Didn't know Matt but from all the comments on here it makes me wish I did!
So sorry for your loss, Cubanforever.
RIP CC
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- Wed Sep 01, 2021 10:06 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: RIP CUBANCLARET
- Replies: 99
- Views: 12594
- Sat Aug 21, 2021 3:10 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Klopp post match interview
- Replies: 100
- Views: 10937
Re: Klopp post match interview
Didnt hear it but can imagine he's not happy with some of the challenges from our players and to be fair you cant really blame him. If a lower team like Lincoln was roughing us up I reckon people on here would be still going on about it years later. Kloppologisr. Sometimes I despair DA with your po...
- Sat Aug 21, 2021 3:07 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Klopp post match interview
- Replies: 100
- Views: 10937
- Sat Aug 21, 2021 2:58 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Klopp post match interview
- Replies: 100
- Views: 10937
Re: Klopp post match interview
Utter pillock. As the pundits said, we don't want to go back to last season where you brush past someone and the ref gives a free kick. Thought the match was played in good spirit and we did what we had to do ie not roll over and play dead. Mr Klopp extremely disrespectful and clearly watching a dif...
- Sat Aug 21, 2021 2:31 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: James Tarkowski
- Replies: 39
- Views: 7885
Re: James Tarkowski
Yep - any thoughts that he isn't giving everything surely dispelled by that. Thing his frustration aimed at Lowton who just let the Liverpool lad cross, with no effort to close down.
- Sat Aug 21, 2021 2:26 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Seen enough!
- Replies: 70
- Views: 8087
Re: Seen enough!
Totally agree.....never completely out of it and could easily have pulled a goal back, late on.
Playing like that (in general) we'll be ok.
Playing like that (in general) we'll be ok.
- Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:09 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The value of a decent start to the season.....
- Replies: 4
- Views: 802
Re: The value of a decent start to the season.....
Just checked, claretburn, and yes, we had 12 points after 10 games that season in 11th place in the table.claretburns wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:01 amI may be corrected but were we one of the relegated sides on 11+ points from the 09/10 season with Coyle?
- Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:59 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The value of a decent start to the season.....
- Replies: 4
- Views: 802
The value of a decent start to the season.....
Interesting piece on the BBC Sport website about the value of a good start to the season (at both the top and bottom of the table) with an analysis of the last 20 seasons and, for the teams at the bottom, specifically looking at how the promoted teams have done. Apparently only 2 promoted sides have...
- Sun Aug 08, 2021 9:20 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Thanks for your patience
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5209
Re: Thanks for your patience
Tony, you don't need to apologise. I truly hope things are improving for you. Like you (and Cobble, it seems) our family has had a truly awful time of it in the last few months. Quite frankly, I take my hat off to you if you've been having a difficult time and still keep this board going in the way ...
- Sun Aug 08, 2021 9:12 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The Ricoh Arena
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4087
Re: The Ricoh Arena
That bloody day at Hartlepool in 1985/86. It was horrendous. We were under cover and drenched with the rain coming in from the sea almost horizontally. As for the Ricoh, the cold one there was our first visit in 2005/06. 9th March 1993 at Hartlepool has to be one of the coldest and most miserable n...
- Fri Jul 16, 2021 9:31 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: England v Pakistan 1st T20
- Replies: 13
- Views: 936
Re: England v Pakistan 1st T20
I've had to throw a couple back from our back garden.
Some mad/wonderful hitting
Some mad/wonderful hitting
- Mon Jun 14, 2021 12:31 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Knives
- Replies: 49
- Views: 4067
Re: Knives
Another fan of Global knives here. i don't mean to sound patronising but whichever set you buy, be careful. A good set of knives are so super-sharp that you'll be nicking yourself and will feel nowt (until it's too late). At least that's my experience and that of my son (after I bought him a set of ...
- Mon May 03, 2021 11:57 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The Len Ganley Stance
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2325
Re: The Len Ganley Stance
Ha ha. Excellent!
- Mon May 03, 2021 9:56 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The Len Ganley Stance
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2325
Re: The Len Ganley Stance
Wonder what happened to Half Man Half Biscuut.? Not sure but back in the day, I knew them well enough to have a chat e.g. at rehearsal rooms in a dockside warehouse in Vulcan Street, Liverpool and/or at half time watching the Clarets playing at Tranmere and passing them as we went through the almos...
