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dpinsussex wrote:Both teams to lose:)

Typical referee

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All concerning safety issues because of the layout of the stadium. Quite a number of their fans are not tooo happy about it, however, Toon fans come a close second to Clarets fans in the moaning stakes. Part of the statement from the club says:- “The club adopted a positive approach following notifi...

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Does anyone believe anything that any politician says? They only tell you what they want you to know in any case and even that is usually of a doubtful nature.
As Sidney says ---who de we believe?

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!........Goings on at Dulwich Hamlet reported elsewhere on site today. They get bigger crowds than Stanley. I've no idea how many divisions lower they are than Stanley...." Paul ----Dulwich are in the Isthmian Premier League which is Level 7 in the FL Pyramid ---- Stanley are in Level 4. This season...

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Dean will get a terrible ribbing from his Geordie mates --but he can take it!

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Sausage wrote:Bit harsh, mate

Thanks sausage --I have corrected it

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Hi BurningBeard ---many thanks for your generous offer which is really appreciated, however, my friend has confirmed that he wishes to attend the remaining 4 home games and has got tickets for them --in spite of his being a Newcastle fan!! Obviously, I do not wish to offend him so I shall go with hi...

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The only people who care about this bore-fest are the media - such as those hapless idiots presenting breakfast TV (it's easy news, doesn't require hard work or journalistic skills) and the Daily Mail Online, who wet themselves over Kendall Jenner's little black dress. And how hilarious it is to se...

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Can we get back to the previous main discussion, ie the family stand should be for families? It's a really poor do that the designated family stand has been allowed to be diluted this way, and I doubt other clubs would be so lax to let it happen. As a matter of interest, when was the stand actually...

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I was joking a bit mate. You've been going there longer than I have and that takes some doing. I must admit that I can't read all the comments on here but I genuinely haven't seen a comment of the kind you were talking about but if you've seen them I believe you. The half-empty stadium thing was ju...

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I haven't noticed anyone threatening non-attendance because of style. And I notice you are a 'stadium half empty' person. ;) You obviously haven't been reading some of the after match comments on here. I am always a glass half full person and just see it as it is. I have been going on the Turf now ...

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But the VAR only kicks in when the ball ends up in the net and the lino can tell the ref "I believe he was off". Shouldn't take too long to review that. Meanwhile in the real world of football they will continue without VAR and players will still surround officials, fans will give them abuse and al...

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I had my say further up the post, however, perhaps the club should expand the ground in some way so that those who get obsessed with seeing empty seats at the Etihad, Emirates etc. can obsess about Turf Moor --better to keep it in house.

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Will do.

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It is good to see that the merest contact sees players falling over in order to con the ref has spread to the lower levels of league football.
The players and the game is going soft.

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Hey BurningBeard ----many thanks for your offer of a lift down to the Turf --it is much appreciated. As Tony has said, a friend, who I have known for years from our involvement in local football, took me down last week and we only didn't go yesterday because of the weather having been as it was alth...

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I'll bet that they are really pleased that they sacked Gary Rowett at the end of 2016.

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Man of Kent wrote:Isn't it also the first time we have ever come back from a goal down to win a game in the Premier League?

It is under SD and that is another monkey of our back.
Last match of the 2009/10 season we came back from 0-2 to beat Spurs 4-2 under Brain Laws

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It`s an excellent point, however, when Team 2 isn`t quite working (as it certainly hasn`t been against the `lesser lights` in the last 12 games) then I think fans deserve to see the possibility of Team 3 making a better fist of it, i.e. a start for Nkoudou and Wells allied to experimenting with Gud...

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The capacity of the ground in the early 1970s was 38000 and our average gate was 20634 in 1973/4 which was the season we had gone back into the first division. This is the highest average gate until 2009/10 when we gained promotion to the PL and averaged 20654 whic is 20 more than 36 years previousl...

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Done, however, I am the same as CleggHall as a non-betting man so the shirt sponsor does not ever come to mind to support.
Good luck with your research.

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jdrobbo wrote:Next up: Chris Kavanagh. Done two games for us. First, he was outstanding in our 3-1 win at Brentford. Then he did the Brighton game at Christmas!

It may be worth checking his records because it does not add up

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All well and good, however, when, or if, relegation happens we revert to around 13000 average.
Add to that the fact that there are quite a number of fans who are moaning now about the style of football etc and threatening non-attendance in the future.
Nothing worse than a half empty stadium.

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I wish him well and getting called up for the England team is good at whatever level. Age is irrelevant. I remember watching Kevin Phillips playing for Baldock as a 20 year old and then he was signed by Watford and he was 23 when he made his debut for them. He certainly went on to have a decent care...

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You're like me, Ashington. Love driving the "blue" roads. Oh yes!! lol I am off the road at the moment because of a bad head injury sustained on Christmas Eve ---it will be August before I may be back on the road ---I am just like a bear with a sore head because I love being on the road. C'est la v...

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beddie wrote:The sooner it's binned the better.

beddie --it won't get binned. It is what those who are running the game want and they will bring it in regardless of what we think.
Sad, but true.

