https://boards.footymad.net/ The message board for all Clarets - everywhere! en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:25:00 GMT vBulletin 60 https://boards.footymad.net/images/misc/rss.png https://boards.footymad.net/ https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386151&goto=newpost Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:03:07 GMT Can someone please enlighten me about Vithino. Last time I was told is that the Brasillian club he went to had not paid the necessary transfer fee. Is that still the case or has it now been paid. If it hasnt been paid what are the club doing about it and at what point does Vithino return to Burnley or is stopped from playing any football until the matter is resolved. Can someone please enlighten me about Vithino. Last time I was told is that the Brasillian club he went to had not paid the necessary transfer fee. Is that still the case or has it now been paid. If it hasnt been paid what are the club doing about it and at what point does Vithino return to Burnley or is stopped from playing any football until the matter is resolved. ]]> Turfites Talk lancaster100 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386151 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386007&goto=newpost Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:54:26 GMT Yes please if he?s fit and up for a return. Seen enough of Walker now. Yes please if he?s fit and up for a return. Seen enough of Walker now. ]]> Turfites Talk wmdave_b https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38386007 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38385936&goto=newpost Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:03:42 GMT I realise we are as good as relegated but even with the usual wheeling and dealing, surely, we will have enough left to get out of the Championship next season. I realise a lot of these players will not be with us next season but even so? Goalkeepers: Max Weiss. Defenders: Kyle Walker. Alex Tuanzebe. Lucas Pires. Bashir Humphreys. Shurandy Sambo. Jordan Beyer. Joe Worrall Maxime Esteve. Connor Roberts. Quilindschy Hartman. Oliver Sonne. Hjalmar Ekdal. Owen Dodgson. Midfielders: Josh Cullen. Hannibal Mejbri. Josh Laurent. Lesley Ugochukwu. Florentino Luis. Wide players: Jaidon Anthony. Marcus Edwards. Luca Koleosho. Aaron Ramsey. Jayden Banel. Enock Agyei. Oluwaseun Adewumi. Mike Tresor. Loum Tchaouna. Jacob Bruun Larsen. Forwards: Zian Flemming. Lyle Foster. Andreas Hountondji. Zeki Amdouni. Ashley Barnes. Armando Broja. Honest opinion please guys and girls. I realise we are as good as relegated but even with the usual wheeling and dealing, surely, we will have enough left to get out of the Championship next season.
I realise a lot of these players will not be with us next season but even so?
Goalkeepers:
Max Weiss.
Defenders:
Kyle Walker.
Alex Tuanzebe.
Lucas Pires.
Bashir Humphreys.
Shurandy Sambo.
Jordan Beyer.
Joe Worrall
Maxime Esteve.
Connor Roberts.
Quilindschy Hartman.
Oliver Sonne.
Hjalmar Ekdal.
Owen Dodgson.
Midfielders:
Josh Cullen.
Hannibal Mejbri.
Josh Laurent.
Lesley Ugochukwu.
Florentino Luis.
Wide players:
Jaidon Anthony.
Marcus Edwards.
Luca Koleosho.
Aaron Ramsey.
Jayden Banel.
Enock Agyei.
Oluwaseun Adewumi.
Mike Tresor.
Loum Tchaouna.
Jacob Bruun Larsen.
Forwards:
Zian Flemming.
Lyle Foster.
Andreas Hountondji.
Zeki Amdouni.
Ashley Barnes.
Armando Broja.
Honest opinion please guys and girls. ]]> Turfites Talk The Bedlington Terrier https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38385936 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38385776&goto=newpost Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:17:16 GMT Watched us lose to Japan last night. Forget the ICE drama just stay home lads. You have no chance. Watched us lose to Japan last night.

Forget the ICE drama just stay home lads.

You have no chance. ]]> Turfites Talk The Bedlington Terrier https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38385776 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38384897&goto=newpost Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:05:23 GMT Clearly what needs to happen now is to examine and record why we were such a good club in the late 50's early 60's and begin to develop in that manner. I do realise there are more ways to build a team such as AI but these can be developed once we are on the way to a recovery position.

One thing that help us as a club is to develop younger players and play them in gradual doses until they become established. The number of very young players who became household names was prolific but no longer I cannot see if/how our current crop of youngsters can ever make the first team this is clearly a significant weakness. We very often got the better young players because they were given early chances to be introduced to the first team.

We are way behind as far as younger players are concerned and if it does not change radically then we might as well stop funding the youth teams as they contribute nothing to our club.

Just look at the methodology adopted by the likes of Brentford it is all their on the internet so we should be able to develop in a similar way it is not all based on AI.

The thing is we must be able to bring in someone who is passionate about developing a methodology that incorporates past successes and include up to date new methods that are available.

