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helmclaret wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 08, 2024 3:31 pm
The guy on the right in the white polo shirt has a look of Bruce Springsteen.

Well there's a coincidence because "the magic rat" is (I believe) front and centre!!!

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It gets me out the house!

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City are only the 6th highest net spenders over the last 5 years, behind Newcastle (5th), Spurs (4th), Arsenal (3rd), Man Utd (2nd) and topping the list is Chelsea. (Football 365/Transfermkt). So the buy, buy, buy strategy doesn't really seem to be cutting the mustard at either Stamford Bridge or O...

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I honestly wonder if a big part of the issue is that as a player at somewhere like City you really don't see much actual "management". You buy the best players in the world and basically you let them play. I'm not in the camp that believes Pep is an amazing manager. He gets the most amazing players ...

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He looked every bit a genius this time last season, especially when it came to blending experienced Dyche signings with new unheralded players from lower leagues abroad. Unfortunately he's taken that "model" too far and got the balance all wrong and the much greater rigours of the PL have come to bi...

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I'm as much a Muric guy as anyone and I was tearing my hair out (well bald scalp actually) because VK had some weird and miss placed loyalty to Trafford for so long. I've been absolutely delighted to see Muric getting the gig at long last and he's been excellent, but let's be honest here, he cost us...

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Absolutely no point whatsoever in parting company now as we're down and mistakes have been made and (maybe?) lessons learned and we go again next season. If we sacked Kompany we'd immediately start looking for someone with an extremely good Championship pedigree and maybe even a promotion on his CV ...

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Foster AND Fofana was a commendable experiment which nobody really thought worked on Tuesday. I've no problem with the rest of the team bearing in mind availability, but Benson (or Vitihno in a genuine winger role) for Foster would have made more sense (Maybe?)

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The town centre had been locked down due to large groups of teenagers gathering for a fight. Two large gangs had arranged it. Police had special powers in force. I'm not joking by the way. :D I know you're not. It's certainly true. I left The Bridge about 7.20 and there was an absolutely massive gr...

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The principle of VAR received so much support from fans who thought it was going to make the game truer but it's achieved the total opposite when put into practice. Its implementation has been nothing short of a failure Exactly. I'm fairly certain there's not a genuine football fan (as in paying at...

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This is another by product of VAR and causing a lot of unrest. Should we go back to the liner flagging straight away for offside and if a goal scoring opportunity is denied and the linesman is wrong we just shrug it off. For me there is too much pressure being put on the liner and they are not cons...

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Well pretty much every pundit, journalist and commentator working in the media questioned the integrity of the decision and by implication the official who made it. Therefore he should be actually given merit marks for spotting it first!

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Going through the back of somebody is a yellow card. But he didn't book the Wolves player for this in the first half!
Everyone in the ground saw the (very tricky!)!Wolves player spin himself into the ground and fall over and yet the person closest to the incident thinks it's a foul. Very poor!

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FCBurnley wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 03, 2024 2:49 pm
What a shambles our National game has become

Far too much (unnecessary) tinkering!

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It was utterly ridiculous last night and tbf I don't think I blame the liner because he's only following orders from above. As mentioned there was one occasion when play was allowed to go on when the guy had clearly been caught offside and Vitihno ended up prostrate on the touchline after challengin...

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I thought this thread was going to be about our attempt on an empty net and would a goal have been given. It would have been natural justice if it had. Imo, the goal would have been given. The VAR check had been completed, the ref signalled goal and pointed to the centre spot for Burnley to restart...

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We definitely tried at least one pre rehearsed corner routine last night and as has been mentioned, I think we actually tried to execute others, but they all failed miserably and occasionally embarrassingly. I have started to seriously wonder if when we practice them and work them out at Gawthorpe w...

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Muric 9 Vitihno 7 O'Shea 7 Esteve 7 Taylor 6 (crossing was awful tonight) Cullen 8 Berge 8 Oderbert 7 JBL 7 Fofana 6 Foster 6 Jay 6 A really good performance and ALMOST another deserved win. Wolves had a couple of really tricky players, but overall were no great shakes and we could and should so eas...

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We played well and I couldn't find a player who I wouldn't mark pretty well. However, I thought VK was slow to use his subs, especially as Foster faded early second half and became basically a passenger and (as someone said above) we had Jay come on alongside Fofana and Foster and 3 CFs is great in ...

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Yes thinking back I think he had to be restrained as they walked off - was it a day time match? The Ben Mee header was a night game I think. Yes, the 2-1 was an afternoon match and we randomly rode on the train to Sowerby after for a few pints and were able to "chat" to the many Spurs fans on the t...

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Ive never forgotten (or forgiven for that matter) when Poch took a hissy fit when his Spurs team lost at Burnley to that Ben Mee header. It is typical that he would support the referees decision mainly becuase he will have been coaching and encouraging his players to 'play the South American way' w...

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I was pleased to see Argyle promoted last season and fancied they'd do pretty well, but they've been in free fall since Christmas when they'd actually looked to be safely in mid table. Odds on they'll unfortunately go down it seems unless they find some form from somewhere. I've been to watch us the...

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As I understand it we can do nothing about Assignon's red card because only straight reds can be appealed. Yellow cards can't be appealed and he received a second yellow, so he's gonners (I think).

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I honestly felt that when Cullen lost his place, (following suspension?) it was warranted because he'd been struggling with the step up in leagues and although the whole team were tbf, he was looking a very weak link in an absolutely pivotal position. Having said that, it seemed daft to take so long...