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We would not drop any lower than 8th in the table ---that's to get you back in positive mode

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In the better weather I often drive over that way to get to the Turf. It is a lovely drive as long as the weather is OK and is a nice change rather than going down the A1 and A59.

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Get used to it folks ----it is the future, however, don't moan when you are sat/stood in teh ground having paid your money and you have no idea about what is going on ---unlike those fortunate people sat at home in the warmth watching lots of replays and listening to the endless rubbish from pundits...

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ClaretTony wrote:No appointment at Grimsby - Evans left Mansfield yesterday and has been appointed today at Peterborough.

Very true CT --I don't know where I got Grimsby from ----thanks for the correction!

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It appears that the quiet man -----a certain Mr Evans ----has been appointed!

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Law 4 relates to Players' Equipment, however, no mention is made of what a manager may wear. It seems that he is allowed to wear the ribbon pitchside in European Champions League matches because it does not cause offence, however, our own FA seem determined to find him guilty of something, although ...

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http://www.footballprogrammecentre.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1994&highlight=postponed QPR last game called off. August. What was that for? Edit - up to 2009. Has there been one since? The QPR game was the first game that I was taking my 5 year old grandson to watch and I drove down from Ashington...

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MACCA ---here is some balance realting to Burnley v Spurs -----these are comments by other referees who perhaps look ar things differently from your average Burnley fan who has seen his team lose to Spurs:- "Dele Alli arguably with another red card challenge after 4 minutes, I feel this one is a yel...

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No point arguing because you do not know the guy or what makes him tick, however, if you think that he is cocky, arrogant and on an ego power trip --then just go along thinking that, it obviously is what keeps you happy. That attitude, along with others who refer to them as cheats, corrupt, cowardly...

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Your using Rate the Ref as an example is also rather funny as far as I am concerned because it is so biased in the main that the whole thing is devalued and the reason I never put a mark on there. One criticism on there refers to his being a coward standing back from a melee ---the guy who made that...

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You think Oliver has been good in the middle for our last few games? I remember thinking, great we have a strong ref today, only for him to bottle it, just my opinion, but i think there has been better out there recently, his standards have dropped in my eyes. Jones and Atkinson have impressed me f...

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Except when he referees Burnley. "Its all about me Oliver" it's been for his last few games in the middle. Thinks he's the best, but his standards have dropped, yet his ego has risen. There are misguided opinons and really misguided opinions and then there are things stated which are so wide of the...

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Of course it can. If you have a dog that`s a fact. I dont have to see it !!!! I don't have a dog so you can't see it just like the referee could not see a handball, therefore, he didn't give a decision, therefore, in the context of the game and the reporting of it, there was no handball offence com...

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Nothing to choose between the teams but they scored and that sees them progress to the next round. The surface looked as though it was very hard and there seemed to be a strongish wind but it was still a reasonable game to watch with no lack of effort and Swansea mastering the art of time wasting to...

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FCBurnley wrote:Keeper handled ball outside of penalty area FACT
Westwood was taken out by the Ref FACT
Longs defending for goal was awful FACT
Game was draw FACT
We did not deserve to win.

Keeper handled ball outside of penalty area FACT --this can't be FACT because the referee saw no offence.

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So now you're calling our players, ''Championship players''..... how positive of you........ Btw, I asked for the positives to watching us play, not a f88k ton of excuses as to why we can't string a pass together. Just for the record as far as passing is concerned------we made just 10 passes less t...

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Well as folk keep pointing out, the form that matters is over the course of the season. Home to a team in the bottom three we should be going for it. Had we gone for it, as you suggest, and lost then Southampton would now be 3 points closer to us with 29 points. The draw meant that we got the same ...

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Since 1 October 2017 we have only been below 7th place on two occasions (in 8th and just for one week each) so whatever way you look at things we must have been doing something right. Over two thirds into the season and no team has done the double over us and there are only three clubs who could ach...

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mdd2 wrote:No wonder they are in deep do do if every 11 games they win 2 lose 2 and draw 5.
So were games 10 and 11 forfeited or what?

It's my head you know!! Anyway I have put it right now and they had won 4, drawn 5 and lost 2 ---which cricketfield considers miserable form!

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"Against southampton, we should have taken the game to a team in miserable form, devoid of confidence and desperate for points." Interesting that you consider a team in miserable form that, before yesterday had played 11 won 4 drawn 5 and lost only 2 games to Liverpool an Palace. During this spell t...

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Well my season tickets 350 quid a week to watch ashley barnes :twisted: The pundits would disagree with you 100% because they would say that he felt contact so is entitled to go down ---such is the modern game. I just wish that they could bring back Jimmy Scoular to give these lads a taste of what ...

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It was clear from the off that he was going to give Barnes nothing (except a constant ticking off) Some refs are like that and seem to have made a pre match decision that he's a dirty, diving cheat and will get absolutely nothing from them, EVEN when he really is getting fouled. When that happens i...

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At this stage last season every club under 7th position had a negative goal difference --not much changed then

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I think that you will find that we were in 12th position with 31 points after 28 matches and this was 7 points above 18th position who were Hull with 24 points. The bottom three at this time were Hull, Middlesbrough and Sunderland. We have made progress, in spite of having a lot of injuries and are,...

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