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by elwaclaret
Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 23/24 Season - Burnley Predictor Game - CHELSEA v BURNLEY
Replies: 2268
Views: 144457

Re: 23/24 Season - Burnley Predictor Game - BURNLEY v BOURNEMOUTH

West Ham United 1 v Burnley 2

Fofana 34 min,

Championship
by elwaclaret
Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hiring a band
Replies: 45
Views: 2175

Re: Hiring a band

I spend a lot of time in the studio but you really can't beat playing live. I loved The Beat, really underrated musicians. I think most of that Two Tone crowd were better musicians than they were given credit for…. Even Kix could play… it was teaching him the right key to play in that lost Madness ...
by elwaclaret
Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Possible affordable targets for next season
Replies: 82
Views: 4434

Re: Possible affordable targets for next season

I think it depends who leaves. Priorities will surely be LB as Charlie will go, CDM as Cork will go (possibly Brownhill if we get a bid) and RB if Leeds go up and Roberts gets an offer. Tresor I wonder whether his loan was contingent on us staying in the Prem so may go back. I think we’ll look at E...
by elwaclaret
Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hiring a band
Replies: 45
Views: 2175

Re: Hiring a band

Anyone wanting to see a decent Small Faces tribute (lookalikes of Steve Marriott included) I recommend the Small Fakers… (they cost a lot less too) often found supporting bands with original members… both Loving Spoonfull and Kinda Kinks loved them.
by elwaclaret
Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hiring a band
Replies: 45
Views: 2175

Re: Hiring a band

The cost of hiring a band has significantly reduced in the last five years, as a member of a band it’s hardly worth the effort to bother performing anymore. Even festivals don’t pay as much as they used to, but at least you don’t have to cart a P.A. System about for those. I reckon when on a gig it...
by elwaclaret
Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:46 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Fan’s View (version 2)
Replies: 58
Views: 4054

Re: Fan’s View (version 2)

I agree. I thought the same thing on the Kompany quote thread the other day. I think it's perfectly fine to say you learn more from tough times than good. Yet a load of people that hate Kompany were saying it was a ridiculous statement. I don't hate Kompany, but it's Burnley that I love. A lot of p...
by elwaclaret
Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:26 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Fan’s View (version 2)
Replies: 58
Views: 4054

Re: Fan’s View (version 2)

That's not exactly the case. He might say that in his ending line but if you actually read the content of the article he absolutely speaks for "all fans" for example: "So I would say (fairly) categorically that despite Burnley being second from bottom of the Premier League, Vincent Kompany has noth...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Stoke
Replies: 37
Views: 4354

Re: Stoke

definitely a place you needed eyes in the back of your head as an away fan ! Once saw a fan when hit on the head by a pie, pick it up, wave it in the air in thanks and take a bite; but it wasn’t just pastries that rained down. That concrete tunnel in was pretty intimidating from memory too. Liked g...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Which is more important for you on Sunday?
Replies: 85
Views: 3719

Re: Which is more important for you on Sunday?

Result for me. We need something to put some belief into the team.
Performance… we need players feeling they have every right to be playing at this level.
Line up - I don’t care who plays as long as they get on the pitch and are ready to fight their demons.
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Louis XVII
Replies: 46
Views: 2860

Re: Louis XVII

They were certainly better than an often drunk executioner with an axe ! And how otherwise could I have shoehorned the size of VK’s head in ( so to speak ) the dipping of hankies in his blood was of course also surely utter nonsense . Was it a later Masonic thing inserted into folklore ? I think Du...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Louis XVII
Replies: 46
Views: 2860

Re: Louis XVII

Who’d have thought so many forumites would be so well versed in French Renaissance political intrigue allied to a cheeky side of regicide ! My main concern would be a clean execution, due the sheer size of Vincent’s Head . Early guilotines were as erratic as an old Renault 5 . How ironic if Pace wa...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Louis XVII
Replies: 46
Views: 2860

Re: Louis XVII

As a result of the Black Death towards the end of the 14th century which wiped out in excess of a third of the population and in some areas a half, everything in England was in short supply, including labour. This caused living standards to rise dramatically as artisans and farmers could get good p...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Louis XVII
Replies: 46
Views: 2860

