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- Thu Jul 17, 2025 11:05 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Summer transfer window
- Replies: 5371
- Views: 637713
Re: Summer transfer window
It's a doss you like to believe otherwise fair dos. We can move away from gawthorpe & portugal training side & all that jazz. The team bonding & getting to know each other can be conducted in any social environment such as paint balling or ice skating. etc. I'll leave you to believe the bonding can...
- Thu Jul 17, 2025 10:30 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Summer transfer window
- Replies: 5371
- Views: 637713
Re: Summer transfer window
Not at all I've simply expressed my opinion. In my mind forums are supposed to be about a diversity of different opinions. It's possible for people to agree & disagree. I'm reluctant to continue because like the amdouni thread it seems like an herculean effort for some people to bypass what some pe...
- Thu Jul 17, 2025 8:03 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Summer transfer window
- Replies: 5371
- Views: 637713
Re: Summer transfer window
It's already been established you could do the same work wise (loosely meant) at either location so you are left with the attraction of portugal & all that. Have a good evening. I can never tell if you believe what you say, are being deliberately obtuse or just on a wind up. Anyway so if work send ...
- Thu Jul 17, 2025 6:02 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Summer transfer window
- Replies: 5371
- Views: 637713
Re: Summer transfer window
I get all that. But in pure footballing terms there's nothing unique in portugal that gawthorpe doesn't offer that's the point I was driving at. Parker is at no disadvantage in assessing at either location. In purely footballing terms you are correct but these pre season trips aren’t really about t...
- Wed Jul 16, 2025 8:38 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Summer transfer window
- Replies: 5371
- Views: 637713
Re: Summer transfer window
I doubt any of our current central midfielders have the physical attributes, strength or pace for the Premier League Why would you think that? Cullen struggled in the early prem matches he was over ran with 1 pivot once we changed to a double pivot and he returned he was much improved and was certa...
- Mon Jul 14, 2025 10:43 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: England vs India Third test
- Replies: 309
- Views: 12882
Re: England vs India Third test
Dawson would be a fantastic option at number 8 in the line up. Would give us some serious lower order batting strength He isn’t a better bat than woakes althouhbhe is the perfect guy to replace him in the order if he is rested like is expected. I hope Atkinson comes in for the next 1 if archer play...
- Sun Jul 13, 2025 12:10 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Lyle Foster
- Replies: 141
- Views: 9489
Re: Lyle Foster
There are some very constructive criticisms of Foster on this post and can accept them. I think I probably am over sympathetic for the guy because I went through some serious mental issues a few years ago but fought through them and have an understanding of what he went through, and I did not have ...
- Fri Jul 11, 2025 2:04 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Summer transfer window
- Replies: 5371
- Views: 637713
Re: Summer transfer window
Top 2 are wingers I got what you meant I just added some more names as we need a bit of clear out of the chaff.123EasyasBFC wrote: ↑Fri Jul 11, 2025 1:51 pmSorry mate I was just talking about wide players and attackers if we are singing another winger
- Fri Jul 11, 2025 1:32 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Summer transfer window
- Replies: 5371
- Views: 637713
Re: Summer transfer window
Regardless of who it is, another winger, you’d imagine benson is definitely leaving and then one of either Tresor koleosho and Amdouni We have quite a few few to shift Benson Churlinov Massengo (in talks) Sonne Sambo Delcrois Ekdal (I would keep personally) 1 of green or hladky must be on the move ...
- Fri Jul 11, 2025 1:27 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Summer transfer window
- Replies: 5371
- Views: 637713
Re: Summer transfer window
Cullen and Laurent. In the Premier League? You wouldn't be concerned???!! Wow. If Cullen and Laurent was our only options then I would be concerned, but they aren’t Hannibal and Cullen would be my preference to start from our current squad. Laurent is interesting to me clearly from a technical stan...
- Fri Jul 11, 2025 11:06 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Summer transfer window
- Replies: 5371
- Views: 637713
Re: Summer transfer window
It's gone strangely quiet on transfers. I wonder if we are waiting for clubs/players to make a decision? We desperately need midfielders...DESPERATELY!! What is so desperate? we definitely need another option in there alongside Cullen but if we went innitially with what we have in there it wouldn’t...
- Tue Jul 08, 2025 1:10 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Summer transfer window
- Replies: 5371
- Views: 637713
Re: Summer transfer window
And yet the 'bullshit' that I've posted is sometimes right on the nose. Sometimes Its right, sometimes it isn't. I don't profess to be itk, I just pass on what my mate who works in football has told me. I'm otherwise as clueless as the next person. People seem to like it so I do and it generates di...
