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by ecc
Sat Mar 11, 2017 5:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Results we want today
Replies: 69
Views: 7930

Re: Results we want today

Rubbish results. What did I say about West Ham?
by ecc
Sat Mar 11, 2017 5:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Erdogan: "The Dutch are Nazi Remnants"
Replies: 19
Views: 2392

Erdogan: "The Dutch are Nazi Remnants"

Does this man realise what he's saying? Does he realise that coming out with disgraceful comments like that will help Geert Wilders, the leader of Freedom Party, the far-right party? And that it won't help the Turkish community in the Netherlands? Of course, he has a bigger picture with his referend...
by ecc
Sat Mar 11, 2017 4:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Results we want today
Replies: 69
Views: 7930

Re: Results we want today

Not a good day at all. Bloody West Ham. Is Clement still going to run around like a deranged ferret after a defeat?
by ecc
Sat Mar 11, 2017 3:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Results we want today
Replies: 69
Views: 7930

Re: Results we want today

Just seen that. Sod it.
by ecc
Sat Mar 11, 2017 3:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Results we want today
Replies: 69
Views: 7930

Re: Results we want today

Get in!
by ecc
Sat Mar 11, 2017 3:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Results we want today
Replies: 69
Views: 7930

Re: Results we want today

Having said that I see West Ham have scored. :)
by ecc
Sat Mar 11, 2017 3:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Results we want today
Replies: 69
Views: 7930

Results we want today

West Ham to win or at least draw at Bournemouth (but they'll lose).

Swansea to win at Hull (IMO).

Oh and Norwich to win please.
by ecc
Sat Mar 11, 2017 3:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Swansea following at Hull
Replies: 2
Views: 1462

Re: Swansea following at Hull

Poor run.
by ecc
Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Wigan - youth latest
Replies: 8
Views: 1544

Re: Burnley v Wigan - youth latest

Many thanks, as ever, Tony.

Hi PWBFC: He certainly does. I haven't checked but he may well end this season as our best YT scorer for a few seasons.
by ecc
Fri Mar 10, 2017 10:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: John Surtees RIP
Replies: 10
Views: 2074

Re: John Surtees RIP

You either have to be an old git like me or interested in motorsports history to know about John Surtees. He is the only man to have competed successfully in both F1 and bikes (that I'm aware of).

A true legend.

RIP
by ecc
Mon Mar 06, 2017 6:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Will FFP in the Football League end?
Replies: 6
Views: 1756

Re: Will FFP in the Football League end?

I certainly hope not. We played by the rules and somehow managed to get into the PL. QPR flouted the rules and even though they still haven't paid for their past midemeanours the club is now run in a completely different way. Result? It may be quite a while before they grace the PL with their presen...
by ecc
Mon Mar 06, 2017 2:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Coventry sack Slade
Replies: 24
Views: 3249

Re: Coventry sack Slade

"And Slade is looking for his fourth job in under a year - ended last season as Cardiff manager, lost that, went to Charlton, lost that, went to Coventry and sacked again."

Are there no rules limiting managers to a certain number of different clubs in a year? :)
by ecc
Sat Mar 04, 2017 11:58 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rare league grounds
Replies: 64
Views: 6270

Re: Rare league grounds

I think we were all at the Maidstone match!
by ecc
Sat Mar 04, 2017 8:56 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: John Hampshire - ex-Yorkshire & England
Replies: 8
Views: 1781

Re: John Hampshire - ex-Yorkshire & England

A fine servant of Yorkshire CCC.

RIP
by ecc
Sat Mar 04, 2017 8:54 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Snodgrass in trouble
Replies: 13
Views: 3855

Re: Snodgrass in trouble

Sounds like he needs a new lawyer to me.
by ecc
Fri Mar 03, 2017 10:03 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tommy Gemmell RIP
Replies: 26
Views: 3518

Re: Tommy Gemmell RIP

I didn't know about this until ten minutes ago.

Very sad news about a true footballing hero and a member of a unique team.

RIP
by ecc
Fri Mar 03, 2017 10:00 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Raymond Kopa: 1931-2017
Replies: 9
Views: 2065

Raymond Kopa: 1931-2017

Raymond Kopa, one of the greats of the fifities and early sixties, has passed away. Kopa played most of his career with Reims and was in the team beaten at Turf Moor in September 1960. He had two spells at Reims in between three years at Real Madrid. http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-france-ko...
by ecc
Mon Feb 27, 2017 5:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ranieri donates £1.5m to Leicester Charity
Replies: 56
Views: 7842

Ranieri donates £1.5m to Leicester Charity

I'm sorry if this has been on the board already but I can't see it.

