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by distortiondave
Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Safe standing at the Turf
Replies: 9
Views: 172

Re: Safe standing at the Turf

Emotional?
by distortiondave
Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Thursday night games
Replies: 14
Views: 516

Re: Thursday night games

Bayer Leverkusen win the tie, but also avoid being beaten on the night to go, I think, 45 games unbeaten. 45 games! Going undefeated all season, winning the league, domestic cup and a european cup, is all on the cards. It's pretty mind-blowing really, and would set you up nicely had you bet on it at...
by distortiondave
Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sky and EFL package
Replies: 39
Views: 2105

Re: Sky and EFL package

Does this mean they'll be 'properly' shown, as opposed to 'red buttoned'?
I saw a few red button games and it seemed like just a single camera - poor angles, local commentary, no replays - like watching it on the radio.
by distortiondave
Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: FA Cup Attendances
Replies: 9
Views: 2209

Re: FA Cup Attendances

Quicknick wrote:
Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:55 am
James, Morley and Kindon got the goals in the replay from memory. I went to the home game.
This thread is 7 years old, you mad man.
by distortiondave
Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Why do really rubbish films exist?
Replies: 7
Views: 630

Why do really rubbish films exist?

It must cost millions to make a movie, so what's in it for the creators of TRANSMUTATORS. https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/transmutators Or, Sharknado and it's innumerable sequels; https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/sharknado or 5 headed shark attack https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/5-headed-sha...
by distortiondave
Sat Apr 13, 2024 6:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: So do you drop Muric after two massive costly howlers?
Replies: 363
Views: 8407

Re: So do you drop Muric after two massive costly howlers?

Whilst I think Muric has a calamity in him, if he starts the season as number one then he doesn't make either of those most recent mistakes, IMO. He did make mistakes last season - Blackpool and Watford at home were mistakes, and he had a torrid time at Sheffield United - but overall he was excellen...
by distortiondave
Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Todays Football
Replies: 23
Views: 1244

Re: Todays Football

Southampton can still catch leeds - 3 games in hand and still to play each other.
by distortiondave
Sat Apr 13, 2024 11:59 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Who Has Cutest Dog?
Replies: 70
Views: 3029

Re: Who Has Cutest Dog?

The picture of the weightlifting dog got me wondering why he'd put pictures of his kids on the garage door!
by distortiondave
Sat Apr 13, 2024 11:37 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Who Has Cutest Dog?
Replies: 70
Views: 3029

Re: Who Has Cutest Dog?

you've got a good boy, Macca, but terrible wallpaper.
by distortiondave
Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Dyche to be sacked?
Replies: 41
Views: 3535

Re: Dyche to be sacked?

Not convinced, but you may well be right. Have you done the 'carn't' test?
by distortiondave
Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Dyche to be sacked?
Replies: 41
Views: 3535

Re: Dyche to be sacked?

ksrclaret wrote:
Wed Apr 10, 2024 7:12 pm
Good to see Nori all over this thread.

And when I say good to see…
I thought I was good at spotting multiple accounts, but this one has got me.
Who is Nori on this thread? Nothing reads like them, IMO.
by distortiondave
Sat Apr 06, 2024 11:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: O'Shea ball control
Replies: 48
Views: 3272

Re: O'Shea ball control

123EasyasBFC wrote:
Sat Apr 06, 2024 11:37 pm
Luckily for you he will be missing for next 3 games at least
is that definite? If he got sent off for DOGSO then it'll only be a 1 match ban, no?
by distortiondave
Sat Apr 06, 2024 10:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Harry Kane
Replies: 31
Views: 2546

Re: Harry Kane

Best striker in the world is right, and that includes Haaland who is himself a machine, but is nothing like the complete player Kane is. There's not been many strikers like Kane. Shearer draws obvious comparisons because of goals scored, but they're nothing alike. Kane is the best striker of his gen...
by distortiondave
Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Luxury tax
Replies: 39
Views: 2660

Re: Luxury tax

These are all stepping stones to a closed league with no relegation.
by distortiondave
Thu Apr 04, 2024 5:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Free Kick Or No Free Kick
Replies: 69
Views: 4236

Re: Free Kick Or No Free Kick

Dermot Gallagher on drunk drivers (allegedly): 'It's not deliberate, it's just a misjudgement, but it is the consequences - because if that driver kills someone the stakes get ramped up. If he gets home safe and sound, it gets washed away and forgotten. It seems as if the world is against drinking a...
by distortiondave
Wed Apr 03, 2024 11:02 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sequence of events after Wolves Scored
Replies: 29
Views: 2475

Re: Sequence of events after Wolves Scored

What needs to happen to make sure free kicks like that aren't given again, is to make every foul a red card, because red cards always get checked.
Reductio ad absurdum.
by distortiondave
Tue Apr 02, 2024 7:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley vs Wolves
Replies: 338
Views: 11226

