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What a whingy thread

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He aint in breach at Chelsea and he's got £100k per week in the bank till 2022. It's a nice thought but we are not signing DD anytime soon so lets hope he gets fit and gets playing and if things go well maybe we manage to extend his loan in Jan to end of season and get some good value for the money...

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Devils_Advocate wrote:And who's gonna pay his £100k per week salary?

We will pay his reasonable salary when nobody else will pay him anything. He is probs in breach at Chelsea

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The bloke at Leicester City

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This whole episode may turn out to be a blessing in disguise. This scenario may pan out. Dyche gives him last chance but he has not played come January. Chelsea want rid because of disciplinary issues, nobody else will touch him with a bargepole and we sign a penitent for next to nothing now despera...

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A very mature approach.

History suggests to me that the fitness update means that we will be without Drinkwater, JBG, McNeil and Brady.

Cue uproar on a shocking transfer window

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andyh wrote:We’ve Dunne come a Long way. We have full internationals that are nowhere near our first team.

Like Joe Hart?

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Dyche had Kightly on loan didn’t he

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ClaretTony wrote:So he’s had a decent half a game and we should be looking to sign him

Calm down CT

It is just another FIFA playing expert who spends his pay packet the day he receives it

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When I was a lad, at half time, four things happened at half time. 1. A band played. 2. The half time draw was displayed on a blackboard on a pole and carried around the ground as confirmation. 3. Half time scores were displayed by hanging number tiles, one at a time, on hooks, to show the score. M...

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theroyaldyche wrote:Had a vision of chinese kids with a burnley accent then

Hasn't that been done already?

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A couple of comments here 1. Dale was reported to have a net worth of £8.5m. How? What does he do? it is not at all clear via Companies House that he has the ability to earn anything at all 2. It is not the club who should be penalised, other than to have their ill gotten gains removed, ie sent back...

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Really sad that the BBC website leads with a potential loan for Sanchez and Bury’s plight is lower down the page

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FactualFrank wrote:I wonder how many of that starting 11 would make our side now (obv if they were the same age then) - not convinced any would.

Dean Marrrrney

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These tipsters who pass on tips to strangers are very profitable. Say they fancy a horse at 2/1, first that back it and then tell the world it is a red hot tip. When it drops to 5/4 or 6/4 they lay. That is a very simple example. Some of the systems give them cover on several horses If you are asked...

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Should have mentioned it's likely to be either very funny or, as you say, Hibs, 'not even mildly amusing'. That's Bob Mortimer for you, I suppose...... Could not agree more. When he is good he is the best comedian you will see. When he is bad it is embarrassing...maybe that's what you get with tale...

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BOYSIE31 wrote:I know that but looking back over our history we do not have a good record in this field do we ?

It’s the future that counts and we are doing the right things now

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I would like him to stay.. but if his wage demands are too high then he has to be let go

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We need to be looking for the next Tarky or Charlie Taylor, good age, with resale value, we have failed to do that in the last 3 windows. how do you know? Benson, Dunn, Goodridge BPF, the young full back from Bury and a few I have forgotten. You cant judge the last couple or three windows until the...

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He was limping for last 20 mins after a challenge that made Bardsley look polite

If he doesn’t recover back to Charlie

Both great players to me

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King Solomon's solution would be for Bassini and Anderson to buy half each

Seems fair to me

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My mate has a drinking pal called Roman who supports Chelsea.

He said the loan is for 6 months because Chelsea want the option to recall if we are above them in the league at Christmas

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aggi wrote:If you don't make any taxable profit you don't pay corporation tax on it.

Are you saying that we would still have had an £8.5m tax bill if we'd bumped up our salaries and made a zero profit?

Do you spend all the money you get straight away?

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Definitely £45m. If we're talking about increasing spending then it's the profit before tax that is relevant. We wouldn't be paying £8.5m of tax on zero profit. I didn't say it was a good idea. I fully agree that we should be building up reserves for when we are relegated, etc. Just that we probabl...

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We made ~ £45m profit last year. That's roughly equivalent to an extra eight players earning £100k a week. Ok. Ignoring the facts again. In 2018 we made £37m, but that included profit on player sales of £31m. Our operating profit was just under £15m compared to £26m the previous year, which is the ...

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Sproggy wrote:We can afford to pay higher wages - we bank 30 million quid a year - we just choose not to.

I'm sure our wage ceiling compares favourably with average salaries in other leagues worldwide.