I do not know how such thoughts/ideas get channelled to Alan Pace but maybe someone on this board has an avenue or contact for positive contributions like this and other ideas to be considered by the likes of Alan Pace. ]]> Turfites Talk lancaster100 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38384897 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38384837&goto=newpost Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:25:08 GMT Saturday 11 April, Burnley v Brighton, KO 3PM.

Plenty of time to think about this one, and when you've thunk, please post your prediction below.

League Table after 31 games

1) Dave, 2-1 2............. 47
2) Sinkov 2-0 1.............42
3) Sammy 2-0 1............37
4) CiB 4-0 1..................35
4) Swiss 2-1 2...............35
6) Alfie 3-1 4.................34
7) BT 3-1 2...................33
8) Outwood 1-1 1...........29
9) Army 2-2 0................27
10) Balan AWOL...,.........26
11) Mr B, 1-2 0..............22
12) Warmy 1-1 1...........17
13) Barrie 1-2 0.....,.......13 ]]> Turfites Talk sinkov https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38384837 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38384778&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Mar 2026 18:39:36 GMT Our man in the North east will know if Howe is skating on thin ice.

What's the verdict Supersub6?:confused: ]]> Turfites Talk The Bedlington Terrier https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38384778 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38384652&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Mar 2026 17:08:57 GMT Was it just me who thought high boot? Dubravka had to back off to miss it? Then a weak pen, don?t know why they take off Walker, but it exposed Laurent. Still soft though. Positively was a good performance, Anthony having a go for the first time and Flemming looks a good tough 9 Was it just me who thought high boot? Dubravka had to back off to miss it?
Then a weak pen, don?t know why they take off Walker, but it exposed Laurent. Still soft though.
Positively was a good performance, Anthony having a go for the first time and Flemming looks a good tough 9 ]]> Turfites Talk wmdave_b https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38384652 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38384651&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Mar 2026 16:59:01 GMT We are 9 points from safety and we cannot defend for our lives so what does Parker do when we get our nose in front.He tries to defend a one goal lead.Laurent has never been good enough for the PL but he is Parkers favourite.Foster should be playing Sunday League football but he gets in the starting eleven. Parker is totally feckin clueless.Get out of our club and take your negative tactics with you.Rant over. We are 9 points from safety and we cannot defend for our lives so what does Parker do when we get our nose in front.He tries to defend a one goal lead.Laurent has never been good enough for the PL but he is Parkers favourite.Foster should be playing Sunday League football but he gets in the starting eleven.
Parker is totally feckin clueless.Get out of our club and take your negative tactics with you.Rant over. ]]> Turfites Talk ClaretinBudapest https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38384651 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38384599&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Mar 2026 07:35:38 GMT Chelsea "cheat for seven years by making illicit payments totalling ?47.5m for players who help you win two Premier League titles, the Champions League, the Europa League and two FA Cups, and not only do you get to keep those trophies but you escape with a fine of ?10.75m and a nine-month academy transfer ban.

If you?re Chelsea. Breach financial rules by ?19.5m over a three-year period while taking out loans to build a new stadium and losing sponsorship deals owing to Russia?s invasion of Ukraine, and you receive a 10-point deduction reduced to six on appeal.

If you?re Everton. The Premier League wanted a 12-point punishment, don?t forget, which would have pushed Everton closer to a relegation that could have triggered administration.

Evertonians were condescendingly dismissed as conspiracists when accusing the Premier League of operating a two-tier disciplinary system in 2023. This week they received confirmation they were correct."

And still no decision on Citeh.

Impossible to understand VAR decisions, Point deductions (or not), I'm glad we are heading back off into the Championship sunset.B) ]]> Turfites Talk The Bedlington Terrier https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38384599 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38384154&goto=newpost Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:32:47 GMT Saturday March 21, Fulham v Burnley, KO 3PM. Please post your predictions below. League Table after 30 games 1) Dave, AWOL............. 45 2) Sinkov 1-1 1.............41 3) Sammy 1-3 0............36 4) CiB 1-4 0..................34 5) Swiss 1-2 0...............33 6) BT 2-1 0...................31 7) Alfie 2-2 1.................30 8) Outwood 3-2 0...........28 9) Army 0-2 1................27 10) Balan 1-1 1...,..........26 11) Mr B, 1-2 0..............22 12) Warmy 1-1 1...........16 13) Barrie 2-1 0.....,.......13 Saturday March 21, Fulham v Burnley, KO 3PM.

Please post your predictions below.

