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jlup1980

Personally i think there is a fair bit of forward planning going on. Will now be easier to close the Cricket field stand for redevelopment and put a reduced number of away supporters in the north lower..... then they may never move back to the new stand. Tbdg I sit in the Jimmy Mac and I couldn't r...

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I couldn't understand why they appointed Selles in the first place. He's a nothing Manager. If they want to be in the top 6 next May they need to bite the bullet and sack him now!!!

jlup1980

If he had pace he wouldn't be a Burnley player. He has everything else in his locker. His positional sense is good, he's excellent in the air, and he's more than capable with his feet. He needs Walker next to him, but there's never been any doubt Hjalmar can defend.

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He reminded me of Semenyo at Bournemouth. Big, strong, quick, good touch. If today is anything to go by, he'll be starting for us sooner rather than later!

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We're only two weeks into the season and VAR has already made some dreadful calls. Foster's goal today was fine. There's no chance that gets chalked off if it's Haaland vs Esteve. Foster was just stronger, there was no intent to foul, and he finished well. Brentford should have had a second today. I...

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Dubravka 7 Walker 8 Ekdal 8 Esteve 7 Hartman 8 Cullen 9 Ugochukwu 7 Bruun Larsen 5 Hannibal 8 Anthony 8 Foster 8 Sonne 6 Laurent 7 Excellent afternoon. Lots of positives. We look a lot more suited to the Premier League this season, something highlighted nicely by the subs we introduced. Every one of...

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Names 4 wingers he wants to move on, saying they "take up squad places without offering the first team anything" 3 of them do not take up squad places due to their age... Ok clever clogs, maybe I should have said "take up wages" instead. Pedantic and rude beyond belief. No wonder most find you into...

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I like Luca, but he's extremely limited and isn't a big loss if he goes. He has pace, he can get you off your seat, but ultimately he runs down blind alleys and produces very little. That's why SP dropped him last season. In hindsight, it was a huge mistake not selling him last summer. He now needs ...

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To lose three of these players shows where our deficiencies lie. If we were starting this season with a team containing these 4 we'd be in a very different place. Immediately the back 5 would be nailed on and looking stronger - Trafford, Walker, CJ, Esteve, Hartmann. That's a great back 5. Such a sh...

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We shouldn't be surprised he's injured. His track record suggests he will rarely play. The fact he's taking legal action against Man Utd for “clinical negligence” over the medical advice they gave him says all you need to know. His best return in a season is 30 games for Villa in 2018/19. Given he's...

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Yes, Walker has to be a better option than Ekdal even though Walker isn't even a central defender. However I bet Roberts is a while away from returning, that's the problem. Dubravka Walker Ekdal Esteve Hartman Cullen Big Les Edwards Hannibal Anthony Foster I wouldn't be against this team versus Sun...

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We need to get shut of about a dozen players, sign three or four experinced PL players, and have a tiny bit more luck with injuries! We haven't suitably replaced Trafford or Egan Riley yet, but I do think Big Les will be a good replacement for Brownhill (although I'd still argue Brownhill would star...

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I think Brownhill's agent is a Burnley fan isn't he? (Phil Ercolano). I've no problem with him playing the field, and I think he'll end up abroad (probably MLS) where he'll get a nice payday and be one of the league's top players. I'm not sure that's the career move I'd have chosen at 29 having com...

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Alan summed it up nicely when he spoke about his relationship with VK. In this instance Pace and JJ Watt are the "beautiful girl". We are no longer a couple, we are a threesome, and everyone knows three's a crowd. "It's like dating the most beautiful girl in town, and knowing there's probably no cha...

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I don't see Roberts starting yet, so I think we go with the same team as Lazio apart from the three new faces. First and foremost, we have to be difficult to beat. This 11 has legs and/or physicality right through the team. Work harder than them, upset their rhythm, and force mistakes. We'd have qui...

