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Relegation is inevitable. The evidence is in front of us each week. Nothing has changed and nor will it. We’re just miles off being good enough for the Prem. What amazes me most is this arrogant idea some have that we’ll come straight back. This squad has no chance whatsoever of coming straight bac...

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Burnley 0 West Ham 3 Ings 30

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Swizzlestick wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 20, 2023 1:20 pm
Their one fit striker apparently is some lad called Danny Ings...

Bowen, Antonio and Soucek would be huge misses for them though. A good opportunity!

Could be Ings and Cornet up front for them

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I don’t think Tella would have been tearing up the Premier League, but it’s hard to argue that he wouldn’t have helped with the continuity, understanding and spirit in the group. Whether or not those signed in his place go on to be better players time will tell, but as things stand he would walk in...

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I couldn't tell how close he was from the away end at the time but JBG really should have done better with his first half chance upon watching it back.

But as you say it was a decent performance overall

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I wonder if he would have been more effective in place of Amoudini? I still see him as a luxury

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On the plus side we actually looked more like a top flight team today. Sadly we failed to cut out the silly and costly mistakes Trafford 4 - Chris Pearce-esque. One for the future but needs benching for a while Vitinho 6 - decent performance. Far better than recent weeks. O’Shea 3 - criminal mistake...

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Puts things into perspective. All the best to him

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Arsenal 7 Burnley 0 Martinelli 4 mins

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Let's hope Sevilla kick them off the pitch tonight!

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Those looking for a pub crawl, I suggest getting the tube to Angel and you’ll have a 35 - 40 minute walk to the the Emirates. Lots of pubs on the way up. Probably about a 35 minute walk up to the ground but there are two quality pubs fairly close to Angel station that I'd recommend; the Island Quee...

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I’m not resigned to relegation, but accept it looks more likely than not. That said, if we can get a bit more luck with injuries to key players and still be in touch come January, who knows. It has been an incredibly chastening start to the season after the highs in the Championship but despite it ...

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Jellybean wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 04, 2023 7:02 pm
Would love to see his record against us as I'd be willing to bet he has 100% win rate, feel like he always beat dyches teams

Remember us being his Watford team 2-1 when Jackson was in charge but not many beyond that

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Burnley 0 Palace 4 Ayew 23

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With us three years, offered little in the first season and even less in the last. But the first half of that 2017/18 season he was fantastic. I recently watched the 3-2 win at Chelsea again and hadn't realised just how good he was that day. We were going superbly and then lost Robbie Brady in Dece...

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quoonbeatz wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:07 pm
Have a day off lads. Maybe leave the house or something.

Leaving their bedrooms would be a start

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In a season full of disappointments so far, he’s been the biggest one for me. From what he’s contributed so far, he shouldn’t be starting, but will probably have to do given our lack of options. Showed some nice technique with his goals against Forest (especially in the league) but apart from that ...

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I would keep faith with Kompany given what he delivered last season but we are certainly getting to the stage where you wouldn't be too shocked if you were to find out he'd been sacked

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Everton 4 Burnley 0 Beto 8

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With Tresor, there were constant rumours that he was unsure about moving to Burnley and even on deadline day when we signed him, at one point it looked as though he’d changed his mind again. From his lacklustre performances so far, I don’t think it’s a stretch to imagine his heart isn’t in this. Ca...

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Good that safe standing is going to happen soon

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Norman Jones was definitely a character. Not sure he was the nicest of human beings shall we say. I was at St Teds and playing for the first eleven in upper 6th form (so 17 or 18 year old). For some reason the headteacher (Gerry Martland) agreed we would play a team of adults who had formed a team ...

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Bournemouth 4 Burnley 1 Foster 63

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What it shows is just how good Cork and Westwood were for us as a two. Yes, we had ‘wingers’ that dropped inside to support, which eased their burden, but it was rare that they looked overrun as we have done this season. We have made a massive error or judgement by no adequately reinforcing our mid...

