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Post by Bassingham Terrier on Apr 23, 2023 11:38:53 GMT 1
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Post by waggers on Apr 23, 2023 11:51:28 GMT 1
I mentioned my criticism of what Burnley are doing on a different thread and got berated by a few very angry fans, I'm glad it's been officially acknowledged.
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Post by rubicon on Apr 23, 2023 11:53:08 GMT 1
I'm in two minds, as we rested players when in the plays offs, BUT that's the difference for all those Burnley fans responding this is nonsense. Why are you resting players when you're promoted? What is the reason? It's months to your Premier League debut. I'm sure the team will have plenty of time to recover before then. It's not fair to ALL the teams in the relegation battle. Still it's in our hands to sort it ourselves, but sorry Burnley, you are a disgrace.
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Post by aloadofdbullocks on Apr 23, 2023 11:53:10 GMT 1
Too late Town.
The time for kicking up a massive fuss was last May.
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Post by themanfromatlantis on Apr 23, 2023 12:00:00 GMT 1
Too late Town. The time for kicking up a massive fuss was last May. I agree, but that would have opened up a massive can of worms for them. (which they would have kept the lid on) I think football is corrupt nowadays, not just because of last May, but so many other clubs have been affected by things. The game is slanted towards money, TV etc. It’s turned into an entertainment business, it’s just unfortunate for those running the game that there’s still a sporting competition, desperate to have its say in proceedings. If this report is correct and we have complained, I suspect it’s been done with the knowledge it won’t go anywhere, which makes it even more bizarre really. It would be nice if Town officially corroborate this story as well.
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Post by themanfromatlantis on Apr 23, 2023 12:01:19 GMT 1
I think they’ve found a tub of sour grapes from somewhere.
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Post by aloadofdbullocks on Apr 23, 2023 12:03:01 GMT 1
Too late Town. The time for kicking up a massive fuss was last May. I agree, but that would have opened up a massive can of worms for them. (which they would have kept the lid on) I think football is corrupt nowadays, not just because of last May, but so many other clubs have been affected by things. The game is slanted towards money, TV etc. It’s turned into an entertainment business, it’s just unfortunate for those running the game that there’s still a sporting competition, desperate to have its say in proceedings. If this report is correct and we have complained, I suspect it’s been done with the knowledge it won’t go anywhere, which makes it even more bizarre really. It would be nice if Town officially corroborate this story as well. From a Town fans point of view I wanted and needed a huge can of worms to be opened. Am sure it wouldn’t have changed the outcome but the way our cuckold club didn’t even make a fuss or put out a strong statement pissed me off mightily at the time (and still does apparently😀).
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Post by irverino on Apr 23, 2023 12:07:15 GMT 1
So if Cardiff are safe & Sheffield United are promoted they will now have to play full strength teams against Town, maybe should have kept schtum......Weren't we the only team to take points off City at the Etihad when we stayed up?..
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Post by rockwall on Apr 23, 2023 12:08:03 GMT 1
More like found their vagina complaining about that.
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Post by aloadofdbullocks on Apr 23, 2023 12:10:30 GMT 1
So if Cardiff are safe & Sheffield United are promoted they will now have to play full strength teams against Town, maybe should have kept schtum......Weren't we the only team to take points off City at the Etihad when we stayed up?.. Good point. If it wasn’t pathetic enough anyway let’s make sure Sheff Utd put out a strong side against us.
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Post by rockwall on Apr 23, 2023 12:12:26 GMT 1
None of us would be moaning or complaining if Sheff Utd did put a weakened team out against us.
The club should have kept their opinions to themselves, this could now make it harder for us.
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Post by foxtrot666 on Apr 23, 2023 12:13:33 GMT 1
I don't remember anyone moaning when Wagner played a weakened side away at Birmingham just before the play offs, we're in this mess because we've been shit for most of the season, not because of Burnleys team selection.
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Post by typical on Apr 23, 2023 12:19:00 GMT 1
I’ll be honest, I agree we should have enquired about the Burnley changes. Especially since they only created that rule because of Town in 2017. But there have been many more corrupt things the EFL have done in the last 12 months - Wembley, and perhaps the biggest point of this season, the Hawkeye not being ‘turned on’ vs Blackpool. It doesn’t get more corrupt than the Hawkeye imo. I’ve only seen Hawkeye fail once, in that Villa game a few years ago.
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Post by themanfromatlantis on Apr 23, 2023 12:29:41 GMT 1
Hawkeye was switched on, I thought it was just that there were too many outside influences (e.g., footballers in and around the post) for it to make a determination?
