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daveisaclaret

We can adopt the Green Bay model by simply becoming the best team in the world.

daveisaclaret

All I can say is that mine are never ever that we will beat the top 8 or so in the league. I always go in to them expecting a loss. Below that I’m a bit more hopeful and confident. It's right that we can never go into a game against the top teams expecting a win. However, barring a miracle at Spurs...

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I think we'll likely be fine next season and win it.

The concern though has to be that Kompany believes in huge turnover every summer and will want to do it again. Can we afford it and can he get it right a second time, given how badly wrong he got it last summer?

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I thought we'd finish in the top half. Didn't realise how crap the signings were (I knew we'd built a very imbalanced squad but didn't realise how little the expensive players would contribute) or how naive and stubborn the manager would be. Truthfully when you look at how many of the games we feel ...

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Ric_C wrote: ↑
Sun May 05, 2024 11:04 am
Seem to remember these comments last time we went down. "Who is going to buy McNeil for over 15 million? He's had such a poor season etc"

You might remember them but not from me. There's no Dwight McNeil in this team.

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Seems like a lot of Burnley fans will spend the summer imagining expensive transfers for players no club with money will want to sign.

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Best goals per 90 minutes for us this season and best goals plus assists per 90 minutes. Shame a few of our own players aren't as **** and cocky as him.

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When we sacked Dyche we were a team that barely won Premier League matches but had 70 million quid of players to sell and 25 million banked from selling Chris Wood. We're now a team that barely wins Premier League matches with this squad. Seems pretty likely we're worse off.

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NL Claret wrote: ↑
Sat May 04, 2024 12:34 pm
They're all coming for me, weird, pathetic, anymore?

Good results? If you are happy with 2 pts off Everton, Brighton and Wolves then good for you.

Got to love UTC posters.

I am happy we've got 11 points from the last 8 games. It is good for me.

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NL Claret wrote: ↑
Sat May 04, 2024 9:56 am
We lose 1 in 8 against the dross in the league, how many did we win against 11 men? Yeah, give over.

Don't think there's ever anything more pathetic on this board than people explaining why good results for Burnley don't count.

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They don't want concessionary fans. Whatever the rights and wrongs it's self-defeating in how short term it is in the thinking. Tottenham, the example in the Guardian article, can clearly pull it off because of demand. We on the other hand are only ever about 2 lean years away from having thousands ...

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From social media it appears to be one bloke. There's no doubt he's a **** and I hope he never steps foot inside a football ground again, but ought the club not think of proportionality when they put out statements that imply this might be a widespread thing?

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Was thinking during the win at Sheffield United that we should replace the left back with a striker and shift half the team around to accommodate.

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Seems really likely Benson and Zaroury's contracts changed automatically upon promotion given how quick they were and how little we wanted them

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Stats (league only) from fbref: Last season 14 starts 19 sub appearances averaging 25 minutes per appearance This season 1 start 6 sub appearances averaging 8.6 minutes (stats are exclusive of injury time but still a clear contrast) The answer to the question what happened to him is that VK decided ...

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All written reasons for decisions after FA disciplinary hearings are released to the public.

It's not acceptable to accuse the ref of cheating. Hopefully lesson learned for VK and time to move on.

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Given how unlikely it seems we will be successful in our plan of selling off young players to turn profits, perhaps it would be some consolation to get a fee for the young manager.

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Doubt there's any scope for it but that tweet should genuinely be punishable.

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There's a 7-1 v Bournemouth in 18/19 but 100% the OP is right.

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We are loads better than these and making it show.

Good fun seeing Brereton spinning around without a hope of stopping Assignon

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Been said a million times but for our right winger VK had a direct choice between the right back from when we got thrashed at Bramall Lane last season and the right winger who got a goal and an assist at Bramall Lane last season and went with the right back. Just depressing at this point.

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ecc wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:40 pm
I've reported him to the Research Ethics Board at the University of South Australia.

Yes, I do have other things to do but the bloke is using this forum in an unethical manner.

Bellend

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Not in any way denying we are ****, but is this not just an example of why you can't make sensible conclusions about football from data alone? Anyone who has watched 33 Burnley games this season knows how we get the ball into the box.

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LoveCurryPies wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:28 pm
Safe standing is great but not so for children or people of smaller height or even for some elderly.

It's great for those people too because it means they aren't sat behind people who want to stand.

