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I'm definitely stuck in the middle regarding this game. Liverpool are my second team, and while I totally agree no team deserves success but Newcastle fans filled St James Park through their darkest days. Geordie fans do deserve some success. Au contraire. Season Ave D1 Ave AP LP 80/81 16,004 24,68...

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I did that with my ex and the kids in 1984. Had a fantastic hot chocolate in a cafe near the top. When I was a van driver around Europe, I loved crossing the Alps/Tyrol using the Fernpass (Austria route 179/E532) and the Brenner pass (A13/A22/E45), can be challenging in winter on the 1st part thoug...

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The corniche from Nice up to Monaco.

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£168 for my 3 adult kids, me (an OAP) and grandson.
£25 for a 9 yr old !!
Surprise, surprise, we won't be going.

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Feel sorry for Foster,he's struggling yes but we don't know what's going on in his life,it's time to cut him some slack I think. Pffffft. I've posted several times that as a goalscorer, Foster is a dud. How much "slack" and for how long should anyone "cut" him? Isn't two seasons' worth enough? I wi...

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He isn't a No.9.
In fact he's just a very ordinary footballer who can't cut it even at Champ level and who got a lucky break when dear Vincent picked him up.
I'm fed up of hearing excuses for his performances.
Time for all to admit he's not good enough and move him on.

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I would be happy never to see Sonne, Worrall, Shelvey, Foster & Hladky wear a Burnley shirt again.

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....................have now played 81 games with just 9 wins between 'em.

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Walter Wall carpets.
Near where I live.
Say it a few times ....

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Safron wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 12, 2025 9:12 pm
Let's get some minutes in Edward's and shelvey please

In Edward's what ?

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Nope.
Not been one of the bitterest winters of the 20thC.
Ask someone over about 85 yrs.

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snapcrackleandpop wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 30, 2025 10:08 am
He has scored 25 goals in 154 apps - not good enough.

See my post on the first page of this thread.
Look at his record over several years and it's poor for a supposed 'striker.'
Folk will eventually stop making excuses for him and come to the conclusion he's just not that good.

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I watched on tv in the comfort of my own home. It was dire "entertainment" and had the same performance been between say Leeds and Sheff Utd (two teams I'm not remotely interested in) then even if I'd tuned in, I'd probably have switched off after about 20 mins. Because it was my team, I watched the...

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How many goals for us, from open play tonight ?

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.........have played a combined 66 Prem games and managed just 7 wins.
Just shows how massive is the gulf between the divisions.

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These days, the word "great" is overused, usually applied to people, things and situations that patently aren't.
Denis Law was a true great.
RIP Denis - you were an absolute pleasure to watch play.

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Cheap rail fares? On my way to Madrid from Malaga, bullet train, first class return €70, my wife was in the UK last Monday for work commitments & had to get the train from Macclesfield to Birmingham which was £211. ☹️ I've used that same bullet train. Fantastic. They display the speed in each carri...

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Yet another game where I'm glad I've saved 5 hrs driving up and down the M6 and about £100.
Absolutely tedious stuff. No quality, no shots - oppo keeper thinking about booking his summer holidays.

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The three best away performances I've witnessed (in no particular order) are 1-4 v Leeds (March 1974), 0-3 v Aston Villa (Jan 1973) and yesterday.
Top class, all three.

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"The catering is very poor and needs a complete overall"

Perhaps a pair might help ..........

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Brian O'Neil screamer v Man U.
Frank Casper thumping one past Peter Bonetti to beat Chelsea one Tuesday evening.
Both a looooooooong time ago now.

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Dross.
I have honestly seen more competence in Under-15 teams.
At Liverpool, 60 yrs ago, Bill Shankly said get the ball, look up and pass it forwards to the nearest bloke in a red shirt.
Parker could learn from that, assuming his players can pass. (possibly not)

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Foster if he is given service will score goals. Based on his whole career he might just manage 1 in every 6. So if he ever does play a 46 game Champ season, you can expect about 7 or 8 goals. I have nothing against the bloke and wish him well - I just happen to think he's not a very good striker.

