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Snapped this beauty on our Clematis last week.

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claretblue wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 20, 2021 10:25 am
he's still a Villa player isn't he?

have I missed something?

If he is someone better tell Villa he's doing a spot of moonlighting for Pep.

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Being brought up on the likes of Perry Como, Nat King Cole, Connie Francis and Mario Lanza. My first album was 'Monster Hits' which introduced me to Gerry Marsden, the Ronettes etc. It came as a bit of a shock to my parents when I bought Boomtown Rats' - A Tonic For Troops' which was to be my first ...

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enduroclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 18, 2021 6:08 pm
I don’t understand why Berlin is so highly rated on here. It’s bloody cold in winter…

It took my breath away.

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DCWat wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 17, 2021 6:48 pm
I think he will be likely to get a deal, Cornet or not. We need four wingers and in all likelihood, won’t buy two.

This. Cover for injury/suspensions. Incidentally. Dyche plays with inverted wingers so in answer to above posts. It wouldn't be unusual to play a left sided winger on the right.

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...or is Spread Ex some kind of margarine? :lol: Going to tell the wife to put that on next week's Asda order. 'Going to have to start buttering the toast with Spread-Ex love'. Wonder how long it'll take her to realise it's not a margarine... :lol: As others have said. Nice shirt. Don't get the blu...

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Spijed wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 17, 2021 3:32 pm
Get a better deal in Rupees. It's only £488 per week

50,000 Iranian Rial converts to around 86p a week

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The real question is: Is that “49k a week” in euros or Sterling. My guess is Euros. If so, we can easily exceed that and he still wouldn’t be the highest paid player. Plus he would be assured bonuses when we stay up. (Like the optimism there? I’m trying something new...hahah!) I like your way of th...

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I don't get this 'he doesn't want to be here' stuff. If that was true he wouldn't even be talking to us yet we are apparently making progress. Berlin may be more attractive to him, but there is much more than cobbled streets and cotton mills here. The area has seen many former players take up resid...

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s6t9a2f3f wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 16, 2021 3:03 pm
Ah your coming from the older version of Lennon angle then are you, power, pace, beating players, goals and plenty of assists ? hmmmm was not on the wave length as you I was on the Burnley pension plan for the elderly angle.

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This hindsight thing is a wonderful thing to beat Dyche with. Questionable subs as they were. If Barnes had cracked one in the top corner two minutes after coming on everyone would be calling it a masterstroke.
We move on.

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While I understand the feelings as to why we've not plundered the overseas markets long before now. It's incorrect to say we don't have any French speaking players. I'd be somewhat worried if Gomez Mancini isn't fluent in French seeing as he is French and he is in and around the first team squad. Pi...

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Still don't think some of you get what padding out the squad means. Lennon is a perfect example of padding out. Experienced player, knows he isn't guaranteed a start but is reliable and fills a slot, even if it's as back up. It allows another season to develop players and/or sign a replacement. If L...

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I've been to and lived in worse places tbf. I used to frequent 'The Hour Glass' in Nelson on Leeds Road a couple of times a week in the late 80's/early 90's.

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KRBFC wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 06, 2021 10:21 am
Knight is a central midfielder, do we just guess player positions now or confuse central players with wide players due to Dyche using Brownhill and Hendrick there previously?

Some on here want Tarks in midfield and think Cork's a winger based on one good cross at Fulham so...

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Hertha Berlin similar to us in that they're trying to bring in several players on a budget. According to German media the other week Eintracht Frankfurt winger Filip Kostic was their main priority target so aren't going to deviate too much from what's already been offered. Unless they give up on Kos...

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There's also facilities and weather to consider. Beth Schriever has an American accent but she's a Londoner. The US will have better facilities and weather than we have for some sports. Lots of athletes train/live abroad because the weather and facilities suit their training program and in some case...

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Don't think its relevant where someone is from, its who they choose to represent. Lots of athletes in these games representing countries they weren't born in. There was an American on this morning representing Costa Rica I think and an Aussie last week won gold in the kayak/canoe event who has paren...

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I quite like the idea of a pre-match Burnley FC 'Rap Battle' between KRBFC, GIADJ, Gordaleman, Pstotto, Devils Advocate, Long Time Lurker, Bosscat and ClaretTony

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Now from afar I ve been watching Michael Keane’s performances and feeling a sense of disappointment for him and his big move to Everton. I suggest offer him the chance to come back now, and move Tarkowski upfield to defensive midfield. I believe this make us a really robust outfit for next season. ...

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Away seats arriving next week...

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jrgbfc wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 03, 2021 5:20 pm
Robbie Brady at the end of this month.

Gordale will be proper chuffed if that happened.

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Just to add this stacks up with what Ben Wickes was talking about pre takeover. Catching up on posts I missed. I'm just reporting what I was told. Also the unpopular background staff departures I was told of and reported on here (can't remember the thread) many months ago. I'm just passing on what ...