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I signed up a few weeks ago. It sounds interesting, so I'm intrigued to see where it goes. The announcement today should have been seen as a positive. It's further investment in the Turf and that's not a bad thing - many clubs would love to see this kind of investment. How they've gone about it coul...

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91/92 was a special season. It was the one that got me hooked. Conroy, Francis, Eli, et al. What a team. We played some brilliant football, and I still have memories of being at various away games, most notably Mansfield and Carlisle. I was 11/12 years old and had been going on the Turf for a few ye...

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Because it’s a platform which is repeatedly in the news for all the wrong reasons, namely its controversial and increasingly erratic owner’s propensity for fiddling with the app to the point many now find the bizarre algorithm and total lack of moderation enough of a reason to stop using it. Judgin...

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Ian Bray

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Sure, but it was a time we saw him play to his potential, at the time you agreed. He looked leaner, quicker and sharper. Over the entire season he had more goal contributions than anyone else, despite only featuring in 2/3 of the games. He hasn’t been great in the Champ, and probably should have mo...

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This is a blow. I was hopeful he would play a big role this season. There's no doubting his quality. I think he would have benefited from being part of a more pragmatic approach.

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I don't expect either to feature until at least the second half of the season. Coming straight back into the PL after such huge lay-offs is incredible unlikely, and could trigger further injuries. A couple of loan deals, similar to Ekdal last season, would make sense. Get them back on the pitch regu...

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As with every element of work involving the local authority, there's a concerted effort to reduce costs. The issue with that is a significant reduction in the quality of work completed. Commercially, I've worked with a company called Roadmender. They've created a new type of surface repair product m...

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From the footage I've seen, they've certainly sounded better than I expected they would. I tried for tickets, I had 4 laptops on the go, but by the time I got to choosing dates and availability I was looking at £300+ per ticket and I'm just not that bothered. I saw them at Bolton, Leeds, Manchester,...

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It's great to see him involved at the club. He'll always be one of my favourite ex-players. He just went about his business and was Mr. Consistent. Watching him and Defour as a midfield two was a pleasure. They complimented each other perfectly. It's no surprise he got his England cap during that pe...

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It could well be a slippery path for Leicester going forward. A tough gig for someone to get them back up this season I think. I'm not sure about. We proved that being solid was more than enough to compete. We ambled to Christmas but we were comfortably in the top 6. Dyche would set them up to be h...

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Would much rather Barnes had a place in the squad than Hountonji, great news I agree 100%. You only need to see the reaction from the players after he scored against Luton in March. He's a great influence around the squad. That said, we need to deal with the likes of Hountondji, Obafemi, Churlinov,...

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He was better at the defensive side than the offensive side that's for sure! It got to the point last season where we might as well have thrown the keeper the ball and given them a goal kick instead of bothering with taking the corner. I've never known us look so impotent from set pieces.

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It's definitely got comedy value, but fair play to the lads who own Spud Bros. I suspect when they set up their van they never expected to have their names on PNE shirts one day! The downside is the logo ruins the shirt! But can we really take the high ground on that given the kits we've had in rece...

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WW was outstanding versus Man Utd at the Turf. He ran his socks off and looked every part a good signing. We played to his strengths that night, but it soon became evident that Dyche had signed WW for the same reasons he signed Peter Crouch a couple of years prior. He was a head on a stick. There's ...

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Could get Boro a top six finish .They love a kicking side on Teeside so if he implements Luton alehouse brawler tactics he will be popular. It's certainly a step away from Carrick's style of football. Edwards may need a few incomings for his style of play. Whittaker and Azaz aren't Adebayo and Morr...

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Oxlade-Chamberlain for free transfer and £30k a week with an option to get out of it after a year, I'd take. With his injury record that's a reasonable risk. That was my take as well. It's rumoured that we've offered Brownhill upward of £80k a week to sign, so £30k a week reads as a sensible offer....

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The one thing Dyche got right was the physicality of his teams. At our best we had Mee and Tarky and the back and Barnes and Wood up front. We were a horrible team to play against. It's why we were generally disliked by opposition fans and staff. We forgot that the promoted teams are cannon fodder f...

