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- Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:44 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Assignon, Esteve and Fofana
- Replies: 98
- Views: 7122
Re: Assignon, Esteve and Fofana
In Esteve and Assignon we've signed two new defenders who have now started 5 games together in which we've conceded 15 goals. I wouldn't say I've warmed to either of them that much yet.
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 9:47 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Spurs v Burnley match thread
- Replies: 841
- Views: 64429
Re: Spurs v Burnley match thread
absolutely, why sit there waiting for the opposition to come take the ball off us when we could just give it straight to themCoolClaret wrote: ↑Fri Jan 05, 2024 9:44 pmBetter than dawdling at the back, go nowhere and lose anyway isn’t it?
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 10:42 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Mortgages
- Replies: 345
- Views: 14600
Re: Mortgages
But not interest rates.... House prices are largely a consequence of those rates. The flat I bought in 1990 (at 14.5%) was £64k. Previously £100k. If you disregard Interest Rates then 1990 was a period when property was very affordable, but that isn't half the story. 1988 no so much, but rates were...
- Mon Jun 19, 2023 10:05 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Mortgages
- Replies: 345
- Views: 14600
Re: Mortgages
https://preview.redd.it/7t146welfv041.png?auto=webp&s=8d3dbb161bf73d5f48b91fd063d8aebe6e785460 A Netflix subscription is about £130 a year for comparison. I suspect things like average childcare costs of £12,000 a year, average rents at record highs despite over a decade of stagnant salaries or the...
- Sat Apr 29, 2023 3:46 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Bristol City v Clarets match thread
- Replies: 151
- Views: 9637
Re: Bristol City v Clarets match thread
I've gone through all Bensons goals this season I reckon he's scored that goal against
Bristol City
Blackburn
QPR
Rotherham (A)
Middleborough (X2 but one was near post)
Rotherham (H)
Sunderland
Ridiculous
Bristol City
Blackburn
QPR
Rotherham (A)
Middleborough (X2 but one was near post)
Rotherham (H)
Sunderland
Ridiculous
- Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:58 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Everybodys striking for a fair wage!
- Replies: 95
- Views: 3359
Re: Everybodys striking for a fair wage!
https://www.nationaldebtclock.co.uk/ As a nation we see technically skint, we can't just keep borrowing and kicking the can down the road ,what do we do when the lenders stop, print cash and get 20-30 % inflation and the situation gets worse. In order to fund decent public services we have to pay m...
- Fri Apr 28, 2023 6:53 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Everybodys striking for a fair wage!
- Replies: 95
- Views: 3359
- Wed Mar 15, 2023 9:26 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Hull v Burnley match thread
- Replies: 362
- Views: 12056
Re: Hull v Burnley match thread
I really enjoyed seeing Benson's realisation that Tella had absolutely no intention of passing as he burst into the box.
- Tue Dec 20, 2022 10:15 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Vydra finds new club
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3864
Re: Vydra finds new club
And that’s kinda my point - you can make stats look the way you want I’m not saying he would have been the saviour but getting a sporadic 10 mins here and there, we didn’t really see the best of him But he objectively didn't score "2 goals in 5 starts" if in those 5 games he only score once did he?...
- Tue Dec 20, 2022 9:07 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Vydra finds new club
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3864
- Fri Dec 16, 2022 4:08 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Flight tracking of our new striker not allowed anymore?
- Replies: 355
- Views: 11106
Re: Flight tracking of our new striker not allowed anymore?
If we didn't have the capacity to perform surgery on people with confirmed cancer where is the capacity going to come from to run screening on many many people who overwhelmingly don't have cancer. The lockdowns EVEN AT THE TIME were suggested as a measure to get short term control of the situation ...
- Fri Dec 16, 2022 2:05 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Flight tracking of our new striker not allowed anymore?
- Replies: 355
- Views: 11106
Re: Flight tracking of our new striker not allowed anymore?