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I happen to know details about the topic brought up which led to an emotional response. It was not an emotional response to a discussion around safe standing, but a completely separate topic which should be taken very seriously. I would defend that person and anyone else to the hilt for an emotiona...

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It really feels like basically everyone who hasn't been stopped by personal circumstances has renewed. I think that's a fantastic show of support and will hopefully stop idiots chuntering about plastic/Premier League fans.

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I'm very pro-safe standing and this is a good start. I feel compelled to say that the idea of an emotional meeting about safe seating at the back of the Cricket Field Stand probably confirms the thoughts every cynic has about the people who are on the FAB.

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As a club that averaged 20,000 attendances last season and drew in 11,000 for an FA Cup replay I imagine the club's stance is that this is good and we don't want to be playing replays.

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It is a shame for the cup to change format in favour of the few clubs who play in Europe. But it also isn't, and shouldn't be, the purpose of the FA Cup to make lots of money for a few clubs who draw at home to big clubs. Glad to see the back of replays personally, extra time and pens is clearly a m...

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Could you perhaps explain to me why you had to refer to them as Americans and not just “businessmen”. Does nationality have something to do with your post? If not, don’t use it. I refer to them as Americans because they are from America. Half the Premier League is owned by Americans seeking to earn...

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and this is the laissez faire approach that too many have that has caused problems across the game - only asking the How? and Why? questions when your own club is affected while laughing at others (Venky's anyone) has done the game no favours. I think this is a bit silly to be honest Chester. Whate...

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In the scale of football club owners I'd say that ours aren't that high up on the dread and upset scale. It's not an ideal structure (although I think many people had a very rosy view of what being taken over by private equity meant) but we're a long way from absentee owners or those facing swathes...

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Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:58 am
Relegation favourites next year the Championship is a hard league.VK totally underestimated the jump from Championship to Premier. The gap between all the leagues is now massive.

Look up Ipswich Town

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Not really clear to me how anyone can view our current ownership with anything other than dread and upset.

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Hewitt will be feeling a right muppet for starting the fundraiser without seeking the medical and professional advice of this messageboard.

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Anyone who describes football as "the intersection of sport, brand, media and experience" shouldn't be allowed within 100 yards of a football stadium.

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One of the many problems with our team is lack of character. When we concede, especially when it's from a mistake, heads very visibly drop.

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Meh. There's no denying Brighton fans tend towards being awful smug bastards but I reckon if one of our players made allegations like Bong's a good chunk of us would believe them no matter what the FA found.

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Why would genk allow their best player leave on loan without a guarantee of a perm deal, let alone let the player decide if he moves or not, total nonsense Because we've paid for the loan. No idea if we are signing him or not, but what is very obvious that bringing someone on after 85 minutes and e...

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Not fit and out of position. Not really sure why he's in the team but to be fair I'm not really sure about most of what's going on.

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I don't think you can make two mistakes of that magnitude in your first five Premier League games (especially back to back) and seriously hope to make it as a Premier League goalie. Seems rash and possibly unfair to write him off so quickly but you just can't do it. Don't really care who plays as th...

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Can someone explain why this is bad? It seems like it's just clubs wilfully employing people to help them.

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A mod can put their name to a post where they ask us to worry about a racist's welfare, should they wish to.

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But what if disregarding the history of the football club for "just an americanism" is actually bad? Could this attitude have other implications?

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Don't forget the misogyny. All accepted as fine because he was a bit zany.

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I like JJ Watt and have since before most people on here had ever heard of him. He's doing a lovely job representing the club. It still seems likely he's being paid to do so, hasn't invested in any meaningful way and it's very definite he has no say in how the club is run. We should enjoy him but we...

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CharlieinNewMexico wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 12, 2024 8:55 am
You could say that about anything in the world.
It’s like saying “anybody can change anything on Wikipedia “, until, 2 hours later, someone changes it back.

It's not at all like saying that. Wikipedia requires sources, Transfermarkt values are literally just a few people's opinions.

daveisaclaret

"Don't behave so poorly you get banned" still a bit further along the learning curve, I guess.

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Transfermarkt values are just a few people's opinions.

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I think even for the people who imagine our club can meaningfully increase its revenue abroad via Pace and JJ Watt, a 39th game abroad should be seen as a leveller in that field and not an opportunity.

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