Those pesky footballers eh…
For the record I thought it was disgraceful really. You would have thought they’d learn from the Villa v Blades thing, but obviously not.
Hawkeye isn’t corrupt, it’s just not infallible because it relies on technology 100%.
VAR on the other hand…
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Post by galpharm2400 on Apr 23, 2023 12:32:37 GMT 1
I suspect that a few players at Burnley are now fully aware they are not part of the plan for the Premier league. Those coming in were not considered good enough for regular championship starts???. You can see the problem. Its possible that the Blades might go the same way once promotion is secured? Qpr won yesterday due to a bit of bravery and a shitload of luck. Reading got a draw against Burnley B by riding their luck time and time again. Happens most if not all seasons that previously unbeatable teams become beatable. Look at us last year with millwall away and then boro, 2 good hidings?? Im not complaining we either do enough ourselves or we dont.
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Post by westislandterrier on Apr 23, 2023 12:45:38 GMT 1
None of us would be moaning or complaining if Sheff Utd did put a weakened team out against us. The club should have kept their opinions to themselves, this could now make it harder for us.As if this shitshow of a season decision wise couldn’t get worse - but it just has three fold (if it is the truth - it’s the footy media gossip only - so far anyway) - But anyway... 1)... It won’t change anything points wise for Reading anyway... 2)... In the furore of Town allegedly flagging it up Sheffield United will now ‘have to be seen’ to play a full strength team - something they may not have done with their inevitable promotion in all likelihood clinched... 3)... You can bet with being (again allegedly) ‘grassed’ - any aspirations us Town fans had of Burnley putting on a show in their final presentation day match v Cardiff have now disappeared like a melting snow off a dyke... As someone else said - HTAFC should clarify or deny this as it’s liable to have a negative effect on the end of the season if true - if not then get the fabrication media source to court the day before tomorrow - But if it’s true - talk about cutting one’s own throat - But then ‘Twas ever thus at Huddersfield Town AFC this last while back ! 😬
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Post by digs on Apr 23, 2023 12:48:58 GMT 1
It makes us look like a right moaning teapot of a club,just get on with the job it's in our own hands
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Post by ben1987 on Apr 23, 2023 13:16:35 GMT 1
The thing is mate, they haven’t found some balls. They’ve actually shown how fucking weak they are. Deflecting their utterly abysmal running of the club since the final whistle went at Wembley last May, it comes across as petulant. What Town should be doing is coming clean to the fan base and admitting their failures and what they are going to do to put it right, that’s finding some balls. The clubs just shown itself up.
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Post by space hardware on Apr 23, 2023 13:19:43 GMT 1
Cringe.
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Post by softboy on Apr 23, 2023 13:30:00 GMT 1
For the EFL to get involved I assume Burnley has broken some sort of rule regarding who plays, how experienced they are,how many games they have played. So I can understand can anyone point to this specific rule?
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Post by themanfromatlantis on Apr 23, 2023 13:36:54 GMT 1
For the EFL to get involved I assume Burnley has broken some sort of rule regarding who plays, how experienced they are,how many games they have played. So I can understand can anyone point to this specific rule? I suspect the answer to your question is NO. However, that won’t stop the shit stirring this will cause. A farce really, I’m not sure any Town fan would have wanted to pursue this avenue. It will of course be funny if the club come out and say this is a load of old bollocks, not so funny if they don’t, or if they confirm it. What planet are people on. We’ve been shit for the majority of this season. We may still pull this out of the bag after getting our shit together for about an eighth of the season. I’m sure we’ll be chuffed to bits to retain our Championship status, but it’s obviously cheering through relief, not euphoria. Going to be a long fortnight on here, booze and fag merchants will be doing a roaring trade, possibly some cat sanctuaries as well?
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Post by kennyk2 on Apr 23, 2023 13:41:35 GMT 1
So if Cardiff are safe & Sheffield United are promoted they will now have to play full strength teams against Town, maybe should have kept schtum......Weren't we the only team to take points off City at the Etihad when we stayed up?.. Aren't the EFL also looking at whether KN is a fit and proper person to take over a football club? Fuck me, you'd have thought they wouldn't start poking the hive with a large stick.