Claudio Ranieri has reportedly donated half of his £3m pay-off to the Foxes Foundation charity.
by ecc
Sun Feb 26, 2017 11:22 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Amazing support!
Replies: 19
Views: 3769

Re: Amazing support!

I too thought you were magnificent. Makes me proud to hear our fans and I always feel you deserve to be close to the goal where we score. I should add that I think every single person who has attends a match home or away deserves recognition whether you sing or not. Times are hard and it's expensive...
by ecc
Sat Feb 18, 2017 11:15 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mighty Clarets versus Lincoln farmers in FA Cup
Replies: 346
Views: 20561

Re: Mighty Clarets versus Lincoln farmers in FA Cup

Let's not mock our opponents even in fun. It has a tendency to come back and haunt you. SD will have been telling his players to think they're playing a PL match.
by ecc
Sat Feb 18, 2017 11:02 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: First FA Cup final you can remember seeing, TV or live
Replies: 58
Views: 5484

Re: First FA Cup final you can remember seeing, TV or live

Manchester City v Leicester 1969 (on TV). I was seven. The late Neil Young scored. Andy Lochhead up front for Leicester. David Nish youngest FA Cup Final captain ever.
by ecc
Sun Feb 12, 2017 8:55 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Ivanka affair
Replies: 14
Views: 3301

Re: The Ivanka affair

Like Steve Bruce.
by ecc
Sun Feb 12, 2017 8:44 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: O/T Film Recommendations please.
Replies: 411
Views: 59846

Re: O/T Film Recommendations please.

Tom Hardy: I think he may well be considered a "great" in the future.
by ecc
Sat Feb 11, 2017 8:31 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Biggest club to ever be relegated out of the league
Replies: 22
Views: 3262

Re: Biggest club to ever be relegated out of the league

The old club no. But the fans started a new one.

"Fans announced their desire to create a new fan-owned club called AFC Rushden & Diamonds that would field a senior side in 2012. The new club started its history in the United Counties League Division One."
by ecc
Fri Feb 10, 2017 2:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 70,000 NHS staff attacked a year
Replies: 33
Views: 1918

Re: 70,000 NHS staff attacked a year

Is there a link to an article?

I suspect a large number may be staff working in pyschiatric clinics.
by ecc
Fri Feb 10, 2017 9:34 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Russia interfering in western elections.
Replies: 54
Views: 4884

Re: Russia interfering in western elections.

There are actually serious suspicions of this having occurred in Montenegro.
by ecc
Fri Feb 10, 2017 9:27 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: young Bradley and Defoe
Replies: 114
Views: 18541

Re: young Bradley and Defoe

Terrible story. It can't have been easy at all for Jermaine Defoe to spend a day with the poor lad and hide his own emotions.
by ecc
Thu Feb 09, 2017 8:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Eddie Howe
Replies: 54
Views: 7742

Re: Eddie Howe

The dreaded "vote of confidence"?

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by ecc
Thu Feb 09, 2017 6:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Andrew Robertson and Harry Flowers
Replies: 30
Views: 8464

Re: Andrew Robertson and Harry Flowers

Slightly O/T but whenever I think of Wolves in the fifties the name Honved inevitably comes to mind.

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by ecc
Tue Feb 07, 2017 4:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Eddie Howe
Replies: 54
Views: 7742

Re: Eddie Howe

Can Eddie use Powerpoint?
by ecc
Sun Feb 05, 2017 4:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Youths unbeaten run continues
Replies: 2
Views: 502

Re: ARTICLE: Youths unbeaten run continues

That is a superb result. Walsall have been leaders for most of the season. Slight wobble of late but Blackpool, the leaders, couldn't beat them at home last week. Well done lads!
by ecc
Fri Feb 03, 2017 9:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Why Berahino wasn't playing for West Brom
Replies: 35
Views: 4751

Re: Why Berahino wasn't playing for West Brom

"Never understood why West Brom didn't sell him 18-24 months ago. At his best he wasn't that good and he clearly has a questionable attitude. Instead they must have paid him millions and watched his market value plummet." Hi Bacchus. I may be well wrong but I think Peace wanted to make him suffer. T...
by ecc
Fri Feb 03, 2017 8:33 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Wigan v Wednesday
Replies: 9
Views: 1545

Re: Wigan v Wednesday

No, Ross, in the other net tonight, please.
by ecc
Fri Feb 03, 2017 8:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Wigan v Wednesday
Replies: 9
Views: 1545

Wigan v Wednesday

0-0 after 30 minutes.

Come on Wigin!
by ecc
Fri Feb 03, 2017 4:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bournemouth to get relegated?
Replies: 43
Views: 6822

Re: Bournemouth to get relegated?

