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by Grumps
Fri Oct 01, 2021 4:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: BFC Social Media & Cornet
Replies: 29
Views: 4622

Re: BFC Social Media & Cornet

claretonthecoast1882 wrote:
Fri Oct 01, 2021 3:42 pm
Could it be a way of making him feeling welcome considering he has moved country to join us ?
So has Roberts....
by Grumps
Thu Sep 30, 2021 6:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 3rd shirt stock
Replies: 90
Views: 12080

Re: 3rd shirt stock

Funkydrummer wrote:
Thu Sep 30, 2021 5:38 pm
Been cr@p !!
It's usually rather difficult nowadays to sack someone just for being poor at their jobs, normally there is something else behind it.... Or perhaps being fired was the wrong term to use unless the facts have been made public?.
by Grumps
Thu Sep 30, 2021 5:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 3rd shirt stock
Replies: 90
Views: 12080

Re: 3rd shirt stock

What had the SLO done to be sacked?
by Grumps
Thu Sep 30, 2021 4:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 3rd shirt stock
Replies: 90
Views: 12080

Re: 3rd shirt stock

The club shop is really awful. I live in Bournemouth so can't get down there, but want to buy some stuff for my grandson who lives in the Rhondda. I sent an email to the shop weeks ago and haven't had a reply, so I wrote to the SLO asking for any help they could give. Guess what? Nothing, not even ...
by Grumps
Thu Sep 30, 2021 4:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pope out of England squad
Replies: 116
Views: 11443

Re: Pope out!

I've been critical of him this season, so I agree with the decision. At best he'd have been 3rd choice, so it's better to stay at Burnley.
by Grumps
Thu Sep 30, 2021 5:58 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: U17s vs United. Premier League cup
Replies: 53
Views: 5863

Re: U17s vs United. Premier League cup

Great win! You just know all those Man UTD kids will think they're the dogs ******** so great to see us getting one over them. Results will build reputation and hopefully some lads (and parents) will be sensible to join us instead for a better chance of making the first team in the future. Is that ...
by Grumps
Wed Sep 29, 2021 11:47 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley night-clubs in the 1970’s - Angels or The Circulation?
Replies: 56
Views: 6988

Re: Burnley night-clubs in the 1970’s - Angels or The Circulation?

Did anyone actually go in a nightclub because of good beer?
by Grumps
Wed Sep 29, 2021 5:54 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ticket offer for Norwich and Brentford games.
Replies: 92
Views: 9751

Re: Ticket offer for Norwich and Brentford games.

Garnerssoap wrote:
Wed Sep 29, 2021 12:45 am
Who actually has 9 mates ?
Good point, in a way. Iam sure a lot of us do have 9 mates, but some will already have tickets, some don't like football, some live away, so to actually find 9 mates, who want tickets for those games could be quite difficult for most.
by Grumps
Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Palace-Brighton
Replies: 68
Views: 6784

Re: Palace-Brighton

No Bournemouth weren’t top and Southampton had 7 points after 6 games last season. Our fans made it clear that both Palace and Brighton would really struggle this season. In reality they will both be on 40 points with 7-8 games left of the season. Quality recruitment at both clubs Sorry, it was nea...
by Grumps
Mon Sep 27, 2021 8:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Palace-Brighton
Replies: 68
Views: 6784

Re: Palace-Brighton

Newcastleclaret93 wrote:
Mon Sep 27, 2021 8:24 pm
Remember when our in the know fans were saying both Palace and Brighton would struggle this season.
Is it 5 or 6 games we've played? ... Were Bournemouth top around this time the season they got relegated... Southampton similar but just survived
by Grumps
Mon Sep 27, 2021 11:43 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cornet & Vydra injuries
Replies: 53
Views: 11344

Re: Cornet & Vydra injuries

Just off to measure my piece of string
by Grumps
Sat Sep 25, 2021 6:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pope
Replies: 80
Views: 9485

Re: Pope

Not sure he needs dropping yet, but has certainly cost us points this season, but has gained us so many points in previous seasons he has earned some leeway
by Grumps
Sat Sep 25, 2021 6:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Drinking Alcohol in your seats
Replies: 86
Views: 7217

Re: Drinking Alcohol in your seats

Given that arsenal in the CFS was a pretty much isolated incident in the grand scheme of things it’s either here nor there, what is more concerning is the idea of encouraging more alcohol consumption when people are jumping into the cars at least with half time you’ve got over a hr detox with leavi...
by Grumps
Sat Sep 25, 2021 6:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Drinking Alcohol in your seats
Replies: 86
Views: 7217