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I thought, as a general rule, if clubs play European games on Tuesday or Wednesday they don't impact Saturday schedules. If the game was on the Thursday it would definitely be moved. Hopefully it stays on the Saturday as I'm planning on going with my son. Sunday is far more of a hassle on the train!

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I won't repeat any of the great names mentioned already, and it's hard to disagree with any of them! How about Andy Farrell? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe he joined us in 1987 at our absolute lowest ebb, after the Orient match, and left us in 1994, after helping us get back to the second ti...

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CoolClaret wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 18, 2025 9:17 am
Love the first game tbh - new manager, lot of pressure after a disappointing league campaign last year, SP's boyhood team...

WE CAN DO 'EM!

Marcus Edwards with the winner. Easy!!

jlup1980

No doubt KDB will be remembered as one of the very best. Personally, it's difficult to look past Lampard as arguably the best though. His consistency over such a long period was remarkable, both in goalscoring and assisting. 177 goals and 102 assists is remarkable. It's worth noting that only 5 play...

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Pet Sounds was one of those iconic albums that just about everyone owned a copy of Iconic is the word Tony. It's an album that spans generations and was one I fell in love with during my formative years in the mid-90's, a good 30 years after it's release. It still sounds impeccable today. I fully e...

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I'm not a fan of multi-club ownership, but this is modern football. Only yesterday I was thinking CJ had been drawn in by the potential Strasbourg / Chelsea link, and that didn't sit easy with me. It feels like an underhand way of paying less for players cross-countries and manipulating the transfer...

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Pet Sounds will always be one of the very best albums ever recorded. A brilliant listen from start to finish. Thank you for the music!

jlup1980

Not great news. A poor move all round. He's not going to be in the shop window in the same way he would in the PL. You could argue that bar a handful of games he'll be stepping down a level from the Championship. He doesn't owe us anything, but it's not a good sign that we have a key member of the f...

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Very arrogant performance from England. Far too much strutting around with little urgency and no product. The third Senegal goal summed up things up. Spot on. Too many think they just need to go through the motions to get a result. I know it's only a friendly, but you'd expect the younger lads woul...

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I wasn't unduly worried about Sunderland as I expected to finish to finish above them. I wasn't worried about Sunderland as such, but they were very good at the Turf. They impressed me far more than Leeds or Sheff Utd. I thought their midfield was particularly strong. Bellingham, Neil and Le Fee al...

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gandhisflipflop wrote: ↑
Tue Jun 10, 2025 1:13 pm
Plus 80m compo from Everton and we can mount a title charge

That's the spirit. Champions League here we come!

jlup1980

£50m for Esteve, £30m for Trafford. That'll go a long way towards PSR compliance!

jlup1980

This is a good transfer for us. It weakens Sunderland significantly. Jobe has all the attributes to become a top player and I'm sure Dortmund will progress his career. There's no doubt in my mind that he was the stand out player at the Turf this season. I walked off hoping we'd get promoted and Sund...

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I don't understand why so many think Trafford is off to Newcastle. They have Nick Pope, who if you remember is quite good. Trafford would be going there to not play, which wouldnt be like him considering how hes been number 1 for several seasons. Trafford is still a question mark in the Premier Lea...

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A tough choice for a number of reasons. It doesn't get much better than Plymouth and QPR. We were so dominant it bordered on embarrassing. Luton was an unreal start to the season. Leeds was impressive given the upheaval two weeks prior, but it was backs to the wall stuff! Even the 2-0 at Swansea des...

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I definitely had one, although I'm not sure which drawer it will be shoved to the back of these days

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The whole thing is a farce. They pick on the smaller clubs but allow the likes of Man City, Chelsea, Newcastle etc. to be bankrolled by Saudis and the like. Absolutely it's a farce. It plays into the PL becoming the "closed shop" they want in the top half. Granted, Spurs and Man U have let them dow...

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