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I wish we had an understanding of what sort of finance they have behind them. It would be very interesting to have an idea of whether we will still be trawling for bargains from the lower divisions or whether we can seriously compete for the best from the Championship and abroad. Presume the existi...

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Was wondering if SD has met up with either party, you would have thought both would want to know his intentions, possible targets....just a thought That would be very interesting to know with the window only another few weeks off opening. Suppose the targets will depend on what backing is going to ...

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In your opinion in might be. The article produced evidence. You might want to offer evidence to counter it? Or are you suggesting he wouldn't be a better player with an attacking manager? He’s already shown us what a good attacking player he’s been under Dyche as the stats show. No surprise that th...

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Both signed extension till summer 2022.

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They did a piece on him in the Athletic a few weeks ago that Dwight is seeing far more of the ball than when he first came in the side but a lot further back on the pitch than he used to. Everyone knew his attacking instincts would get coached out of him. For his own career he needs an attacking ma...

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A right winger with some pace and skill is a priority in January. This will help take the pressure off McNeil.

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JohnDearyMe wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:00 pm
Progression beyond the 3rd round of the FA Cup?!

Seriously though, hope it pans out

FA Cup win and Kieron Trippier to sign!

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I hate playing City id dread to think what the aggregate score must be over the past 20 odd years! Witnessed so many drubbings against them both home and away.

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MRG wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:13 pm
I hear snippets, rarely the full story. Positives vibes are all I’m getting

Fingers crossed this comes to a completion soon!

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A hamstring injury suggests unfortunately another long spell out for Brady. I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s the last time we see him in a Burnley shirt.

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evensteadiereddie wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:53 am
We'll get a point at City if Jay plays.

Love your optimism! Reality is our usual 4 or 5 nil drubbing by them!

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It’s great to see the positivity he has brought to the town and club. Hopefully the team will back it up with a win tonight!

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Only two of Dyche’s signings have been good? Care to name them? Two is being generous if we can all ignore the likes of Heaton, Michael Keane, Andre Gray, Joey Barton, Chris Wood, Nick Pope, Charlie Taylor etc etc. Such a weird thing from supposed Burnley fans almost suggesting Dyche for the last 8...

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bfcjg wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:43 pm
Dyche has had his hands tied year after year in the transfer market, judge him when he has had some serious money to spend.

Have you forgot to change your username!?

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Isn’t it around £45m ? Something like that. I can’t think of a team over a similar period in this league who has had a lower net spend....yet some just trot out the same old rubbish about how poor a transfer record SD has. It’s a really strange and lazy argument given the success he has brought us.

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Yes it has, nobody can deny the great job he's done. But having money to spend will bring extra problems for him and force him out of his comfort zone a bit. We have no idea it will bring ‘extra problems’. Comfort zone makes no sense given he can only work with what he’s got unless he demands that ...

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Nothing to do with his efforts in the transfer market. Our team has largely been similar throughout. However look at our squad now. It’s a complete shambles, Embarrassing for a premier league club. Not al Dyches fault granted but he shoulders a fair percentage of the blame. Nothing to do with his e...

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jrgbfc wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:06 pm
Because he's too loyal to his old favourites? He wouldn't even drop Barnes last season when he was injured and his performances absolutely stunk.

His loyalty to the old favourites has worked out quite well over the past 8 years.

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:lol: doesn’t take much to trigger the usual zealots. For the time Dyche has been with us his transfer record has been poor. He’s been with us a long time too long now Yes you are right. Imagine where we could have finished instead of 7th and 10th if he was actually any good in the transfer market.

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I just hope we can get a win or two in the next few games to give the league table less of the disastrous look it has at the moment. The bottom four are already looking slightly adrift, that gap cannot widen. I fear how the league form is going could be a delaying factor in the takeover (if we aren...

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Somethingfishy wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 21, 2020 8:02 pm
It does depend how much money we are chucking at it. Dyche has to be given the chance. He has more than earned that.

Absolutely. Imagine guiding us to two top ten finishes on our current budget and then being binned off when some real investment arrives.

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Right_winger wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 21, 2020 7:37 pm
First transfer we should do is transfer Dyche out the door. He’s hopeless in the market.

Yes great idea!?

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That is where it could get interesting with Dyche and his "narrow" target list. We may well be capable of buying a higher quality player whereas Dyche will still be chasing his long term favourites...like he did with Stephens. Would be interesting to see how Dyche adapts to a bigger budget. If this...

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Article in today’s paper that Dyche has been told all January potential signings (presumably not many anyway and probably from Aldi FC) put on hold......that’ll lighten the mood...... Appreciate they’re trying to sell the club but don’t often see owners trying to drive the business into the ground ...

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KRBFC wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 20, 2020 7:35 pm
I have no idea why but I’m desperate for ALK to win the race and I have no idea about any details of ALK.

Let’s go ALK!!!!

Think most of us are thinking the same. Sounds like an interesting few days ahead.

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Reads as though Taylor likely to start. No surprise JBG and Brady injured again. Their bodies evidently aren’t up to playing at this level of football anymore.

