Kevin McDonald.

Claretincraven · Post by **Claretincraven** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:03 pm

Scored a goal off his backside this evening for Fulham. Mind you it was against Dirty Leeds!

piston broke · Post by **piston broke** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:05 pm

Crack shot Kevin

Bordeauxclaret · Post by **Bordeauxclaret** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:17 pm

8 years to the day since his mid match trip to the pub.

k90bfc · Post by **k90bfc** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:24 pm

I give Kev,110 out of 110!

claptrappers_union · Post by **claptrappers_union** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:24 pm

The only Burnley player to hit the bar at half time.

joey13 · Post by **joey13** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:32 pm

I try to forget that horrible day

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:34 pm

I still remember some bozos on Clarets Mad going on about how he should be in the side just because he scored against a third string Arsenal side.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:38 pm

Bordeauxclaret wrote:8 years to the day since his mid match trip to the pub.

Ha, a certain Jack Cork replaced him at half time.

Claretincraven · Post by **Claretincraven** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:56 pm

Leeds got beat two nowt. Yet another season fading away to nothing.

D8BFC · Post by **D8BFC** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 10:00 pm

Claretincraven wrote:Leeds got beat two nowt. Yet another season fading away to nothing.

But i thought they were celebrating promotion after they beat us in the league cup??

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 10:26 pm

Bin Ont Turf wrote:I still remember some bozos on Clarets Mad going on about how he should be in the side just because he scored against a third string Arsenal side.

I see a theme here.

Similar comments after Ulvestad played against Arsenal in the cup

TVC15 · Post by **TVC15** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 10:32 pm

Teams that night

Burnley: Jensen, Duff, Carlisle, Caldwell, Jordan, Alexander, Blake (Elliott 77), McDonald (Gudjonsson 61), McCann, Eagles, Paterson (Akinbiyi 74).
Subs Not Used: Penny, Mahon, Rodriguez, MacDonald.
Goals: McDonald 6, 57.
Arsenal: Fabianski, Hoyte, Silvestre, Ramsey, Gibbs, Rodgers (Lansbury 46), Randall (Bischoff 72), Merida, Wilshere (Simpson 63), Bendtner, Vela.
Subs Not Used: Mannone, Coquelin, Steer, Frimpong.

warksclaret · Post by **warksclaret** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 10:33 pm

When this guy left us he was almost out of work, going on trial at several clubs

Give him his due he has had great spells at Sheff U, Wolves and Fulham. Be good to see him in the PL as I feel Fulham could win the play-offs

mdd2 · Post by **mdd2** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 10:44 pm

Maybe he would still be with us if SD had been his manager.

AndrewJB · Post by **AndrewJB** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:36 pm

That game against Arsenal was good. I watched it in the Earl of Essex Pub with my friend Dave, who as a Chelsea fan had been in the opposite end during the earlier round. Fun times!

strayclaret · Post by **strayclaret** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:43 pm

Who put the ball in the weeds net?
Who put the ball in the weeds net?
Who put the ball in the weeds net?
Super Kev McDonald

Pstotto · Post by **Pstotto** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:44 pm

Who put the ball in the Arsenal net? Super Kev Macdonald (that Arsenal club shop video was awesome !

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IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 2:30 am

I think he is a super talent who could have been one of the very best.

fidelcastro · Post by **fidelcastro** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 6:51 am

IanMcL wrote:I think he is a super talent who could have been one of the very best.

I don't.

claretsintown · Post by **claretsintown** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 7:56 am

Who put the ball in the arabs net
now the celebration at city when that went in was something else

Indecisive · Post by **Indecisive** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 8:07 am

I think he looks a good player at championship level. By the looks of things he's matured and managed to perform consistently. Will be interesting to see if he can make the step up to the Prem, although I think the fitness demands at the top level may stretch him.

Caernarfon_Claret · Post by **Caernarfon_Claret** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 8:45 am

k90bfc wrote:I give Kev,110 out of 110!

Arsetistic merit?

fatboy47 · Post by **fatboy47** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 9:01 am

Indecisive wrote:I think he looks a good player at championship level. By the looks of things he's matured and managed to perform consistently. Will be interesting to see if he can make the step up to the Prem, although I think the fitness demands at the top level may stretch him.

Well if he does make the step up to the Prem, maybe he'll be in a position to pay back the wages he stole from BFC for 2 seasons.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 9:05 am

fidelcastro wrote:I don't.

