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by Goddy
Wed Sep 01, 2021 10:06 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: RIP CUBANCLARET
Replies: 99
Views: 12594

Re: RIP CUBANCLARET

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
by Goddy
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...
by Goddy
Sat Aug 21, 2021 3:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Klopp post match interview
Replies: 100
Views: 10937

Re: Klopp post match interview

joey13 wrote:
Sat Aug 21, 2021 3:04 pm
Did he say that ?
Pretty much. Finished off by saying 'if people want to watch that they should go and watch wrestling'.

Idiot
by Goddy
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...
by Goddy
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.
by Goddy
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.
by Goddy
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.....

claretburns wrote:
Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:01 am
I may be corrected but were we one of the relegated sides on 11+ points from the 09/10 season with Coyle?
Just checked, claretburn, and yes, we had 12 points after 10 games that season in 11th place in the table. :(
by Goddy
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...
by Goddy
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 ...
by Goddy
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...
by Goddy
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
by Goddy
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 ...
by Goddy
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

Oshkoshclaret wrote:
Mon May 03, 2021 4:24 am
https://youtu.be/5hx4tK0ylLc
Ha ha. Excellent!
by Goddy
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...
by Goddy
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.....
by Goddy
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......
by Goddy
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...
by Goddy
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 ...
by Goddy
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 :)
by Goddy
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 ...
by Goddy
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...
by Goddy
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...
by Goddy
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
by Goddy
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

Selby Claret wrote:
Wed Feb 24, 2021 3:31 pm


These numbers are without contestation - I have spoken - this is the way :)
Amen to that
by Goddy
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...
by Goddy
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

SalisburyClaret wrote:
Tue Feb 23, 2021 10:11 am
We are probably 8 points from safety and there are 13 games left - relax!
This, precisely.

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.
by Goddy
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.
by Goddy
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...
by Goddy
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...
by Goddy
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 ...
by Goddy
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...
by Goddy
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 ...
by Goddy
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...
by Goddy
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 ...
by Goddy
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........
by Goddy
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...
by Goddy
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...
by Goddy
Thu Jan 28, 2021 11:34 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Magic Numbers 2020/2021
Replies: 93
Views: 10791

Re: Magic Numbers 2020/2021

aggi wrote:
Thu Jan 28, 2021 11:20 am
It updates automatically, I'm far too lazy to do it manually.
Excellent - thanks for that, aggi :D :D
by Goddy
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?
by Goddy
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 ...
by Goddy
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...
by Goddy
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...
by Goddy
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
by Goddy
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...
by Goddy
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?
by Goddy
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...
by Goddy
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...
by Goddy
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...
by Goddy
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...
by Goddy
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 ...