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DanH90

It was a back 5. JBL's average position was actually further back than Sonne's vs Spurs. Notice the same CB positions for Esteve, Ekdal and Walker. Screenshot_20250825_163856_Sofascore.jpgScreenshot_20250825_163950_Sofascore.jpg I’ll let my eyes tell me rather than some terribly put together graphi...

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It was one game. It still was a variation of a back 5 and even then there were a couple of times in the first half where they broke on us with JBL upfield so Walker went out to the right there was a huge hole which Ekdal should have automatically plugged but didn't, he held central. Better teams ex...

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Dubravka - 7 - Solid. Walker - 8 - Legs haven’t gone. Pleased we played him RB, why have one of the best in the world in that position (once upon a time of course) and then not play him there. Ekdal - 8- Won everything Esteve - 7 - Solid as usual Hartman - 7 - Going to be a cult hero. Larsen - 6 - Q...

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I’ll post later but a lot of people look as though they thought JBL played at RWB today. He played as a winger, we clearly started with a 4 and only a 5 the last 20 minutes.

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Read the BBC article with the new ownership, they sounded committed and positive about the future of the club. All sounded good, until the mention of the appointment of a 30 year old manager with no previous managerial experience, then I got concerned.

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Im a teacher and at school, a student wrote me a thank you card that said ‘Thanks for being so skibidi.’
When I asked what that meant and if it was a compliment, the response was ‘well it just means skibidi doesn’t it.’ I googled it, and it said it means ‘good, bad or weird.’ So I’m none the wiser.

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For me a centre back is the only priority. Whether we play a back 4 or 5, someone to replace Ekdal who is big, wins headers win both boxes and aggressive. I thought Tuanzebe was that player but his lack of pre season minutes suggest otherwise. RB/RWB I think we are fine, Roberts can play there or, i...

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Tod is a decent place for a day drinking session, as is Hebden for that matter. Not really arsed that it’s gentrified, beats Burnley which is on its arse.

Padiham is definitely on the up, as mentioned above, a couple of decent restaurants, tapas etc and it could be a great day drinking place!

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I know there have been mentions on here about the announcer and Phil Bird, so I thought I’d add my two penneth.

They are both utterly dreadful, embarrassingly so.

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I still don't understand why playing 'regular games of football in their lifetimes' is a pre-requisite to having an opinion on games or a player. It certainly eliminates a large percentage of those people that support football I have a relative who in his teens spent some time as an apprentice at D...

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Quite a few Burnley fans on Twitter looking to gain some sort of ‘celebrity’ status, football influencers or whatever you call it. They actually believe their opinion carries weight. Symptom of the modern world.

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Cajuste to me looks like a more technical Josh Laurent. Strong, big, likes a tackle and can drive with the ball. To me looks like a player who would slot into midfield alongside Cullen and complement him well. If this happens, a keeper and striker and we are there!

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Goliath wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 17, 2025 5:04 pm
By your manager presumably not a bunch of strangers on a forum.

Well a bit of both to be honest. But, they work in a public facing role therefore should be accountable to the watching public.

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ŽižkovClaret wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 16, 2025 2:59 pm
Wayne Russell

Used to live on Olympia Street. Always remember my dad telling me as a kid (maybe 5) that a Burnley keeper lived around the corner (Grew up on Mitella.) Couldn’t believe it.

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I don't disagree but think we need to remember it's possible that the interviewer sees these comments Good. Then the interviewers can reflect upon the average nature of their work. Might seem harsh, but you need a thick skin in this sort of role. If I performed averagely in my job I’d be pulled up.

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ElectroClaret wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 12, 2025 3:08 pm
Sounds really good Dan, glad you enjoyed it.
Just out of interest, how much was a taxi back to Burnley, if you don't mind me asking?

50 quid.

DanH90

I was there yesterday. Managed to get front standing tickets, so really close. It was incredible, my Dad got me into them in the 90s so I was slightly too young to see them live in their pomp, but I thought they sounded fantastic. No issues at Heaton Park, we got there about 3, had a couple of beers...

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Cross Keys looks a lot better now the sandblasting etc has been done. It did open up as a cafe bar called Winter Lotus but I’m not sure if that is still open?

If there are no plans for the Keirby it just needs to go, it’s an absolute blight on the town.

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Scaffolding still up. Any news on what’s happening?

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Looking at the video of Diouf, he looks like a better Laurent, which is exactly what we need. Talk, powerful and can drive with the ball.

He also reminds me of a much more raw Mousa Dembele, in the way he uses his body but also has real technical ability.

Would be very exciting!

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I’m actually also looking forward to Olivia Rodrigo later too. She’s a very talented singer/songwriter. As a 35 year old man I should probably not admit I like her, but she’s good!

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Surprised there hasn’t been a mention for the 1975 yet. Matty Healy is a deliberately provocative and arrogant frontman, and will definitely divide taste, but thought their set was actually very good. Raye has a great voice, but none of the tunes really hit like you want them to. Ends up coming acro...

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Won a US Open very young, and without having to beat a top 10 opponent along the way. An amazing achievement, and she will always have that as long as she lives, but she hadn’t really developed herself on the Tour at that point. After that she had pressure and hype around her, and injury problems ha...

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I would hope, and expect, there to be far more outgoings than incomings this summer. This data is further proof that less is more, and spending 50-60m on 3-5 signings of real quality is far better than 100m on 13 average ones. I would expect that: Outgoings Sambo Benson Redmond (gone) Shelvey (gone)...

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equinox wrote: ↑
Sun May 25, 2025 3:19 pm
You'd have to pay ME to watch women's football and even then I'd leave as soon as the gates opened.

Ironic username.