Re: Drinking Alcohol in your seats

Rileybobs wrote:
Sat Sep 25, 2021 6:15 pm
I’d rather sit next to someone drinking a beer six seats away than sat next to someone who is stubbing his cigarettes out on my face.
I think I'll end it here, and you called me dumb... just to say if he's stubbing his fag out on your face, he's probably been drinking
by Grumps
Sat Sep 25, 2021 6:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Drinking Alcohol in your seats
Replies: 86
Views: 7217

Re: Drinking Alcohol in your seats

But not in beer gardens as the initial example was stated, compared to minimal risk with passive smoking compared to motorists potentially hitting the road over the limit I know which 1 I find more concerning, I’m surprised at the logic after you condoning the use of tranquillisers on the roads but...
by Grumps
Sat Sep 25, 2021 6:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Drinking Alcohol in your seats
Replies: 86
Views: 7217

Re: Drinking Alcohol in your seats

You've more faith in the morons, and the ability to identify them than I have, but that's too late once the troubles happened, it needs to be prevented in the first place, which over the years the banning of drinking in the ground seems to have helped in that respect, why change it.
by Grumps
Sat Sep 25, 2021 5:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Drinking Alcohol in your seats
Replies: 86
Views: 7217

Re: Drinking Alcohol in your seats

Rileybobs wrote:
Sat Sep 25, 2021 5:47 pm
Sorry, what has being able to drink beer at my seat got to do with being hit in the face with a bottle or part of a seat?
Really? Have you seen what happened last week, without the benefit of a few extra pints during the game.
by Grumps
Sat Sep 25, 2021 5:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Drinking Alcohol in your seats
Replies: 86
Views: 7217

Re: Drinking Alcohol in your seats

Rileybobs wrote:
Sat Sep 25, 2021 5:32 pm
Are you really comparing smoking in your seat with drinking beer in your seat? That’s just dumb.
Just explaining after you suggested it was bad for everyone's health if smoking was allowed, which I wouldn't want to happen by the way.
by Grumps
Sat Sep 25, 2021 5:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Drinking Alcohol in your seats
Replies: 86
Views: 7217

Re: Drinking Alcohol in your seats

You can take bottles of soft drinks to your seat can’t you? Just because some idiots throw bottles (who can be easily identified on camera) shouldn’t mean that the rest of us can’t drink from them. As long as you can identify to drunken idiot who hits you in the face with a bottle, or part of a sea...
by Grumps
Sat Sep 25, 2021 1:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: UK short of 100,000 drivers
Replies: 49
Views: 5465

Re: UK short of 100,000 drivers

taio wrote:
Sat Sep 25, 2021 1:14 pm
Political threads are not permitted.
Some are, some aren't, weird.
by Grumps
Sat Sep 25, 2021 12:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Drinking Alcohol in your seats
Replies: 86
Views: 7217

Re: Drinking Alcohol in your seats

Rileybobs wrote:
Sat Sep 25, 2021 12:28 pm
It is a fact that smoking causes harm to those around them. Drinking alcohol doesn’t. The comparison is silly.
It does if it makes them misbehave and start fights etc. I doubt a bit of passive smoking in the open will do any harm, bit like a beer garden.. Which not many have issues with.
by Grumps
Sat Sep 25, 2021 12:27 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Drinking Alcohol in your seats
Replies: 86
Views: 7217

Re: Drinking Alcohol in your seats

People will be asking for smoking to be allowed next, just so we can be treated like adults
Everybody seems happy that betting sponsors are being removed, yet if we were all adult about it there wouldn't be a problem with it.
by Grumps
Sat Sep 25, 2021 10:51 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Drinking Alcohol in your seats
Replies: 86
Views: 7217

Re: Drinking Alcohol in your seats

Don't know who the fans were who recommended this, but I don't think they represent the views of the majority
by Grumps
Fri Sep 24, 2021 9:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: You're not fit to referee?
Replies: 23
Views: 3213

Re: You're not fit to referee?

