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Alan Young

I'm very good friends with one ex pro who was playing in another league, he told me the club he went to play for in the Lancashire League were paying him double what he was getting as a pro..I've absolutely no reason to doubt him at all. As I said, I've no issues at all with lads making a few quid,...

Alan Young

The bigger clubs didn't want to play the likes of Accy and Bacup anymore, that's why they got the format changed. Think it was as much to provide more competitive cricket for those clubs that were struggling at the time too. Pretty deflating for players to be regularly getting a hiding from far bet...

Alan Young

It's not the club that needs the money it's the cricket club which that type of money to them regular is huge! The club can't just pull out stand down and rebuild as we'd need to use their land to complete the build even if it was a like for like stand which would disrupt their cricket season, it i...

Alan Young

An additional fanzone (possibly for away fans) is a waste of resource in my opinion and would suggest there’s no short or even mid term plan to do anything serious with the actual stand facilities.

Alan Young

Quicknick wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 12, 2025 12:20 pm
If it is four million euros, it's a superb piece of business I was really disappointed when he left, so glad he's back. Definitely Premier League standard.

But seemingly not Bundesliga standard.

Alan Young

Strange one. Chipped in with a few goals for us but thought a lot of his general play was frustrating. He’s had a strange career and at 26 has never really cracked it in the Bundesliga.

Alan Young

In yet another rain-affected day at the Brooks Foundation Ground, Lowerhouse faced Burnley in the Worsley Cup Semi Final with a place in the 99th Final up for grabs. Winning the toss, Ben Heap elected to bat first on a surface softened by persistent showers. The decision appeared to pay off early, ...

Alan Young

Target reduced to 173. Not sure why. Don't get it It does seem strange but it will take into account that Lowerhouse were 40/4 after 10 overs when it rained and Burnley were in the ascendency in the context of a 50 over match. They came back on knowing they only had another 24 overs to bat and coul...

Alan Young

If there wasn't such a trust in Parker I think there would have to be big questions about character because by any measure he's an idiot and a very unpleasant one at that. On the pitch, maybe he's still got it and maybe he hasn't. I'm inclined to think a current England international at such a chea...

Alan Young

Do Lowerhouse not live stream games anymore?

Alan Young

BurnleyFC wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 05, 2025 7:06 am
I hear you.

I love Connor and hope he gets a decent shot in the Premier League.

As much as I like Roberts and what he’s done for us, we’d be naive to think he’s PL standard and Sonne needs time. A season long loan to a Championship club would be good for him.

Alan Young

Lowerhouse 4th XI & 2nd XI Dominate Sunday Fixtures #UTH 💛💙 It was a double win for Lowerhouse on Sunday as both the 4th XI and 2nd XI picked up strong victories. Pinky’s 4th Team – 4 Wins on the Bounce Pinky’s side made it four wins in a row with a ruthless bowling performance against Clitheroe 4t...

Alan Young

Harwood might not make it with the current road closures!

Guaranteed to be a few Clarets in attendance tonight with The Royal Dyche named as match sponsors.

Alan Young

Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 18, 2025 5:10 pm
So it's started all ready .The great Leeds love in from Sky .First game televised at 20.00
We of course ignored .

Good. The more Saturday games the better.

Alan Young

Seems to have been a really positive influence off the pitch this season.

It will be interesting to see what happens with him this summer. Parker would probably love to have him around the squad but I’m assuming he left Forest because he didn’t want to sit on the bench in the PL.

Alan Young

Agree with all Pickles says until the last sentence. Amazing season playing some champagne football followed by one of the worst seasons ever. But the thing that sticks in my mind is VK’s treatment of JBG in that training session. I’m afraid I lost all my respect for him. I wasn’t sorry to see him ...

Alan Young

Slightly off topic but the issue was raised on The Bee Hole End podcast recently about removing the Saturday 3pm TV blackout and whether it would allow more games to actually be played at this time?

Seems odd that all Good Friday games can be shown at 3pm but not on a Saturday.

Alan Young

Did some really good things last night but was again also wasteful in possession. No stats to back it up but I’m sure he gave the ball away more than any other player which is why I think Parker doesn’t play him more. Our whole set up is based on possession and dominating the ball. That said, he’s g...

Alan Young

Friday night games seem to produce good atmospheres. The beer seemed to be flowing around town pre match.

Alan Young

Means to an end and perhaps the only way they can be competitive at this level at present. I think some of our fan base are underestimating what a tough game that was when you take everything into account. Arguably our toughest of the remaining fixtures.

Alan Young

The vultures will be circling around Sunderland this summer if they don’t get promoted. Neil, Bellingham, Rigg, Isidor will probably all attract interest from PL clubs.

Alan Young

Very sad to see. A measure of the man that he’s so well respected amongst Clarets and throughout football.

Alan Young

I think it’s fine to acknowledge what a fantastic manager Dyche was for us but also think he comes across as a bit of a wally in the media.

Alan Young

TsarBomba wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 05, 2025 9:49 am
Danish media reporting we have an 18 year old centre back called Pachenga Kristensen ‘visiting’ the club. Described as a special talent.

Currently managed by ex-Claret Joey Gudjonsson.