- Sun May 02, 2021 8:27 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The Len Ganley Stance
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2325
The Len Ganley Stance
Just watching the snooker and reminded me of the great (snooker) referee, Len Ganley, as well as the Half Man Half Biscuit classic song. Them were the days.....
- Tue Apr 13, 2021 11:11 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Trying to contact Andrew Haworth
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3488
Re: Trying to contact Andrew Haworth
Without giving too much away, is he in the Northants area?
If so, I can get a message to him......
If so, I can get a message to him......
- Tue Apr 13, 2021 9:30 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The Run In
- Replies: 125
- Views: 15456
Re: The Run In
Even being generous to WBA, I can't see them getting more than 35 points. Their remaining games are; Leicester (A) - maybe 1 point Villa (A) - 1 point Wolves (H) - 3 points Arsenal (A) - 0 points Liverpool (H) - 0 points WHU (H) - 3 points Leeds (A) - 3 points As for Fulham, as long as we don't lose...
- Fri Mar 19, 2021 4:11 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Working from home
- Replies: 72
- Views: 5769
Re: Working from home
I'm much more productive at home than when I was going into the office. Spent too much time wandering round the office, chatting to people, skiving and hoovering up biscuits and cake which might be within range. Have lost half a stone, too, since working from home....Mrs Goddy in control of biscuit ...
- Fri Mar 19, 2021 2:18 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Fulham v Leeds tonight
- Replies: 154
- Views: 10211
Re: Fulham v Leeds tonight
I'd like Fulham to be winning 2-0 with 5 mins to go then Leeds manage to steal a draw.
Wouldn't help Leeds much and would trash Fulham's confidence.
Win-win even though a draw
Wouldn't help Leeds much and would trash Fulham's confidence.
Win-win even though a draw
- Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:17 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Home wins v Away wins
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2181
Re: Home wins v Away wins
Sorry to come across as such a stuffy academic type (honestly, I'm not that much of a pompous @rse) but all the issues everyone is raising is precisely the point. What seems to be shown is that there is a clear positive effect of having fans at the game for home teams. The next issue is to work out ...
- Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:21 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Home wins v Away wins
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2181
Re: Home wins v Away wins
An academic chum of mine wrote a paper (slightly in jest but still a decent piece of research) essentially on 'why England would always be underdogs in a penalty shoot-out' (roughly). Check it out....its by Jon Billsberry. I said to him a few years back, 'I've often wondered about the effect of home...
- Mon Mar 08, 2021 10:03 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Will 35 points be enough?
- Replies: 130
- Views: 13330
Re: Will 35 points be enough?
I looked at Burnley, BHA, Newcastle, Fulham and Palace's fixtures a couple of weeks ago (before our Spurs game) and had a go at predicting the outcomes to the end of the season.....dangerous, I know!!! My guess back then was that Fulham and Newcastle would both finish on 35 points with Fulham relega...
- Wed Mar 03, 2021 2:55 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Clarets Fan Survey
- Replies: 235
- Views: 15578
Re: Clarets Fan Survey
Are they taking tea/coffee away from the food/bev kiosks. Not on the list of options in the survey . The only thing I ever buy when I'm at the ground but maybe no more - ha ha
- Wed Feb 24, 2021 3:54 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: So will we stay up or not
- Replies: 231
- Views: 14336
Re: So will we stay up or not
Amen to thatSelby Claret wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 3:31 pm
These numbers are without contestation - I have spoken - this is the way
- Tue Feb 23, 2021 11:54 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Magic Numbers 2020/2021
- Replies: 93
- Views: 10791
Re: Magic Numbers 2020/2021
Everyone worries about Fulham catching us and sending us down. Well, Fulham's magic number has been dropping at an average of 3.2 points per game. It only needs to drop by 2.6 points per game for the remainder of the season and we'll be OK. That's more than half a point per game. It would take, pret...
- Tue Feb 23, 2021 10:26 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: So will we stay up or not
- Replies: 231
- Views: 14336
Re: So will we stay up or not
This, precisely.SalisburyClaret wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 10:11 amWe are probably 8 points from safety and there are 13 games left - relax!
36 points will be enough. 2 wins and 2 draws or one win and five draws....completely do-able with Fulham, Newcastle and Sheff U still to play.