Re: Burnley vs Wolves

Plenty of time yet for a demoralising Fulham fightback.
by distortiondave
Tue Apr 02, 2024 4:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: PREVIEW: Clarets looking to make it four without defeat
Replies: 3
Views: 331

Re: PREVIEW: Clarets looking to make it four without defeat

That 'Arrive Dyche' was the worst new manager welcome on a matchday programme ever.
by distortiondave
Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:26 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: RATE THE REF - Darren England v Chelsea
Replies: 102
Views: 6054

Re: RATE THE REF - Darren England v Chelsea

He's been given the City/Villa game this week.
by distortiondave
Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: RATE THE REF - Darren England v Chelsea
Replies: 102
Views: 6054

Re: RATE THE REF - Darren England v Chelsea

They have zero understanding of football, that's long been the problem. VAR is a waste of everyone's time as they don't know what they are looking at. This is really the crux of it. It's like they've been given the rules/laws of the game and told to enact them. By that metric, I could referee Ameri...
by distortiondave
Mon Mar 25, 2024 5:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: so come May teams might be relegated then re-instated !!!
Replies: 9
Views: 1334

Re: so come May teams might be relegated then re-instated !!!

I think if either a) Forest are relegated and would have been even with their points back, or b) Forest are safe despite their points deduction, the punishment will stand. It'll be interesting if Forest go down but a 2 or 3 point deduction would have seen them safe. (unless there's already muttering...
by distortiondave
Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley divisive XI' would be a fun thing to do... Thread worthy!
Replies: 97
Views: 3683

Re: Burnley divisive XI' would be a fun thing to do... Thread worthy!

Hendrick and Dave Jones was only divisive online; they never/rarely got grief from the crowd.
The only player I remember being booed by their our fans was Tony Philiskirk, we've been quite genial in the main since about 1996.
by distortiondave
Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley divisive XI' would be a fun thing to do... Thread worthy!
Replies: 97
Views: 3683

Re: Burnley divisive XI' would be a fun thing to do... Thread worthy!

I don't really remember much division in the stands, but i only started watching us in the glory seeking days of 91/92. Of long time players and the internet, I suspect our divisive players are mainly goalkeepers; we have given front row seats to such goalkeeping luminaries (and these are in our goo...
by distortiondave
Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Road House
Replies: 13
Views: 1876

Re: Road House

I've never seen it, but I have seen this, so I might as well have seen it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYtui-3UnPU
by distortiondave
Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Muric back to fans’ acclaim
Replies: 16
Views: 1497

Re: ARTICLE: Muric back to fans’ acclaim

Of all the players we've had deserving of being called 'rubbish', I bet Paul Robinson is on no-one's top 100.
by distortiondave
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Vibram Shoes?
Replies: 41
Views: 2020

Re: Vibram Shoes?

I don't know what most of the words on this thread mean.
by distortiondave
Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:38 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: HAPPY MONDAY!. FOREST, points deduction?
Replies: 142
Views: 10116

Re: HAPPY MONDAY!. FOREST, points deduction?

Regarding the johnson situation - it does seem a bit rum that Forest are being punished for breaching profit rules by selling a player for more money during the same transfer window.
by distortiondave
Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:57 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Confident for tomorrow
Replies: 60
Views: 3530

Re: Confident for tomorrow

Toney to miss a penalty, Collins to be sent off, Burnley to win 2-0.
by distortiondave
Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bournemouth v Luton
Replies: 166
Views: 6477

Re: Bournemouth v Luton

Vegas Claret wrote:
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:50 pm
who was it/ what game ?
Without cheating, I remember Man Utd beating Spurs 5-3 from 3-0 down. I bet that's 20 years ago.
by distortiondave
Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chelsea v Newcastle
Replies: 25
Views: 1484

Re: Chelsea v Newcastle

Rileybobs wrote:
Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:05 pm
A little fella called Bukayo!
of course! I forgot about him. Yeah, he's better than Palmer, but not better than Foden....? Given the choice, I'd pick Foden, but there's a gnat's cockhair between them really.
by distortiondave
Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chelsea v Newcastle
Replies: 25
Views: 1484

Re: Chelsea v Newcastle

Should Cole Palmer be going to the Euros? He's having an excellent season. I don't follow much beyond us, but Rashford, Sterling, Grealish and the like are all having poor or injured seasons, so why not Kane up top, Foden and Palmer on the sides? One would assume that Bellingham has played his way ...
by distortiondave
Mon Mar 11, 2024 8:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chelsea v Newcastle
Replies: 25
Views: 1484

Re: Chelsea v Newcastle

These must be the worst two expensively assembled teams ever, er, assembled. There's like a billion quid on the pitch and god knows how much in wages, and they are miles behind even Spurs, never mind City, Liverpool or Arsenal.
by distortiondave
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: We don't like defending
Replies: 22
Views: 1649

