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- by elwaclaret
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:22 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Weds Games
- Replies: 54
- Views: 2095
THEWELLERNUT70 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:07 pm
I think those set of results now mean the PL lose a Champions League slot next season
That has buggered up our chances of sneaking into it.
- by elwaclaret
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:15 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Pompey
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2520
Dislike the club intensely. They had some of the most violent fans back in the day. The ground makes TM look like Bernabeu. And their years of fraud and making scores of local firms insolvent shouldn't be forgotten. Football has a short and very selective memory, sadly. They will be welcomed back a...
- by elwaclaret
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:45 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Appalling Abuse Directed at Jay.
- Replies: 56
- Views: 4080
Always had a dislike for Brighton since my dad decided it would be a good away trip to go to on Boxing Day in the 90’s where we got beat 3.0 and I could have spent the day on the Sega Master System. Don’t remember their anti northern chants when they visited the turf with their begging buckets. Jum...
- by elwaclaret
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 1:29 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The Lost Art of Not Knowing Things
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1990
Part of he art of research is forgetting what you think you know and following the evidence. It is what I love about what I do, and why the accepted History of today is light years ahead of what we were taught in schools… as a popular TV programme promised The truth is (usually) out there. But findi...
- by elwaclaret
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:29 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Dull man's club.
- Replies: 78
- Views: 4262
Model makers/wargamers should store their paints upside down so the pigment is at the top. This can then be thinned down with the appropriate thinning agent before application…. This making those little bottles last twice as long without compromising the paint quality.
- by elwaclaret
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:07 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: If you were to become or are a member of a supporters club
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1403
I always appreciate a nice badge :D Jotted a few thoughts, sorry of it’s not what you were looking for John… Bit old fashioned now but I always liked Rag Mag type bulletins with “in”club jokes went down well, and brought people closer. Same with extending the social interaction either with one off b...
- by elwaclaret
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 12:16 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Mental health
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2092
Hi everyone, first time poster and a huge thank you to Tony for helping with issues with registration. I thought I’d share a little bit about my mental health journey over the past few months - years even, if we take it prior to me accepting I needed help; trust me that’s the hardest step of them a...
- by elwaclaret
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 12:15 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The next 2 seasons
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1824
Been discussing with my lads (16 and 18) tonight the next 2 seasons... I said my dream would be for us to finish 3,4,5 or 6th get through the playoffs but lose at Wembley in the final for 2 seasons running. I know there will be financial implications via parachute payments and the fact we have a de...
- by elwaclaret
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 4:02 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Toffees vs Clarets Match Thread
- Replies: 494
- Views: 15276
If the players have been boosted by our keepers recall, as we suspect, then now they need to give themselves a dusting down and get out there and rescue him. We will find out second half how much the players want this. Need to go all in now, get more direct, using pace behind will lead to Tarks walk...
- by elwaclaret
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:20 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Rotherham
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1590
Good. I have a strong dislike of Rotherham. Funnily enough I am just the opposite. Despite being too young to remember Frank Casper the player, my geography teacher was a Rotherham fan and followed Burnley as his second team since they signed FC… so had many a extra curriculum football chat and hav...
- by elwaclaret
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:37 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Ex players
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2339
That seems the problem. Why would a decent ref need to do that? They are crying out for good ones looking at the likes of Rob Jones already working in the prem. They are already scraping the barrel. They should fast track good ones ( if there are any with common sense) doesn’t seem like there are a...
- by elwaclaret
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:11 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Luxury tax
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2660
boatshed bill wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:00 pm
So basically if you can afford it do what you like.
The Americanisation of our national game continues. Football moves ever further away from the man in the street and from being sport to becoming a theatre for the rich.
- by elwaclaret
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:36 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Strange one.....
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1974
Maybe Trafford not feeling 100% is why Muric got the nod in the first place. Maybe people are reading far too much into it. Trafford does not seem the kind who would sulk, or at least I hope not. I think a few weeks out of the firing line could be exactly what the lad needs, hopefully to come back s...
- by elwaclaret
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:20 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Possible affordable targets for next season
- Replies: 100
- Views: 6371
Twitter Clarets have got hold of a report from South Africa…
Burnley will sign Mamelodi Sundowns right-back Khuliso Mudau, who plays for the South African national team, in the summer, according to manager Rhulani Mokwena.
[@bongofive]
#TwitterClarets
- by elwaclaret
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 5:27 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 4 Minutes added time
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1326
I reckon the ball was probably in play for half of it and blew exactly on 94th Two minutes were spent with the ball in the hands of the Wolves keeper walking up and down his box. It is as though they think they don’t even need to try to be fair when it comes to the smaller clubs, as long as the for...
- by elwaclaret
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 10:19 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Ex players
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2339
They really don’t need to financially. Listening to some of the ex-players on commentary; “he won a penalty”, “he was touched and had a right to go over”, suggests just being an ex-player does not give you a proper football brain. I don’t believe ex-players should necessarily be making decisions, bu...
- by elwaclaret
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 10:52 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Football's Magic Money Tree
- Replies: 9971
- Views: 1010207
In relative terms we are cheap , that said it has to realistically priced for the average wage of the fan base. Some of the prices are frightening and I should imagine picking games or just not going on will become more common. That is the problem. It will become like going to the west end for a sh...
- by elwaclaret
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:38 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Taylor
- Replies: 63
- Views: 4164
He's been a decent enough performer for us. But I don't think he completely fits VK's idea of a fullback. I would not argue with you, probably would have been when we got him; but now he cannot just tank around,he increasingly puts me in mind of Pieters. I feel more confident with him at full back,...