Re: Louis XVII

Oh yes, there was a degree of middle class support for the ideals of the Revolution but it never transferred to any real action and our population were relatively free and well-fed compared to the Frenchies. It undoubtedly frightened the ruling class and there was a lot of disruption but we never h...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 28, 2024 4:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Louis XVII
Replies: 46
Views: 2860

Re: Louis XVII

Oh yes, there was a degree of middle class support for the ideals of the Revolution but it never transferred to any real action and our population were relatively free and well-fed compared to the Frenchies. It undoubtedly frightened the ruling class and there was a lot of disruption but we never h...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 28, 2024 4:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Louis XVII
Replies: 46
Views: 2860

Re: Louis XVII

Nice and knowledgeable. I don't think we came close to a revolution here in GB though. I’d recommend a bit of late eighteenth/early nineteenth lit Rowls…. The leading light of American Revolution enlightenment was Thomas Paine… the English theorist… then there was Shelley, Byron and the whole Age o...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Brian Clough interview.
Replies: 17
Views: 2029

Re: Brian Clough interview.

Historical proof that even a football genius needs an experienced Peter Taylor to bounce ideas off.
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Louis XVII
Replies: 46
Views: 2860

Re: Louis XVII

Yes - so who is Burnley's Robespierre?! Robespierre is most famous for creating the motto… Liberty, Equality, Fraternity and tried to steer the ship… so that role can only go to Alan Pace, it is a bad fit though as the Morman church did not exist until being founded in New York in 1830 by Joseph Sm...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Louis XVII
Replies: 46
Views: 2860

Re: Louis XVII

I just want to know who our Robespierre is! Robespierre has been used as a scapegoat for many things… Louis’s demise amongst them. He was guilty of a lot, but the king did accept proportional representation and was retained as head of state. Robespierre was a lawyer trying to prevent anarchy while ...
by elwaclaret
Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rovers protest
Replies: 140
Views: 7796

Re: Rovers protest

Worth watching the match for that alarming protest. Bet the Venky’s can’t sleep tonight seeing such passion on and off the pitch. Wonderful to see it go to the last penalty, although it will give them something to crow about… last thing they needed.
by elwaclaret
Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rovers protest
Replies: 140
Views: 7796

Re: Rovers protest

Perfect game. Losing after extra time, on the last penalty… with a big few games ahead of them this season; was about what I hoped for before kick off. They showed a lot more fight than we are at the moment though, sadly. Glad it wasn’t us playing them tonight tbh.
by elwaclaret
Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Stan Bowles RIP
Replies: 36
Views: 2074

Re: Stan Bowles RIP

Great player and a true maverick, something he paid a heavy price for under several managers. As others have said that QPR team was unbelievably talented. RIP
by elwaclaret
Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: pace
Replies: 89
Views: 5635

Re: pace

I think (don’t know) that will have been one of Kompanys demands to come. He’s an astute business man. VK’s qualification is business theory and models, is no slight to his qualification to point out that it is one thing to demonstrate his understanding in academic essays, and another to be able to...
by elwaclaret
Sat Feb 24, 2024 5:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Simple vote for Kompany to stay or go…no debate
Replies: 424
Views: 14729

Re: Simple vote for Kompany to stay or go…no debate

This question gets harder with every passing week. Stay. Not debate but my reasoning:- But I think we need to give VK a long break from the club this summer in order for him to contemplate this season and able to reevaluate his choices this term in the cold light of day, without the noise. I think V...
by elwaclaret
Sat Feb 24, 2024 2:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: whatever happened to John Cofie?
Replies: 21
Views: 3417

Re: whatever happened to John Cofie?

The headline is a hook, and while factually correct is deliberately misleading to grab attention. Had the Headline read ex-footballer’s had their careers destroyed by claims the court decided where unsubstantiated… it would have had a whole different emotive feel: and would have only appealed to a f...
by elwaclaret
Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: PL Prediction League - All Fixtures and Updates - WEEK 29 PREDICTIONS
Replies: 1468
Views: 118034

Re: PL Prediction League - All Fixtures and Updates - WEEK 25 PREDICTIONS

Aston Villa 2 -1 Nottingham Forest
Brighton 2 -1 Everton
Crystal Palace 2 v 3 Burnley Fofana 34mins
Man-Utd 3-1 Fulham
Bournemouth 1-3 Man-City
Arsenal 2 - 2 Newcastle

