Dunk - Refusing to play?

TSB · Aug 18, 2015

Albumen said:
Depends how you want to look at it.
As far as I'm seen the only FACT of this 67 page bilge is Dunk was dropped to the bench on Saturday for the new signing. He also didn't play in the weakened squad the previous Tuesday which somehow warranted this thread.
Any more actual FACTS I'm missing here?

Fulham's bids and the whirlwhind of transfer speculation? Context can be useful.
I think enough people have reported that a rumour has spread, to say that it is without doubt a fact that this rumour has spread.

Albumen · Aug 18, 2015

Albumen said:
If Murphy replaces Solly in the starting lineup tonight, I look forward to the 'Solly March - Refusing to play?' thread.

TSB said:
Fulham's bids and the whirlwhind of transfer speculation? Context can be useful.
I think enough people have reported that a rumour has spread, to say that it is without doubt a fact that this rumour has spread.

OK, Fulham have bid for the player.
Rumours do not equal fact and FACT into DOUBT won't go.

TSB · Aug 18, 2015

Albumen said:
OK, Fulham have bid for the player.
Rumours do not equal fact and FACT into DOUBT won't go.

It is a fact that rumour has spread.

Albumen · Aug 18, 2015

TSB said:
It is a fact that rumour has spread.

Just because some people have suggested it's true, it does not make it so. Has it spread further than the users of this forum?

Pavilionaire · Aug 18, 2015

nwgull said:
I can't find any league tables for January 2014, but we definitely weren't sixth when Barnes left - from memory, we got into the top six for the first time that year after our consecutive wins against Leicester and Charton.

Wrong. 25 games in, 10 Jan 14 - the day Barnes signed for Burnley - we reached our highest place of that season thus far - 6th. It's on Wikipedia.

We spent the next 16 games in positions 7-9 before hanging onto 6th place for the remainder of the season. Our goals tally was poor until Lingard had that decent month in April when the team perked up briefly.

Triggaaar · Aug 18, 2015

Pavilionaire said:
Wrong. 25 games in, 10 Jan 14 - the day Barnes signed for Burnley - we reached our highest place of that season thus far - 6th. It's on Wikipedia.

Got a link?

nwgull · Aug 18, 2015

Pavilionaire said:
Wrong. 25 games in, 10 Jan 14 - the day Barnes signed for Burnley - we reached our highest place of that season thus far - 6th. It's on Wikipedia.

We spent the next 16 games in positions 7-9 before hanging onto 6th place for the remainder of the season. Our goals tally was poor until Lingard had that decent month in April when the team perked up briefly.

So we weren't top 6 when Barnes was still playing for us then - his last league game would've been Jan 1st.

Anyone got a link to tables on specific dates? I did find one once, but can't relocate it. It was quite interesting to look back at how our position moved about in previous seasons - 96/97 in particular!

BensGrandad · Aug 18, 2015

TSB said:
He didn't. He wasn't. He could easily have scored the winning goal.
Liverpool were awful.

Though you of course do know this and I've no idea why I'm typing it.

I will not guve Sky any money so didnt see the game and was basing this on what people posted on here about Benteke taking him to the cleaners. Mind everybody on here said Bournemouth wre awful but Eddie Howe said they were very good.

The Wizard · Aug 18, 2015

Well this thread has gone completely off the rails. 68 pages :lolol:

arguments now ensuing over completely irrelevant topics.. Classic NSC :lol:

Not Andy Naylor · Aug 18, 2015

nwgull said:
So we weren't top 6 when Barnes was still playing for us then - his last league game would've been Jan 1st.

Anyone got a link to tables on specific dates? I did find one once, but can't relocate it. It was quite interesting to look back at how our position moved about in previous seasons - 96/97 in particular!

That was probably the brilliant and encyclopaedic www.statto.com but it's down at the moment. They're asking for Twitter followers to persuade backers to help out. [MENTION=4084]Statto[/MENTION]Com

Albumen · Aug 18, 2015

He's refusing to play because he's joining the Weetabix club. Quick, start the rumour, it'll be fact within 60 pages!

TSB · Aug 18, 2015

Albumen said:
Just because some people have suggested it's true, it does not make it so. Has it spread further than the users of this forum?

Uh huh. Though probably mainly from this forum.

TomandJerry · Aug 18, 2015

Is Dunk playing tonight?

nwgull · Aug 18, 2015

Not Andy Naylor said:
That was probably the brilliant and encyclopaedic www.statto.com but it's down at the moment. They're asking for Twitter followers to persuade backers to help out. [MENTION=4084]Statto[/MENTION]Com

That sounds familiar. However, I've found another: footstats.co.uk. It does indeed show that we reached sixth on 11th Jan - I certainly didn't remember that - with a 1-0 win v Brum. This was after Barnes had played his last league game for us, coming on as a late sub in the 1-1 home draw against Bournemouth, at which point we were 7th on GD - I hadn't remembered us being this close then either.

B.W. · Aug 18, 2015

Albumen said:
OK, Fulham have bid for the player.
Rumours do not equal fact and FACT into DOUBT won't go.

Too right. The number of facts in this thread is rather limited. That said, we should know more by the time the team is announced for tonight's game.

TottonSeagull · Aug 18, 2015

BensGrandad said:
I will not guve Sky any money so didnt see the game and was basing this on what people posted on here about Benteke taking him to the cleaners. Mind everybody on here said Bournemouth wre awful but Eddie Howe said they were very good.

How you can give a view on how someone played when you haven't actually seen the game is beyond me! Classic BG

Pavilionaire · Aug 18, 2015

Triggaaar said:
Got a link?

http://www.soccerassociation.com/0/1314/B20140110.htm

The Sock of Poskett · Aug 18, 2015

TomandJerry said:
Is Dunk playing tonight?

We'll find out in about 15-20 mins, I'd say

Albumen · Aug 18, 2015

TSB said:
Uh huh. Though probably mainly from this forum.

Haha, quite! Surely the recipients will know what comes out of this forum is 99% hogwash.

Triggaaar · Aug 18, 2015

Pavilionaire said:
Wrong. 25 games in, 10 Jan 14 - the day Barnes signed for Burnley - we reached our highest place of that season thus far - 6th. It's on Wikipedia.

Wrong. We played our 25th game on the 11th Jan, after Barnes had left. We were 7th when he left.

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