Re: We don't like defending

3 teams on the exact same number of goals conceded must be highly improbable.
by distortiondave
Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tonight’s Football
Replies: 180
Views: 4348

Re: Tonight’s Football

What about letting 5 in at home in consecutive games - Sheff Utd have now done three straight in the league, four straight including the cup.
An aggregate score of 0-15 in two and half games is more like a rubbish tennis match than a top division football match.
by distortiondave
Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tonight’s Football
Replies: 180
Views: 4348

Re: Tonight’s Football

Until tonight, were we the only team to be 5-0 down at home at half time since football began in 1992? (City under Laws)
by distortiondave
Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tonight’s Football
Replies: 180
Views: 4348

Re: Tonight’s Football

I chose a bad night to start drinking double jaegermeisters everytime sheffield united let a goal in hic
by distortiondave
Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Brazilian Andy Farrell
Replies: 28
Views: 1877

Re: Brazilian Andy Farrell

Giving the ball away with half your touches is pretty bad regardless of how many touches there have been.
by distortiondave
Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The objective for the rest of the season
Replies: 86
Views: 4818

Re: The objective for the rest of the season

I don't know when the earliest we can be relegated is, but it wouldn't surprise me to win half the remaining games after relegation has been confirmed. There's some talent in our squad that might be able to turn it on once the pressure is off and there's a shop window to display in.
by distortiondave
Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:54 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: No Nay Never...
Replies: 29
Views: 2571

Re: No Nay Never...

It's not a hopeful ditty about how Rovers recover from going bust, having ewood knocked down and their benefactor sweeping up for us, like some sort of footballing Lazarus and we are singing until we meet again; we are revelling in their demise and singing that we will never play them again.
by distortiondave
Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cup finals clash
Replies: 7
Views: 1524

Re: Cup finals clash

A Leeds 9-0 hammering vs Man City in the FA Cup final followed by a next day 6-0 hammering by Coventry in the play off final would be as good a football weekend as there has been since 2009.
by distortiondave
Mon Feb 26, 2024 4:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Everton points deduction reduced
Replies: 122
Views: 7204

Re: Everton points deduction reduced

their (weak) defence will be based upon the double jeopardy aspect in that they've already been punished for it, so I cant see any further points deductions for Everton. Forest may well get off too. It's not double jeopardy if they keep committing the same 'crime'. If years 20/21/22 result in punis...
by distortiondave
Sat Feb 24, 2024 3:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley vs Palace Match thread
Replies: 733
Views: 18602

Re: Burnley vs Palace Match thread

Smash and grab 0-0 draw...?
by distortiondave
Sat Feb 24, 2024 3:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley vs Palace Match thread
Replies: 733
Views: 18602

Re: Burnley vs Palace Match thread

Smash and grab 1-0 away win.
by distortiondave
Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Everton v Palace
Replies: 78
Views: 3180

Re: Everton v Palace

It's hard to remember goals from corners (or similar free kicks) because they are boring goals.
by distortiondave
Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Everton v Palace
Replies: 78
Views: 3180

Re: Everton v Palace

As good as last season was, (and it was), my favourite seasons are either Coyle's or Dyche's first promotion.
I don't really know why, but I didn't find either title winning season as enjoyable as the others. I think I'd go Coyle, Dyche Runner Up, VK Champion, Dyche Champion.
by distortiondave
Thu Feb 15, 2024 8:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Why's my milk not going off?
Replies: 36
Views: 2200

Re: Why's my milk not going off?

dougcollins wrote:
Thu Feb 15, 2024 5:36 pm
I think DD is right
Good idea for a t-shirt is that.
by distortiondave
Thu Feb 15, 2024 12:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Why's my milk not going off?
Replies: 36
Views: 2200

Re: Why's my milk not going off?

Lidl semi skimmed milk is water with a bit of pva glue for colouring, so it'd be fine in another 100 years.
by distortiondave
Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Azhar Ali
Replies: 47
Views: 4208

Re: Azhar Ali

When the (Lancashire)(Evening)Telegraph had a fan opinion section on the weekends football for Burnley and Blackburn, I seem to remember he was on it a lot.
by distortiondave
Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Azhar Ali
Replies: 47
Views: 4208

Re: Azhar Ali

I'm 90% certain he sat next to/in front of/behind me and my dad in the Bob Lord for a few years.
For some reason we had a season where I was number 113 and my dad was number 111, so 112 was open to a mystery guest and I'm sure it was often him.
by distortiondave
Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Leverkusen V Munich
Replies: 27
Views: 1834

Re: Leverkusen V Munich

Yes, that's right. I'm sure(ish) that the powers that be brought in a law to prevent loanees playing against their parent club because of that Lua Lua goal.