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I think you wrote that alarm bells were ringing after the Chelsea home defeat. Are the sirens going off after yesterday's performance? Very worrying.

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Did he play at all in any of our pre season friendlies? He's looked well off the pace so far

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123EasyasBFC wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:12 pm
Right now I would have to drop Amdouni to have 3 proper midfielders, no doubting Amdounis talent but it’s not working with him being the 3rd midfielder

Agree, looks a decent player but starting him feels like a luxury we can't afford given how porous we are at the moment

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Kept saying "this team" and reflecting back to the Championship. But this is a very different team to what was used in the Championship. Influential players ftom last season have either moved on or are on the periphery, replaced by a conglomerate of so called future talents, costing the club very m...

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Ptangyangkipperbang wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 21, 2023 8:01 pm
I agree but don't spoil the narrative

"Tella, Tella, Tella, Tella, Tella, Tella, Tella, come back to me..."

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Ptangyangkipperbang wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:28 pm
Joy Division
Morrissey
Lou Reed
Any more for all the miserabilist on here tonight?

Leonard Cohen has quite a lot of life affirming music. Sadly unlike Burnley this season

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Good job there are a few decent pubs near the Arsenal ground...could be a chastening day on the pitch

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Looking utterly doomed already. Grim

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Brentford 3 Burnley 0 Maupay 24

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Blondeclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 14, 2023 9:33 am
Mum used to walk all the way to Oddies on Colne Rd from near the hospital for our weekend treats.
Savouries
Pork patties
Fresh cream savoys, jam slices.
Progress fingers for my grandma.

What are progress fingers? Not heard of them before

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Just bought mine on general sale. Looks like they went on sale a bit earlier than advertised

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And his best man when he got married was Johnny Mathis. How bizarre. Just looked that up online and found this account in The Scotsman: "This perhaps surprising friendship is the happy consequence of a chance meeting at a golf club in Manchester in the early 1980s. They did not get off to the best ...

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 13, 2023 4:51 pm
I’m not sure we’ve taken this allocation before for a league game.

Thanks. I enjoy going to Arsenal in spite of our recent results there. At least there'll be no Sanchez this time

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Great thanks. From memory does anyone remember if tickets generally sell out before they go on general sale at Arsenal?

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I remember around the time of his death when he was being fondly remembered by most of the press listening to 5Live on the way to a Burnley game and Stuart Hall finished his match preview by speaking about the times he'd met him. Can't have been long until he was arrested

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Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 12, 2023 7:50 pm
How I wish his beautiful strike against the fiddlers had been the winner. A clean a hit as you’ll ever see.
Best wishes to him with his future.

An absolute belter

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Just noticed that Swansea have managed 4 wins on the bounce so maybe Duff will start to win over the fans

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Claretforever wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 10, 2023 9:39 pm
That doesn’t surprise me as flu/“Covid” is all over the place again this past few weeks in the normal population. I can see that being an issue for several of each club’s squads in the coming few weeks if it isn’t already.

Wonder if our squad was already impacted by this at the weekend?

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Generally speaking teams that concede goals so freely get relegated. Let's hope Kompany can stop the rot

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burnley007 wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 07, 2023 4:47 pm
Berge making a late run for worst player on the pitch.
Tough call, but I'm sticking with Tresor

What has Zaroury done to not even get a place on the bench?

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Horrible flashbacks again to all those away games under Coyle where we were turned over in the top flight.

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We always seem to struggle at home vs Chelsea

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Presuming that Zaroury and Massengo haven't made the bench today judging by the fact that their shirts were facing the other way around with their names visible

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Nonayforever wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:17 pm
Been told by someone at the club that it's Middle East money not American.
When questioned wouldn't commit further.
Don't know what to make out of that as it's " against the grain".

Elkashashy?!

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Burnley 0 Chelsea 4 Gallagher 15

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