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Completely agree with the above from Goliath. I like Vitinho as he always puts 100% in but he’s obviously not good enough is he. It’s the diving in that gets me. At least once a game he dives in when there’s absolutely no need to and it very rarely pays off for him. I honestly think the issue with ...

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Despite the tribulations of this season, I've always been in the "Kompany in" camp. If Muric is dropped today, I'll definitely switch because as others have said, it would be utterly criminal.

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25 years ago today since we beat Macclesfield at home 4-3. Little, Cowan (overhead), Payton and Davis (last minute). We'd been 2-0 down and this game was probably the start of Stan's team finally taking shape. I'm not sure we lost for the rest of the season? My perception is that this match was a m...

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Strange isn't it how the Greeks and Romans could literally chisel perfect replicas to high detail yet 2,000-3,000 years later with CNC machinery and all the technological advancements they keep coming out with crap like that? Yeah, but how do we know the statue of Julius Caesar is spot on!!? Maybe ...

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I was assuming it was somebody's GCSE Art exam project.

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Royboyclaret wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:49 am
Classic strike from Boydy........Nine years ago, seems like yesterday!!

Nice assist from the City defender on the day. Tees it up really nicely!!

Whatever happened to him?

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I think you've got to factor in where we were potentially heading at the end of the 87 season and where we're heading now. Where we're going to be next season isn't where any of us wanted to be or envisaged being, but it's still a whole lot better and in 1987 we'd have given anything for that. Havin...

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It was rightly banned to stop players making "statements" whether political or otherwise, but I also think there needs to be a curbing on some of the more outlandish celebrating. Coaches, subs, youth players, all invading the pitch to pile on the goalscorer is becoming ridiculous and the amount of t...

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Trafford has come in for a lot of flack this season, rightly or wrongly, but I think most would agree he will develop into a quality goalkeeper. He started the season as our number one, aged 20. He turned 21 last October. To even be considered in the PL at that age you need to have something about ...

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Nobody finding a place for Vandyck? I know he's not the Rolls Royce he once was, but crikey, he was head and shoulders above anyone else in his team and that was an absolutely brilliant team.

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Jack Taylor not on photo. Possible good shout for Gordon HILL. I believe he taught at BRGS before moving to Leicester. He did our semi against Newcastle Utd. Guy with his arms draped around Sadler is Wilf McGuiness. Gordon Lee managed our neighbours. Of course I meant Gordon Hill, not Lee, who as s...

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FCBurnley wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:57 pm
100 bonus points to anybody naming the ref and Lino’s

Is one of the liners Gordon Lee? A top division one ref and a guy who was always listed as being from Leicester, but according to my dad was originally born and brought up in Waterfoot.
Is the ref Taylor, the world cup ref?

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It wasn't working for our "penalty" which in fairness to the ref, who was otherwise dreadful, wasn't his fault. It was an absolute disgrace tbf. It eventually worked and it eventually showed the correct decision!

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boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:38 pm
Go on then just for fun, name me 20 players at an average of £4million each who would have been an improvement.

One player (defender!) at £20 million would have made more sense!

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Muric 9 (light years ahead of anything else at the club whether he's the bees knees or no!) Assignon 7 (showed real desire, although there was always going to be space after the sending off tbf) O'Shea 8 (credit where it's due. He won pretty much every header. A great game) Esteve 7 Taylor 7 Cullen ...

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Could easily have seen red so probably rightly hooked in the circumstances.

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I've often said he's great in the opposition half, but not a great defender and never a full back, but credit where it's due, he single handedly created our second (winning) goal by messing up, chasing back, not giving the easy foul and actually winning the ball. Fair play to the lad!

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To not award the penalty and leave it to VAR is utterly bizarre. It's absolutely obvious!! Why would Vitihno go down there when he's clearly going to tap in??? That set the tone for a truly weird performance unfortunately!!!

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Crying out for Foster and Benson in exchange for Fofana and Oderbert after 75 minutes. Absolutely obviously imo and we wouldn't have been hanging on against 10 men and looking utterly crap ( at that point!)

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Utterly weird. Trafford makes numerous mistakes and keeps his place. Last week he does nothing wrong and gets dropped. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to see Muric play, but still, bloody odd!

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Tbf CT, people are absolutely bound to look at our youth set up and speculate and look to see if there's another McNeil in there somewhere. It might be Tweedy, or Mellon, or Dodgson, or Hugill, or Massara, or Toraj or Richardson or a whole host of other promising prospects. Or indeed it might be non...

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Nathan Redmond is progressing better than he thought and is only 3 weeks away. (Which has massively lifted the mood in the camp!)

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In premier league terms Brentford are average and actually, this season somewhat below. We've played a number of teams who fall into that bracket (e.g. Palace, Bournemouth) and they've still proved much too strong for us, so I'm assuming it will be exactly the same tomorrow unfortunately.

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I think that's what DC was getting at though, Viva. There were many changes last summer with the number of players coming in, but most of them weren't of the required standard for a season in the PL (at least not yet). Yes, I was being slightly ironic, but I genuinely was excited with all the signi...

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Vegas Claret wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:01 pm
I actually appreciate they are looking at it as a long term thing and not just this season. I think the summer is going to be very interesting

Tbf, last summer was very interesting, but it's not amounted to a whole hill of beans in the long run.

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I do accept it's possible we're getting somewhat het up on here rather prematurely without actually knowing the facts regarding pricing etc, but let's be honest, history tells us that "early bird" pricing is regularly out there by now and this year it's not, which seems a bit odd. Plus how early is ...

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