You keep mentioning cancer patients. I was a hospital doctor in early 2020 (now working in oncology). The idea we could have continued offering a cancer service as normal through the early days of the pandemic is a fantasy. We had hospitals filled with ventilated patients with a highly contagious di...
- Fri Dec 16, 2022 1:31 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Flight tracking of our new striker not allowed anymore?
- Replies: 355
- Views: 11106
Re: Flight tracking of our new striker not allowed anymore?
The raw data of deaths per population is pretty pointless when comparing (eg) Sweden’s approach to the first wave of covid with that of the UK. You’d need to factor in stuff like population density, age profile and the tendency or otherwise of a population to follow government guidelines. Here’s an...
- Wed Dec 14, 2022 9:16 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Norwich away.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4884
Re: Norwich away.
More of use to southern clarets as it's equidistant between Norwich and LondonCroydon Claret wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 5:46 pmIf people just stopped at the Linton travel tavern overnight then there wouldn't be an issue. Bring your own plate though
- Wed Dec 14, 2022 7:32 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Our country is on its knee's
- Replies: 233
- Views: 23042
Re: Our country is on its knee's
We'll rue the day we ignored Dr Johnny Bananas, Harold Shipman and Prof. Cominic Dumings
- Tue Nov 29, 2022 8:58 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: England v Wales
- Replies: 254
- Views: 8688
Re: England v Wales
Out of the hardest group in the tournament unbeaten, 9 goals to the good, 2 clean sheets and no significant injuries. Can't complain can you?
- Tue Nov 29, 2022 8:33 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: England v Wales
- Replies: 254
- Views: 8688
- Sat Nov 26, 2022 5:18 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Southgate
- Replies: 85
- Views: 4640
Re: Southgate
Can't believe none of the england managers in my lifetime have thought of doing this.Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑Sat Nov 26, 2022 5:10 pmAll he had to do was tell them get out and beat this side and you are through.
- Mon Nov 21, 2022 8:51 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Roberts watch - Wales v USA
- Replies: 119
- Views: 6034
Re: Roberts watch - Wales v USA
JBG represented Iceland in 2018
- Tue Sep 13, 2022 4:49 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Who’s been given the Bank Holiday off and under what circumstances ?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 2913
Re: Who’s been given the Bank Holiday off and under what circumstances ?
The guidance from the Gov was that the delivery of essential services should continue during the period of National Mourning, including the Bank Holiday. If the NHS choose to cancel operations it’s not because they have been told to close. It's hard to run a full service if none of your staff have ...
- Mon Sep 12, 2022 3:21 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Eric Pieters Article about his departure
- Replies: 102
- Views: 7081
Re: Eric Pieters Article about his departure
So the player and their agent need a phone call to confirm their contracts at an end at the pre-agreed date? Not sure about that tbh Well it sounds like multiple players not on the retained list were surprised it was published without someone giving them the heads up. All the players were still emp...
- Mon Sep 12, 2022 12:11 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Eric Pieters Article about his departure
- Replies: 102
- Views: 7081
Re: Eric Pieters Article about his departure
Sounds like a simple round of phone calls could have saved the club a fair bit of negative press. While I can sympathise with the argument the club was under no obligation to do so I'd be amazed if we act the same way next summer...
- Sun Sep 11, 2022 10:25 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Online tickets - irritating
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1002
Re: Online tickets - irritating
Final date for online sales in the 27th, can still get them at the ticket office till the 30th. That is from the page that said they'd be on general sale today though...
- Tue Sep 06, 2022 6:50 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Chris Boden's parting shot to Pace and Press access
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4608
Re: Chris Boden's parting shot to Pace and Press access
NHS foundation trusts are massive organisations, their annual budgets are larger than the revenues of some companies in the FTSE 100 with a responsibility towards populations of 100s of thousands. They are frequently in the news and often in very difficult circumstances. It shouldn't be at all surpr...
