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If you consider him a mid table championship defender why would you want to keep him as back up? Seems like you write the first thing that comes into your head.

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A foul on the goalkeeper. We have to remember, though that the game is being shown for the armchair fan and decisions like that serve to intensify the jeopardy for his/ her entertainment. I still recall what Richie Benaud said many, many years ago about a time where cricket would not require paying ...

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Watched last 20 mins with no sound. Abysmal from officials and VAR. Booked Coufal when it should have been Souczek which resulted in Coufal getting sent off. Latest trend now seems to be clattering goalkeepers and getting rewarded for it. It's a joke. Even worse right at the end another clear penalt...

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[quote=BigChaCha post_id=2260840 time=1705664710 user_id=259 We have to remember that the Championship last season was one of the weakest for years so we have to take that into account... ) [/quote] I've only been going to the Turf for a few decades so can you please explain to me why last season's ...

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It’s down to whoever wins the coin toss The team that wins the toss decides to either take the kick off or which end they want If that team decides to kick off, the other team decides which end they have Surely the team that wins the toss gains whatever advantage they think there might be and has t...

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Really good, uplifting news for him and all his family.

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Hume should be off. Weak refereeing.

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As already mentioned the gulf between a Premier league team and a Championship team is there for all to see. Sunderland have hardly been in the opposition's penalty box. Anonymous players running around unable to get in the game. Must be so very disappointing for Sunderland fans especially with the ...

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Seems that luck stayed with Newcastle into the later rounds. especially the 6th round.

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bumba wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 05, 2024 5:54 pm

O'Shea has been head and shoulders above Beyer defensively

Head and shoulders above? This season? Seem to be mixed messages on here re: O'Shea.

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Interesting, Selby Claret and very well done. I'll definetly give it a read. Been going to a creative writing class for about a year now and found it very therapeutic. I've tried writing my own life story on a number of occasions and never got beyond a few chapters. Perhaps this will inspire me to g...

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"Has that surgeon ever been in a car crash? No?! Well I don't want them operating on me if they haven't had a car crash to a meaningful standard, how can they understand, it let alone operate at the top level?" Agree totally with this. The number of times I've heard from various people that 'those ...

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Hope everything works out well for both of them.

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I can see MOTD fading out soon. Its overshadowed by the coverage from SKY and as has been said on this thread the current level of pundits being used is at an all time low, and proves the bar is very low to qualify and appear as a pundit. Ashley Williams and Dion Dublin being two examples I agree w...

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Dion Dublin's like James Cleverley on speed. He does well to remember his lines for Homes Under The Hammer. Unfortunately he is ignorant of his limitations.

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I’ll watch again later, but it seemed to me that the defender was always between Foster and the goal, so whilst it was a goalscoring opportunity it wasn’t a clear goalscoring opportunity. I also don’t think it was a deliberate action, his arm was moving in a normal running action. The defender deli...

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Weak, inept officiating on and off the pitch. It just continues to determine the outcome of a football match. The decision not to send off their player for handball in the 2nd half is a total mystery. Anyone watching, be it at the game or via media knew it was handball. The look on the defender's fa...

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As you say it had been a brilliant year for Burnley Football Club. Worthy champions of the old Div. 2, a smooth, successful transition into the highest division and sitting close to the top as the year ended. Didn't go to Villa in Jan 73 for the emphatic 0-3 victory but did go to Wolves in Sep 73, a...

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Casper2 wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 26, 2023 3:47 pm
Billy did get on the pitch

Even better then. An Evertonian and also a Claret beating Liverpool. Sheer, unadulterated joy.

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Recall Forest being 1-3 up at St James' in the F A Cup in 1974. They found a way of turning it around though.

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Just checked the line- up and noticed Billy was sub. Would have loved the result and even more so had he been able to get on the pitch.

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Remember the game well. Still a little bit icey but nothing compared to the previous home game v Arsenal. We were a very good team and youngsters like Hankin, Ingham and Billy Rodaway were becoming established first division footballers. Heady days!

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Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑
Fri Dec 22, 2023 10:10 am
Yep I remember at the start of the season saying Everton will be comfortable mid table and got dogs abuse from the usual crew.

Well done.

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A classic game of two halves. Conditions dictated which team could 'play' in each half. Ball orchestrated things in the first half then 'lost it' big time in the second half as we mounted a fightback. Surely he must have been familiar with the barracking he received in the second half but Arsenal wi...

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Shelter just announced 139,000 children currently homeless in UK. Scandalous.

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Rowls wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 19, 2023 2:24 pm
Those classed as the poorest in this country receive vouchers for free milk and infant formula. This scheme has been running for generations in this country.

https://www.find-government-grants.serv ... rt#summary

Foodbanks not quite as long.

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clarets1978 wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 19, 2023 4:13 pm
Missing player is Logan Pye I think

No problem. Thought I only counted 10 when I first looked. Blame it on advancing years.

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 19, 2023 2:31 pm
3-0, Massengo (pen)

And all with just 10 men, CT?