All entitled to an opinion, so both thoughts valid.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 9:41 am

Bin Ont Turf wrote:Ha, a certain Jack Cork replaced him at half time.

And who replaced the other player who cleared off at half time?

Ashingtonclaret46 · Post by **Ashingtonclaret46** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 9:52 am

ClaretTony wrote:And who replaced the other player who cleared off at half time?

Wade Elliott came on for Robbie Blake but I didn't know that Blake also cleared off ---although, from memory, quite a number of 'fans' also cleared off!

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 9:55 am

Ashingtonclaret46 wrote:Wade Elliott came on for Robbie Blake but I didn't know that Blake also cleared off ---although, from memory, quite a number of 'fans' also cleared off!

Both Blake & McDonald cleared off - McDonald came back before the end of the game but Blake didn't. I'm told that it was Blake who encouraged him to walk out but Blake went home, not daft enough to go in the Subway on Eastern Avenue and then call in the 110 Club where he was seen.

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 9:56 am

The way McDonald was singled out and hung out to dry by a weak and pathetic manager was disgraceful.

Laws should have walked after that debacle, not McDonald.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 10:05 am

UpTheBeehole wrote:The way McDonald was singled out and hung out to dry by a weak and pathetic manager was disgraceful.

Laws should have walked after that debacle, not McDonald.

Wasn't aware that he'd been hung out to dry to be honest. Both players were fined I believe.

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 10:11 am

McDonald was far from the worst player on that pitch in that first half, and Laws singled him out by taking him off in the first place.

From what we've heard since, Laws was a disgrace in the dressing room at half time, and I'm surprised more players didn't leave immediately.

This is an incident which saw Blake and McDonald leave the ground and be fined, Gudjonsson fined for speaking about how bad Laws' behaviour was, and numerous other senior players speak in public about it.

Laws should have been sacked on the spot.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 10:26 am

UpTheBeehole wrote:McDonald was far from the worst player on that pitch in that first half, and Laws singled him out by taking him off in the first place.

From what we've heard since, Laws was a disgrace in the dressing room at half time, and I'm surprised more players didn't leave immediately.

This is an incident which saw Blake and McDonald leave the ground and be fined, Gudjonsson fined for speaking about how bad Laws' behaviour was, and numerous other senior players speak in public about it.

Laws should have been sacked on the spot.

Laws was without doubt the wrong appointment, undoubtedly, but some of our players were absolutely appalling in the way they treated him. They'd been given a free run of the place with Coyle and suddenly a manager came in to try and get things organised with some discipline. Some of those players then tried it on with Howe but he had more sense than Laws, whereas Laws tried to get some of them on side with new contracts, Howe just got rid of them.

For what it's worth, that day against City was embarrassing. I remain convinced our players threw that game to try and undermine the manager. To be fair, McDonald had a nightmare in the first half. Interestingly, when Howe did the Clarets Mad event he was asked about loans and he said a player would be going out the following day but he was going to a club that the player thought was beneath him. That was McDonald, he went to Notts County. All credit to him, he was sent back twice from loans and looked to be heading nowhere when we released him, but he's done well in recent years at Wolves & Fulham and won his first Scotland cap last month.

BurningBeard · Post by **BurningBeard** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 10:34 am

Injured between the ears for a long while, but on the road to recovery maybe.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 11:08 am

That game against City should've been called off, that rain was torrential and at one point the ball couldn't even bounce it was that wet.

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 11:12 am

Sidney1st wrote:That game against City should've been called off, that rain was torrential and at one point the ball couldn't even bounce it was that wet.

And thank goodness for that because it stopped a few more going in.

NottsClaret · Post by **NottsClaret** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 11:17 am

Funny how we had him down as either the second coming or a lazy disgrace, fit only for Scottish leagues. Turns out he's another decent Championship player, which isn't quite so dramatic. All water under the bridge now, but fair do's to him for knuckling down and getting a good career for himself.

Pstotto · Post by **Pstotto** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 2:41 pm

Claretintown, WTF are Arabs doing meddling in English football anyway? Ass Emirates? Why spend on an English club? Why not spend on an Arab club? The Emirates Stadium, an insult to the gunners, especially now Highbury has been reduced to an allotment is a national disgrace. Around the stadium they have pictures of the likes of Radford and Graham all facing inwards with their asses out to the fans. It's wierd. That club has been effed upp its own arse backwards in the name of funding.