- Mon Feb 22, 2021 11:16 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The Revenant
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2935
Re: The Revenant
Thought it was overrated myself at the time - sorry, houseboy et al. Dragged on forever. (That's all very Devils Advocate of me - ha ha)
Agree, though that the special effects and the bear shenanigans were fantastic.
Agree, though that the special effects and the bear shenanigans were fantastic.
- Mon Feb 22, 2021 10:56 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Newcastle In Real Trouble?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 9140
Re: Newcastle In Real Trouble?
36 will be enough to stay up this season. If we can't get 8 more points from the remaining games we have (one win and 4 draws?) then as others have said, we'll deserve to go down. As for Newcastle, from what I saw, they played well, yesterday. Trouble is you can play well and get nowt (albeit agains...
- Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:25 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: MIGHTY CLARETS versus wba
- Replies: 915
- Views: 40770
Re: MIGHTY CLARETS versus wba
Sometimes, when you try too hard it goes even worse. However frustrating that performance might have been - and there was lots of swearing at the TV in our house at the level of incompetence on show - I don't for a minute think the players weren't trying and giving 100%. I suspect they were more fru...
- Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:06 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Newcastle In Real Trouble?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 9140
Re: Newcastle In Real Trouble?
Newcastle have a tough set of fixtures. Their 'easy' games are almost all away - and I know there's more away wins this season, but still - and their last two are against Sheff U and Fulham (and, by then, they could be desperately needing points and playing under massive pressure. I'm really hoping ...
- Sun Feb 21, 2021 2:13 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Newcastle In Real Trouble?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 9140
Re: Newcastle In Real Trouble?
Just had a look at the fixtures for Palace down (apart from Sheff U and WBA who, quite frankly, probably need at least 1.5. points per game from here on in to have a chance of survival.......very unlikely to do that). I reckon it could come down to the final game Fulham v Newcastle with Fulham needi...
- Mon Feb 15, 2021 1:57 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: VAR finally getting it right?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 3331
Re: VAR finally getting it right?
VAR was introduced to do away with the controversy surrounding what were deemed to be incorrect decisions. ...and it's the limited nature of this, too, which does my head in. For example, in the Everton/Fulham game, one of the Fulham players clearly dived which the commentators (Steve McManaman in ...
- Thu Feb 04, 2021 9:44 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 8 point gap
- Replies: 62
- Views: 4836
Re: 8 point gap
Exactly as cfc says. After this round of matches, despite our defeat, things have actually improved for us in terms of avoiding relegation. None of the bottom 3 have reduced that 8 point gap i.e. and I know Sheff U won, before the pedants pitch in but they're still miles behind, and we've had anothe...
- Wed Feb 03, 2021 3:30 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Positives from tonight....
- Replies: 71
- Views: 5942
Re: Positives from tonight....
Will only have Spurs (erratic), Arsenal (erratic), Man U (erratic) and Liverpool (erratic) left to play of the so-called Big 6.....and we could take points off any of them potentially. That means, after tonight I expect us to be competitive in EVERY game till the end of the season (and if City have ...
- Wed Feb 03, 2021 3:18 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
- Replies: 12654
- Views: 1225085
Re: FAO chester perry, Paul Waine etc
PS thanks for your replies C&J and chester.
Mods please merge threads, if you don't mind........
Mods please merge threads, if you don't mind........
- Wed Feb 03, 2021 3:17 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
- Replies: 12654
- Views: 1225085
Re: FAO chester perry, Paul Waine etc
I answered this on the takeover thread last night you have to remember that ALK now control 84% of shares, they have the power to do anything at the club within the bounds of law Thanks for coming back to me on this, chester. Sorry, I obviously didn't quite follow your reply on the other thread and...
- Wed Feb 03, 2021 2:44 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
- Replies: 12654
- Views: 1225085
FAO chester perry, Paul Waine etc
To the clever accountant-types, like Paul Waine, chester perry and a few others, I have a question regarding the ALK takeover. My understanding is that assets in a business belong to ALL the shareholders (proportionate to their shareholding, of course). If this is the case, and the chat about ALK us...
- Thu Jan 28, 2021 11:34 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Magic Numbers 2020/2021
- Replies: 93
- Views: 10791
- Thu Jan 28, 2021 11:03 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Magic Numbers 2020/2021
- Replies: 93
- Views: 10791
Re: Magic Numbers 2020/2021
Bump - have the clever chaps who do all this, updated the spreadsheet?
