• All Egypt today aren’t we

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:50 pm**

Things happen for a reason Max……………your destiny, is The Turf, when you’ll experience an incredible homecoming!!!

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:50 pm**

Come home lad
Kettles on

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:50 pm**

No excuses if we lose to Watford, then...

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:50 pm**

Perfect day for us. Max only plays a few mins scores a pen and is on his way home Best news for ages

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:51 pm**

Excellent. Let's hope he quickly recovers from jet lag.

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:51 pm**

Gutted for Max, happy for Burnley

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:52 pm**

You can often feel a little sympathy for the misser of a penalty in a shoot-out but in this case that certainly does not apply. Captain and he does that. Unforgiveable.

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:53 pm**

Murger wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:51 pm
Excellent. Let's hope he quickly recovers from jet lag.

Flying North/South not much time difference so Jet Lag shouldn't be a factor, and he will have nigh on a week plus to recover from the flight

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:54 pm**

Murger wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:51 pm
Excellent. Let's hope he quickly recovers from jet lag.

Eh? It’s a one hour time difference

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:57 pm**

Camaroon has UTC time

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Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:58 pm**

RVclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:54 pm
Eh? It’s a one hour time difference

Well I'm not up to date on continental time zones.

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:02 pm**

Maxwels coming home
He’s coming home
He’s coming home
He’s coming
Maxwels coming home
Now don’t cock it up Burnley

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:03 pm**

Most of Africa doesn't have a lot of difference to GMT as it's directly south. When I was in South Africa for a couple of winters with my cricket it seemed weird that there was only a 1 hour, 2 hours when our clocks went back in the winter, difference from GMT for such a long journey

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:03 pm**

Murger wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:58 pm
Well I'm not up to date on continental time zones.

Or Geography Murger

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:05 pm**

The Ivory Coast keeper in the penalty shootout already looked like a beaten man before it started. Terrible body language and like has been said he was off his line for most of them. The African equivalent of Peter Shilton

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:09 pm**

Murger wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:51 pm
Excellent. Let's hope he quickly recovers from jet lag.

OMG! Has he got 'jet lag'? Could be a three month lay-off

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:09 pm**

I Sphinx Maxwell takes a good pen

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:16 pm**

Leyland Claret wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:05 pm
The Ivory Coast keeper in the penalty shootout already looked like a beaten man before it started. Terrible body language and like has been said he was off his line for most of them. The African equivalent of Peter Shilton

Two points ....

a) Re: the Ivory Coast's departure ... In the words of Windsor Davies " Oh dear, how sad, never mind ! "

b) Re: Peter Shilton, Italia90 semi-final .... was I the only one screaming at the TV to bring Dave Beasant on with a minute to go of extra time ? ... Shilton was approaching his 41st birthday, and he had lost the " spring " in his legs ... Beasant was 5 inches taller & ten years younger !!

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:16 pm**

Gutted for Max and gutted for Burnley. What an honour it would have been to have a AFCON winner play for us.

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:17 pm**

Lancasterclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:09 pm
I Sphinx Maxwell takes a good pen

Makes no difference.
We never get any.

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:19 pm**

pushpinpussy wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:16 pm
Gutted for Max and gutted for Burnley. What an honour it would have been to have a AFCON winner play for us.

I'd rather he scores a Worldie v Watford (Sorry Max)

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:23 pm**

Has anybody got Maxwell’s flight radar yet.

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:23 pm**

RalphCoatesComb wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:19 pm
I'd rather he scores a Worldie v Watford (Sorry Max)

i suppose we are all selfish in one way or another

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:27 pm**

bit of jet lag, back on the grass, touch and go....

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:31 pm**

Not sure about jet lag or travel fatigue but his biggest challenge will be going from 32 degrees in Cameroon to about 5 here.

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:34 pm**

pushpinpussy wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:23 pm
i suppose we are all selfish in one way or another

According to Thomas Hobbes "Man" is a very selfish being - I'm very selfish

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:41 pm**

Just caught the score, pity for the Ivory Coast, but on balance better for us in the longer term.

So he'll now be available to face Watford, meanwhile Dennis who they stopped from going on international duty is suspended for that game.

Karma is a funny thing isn't it.

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:45 pm**

Maxwell is a real good Giza.

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:46 pm**

Clarets4me wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:16 pm
Two points ....

a) Re: the Ivory Coast's departure ... In the words of Windsor Davies " Oh dear, how sad, never mind ! "

b) Re: Peter Shilton, Italia90 semi-final .... was I the only one screaming at the TV to bring Dave Beasant on with a minute to go of extra time ? ... Shilton was approaching his 41st birthday, and he had lost the " spring " in his legs ... Beasant was 5 inches taller & ten years younger !!

