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Better a diamond with a flaw, than a flawless pebble.

Think he had to go but hope we have someone lined up to get working asap this week. Can't afford to mess up the Cardiff match.

We never get a proper minnow. Can we have a minnow, please?

Yellow cards was a draw I think, mate I had 4 each at 50/1.

2 points dropped really. We were the better team and Man U were about as bad as they will ever be. That said, Valery and Obafemi big positives, Redmond good and Lemina the best player on the pitch. Unfortunately, we'll get tonked by Spurs and then pressure on at Cardiff.

It really should be protest time.

Sounds like his defence ****ed up badly by letting his criminal past become part of the evidence. If the defence didn't offer any evidence as to the accused's good character then the previous burglary convictions shouldn't have been in evidence. If the jurors knew of them independently then they shouldn't have been on the jury. If the judge introduced the evidence unilaterally then he's ****ed up and the guy would definitely win an appeal.

If Bertrand and Targett are injured I've got a feeling we'll go back 3 and stick a midfielder at RWB (ie. JWP) with Cedric at left wing back. I can't see Valery getting thrown-in at RB. I'm not saying that is what I would do but it would be brave to have Valery in there at RB against Martial and Shaw when you're facing the sack for being shoite.

Is it ********.

OK, I thought "foot in Britain" implied something like that. No worries. Not sure why the business declining in value massively wouldn't matter to him though.

Well, I saw them a few times and my conclusion was that in possession they played a 3421 with high wing-backs, two midfield pivots and two fantasistas looking to pick up space between the lines. Often they would form a box formation with the pivots. They aren't needed to drift wide much because the wing-backs are very high. The interesting thing is that in defensive formation, the back 3 drifts to the right so that the right centre back becomes a full back and the left wing back drops into the back line. In other words, they defended with a back 4. The left fantasista moves to a traditional left-midfield role. So, defensively, it's a 4411.

Time flies when you're having fun.

So about 7 months ago? Which would be around 217 days.

Article completely misses the point. Whilst Hughes is a serial whinger, arguing for VAR to be used doesn't mean one is a hypocrite for complaining when referees, with the benefit of VAR, still make wrong calls.

HUGHES OUT

I'm not sure. Maybe there's a Johann Cruyff inside him and he will get a chance to show it one day but my view of Burnley is that they are a functional, pretty average Championship team who are likely to get relegated this season and whose finishing position last season is one of those counter-expectational results that happens in sport sometimes. They scored fewer goals in the league than we did last season. I'm not knocking his job. He's done a brilliant job there, I just haven't seen anything to suggest I would want him here. If we want to do a "get solid and stay up at all costs" job, then Fat Sam has the far better credentials IMO.

He was just gutted he lost a goal bonus, I expect.

How about Big Sampaoli?

Rule 1.

What's Imants Bleidelis up to?

**** that. Burnley are abysmal. Awful football. Big Sam's teams play with beauty and artistry compared to the slop Burnley have delivered for the past couple of years.

Is it the year of the pig? That would be good, too.

We'd better get on with it. Burnley will be snapping up BFS soon.

I'd be up for it but I'm all out of banners and stickers. I'll do some shouting though.