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Skipp & Buendia were two of six Norwich players in the PFA team of the year, the others were Aarons, Pukki, Krul, and Grant Hanley! There were three Brentford players and the two not to gain promotion were Armstrong and Michael Olise who is a 19 year old French midfield player at Reading. Allegedly ...

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Just to add some perspective Bob, he has played one season in the Premier League for a team that fell 15 points short and was dumb enough to get himself sent off vs Burnley.

So he is not even “established” unlike say Jeff Hendrick.

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It’s unrealistic to start him when he has played 5/10 minutes of league football in a dead game. However a 15/20 minute spell might be more plausible if the game is either lost or won.

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Gordaleman wrote: ↑
Fri May 21, 2021 3:46 pm
Don't put words in my mouth. I liked everything about Shearer, even when he was a Blackburn. And I still like him. Funny how Blackburn 'Bought' the title, but Utd never did.

Get real.

As they say in Glasgow. “Aye, have a good night pal”

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Perhaps Roy's best achievement was taking Fulham to the Europa League final in 2010.

He also did a great job at Rovers paving the way for Kiddo and the Rubber Dinghy Men.

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Fair point dsr but there are leagues within leagues and Burnley could have signed someone like Willock from one of the big boys and he seems to have done quite well at Newcastle however I imagine he will be on circa £50 k plus which would probably put him beyond Burnley’s reach. If it works out thou...

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Iloveyoubrady wrote: ↑
Fri May 14, 2021 10:26 pm
He was absolutely gash for us most of the time.
Hendrick never did anything in terms of stats.

Jeff made 34 appearances in the season Burnley finished seventh.

In terms of stats he scored 10 goals in total.

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Stephens is a funny one, he seems to get injured even when he has played for weeks, although I am sure he works hard in training.

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For me the obvious candidate is Adam Phillips. He has done quite well at Accy and will be match sharp albeit at a lower level. The probability is that we will get lamped by a rampant Champions League Liverpool so twenty minutes or so at the end might be worth a punt, as would some game time vs Sheff...

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Fri May 14, 2021 7:03 am

But he's a limited footballer at this level and most of our players are limited.

That Maradona bloke, he was limited, his right foot was for standing on. Not too good in the air either, he needed the Hand of God to help him.

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To put his massive achievements into perspective, he is the first Claret to score 44 league goals in the top flight since Frank Casper.

He is now on 46, just another 32 to go to catch Willie irvine.

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Not to detract from Wood's achievements, however he has had that little bit of luck recently as well. Take last night he lost the ball but luckily it rebounded to Brownhill who put him in and the goal that sparked his current spree was a gift from Granit Xhaka. Some brilliant finishes though vs Ever...

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The goals against column for Fulham shows 47 just as it does for Burnley, but only 25 goals scored shows that their major problem was in attack not in defence. Interesting one re their defence, they conceded 10 goals in their first three games but tightened up subsequently & only let in more than 2...

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Think back to the time when the club had just flogged Austin and Sean brought in Jones, Arfield and Heaton on free transfers, and only spent £400K on Barnes in the window, that has to be up there with this season. That was the springboard for where we are now with two promotions and at least seven s...

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Johnny Winter - Jumpin Jack Flash, all the energy (+ some) of the Stones but with proper guitar players. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQPlU5q1CBI Neil Young's Pocahontas by Dave Rawlings and Gillian Welch enhanced by Dave's unique picking on his 1935 $35 Epiphone guitar, persist through the bante...

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Anything recorded by anyone else covered by the Queen of Soul, Respect, I Never Loved a Man , spring to mind but Aretha's version of Bridge Over Troubled Water takes you on a journey through blues soul, gospel and church music. This is a very raw live version when we she was at her absolute peak. Th...

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I live 25 miles up the road from Ipswich. The Tractor Boys spent 15 years or so treading water in the Championship punctuated by a couple of play off failures. Then they got relegated and are looking at their third season in the third tier and will finish circa 3/4 points above Stanley with their la...

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Bobby Owen presented me with my medal for winning the Rossendale Sunday Schools League circa 1968. It was quite funny as although it was under 15s, already I was taller than him.

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That would be the same Souness who said this today - "Someone threw a missile and a glass bottle which could of killed us or left us with scars in hospital."

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Elizabeth wrote: ↑
Sun May 02, 2021 5:35 pm
Yes , hopefully. Pace certainly saying all the right things to connect with the fans and community

However they have bought the club to make money, not because they love the people of Burnley and the local community.

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Articulate, intelligent analysis of some of the best players to play for our great club throughout the past decade and a half.

Hope he does well next season and definitely a candidate as a future Burnley manager.

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Ivan Toney scored his 30th goal for Brentford today.

Some feat in his first season. So if Brentford don’t win the play offs should Burnley be in for him?

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Great memories from that day and that magical season.

Many thanks for compiling this series, I hope it gave you as much pleasure as it has done to many readers.

