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- Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:01 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Massengo injury?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1270
Re: Massengo injury?
Looks like his foot is in a boot going off Instagram? What is with our players and injuries?? The guy has barely kicked a ball in anger all season and now you're saying his foot is in a boot implying he's unfit to be selected. It sometimes seems our guys get injured putting the bloody bins out! (Sh...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:46 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Your Matchday Cost 2020's Edition
- Replies: 56
- Views: 2374
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:07 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Unpopular opinions
- Replies: 126
- Views: 6101
Re: Unpopular opinions
1. I'd be absolutely amazed if our manager (or any manager in his position: 13 points from 26 games and just 3 wins) hasn't been to his chairman at some point and offered his resignation. You'd have to have huge balls not to at least have offered, even if it was refused and even if you were fairly c...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:20 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Barnes goal last night
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2546
Re: Barnes goal last night
Good job he salvaged it with the second attempt as the first was a bit of a comedy balls up and could have gone down as a very costly miss if he hadn't!
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:45 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Unpopular opinions
- Replies: 126
- Views: 6101
Re: Unpopular opinions
You forgot to add "after spending in excess of £100 million".StayingDown4Ever wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:29 amI know it’s an “Unpopular Opinion” thread but I find it staggering some people still try and defend what we’ve produced - a THIRTEEN point haul from TWENTY SEVEN games!
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:35 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Unpopular opinions
- Replies: 126
- Views: 6101
Re: Unpopular opinions
Berge is awesome. A proper midfielder that we haven’t had since Barton and Defour He is actually great, when he turns up. He was excellent Sunday (imo) but couldn't influence the result and it's not the only time he's looked good, but there are many other games where I feel he's far from great and ...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:56 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Unpopular opinions
- Replies: 126
- Views: 6101
Re: Unpopular opinions
Barkley and Townsend - could have had them both. But no, Tresor and Ramsey instead. In other words, tried and tested experienced Premier League players rather than novices. Burnley's huge error. Luton's sensible choice Blimey Is my opinion unpopular? You're right. I listed Dawson, Evans and Mee abo...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:45 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Unpopular opinions
- Replies: 126
- Views: 6101
Re: Unpopular opinions
1. I don't want us to become a "sacking club" as it achieves absolutely nothing (see numerous examples, too many to mention!) and especially after what he did last season I'm ok sticking with Kompany and seeing where we are come the start of November. 2. As someone mentioned above just one player in...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:02 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Tony Green RIP
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2026
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 9:12 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Get this clown out
- Replies: 203
- Views: 9992
Re: Get this clown out
Like he f***ing would!!!!Superjohnnyfrancis wrote: ↑Sun Mar 03, 2024 9:11 pmYou could have at least shouted play Muric Vinny!
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 9:08 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Get this clown out
- Replies: 203
- Views: 9992
Re: Get this clown out
Obviously there weren't many people left at the very end, but I was one and as VK walked across the pitch and strode towards the tunnel I chose to applaud him as did the majority of others (Whether he deserved it or not is another matter, but I guess I'm just too polite!!) Anyway, some people around...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 9:01 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: "BEAST" On 5 live now
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2963
Re: "BEAST" On 5 live now
I'm thinking he tried to carry on, but "succumbed" and went off allowing Penny to make his (only?) appearance. We promptly lost!
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:23 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: O'Shea Booking
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2658
Re: O'Shea Booking
The weird thing was I actually don't think the Bournemouth player had any intention of actually taking the throw. He'd no one to throw it to and was just feigning. O'Shea was stupid and was rightly booked. Bournemouth doing extremely similar things later and actually getting away with it is another ...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:12 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Bosscat
- Replies: 11
- Views: 969
Re: Bosscat
Maypole is a good pub (or certainly used to be, but I haven't visited in a while!)
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:10 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Tad unlucky to lose today- me thinks!!
- Replies: 67
- Views: 3394
Re: Tad unlucky to lose today- me thinks!!
The only positive from the entire season? Sheffield Utd are actually worse!! Hard to believe, but it's true.
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:28 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: "BEAST" On 5 live now
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2963
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:26 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: "BEAST" On 5 live now
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2963
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:10 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: RATE THE REF - David Coote v Bournemouth
- Replies: 53
- Views: 2447
Re: RATE THE REF - David Coote v Bournemouth
Having watched it back I honestly don't think Larsen fouls his man. He's just stronger, jumps higher and is in a better position to head the ball.