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Post by westislandterrier on Apr 23, 2023 13:45:57 GMT 1
For the EFL to get involved I assume Burnley has broken some sort of rule regarding who plays, how experienced they are,how many games they have played. So I can understand can anyone point to this specific rule? I suspect the answer to your question is NO. However, that won’t stop the shit stirring this will cause. A farce really, I’m not sure any Town fan would have wanted to pursue this avenue. It will of course be funny if the club come out and say this is a load of old bollocks, not so funny if they don’t, or if they confirm it.What planet are people on. We’ve been shit for the majority of this season. We may still pull this out of the bag after getting our shit together for about an eighth of the season. I’m sure we’ll be chuffed to bits to retain our Championship status, but it’s obviously cheering through relief, not euphoria. Going to be a long fortnight on here, booze and fag merchants will be doing a roaring trade, possibly some cat sanctuaries as well? It’s of paramount importance for all us HTAFC fans to find out one way or the other... Is there any HTAFC fan on DATM that’s more technical savvy than me (not hard admittedly) ! that could kindly E-mail, The Huddersfield Examiner, Huddersfield Hub or The Yorkshire Post to see if they could use their clout to get to the bottom of this and find out one way or the other !
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Post by Tinpot on Apr 23, 2023 13:55:39 GMT 1
Fuck me, that's embarrassing.
They have a squad of 25 players plus youth, same as everyone else. Up to them how they use it, just as it was up to David Wagner to rest players before the playoffs on 2017.
Burnley have done nothing wrong. And even if they had, we did the same 6 years ago. And even if we hadn't, what's the point of chasing it now?
The time to kick off was (over the injustice and potential corruption) back in May last year. Cuckold club is a brilliant explanation of what we were in the aftermath of that.
We piss and whinge about fuck all, less than a year after meekly weeping after PGMOL (alleged) corruption fucked our promotion.
If we go down this season then it is on us.
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Post by galpharm2400 on Apr 23, 2023 14:00:09 GMT 1
Fuck me, that's embarrassing. They have a squad of 25 players plus youth, same as everyone else. Up to them how they use it, just as it was up to David Wagner to rest players before the playoffs on 2017. Burnley have done nothing wrong. And even if they had, we did the same 6 years ago. And even if we hadn't, what's the point of chasing it now? The time to kick off was (over the injustice and potential corruption) back in May last year. Cuckold club is a brilliant explanation of what we were in the aftermath of that. We piss and whinge about fuck all, less than a year after meekly weeping after PGMOL (alleged) corruption fucked our promotion. If we go down this season then it is on us. Win 2 games out of 3 then talk about it??? If it comes down to one game then believe we have the bollocks and the plan to do it?? The rest is a sideshow that does not help us now.
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Post by workshyfop on Apr 23, 2023 14:00:33 GMT 1
I’m sick of us being a laughing stock. We really don’t help ourselves, do we? I bet most fans want us to go down now. It puts pressure on Sheffield United to not take it easy if they’re promoted already too. Unless someone from Reading has leaked the story for these very reasons!
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Post by townarentbest on Apr 23, 2023 14:13:48 GMT 1
For the EFL to get involved I assume Burnley has broken some sort of rule regarding who plays, how experienced they are,how many games they have played. So I can understand can anyone point to this specific rule? No, the EFL have got involved to ask for observations "as a matter of course if contacted by another club". Burnley haven't broken any rule, since "from the fourth Thursday in March, any team sheet for a league game should include at least 10 outfield players who featured on the team sheet (which includes the named subs) for the league game before". Burnley had 14 players on the team sheet who had also been on the team-sheet for the previous game. We look a bit stupid 🤷♂️
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Post by Terrier Ramone on Apr 23, 2023 14:15:30 GMT 1
Now's not the time to make an official complaint about this (I hope the article is wrong & we haven't), we should have kicked up the fuss when we were robbed at Wembley, however, the amount of business we have conducted with Forest since, the most recent being the weirdest signing of all of their 5th choice GK I can't even remember the name of, makes me feel very uncomfortable.
As others have said, all this now just looks like sour grapes & will ensure Sheff Utd will need to play a full strength side against us. I find it so hard to believe that a club can make so many awful decisions in one season, it's almost like deliberate sabotage.
Complain massively after Wembley, complain about the goal that was clearly over the line Vs Blackpool from where I sat but to complain about this now is wrong, IMO. I think Burnley have taken the piss since they had their promotion confirmed & yes, they have not shown any integrity to the competition, but we have to look after ourselves. Get safe, then complain about Burnley.
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Post by softboy on Apr 23, 2023 14:17:13 GMT 1
So basically if Cardiff won at Rotherham and NW thinks we cannot catch them but with 2big home games coming up he decides to rest Pearson, Lees, Ward. Etc etc then we would think Reading are fully justified in complaining that we fielded a weakend side to save the players for the Reading game
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Post by sabailand on Apr 23, 2023 14:28:28 GMT 1
Reading didnt even win the game, poor show if indeed town have complained.
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