- Tue Jul 08, 2025 12:46 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ARTICLE: Hountondji goes out on loan
- Replies: 83
- Views: 6216
Re: ARTICLE: Hountondji goes out on loan
The fact he only played in his correct position once in those three starts seems to have been missed by the doubters on here too. Maybe he won't be good enough for Burnley in the Premier League, but too many are writing him off prematurely. Exactly he played on the left against Sunderland for examp...
- Mon Jul 07, 2025 5:52 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: England vs India Third test
- Replies: 309
- Views: 12882
Re: England vs India Third test
Wokes average at Lords is something like 14 if he is fit enough surely he plays even if it means he misses the rest of the games. For me bethel comes in not gonna drop the vice captain who scored a century in the last game though not sure how we fit him in possibly for bashir. 1 of Archer or Atkinso...
- Thu Jul 03, 2025 5:24 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: England v India - 2nd Test
- Replies: 191
- Views: 8447
Re: England v India - 2nd Test
Isn’t this the way of this team have 1 good game then follow it up with an atrocious performance which results in an innings defeat? Still time for this to not be a bad defeat though it just seems to me to be the pattern in the past more often than not.
- Sat Jun 21, 2025 11:23 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Competing at Prem level - Whats changed?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 3075
Re: Competing at Prem level - Whats changed?
I think the last 2 seasons have been an anomaly the gap is big and it is hard to stay but not impossible. When you look at it and break it down Ipswich and Luton were essentially League 1 teams and the bridge was to far in 1 season granted Ipswich spent a lot of money to try and bridge it, to me it ...
- Thu Jun 19, 2025 8:47 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Tresor
- Replies: 167
- Views: 17689
Re: Tresor
Not able to edit sorry missed the comment about what SP said!
Why is what SP says so unreliable and what the chairman said 100% gospel that bit I don’t get?
Why is what SP says so unreliable and what the chairman said 100% gospel that bit I don’t get?
- Thu Jun 19, 2025 8:43 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Tresor
- Replies: 167
- Views: 17689
Re: Tresor
Because you've invented a whole narrative that goes from AP's statement to Tresor playing a month later. None of which can be inferred from what he said...! For the record, I think what AP said is likely to be true as he understood it. My only point is that the club's only reliably statement is the...
- Thu Jun 19, 2025 3:14 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Tresor
- Replies: 167
- Views: 17689
Re: Tresor
Pretty accurate from the Chairman, unless people wanted him to start a league game. Lot of games in that month period though taking into account the Christmas period but yes it lends itself to him being fit and training but NOT necessarily fit to play! No idea of the truth like the rest of us one d...
- Thu Jun 19, 2025 2:52 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Tresor
- Replies: 167
- Views: 17689
- Thu Jun 19, 2025 2:07 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Tresor
- Replies: 167
- Views: 17689
Re: Tresor
Ajax didn’t sign Tresor because of the loan fee, not because of any injury/illness. Is that a statement of fact or rumoured at the time? I remember it being in the press can’t remember anything conclusive coming out. Genuine question, I do remember the chairman did mention transfers with Tresor but...
- Thu Jun 19, 2025 1:59 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Tresor
- Replies: 167
- Views: 17689
Re: Tresor
It is not possible to misconstrue what he said - 'he is training and fully fit'. SP is the manager of the team, he is not in a position to criticise players. And what Parker meant and how his team mates feel is just conjecture. Basically what you are saying is - you aren't prepared to accept the vi...
- Thu Jun 19, 2025 1:06 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Tresor
- Replies: 167
- Views: 17689
Re: Tresor
Too many people keen to call fellow Clarets idiots. The Chairman clearly said publicly what he said there was no chance of misunderstanding it. The person who claimed to have the question then asked it again privately and got the same answer. Quite clearly it was easily misunderstood as it has been...
- Tue Jun 17, 2025 8:39 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Summer transfer window
- Replies: 5371
- Views: 637713
Re: Summer transfer window
I'd be happy to be proved wrong, but I havent seen anything in Worrall that makes me think he could be a starter in the Premier League. Not really my point, but the fact he has played there and done okay should help. He was affected by a broken foot and the 2 CHs form when he got fit last season. H...
- Tue Jun 17, 2025 12:22 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Summer transfer window
- Replies: 5371
- Views: 637713
Re: Summer transfer window
Seems like Joe Worrall is being completely forgotten about in this CB debate, he has played for Forest in the PL and you never know he might save us having to shell out for CJ's replacement when other areas in the squad need addressing.. Yes I forgot about him in my list of CBs at the beginning of ...
