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GaryClaret

I understand the comfort it gives to say “we’ll win the future” but 1. will it actually happen? and 2. What about people paying good money now to watch this?

After last season it should have been better than this.

GaryClaret

OMG our bench in that last meeting. I remember things were bad but....wow.

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don't think we've put together 2 passes together this half. The difference to last season is baffling.

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Now we have people saying VK is delusional. Is this really what some of you have become? If so, you should hang your heads in shame. No I shouldn’t. He is delusional making the changes he has done from last season and playing this open tactically against premier league teams. We can do better than ...

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I wouldn’t sack him but if the home losses and hammerings continue then it’s inevitable he’ll be under pressure. You can see in Mission to Burnley and the questions that were asked of him that he’ll be in trouble. He seems delusional to me. The ‘tell’ was the fa cup quarter final last season. We pla...

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I can’t believe how bad our ball control has been today. Technique is supposed to be our strength.

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I just think VK is looking for the right formula....the right balance between defence and attack. On Saturday It was the closest to that balance that I've seen so far this season. Like others have said it was a bit of a toothless 2nd half performance but it doesn't mean that's going to be the way al...

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I’m just sick of getting thrashed tbh. Weirdly there was a warning with the FA cup quarter final last season. We played far too open and idealistically. We hide behind it being against City etc but any team can do better than 5-2, 6-0 etc. Yesterday was tactically inept given the warnings we have re...

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When the board see where they are in the league at the start of the season he’ll be hooked.

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I voted Tella for his finishing and defence frightening pace that has brought us so many goals this season. It is such a tough decision though.

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What a game this is btw

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It is a bit rich Robertson going round all the players about the elbow given the abuse they give out to officials all the time. Yep it’s wrong and he should be punished but why act the bloody victim over it. It’s about time the officials fought back against gobshites like Robertson. Thump Fernandez ...

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If you haven’t already read the Barca book by Simon Kuper - please do. I wasn’t interested in all of it but the Cruyff bits are fantastic. So many similarities to our team as well.

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Chris Woods (Not the goalkeeper)

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Really enjoyed reading that - thank you for sharing. Before Kompany’s appointment was formally announced I read Simon Kuper’s book Barca about the rise and fall of Barcelona. The sections about Cruyff and Guardiola and their philosophy on how football should be played got me very excited to see whet...

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I just can’t help but worry because we’ve needed good people on this board to investigate how we’re owned to the best of their abilities. Pace etc have always been super evasive/talking bull when questions have been asked about the takeover. I think us doing well this season has meant less pressure ...

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Why can’t we just submit things on time? Why is everything tinged (or worse) with corruption at the moment? Football was supposed to be an escape. I wonder whether we’re taking this impersonation of Man City a little far now.

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A bit like the Ian Wright debut, Wigan probably won't sell out There were quite a few clarets in the away end that game but as the game finished 0-0 we didn't get to see how many. Yeah I was in there with my dad and sister. My sister decided to join in with all the Wigan songs so we were well disgu...

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Yeah that was the problem for me - I couldn't tell if I was going to be back or front from the seat plan/row numbers on the ticket site.

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This site helped me pick what I wanted: https://3ddigitalvenue.com/clients/spor ... hestercity

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You have to ask, given the current position in the league and how we’ve played, what would it take for some people to answer “yes” to this question.

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Like I wonder about what Watford fans think when they won one of the great FA Cup matches against Wolves in the semi final a few years ago. So you go through that game, on cloud 9, won at Wembley etc and then got destroyed by City in the final 6-0. Does it make the experience in the semi final meani...

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I'd be able to go to the semi final but I'm on holiday for the incredible late date of the final (June 3rd). A lot of water to go under the bridge until then though! One game at a time etc etc But yeah if I was here to have all the build up for the semi final, money spent on tickets, perhaps a hotel...

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Thanks for the reply. Good to know that there are ways of securing when the charge point can be live - this would solve any issues. I understand what you are saying about it being strange behaviour and I agree. However, I live on quite a secluded lane and don't have any close neighbours so when we'...

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This might seem a silly question (I know very little about it) but how do you secure this so that nobody else can use it? Is it PIN protected or does it need switching on from inside a house or activating by a mobile phone etc? There has to be some sort of security so it's not jus a free-for-all an...

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If we find our own music like the Chicago Bulls used when Jordan was at the height of his powers in the last dance......combined with appropriate use of the lights then that'd be amazing. Don't think the announcer would be appropriate though :D Like https://youtu.be/aKsG-4hg8d0?t=77 I have such anti...

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I think with all the ins/outs I was thinking 6 - just wanted us to show potential and then hopefully have a playoff push. The impact of the Huddersfield performance was seismic and instantly caused me to go to 8 or even 9. Then we had all the draws but the triple header of Reading, Rotherham and Bla...

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Completely agree whentheballmoves. We have a 4 year old daughter and to share the major tournament experience with her was amazing - she especially loved the pre match show. The atmosphere was incredible in its own way and if we can get to the final it will be a big moment for football in this count...

