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I don't think it's true to say he hasn't cost us yet...what about his first half sending off at Everton 2 years ago for one of the wildest "tackles" you'd ever see ?

Love him but needs to be careful.

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1 2. You BEAUTIFUL Spurs

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First Mothers' Day without my mum being alive, having died last October. I wish very much she was here and I could be partaking in the simple pleasures of talking with her and sharing a nice meal. Thankfully I had time to apologise for all the times I moaned at her or took her for granted at all. Ma...

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As ever nowadays people queuing up to be offended by anything that happens to be available. Wouldn't sing these songs myself but who the hell cares ? .......as Fulledge says let anyone who fancies singing about our own dubious past get on with it if they want. Put me down as a volunteer for the firi...

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There was a similar thread just the other day. Just avoid the threads which aren't about football. I, and evidently many others, enjoy both types of discussion on here.

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starting-11...stop, please. It's painful that you can be so wrong about something. Just the fact that, at this high-point in our club's history of the past 40 years, you can post in a derogatory fashion about being Burnley-esque is utterly embarrassing and, I'm sorry, downright daft.

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I never knew Ian Rush played hurling.

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Suddenly I'm interested in watching this match ! Brilliant news ...well done Michael Keane.

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Scott Arfield ..top.top bloke. I logged on just to like claret spice's excellent post.
After the best goal celebration ever I think one of the best posts ever on here, later that night, was the one headed "A personal message to Scott Arfield" followed by a very funny declaration of undying love.

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Sara Cox's voice/accent......pure fingernails down a blackboard for me.

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That's still very much a "first world problem" in footballing terms though isn't it ! Boyd and Arfield have been instrumental in getting us into the PL and now, hopefully, keeping us there. Others, above, have defined their many virtues. In terms of us getting better I'm not sure who these players a...

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Good news...2 0.

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"This curry is the dog's testes. Always a crowd pleaser and as close to an authentic restaurant curry as I've had homemade. As someone else has said, the ghee is the most important ingredient... https://thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/butter-chicken" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" Rile...

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She is a pretty vile woman but now and again says something I find myself agreeing with ! Enjoyed one diatribe against supermarket parking bays for mothers and toddlers "You've had a child, not lost your legs" and also the time she piled on a lot of weight and then lost it to prove a point about obe...

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The Wizard of Oz at Nelson Grand. I had to be taken out crying with uncontrollable fear when the green wicked witch dissolved, That scene still gives me the heebie-jeebies to this day.

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Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA...truly don't know why I always watch it if I happen to randomly see it on the Guide. Every episode is the same....arrive at run-down restaurant in hicksville, sample food, pretend to gag, meet delusional proprietors with family conflict and anger-management issues, i...

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Wizards of the dribble Jimmy Johnstone and Charlie Cooke...I also developed a bit of a fascination with the 1970s Chelsea cup final team and as well as Cooke loved to watch Ian Hutchinson's long throws, complete with "windmill" arm action, and thought Peter Osgood was a very cool man. Stan Bowles to...

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Watched Wild on Netflix last night...2014 film starring Reece Witherspoon in a true story enactment about a woman who hiked over 1,000 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail up the Western side of the USA to get past a bad episode in her life. Quietly brilliant in the way it put you in her shoes I thought...

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Wasn't his debut in a night match at home to Bradford ? I'm sure I remember that for some reason (I wasn't there) and also that the crowd was a pretty big one.

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Middle-aged claret...totally agree about Scoop and Handful of Dust is another genius Evelyn Waugh novel.

Dressing gown..YES..Into Thin Air is a fantastic read and Jon Krakauer's other great book, Into The Wild, is equally brilliant .

Some tremendous books featured in this thread.

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Two that made a big impression on me :
The Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck...Fiction choice.
Nothing to Envy....forget the author's name but a female US journalist with inside knowledge of life in North Korea. Non-fiction choice.

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Another vote for the fantastic "Cooke" 2009-10 Premier League-return strip. Love a V-neck and the hooped socks ......come ON !!!!!
Excellent sense of tradition with this one too (has to be short-sleeved mind you).

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KRBFC..assuming you are not old enough to remember the glorious 1992 promotion I'm still surprised that you rate 08-09 as your favourite season. For me the first promotion under Dyche was much more enjoyable involving automatic promotion (totally out of the blue) and the birth of our relentless cons...

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Another vote for Copenhagen's Meatpacking district....the big craft ale and BBQ food bar there is called Warpigs and is stuffed with hipsters supping to a soundtrack of subdued-volume death metal. Was there in November and my mate commented that it was somewhere designed to allow the comfortable, af...

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Primary : Park (in Colne)
Secondary : Park (in Colne)

Sort of sums up the monotony of the school routine I think.

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Surprised no-one has given Heaton an extra mark for the way he skinned his man in front of the longside in added time.
Very glum tonight after that embarrassing horror show.

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Of course we should go for it tomorrow. It's February and
- we probably need another 6 or 7 points to secure PL survival and
- are home to a non-league team 2 games from a Wembley appearance
Anyone who thinks we shouldn't be trying to achieve both goals, or can't, is plain daft.