Alan Young

How long is this current TV deal due to last? It’s been awful for fans this season and there will be a knock on effect to local businesses. TV money really is destroying football. The thing I can’t understand is how it’s worthwhile for Sky, at EFL level especially. Pubs are closing by the week and s...

Alan Young

Thought about it. Trains likely to be a nightmare with it being bank holiday weekend though so difficult to plan ahead.

Alan Young

Accurate and fair report. Nobody came out of that with any credit. We’ve got a good sized squad but the first 11 pretty much picks itself.

We needed to match their energy, passion and physicality but fell way short in all areas.

Alan Young

At least the debate over his song will be put to bed now.

Alan Young

People demanding better catering would be the same people complaining when it costs north of £10 for a burger and chips. It might not be perfect but as people have pointed out, there’s plenty of alternatives close to the ground.

Alan Young

Can add me to the list of people who’ve given up on away games.

Maybe an age thing and it’s not just our fan base but some of the behaviour and language puts me off. Most of it is pretty pathetic stuff but it’s not an environment I find enjoyable and certainly wouldn’t want to expose a child to it.

Alan Young

Could have changed things quicker - it was obvious at half time that we were jaded and needed a bit more quality on midfield - and could have tried harder to win it late on. Once again, we've failed to score in a game the onus was on us to win, and we haven't brought a striker off the bench. Barnes...

Alan Young

Goliath wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 15, 2025 4:10 pm
Barnes is more of a nuisance than Flemming and possibly more of a goal threat. I don't really see any reason to start Flemming over him apart from age.

Good grief. We really do see some nonsense posted after a disappointing result.

Alan Young

Really difficult to see how Benson fits in at all with Edwards appearing to be an upgraded version of him. Especially with Anthony’s current form on the right hand side.

Alan Young

Blackburn v Norwich is Sat 1st March. I’d be amazed if Lancs Police allow our game to go ahead on the same day. That’s if they have much of a say.

Alan Young

Quite a lot of responses to me on this thread….some with a bit of an edge...(maybe a bad day at work for some)…. If you’re local you’re typically either born in Burnley, Blackburn or Bury. I was born in Bury but never lived there. I knew he schooled in Accrington so was trying to say (maybe in a po...

Alan Young

Jakubs Tash wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 10, 2025 9:13 pm
He went to Mount Carmel in Accrington. My mum taught him.

He went to St Christopher’s.

Alan Young

They’ve a recent history of making good managerial appointments which has papered over the cracks.

There’ll also be some short sighted out of work managers who’ll jump at the chance to join a team in the Championship playoffs but you sense it will start to slide.

Alan Young

GetIntoEm wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 26, 2025 7:56 pm
Who's paying players other than the pro. Do tell

Todmorden?

Alan Young

I don’t buy into the narrative that a different striker would solve our problems. Adding a wide forward with the ability to drift inside and add goals will help and Edwards (when fit) should provide (with Benson and Redmond hopefully not too far away). That should also help Flemming no end and I thi...

Alan Young

The story so far - I think https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11688/13280871/transfer-news-january-transfer-window-2025-championship-deals-ins-and-outs But doesn't include GK Travers to Boro, RB Clarke to Sheff Utd Not many sleeps to go now Clarke is a good player at this level. Scored on the ...

Alan Young

He was nowhere near Bogle first half but his starting position combined with Parker not addressing it made me think he was following instructions to press their CB rather than keep tabs on Bogle. It was a disaster either way and could have cost us on a few occasions. I think he’s struggling to get t...

Alan Young

Bit far fetched to suggest we’ve pulled out of the deal because of his refusal to play or his attitude. He’s clearly been a priority target for a while so you can only assume the finances of the deal are either above what we are willing or able to risk.

Alan Young

One of those news articles that I’ve found just about impossible to read about. Absolutely heartbreaking.
No words for him. It’s beyond belief that anybody capable of this could exist in the world.

Alan Young

Gives us something different and as a deal until the end of the season it seems a no brainer.

For all the attributes of our current midfielders, the ability to hit a quick switch of play or strike a ball from distance are lacking. Hopefully will prove to be an inspired bit of business.

Alan Young

The main issue with him on the left is his lack of awareness out of possession.

Several times last night their right back ran off him and although it didn’t cost us it would still be a big worry for me in future games.

Alan Young

Whittaker makes perfect sense. Left footed wide forward, proven at this level and with the potential to improve. Hope we can pull it off.

Alan Young

Has looked a long way from being good enough to me I’d second that. There was a clamour of sorts for him to start at Milwall despite looking nowhere near up to it in his cameos before that. I thought Parker got it wrong that day and rightfully played Rodriguez ahead of him after that. Hope he shows...

Alan Young

Had a Quick Look at VK’s signings and I reckon 16 out of 46 haven’t been very good and I’m classing ADD Ekdal and Beyer as good signing because they had a good first season ,but approximately 33% failure in the Transfer Market isn’t really viable for a club the size of ours,whereas up to press i th...

Alan Young

Leisure wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 03, 2025 5:41 pm
And please can we give the Jack Walker song a rest! It's cringeworthy and surely we're better than that!

Couldn’t agree more but I live in hope rather than expectation.

Alan Young

bfcjg wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 02, 2025 3:30 pm
The obvious question now is are any local pubs/clubs opening early for a prematch breakfast and beer ?

Cricket club for me. A bacon butty and a couple of Guinness to settle the nerves.

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