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The Captain

Post by Vegas Claret » Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:38 pm

got a good whack early doors, shrugged it off, organised everything, won every tackle plus won tackles he had no right to win

There is no coincidence in our up turn in form

You shall not pass
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Re: The Captain

Post by RMutt » Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:41 pm

Vegas Claret wrote:
Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:38 pm
got a good whack early doors, shrugged it off, organised everything, won every tackle plus won tackles he had no right to win

There is no coincidence in our up turn in form

You shall not pass
Yes. a whack that a sensible offside decision/rule would have prevented.
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Re: The Captain

Post by onewillieirvine » Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:43 pm

The best central defender I've seen for us in nearly sixty years. Tarks is a very close second. Fabulous player(s)

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Re: The Captain

Post by cricketfieldclarets » Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:43 pm

Absolutely. Since he came back in we have been a different team.

He epitomises what a captain should be.
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Re: The Captain

Post by ElectroClaret » Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:44 pm

And got tw@tted in the mush... :P

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Re: The Captain

Post by Steve1956 » Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:47 pm

Collosus.....deserves an England call up

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Re: The Captain

Post by Burnley1989 » Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:53 pm

Steve1956 wrote:
Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:47 pm
Collosus.....deserves an England call up
I’d love him to get at least one cap, more than anyone

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Re: The Captain

Post by Steve1956 » Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:55 pm

Burnley1989 wrote:
Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:53 pm
I’d love him to get at least one cap, more than anyone
His performances certainly justify a call up.

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Re: The Captain

Post by NewClaret » Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:56 pm

Warrior. He and Tarks complete legends.

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Re: The Captain

Post by bfcjg » Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:58 pm

I just think he epitomises what we are all about. Managerial material when he hangs up his boots.
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Re: The Captain

Post by CleggHall » Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:19 pm

Header setting up the 2nd goal was stupendous, what a leap?!

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Re: The Captain

Post by ElectroClaret » Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:26 pm

And for a few minutes I looked like he was going to have to go off after that challenge.
Just ran it off. :D
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Re: The Captain

Post by Steve1956 » Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:38 pm

ElectroClaret wrote:
Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:26 pm
And for a few minutes I looked like he was going to have to go off after that challenge.
Just ran it off. :D
Funny thing is Ben dosent look Hard does he....but he is one of those guys a bully would pick on because he looked soft....and end up get flattened
😂

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Re: The Captain

Post by claretandy » Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:39 pm

A leader of men, as simple as that.

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Re: The Captain

Post by JohnMac » Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:50 pm

He was excellent again tonight and with his mate inside him we are much steadier.

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Re: The Captain

Post by Silkyskills1 » Mon Dec 21, 2020 9:49 pm

I've seen plenty of posts over the years about footballers regarded as 'hard men' and the usual suspects invariably appear. Like a lot of the older posters on here I've probably seen them at some time but Ben Mee falls into a category of his own. An unnecessary leg injury in the first half and a bloody nose in the second half but our skipper just gets on with it, wearing down the opposition and setting up what turned out to be the winning goal. As alluded to earlier he doesn't necessarily give off the tough guy image but nobody should be fooled by that. A giant of a man and leader.
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Re: The Captain

Post by mybloodisclaret » Mon Dec 21, 2020 10:14 pm

He is just awesome. Such a fantastic player, is a great servant to our club. Love him.

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Re: The Captain

Post by Spike » Mon Dec 21, 2020 10:17 pm

Absolute warrior and Gentleman .

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Re: The Captain

Post by BurnleyFC » Mon Dec 21, 2020 10:26 pm

He’s just absolutely ******* immense.

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Re: The Captain

Post by Red Fox Rocks Socks » Tue Dec 22, 2020 11:46 am

JohnMac wrote:
Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:50 pm
He was excellent again tonight and with his mate inside him we are much steadier.
They must be in control if they’ve even got time for that 😳
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Re: The Captain

Post by dsr » Tue Dec 22, 2020 12:03 pm

And in spite of what opponents seem to believe, he isn't particularly big. 5 foot 11 inches according to most websites, the PL official one included. That's small for a centre half nowadays.

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Re: The Captain

Post by Bosscat » Tue Dec 22, 2020 12:18 pm

dsr wrote:
Tue Dec 22, 2020 12:03 pm
And in spite of what opponents seem to believe, he isn't particularly big. 5 foot 11 inches according to most websites, the PL official one included. That's small for a centre half nowadays.
Size doesn't matter... 😉

Ben is a giant for us 😁

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