Ashingtonclaret46 wrote:
Fri Sep 24, 2021 4:52 pm
He has to meet the criteria, just the same as every other referee. Jon has, like myself, a large bone structure, however, from memory they measure the ratio of body fat as well as the BMI and this is all part of the process.
Why does his large bone structure make his belly wobble?
by Grumps
Fri Sep 24, 2021 3:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Drinking Alcohol in your seats
Replies: 86
Views: 7217

Re: Drinking Alcohol in your seats

I love a drink, have some before and after every game... I can manage 2hrs without one. Surely the desperate ones can wait till half time, absolutely no need in my opinion for this to be brought back.
by Grumps
Fri Sep 24, 2021 1:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Drinking Alcohol in your seats
Replies: 86
Views: 7217

Re: Drinking Alcohol in your seats

Never trust fans to make decisions
by Grumps
Wed Sep 22, 2021 2:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Safe standing allowed from 2022
Replies: 65
Views: 8288

Re: Safe standing allowed from 2022

Which part of the ground would you like authority for?

The cricketfield stand please

Is that that part of the ground currently under investigation by the FA because of fans behaviour?

Yes it is

Next please
by Grumps
Wed Sep 22, 2021 1:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Safe standing allowed from 2022
Replies: 65
Views: 8288

Re: Safe standing allowed from 2022

Not a chance after Saturday
by Grumps
Wed Sep 22, 2021 10:48 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Missing kick off again
Replies: 198
Views: 24637

Re: Missing kick off again

Handed my card over every game so far, as does everyone else using the turnstiles near the club shop
by Grumps
Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The volcano on La Palma in the Canary Islands has erupted
Replies: 48
Views: 7655

Re: The volcano on La Palma in the Canary Islands has erupted

We fly into Gran Canaria on Thursday evening. I suspect we won’t see anything but I’ll have a look out as we descend. I’ve heard no mention of any issues affecting aviation, as there were with the Icelandic volcano. I think it was a Channel 5 programme that mentioned the mega tsunami. It was nothin...
by Grumps
Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pope's kicking
Replies: 61
Views: 7392

Re: Pope's kicking

bfcjg wrote:
Sun Sep 19, 2021 6:59 pm
Still wouldn't swop him for the vast majority of Premier league keepers.
Neither would I. But it was still ridiculously poor yesterday
by Grumps
Sun Sep 19, 2021 5:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pope's kicking
Replies: 61
Views: 7392

Re: Pope's kicking

But Dyche wants the tactics of hitting the wing. I can only presume he wants the opposition full back to head it out of play and move the team up the pitch. Pope can kick it as well as anyone down the centre and kicks it long. But we don't have centre forwards who like winning headers that far out,...
by Grumps
Sun Sep 19, 2021 5:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pope's kicking
Replies: 61
Views: 7392

Re: Pope's kicking

I think our run of losses is leaving fans needing a scapegoat. The difficulty is that we are playing very well, so there’s a range of players catching a lot of abuse. Not a scapegoat at all. I've never criticised pope before, we are talking about one incident, which the majority agree it was poor f...
by Grumps
Sun Sep 19, 2021 4:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pope's kicking
Replies: 61
Views: 7392

Re: Pope's kicking

I disagree. The awful, completely unnecessarily rushed kick out led seconds later to the crucial free kick and I was fuming with Pope at the time and still am. Westwood's trip MIGHT have been needless, but everything had opened up like the parting of the Red Sea and at the time I felt Westy had lit...
by Grumps
Sun Sep 19, 2021 3:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pope's kicking
Replies: 61
Views: 7392

Re: Pope's kicking

Quickenthetempo wrote:
Sun Sep 19, 2021 3:44 pm
Does anybody think one of our outfield players would be more accurate at passing the ball 80plus yards out to the wing?
Kicking out of their hands, under no pressure?...i think even I could find some of the green stuff
by Grumps
Sun Sep 19, 2021 3:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Can anyone get their season ticket on the app?
Replies: 22
Views: 2689

Re: Can anyone get their season ticket on the app?