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:04 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Fans turning on each other
- Replies: 66
- Views: 5334
Re: Fans turning on each other
There's probably never been a season which divides opinions so markedly. Kompany (and co) was absolutely amazing last season and is utterly dreadful this season. Discuss!!!! Absolutely bound to garner polar opposite opinions. Do you allow him loads of credit for last season which was brilliant, amaz...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 6:57 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Get this clown out
- Replies: 203
- Views: 9992
Re: Get this clown out
It's far, far too late for a sacking. That particular die was cast quite some time ago. The board opted to stick with their guy at a certain point well past now, when everything was clearly going to rat droppings and getting shut of the manager now would achieve absolutely nothing aside from a large...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 5:53 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Cullen
- Replies: 44
- Views: 2380
Re: Cullen
He was excellent today, but tbf Bournemouth weren't great.
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 5:49 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Alan Pace
- Replies: 66
- Views: 4358
Re: Alan Pace
Let's be honest. Pace backed his man with plenty of cash (unlike Garlic) and his man blew it. Not Pace's fault (imo), but the guy who chucked the money away on poor buys (at this level!)Burnley1989 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 03, 2024 5:21 pmBit harsh to blame Pace, he's backed VK, who's made poor signings and decisions.
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 5:42 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Imagine
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2456
Re: Imagine
I've never, ever seen a Burnley side so far away from the required standard in the division they are in. I'm approaching 66 and I've seen plenty of football, but never, ever have we been so far adrift of the standard we're playing at.
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 5:39 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Imagine
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2456
Re: Imagine
Imagine.... it's all over!! (Because it really, really is!)
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 5:12 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Alan Pace
- Replies: 66
- Views: 4358
Re: Alan Pace
He's busy trying to get an injunction blocking "Mission to Burnley 2"! Apparently he's heard off camera in it saying "FFS Kompany"!! But that might be just a rumour!
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 5:09 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Berge
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2975
Re: Berge
Berge was actually excellent today, as was Cullen. Berge tired badly in the final 20 minutes and that cost us unfortunately, but tbf he'd worked his balls off.
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:58 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley v Bournemouth - Player Ratings
- Replies: 86
- Views: 5066
Re: Burnley v Bournemouth - Player Ratings
Trafford 6 (no mistakes, but no urgency when we're losing!) Assignon 6 O'Shea 5 (very poor for their first goal which meant we were always behind the 8 ball) Esteve 7 Taylor 6 Cullen 8 Berge 8 (mom) Oderbert 5 Vitihno 8 JBL 6 Fofana 6 Amdouni 3 Played pretty well and lots of good football from us, b...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:43 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: RATE THE REF - David Coote v Bournemouth
- Replies: 53
- Views: 2447
Re: RATE THE REF - David Coote v Bournemouth
Ref bottled a second yellow for the Bournemouth guy in the first half I guess because the foul was a bit soft, but it prevented us running towards their goal and imo is a yellow all day long and therefore a sending off. The guy is crap.
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:40 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: TRAFFORD (AGAIN)
- Replies: 721
- Views: 29013
Re: TRAFFORD (AGAIN)
I would never boo our own players and Trafford actually played ok today and didn't mess up and cost us a goal (for a change). He actually made a couple of good saves, but his dithering, ponderous distribution when we're a goal down and chasing a game does rather infuriate me. (Just saying)
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:45 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: On this day
- Replies: 133
- Views: 10502
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:09 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Chairman Pace
- Replies: 87
- Views: 5012
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:00 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Chairman Pace
- Replies: 87
- Views: 5012
Re: Chairman Pace
Having appointed a guy who got us out of the championship at a canter he, Pace (not unsurprisingly) backed his guy by giving him approximately 100 million quid to spend to strengthen the squad for the rigours of the higher league. His guy spent badly, messed up and has let him down. He (Pace) is pro...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:37 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: On this day
- Replies: 133
- Views: 10502
Re: On this day
26/2/1983, Burnley 7 Charlton 1. I was at this game and I'm pretty sure Charlton included Simonson who although well past his best had not long previously been named European Player of the Year (whilst playing for someone on the continent, maybe Ajax?) I'm also thinking they might have had a sendin...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:26 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Louis XVII
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2949
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 pr...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:53 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Appearances for promotion winners
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1806
Re: Appearances for promotion winners
Quite interesting stats and possibly/probably why we are really struggling. The "promotion winners" not getting game time isn't necessarily a problem in itself IF the personnel recruited are a clear and obvious upgrade capable of giving the extra needed for the higher league. They're not! And in se...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:42 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Russia Invades
- Replies: 10735
- Views: 821223
Re: Russia Invades
Well for all his other failings at least Macron is still talking up supporting Ukraine all the way, so good for him. The way Ukraine are being dropped and let down by many of their so called supporters atm is awful and as a result the war is only going one way sadly. Putin must be chuckling himself ...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:32 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Available Managers...