Was Shilton ever good on pwenalties? I don't recall him being too sharp with them

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:54 pm**

boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:46 pm
Was Shilton ever good on pwenalties? I don't recall him being too sharp with them

Agree. Neither was Clemence or Jennings, two other great keepers. Best at that time was Paul Cooper at Ipswich and probably the best I've seen for us was Marlon Beresford.

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:58 pm**

Silkyskills1 wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:54 pm
Agree. Neither was Clemence or Jennings, two other great keepers. Best at that time was Paul Cooper at Ipswich and probably the best I've seen for us was Marlon Beresford.

Beresford in his 1st spell with us had a blinding record in saving pens, 2nd spell not so much as I recall.

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 8:04 pm**

tiger76 wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:58 pm
Beresford in his 1st spell with us had a blinding record in saving pens, 2nd spell not so much as I recall.

Wasn't his second spell at a higher level?
He was pretty good at saving them first time around.

I've just realised I've called them "pwenalties" gotta laugh at myself

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 8:10 pm**

boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 26, 2022 8:04 pm
Wasn't his second spell at a higher level?
He was pretty good at saving them first time around.

I've just realised I've called them "pwenalties" gotta laugh at myself

His 2nd spell was probably in the Championship, or whatever it was knows as at that time, so yea a higher level, but he was also older, and perhaps lacked the speed of his earlier career.

Well I hope we get a pwenalty before the season is out.

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 8:16 pm**

On the subject of pwenalties:
Our own, and Northern Ireland's, Bailey Peacock-Farrell is really good at saving them.

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 8:19 pm**

Surely the Beast had a better record, always felt confident he would save a pen

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 8:20 pm**

Great news! Harsh on Cornet but it’ll be great to have him back after missing only one game!! UTC.

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 8:35 pm**

You'd think that better players would take better penalties but that never seems to be the case.

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 9:46 pm**

Spijed wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 26, 2022 8:35 pm
You'd think that better players would take better penalties but that never seems to be the case.

probably to do with the increased pressure on them...
and the better goalkeepers

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 9:55 pm**

boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:46 pm
Was Shilton ever good on pwenalties? I don't recall him being too sharp with them

The trouble with Shilton was that he always waited until the kick was taken before diving, he would never try and anticipate which way the ball would go. In Italia 90 he went the right way each time but as long as the ball was struck firmly and towards the corner he was never going to save it. Would have been fine if any of the Germans had attempted a Panenka though.

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 10:25 pm**

pushpinpussy wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:16 pm
Gutted for Max and gutted for Burnley. What an honour it would have been to have a AFCON winner play for us.

I get the sentiment ‘pussy’but one word response … Yippee

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 10:45 pm**

Murger wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:58 pm
Well I'm not up to date on continental time zones.

That's geography, not clocks.

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 10:48 pm**

pushpinpussy wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:16 pm
Gutted for Max and gutted for Burnley. What an honour it would have been to have a AFCON winner play for us.

Totally agree. Lad would have been back buzzing and full of confidence. Well done forgetting so far.

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 10:50 pm**

I’m sorry to hear Cornet has now lost all confidence

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 10:57 pm**

Unless I'm misremembering Harry Thomson saved every penalty taken against him one season until the very last game when Alan Ball put one past him.

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2022 11:03 pm**

Stan Tastic wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 26, 2022 10:57 pm
Unless I'm misremembering Harry Thomson saved every penalty taken against him one season until the very last game when Alan Ball put one past him.

He was really good at stopping them, very agile.

Posted: **Thu Jan 27, 2022 8:41 am**

KRBFC wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 26, 2022 2:14 pm
Maxwel was wearing the armband was he not? swear he was but now assume he wasn't given your nit picking nature.

It was Max Gradel

Posted: **Thu Feb 03, 2022 7:18 pm**

At least if Egypt get to the final tonight Mo Salah will miss our game.

Posted: **Thu Feb 03, 2022 7:22 pm**

Spijed wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 03, 2022 7:18 pm
At least if Egypt get to the final tonight Mo Salah will miss our game.

Oooh. Would that be Mane and Salah out of our match with them??

Posted: **Thu Feb 03, 2022 7:25 pm**

NewClaret wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 03, 2022 7:22 pm
Oooh. Would that be Mane and Salah out of our match with them??

I know the final is this weekend the 6th, but I presumed it'll be a few days before Salah flies back to Liverpool, along with Mane.

Posted: **Thu Feb 03, 2022 7:41 pm**

Spijed wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 03, 2022 7:25 pm
I know the final is this weekend the 6th, but I presumed it'll be a few days before Salah flies back to Liverpool, along with Mane.

Ah yeah, wonder whether Klopp will want them both back pronto or give them a period off like we did with Maxwel?

I’m not going to get too excited about it. He’s a slave driver so he might have a plane waiting for them both

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