Grumps wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 3:52 pm

... For making it easier to park, book better seats, no moaners sat near, easy access to toilets, easy to leave after game....please can you all stay away next round

Grumps wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 3:52 pm

... For making it easier to park, book better seats, no moaners sat near, easy access to toilets, easy to leave after game....please can you all stay away next round

Burnley1989 wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 4:13 pm

I don’t for one minute think you actually mean that

CleggHall wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 4:33 pm

Sounds a good experience for all concerned, long may it continue ....all the way to Wembley.

Grumps wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 3:52 pm

... For making it easier to park, book better seats, no moaners sat near, easy access to toilets, easy to leave after game....please can you all stay away next round

Greeny wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 4:07 pm

You are welcome pal. Glad you enjoyed the freedom of Turf Moor.

With an attendance today of just over 8,000 including 1,600 from Peterborough, it shows how many of the rest of us have been bored to tears for a long time by hoof ball.

I think some of our players found their true level today playing well against the mighty Posh. Worryingly quite a few of today’s team will be on the pitch at Stamford Bridge next week. Let’s see if they turn up then?

evensteadiereddie wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 4:50 pm

Bullshit, absolute bullshit.

Greeny wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 4:07 pm

You are welcome pal. Glad you enjoyed the freedom of Turf Moor.

With an attendance today of just over 8,000 including 1,600 from Peterborough, it shows how many of the rest of us have been bored to tears for a long time by hoof ball.

I think some of our players found their true level today playing well against the mighty Posh. Worryingly quite a few of today’s team will be on the pitch at Stamford Bridge next week. Let’s see if they turn up then?

fidelcastro wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 4:58 pm

For all his faults and limitations, it's posts like the one from Greeny, that have me thinking that Brian Laws was spot on, when he said in his book that the premier league had created a new breed of fan.

Greeny wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 6:12 pm

Been a clarets fan for 50+ years fella. Travelled up + down the country watching what will always be my team. Listening to Garlick + SD go on about our inability to compete, despite earning a few quid from the PL years and at the same time watching what is being played out by our first 11 on a regular basis, has me worried that the idiots are running the asylum.

Even when as a club we didn’t have a pot to p*ss in financially we still managed to play football. We are pulling a lot of money in these days giving the club a firm financial footing but we are incapable of adding any additional capability to the team during each transfer window.

Not on about splurging billions on Messi and risking everything. Just looking for the club management to get organised + bring in some players who can pass + move with a bit of pace. Not just lump it forward on a boringly regular basis.
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Just go shopping on Saturday's pal, you'll be much happier.

BurnleyFC wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 6:16 pm

I applaud those who went on today but you simply cannot blame any Burnley fan for not wanting to attend, given the absolute dross we have served up in both cup competitions under Dyche’s tenure.

BurnleyFC wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 6:16 pm

I applaud those who went on today but you simply cannot blame any Burnley fan for not wanting to attend, given the absolute dross we have served up in both cup competitions under Dyche’s tenure.

Leisure wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 6:16 pm

Greeny wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 4:07 pm

You are welcome pal. Glad you enjoyed the freedom of Turf Moor.

Grumps wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 3:52 pm

... For making it easier to park, book better seats, no moaners sat near, easy access to toilets, easy to leave after game....please can you all stay away next round

Long Time Lurker wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 6:51 pm

What about the home supporters that didn't watch?

It would have been easy for me to sit down, click on the play buttom of the stream and watch the full game. However, I made the conscious decision to restrict my viewing to the second half of the game only.

That's right, some people couldn't summon the passion and enthusiasm to watch the match in person. I couldn't summon the passion and enthusiasm to click on a play button.

If the club are happy to sit back and let the recruitment team get away with doing half a job then I'm happy to restrict my cup viewing to half a game.

Call it my futile little protest of one, but I felt better for it.

Some of the recent comments coming out of the club beggar belief. Everything leading up to the current window has been self depricating and defeatist tosh. A bunch of pre-emptive excuses without any practical information about what is being done to change things so we can surmount the difficulties we are faced with.

When you find yourself making the same excuses over and over again the problem isn't the situation it is you and your inability to adapt to it. Or you have employed a Technical Director with a long standing history of deliberately avoiding the need to do anything in the Winter window ( apart from loan signings and selling players to bring in cash that can be used to make operating in the Summer window easier ).

