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Plissken wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 18, 2025 2:49 pm
Who else used "I was only following orders"?

Shouldn't that be

"I was only following @orders"

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Got it done. An essential win that, can't see either dropping points tomorrow.

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Taking the p1ss off course.
The cross just seems to be traveling parallel to the goal, then somehow Flemming sends perfectly 90 degrees on target.

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Calculate the hypotenuse of this right-angle triangle.

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The only thing I find a little cringe is Dave's pretense that Hollywood knocked on the door one day and told him they want to make a film about 'little old me'. He's an executive producer, he's paid or at least helped arrange financing for a large chunk of this, it's self-promotion. Nothing wrong wi...

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The problem is that the crisis moves too slowly compared to the human lifespan, which leads to complacency and apathy. On top of that there will never be a clearly defined tipping point; fine today, disaster the next. Just slowly, slowly getting worse. One thing that is very predictable, if you thin...

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I hope the crowd let it be known what they think about him on Saturday. This last week has been one of the most disgraceful weeks in living memory, ripped the heart out of the club . I hope he goes away soon, parasite. The sooner him and his gang leave the club the better. Is the heart of our club ...

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Easy to be smiles and huge when we're 4-1 up away and the transfer window is open. We know how quickly his mood can turn. Would be great if he decided to pitch in and give one last effort but I'd rather free up the wages and not take the risk of having a passenger in the squad damaging moral if he d...

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 25, 2024 5:01 pm
away kit.jpg

First thing the collar made me think of.

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The hubris that came from the success of building a new team for the Championship and thinking we could do the same for the Premier League.
There's no warm-up period in this league, you will be playing teams you need to take points from the off.

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"It's about time someone said it. Unless anyone has proof that a referee or assistant referee is or has been involved in deliberate corruption then nobody has any place daring suggest it. A f*****g easy and growing out for supporters that is driving numbers of refs down, that is used as an excuse f...

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dougcollins wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:34 pm
Who was on VAR when we were away to Forest?

Jack Ruby

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Bad decisions are made in every game because VAR is run by humans and humans make errors. So the logical leap to make is widespread match-fixing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportionality_bias "The points lost will have a huge effect on the outcome of our season, therefor the cause must be equal...

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bfcjg wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 21, 2024 3:51 pm
Operation save Everton on show today

Is this Operation Save Everton from the same league that docked them points?

Is the PGMOL in the room with you now?

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This is what I loathe, the Trumpification of the debate. It can't just be a mistake, it has to be a mistake AND a conspiracy.

Every fanbase thinking there is a conspiracy against them is the best proof there isn't one.

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Forest got shafted in their 1-1 with Brentford
Everton at Spurs
etc, etc, etc

Point is VAR is bad for all teams, we're here because of our performances not a few dropped points that every team could claim.

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It's the context that's makes that makes that game a disappointment, not the performance.

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Football regulator laying down the law.

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If all the promoted team went back down that would probably spare us some blushes.

But I'd like to see at least one underdog make it.

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Ben Mee block on the line, hug from the keeper.

Is someone chopping onions..?

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Got a week booked in Sept, first time looking forward to it. I recommend the YouTuber 'HereBeBarr', tons of content you might find a few ideas. For example, he recommends Sarge's Dinner over Katz as a less touristy but equally authentic sandwich. Things on my list include The Highline, Birdland Jazz...

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Murger wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 30, 2024 9:07 pm
It will take a seismic collapse on Luton’s part and massive up swing from us to survive. We are so far short of Luton in every department.

My friend who works for Easyjet said there's no way Burnley can complete with the London clubs.

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Bowclaret wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 30, 2024 8:29 pm
17 games to go and so many “fans” giving up.
Lots of twists and turns to come yet guys !

Most on here would run through a brick wall for Burnley, but they can also read the writing on it while they do.

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Sheffield and Luton showing the advantage of starting the season with a squad who've met each other.

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"It will be the big talking point after the match..."

Tail wagging the dog.

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The media pulled apart every refereeing decision for a decade because it drove engagement, filled 606, gave pundits something to debate, and filled air time. Then they spent another few years calling for VAR and more technology because that drove engagement, filled 606, gave pundits something to deb...

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No one would be coming to Areola's aid if it wasn't for the Trafford incident.

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Media darlings???? Everton? I think people have lost the plot now and are convinced every decision in any game is somehow directed at Burnley being relegated. If and when we do get relegated, it won’t be because of VAR or any of the match officials. Luton will be a 'big club' if it means some can a...