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 2:43 pm

You do like talking about bottoms don't you

Peebs89 · Post by **Peebs89** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 2:50 pm

ClaretTony wrote: For what it's worth, that day against City was embarrassing. I remain convinced our players threw that game to try and undermine the manager.

We had a team punching well above its weight in the Premier League against a top quality side – the result needn’t have been a surprise that day. It looked to me that we were simply swept aside by a far superior team. It happens.

Most of us have seen some very poor Burnley performances, but to publicly suggest our lads threw a game without strong evidence to back it up leaves a pretty sour taste.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 2:53 pm

Peebs89 wrote:We had a team punching well above its weight in the Premier League against a top quality side – the result needn’t have been a surprise that day. It looked to me that we were simply swept aside by a far superior team. It happens.

Most of us have seen some very poor Burnley performances, but to publicly suggest our lads threw a game without strong evidence to back it up leaves a pretty sour taste.

I watched it - three goals, another disallowed and hitting the woodwork all in the first seven minutes. They were better than us, but no way should that have happened. What left a sour taste was that performance, or lack of it.

Dy1geo · Post by **Dy1geo** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 3:00 pm

CT suspected players chucked that performance in to undermine the manager, I still suspect the Leicester players did the same to Ranieri when we beat them last year.
As for McDonald “Scottish Gerrard” I heard him being described when here is one of the few players to progress after leaving us.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 3:01 pm

Dy1geo wrote:CT suspected players chucked that performance in to undermine the manager, I still suspect the Leicester players did the same to Ranieri when we beat them last year.
As for McDonald “Scottish Gerrard” I heard him being described when here is one of the few players to progress after leaving us.

I think the Leicester players have played a major part in getting rid of both of their last two managers and West Brom players have hardly been helpful towards Pardew have they?

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 3:44 pm

UpTheBeehole wrote:McDonald was far from the worst player on that pitch in that first half, and Laws singled him out by taking him off in the first place.

From what we've heard since, Laws was a disgrace in the dressing room at half time, and I'm surprised more players didn't leave immediately.

This is an incident which saw Blake and McDonald leave the ground and be fined, Gudjonsson fined for speaking about how bad Laws' behaviour was, and numerous other senior players speak in public about it.

Laws should have been sacked on the spot.

Did he chuck a pizza at anyone?

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 3:48 pm

Steve1956 wrote:Did he chuck a pizza at anyone?

Or was it chicken wings Laws fought with?

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 3:53 pm

Dy1geo wrote:CT suspected players chucked that performance in to undermine the manager, I still suspect the Leicester players did the same to Ranieri when we beat them last year.
As for McDonald “Scottish Gerrard” I heard him being described when here is one of the few players to progress after leaving us.

Some folk on here don't believe players down tools, bizarrely when it's clear as day something is up.

Has McDonald progressed?
Or has he just matured into a decent championship player?

Silkyskills1 · Post by **Silkyskills1** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 5:08 pm

A Sheff Utd. mate of mine speaks very highly of him after his time with them.
As for that game v. Man City it is the opening few minutes that I can recall with any confidence. Each time they came forward looked like it would end with a goal with Bellamy,especially causing all sorts of problems with his pace. I genuinely felt we might be on the end of double figures the way it was going but thankfully their generosity and a heavy pitch slowed everything down. Cracking goal from Fletcher though.

Woodleyclaret · Post by **Woodleyclaret** » Sat Apr 21, 2018 9:32 am

Always had potential with his touch and powerful shot but seemed disinterested at times.His going off to the pub when subbed v City was an poor end to his Burnley time.Maybe he could be a potential target with Seans talent for imroving players

jdrobbo · Post by **jdrobbo** » Sat Apr 21, 2018 9:42 am

He had great talent and he has improved greatly, particularly where attitude is concerned. However, I don’t think his work rate is remotely close enough to Dyche’s requirement.

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Sat Apr 21, 2018 10:42 am

Cracker against Lions last night. Yes, much improved.

However, Champ player at best.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Sat Apr 21, 2018 10:45 am

Playing for a good attack based manager, Why would he want to play for a defensive hard work type manager?

fidelcastro · Post by **fidelcastro** » Sat Apr 21, 2018 10:55 am

IanMcL wrote:All entitled to an opinion, so both thoughts valid.

One of the very best though?

Are you basing this on a performance against the Arsenal youth team?