How can we expect the players to go out and fight for every inch of turf when the powers that be are happy to let the non playing staff hoist the white flag of surrender, because the Winter window is too tough and devoid of opportunities for a club like us ( which it most certainly isn't ). It could all be a very elaborate smoke screen, but given Riggs previous reluctance to work for his money in the Winter I'm inclined to think that it isn't.

When we hear key figures adopting a laisez faire attitude to the concerns of the supporters with statements that border on " if you don't like it you know where the door is " we are in real trouble. Surely the political events of recent years is enough to drive a very obvious message home, namely " you don't treat your long term supporters with contempt " whatever the current circumstances might be.

The eye of the tiger has been replaced by the beak of the cowardly chicken.

It is very clear that things are changing behind the scenes and we are starting to follow a path that diverges from our true identity. Lose that and we could easily lose everything, because in terms of all that we have achieved so far it is the vital ingredient. Money doesn't buy automatic success in the football world, character and ability do.

We might be up against it on the pitch at the moment, but I have a very unsettling feeling that our most important fight is happening elsewhere and it is being lost on our behalf. In every respect we are looking less and less Burnley with each and every passing week. The character of the club seems to be shifting away from the character of the town.

I am happy to support the club through thick and thin, to celebrate the ups and stick by it through the downs, but I find myself feeling increasingly alienated from it. All of our recent successes were built through the endeavours of proud and courageous warriors, fueled by honesty and virtue, but over the last year the club appears to have started leaning more towards the world of vapid corporate chameleons and **** talking snake oil salesmen.

I miss the underdog fighting spirit that saw us rise up to conquer the challenges before us, instead of shirking away from them and sugar coating our castrated impotence with empty platitudes.

BurnleyFC wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 6:16 pm

I applaud those who went on today but you simply cannot blame any Burnley fan for not wanting to attend, given the absolute dross we have served up in both cup competitions under Dyche’s tenure.

Grumps wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 3:52 pm

... For making it easier to park, book better seats, no moaners sat near, easy access to toilets, easy to leave after game....please can you all stay away next round .

I too enjoyed the game. Helps when your team wins of course. Good luck to those who stayed away and not really interested what they got up to. We had a good day out watching our football team... and all for a tenner each. What's not to like?

Steve1956 wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 8:17 pm

I thought today was an reanactment of the shite days of the fourth division
Small crowd & two shite teams trying to entertain and failing.

Long Time Lurker wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 6:51 pm

What about the home supporters that didn't watch?

It would have been easy for me to sit down, click on the play buttom of the stream and watch the full game. However, I made the conscious decision to restrict my viewing to the second half of the game only.

That's right, some people couldn't summon the passion and enthusiasm to watch the match in person. I couldn't summon the passion and enthusiasm to click on a play button.

If the club are happy to sit back and let the recruitment team get away with doing half a job then I'm happy to restrict my cup viewing to half a game.

TVC15 wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 9:05 pm

Wow - that really is the stuff of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Greta Thunberg, etc

Long Tim Lurker - may the force be with you.

fidelcastro wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 4:58 pm

For all his faults and limitations, it's posts like the one from Greeny, that have me thinking that Brian Laws was spot on, when he said in his book that the premier league had created a new breed of fan.

Steve1956 wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 8:17 pm

I thought today was an reanactment of the shite days of the fourth division
Small crowd & two shite teams trying to entertain and failing.

Long Time Lurker wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 6:51 pm

What about the home supporters that didn't watch?

It would have been easy for me to sit down, click on the play buttom of the stream and watch the full game. However, I made the conscious decision to restrict my viewing to the second half of the game only.

That's right, some people couldn't summon the passion and enthusiasm to watch the match in person. I couldn't summon the passion and enthusiasm to click on a play button.

If the club are happy to sit back and let the recruitment team get away with doing half a job then I'm happy to restrict my cup viewing to half a game.

Call it my futile little protest of one, but I felt better for it.

Some of the recent comments coming out of the club beggar belief. Everything leading up to the current window has been self depricating and defeatist tosh. A bunch of pre-emptive excuses without any practical information about what is being done to change things so we can surmount the difficulties we are faced with.

When you find yourself making the same excuses over and over again the problem isn't the situation it is you and your inability to adapt to it. Or you have employed a Technical Director with a long standing history of deliberately avoiding the need to do anything in the Winter window ( apart from loan signings and selling players to bring in cash that can be used to make operating in the Summer window easier ).

How can we expect the players to go out and fight for every inch of turf when the powers that be are happy to let the non playing staff hoist the white flag of surrender, because the Winter window is too tough and devoid of opportunities for a club like us ( which it most certainly isn't ). It could all be a very elaborate smoke screen, but given Riggs previous reluctance to work for his money in the Winter I'm inclined to think that it isn't.

