v The Dingles (a) - 13/11/2022

[Mashed Potatoes]

1 hour ago, booth said:

They won the Premier League, Alan Shearer as their centre forward and Kenny Dalglish as manager in 1921 and 1960?

Er no, Burnley were champions and their fans had the experience of supporting the champions.

[davulsukur]

We're still getting the piss ripped out of us by Dingles on twitter. 

What a time to put in a complete no show 🤦‍♂️

[rigger]

42 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

We're still getting the piss ripped out of us by Dingles on twitter. 

What a time to put in a complete no show 🤦‍♂️

Then, don't go onto Twitter.

[tomphil]

Pace might have sacked Dyche who'd probably run out of steam but he got kompany in which is looking an inspired signing.  They've managed to back him as well so seems to me it's a brave attempt at a reset.

How it works out long term remains to be seen but Burnley are likely to be a yoyo club in the near future.

I'd be more than happy for Rovers to be that now we've no right to expect anything more. Sadly all we'll ever get under this lot is yoyoing between midtable and 8th placed finishes unless at some point they lay down a marker and show some ambition.

[booth]

1 hour ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

Er no, Burnley were champions and their fans had the experience of supporting the champions.

That wasn't what I posted though was it.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

4 hours ago, sympatheticclaret said:

Crikey, I hope you're not referring to this post from May 2019 ... which was my attempt at a " wind up ", in my early days posting on here ...

" The Football Association and the Football League have backed a proposal from The National Association of Football Statisticians to downgrade the first 22 years of the FA Cup, to the equivilant of the FA Amateur Cup which commenced in 1893-94, and ran until the 1973-74 season.

The years affected run from 1872 to 1893, and the winners of the Cup for those years will not be permitted to claim these successes as FA Cup wins on their official Club websites or publications. Explaining the reasoning, N.A.F.S. Secretary, Dr John Hickson said " Any objective analysis of the early years of the " FA Cup " reveals a large number of " byes ", " walkovers " and hugely one-sided results, and in the modern age, we no longer feel it appropriate that these early incarnations of the greatest Club knockout Cup should be classed as true F.A. Cup Competitions ". He added, " The dominance of Public School Old Boys and Military Clubs in the early years, as well as mis-matches with the early Professional Clubs coming up against "true amateur " sides, does not sit well in the modern professional age ".

An FA spokesman endorsed the decision, which is expected to be passed unopposed at next month's FA Council meeting, where the renaming of the Football Association, as the " English Football Association " is also expected to gain approval .

Some of the affected downgrading concern Clubs no longer in existance, such as Wanderers, Royal Engineers and Clapton Rovers. David Singleton, West Bromwich Albion's head of media relations said, " We accept this decision with some reluctance, but understand the reasoning behind it " . West Bromwich Albion will no longer be able to claim their 1888 & 1892 victories on their official " Roll of Honour" .

Aston Villa, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Preston North End are also affected losing one victory each, but the Club most affected is Championship side Blackburn Rovers who will have 5 of their FA Cup wins effectively deleted from the history books. No one at Blackburn Rovers was available for comment, although a source inside the Club said " they were studying the implications of the decision closely, and a statement is expected to be issued in due course "

 

“ No one at the club was available for comment “ . I’m shocked.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 hours ago, DavidBrent said:

Would you swap him for your owners?

I’d swap our owners for Putin.

[longsiders1882]

35 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I’d swap our owners for Putin.

Got a lot of cash Putin -  and loads of rich mates

[longsiders1882]

1 hour ago, tomphil said:

Pace might have sacked Dyche who'd probably run out of steam but he got kompany in which is looking an inspired signing.  They've managed to back him as well so seems to me it's a brave attempt at a reset.

How it works out long term remains to be seen but Burnley are likely to be a yoyo club in the near future.

I'd be more than happy for Rovers to be that now we've no right to expect anything more. Sadly all we'll ever get under this lot is yoyoing between midtable and 8th placed finishes unless at some point they lay down a marker and show some ambition.

FWIW I think the Kompany signing has proved doubly inspired. His coaching style has been excellent, turning our playing style 180 degrees ‘overnight’ and his contacts book has allowed us to sign what are looking like excellent players for relatively low prices or loan players who perhaps wouldn’t have considered Burnley under Dyche.

Was it  luck or skill that led to the Kompany signing? Time will tell, I think Pace got lucky.

[tomphil]

Hopefully JDT has a contacts book and is allowed to put it in motion.

[booth]

31 minutes ago, longsiders1882 said:

Got a lot of cash Putin -  and loads of rich mates

Just like Venkys.

And they both use their wealth wrongly too.

[Leonard Venkhater]

9 minutes ago, tomphil said:

Hopefully JDT has a contacts book and is allowed to put it in motion.