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I think the fact this didn’t even warrant an article on this site is a real shame. I appreciate that some don’t have an interest in the woman’s game, but as a site that alleges to be a proponent of all news about the Clarets, the women’s team becoming full time is big news. Far bigger than the U18 f...

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As mentioned above 5-6 players who can actually improve the squad, a mixture of up and coming and some old heads. 1. A striker, that can hold the ball up, run the channels and get 7-10 PL goals. Disagree with those who say we just need a goal poacher type, we are going to be under a lot of pressure ...

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I think it’s a shame that local businesses close, but they also have to keep with the times. I mean, metal bars on the windows doesn’t signal ‘come in here for a nice skin fade.’

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Not based on yesterday's brief outing. Decidedly off the pace. Great shame. Had hoped he could do things for us. Perhaps he can in future. Not sure what you were watching. Thought he looked tidy, albeit against a terrible side down to 10. Some of the little passes he played look like those many of ...

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 03, 2025 2:45 pm
I really sometimes wonder why I bother

https://www.uptheclarets.com/fixtures-r ... 5-fixtures

https://www.uptheclarets.com/clarets-on ... to-current

Don’t…

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 02, 2025 1:27 pm
Worrall was poor yesterday but I'm not so sure I'd generally have Ekdal ahead of him. But both way ahead of Delcroix.

Would you say you’ve seen enough in 17 and 12 games to make a definitive decision on either of those two players? I don’t.

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I don’t understand why people have to be so black and white, there is allowed to be some nuance regarding Dyche. Did an amazing job for us, best manager in my lifetime and arguably the best manager we’ve ever had. However (and he displayed this with us) unless he is able to rid himself of the stubbo...

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It’s not a Shelvey vs Laurent argument. I like Laurent, and have posted on here previously about how important I think he is to this team. But it was clear that when Preston started to dig in and make it a scrap, we needed quality balls in behind to get Edwards running at their backline. Only Shelve...

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If Shelvey's half the player some fans are hyping him to be on not much recent evidence the midfield make-up argument is largely academic; he'll win the League for us with no-one playing alongside him. The two extremes here are that at the end of the season we'll be hailing him as the guy who singl...

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I think it's really strange that sp doesn't play foster in his strongest position at no9 it's not fair on the lad, and I know Fleming has scored a few but Everyone can see he is no centre forward but sp is persistent in his tactics and will not change the system or personel hence why we continue to...

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Should have come on today when we brought on Edwards and Brownhill. It was clear Edwards wasn’t going to get any joy unless we managed to beat the press and get him against their back line. (Which we did twice but too late in the game.) The only midfielder capable of those passes is Shelvey. Missed ...

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As someone said above, I actually think he could become an effective number 9, and probably a better 9 than 10. His game doesn’t suit being a 10, he doesn’t arrive in the box late a la Brownhill, or operate in tight spaces, a la Sarmiento. He is big, strong, good at linking the play (at times), and ...

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What is objective are the number of goals and assists (apologies for getting that wrong.) for a hot prospect he just does not have enough output.

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Claretspice has summarised the positive of his performance pretty well. If you're not going to take that on board and also get the number of goals scored by Koleosho wrong then there's little point wasting time trying to change your mind. So sorry that I disagree with the ‘positives’ outlined by yo...

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Mattster, and Claretspice, you two seem like two of the people on here with good knowledge of football. But I really can’t understand how anyone can see today’s game and think Koleosho played well. I counted 5 times in a 10 minute period in the first half where he lost the ball. Not through incisive...

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Think we definitely need one. Yes we’ve looked good the last two games, but we lack that traditional number 9 that can hold up the ball, bring others into play and contribute with 5-6 goals between now and the end of the season. Flemming - looked better the last two games but wants to drop deep. Fos...

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Is he becoming one of our most important players? His aggression, ball carrying and presence in the midfield two has made a huge difference to our attacking output in the last two games. Having him in there, with Cullen, gives the rest of our front 4 and the fullbacks more licence to move forward, w...

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Pieters was always better than Taylor. Defensively equally as good, and offensively better, as he was just a more intelligent player. Taylor is one of the most overrated players I’ve seen play for us. As a modern day fullback, his lack of attacking output meant he fell short, and it’s no surprise to...

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Lim sure if Kompany’s team were doing it, coughing up possession and conceding goals nothing would be said, but cos it’s Parker, get him hammered. Proper sense of entitlement creeping into the fan base. Is it entitlement or just ambition and increased expectation as we’ve spent so many years in the...

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Lim sure if Kompany’s team were doing it, coughing up possession and conceding goals nothing would be said, but cos it’s Parker, get him hammered. Proper sense of entitlement creeping into the fan base. Is it entitlement or just ambition and increased expectation as we’ve spent so many years in the...

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 30, 2024 9:00 pm
Good grief, you rate some of them a lot more highly than I do.

There are probably only 3 players in that list who weren’t very good, the rest were all good footballers. Let’s not let your agenda get in the way.

Who from that list were not good footballers?

DanH90

I hate this argument. It’s the players that get the fans going, not the other way around. Our style of football will never get the fans excited, it’s not blood and thunder enough for that. I’m pleased we are winning, but the slow, precise football with lack of chance creation won’t get people on the...

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People must have been watching a different game to me. Lots of possession without the keeper having any save to make. Wingers who don’t want to beat a man on the outside, no willingness to play an incisive ball (Roberts aside). Under Kompany, when we were drawing early on, I could see where and how ...

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Benson wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 23, 2024 3:27 pm
Gammon ?

Too much salt in that Manuel.

DanH90

There's barely any chat about the farmer before your comment, it's mostly about the police station. Pretending there has been some sort of outcry on here just to try and shoe horn the word "gammon" in to your post is a bit odd to say the least. There are 4 people who make it very clear they are ple...

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