Leisure wrote:
Sun Sep 19, 2021 3:27 pm
Couldn't agree more! Whoever is responsible (internally and/or externally) for the Club's technology isn't up to the job. Still can't get the App to work on my phone. Couldn't even get WiFi on my phone on the Turf yesterday!
I never knew Wifi was available, how do you get on it?
by Grumps
Sun Sep 19, 2021 2:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pope's kicking
Replies: 61
Views: 7392

Re: Pope's kicking

We know that Pope's kicking is by far the weakest element of his game. That said, it has improved massively over the last few years. Some of Ramsdale's kicking yesterday was top class, one that stands out for me was a second-half ball straight out of his hands to Aubameyang who'd made a movement to...
by Grumps
Sun Sep 19, 2021 2:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pope's kicking
Replies: 61
Views: 7392

Re: Pope's kicking

How people can say it wasn't Pope's fault is beyond me. It led directly to the goal, totally avoidable if a professional footballer could just kick straight
by Grumps
Sun Sep 19, 2021 12:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Woulda Coulda Shoulda
Replies: 36
Views: 5013

Re: Woulda Coulda Shoulda

Woodleyclaret wrote:
Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:21 am
We are looking good with Cornet now lets get Collins in at rb and we will be a lot stronger
That would be harsh on the right back we've just signed
by Grumps
Sun Sep 19, 2021 11:44 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What's the reason Brownhill is playing instead of Jack Cork?
Replies: 108
Views: 11248

Re: What's the reason Brownhill is playing instead of Jack Cork?

Sadly yesterday the silly foul committed by Westwood cost us at least a point. Pope had little to do in terms of saves Sadly, what cost us yesterday was the ridiculous kick from pope. Its a big pitch.. If he'd have found any part of the pitch, no foul would have required making. Absolutely pathetic...
by Grumps
Sat Sep 18, 2021 8:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Missing kick off again
Replies: 198
Views: 24637

Re: Missing kick off again

Still had to hand card to operator today. I've no problem with it, some might have.
by Grumps
Sat Sep 18, 2021 6:38 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Arsenal - Player Ratings
Replies: 67
Views: 16307

Re: Burnley v Arsenal - Player Ratings

Pope... 1...cost us the game
Rest 6 apart from cornett... 8.
by Grumps
Fri Sep 17, 2021 12:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: COVID Spot Checks - Premier League
Replies: 123
Views: 11501

Re: COVID Spot Checks - Premier League

I’ve been at a show with thousands this week, almost all people showed their card on entry. As others have said, it has always been advertised as not being a form of vaccination status, I thought it actually said that on the card. How come thousands had the card with them? Most people I know don't ...
by Grumps
Fri Sep 17, 2021 5:22 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: COVID Spot Checks - Premier League
Replies: 123
Views: 11501

Re: COVID Spot Checks - Premier League

I’m double jabbed, have been for ages, but I won’t be using an app (something I morally disagree with because its the thin end of a wedge) if anybody asks me I’ll show them my little card filled in at the vaccination centre and I would expect them to accept it given there is no legal requirement fo...
by Grumps
Thu Sep 16, 2021 5:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New four year deal for Sean Dyche
Replies: 139
Views: 15229

Re: New four year deal for Sean Dyche

claretonthecoast1882 wrote:
Thu Sep 16, 2021 4:51 pm
Just Sean ?
Woans has been extended, don't know about anyone else
by Grumps
Wed Sep 15, 2021 6:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: COVID Spot Checks - Premier League
Replies: 123
Views: 11501

Re: COVID Spot Checks - Premier League

tarkys_ears wrote:
Wed Sep 15, 2021 6:52 pm
"show us your private medical history or you can't go in".


Is this the gist?
Yep, similar to if you want to travel... Your choice

Don't see the problem
by Grumps
Wed Sep 15, 2021 1:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: COVID Spot Checks - Premier League
Replies: 123
Views: 11501

Re: COVID Spot Checks - Premier League

I've no problems with the passport scheme, but, it should be all or none. Very unfair if one person gets turned away, but a thousand with the same status are allowed in.
by Grumps
Wed Sep 15, 2021 9:15 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: COVID Spot Checks - Premier League
Replies: 123
Views: 11501

Re: COVID Spot Checks - Premier League

Nope. Not at Turf Moor, Anfield or Goodison. To be honest, I think they would struggle to refuse entry to someone who didn’t have it given the Governments most recent stance and the general confusion around protocols. I wouldn’t like to be the spot check steward trying to turn folk away, put it tha...
by Grumps
Tue Sep 14, 2021 5:27 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Roberts and Long getting closer to fitness
Replies: 56
Views: 6189

Re: ARTICLE: Roberts and Long getting closer to fitness

Jakubs Tash wrote:
Tue Sep 14, 2021 4:04 pm
Has Roberts played today? I saw something on his Instagram story about his first comeback game since his injury earlier this morning.
Yes, him and Long