What contacts? Rudolf Nuryev?, Robert Helpman?  Wayne Sleep? Moira Shearer ?( at least she'd have a ready made chant) to tippy tap sideways and backwards?

[tomphil]

Remember when one of Abramovich's mates was supposed to be buying Rovers about 20 years ago ?

[booth]

17 minutes ago, tomphil said:

Hopefully JDT has a contacts book and is allowed to put it in motion.

I was disappointed that we didn't sign any of Malmo's players in Summer. All our signings seemed to come from the previous scouting reports rather than JDT's contacts book.

We missed out on that Anel fella to Sheffield Utd (you'd have thought JDT would have held some sway there), we didn't go in for Birmancevic and we didn't even try for the ageing Berget.

Edited November 17, 2022 by booth

[tomphil]

4 minutes ago, Leonard Venkhater said:

What contacts? Rudolf Nuryev?, Robert Helpman?  Wayne Sleep? Moira Shearer ?( at least she'd have a ready made chant) to tippy tap sideways and backwards?

Well i keep getting told we do what we do because he has to use what he's got so i'm waiting for this influx of players to fit his style to arrive.

[Upside Down]

When Burnley sacked Dyche it was in an attempt to avoid relegation. 

Venkys sacked Big Sam in an attempt to deliberately relegate the club.

[tomphil]

4 minutes ago, booth said:

I was disappointed that we didn't sign any of Malmo's players in Summer. All our signings seemed to come from the previous scouting reports rather than JDT's contacts book.

We missed out on that Anel fella to Sheffield Utd (you'd have thought JDT would have held some sway there), we didn't go in for Birmancevic and we didn't even try for the ageing Berget.

We'd need Beckenbauer and Roberto Carlos in defence to play our way out of some of the stupid suicidal stuff we do in our own box.

[Upside Down]

3 minutes ago, tomphil said:

We'd need Beckenbauer and Roberto Carlos in defence to play our way out of some of the stupid suicidal stuff we do in our own box.

They'd have to be at the absolute peak of their powers as well. 

[booth]

7 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

When Burnley sacked Dyche it was in an attempt to avoid relegation. 

Venkys sacked Big Sam in an attempt to deliberately relegate the club.

I always took it they were shafted by vultures and were too stubborn and stupid to do anything about it, till it was too late. And their stubborness and stupidity continues to this day.

[Upside Down]

Just now, booth said:

I always took it they were shafted by vultures and were too stubborn and stupid to do anything about it, till it was too late. And their stubborness and stupidity continues to this day.

They deliberately relegated the club and have made absolutely no attempt to rectify this. 

Scum.

Give me administration any day over these turd lickers.

[Leonard Venkhater]

1 minute ago, booth said:

I always took it they were shafted by vultures and were too stubborn and stupid to do anything about it, till it was too late. And their stubborness and stupidity continues to this day.

I remember a quote from Shebby Singh saying "They're trying to relegate us!" I think he was referring to Shagnew and Anderson.

Back then, although it was Venky's name above the door, it almost felt there were two lots of owners and their representatives were in conflict.

[simongarnerisgod]

32 minutes ago, tomphil said:

Hopefully JDT has a contacts book and is allowed to put it in motion.

thats what im`e hoping,the players at his disposal,especially in midfield, ar`nt good enough to play the way he wants,he desperately needs a decent centre forward,vale and hirst are as much use as an artex canoe

[Leonard Venkhater]

21 minutes ago, booth said:

I was disappointed that we didn't sign any of Malmo's players in Summer. All our signings seemed to come from the previous scouting reports rather than JDT's contacts book.

We missed out on that Anel fella to Sheffield Utd (you'd have thought JDT would have held some sway there), we didn't go in for Birmancevic and we didn't even try for the ageing Berget.

Signing Anel would have required too much detail.

[47er]

1 hour ago, longsiders1882 said:

Got a lot of cash Putin -  and loads of rich mates

And he's ruthless!

[booth]

20 minutes ago, Leonard Venkhater said:

I remember a quote from Shebby Singh saying "They're trying to relegate us!" I think he was referring to Shagnew and Anderson.

Back then, although it was Venky's name above the door, it almost felt there were two lots of owners and their representatives were in conflict.

I met Shebby Singh whilst Kean was manager, and whilst it could have been that there was some kind of dual ownership going on, I took it that Venkys just didn't want to pay compensation to a bunch of rogue staff.

I've since read all the leaked emails and all I got from it was, why the f*** didn't Venkys just sack them and replace them with competent people? And at a guess I'd say it's because they didn't know any, and at that point didn't trust anyone outside of their circle of trust. I'm aware I'm probably adding more logic than they deserve.

Some truly vile characters behind the scenes at Rovers back then.