just not sure there...

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Not sure on exceptional. It’s weird that he’s only really done anything with us in his career. You’d have thought he would have gone back to Germany and kicked on? Purely based on his output for us and watching him play for us. Great touch, could use both feet, top movement. On the pace aspect - re...

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RVclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 11, 2025 1:11 pm
Wouldn’t say JBL has much pace? Not slow but not quick.

Think he was deceptively quicker than he looked, had a nice running stride.

I'd be over the moon if he came back, I thought he was an exceptional footballer.

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He's a legend but he's gone a bit too 'Jeremy Clarkson', for want of a better term. Good get for the show, but nothing new - just rehashing what he's said in other interviews.

The SD of 10 years ago is a different bloke to today's SD, imo, who's been huffing his own farts for too long.

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I’ve got to be honest, apart from watching Burnley and my kid’s grassroots teams, I’ve no interest in watching any other football, where as once upon a time I’d watch every single game I could. Same - I've grown to really dislike the sport at the professional level. Can't get enough of the Clarets ...

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Not as simple to get someone like Obafemi off the books who’s done nothing in 2 loan spells, we need to let leave on loan or perm - Hladky, Sonne, sambo, Delcroix, Worrall or Ekdal, Dodgson, churlinov, Benson, obafemi, not gonna be queues of clubs trying to sign them Yep, hence the 'etc' in my post...

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There’s no guarantee we are going to be looking to play a back 3, I know Humphreys is a cb playing left back but Parker likes him at left back so just can’t see us going with 3 full backs on each side in the squad when it’s as bloated as it is and just thought Pires could be one of the players who ...

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With Hartman and Humphreys, I wouldn’t put it past Pires being a player Parker has said if an offer comes in he can leave Disagree, If 3 at the back is the system (in some games), then all of a sudden we only have one wing-back if he were to leave, not to mention, Pires came on leaps and bounds to ...

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Ah ok. It probably adds to the elitist nature of some golf courses and events rather than “ambience”. I’ve been to many many golf events and back in the day you used to have to hand your mobile in and pick it up on leaving. St Amdrews did that for our Open when I went a number of years ago. Since t...

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Big Vinny K wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 09, 2025 4:29 pm
Are you saying that the atmosphere at Augusta is better than all the other PGA events ?

No, I inferred that by being mobile free, it adds to the ambience and gives a certain 'feel' to the event.

It's impossible to quantify.

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So someone standing in a crowd, watching the band and singing along to the music while holding a phone up to record it isn't "fully engaged in the moment". Correct. As for your dumb football comparison, a band in concert is a vastly different beast than going to a football match. Unless you go to a...

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For them, yes. If people buy a ticket and watch on their phone, as long as it doesn't hinder anyone else then what is the problem? I'm not going around policing other peoples behaviour. The other week I watched someone that I've been waiting 33 years to see. I have a simple one minute clip of one s...

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Indeed. God forbid people actually want to remember and relive an enjoyable moment in their life. Are they maximising their time there, though? It's different to having a camera and snapping a couple of photos for memories, filming everything and viewing the concert through a small screen certainly...

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The MLS will still be an option for Brownhill in 2 years, though likely for less money. ] He'd bag for fun in that league - not as straightforward a decision as some are making out, imo. It's a choice between a PL relegation battle in the most watched league in the world, testing yourself against th...

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It doesn't help either with the sheer weight (and size, though that's a topic for another discussion) of the cars on the roads today - road tax should also be influenced by curb weight. Take the electric BMW iX, which has a curb weight of around 2,500 kg. Typical cars made 20 years ago rarely had a ...

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Good loan for him (and us!)

I still think there's something there with this lad, not sure to what level, but he has favourable raw attributes.

I'm guessing he's mainly going to be used in rotation, if he can manage an 7-goal + return in the Bundesliga, then I think he might be one that comes good.

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Dyche was allowed to break our transfer record 5 times. Gray, Brady, Wood, Gibson, Weghorst. The only "more backed" manager we've ever had is Kompany. He managed what 7/10 seasons in the PL, at a time when PL money went completely nuts, after we had had just 1 year in the PL previously, following a...

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There is something to this though. Foster and Koleosho struggled in the championship because we are usually the team that dominates the game, thus the opposition in the championship have 10 men behind the ball most of the time. I think we will see both of them have good seasons this year. Both in m...

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Big rethink needed, barely laid a glove on them in this test. No idea what the selectors see in Bashir, I'd prefer to play another batsman that can bowl some off/leg break part-time along with rooty if we can't find a legit spinner. Smith has to swap with Stokes in the batting lineup. There's an arg...

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I mean you're blaming VK for not picking the same side that won the Championship title when the 3 best players in that side were loan players who the club did not sign. Benson missed all of preseason injured, Brownhill's brother came out and told us all Josh wasn't fit. Anass also missed the final ...

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I mean use your brain a little. Maatsen, Tella and THB weren't signed by the club, that's not VK's fault. Barnes was never gonna cut it in the PL, he should've been retained though. Brownhill and Benson were injured. Muric wasn't good enough. Any manager who gains promotion tries to replace some of...

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