- Replies: 112
- Views: 5718
Re: Available Managers...
If you were a championship club looking for a manager right now, Kompany would be right up there on your short list after what he achieved in that division last season. We are effectively a championship club atm and if we were looking for a manager he'd be right up there on our short list too. Makin...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 4:08 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Simple vote for Kompany to stay or go…no debate
- Replies: 424
- Views: 15706
Re: Simple vote for Kompany to stay or go…no debate
This.Clovius Boofus wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:27 amStay, and see where we are by mid-November next season.
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 4:06 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Today's Football
- Replies: 103
- Views: 3210
Re: Today's Football
Can’t see Wilder lasting at Sheffield United. Strange appointment really. Whether their performances are any better than ours is a mute point because they are absolutely in the same position we are. They're going down without a shadow of a doubt and just like us they've a manager who has proven he ...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 1:12 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Dissociation
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2621
Re: Dissociation
I've become immune to feeling rubbish about our performances and results and I fully expect to lose every week and the team duly oblige and we do lose every week and it's got to the point where I'm totally philosophical about it and it's almost becoming amusing, especially wondering just how we'll c...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:13 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brownhill’s reaction
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4389
Re: Brownhill’s reaction
How anyone can blame Brownhill in any way is beyond me. Trafford messed up 100% and Brownhill simply paid the price for it. And ultimately the team paid the price!
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:07 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brownhill’s reaction
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4389
Re: Brownhill’s reaction
I'm guessing Brownhill's smile might have something to do with him and his teammates being unable to fathom why Trafford is totally undroppable, even though he makes pretty much a match changing error every game and this particular one had cost Brownhill very dear.
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:47 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: pace
- Replies: 89
- Views: 5805
Re: pace
For all their failings at this level, most of the current squad are far, far too good for the championship and after last season you (probably) have to feel the same about the manager.
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:39 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: pace
- Replies: 89
- Views: 5805
Re: pace
I am (confident he'd do it again) but tbf that depends very much on keeping the majority of this squad together and that's not a given unfortunately.
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 6:19 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: pace
- Replies: 89
- Views: 5805
Re: pace
I actually think he decided quite some time ago that following last season he was going to stick with Vinny no matter what and he's accepted well before now that we're definitely going down. He seems to have made the decision to let him have another go at promotion next season. Surely if he hadn't d...
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 7:47 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: On this day
- Replies: 133
- Views: 10502
Re: On this day
Sorry Royboy, wrong game. Her's was apparently 1954 she thinks, but she insists it was a 50,000 plus crowd and she believes it was Uddersfeeled.
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 5:38 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: On this day
- Replies: 133
- Views: 10502
Re: On this day
Including my mum (who's now 91)Funkydrummer wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 8:44 am23rd February 1924
100 years to the.day.
Burnley 1 Huddersfield 0
FA Cup 3rd round.
Record attendance of 54,775
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 9:57 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Torquay Utd
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2260
Re: Torquay Utd
Saw that plane with my own eyes from the top of the Bee Hole/ Longside, otherwise I'd probably have assumed it was an urban myth!!! Yes, it was definitely at the Torquay play off second leg and I'm not sure what they'd have done with it if we'd been 3-0 up after 85 minutes!! (Probably on sale or ret...
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 9:50 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Experience the rough, Enjoy the smoooooth
- Replies: 50
- Views: 2770
Re: Experience the rough, Enjoy the smoooooth
Seeing a thread titled "Torquay" and remembering going there, being crap and losing (league, not the Play Off SF) has suddenly got me looking forward to tomorrow!!
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:41 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Rovers protest
- Replies: 140
- Views: 8170
Re: Rovers protest
Jack Walker created a monster and it was the blueprint which led to Bolton, City, Derby and numerous others following suit. It was the model which meant a super rich sugar daddy could bank roll a club way, way beyond it's means and literally buy previously unheard of success. It looked so great, esp...