- Sun Sep 04, 2022 4:35 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Today's footie 4/9
- Replies: 167
- Views: 4548
Re: Today's footie 4/9
Don't buy this argument really - if you buy really expensive players with your owner's cash then obviously when you sell them you will make a good profit on them - net spend is a completely bogus stat. Spend to "turnover without player sales" would give a better indication of whether a team is bein...
- Fri Sep 02, 2022 8:33 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: West Brom v Burnley Match Thread
- Replies: 662
- Views: 18949
Re: West Brom v Burnley Match Thread
Hasn't been an automatic red card for denial of an obvious goal scoring opportunity in the area for over 5 years.
- Wed Aug 31, 2022 10:35 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Current scoring rate
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1997
Re: Current scoring rate
To be fair to Barnes using this same projection he'd get 30 assists so would have put in a decent shift...Matt_Whalley wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 8:54 amPredicted league goals scored based on:
Games Barnes has started: 35
All league games: 85
Games Jay has started: 153
- Tue Aug 30, 2022 8:15 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Match Thread Burnley v Millwall
- Replies: 280
- Views: 9569
Re: Match Thread Burnley v Millwall
Could have sent him off again for timewasting there.
- Tue Aug 30, 2022 8:14 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Match Thread Burnley v Millwall
- Replies: 280
- Views: 9569
Re: Match Thread Burnley v Millwall
Dreadful decision.
- Sat Aug 27, 2022 4:03 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Wigan v Burnley match thread
- Replies: 352
- Views: 15091
Re: Wigan v Burnley match thread
You don't get sent off for denial of a goal scoring opportunity when it's a penalty as long as it's a genuine attempt at the ball. Rules changed about 5 years ago.
- Wed Aug 10, 2022 8:38 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Transfer Rumours Thread - NO FINANCIAL DISCUSSION
- Replies: 10054
- Views: 1115397
Re: Transfer Rumours Thread - NO FINANCIAL DISCUSSION
He signed a new contract in January so a permanent move seems very unlikely.
- Mon Aug 08, 2022 12:35 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: One centre-forward vs Two centre-forwards...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1333
Re: One centre-forward vs Two centre-forwards...
I think we need to forget about Jay-not played since getting injured in the warm up at Watford.Too many times last season he did not make the team, and that was without injury sustained in the previous game. Soon we will be into 3 games in 7 days-we cannot afford to nurse people like Jay and JBG. W...
- Sat Aug 06, 2022 4:11 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley vs Luton - Match thread
- Replies: 195
- Views: 11400
Re: Burnley vs Luton - Match thread
2 assists in 2 for Barnes
- Tue Jun 28, 2022 4:15 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Doctor pay rises / strikes
- Replies: 83
- Views: 4120
Re: Doctor pay rises / strikes
OK then, my training fees to get to a post-grad engineer aren't far off £100k plus continuous learning and membership to the iMechE. Should I receieve over £100k per year and then demand a 30%+ pay rise? No because it is totally unrealistic. I'm afraid as I don't know anything about engineer salari...
- Tue Jun 28, 2022 12:20 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Doctor pay rises / strikes
- Replies: 83
- Views: 4120
Re: Doctor pay rises / strikes
I'd agree with that sentiment if it wasn't for the NHS paying to train the Doctors and if the average wage for a Doctor was above £80k/year, with most pushing £100k/yr. That means a 33% pay rise would mean another £26-33k per year!!! Doctors pay tuition fees, under the new scheme this can mean they...
- Tue Jun 28, 2022 10:06 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Doctor pay rises / strikes
- Replies: 83
- Views: 4120
Re: Doctor pay rises / strikes
I don’t understand why we don’t have more GP’s? It’s impossible to see one at the moment We've lost about 1600 full-time equivalent GPs in the last 5 years. One reason is a bad interaction between the old pension scheme and the freeze in the annual allowance - for many GPs in their 60s they are bet...
- Wed Jun 15, 2022 3:30 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: How did England miss out on Haaland?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 3067
Re: How did England miss out on Haaland?