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Happy Birthday Tony!

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It’s very definitely a dive. He takes an additional step after minimal contact and isn’t falling. Realises he isn’t able to put the ball in the net quite as simply as he wants to and throws himself. It’s cheating, plain and simple. You can see his foot is knocked sideways by almost the whole forear...

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“Stuart Attwell says there's clear contact” Get that **** out of football If there is contact and you don't give it, then you are essentially saying you can read the player's mind and they could have stayed standing but chose to fall over. Would you rather we just give pens for contact, one rule fo...

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I think if I was running at 18mph and someone clipped my heel with their elbow that might knock me off my stride.

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That makes zero sense but nice try. You don't operate on a car crash. You're right, the correct but less amusing example would be air traffic control, where highly trained and experienced professionals make split-second decisions in a high data environment but importantly, are not and have never be...

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It all still comes down to referees having no understanding of football. They haven't played it to any meaningful standard so can't understand it, let alone at the top level. "Has that surgeon ever been in a car crash? No?! Well I don't want them operating on me if they haven't had a car crash to a...

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The biggest issue in the Premier League is not the quality of referees but the incessant cheating by the players, probably encouraged (certainly not discouraged) by their managers. Taking it back to the next step, it's incentivized by the rules and the money. Citizens obey the law due to a mix of m...

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I'll probably get shouted down for this. The problem with slowing down the shot and isolating the moment of contact is that it assigns far too much motive to the player when their body is already in a pattern of motion; running at speed. We run with our legs and arms in opposition, as one leg comes ...

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Or we were clinical and defensively sound? Most shots from outside the box have a low chance of scoring, reflected in our xG of 0.42 Meanwhile, Fulham had an xG of 1.4 and were unlucky their higher number and higher probability chances did not find the net. They made 12 passes within 20 yards of ou...

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Swizzlestick wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 27, 2023 12:36 pm
We comfortably beat Fulham’s good premier league squad and manager last week. It’s a challenge but there’s a lot of football to be played yet.

I wouldn't call it comfortable, a degree of fortune our only 2 shots on target went in, while Trafford saved all 5 of theirs.

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In the interest of stats over feels, our number of shots & XG going backward a few games 9 (0.97) Liverpool 7 (0.42) Fulham 14 (0.81) Everton 6 (1.05) Brighton 12 (0.78) Wolves 19 (2.6) Sheffield 11(1.44) WHam 8 (0.3) Arsenal 17 (0.5) Palace 6 (0.9) Bournemouth In our wins against Fulham and Luton, ...

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We need a big hold up play battler upfront who scores .Also a midfielder who wins tackles ,creates opportunities and drives forward Two wasteful headers that should have led to goals but another good game from improving Dara and another stella game from Traff. Said it at the time, passing on Townse...

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If we had taken those chances we could have easily drawn that. Not excusing the first half though that was really poor. Not targeted at you SJF I've just seen this phrase a lot, I hate this phrase "If we'd have taken our chances". Meaning "If we scored the goals we didn't score the result would hav...

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Very harsh. We were always going to be largely second best against a team fighting for the title, what did you expect? What we wanted was a bit of spirit and fight; we got that by the bucket load which was really pleasing. Play like that for the remainder of the season and we have a chance. Our hea...

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FCBurnley wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 26, 2023 7:28 pm
Clear chances missed. Berge 2 BL 1 JBG 1

Burnley xG of 0.75
Liverpool xG 1.95

They had 10 shots on target, we had none. I don't think lucky had much to do with it today. It did at Fulham when we scored both our 2 shots with an xG of 0.4

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longsidepies wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 26, 2023 7:19 pm
shows that we have to take our chances when we have them.

Zero shots on target, we need to make chances before we can take them.

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With Burn & Botman back that was Toon's first choice back 4.

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Conflicted.
Bad result for us.
Funny seeing Toon fall apart.
Pleased for Wood, one of the good'ns.

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Boyd-inho, as he was known is still a Fantasy Football legend. Here's why; Starting the 2014 season in the Hull team it became clear in the first couple of weeks he was out of favour, so the few who owned him sold, dropping his price below the already lowest possible midfielder price of 4.5m to 4.4m...

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Stick but accept relegation because I don't think anyone manages this squad to safety from this position & given the state/strength of the league this season. Keep him & let him get the team playing the way he wants because it will at least see us in a strong position to take on the Championship aga...

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