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Bosscat wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 03, 2021 8:52 am
An 8 season minimum spell in the bottom tier flirting with the bottom spot would be better ... trumping our 7

Oh I wouldn't mind them flirting with relegation for every one of those 8 seasons

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Got Rovers mates too. Don't think I'd want them to fold but a four or five year spell in League Two suffering 0-6 home defeats at home to the likes of Sutton United and Rochdale in front of 2,000 crowds would complete the turnaround in fortunes nicely.

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Indeed is having a mare apparently. Their website has been brought to my attention. There's some belters on there.

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The person who told me about the takeover late last year has been reading this board recently after I mentioned some of the threads and he finds it highly amusing. In answer to the OP. No. Very much forwards but I did like his comment on some posters on here regards ALK and finances. ...'If your boa...

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Am I just being cynical and Blackpool heard how many we took to Oldham and thought 'Wait a minute...'?

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Harry Smith: Are Burnley actually going to get wingers in?

Alan Nixon: At the stage where they're looking at wafers in New Brighton.

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No prospective signing would be there at that time. More likely an existing player getting a new car delivered to the training ground. Possibly. Or. Medicals take an age these days. If it was a prospective signing it'd make sense to drop his car off at Barnfield, travel with the necessary staff to ...

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Never mind that. I'm shocked in this day and age all the gymnasts have to bring their own packed lunches is tupperware containers.

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Think Georgia Taylor-Brown deserves special mention. Suffered a flat tyre in the women's triathlon on the final lap. Was a considerable distance behind in 5th and still picked up a silver.

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FCBurnley wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 26, 2021 5:35 pm
Why would we want to play a team who got beat by Nelson

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Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 25, 2021 3:34 pm
I don't think Lookman had played for Charlton at the time we signed Pope and JGB.

Either way, I would rather buy a 23yr old version for 10 rather than the teenage version for 8.

He was in their team that lost 0-3 to us when we had a blow up trophy paraded at their ground.

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That country using motorbikes have the right idea. Bound to win gold...

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There is finance available. There is finance available and I kind of get what you're saying but Dyche limits his options because of the type of personality a player has, along with their abilities. He also isn't going to make wholesale changes to formation or style of play either. That would be gra...

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Question is, can he run backwards or play aux right back? Arsene Wenger on Maitland Niles 'I believe he is the future. He can play left back, right back, central midfield. Of the three positions, maybe the least natural for him is left back, but he adapts very quickly and is a good defender. "He ha...

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That's very interesting - I had it in mind that he'd publicly said he wanted to be considered a central midfielder, which clearly was wrong. Makes him a very natural player for us to be interested in. It does. The fact he is capable of playing full back, midfield as well as his favoured position is...

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Yes, exactly (although it wouldn't be a surprise if other than price, the stumbling block to him signing would be we'd see him primarily as a wide player, and he wants to be primarily a central midfielder). Agree with all you posted in the previous message but I was sure I'd read prior to the WBA m...

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Replacing static targets with paedophiles running for their lives in Archery would be quite popular

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Just goes to show. A player is worth what a selling club is prepared to sell for or what a buying club is prepared to pay.

That said. I am sure there are better keepers out there for £30 million than Ramsdale.

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martin_p wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:23 pm
What do we think the scam is here?

Alan Nixon trying to get exclusives for his rag?

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NottsClaret wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 21, 2021 12:22 pm
Best kit since 2009. Like an amalgamation of kits from 85-92. Hopefully we don’t play like that.

That's what I thought. Neat shirt, reminded me of the late 80's, early 90's in some ways but thought the exact same thing. Hope we don't play like that

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We only ever answer numbers we know, others go to voicemail. That said our numbers have clearly been sold on by supposed trustworthy companies as nobody knows our numbers outside of friends, family, utility, water, phone, internet providers. Well they didn't. We get several calls a week, they never ...

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9. A few weird ones.

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Definitely mentioned and discussed. I think it's on the shirt sponsorship thread.

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Way ahead of his time. He was practicing elbow bumps way before the pandemic.

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Yes, three pinches of salt. ;) I mostly said how unsure I was to avoid anyone one getting into an argument about what a rumor was! Sometimes people can go off on others when you pass along hearsay. You don't need much ammunition on here. Some of these could start an argument in an empty room. :lol:

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Some of you would be rubbish at this haggling lark.
Everton. We'll give you £25 million for McNeil.
Burnley. No.
Everton. £28 million.
Burnley. No.
Everton. What are you looking for?
Burnley. Well he's probably only worth £20 million.
Everton. OK £20 million.
Burnley. Done!
Everton. You have been!

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The Royal Pigeon Racing Association emblazoned across our shirt with their award winning pigeon 'Arthur' flying around the stadium and landing on the crossbar like Palace's 'Kayla' the eagle.

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