https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/con ... amme-notes

On Tuesday we face Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park and as I’m sure many of you are aware I have expressed my disappointment at our ticket allocation for the fixture. I have asked Councillor Afrasaib Anwar MBE and his wife Tahra to take our places in the Chairman’s Lounge at the game.

The Lancashire Derby is a significant date in our fixture calendar and I’m pleased Afrasaib and Tahra will be in attendance to represent our community.

A good gesture

That's a cracking way to get your point across without spelling it out.

Whilst he gets his point across, he doesn't stoop to their petty, pathetic,
infantile behaviour and attitude.

Make no mistake, it will hurt him enormously to not be there and be part
of a potential momentous occasion for which he's worked so hard
to achieve.

I admire his principles.

Admirable given the title winning potential and in solidarity with those of us who would love to be there but unfairly aren’t allowed to be.

Would have been better if the club had organised a ballot for 2 supporters to take his place...

sjb wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 23, 2023 9:33 am

Would have been better if the club had organised a ballot for 2 supporters to take his place...

Christ on a bike. Just celebrate the wins and stop looking to stick the knife in.

It’s a grand gesture, leave it at that.

I hope the Councillor and his good wife were in the ballot and it's not just a brown nosing the council job.

Cooclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 23, 2023 9:45 am

Christ on a bike. Just celebrate the wins and stop looking to stick the knife in.

It’s a grand gesture, leave it at that.

This, this board never ceases to amaze me

sjb wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 23, 2023 9:33 am

Would have been better if the club had organised a ballot for 2 supporters to take his place...

Oh yeah , and then a couple of knuckle draggers win it and get tanked up all day before going and representing the chairman.

sjb wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 23, 2023 9:33 am

Would have been better if the club had organised a ballot for 2 supporters to take his place...

Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 23, 2023 9:54 am

I hope the Councillor and his good wife were in the ballot and it's not just a brown nosing the council job.

Aye, always look for the negatives. What a bunch of tossers we have become. If you could bottle and sell negativity, this forum would be rich.

Cooclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 23, 2023 9:45 am

Christ on a bike. Just celebrate the wins and stop looking to stick the knife in.

It’s a grand gesture, leave it at that.

It. Was. A. Joke.

Some proper balloons on here today. Talk about subtitles needed for the hard of thinking!

Excellent pr well done Alan

CrosspoolClarets wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 23, 2023 9:32 am

Admirable given the title winning potential and in solidarity with those of us who would love to be there but unfairly aren’t allowed to be.

He doesn't say he won't be there....maybe in Darwen end?

Has Anwar and his wife got over 6000 points?

Cooclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 23, 2023 9:45 am

Christ on a bike. Just celebrate the wins and stop looking to stick the knife in.

It’s a grand gesture, leave it at that.

Was clearly a light hearted joke

sjb wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 23, 2023 10:34 am

It. Was. A. Joke.

The tone doesn’t come across in word form. Maybe add a smiley at the end.

Brilliant gesture from the Chairman. I’m just hoping the recipients are able to tell the Chairman after the game how brilliant we played and what a wonderful deserving win it was for us.

RammyClaret61 wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 23, 2023 12:24 pm

The tone doesn’t come across in word form. Maybe add a smiley at the end.

But that spoils the joke

At least we now know who was trying to buy tickets for the home end

We should have boycotted the game all together,Chairman,Board and All Our Fans,Areal show of Solidarity,Total Insult from them,Show them up for what they are!

Cooclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 23, 2023 9:45 am

Christ on a bike. Just celebrate the wins and stop looking to stick the knife in.

It’s a grand gesture, leave it at that.

So clearly a tongue in cheek comment. Nothing to get all serious about

Elizabeth wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 23, 2023 4:01 pm

So clearly a tongue in cheek comment. Nothing to get all serious about

Where is it clear ya lemon?

12 likes vs 4 says people thought it was serious

Elizabeth wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 23, 2023 4:01 pm

So clearly a tongue in cheek comment. Nothing to get all serious about

Yes, certainly just a lighthearted quip and not a bad one to be fair

Cooclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 23, 2023 4:05 pm

Where is it clear ya lemon?