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I posted on another thread a while ago that if you wiki his career stats, they're pretty poor from a supposed "striker."
Dress it up all you want but forgetting the missed games and his problems, he averages about one in six.
He's hardly going to suddenly turn into Erling Haaland.

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I always smile when some folk on here laud his open and honest interviews that come across well (or words to that effect). The bloke talks vacuous nonsense dressed up with a few meaningless phrases eg "in context" (mentioned above), "in that sense" and never fails to mention how many times/years he'...

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To say we are powder-puff going forwards is an insult to powder-puffs.

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Pre-Madonna

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I had a pet mouse called Elvis.
Got caught in a trap.

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Take Viagra - it won't turn you into Daniel Craig but it'll make you Roger Moore.

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Turgid, boring, clueless, no spark, totally predictable.

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For my Uncle Roland Hanson. Volunteered in Accrington 1917 and for some inexplicable reason was assigned to the Royal Sussex Regiment. During the 2nd Battle of Arras was sent out at midnight to cut the barbed wire in no-man's land. Shot twice in the right leg by a German sniper. Bleeding and in grea...

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From Wikipedia: Foster has a career total of 24 goals from 148 appearances ie an average of 1 every 6 games. He has only ever scored more than 5 in any one season and that was 8 with Westerlo in Belgium, 2 yrs ago. The stats would suggest that even if he were to play in all our remaining 32 games th...

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Out.
We were warned by Fulham & Bournemouth fans and he was useless at Bruges.
His press interviews are mind- numbing ("in that sense") and his game plan if he has one is unfathomable.
And he constantly pronounces "threat" as "fret" which really grinds my gears.

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willsclarets wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 03, 2024 7:43 pm
This thread is a pretty good example of how quickly fans can turn

Or how claret-tinted specs warps logic.

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It won't be long before the penny drops that fans have been conned, in so many different ways and areas. There are still plenty willing (desperately hoping?) that,for example, Foster will turn into Jimmy Greaves and Tresor into a 1990 Gazza. There are others. Dream on. Half that squad, management te...

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We was tryin to nullify their frets.

And I thought VK spouted vacuous platitudes.

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Oh yes it is !

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Many thanks again for the helpful suggestions.
Yes, we'll prob have to have a longer flight time than 2/3 hrs to get a decent chance of sun.
Currentlly researching Malta.
Thanks again.
UTC NNN COYC

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Thanks to those who have posted helpful advice.

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Consulting the font of all wisdom on here.
Me plus Mrs Alf looking for a warm, sunny week away in November.
Decent hotel, quiet (for an old couple but not totally decrepit !) within a 2 or 3 hour flight.
Looking for half-board or b n b.
Suggestions welcome.
Thanks in advance,
Alf.

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Buxtonclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 23, 2024 7:58 pm
Strange,
I'm watching on sky.
But that links working fine on my tab.

Well, I've got all Sky channels & can't find it ??

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David "Bronco" Layne & Peter Swan playing for Sheff Wed.

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Pre-Madonna is my particular favourite.

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Had 5 days there a few months ago on a stopover from NZ to LHR. Fantastic place -spotlessly clean, safe and wonderful mix of cuisines. If you're only there for one night, you won't have time to see much but as mentioned, Clarke quay is always bustling but for eating, we preferred Chinatown. Behave y...

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Claretnick wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 06, 2024 4:35 pm
I am still getting the warning

Yep, me too.
No change since early afternoon.

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Just had same warning from Google.
"Safety certificate expired."

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Bottom of Dowry St.
Joe Mort's daughter.
Ran a cracking record shop.
According to t'interweb she passed in 97 aged 67.
Google "Mary's Music Accrington."

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Favoured route used to be... Bridge Inn....Bees Knees...Pickwick...then on to the Spinning Jenny up Green Howarth way if they had a band on...and hoping to bump into Miriam. That was 1974 though so I suppose it might have changed a bit. Me & my mates did : Pickwick, next to Odeon cinema, Castle (Li...

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Vino blanco wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 13, 2024 8:36 pm
Is Joe Morts still open?

Haha.
Go under the railway viaduct, past Gibson's sports shop & upstairs on the right.
Mary, his daughter, opened "Mary's Music" on Whalley Rd didn't she?
Remember it well.

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