When we hear key figures adopting a laisez faire attitude to the concerns of the supporters with statements that border on " if you don't like it you know where the door is " we are in real trouble. Surely the political events of recent years is enough to drive a very obvious message home, namely " you don't treat your long term supporters with contempt " whatever the current circumstances might be.

The eye of the tiger has been replaced by the beak of the cowardly chicken.

It is very clear that things are changing behind the scenes and we are starting to follow a path that diverges from our true identity. Lose that and we could easily lose everything, because in terms of all that we have achieved so far it is the vital ingredient. Money doesn't buy automatic success in the football world, character and ability do.

We might be up against it on the pitch at the moment, but I have a very unsettling feeling that our most important fight is happening elsewhere and it is being lost on our behalf. In every respect we are looking less and less Burnley with each and every passing week. The character of the club seems to be shifting away from the character of the town.

I am happy to support the club through thick and thin, to celebrate the ups and stick by it through the downs, but I find myself feeling increasingly alienated from it. All of our recent successes were built through the endeavours of proud and courageous warriors, fueled by honesty and virtue, but over the last year the club appears to have started leaning more towards the world of vapid corporate chameleons and **** talking snake oil salesmen.

I miss the underdog fighting spirit that saw us rise up to conquer the challenges before us, instead of shirking away from them and sugar coating our castrated impotence with empty platitudes.

Longsidebogs wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 9:23 pm

^^^^^^^This.
I could not agree more!

Steve1956 wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 8:17 pm

I thought today was an reanactment of the shite days of the fourth division
Small crowd & two shite teams trying to entertain and failing.

Long Time Lurker wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 6:51 pm

What about the home supporters that didn't watch?

It would have been easy for me to sit down, click on the play buttom of the stream and watch the full game. However, I made the conscious decision to restrict my viewing to the second half of the game only.

That's right, some people couldn't summon the passion and enthusiasm to watch the match in person. I couldn't summon the passion and enthusiasm to click on a play button.

If the club are happy to sit back and let the recruitment team get away with doing half a job then I'm happy to restrict my cup viewing to half a game.

Call it my futile little protest of one, but I felt better for it.

Some of the recent comments coming out of the club beggar belief. Everything leading up to the current window has been self depricating and defeatist tosh. A bunch of pre-emptive excuses without any practical information about what is being done to change things so we can surmount the difficulties we are faced with.

When you find yourself making the same excuses over and over again the problem isn't the situation it is you and your inability to adapt to it. Or you have employed a Technical Director with a long standing history of deliberately avoiding the need to do anything in the Winter window ( apart from loan signings and selling players to bring in cash that can be used to make operating in the Summer window easier ).

How can we expect the players to go out and fight for every inch of turf when the powers that be are happy to let the non playing staff hoist the white flag of surrender, because the Winter window is too tough and devoid of opportunities for a club like us ( which it most certainly isn't ). It could all be a very elaborate smoke screen, but given Riggs previous reluctance to work for his money in the Winter I'm inclined to think that it isn't.

When we hear key figures adopting a laisez faire attitude to the concerns of the supporters with statements that border on " if you don't like it you know where the door is " we are in real trouble. Surely the political events of recent years is enough to drive a very obvious message home, namely " you don't treat your long term supporters with contempt " whatever the current circumstances might be.

The eye of the tiger has been replaced by the beak of the cowardly chicken.

It is very clear that things are changing behind the scenes and we are starting to follow a path that diverges from our true identity. Lose that and we could easily lose everything, because in terms of all that we have achieved so far it is the vital ingredient. Money doesn't buy automatic success in the football world, character and ability do.

We might be up against it on the pitch at the moment, but I have a very unsettling feeling that our most important fight is happening elsewhere and it is being lost on our behalf. In every respect we are looking less and less Burnley with each and every passing week. The character of the club seems to be shifting away from the character of the town.

I am happy to support the club through thick and thin, to celebrate the ups and stick by it through the downs, but I find myself feeling increasingly alienated from it. All of our recent successes were built through the endeavours of proud and courageous warriors, fueled by honesty and virtue, but over the last year the club appears to have started leaning more towards the world of vapid corporate chameleons and **** talking snake oil salesmen.

I miss the underdog fighting spirit that saw us rise up to conquer the challenges before us, instead of shirking away from them and sugar coating our castrated impotence with empty platitudes.