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 3:26 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The Investigation BBC2
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2827
Re: The Investigation BBC2
Generally I'm fed up with the Scandinavian crime series as they are continuously dark with no relief whatsoever. I did see the first episode of The Bridge though - the discovery of the torso on the bridge, or rather the fact that it had been cut it in half, was a 'Jaws' moment. I know where you're ...
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 2:27 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The Investigation BBC2
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2827
Re: The Investigation BBC2
There's some cracking Scandi-Drama's on BBC2, BBC4 and Channel 4. Not watched it yet but 'All the Sins' on Channel 4 looks good from previews. It's a Finnish crime drama currently on. ...and another outstanding Scandi-noir is The Bridge. 4 series and disturbingly gripping. You soon get over the sub...
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:59 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 12 years ago
- Replies: 55
- Views: 4338
Re: 12 years ago
2 stand-out memories of that night for me; 1. When ET started, everyone in the James Hargreaves was stood up to watch apart from Mrs G. I said, 'what are you doing - they've kicked off' to which she replied 'I can't watch any more'. Ha ha - just too much for her. 2. When Spurs scored there was almos...
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 3:35 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Magic Numbers 2020/2021
- Replies: 93
- Views: 10791
Re: Magic Numbers 2020/2021
….and 35 points was enough to stay up last season.
I reckon upturn in performance is that teams in mid-table mediocrity simply drop their performance levels (to coin a Dyche-ism) by a touch which is enough to help those at the bottom fighting for their lives pick up a few extra points
I reckon upturn in performance is that teams in mid-table mediocrity simply drop their performance levels (to coin a Dyche-ism) by a touch which is enough to help those at the bottom fighting for their lives pick up a few extra points
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 3:16 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Magic Numbers 2020/2021
- Replies: 93
- Views: 10791
Re: Magic Numbers 2020/2021
Thanks again for doing this aggi, huw and Vince. The striking thing for me is that on the extrapolated points total whichever way you look at it, in theory as few as 30 points might be needed to stay up. Now, I totally understand that these extrapolations are just that i.e. theoretical based on prev...
- Tue Jan 05, 2021 11:46 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: What about the smaller shareholders?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 6778
Re: What about the smaller shareholders?
Seems to have been people getting in touch with Alan Pace already. Just wondering if anyone has asked him about what ALK's intentions might be - if any - regarding small shareholders?
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 1:48 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Team vs Fulham
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2876
Re: Team vs Fulham
Personally, I'd rather play the game. OK we'd be without Charlie Taylor and possibly JayRod and DMc but, assuming Fulham are missing quite a few too, and the form we're in, I'd rather get it played and hopefully we'll stuff 'em and put a fair few points between us and the bottom 3 (to heap more pres...
- Thu Dec 31, 2020 6:53 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The wait is over - ALK Capital buy Burnley FC
- Replies: 219
- Views: 26880
Re: Selling our soul
Nail on the head! Most football fans (on this board too) do not grasp this. No need to patronise me, thanks. I actually agree to a large extent with dandeclaret's post, not least the 'standing still for the last 10 months'. I'm not trying to take that out of context with the rest of his post but if...
- Thu Dec 31, 2020 1:18 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The wait is over - ALK Capital buy Burnley FC
- Replies: 219
- Views: 26880
Re: Selling our soul
The risks are fairly significant. Expansion and achievement is brilliant, expansion and failure can be terminal. "Bebop was about change, about evolution. It wasn’t about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change" (Miles Davis). Same could be s...
- Thu Dec 31, 2020 12:44 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The wait is over - ALK Capital buy Burnley FC
- Replies: 219
- Views: 26880
Re: Selling our soul
No one can convince me that starting with what appears to be double digit interest loans likely to be secured against the club is a positive story for our club - even if it is only for a few weeks/months - it goes against everything we have become and what made us so attractive for takeover. Is thi...
- Thu Dec 31, 2020 12:26 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: What about the smaller shareholders?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 6778
Re: What about the smaller shareholders?
I get your points (blake's and aggi) - I was merely trying to say there's a reason as to why small shareholders are less likely to be made an offer. I appreciate there are also benefits, if you're ALK, in buying more shares (if you have the cash readily available) but there's no obligation to do so ...