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Ah this is so sad. I saw him at the end of the Villa away game recently and he did seem frailer. I think he was in the Jimmy Mac Lower in the 2000s when I was sat in there so I could hear him every match. And of course at every away game. He could make you laugh during the games that didn't really h...

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I think the officials are poor at their job and weak minded but not corrupt. VAR encourages behaviour like to go through certain situations with a fine tooth comb for the bigger clubs (e.g. Barnes pen) and for the smaller clubs they seem more laissez faire. I accept it’s probably my bias but with VA...

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I'm just glad I can be there and sing through the tension. I'd find watching on TV/listening to the radio a nightmare. I think what makes it odd is that I can't read what is going to happen and even if we were to win tonight there would still be a lot of jeopardy on Sunday. I have been lucky in my l...

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I find it useful to remember the two championship promotion seasons under Dyche where there were last minute winners, disappointing draws, slip ups and so on. The results for all teams involved in this will not be linear and we can only hope we’re on the right side of the red line. I believe in us s...

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Yeah I'm nervous too. But I'm also very excited to see us play on Saturday. It was the first time we had gone on the Turf as a family at the weekend - the first game for my four year old daughter. The sun shined. The colour of the shirts in the stands. The euphoria when the goal went in. I held her ...

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We think little of ourselves at Burnley sometimes. We were in massive trouble after the Norwich result. We got rid of one of, if not our greatest manager. If I'm being honest I thought this season was over. There are still massive, unanswered questions about the next manager, the ownership etc etc. ...

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Obviously the brownhill decision and the inconsistency with bookings was very annoying. But I think he did ignore a lot of play acting by Wolves and tried to let the game flow. So I’m slightly surprised the marks are so low. Will have to watch it back.

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The look in his eyes when he is celebrating is something else. The happiness in his face. If we stay up then it will become, for me, as significant a turning point as Pope's penalty save/Westwood's goal against Leicester in the European season. It's one of the images that'll stay with me a long, lon...

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I did explain in the rest of my post why. It will be a break and I'd hope to return to going as a family when those issues are sorted out.....rather than going on my own. My daughter is too young to go on at the moment. I won't be watching the World Cup because of who is hosting it and I've stopped ...

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It's great for all the reasons above but also the luxuries it takes e.g. just spending time showing driving at super fast speeds around the Hollywood hills for no particular reason other than it looks/sounds cool. Recreating Hollywood Boulevard from the time with ads/restaurants/clothes etc etc etc....

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Correction to post above - 6500 migrant workers have died in Qatar since World Cup was awarded https://www.theguardian.com/global-deve ... d-cup-2022

Sorry.

GaryClaret

I'm not renewing next season. This isn't really because of the team, manager or the signings. It's more about the governance of the game. Next season will be interrupted because of the World Cup being in a place where 6500 migrant workers have died building the stadiums. I am sick of fans lording it...

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In case anyone is in any doubt about Abramovich's culpability for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, this is what the EU said about him when they imposed sanctions on Abramovich and Chelsea - Lille game goes ahead, but decisions to be made if they get through - yesterday: The EU ruling states: “Roman Ab...

GaryClaret

Helped Spurs by not booking them and allowed some opportunities to place the ball where they wanted. However, he just let the conditions to prevail and that was good. Added time? I thought I saw 1 minute displayed??? Obviously insufficient. He then played about 4. Perhaps the number or my eyesight ...

GaryClaret

I’ve got to admit my faith in this team and even the sport had taken a serious knock. The postponements, the performances, the points return, even the weather at times have got me so down. There is still a lot of work to do but when the turf is as it was tonight it is irresistible. You see a team on...

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Indeed but as I guess you know there is a reality to this ... How can anyone with any experience of business look at the structure of the English football pyramid and not wonder how does this all carry on? Increasingly it really is a billionaires big swinging dick contest with no underlying busines...

GaryClaret

Yep what claretspice said. 2/10

I am still so disappointed but it’ll be nice to actually go to a game on Saturday. We can finally deal with the reality instead of going over and over the theory on here.

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If we make a midfield signing ahead of 11 then I’ll hold up my hands, eat humble pie etc - it’s not looking good though is it? Are people telling me that there wasn’t anyone we could buy/loan to improve that midfield? Like we know a single deal that fell apart fair enough. That deal wasn’t much mone...

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Always find this useful too when asking us to match x, y and z in spending:

from https://twitter.com/SwissRamble/status/ ... 5610522629

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From https://twitter.com/SwissRamble/status/ ... 0722306053

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I mean how on earth, in the same sport, can one ref think the goalie punching Vydra isn’t a pen and the Jota one is a pen?

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You know what the 'R' in VAR stands for, right? VAR is referees. It's just referees watching a telly. If referees are s*** - as you say - then VAR is s***. That’s the horrible truth isn’t it? We always thought the issue for refs was “the game is so fast they were bound to miss x, y or z”. But the u...

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