Sunday 25th
Wolves 3 v 0 Sheffield United

Monday 26th
West ham 2 v 1 Brentford

Total goals = 29
by elwaclaret
Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 23/24 Season - Burnley Predictor Game - CHELSEA v BURNLEY
Replies: 2268
Views: 144457

Re: 23/24 Season - Burnley Predictor Game - BURNLEY v ARSENAL

Palace 2 - 3 Burnley - Jay Rod 34 mins

Championship
by elwaclaret
Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: V.K.'s press conference.
Replies: 41
Views: 2781

Re: V.K.'s press conference.

Press conferences are an obligation. We used to get press conferences when there was a big announcement, the rest of the time it was for the journalists to make the phone calls. Being dragged out before every match is not something managers want to do. Why give advance warning to opponents? Therefor...
by elwaclaret
Thu Feb 22, 2024 3:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Benson
Replies: 53
Views: 4608

Re: Benson

alwaysaclaret wrote:
Thu Feb 22, 2024 1:49 pm
Begs the question why the hell did he sign him in the first place if he deems him fit for nothing.
Pretty much my sentiment regarding not necessarily his initial signing but certainly the contract extension.
by elwaclaret
Thu Feb 22, 2024 2:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chris Wilder
Replies: 50
Views: 4258

Re: Chris Wilder

Darnhill Claret wrote:
Thu Feb 22, 2024 1:47 pm
And of course the assistant referee's truth, if his is relevant of course.
Indeed, and of course it is relevant but challenging him is not the thrust of the thread.
by elwaclaret
Thu Feb 22, 2024 1:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Benson
Replies: 53
Views: 4608

Re: Benson

Do you really need an answer for that? Benson got a pay rise we tied down a key player from last season helps us get a higher fee. The same reason Cullen signed an extension, the part you’re missing though is Benson has never played PL football before, nobody knew if he’d make the grade, there was ...
by elwaclaret
Thu Feb 22, 2024 1:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chris Wilder
Replies: 50
Views: 4258

Re: Chris Wilder

If Wilder had any respect should he not have said something along the lines of "I am about to be a bit of a knob (again) but you are eating I will come back when you have finished" ? I agree you would hope Wilder would publicly apologise for his over reaction, when he calmed down… as he made public...
by elwaclaret
Thu Feb 22, 2024 1:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chris Wilder
Replies: 50
Views: 4258

Re: Chris Wilder

You're having a bit of a nightmare trying to defend him. Looking very stupid yourself, at least he can put being a nob down to the pressures of getting beat every week. If he apologised for the sandwich comment, people might listen to his rants about decisions. Your opinion which I hold in as littl...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Wembley of the North
Replies: 21
Views: 2026

Re: Wembley of the North

The taxpayer already holds a stake in Bolton I think, unless they’ve payed it back… give the Old Trafford stadium money to them to expand it to become a second national stadium and save having to waste further money in futile pursuit of trying to get the money out of Bolton while creating a new Wemb...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rovers protest
Replies: 140
Views: 7796

Re: Rovers protest

Dreadful ... disgusting the way they are pumping all that money in year in year out 😉 If they want local celebrity ownership… they’re mixing up Lee Mac and Big Mac I suspect. Their wrath should be aimed at the Walker children… they had no interest in Uncle Jack’s legacy and palmed it off at the fir...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chris Wilder
Replies: 50
Views: 4258

Re: Chris Wilder

If I was the employee on my lunch break eating a sandwich in a communal office I work in and you "blasted" me for it, I would tell you where to stick your job and shall fall asleep tonight thankful you are not my manager. You would have been fired before it ever came to that. There was no food allo...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rovers protest
Replies: 140
Views: 7796

Re: Rovers protest

Bosscat wrote:
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:51 pm
Make a good halftime game 🤔 would be more fun than "drop it like its hot" 🤣🤣🤣
See post to DC above :D
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rovers protest
Replies: 140
Views: 7796

Re: Rovers protest

dougcollins wrote:
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:44 pm
Sounds like something we'd come up with for half time 'entertainment'.
You may say that, I could not possibly comment. My idea of Half time entertainment is getting a pie and reading my programme. :D
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rovers protest
Replies: 140
Views: 7796