- by elwaclaret
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:30 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Today's Football
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1741
That was awful. Everytime City got the ball, slow it down, don't cross the halfway line until Arsenal have reset the backline. Slow, slow, slower, slower, slow. Yawn. At least Arsenal worked for the point they were happy with, but City deserved nothing. Had to miss it due to them deciding to put it...
- by elwaclaret
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 4:43 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Cullen
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2501
yep, we know Cullen was injured so maybe that had something to do with it. Strange all the same though, do we think Kompany puts Cullen and Muric back in if Trafford doesn't play that pass at Palace ? I'm not so sure. These are just my observations, I back the management team 100%, they are learnin...
- by elwaclaret
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 4:39 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Taylor
- Replies: 63
- Views: 4164
As a moderator, I would expect you to set the standard and not throw insults because you disagreed with someone’s opinion on an individual players form. I don’t think it’s outrageous to suggest Taylor has been below par at this level for a long while nor do I keep repeating it and driving it down p...
- by elwaclaret
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 3:55 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Cullen
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2501
in my 40 odd years of watching football and particularly the Clarets I struggle to think of and more baffling set of decisions by any manager Hard to argue from our position… but we do not have the ‘inside track’ on the decision making process. It could be something as simple as long covid; that we...
- by elwaclaret
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 3:18 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Cullen
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2501
I find it harder to understand Cullen’s seeming fall from grace than VK not wanting to drop Trafford on the back of a mauling. To my mind VK has worked with Cullen long enough to know the solidity he brings to the team and that a dip in form is purely that… Trafford is young and dropping him would h...
- by elwaclaret
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 2:55 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Stupid question time!
- Replies: 61
- Views: 3463
Of course the player dived , they’re ( mainly ) cheats by default . It’s not about what Assignon “ should have done “ it’s what he did do , which, at pace looked to cut across, impede and foul Mudryk in the penalty area . It was a fairly soft pen but I’ve seen far worse given and can understand why...
- by elwaclaret
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 2:46 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Bayer
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3774
For me Bayer has clearly struggled adapting to the pace change when moving up to the top level, leading to him looking at time clumsy and slow as opposed to cool and in command as he did last season. I would love to see him challenging the CB’s on merit, but he has some progress to make before he ch...
- by elwaclaret
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 2:26 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Assignon, Esteve and Fofana
- Replies: 98
- Views: 6838
morninbob wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 2:15 pm
As I said, he's no kid.
He might not be a kid, but he lacks experience. How many games in the top league in the world? It is like expecting a go-carter to win in a F1 race on his fifth or sixth race.
- by elwaclaret
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 2:24 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Stupid question time!
- Replies: 61
- Views: 3463
Assignon was never anywhere near the ball nor did he make any attempt to do anything but cut across the player and raise his arm and hand in his face . True, if in midfield it would have probs just been a foul . People spouting bs like “ Referees are crap “ really are the utterly clueless ones , yo...
- by elwaclaret
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 2:04 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Taylor
- Replies: 63
- Views: 4164
Very nice of a moderator to post insults, really set the bar high. He’s been a very good footballer for us over the years, one of the best left backs I have seen play for us. It was pretty evident his level dropped significantly in Dyche’s final season and I haven’t seen much evidence this season h...
- by elwaclaret
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:28 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Assignon, Esteve and Fofana
- Replies: 98
- Views: 6838
Just to point out it’s a case of back to the future from what I can gather, back to the conveyer belt of players stepping up from the periphery, but it is being fast tracked due to necessity at the moment.
- by elwaclaret
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:23 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Assignon, Esteve and Fofana
- Replies: 98
- Views: 6838
Of course. And by the time a player like Assignon has experience we wouldn’t be able to afford him still have to be on our watch unfortunately. Quite right… and it is a four year plan, get them in before their value shoots up. For those who rubbished the term being wheeled out time and again forgot...
- by elwaclaret
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:05 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Assignon, Esteve and Fofana
- Replies: 98
- Views: 6838
NewClaret wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 8:45 pm
Esteve is an absolute Rolls Royce in the making. Plays well beyond his years. Fantastic signing.
Bit unsure about Assignon. Looks a good player with poor decision making. If could iron that out he’d have real potential.
Good decision making comes with experience…
- by elwaclaret
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 8:48 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: It's happening
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2438
Spiral wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 5:02 pm
We're gonna do it
Blimey, Spiral that’s a bit of a leap from the doom and gloom of recent weeks, have you changed your tablets?
- by elwaclaret
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:59 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Post match interviews v Chelsea
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2429
When CB was at City I went along with a good friend and City sth. Told him I couldn’t stand CB… he said yes because he’s not on your team… the lads got a lot more about him than when you see him snarling on the pitch. I just smiled when CB was interviewed after that for pretty much all his playing c...
- by elwaclaret
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 5:27 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: STREAMS
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1082
https://mrgamingstreams.com/soccer No ads to close, it's the best streaming website I've come across. I’d given up streaming but decided to try your recommendation… thank you, great not to have to faf around a million covert adverts, long shuffles and buffering lasting five minutes p, and to feel l...
- by elwaclaret
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 5:20 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Jay Rod
- Replies: 50
- Views: 3818
Consumate professional. I love his approach and attitude. Disappointed he didn't get that winner on the rebound. Sadly, not the player he was but never lets us down. Just imagine the Jay we have now if he still had that terrifying turn of pace he possessed… he was robbed of hitting the heights of t...
- by elwaclaret
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 5:17 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Taylor
- Replies: 63
- Views: 4164
ksrclaret wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 5:12 pm
And to think there was a poster who called him "tripe" and "finished" on the match thread.
The problem with not realising you know nothing about football is you don’t know when you are talking utter ballcocks; that was one steaming pile by a complete clown.