Schmeichel still cares. He's a very good keeper who, let's face it, started his career on a complete loser (given who is father is). He took time to learn his trade, but then most keepers do, but he has done extremely well IMO.
by ecc
Fri Feb 03, 2017 1:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Huddersfield v Brighton
Replies: 46
Views: 4866

Re: Huddersfield v Brighton

"Its the truth! How many cups does dyche have? Has he managed real Madrid and inter Milan?" English the Blackburrrn Way


"Its the truth! How many cups does Dyche have? Has he managed Real Madrid and Inter Milan?" English the Burnley Way.

UTC
by ecc
Fri Feb 03, 2017 12:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Favourite stadium visited abroad
Replies: 35
Views: 4081

Re: Favourite stadium visited abroad

Hello SalouClaret. Welcome to UTC! Meazza (San Siro) on the top tier. I was fortunate enough to see the great Milan team of the late eighties/early nineties. The match was the EC QF return against Werder Bremen. Highest up I've ever been sat in a ground but loved it as you could see the game evolve,...
by ecc
Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:53 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Why Berahino wasn't playing for West Brom
Replies: 35
Views: 4751

Re: Why Berahino wasn't playing for West Brom

"He's proven time and time again he's not got the brain capacity to make it as a professional footballer (and that's saying something)."

Hi Rileybobs: that's my quote of the week.

He's a disgrace. Full stop.
by ecc
Thu Feb 02, 2017 5:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Peter Crouch
Replies: 26
Views: 3904

Re: Peter Crouch

I've never seen a player with his build. He looks more like a high jumper.
by ecc
Thu Feb 02, 2017 3:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Joey Barton's Hearing.
Replies: 113
Views: 17941

Re: Joey Barton's Hearing.

"and hopefully his submission is of biblical proportions and will take a firm of lawyers 6 months to get through"

If they gave Joey a dictaphone to give his explanation it would take the best part of five years to type it.
by ecc
Wed Feb 01, 2017 8:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tonight
Replies: 57
Views: 5753

Re: Tonight

QPR levelled it at Newcastle. Need them to hold on and Burton to get a draw.
by ecc
Wed Feb 01, 2017 8:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Anyone still think we are relegation candidates?
Replies: 63
Views: 6593

Re: Anyone still think we are relegation candidates?

Yes, we are. Strange season. Swansea were "down" according to the experts a few weeks ago.

Target: 42/43 points.
by ecc
Wed Feb 01, 2017 7:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tonight
Replies: 57
Views: 5753

Re: Tonight

Hate wanting DL to win but a Claret has to do what a Claret has to do.
by ecc
Wed Feb 01, 2017 7:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hendrick
Replies: 19
Views: 3787

Re: Hendrick

In the games (all on TV) I saw I couldn't really work out his role. There are a lot of midfielders, and sometimes forwards, who you can only judge watching in the ground and several times. But recently he's been so clearly involved you can see why SD wanted him so much. Last night he played like a m...
by ecc
Wed Feb 01, 2017 5:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Auschwitz
Replies: 28
Views: 4453

Re: Auschwitz

I visited Dachau a long time ago. I hope to be able to go to Auschwitz one day. I don't know whether it's compulsory for all Polish children to go but it should be. And every Holocaust denier spouting their tripe on the Internet should be tracked down and made to go.
by ecc
Tue Jan 31, 2017 6:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Transfer Deadline Day
Replies: 84
Views: 9015

Re: Transfer Deadline Day

Bournemouth reportedly offering Chelsea £18m for Ake.
by ecc
Tue Jan 31, 2017 6:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Transfer Deadline Day
Replies: 84
Views: 9015

Re: Transfer Deadline Day

West Brom seem very keen on Jay. Southampton have signed Gabbiadini from Napoli and seem to want rid of Jay. I'd have Jay rather than him any day but his injuries are a millstone for the lad.

Rhodes going to Wednesday for £10m.
by ecc
Tue Jan 31, 2017 5:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Westwood signs in
Replies: 95
Views: 9799

Re: ARTICLE: Westwood signs in

Welcome to Burnley, Ashley. Don't worry about the negative comments above - they're examples of our sense of humour. :)
by ecc
Tue Jan 31, 2017 1:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Piers Morgan - This Morning
Replies: 27
Views: 4224

Re: Piers Morgan - This Morning

Two prix for the price of one.
by ecc
Tue Jan 31, 2017 11:57 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Matt Gilks on the move
Replies: 6
Views: 2399

Re: Matt Gilks on the move

We're drawing up a list of sculptors for your statue, Matt.