Re: Rovers protest

Bosscat wrote:
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:39 pm
They need a images.jpeg
The Venkey’s should train some up with baskets on their backs…. To catch the protest ball’s - Venkey’s the Chicken in a basket (case) club…. Eggciting times.
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chris Wilder
Replies: 50
Views: 4258

Re: Chris Wilder

I don’t think it is pedantic or irrelevant. The referee’s assistant doesn’t work for Chris Wilder. They are equals. If he’s eating a sandwich when Wilder walks into a room he shouldn’t be expected to put it to the side until Wilder says he can continue to eat it. Massive sense of entitlement from W...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rovers protest
Replies: 140
Views: 7796

Re: Rovers protest

They bought a five pack to hand around. They need some ‘rover’ dogs to retrieve them… that would make the news however shite ‘mass protest’ of a few who can be arsed throwing them looked.
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chris Wilder
Replies: 50
Views: 4258

Re: Chris Wilder

Rileybobs wrote:
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:25 pm
Chris Wilder is not the assistant referee’s customer.
Pedantic and irrelevant but you are quite right.
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 21, 2024 5:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Benson
Replies: 53
Views: 4608

Re: Benson

OR: extended in preparation for the Championship next year. Bruun Larsenn and Tresor can go but Benny, Anass, Luca and Wilf would be a nightmare for Championship FBs. Maybe… seems very extravagant to be paying a seasons wages when there will be other and fresher options in the market that are poten...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 21, 2024 5:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chris Wilder
Replies: 50
Views: 4258

Re: Chris Wilder

Can't say I like Wilder and his narrow-eyed Tyke hard-man act very much. He made an absolute fool of himself with the sandwich incident and the Guardian football cartoonist David Squires made hay !.... https://www.theguardian.com/football/picture/2024/feb/06/david-squires-on-chris-wilder-the-other-...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 21, 2024 5:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Benson
Replies: 53
Views: 4608

Re: Benson

Nori1958 wrote:
Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:45 pm
Extended as per contract on promotion
If that was the case it makes more sense… not sure why clauses and option of an extension in the players favour at contract’s end would not have been employed… but hey ho, I’m not a lawyer.
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chris Wilder
Replies: 50
Views: 4258

Re: Chris Wilder

If a manager burst into my office, being pretty obnoxious and ranting, I'm going to carry on eating my sandwich, and I wouldn't stop my assistant doing either. Bearing in mind they've probably had no real proper sustenance for hours, including a good while before the game. We don't know the exact d...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chris Wilder
Replies: 50
Views: 4258

Re: Chris Wilder

The conversation was in the referee's office wasn't it? Going into the ref's office, most likely totally unannounced, at the end of a physically exerting game for both players and officials, is nothing like a planned business meeting with a supplier. If the manager of another company comes into a c...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Benson
Replies: 53
Views: 4608

Re: Benson

What I do not understand is if Benson is not the level required why the hell did we extend his contract in the summer… makes no sense.
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:45 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sean Dyche Matthew Syed interview
Replies: 36
Views: 3412

Re: Sean Dyche Matthew Syed interview

That’s just deflecting blame elsewhere though, shame VK isn’t given the same pass. VK signed the good ones, Pace signed the bad ones. Not sure you can make that comparison. The whole ethos of Dyche’s final flurry of signings were very different from his previous model. Not calling Kompany but the i...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:39 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rosenior comment last night on Hull performance
Replies: 33
Views: 3073

Re: Rosenior comment last night on Hull performance

Hull won last night at Southampton and Liaim Rosenior said of the performance - "People might say it's a great performance tactically but it's not tactics, it's an appetite to run and fight, and a bravery to play." I couldn't help think we could do with a bit of that. Proving to be a decent manager...
by elwaclaret
Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:36 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sean Dyche Matthew Syed interview
Replies: 36
Views: 3412

Re: Sean Dyche Matthew Syed interview

The love and unity had probably gone because he spent £40m in his final season and we won 1 game from August until February. This season has been dreadful but imagine if we only had 1 win on the board at this stage. I have no idea if SD spent the money, but even at the time they seemed very unlike ...