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ArthurShelby
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by ArthurShelby » Sat Jul 02, 2022 8:13 am
I know he’s 6ft4 but he’s absolutely massive in person, was very friendly as expected had a quick chat and welcomed him to Burnley. Was walking near the hall with 2 people in club tracksuits iv never seen before.
Didn’t seem too keen on the new Dachshund though maybe he isn’t a dog person
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ClaretMov
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by ClaretMov » Sat Jul 02, 2022 8:17 am
Jesus He's a bloody unit
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by Dodobdobodobo » Sat Jul 02, 2022 8:18 am
This morning or yesterday (probably a daft question)

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by Quickenthetempo » Sat Jul 02, 2022 8:40 am
The Blackburn manager won the race for the flat so he's hired out Gawthorpe Hall to live in.
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by randomclaret2 » Sat Jul 02, 2022 8:47 am
ClaretMov wrote: ↑Sat Jul 02, 2022 8:17 am
Jesus He's a bloody unit
That's dachshunds for you...
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by RammyClaret61 » Sat Jul 02, 2022 8:51 am
Surely that’s photoshopped!

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by northeastclaret » Sat Jul 02, 2022 8:51 am
ClaretMov wrote: ↑Sat Jul 02, 2022 8:17 am
Jesus He's a bloody unit
The photo is deceptive Arthur is only 5 foot.

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by ArthurShelby » Sat Jul 02, 2022 8:57 am
Haha I’m 5ft10, I come away afterwards thinking how Premierleague strikers who are the same size as me (Rooney,Vardy,Salah) managed to compete physically with him.
Wouldn’t like to go into a 50/50 with him put it that way

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by Smile » Sat Jul 02, 2022 9:07 am
randomclaret2 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 02, 2022 8:47 am
That's dachshunds for you...

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by clarethomer » Sat Jul 02, 2022 9:09 am
Looks like you were at the aspinall arms.
Just checking whether those hands are his…..
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by Quickenthetempo » Sat Jul 02, 2022 9:13 am
Dodobdobodobo wrote: ↑Sat Jul 02, 2022 8:18 am
This morning or yesterday (probably a daft question)
It's raining heavily in Padiham this morning.
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by SussexDon1inIreland » Sat Jul 02, 2022 9:35 am
I think Vince still founded our Ashley a handful
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by ArthurShelby » Sat Jul 02, 2022 9:42 am
SussexDon1inIreland wrote: ↑Sat Jul 02, 2022 9:35 am
I think Vince still founded our Ashley a handful
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Ashley Barnes is 6ft1 ….
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by IanMcL » Sat Jul 02, 2022 10:11 am
ArthurShelby wrote: ↑Sat Jul 02, 2022 8:57 am
Haha I’m 5ft10, I come away afterwards thinking how Premierleague strikers who are the same size as me (Rooney,Vardy,Salah) managed to compete physically with him.
Wouldn’t like to go into a 50/50 with him put it that way
If you are 5' 10" then he is about 8' 6"!!!

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by Smile » Sat Jul 02, 2022 10:52 am
IanMcL wrote: ↑Sat Jul 02, 2022 10:11 am
If you are 5' 10" then he is about 8' 6"!!!
Your thinking of inches is similar to my girlfriend's.
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by bfcjg » Sat Jul 02, 2022 10:54 am
He was in a pothole.
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by Bosscat » Sat Jul 02, 2022 10:55 am
randomclaret2 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 02, 2022 8:47 am
That's dachshunds for you...
Brilliant



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by Burnley1989 » Sat Jul 02, 2022 11:43 am
What a place to train though, must be one of the nicest places to train in the country
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by Vino blanco » Sat Jul 02, 2022 12:03 pm
I am sure everyone realises that a dachshund is a German word, actually meaning badger dog since they were bred to drive badgers out of their burrows. However Germans would not call a dachshund a dachshund, the German word for dachshund is, in fact, ein Dackel, which means little badger.
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by Dark Cloud » Sat Jul 02, 2022 12:32 pm
Is it not "Barnfield Hall" now? Please everyone, keep up, move with the times and stay on message!
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by Bosscat » Sat Jul 02, 2022 12:40 pm
Vino blanco wrote: ↑Sat Jul 02, 2022 12:03 pm
I am sure everyone realises that a dachshund is a German word, actually meaning badger dog since they were bred to drive badgers out of their burrows. However Germans would not call a dachshund a dachshund, the German word for dachshund is, in fact, ein Dackel, which means little badger.
A friend of ours has a "Teckel" a shaggy Dachshund, he is a very lively little chap (the Dog not my m8 Nigel

) ... "Teckel" being the Anglicised version of Dackel "little Badger"
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by AwayClaret » Sat Jul 02, 2022 1:55 pm
More like FinnShelby then Arthur


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by ClaretTony » Sun Jul 03, 2022 11:06 am
Dark Cloud wrote: ↑Sat Jul 02, 2022 12:32 pm
Is it not "Barnfield Hall" now? Please everyone, keep up, move with the times and stay on message!
The word Barnfield was dropped from the training ground s year ago when they transferred their sponsorship to the cricket field stand.
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by ClaretTony » Sun Jul 03, 2022 11:10 am
ClaretMov wrote: ↑Sat Jul 02, 2022 8:17 am
Jesus He's a bloody unit
As was the previous manager but I suspect Kompany is even bigger than Dyche.
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by Socrates » Sun Jul 03, 2022 11:28 am
I nearly bumped into Kompany in Tesco Wilmslow about five years ago.
I was 6’1 and about 16 stone. Felt completely dwarved by him, he’s an absolute unit
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by beddie » Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:22 pm
ClaretTony wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 11:10 am
As was the previous manager but I suspect Kompany is even bigger than Dyche.
Really, he was only 6ft and not particularly broad. Kompany however is not only tall but broad with it.
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by IanMcL » Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:41 pm
Smile wrote: ↑Sat Jul 02, 2022 10:52 am
Your thinking of inches is similar to my girlfriend's.

Was it her who measured your height?
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by ClaretTony » Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:48 pm
beddie wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:22 pm
Really, he was only 6ft and not particularly broad. Kompany however is not only tall but broad with it.
Stood next to him you’d be surprised. Nothing like Kompany but still big.
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by Claretforever » Sun Jul 03, 2022 1:44 pm
Socrates wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 11:28 am
I nearly bumped into Kompany in Tesco Wilmslow about five years ago.
I was 6’1 and about 16 stone. Felt completely dwarved by him, he’s an absolute unit
How tall are you now?

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by beddie » Sun Jul 03, 2022 6:57 pm
He’s 5ft 10” now after he’s taken his platforms off.

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by Bosscat » Sun Jul 03, 2022 6:58 pm
beddie wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 6:57 pm
He’s 5ft 10” now after he’s taken his platforms off.