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Remember seeing Everton v WBA on black and white TV in '68 and Jeff Astle scoring. Remember being fully engaged with the 1970 Leeds/Chelsea games in a much more full-on way though...all agog at Ian Hutchison's "windmill arms" long throws.

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Ha ha..exactly right. So let's get this straight ...30 years ago Lincoln and Burnley were both in an equivalent condition but since then we have clawed our way steadily up the leagues to the point we have the chance to establish ourselves in the Premier League whilst Lincoln have .....err, actually ...

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Err Ok but that bonkers press conference yesterday was surely evidence of paranoid megalomania and I'm not too keen on the stuff paranoid megalomaniacs get done as a rule.

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Always comes across as one who is very fond of himself. My over-riding memory of him is of him going apparently bonkers against Hull at the Turf last season when he booked everything that moved in the last 20 minutes or so. Can only speculate on what has attracted him to the fabulously-wealthy oil-r...

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Boyd runs away from the ball ?? Seriously cannot believe that anyone with the faintest idea about playing football cannot see the immense contribution the lad makes to our style of play. Absolutely incredible physical effort again from him today and rightly highlighted by Keown on MotD. Well done Ge...

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well done Martin Keown.....superbly complimentary of Sean and his "tactical masterclass". Don't think anyone can complain about that , other than Courtois' laughable "long balls" interview.

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A player who has improved massively as this season has gone on. Well done to him and our coaching staff. And on the other side of the defence, meanwhile, we have a brilliantly consistent and reliable left back.

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Heaton 7 Lowton 9...Getting better and better Mee 8 Keane 9...A rock Ward 9....Mr consistency Barton 9... Unbelievably good Westwood 8 Brady 6.....but WHAT A GOAL !!!!! Boyd 9....immense Barnes...8 Old school and love watching him. Mutual respect with Luiz I thought. Gray ...7 Really thought he woul...

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It's hardly "unbelievable" is it ! It's an admin error , simple as that, and from CTs comments it has no real impact.

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Thank you ClaretEngineer for bringing up the "Can I get ..." nightmare. Grind my teeth to dust on a daily basis hearing this. Surely the only civilised response to "Can I get a coffee" is "No you can't because that would involve you coming round this side of the counter and you can't do that".

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The Monday Night Club on Radio 5 is a top listen. The MOTD review programme at around 12.15pm on Sunday also decent and the Friday night football preview at 7pm OK too.
606 is patchy, obviously, but always fills the time on the drive home from the game.

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Couldn't get to the Boro home game last year but I totally lost it at Brighton last season when Keano crashed that header in. Another vote for Barnes v Palace this season too ...brilliant goal and all the sweeter because Palace had been looking the more likely winners. Mind you if Townsend's shot ha...

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AN interesting, and sobering, article about one of my early heroes in the i newspaper this morning. What a fantastically exciting player he was. Wish him all the best and it would be nice to see him on the Turf and provide some support with his fund-raising. See link (which also has an interesting a...

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I believe there is a brief, shadowy glimpse of Andre in the MOTD opening titles but not to include Defour's goal...voted goal of the round on the BBC website.....in that half time 5th round trailer sequence is just absolutely ridiculous.

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I would go with the Estcourt Tavern. As stated above it's used by Watford fans but I have never had any bother and it's a likeable trad pub with good beer and good footy viewing on the TVs.

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You're right KRBFC....although personally I would only go for him as part of a strike partnership with Nile Ranger. We see things the same way...thank goodness someone else on here has some footballing sense. Let's hope that buffoon Dyche is reading our words.

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What on earth are you on about ? A season ticket at Turf Moor this season has to be about the best value for money ever in term of entertainment and excitement. What "style" do you actually want/expect us to play, particularly in this division ? "Long ball garbage"..if you actually think that is a f...

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Happy Birthday and thanks for your recent recommendation of David from Connectyourstuff. He tells me he is your neighbour.

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Heaton
Trippier
Shackell
Duff
Mee
Arfield
Marney
Jones
Kightly
Ings
Vokes

We were very consistent in terms of team selection throughout most of that glorious 2013-14 season. I have a feeling that someone kept Kightly out at times but having a mental block as to who.

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In our previous two tilts at the Premier League it's been really noticeable how we have been over-run by bigger, more athletic midfields. Hendrick is the major reason why it doesn't feel that way any more.

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Conroy92..thanks for posting that. Five Years is a track that made a massive impression on me in my early teens and I still love it now. One of the best album openers ever..and a genius album of course.
Sadly missed.

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Lookman at £11M is just an astonishing price. 7 goals for Charlton and £11M !!!! If he's that good I would have thought JBG might have tipped Sean off for a cheeky bid in the summer.

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"When the players came back to town for a bus top tour after the play off final in 2009 I was stood next to about 50+ Indian people. They were men, women and children, dressed up in claret and blue, jumping, cheering, clapping and generally going mad as the paraded players passed us." Was this the m...

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