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What Our Opponents' Fans Are Saying About Us 20/21

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Rosco1984

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Not sure I want us to be a club of fans who speak quite so patronisingly about plucky little Burnley punching above their weight. Pope, Tarkowski, Mee, Wood, McNeil, these are good players who would improve pretty much ever side outside of the big six, Leicester and Everton.

Tarkowski would start for us 100% he's very good. Now we have Vinicius though I couldn't see any other Burnley player even making our bench so as you say its understandable that they play a style that tries to neutralise and exploit teams that try to play good football rather than tries to compete with it. I am just glad I only have to watch it twice a season.
 

olliec

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I have no problem with Burnley and how they play. It gives our lads a challenge as they are used to free flowing football but with Burnley we have to play a different way as they are more defensive. Also I like their manager as well he genuinely seems like a really likeable person so I hope they stay up. They are basically the new stoke.
 

double0

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I have to say, I understand Dyche has been working on an extremely tight budget for quite some time but, their style of play is terrible and as a fan I would be embarrassed to watch them, never mind claim they were 'superb'. I would love to know how many times they pumped the ball up to their strikers last night, I remember saying to my brother every time they did it that their style was a joke, and I said that a lot!

We got drawn into that far too often by doing the same and I was becoming frustrated, but to watch that every week must be a tough gig. I don't say this too often but I genuinely hope they go down, there is no place in the Premier League for that style of football.
Football is all about styles philosophies formations tactics etc you may not like the way they go about it doesn't mean there's no place for it.
 

aussiespursguy

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Quite alluring, isn't it?
QuarrelsomeSparseIndigowingedparrot.webp
Alluring is one word you can use. Lol.
Who is she?

Asking for a friend!
 

Timberwolf

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I quite like that there are still a few 'throwback' teams in the league. The way things are going it won't be long before it's all just technical football of sorts and it's good to have a bunch of physical ****s like Burnley in the mix. I never 'enjoy' watching them play but I think in a weird way I'll miss them in 10+ years when this type of football is extinct at the top level.
 

buckley

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Which the budget Burnley are working to I find it amazing that they have lasted so long in the top division and can only give credit for staying there for so long . All credit to Dyche and Burnley if they had tried to play expansive pretty football with the squad they have they would be in the championship . Just giving the top six sides such a hard time is fantastic and no matter how much of a football purist a person may claim to be you will not survive in the premiership playing expansive football without the quality ( cash ) of player to do so .
You only have to look at Norwich last year at times played some fantastic football and noe relegated .
In short expansive football = money clubs / Pragmatic football = poor cash wise clubs .
For someone my age I can tell you there was a period in the 50s and 60s that Burnley were the one of the best teams in the country and I welcome the challenge they give the big six as this club sticks it nose up at the money clubs .
 

Ickle73

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Epic Europop knowledge even the most seasoned homosexuals would have struggled with.

I tip my hat to thee, sir.
Erm I think you're missing the point about the popularity of that gif....let's just say it's not connected to her vocal skills :D

 

rez9000

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As above, she's called a french singer called 'Alizee'.
Many moons ago, I used to hang out with some friends who were from West Africa (some Sierra Leonean, some Burkinabe and one Ivorian). They used to listen to a lot of French and French-language music and one of them introduced me to Alizee. I then went through six months of having the almightiest crush on her and was listening to her music almost on continuous loop. My girlfriend at the time wasn't best pleased...

Even today I still have J'en ai marre! in my iTunes library.
 

freeeki

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Many moons ago, I used to hang out with some friends who were from West Africa (some Sierra Leonean, some Burkinabe and one Ivorian). They used to listen to a lot of French and French-language music and one of them introduced me to Alizee. I then went through six months of having the almightiest crush on her and was listening to her music almost on continuous loop. My girlfriend at the time wasn't best pleased...

Even today I still have J'en ai marre! in my iTunes library.

J'en Ai Marre is a BOP
 

Ickle73

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I'm sure it isn't, but the fact she was 15 at that point makes me hope it is :p
Tbf that's a myth...she was 19 or something

Well just a cursory google will tell you she was born in 1984...song released in 2003 :)
 
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BringBack_leGin

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They are basically the new stoke.
I actually think this is any easy perception to have, but not necessarily true. Burnley don’t lump it upfield every match the way they did v us, which really is all Stoke ever did. Burnley only really do this against the sides who’s midfields they desperately want to avoid. Most of Burnley’s play over the years has been about getting the ball on the flanks and hitting early crosses into their big strikers. I find Burnley far more attacking intended most of the time that Stoke ever are.

Stoke were also far dirtier under Pulis, which was reflected in the amount of times skilful players ended up with long injuries after matches v Stoke (Whelan on Bale and Shawcross on Ramsay stick out). Burnley are rough, but apart from Barnes I don’t actually think they’re dirty
 

coysjod

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Not exactly an opposing fan but you get the drift:


However, Dyche felt that the Tottenham man didn’t do much wrong – and he certainly was not one screaming for a foul.
“It could have been punished but I would hope not,” Dyche said.


“It (the game) has diluted down to a new level of weakness to be honest so I don’t want to start taking moments that are not bad moments, a little bit loose maybe but not terrible moments.

“That used to be the norm, I am not saying I want it but my point is that I don’t think you can start over thinking all of these things.”
 
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