Would you like to set out a calculation of how you calculate that

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dsr wrote:Would it help to ring 0891 12 11 53?

You won’t get thru in time

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Getting worried now. Passed his medical ages ago

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I thought Barnes linked up better with Jay on Saturday than Wood did

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FactualFrank wrote:McNeil is also quoted as saying he wants to emulate Ryan Giggs, suggesting he sees himself as the Giggs role, left midfield.

I seem to remember McNeil playing CM in a pre season friendly last year at Preston. I thought he looked top draw and scored a very good goal

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It is just another intrusion by Big Brother.

Cant believe spending trillions installing these spyboxes can be more cost effective than employing men with vans.

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Heard on Talksport that we were competing with Reading to sign George Puscas from Inter.

Googled him and everything points to him signing for Reading, 7.5m euros

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Quite right. So it was really silly of you to say 'nothing else', when you admit you don't know what went on. I said I wasn’t there when Pope signed a contract. I think that is quite independent of Tom leaving. He left for the money that was never offered to Pope. Tom only did what everyone else wo...

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It’s just a big game of poker and we supporters are sat nowhere near the table. Let’s say we did offer £15m for Fry a while back and thought they were having a laugh with their rejection and are just trying it on now to see if we can secure a quality player for a bargain price. It has failed. We off...

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ksrclaret wrote:Do you not think the situation with Pope played a part?

With Pope signing that new deal it was all but confirming he was going to be first choice.

I have not got a clue and will never know because I wasn’t there

There are too many potential permutations

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It beggars belief that there posters on this board that can’t see something for what it is

Tom got offered more money and decided to do the right thing for his family

We couldn’t compete with Villas wages without a mutiny

Nothing else

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I think it was either promised first team football or sell. Pope signed his new contract - regardless of what people say there must have been a gentleman's agreement there. There just must have been. So Heaton will have known he was second choice - and England play next summer. He wants to be playi...

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cockneyclaret wrote:Apparently Brighton are looking to get Drinkwater in on loan, ild be disappointed if we haven't enquired about him..

I would be disappointed if we have enquired

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Well we know from other threads that Tarks was nowhere near Leicester over the weekend.

I am hanging my hopes on Leicester not wanting to pay £40m. There are far more adept than most at seeking players from abroad.

cante, mayrez, Schlupp, Ndidi to name a few

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happyclaret17 wrote:no nay never an excellent sire
If I owned a 2yo sired by this I would be chuffed.
anyone know the name of this one and if Dascombe trains it?

Did a search of Michael Owen’s normal agent purchases. Can’t find it

Did find today’s winner tho. Went through the ring for £48k last August

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Sunday express reporting Anderlecht want to sign Hart

Makes sense but so much so that it could just be another lazy guess

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Leicester have sold their most valuable asset for £80m.

If we hold out for £50m I would be hopeful they will bail out. Only £30m change may not be enough when there are suitable candidates at half the price

I have hope he will start on Saturday

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On this occasion Burnley should have at least matched Villa’s offer if that’s what it was all down to. An extremely sad day. It is not that simple. If Villa were offering say an extra £10k per week and we matched it then the whole squad would require a similar pay rise. Sometimes from an economic p...

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TheFamilyCat wrote:https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/interest-in-leeds-united-man-intensifies-as-deadline-day-looms/

lazy guess

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As well as I have seen him play for Burnley. Caveat, it was a friendly and we were 2 up inside 10 minutes. I would like to see how he fares in a more competitive game and, in particular, when we are on the back foot. It was real positive, as was McNeil. He was excellent when he first came on and per...

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From games I attended
5-1 v Leeds 1968 ish
4-1 at Leeds 1973 ish
3-2 at spurs
4-1 at spurs
Orient game
1-0 Manure 2009
3-2 at Chelsea

I think 1-0 v Manure wins because it meant we were back from the dark days

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Robbed again

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4.30 I agree mondain is worthy fav. Valkenburg has value, the Bethells do like to win at Thirsk

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In sprint races ie 5 and 6 furlongs, back horses drawn on the stands rail. To have the highest draw is a massive advantage. The quality of horses running at Thirsk are rarely good enough to defeat the draw bias. The only exception is in a field of 16 or more on soft going when horses drawn low can s...

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randomclaret2 wrote:Warnocks comments were about Camarasa missing games around January time through injury when he and Cardiffs medical staff thought he was fit but Camarasa's own physio said he wasnt

We already have one who does that

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