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On talksport the other week there were amateur referees ringing in with stories of being attacked after games,having to lock themselves in rooms etc etc. I can see a strike soon and then what do we do ? Sadly nothing new there. Been happening for far too long. I watch my grandson play on Sundays an...

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when you consider how getting smashed every week effects you as a supporter it must be even harder for the players, confidence must be very low. Harder for the players? Really? I've witnessed similar 'lows' like the one we are having now many times over too many seasons to mention. Never once have ...

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Because when something’s already at the bottom of where it can be, (and if we are truly honest, refereeing in this country is bloody AWFUL - not helped by an inept and unfit for purpose VAR) it really can only get better… Well, first of all very good luck to her. However, your argument isn't necess...

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jdrobbo wrote: ↑
Fri Dec 15, 2023 8:26 am
Best player on the pitch at Wembley in 09

And there was me thinking it was Clarke Carlisle.

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Leisure wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 14, 2023 4:41 pm
She can't do any worse than some of the male refs we've had!

How do you know that?

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Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 10, 2023 3:59 pm
Sean has earned his money which is more than can be said for Poch .How shite are Chelsea? spend millions and still can't build a decent team

They rolled us over with consumate ease. Didn't have to break sweat.

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Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 12, 2023 4:42 pm
How about a rule banning parasitic agents altogether.? These self seeking pocket liners are the curse of football

The only one?

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Surely all those who have been deprived of taking their kids to local away games will be going to this, only half hour away, cheap tickets and a chance to see Man City. Have you ever taken children to see us play at Man City? It's bloody excruciating. Literally a pointless task. I would have though...

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Hmm, I thought it was Hugo Keith who was squirming today when he realised he'd got his facts all wrong about "eat out to help out." SAGE had agreed changing social distancing from 2 metres to 1 metre plus other precautions a few days before eat out to help out was announced. Pubs and restaurants (a...

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It's an inquiry not an enquiry. Seeing Johnson last week and Sunak today squirming, filibustering, shifting uneasily in their seats and above all still smirking reinforced all I believed about this bunch of charlatans.

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I was in 'top class' at junior school in Haslingden at the time. Bitterly cold with no let up since a day or two after Boxing Day. Fixtures were already in chaos and there seemed little chance of this cup tie being on any time soon. Looking at the weather pre- match and the state of the pitch throug...

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Looks a good footballer on the few times I've seen him. Genuinely two footed and gave their left back a torrid time in the first half. Very calm finish from a player who has played limited football this season. Whether he deserves a start in the team is entirely up to him but with the ability he pos...

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Just checked my records & the attendance at Maine Road was actually just short of 28000. Oh, that's interesting. Well short of my 40,000. Wondering how I arrived at.that figure. 🤔. One thing I do recall was that very few Spurs fans made the journey. Nowadays you would expect there to be a significa...

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The Grammar School, well educated me. Where did you work Silky? Just a few yards along the road from you at St. Gabriel's. When I went for my interview back in 1973 I sat in the grammar school for a good 15 minutes until a cleaner came along and asked why I was there. I told her and she said I need...

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I was at St Theodores at the same time as John Davison, he lived at Waterfoot. I seem to recall that he played for England schoolboys. I think he also played for Altrincham at White Hart Lane against Spurs in the FA Cup, although my memory isn't what it was! He did play for England Schoolboys. I'm ...

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It is so undeniably tragic. The young friend of theirs on tv describing how he will never see them again nor hear their familiar voices is heartbreaking. And as already alluded to it is the families and close friends left behind for whom life will never be the same. Time will help but that will be a...

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NL Claret wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 22, 2023 8:08 pm
Went to school in Bury and the lads who supported Bolton said it was scary up near the fire station.

Which school in Bury? I used to work there in the 70's and 80's.

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A friend of mine played for Altrincham in the 1970's. John Davison was his name, known by his nickname 'Bobsy'. He got some terrible crowd reaction against him at Everton in an FA Cup tie after he was involved in a collision with their winger John Connolly resulting in a broken leg for the Everton m...

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Remember it well. Early Friday evening when the news filtered through. I was 11 years old, in my first year at grammar school but very aware of older people's feelings and reaction to the news. He was viewed as hope for a post- war future as we entered a new decade. I watched the programme referred ...

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When we played Altrincham in the third round we were 18th in the Third Division. After the game the Alty manager said we were so good he thought we’d win promotion. And he was right. Prior to the Altrincham game their midfield player, John King( who years later became their manager), made some disp...

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Didn’t realise that was the same season we beat Altrincham, vague memories now of going to the replay against Bury but not the game at Gigg. Bury based Clarets, possibly didn’t go to that game after going to the FAC a season or 2 earlier. Game at Bury was eventually on after some cold weather. Bury...

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Grow up silky, my comment was a fair one. I don’t understand the case we have for suing Everton. On the same basis why arnt we suing Man City and Chelsea? Anything is deemed as 'fair' today or do you not find time to watch the news or listen to it. Might be wrong but neither City nor Chelsea 'pippe...

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