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If one bid is offering the Chairman a place of power and £90 million in the bank, would he not opt for that bid and as already stated he has the casting vote with his current shareholding. What I would hope is the Premier league do a good background check on anyone trying to takeover or buy there w...

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He has been an absolute huge miss for us.

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How much did we pay for Andre Gray? He was a very good signing by Dyche.

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Where do you get this story of 'scything down' players in training? After Keane left we were mostly demanding a fourth centre back and one that could replace Mee or Tarkowski on a permanent basis if required. All we had were those two and Long. It seemed a good buy for those reasons. Wasn’t the rum...

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The relevance of buying a house is that it isn’t unusual for that process to take 6 months. This deal is worth 1000 times more than the average house sale in Burnley. I would have thought that it was fairly obvious why that process would take a long time. If you think it’s just down to whether some...

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Obviously more. Have you ever bought a house? This is reportedly a £200m acquisition. It’s obviously going to take a lot of time to get over the line, particularly when there’s numerous offers on the table. Not sure what the relevance of buying a house has got to do with it but yes I have bought on...

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Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 15, 2020 8:45 pm
These things take time. Why can’t people understand this?

We keep being told talks have been ongoing for over 12 months! How much more time do they need!?

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Let’s hope this can get sorted one way or another in the next few weeks, giving us less uncertainty and an idea of what we can do going forward in the January window! None of this is helping things on the pitch for sure . Exactly the longer this is drawn out the more damage it is doing on the pitch...

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Just that most corporate transactions have a % deferred (often in Escrow) based on future performance. More typical in higher risk scenarios, which I’d say this certainly is, and particularly given current league form/position. Only my opinion of course, but you have to question the timing of our s...

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Vegas Claret wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 15, 2020 3:55 pm
you'll be hard pressed to find a major business or government that doesn't have an element of "murky"

Very true!

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Danieljwaterhouse wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 15, 2020 2:59 pm
I agree, but I think ALK have been using a particular Broker to encourage finance for a little while now from the domestic and international markets.

I still believe that the other bud is state funded.

State funded sounds a bit murky!

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It's happened so often at so many clubs. That's one of the purposes of the owners and directors test and if that was the case with this or any other offer for our club then we have the advantage of being in the Premier League and not the Football League. The Premier League are far more thorough. Yo...

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We spent around £5m more than what we sold in 2015/16 so not sure what that point is. Imagine if I left off our wage bills over those years :shock: It’s okay saying we sold players over time for large amounts like Michael Keane, Andre Gray, Ings, Vokes, Heaton. But you’ve also ignored that their re...

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What windows were these? We spent around £20m 2019/20 £30m 2018/19 £32m 2017/18 £40m 2016/17 Player sales £12m 2019/20 £7m 2018/19 £45m 2017/18 £1m 2016/17 That’s just transfers. I bet our wage bill has double since the 2016/17 season. Not to ignore all the other costs that have gone out in that ti...

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arise_sir_charge wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 14, 2020 10:59 pm
FFS.....I reckon any person on here could have decided “not sure so let’s pull the shutters down and do absolutely nothing”....it’s hardly the work of a business mastermind.

It is to some on here.

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Royboyclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 14, 2020 10:34 pm
My friend?....I don't even know the man......How could he allow the manager to spend more when there was zero finance available during the summer months?

What about the windows before the pandemic?

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People need to understand that this has been an exceptional year in terms of finances as a result of the pandemic. No chairman could have handled the situation better than Mike Garlick. How is he handling it well? I get he’s probably your friend but what exactly has he done to bring you to that con...

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Not in my view. I prefer that we operate the way we are today. With directors who are Burnley fans and who are more likely to have the club's long term interest as a priority. Investors want a return on their investment. Usually in football it's a short term outlook (5 years). So tell me how will t...

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They can’t announce any change of ownership until a sale has been agreed and the potential new owners have passed the Premier League’s owners and directors test. Thankfully that’s far more vigilant than the Football League’s. Do you think it will happen in the next few weeks? And which party would ...

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Redbeard wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 14, 2020 6:11 pm
So did I until I saw the aforementioned slow-motion replay.

Rodaway meanwhile certainly was fortunate.

Always leave your mark on them was Billy’s motto!

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Leisure wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 14, 2020 12:34 pm
Yes it was.

Presume this stopped when the fencing went up. Funny looking back the amount of kids running on the pitch similar to watching old cricket matches!

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You can imagine us announcing the takeover on 30th January.

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Dy1geo wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 14, 2020 4:44 pm
I thought it was a penalty, but how did Rodaway get away with only a “telling off “ for taking their player out. Nowadays you would have Shearer etc calling for a retrospective 3 game ban

Great challenge that!

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Well, yes, I imagine it would be too far behind if the other two bids have been ongoing for a year. What on earth have they talked about for that length of time? An end to World War Two was sorted out inside a week. Come on Silky lots of complex negotiations on what seat they will have in the Bob L...

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