- Tue Jun 17, 2025 11:36 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Summer transfer window
- Replies: 5371
- Views: 637713
Re: Summer transfer window
Fair enough, he's been offered a deal, but he would be 4th choice. He's made a huge amount of errors that have led to goals in the past year or so. I'm just amazed people are so keen on signing Evertons 4th choice, error prone CB at the back end of his career. Based on what? The fact he was good fo...
- Mon Jun 09, 2025 3:36 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Osmajic
- Replies: 213
- Views: 31388
Re: Osmajic
I say only 1 knows as what Osmajic said and what Hannibal thinks he heard could be 2 different but similar sounding things.Jakubclaret wrote: ↑Mon Jun 09, 2025 3:24 pmI'd say 2 people but there's a possibility whatever MO allegedly said it's open to misinterpretion. On that basis I don't see how it can be proven beyond doubt.
- Mon Jun 09, 2025 3:17 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Osmajic
- Replies: 213
- Views: 31388
Re: Osmajic
I would say only 1 person knows exactly what was said to Hannibal and in what context the rest is conjecture and opinion.Jakubclaret wrote: ↑Mon Jun 09, 2025 3:02 pmThing is you wouldn't even know it if it wasn't. There's only 2 people that really know what went on that day.
- Mon Jun 09, 2025 1:47 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Osmajic
- Replies: 213
- Views: 31388
Re: Osmajic
It is worthless and pointless as it's just made up. Thinking they are doing a good job because it is taking them ages is just as silly as thinking there is more chance it will come back not proven because it is taking them ages. Literally just made up. Jay's case took three months to the day, but g...
- Mon Jun 09, 2025 1:29 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Osmajic
- Replies: 213
- Views: 31388
Re: Osmajic
Sorry, this is worthless and pointless. It is clearly taking too long, it is taking longer than previous charges for the same offence and has now reached the point where Osmajic if he so wished could simply walk away from English football and play elsewhere. When you say "imagine if they rushed it"...
- Mon Jun 09, 2025 11:10 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Osmajic
- Replies: 213
- Views: 31388
Re: Osmajic
Nope. If Osmajic can get away with racially abusing him, it is not protecting Hannibal for the FA to take a really long time to fail him. If Osmajic can racially abuse him on a football field he is not protected from racism at work, simple as. Not quite right get your point though, we don’t know wh...
- Sun Jun 08, 2025 5:14 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Osmajic
- Replies: 213
- Views: 31388
Re: Osmajic
The jeopardy for Hannibal is finding out whether he is protected from racism in the workplace. The fact there is an investigation that has taken this long I would suggest is proof of his protection, the result of it is dependant on the evidence and what independent witnesses say. A not guilty or no...
- Sun Jun 08, 2025 5:12 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Osmajic
- Replies: 213
- Views: 31388
Re: Osmajic
It doesn't affect us or Hannibal in the slightest does It? PNE and Osmajic will be penalised if he is found guilty but we won't be entitled to anything. There's no suggestion that Hannibal did anything wrong, so it's not the case that if the racist abuse by Osmajic is found to be "not proven", then...
- Mon Mar 24, 2025 10:47 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Academy - Cat 1 status?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 8042
Re: Academy - Cat 1 status?
Had we had a full inspection at the time of the covid one, we would have failed it. Some people disagree. What makes you think that though? Essentially that would mean that Jon Pepper was utterly incompetent if he would put the academy through the tests for it knowing full well they would fail if t...
- Mon Mar 24, 2025 8:06 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Academy - Cat 1 status?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 8042
- Mon Mar 24, 2025 7:55 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Academy - Cat 1 status?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 8042
Re: Academy - Cat 1 status?
Originally it was a paper exercise without a visit When we had a visit we failed Some will want you to believe otherwise. I think it is irrelevant whether it was a paper exercise or not the first audit, it is clear that we would have passed it even if it was a full one based on who was in charge of...
- Tue Mar 18, 2025 12:36 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Osmajic
- Replies: 213
- Views: 31388
Re: Osmajic
Not sure I fully get the Jay/Osmajic comparisons. If I am trying to be objective (which is difficult as we all wear Claret tinted glasses), it always seemed likely that Jay never said anything racist or at the very least, never intended any sort of racial insult. Osmajic on the other hand, claiming...