League Table after 30 games

1) Dave, AWOL............. 45
2) Sinkov 1-1 1.............41
3) Sammy 1-3 0............36
4) CiB 1-4 0..................34
5) Swiss 1-2 0...............33
6) BT 2-1 0...................31
7) Alfie 2-2 1.................30
8) Outwood 3-2 0...........28
9) Army 0-2 1................27
10) Balan 1-1 1...,..........26
11) Mr B, 1-2 0..............22
12) Warmy 1-1 1...........16
13) Barrie 2-1 0.....,.......13 ]]> Turfites Talk sinkov https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38384154 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38383938&goto=newpost Sun, 15 Mar 2026 20:16:10 GMT This season and the one when we were last relegated. I put all the blame on Alan Pace. He is supposed to be a shrewd business man and may be he is in other walks of life. He is clearly not ruthless - it is the ruthless streak where a business man makes strong and defining decisions, this is not what he is capable of. For example if I was being advised to sign a certain player for a fairly high price and that advice turned out to be poor advice ie the player waas clearly not up to the mark. As a ruthless business man it would be once bitten but not twice and that should result in that advisor being sack but it seems not with Pace - he clearly lack a backbone. Instead he keeps getting advice about players who are clearly not good enough and Pace keeps acting upon the bad advice from the same people. SO MY ADVICE TO ALAN PACE IS GET RUTHLESS and sack any advisor who has provided advice about players who are clearly not good enough and cost too much. Until PACE does this then he will continue to sail down the creek without a paddle. This season and the one when we were last relegated. I put all the blame on Alan Pace. He is supposed to be a shrewd business man and may be he is in other walks of life. He is clearly not ruthless - it is the ruthless streak where a business man makes strong and defining decisions, this is not what he is capable of. For example if I was being advised to sign a certain player for a fairly high price and that advice turned out to be poor advice ie the player waas clearly not up to the mark. As a ruthless business man it would be once bitten but not twice and that should result in that advisor being sack but it seems not with Pace - he clearly lack a backbone. Instead he keeps getting advice about players who are clearly not good enough and Pace keeps acting upon the bad advice from the same people.

SO MY ADVICE TO ALAN PACE IS GET RUTHLESS and sack any advisor who has provided advice about players who are clearly not good enough and cost too much.

Until PACE does this then he will continue to sail down the creek without a paddle. ]]> Turfites Talk lancaster100 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38383938 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38383937&goto=newpost Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:32:20 GMT We are obviously going to kick off the new season back in the Championship. Can we come straight back up for a third time? :confused: We are obviously going to kick off the new season back in the Championship.

Can we come straight back up for a third time? :confused: ]]> Turfites Talk The Bedlington Terrier https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38383937 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38383821&goto=newpost Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:12:23 GMT Well we didn?t lose and Anthony was unlucky, hitting the bar. Hannibal and Anthony ran their socks off, closing down, trying to create. Ward - Prowse delivered some good corners but he does not command the midfield. Parker self- destructs every match. I have always tried to be positive about Foster but seriously he was useless today. He finally got him off and brought on Edwards. Meanwhile Est?ve asked to be subbed so it took nearly 10 minutes to get Worral on. At one point we were down to ten men! What is the point of bringing anyone on with two minutes to play? Broja tried but he can?t jump. Obichewbacca is slow and offers nothing. Walker was talking a throw in and obichewbacca made no effort to receive the ball, just strolling around. One point but not enough. At least we have made it to 20 points and no doubt Parker will be proud of them etc., etc., but it is impossible to work out Parker?s thinking. Worral has played well but he is dropped to play Laurent in defence. He drops Pires who is attack minded and plays Hartman who was anonymous today. Well we didn?t lose and Anthony was unlucky, hitting the bar.

Hannibal and Anthony ran their socks off, closing down, trying to create. Ward - Prowse delivered some good corners but he does not command the midfield.

Parker self- destructs every match. I have always tried to be positive about Foster but seriously he was useless today. He finally got him off and brought on Edwards. Meanwhile Est?ve asked to be subbed so it took nearly 10 minutes to get Worral on. At one point we were down to ten men!

What is the point of bringing anyone on with two minutes to play? Broja tried but he can?t jump. Obichewbacca is slow and offers nothing. Walker was talking a throw in and obichewbacca made no effort to receive the ball, just strolling around.

One point but not enough. At least we have made it to 20 points and no doubt Parker will be proud of them etc., etc., but it is impossible to work out Parker?s thinking. Worral has played well but he is dropped to play Laurent in defence. He drops Pires who is attack minded and plays Hartman who was anonymous today. ]]> Turfites Talk Swissclaret https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38383821 https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38383767&goto=newpost Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:48:26 GMT Sorry Alfie, but should there be a massive boycott of the US hosted World Cup, in protest to this warmongering MAGA administration under Trump? Of course there should IMHO. :mad: Sorry Alfie, but should there be a massive boycott of the US hosted World Cup, in protest to this warmongering MAGA administration under Trump?

Of course there should IMHO. :mad: ]]> Turfites Talk The Bedlington Terrier https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38383767