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The skill sets these young kids have these days are amazing.

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Cheltenham can confirm promotion tonight if they take a point off Carlisle United. Duff seems to have done a great job there, automatic promotion after the disappointment of losing out in the play offs last season. A real stand out player for us, a massive part of the transformation from Championshi...

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The same can’t be said for Barnes. Vydra is our most threatening striker on the ball. Barnes is the best at shithousery and winning freekicks late in a game and jay rod is very good with his feet but slow. The opening goal that sealed promotion vs QPR, spectacular long range efforts vs Spurs and Ci...

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So where does Rangers vs Celtic fit into this idea that people would soon become cheesed off playing each other continuously? They play each other about five or six times a season and sell out every game. You can’t get much more of a closed shop than Scottish football or the top end of most European...

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The trouble with drastic punishments as per the one proposed by my good friend PW is that it turns the Big 6 into victims and to a certain extent justifies their attempt to form a beak away elite. I think our own chairman has the right idea football needs to use this event to push back the dominance...

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He seemed to be unaware of how mercenary football agents are. I think you have touched on a really important point here BH. If Alan didn’t know what a bunch of absolute shysters football agents are, what else is there that he and his team unaware of in the way that the murky world of football opera...

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Right now I imagine Alan and his mates will be really bricking it. If the Big Six leave, Sky will cut their TV deal offer accordingly, and if they stay it will be their reserve teams taking part and so there will be a similar reduction due to the drop in global and domestic interest. If the 6 relent...

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Beyond our reach.

Real Madrid will be in for him to pair him up with Gareth Bale, then they will have the Real package.

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To me one of the most interesting stats is £95 million net spend since Burnley re-gained their EPL place. You would have thought that a club like Burnley would be picking up players, bringing them on and moving them on to richer clubs but that doesn't seem to be happening. Dyche's love of stability ...

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Interesting selection for Southampton, they have dropped Adams and are starting Redmond. Walcott starts as well. Looks like they think pace and trickery will unlock the Burnley defence.

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Considering the money Arsenal have spent for a record of won 12 lost 11, it's a stretch to look at them as a guide to how to operate an effective style. Arsenal are the current FA Cup holders and in the last 8 of the Europa League competition, I wouldn't mind that level of success at Burnley. Playi...

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In one word - Yes (How did we score against Arsenal recently?) How did Arsenal score against Burnley? Their keeper rolled it out to their centre back and they worked it up to Aubemayang. It's not just City that can operate this style effectively. - even if it messes up on occasion defensively (whic...

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I wonder when this idea that keepers should always play the ball short to a defender will get put where it belongs? It's a tactical mistake. You reckon Pep has got it all wrong then? The fact is that last night we saw that Pope looks like a fish out of water trying to play out from the back and he ...

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England have lost to Northern Ireland and West Germany.

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Heartbroken, my regular attendance coincided with the collapse, losing at home to Rovers and Man United wasn't nice either especially as they were both mid table with nothing to play for. One major factor was playing 12 games from 31st March to April 30th, including 3 games in four days over Easter,...

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Do you think you will lose at golf tomorrow as well?

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OK boss

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Give me Crystal Palace away on the TV over an FA Cup Semi Final trip to Wembley any day of the week. Picking up 3 pts at Palace creates the special memories we'll all be telling our grandkids about in years to come. I mean who remembers the Semi Final games like Spurs, Liverpool, Preston and Newcas...

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 26, 2021 2:22 pm
I think Leeds were 2-0 up that day and lost 3-2. I have it in the back of my head that Liverpool got to 29 one season.

Didn’t Cloughy’s Forest go 30+ games but straddled over two seasons?

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Cracking post Mike. Did you not think about a book similar to the excellent Road to Glory which I assume you wrote?

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Can anyone Explain why Tom Davies makes the under 21 squad when he is 22 years old and 23 in June?

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The Cheltenham keeper is on loan from the Baggies.

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I think you might find they have learnt a few lessons. When they were promoted as Champions last time they scored 93 goals and conceded 57, this time round with 10 games to go they have scored 53 and conceded 26 but are on track to gain at least the same amount of points and probably more, close to ...

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I also don’t have this irrational hatred of Brighton that many on here have. Same here. I've been to Brighton two or three times and their fans have always been very friendly on the Concourse pre-match and on the transport to and from the ground. Also shared a railway carriage with a really good bu...

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Indeed Heaton will be 35 in April and therefore 37 at the end of his four year deal which reputedly was worth £100k per week. Heaton was brilliant for Burnley while he was at Turf Moor however I think it's fairly obvious why he moved as well as why he won't be moving back and it will be interesting ...

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Great day for the Happy Clappers.

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Looking at the table and the remaining fixtures, it is not beyond the realms of fantasy that Burnley could finish as runners-up to Leeds, although Stoke look the more likely to do that on current form and with games in hand.

However if that was the case, would Burnley be promoted to the Top Division?

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