- Mon Mar 17, 2025 9:17 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Osmajic
- Replies: 213
- Views: 31388
Re: Osmajic
You could be correct, but Jay was also charged for the Bong incident it is best to just take a step back and wait for that evidence or the verdict to be knownCharlieinNewMexico wrote: ↑Mon Mar 17, 2025 8:59 pmHe wouldn’t be getting charged if there wasn’t more evidence. You just haven’t seen it yet
- Mon Mar 17, 2025 9:01 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Osmajic
- Replies: 213
- Views: 31388
Re: Osmajic
What has that got to do with it? He may have been wrong but why is he in the wrong for reporting what he thought was correct?
Yeh Preston fan base would say the same about Hannibal!
- Mon Mar 17, 2025 8:56 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Osmajic
- Replies: 213
- Views: 31388
Re: Osmajic
If there wasn’t enough evidence to prove him guilty, he’s innocent. You missed a bit of what I said there was not enough evidence to prove him guilty or innocent, result was not proven. As it happens I believe Jays said but that isn’t the point it is the reaction of Burnley fans to this is as bad a...
- Mon Mar 17, 2025 8:39 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Osmajic
- Replies: 213
- Views: 31388
Re: Osmajic
Surely the FA wouldn’t charge a player when it’s one guy’s word against another and you would have thought that they’d have sufficient video evidence as using other people as witnesses isn’t foolproof on a crowded football ground and things can easily be misheard. They charged Jay when it was 1 per...
- Mon Mar 17, 2025 8:38 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Osmajic
- Replies: 213
- Views: 31388
Re: Osmajic
Mate Bong didn’t make it up it was clear it was his belief that Jay meant it in a racist manner.
- Mon Mar 17, 2025 8:37 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Osmajic
- Replies: 213
- Views: 31388
Re: Osmajic
No he wasn’t the result was not proven as there wasn’t enough evidence to prove him guilty or innocent. I don’t think what he said was ever doubted it was the context that it was meant in that was questioned.pureclaret wrote: ↑Mon Mar 17, 2025 6:24 pmAh But Jay was not found guilty , and did not before that go round biting people,
- Mon Mar 17, 2025 8:34 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Osmajic
- Replies: 213
- Views: 31388
Re: Osmajic
Did Jay physically hold his nose at the time and claimed he said something along the lines of him having bad breath? It’s certainly more believable than saying “bad man”. Not about what is more believable a Burnley fan will always believe a Burnley players account same as any teams fans. It is pure...
- Mon Mar 17, 2025 6:12 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Osmajic
- Replies: 213
- Views: 31388
Re: Osmajic
No surprise to see their fans on twitter and Facebook are still passionately defending him and making it out like Hannibal is the problem for having the audacity to expose racism on the field. Horrible club. Just football tribalism West Brom and we did the same for Jay, all Bong did was report what...
- Mon Mar 03, 2025 1:50 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Preston fans
- Replies: 55
- Views: 6332
Re: Preston fans
We do know actually as Hannibal has told us. You can chose to disbelieve him but don't act like it's a neutral decision. Not about disbelieving anyone he may have simply misheard what was said, I have no idea what was actually said and if it can be proved that he used a racist slur then he should h...
- Thu Feb 27, 2025 10:11 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ICC Champions Trophy Afghanistan v England
- Replies: 37
- Views: 1899
Re: ICC Champions Trophy Afghanistan v England
I just knew Duckets comments this winter about we are focussed on the champions trophy and if we do well there all will be forgotten, would come back and bite them. We are just an awful white ball team at the minute, I have no idea what the answer is but we need a full reset and I suspect Buttler wi...
- Thu Feb 20, 2025 11:29 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Russia Invades
- Replies: 11124
- Views: 1013534
Re: Russia Invades
That's the thing, he's burnt his bridges in a week. He'd not attack NATO and neither would Russia. Trump has had to back down on loads of things, he's very much a speak without thinking guy. I have no doubt some NATO members have no spine though. Just the same as Europe has been forced to come away...
- Thu Feb 20, 2025 11:18 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Russia Invades
- Replies: 11124
- Views: 1013534
Re: Russia Invades
Might be because his irresponsible words and actions are making a full scale war in Europe more likely than it has been since 1945!
History is repeating itself he sold out the ANA and he is doing it to the Ukrainians now.
- Thu Feb 20, 2025 8:29 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Russia Invades
- Replies: 11124
- Views: 1013534
Re: Russia Invades
When is the next Ukrainian election? As soon as the are able I would assume they will have elections They have areas that are occupied, lots of voters either displaced or fighting on top of that they are getting hit by missiles in major cities probably daily. They are under martial law currently an...