12 likes vs 4 says people thought it was serious

I’m guessing ‘ya lemon’is in the English dictionary for people with limited vocabulary.

Here’s my advice , don’t get carried away with number of ‘likes’

Cooclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 23, 2023 4:05 pm

Where is it clear ya lemon?

12 likes vs 4 says people thought it was serious

Or that it went straight over the heads of 12 people -or 13 if we count you 'ya lemon'.

Bear in mind most people on this forum are proper thick.

There’s some serious witless folk on here and in social media in general…Thank dog emojis are available to help you understand sarcasm

Gunfury wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 23, 2023 5:16 pm

There’s some serious witless folk on here and in social media in general…Thank dog emojis are available to help you understand sarcasm

Elizabeth wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 23, 2023 4:20 pm

I’m guessing ‘ya lemon’is in the English dictionary for people with limited vocabulary.

Here’s my advice , don’t get carried away with number of ‘likes’

I won’t be taking advice from you.

It is part of a sentence, ‘…ya lemon.’ The English dictionary records words that can be used collectively to form a sentence. So no, it isn’t.

Using an ellipsis where a full stop should be implies a poor grasp of the English language…

It doesn’t serve to imply the sarcasm that the author claims.

Feel free to critique, I’m off to play on the M6…

Cooclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 23, 2023 5:26 pm

I won’t be taking advice from you.

Using an ellipsis where a full stop should be implies a poor grasp of the English language…

It doesn’t serve to imply the sarcasm that the author claims.

"The team used two tests; one giving a statement sentence context, and one statement sentence with no context to test the participant’s ability to read the sarcasm in the message.

Simple text-based emoticons were used including the winking face and the tongue out face. While punctuation marks included the exclamation mark, the ellipses and the full stop, which were used in the sentences to explore the use of sarcasm. The findings saw that emoticons and punctuation did not increase the perception that an explicit sentence was sarcastic, as the intent of the message was obvious. Researchers noted that the two emoticons and the ellipses made the literal messages more sarcastic to the reader."

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/scie ... 00241.html

Cooclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 23, 2023 5:26 pm

I won’t be taking advice from you.

It is part of a sentence, ‘…ya lemon.’ The English dictionary records words that can be used collectively to form a sentence. So no, it isn’t.

Using an ellipsis where a full stop should be implies a poor grasp of the English language…

It doesn’t serve to imply the sarcasm that the author claims.

Feel free to critique, I’m off to play on the M6…

I almost sensed your potential to be humourous

Great gesture from the chairman, shame the thread had degenerated into a slanging match.

claptrappers_union wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 23, 2023 5:31 pm

"The team used two tests; one giving a statement sentence context, and one statement sentence with no context to test the participant’s ability to read the sarcasm in the message.

Simple text-based emoticons were used including the winking face and the tongue out face. While punctuation marks included the exclamation mark, the ellipses and the full stop, which were used in the sentences to explore the use of sarcasm. The findings saw that emoticons and punctuation did not increase the perception that an explicit sentence was sarcastic, as the intent of the message was obvious. Researchers noted that the two emoticons and the ellipses made the literal messages more sarcastic to the reader."

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/scie ... 00241.html

Thank you for that. I’d point out, the ellipsis is used following sarcasm. I’m going to play on the M6…

Following a statement, it’s just stupid.

shame the thread had degenerated into a slanging match.

And a repetitive blasphemous one at that.

WTF is wrong with people
Chairman makes an honourable stand and also gives his tickets to a person who had devoted a large chunk of his life to promoting multi faith relationships and football in our town.
Everything positive you would have thought but yet most of the thread is a negative argument about sweet fanny Adams.

claptrappers_union wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 23, 2023 3:53 pm

But that spoils the joke

So the intention is hoping people don’t realise it’s a joke. Then you can come alone with “it was a joke”

Alan has clearly picked the right man for the job.
If you look at the council's website it says:

As Council Leader, Councillor Anwar takes a lead role on:

Promoting Burnley

Well done Mr Chairman.

RammyClaret61 wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 23, 2023 8:44 pm

So the intention is hoping people don’t realise it’s a joke. Then you can come alone with “it was a joke”

You don’t do dead pan humour then?

Do you need canned laughter when you watch comedy shows too?