Don't think it's drivel really. He was living in Norway and playing in their national setup from U15 level up to the under 21s and presumably quite happy with it. I imagine at that level it doesn't make much sense to be flying 14 year olds in from Norway for the England youth team. He was still at S...
- Sun May 22, 2022 4:21 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley v Toon match thread (judgement day)
- Replies: 345
- Views: 15241
Re: Burnley v Toon match thread (judgement day)
Leeds goal disallowed
- Sat Apr 23, 2022 10:51 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Ramadan break.
- Replies: 57
- Views: 3777
Re: Ramadan break.
Why wasn’t it adhered to previously , anyone know . The dates of Ramadan are based on the lunar calendar so it moves around. For most of the last decade it's basically completely avoided the domestic football season. For the last few years it's been beginning in May and now April so that's why Ifta...
- Sat Apr 16, 2022 1:24 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The worst thing….
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2532
Re: The worst thing….
I think this might be the first time in history burnley football club has been accused of being too woke
- Fri Apr 08, 2022 10:30 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Weghorst
- Replies: 276
- Views: 18521
Re: Weghorst
So it’s quite a big cut down from 4 times. And anyway, no one is saying Cork is a direct chance creating machine, in fact, almost the exact opposite. As CoolClaret said, Cork is the most composed in possession, tends to retain it better which in turns help us play football on the floor - it’s no co...
- Fri Apr 08, 2022 10:04 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Weghorst
- Replies: 276
- Views: 18521
Re: Weghorst
Even if you exclude his shot creating actions from dead balls it's still over twice that of Jack Cork so don't think that fully explains the discrepancy.
- Fri Apr 08, 2022 9:41 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Weghorst
- Replies: 276
- Views: 18521
Re: Weghorst
I’d like to see how many of westwoods passes completed are over 5 yards going forwards - seems most of them are backwards or sideways with the patented ‘Grezza Hoofs’ around the corner his preferred method of getting the ball forward. He doesn’t pick the ball and drive and doesn’t play through the ...
- Thu Apr 07, 2022 9:56 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Jay
- Replies: 48
- Views: 5735
- Thu Apr 07, 2022 9:36 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Jay
- Replies: 48
- Views: 5735
Re: Jay
Same stats get mentioned with Vydra without acknowledging half his ‘appearances’ have been for less than 10 minutes. In fact he now has 11 goals and 9 assists despite only starting 38 games for us. But those goals and assists aren't only from games he's started so surely that's equally misleading? ...
- Sun Feb 20, 2022 6:50 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Attacking on all fronts, our dead dead ball play.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 686
Re: Attacking on all fronts, our dead dead ball play.
We already have 5 goals from defenders. During the commentary yesterday they said set-pieces made up a higher proportion of our goals than any other club in the league.
- Sat Feb 19, 2022 10:31 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Chris Wood…
- Replies: 104
- Views: 9495
Re: Chris Wood…
A 1 in 3 striker at premier league level is obviously a good player. I'm very glad to see we've replaced him with a striker who also looks very good. No sense tying ourselves in knots trying to prove someone who was fans' and players' choice as player of the year only a few months ago was rubbish al...
- Wed Feb 09, 2022 4:15 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: We need to do what Norwich and Newcastle have done
- Replies: 39
- Views: 3094
Re: We need to do what Norwich and Newcastle have done
Trend to agree with Jakubclaret as not sure 36 points will suffice to keep us up. If you look at those above us then: Brentford would require 13 points from their 15 remaining games Leeds 14 from 17, Everton 17 from 17, Newcastle 18 from 16, Norwich 20 from 16, Watford 21 from 16 whilst we would ne...
- Sat Jan 29, 2022 9:05 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: January 2022 Burnley Transfer Window Rumours - Links - Discussion
- Replies: 6926
- Views: 687796
Re: January 2022 Burnley Transfer Window Rumours - Links - Discussion
This is up there with tracking Grosicki's plane for bizarre transfer drama
- Sun Jan 16, 2022 10:42 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Ben Mee
- Replies: 66
- Views: 6266
Re: Ben Mee
Before