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ClaretOfMancunia

Awful, awful event. Gutless attack on innocent people heading to a place of worship on their holiest day. I've lived not far from this place but moved away. Always baffled me that there was a huge Hasidic Jewish community (Heaton Park/Prestwich) that bordered a huge muslic community (Cheetham Hill) ...

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Tribesmen wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 23, 2025 2:21 pm
Hard to beat Southern Italy , €1.20 for an expresso .

Madeira - 1eur for an espresso AND a pastel de nata

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Clive 1960 wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 24, 2025 1:28 am
But some will be on the bench who didn't put a shift in last night that's my worry..

And then others who actually did look good (i.e. Tresor), won't.

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He was all over the place yesterday. Very, very impressed.

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fatboy47 wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 19, 2025 5:41 pm
I know my way round a kebab and wouldn't look beyond downtown Berlin for the very best stuff.

Correct. Kebabs in Hamburg are fantastic aswell. The bread is always cooked fresh each day and the salads are amazing.

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Size on the bloody place! https://share.google/VsZnJW3IvPtIS5iSf

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Seems to me that the game will need laws brought in to avoid computers taking over mid-match changes. It’d be like hatred of VAR on steroids. Why? I wouldn't be surprised if this isn't happening already btw - you'll notice most managers have ipads in the dugout now. There are probably tons of AI in...

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Also reported in the independent today that we're asking for £50m in compensation

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On a PPG basis of 0.75 so far, that puts us on 29 for the season, and that's before you take into account the difficulty presented by the calibre of teams we've faced so far. I think we've more than a decent chance of staying up this time around.

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They've been on top mostly this half

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Christ. Can't be arsed with international breaks as it is.

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Presumably in the hope it was saved by Dubravka?

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Proud of the lads regardless btw. Great performance.

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Echoes of Collins handball that one. Horrible.

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Not a bad set of results for us today.

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Good half of football.

Still not retracting my scepticism regarding Tuchel.

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Jesus, that's terrible at his age. Seemed a nice lad, wish him all the best.

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ollieclarets8 wrote: ↑
Sat Sep 06, 2025 6:33 pm
He received so much backlash but the best manager I think England have had since 1990 is Southgate.

Agree with this. Turgid watch sometimes, but very effective.

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Swear it gets smaller every time you see him. Be wearing a kippah come the WC.

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The Shire Claret wrote: ↑
Sat Sep 06, 2025 6:29 pm
Got just as much chance as every other time …

Regardless of the manager

Only one team can win it and it’s usually the team with the best squad

We always have a good squad but never the best

Surely the manager makes a huge difference to the performance of the squad though?

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Leisure wrote: ↑
Sat Sep 06, 2025 6:27 pm
Goal and an assist today for South Africa.

Last night, but yeah

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2-0

Need to get rid of Tuchel ASAP. No chance next year with him at the helm. He makes Southgate ball look exciting by comparison.

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Amazing that people would post in this thread just to pontificate about how they don't like watching England. Weird as.

Rashford should be taken off. Refused to commit to any 50/50 so far.

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He was getting an absolute slating from Albanian national team fans on Twitter last night. Apparently subbed off at half time because he looked terrible. I did see one or two speaking in his defense saying he had been subject to a couple of very nasty tackles early in the first half so refused to co...

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Gutted for him. Really should have gone to Newcastle in hindsight.

From a purely selfish BFC perspective, I'm glad we got top dollar for him when we did. His stock was at an all time high - and we got Dubravka for a fraction of the cost, who I think will actually perform better this season.

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It's called a tifo. The design is printed on transparent netting and as you say, hung vertically from the top of the stand (or sometimes by the fans).

Explained: What is a tifo banner? https://share.google/oLywq7I8KUfCZS9BR

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karatekid wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 01, 2025 12:31 pm
As long as we stay in the cups you will see him for the last 10 minutes. Very exciting.

I'm still convinced he recovers fully and starts getting prem starts. Let me hope please.

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Good article. Only watched the game on telly and the manner in which we lost really put a dampener on my Saturday evening. Can imagine it was far more disappointing having been there in person. On the penalty, ultimately it is a foul which continued into the box. Daft of Jaidon to concede it. I'm mo...

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News of Ramsey going surely means Tresor stays? Very excited if that's the case.

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Whilst we're on the topic. Why do you only get half a duvet in most European hotels?

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Saw one Man U fan asking for Dyche last night

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Man U fans are, unsurprisingly, not confident at all

https://www.redcafe.net/matches/manches ... rnley.635/

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Be a late night for these lot... Every little helps

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Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 27, 2025 8:38 pm
“Are you Scunthorpe in disguise”? Love it.

Think it's "are you Stockport in disguise"? Brilliant either way.

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Ampth7 wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 27, 2025 5:31 pm
Crikey, when you see those opponents one after the other, it reminds you why it’s so bloody difficult to win games at this level!

Yes, and yet somehow, I still have belief we'll do it!

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You're right, but it's a good early indicator regardless. How many promoted teams of the past 10 seasons who didn't hit 11 points by GW10 went on to stay up? I got ChatGPT to crunch the numbers on this as I was interested. Can't speak to the accuracy as I'm no statistician. Past ten seasons, points...

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Colburn_Claret wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 27, 2025 4:56 pm
The BBC doesn't say that all those clubs who failed to attain 11 points were relegated. So it's really irrelevant.

You're right, but it's a good early indicator regardless.

How many promoted teams of the past 10 seasons who didn't hit 11 points by GW10 went on to stay up?

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Falcon wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 27, 2025 4:50 pm
If we do then I'd imagine we'd have to win at least 2 out of Forest, Leeds and Wolves. It'll take some doing given the high quality of the rest of the opponents.

Agree with that. Win two of those, draw one and a draw somewhere else (perhaps Manure this weekend..) - tall ask.

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Can we get 8 points from our next 8 games?

16/08/25: Tottenham (A) - 0pts
23/08/25: Sunderland (H) - 3pts
30/08/25: Man United (A)
14/09/25: Liverpool (H)
20/09/25: Nottm Forest (H)
27/09/25: Man City (A)
05/10/25: Aston Villa (A)
18/10/25: Leeds (H)
26/10/25: Wolves (A)
01/11/25: Arsenal (H)

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Is Roberts injured atm?

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dvalley69 wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 27, 2025 3:29 pm
Won't be backing it again after today's miserable performance.

Haha, nor me

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Cheers. Just put a couple of quid each way on!

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I wouldn't have seen that CoM without you posting it. Felt quite touched and so pleased for the lad. Especially proud we have such characters representing our club. I think he's a pretty good player as well! Totally agree! Sounds like he had a really tough time of it following his knee injury. Exac...

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https://x.com/BBCLancsSport/status/1960643458827477290

Speaks very well. Talks a lot about the challenge of coming back from injury. Good luck to the lad, hope he can crack on now and break his way back into the league line ups.

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Brighton getting carved open by Everton...

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But will you be able to get one without queuing for half an hour?

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ollieclarets8 wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 21, 2025 8:58 am
It's why I think he may perform better through the middle. He'd have more options to release it earlier but he'd need the right formation and players around him.

Perhaps you're right. What's his natural position anyway?

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I think it's a reasonable move as long as we get market value in return for his loan - and we're not subsidising more than we would a loan to an unrelated club. TBH - although he's clearly got talent and bags of pace, he's been pretty poor and a frustrating watch. Not sure how he's the spark of crea...

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Well deserved, he's definitely a class above - evident after just one game.

Also pleased for Foster. If he can stay injury free I think he'll be the biggest surprise for many this season.

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