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Reecey1987 wrote:Fekir has signed for Real betis so if there is any truth in camarasa things should start to move

Thanks Guillem.

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The squad is a bit stronger. Jay should prove to be an upgrade on Vokes and Crouch. Peters probably a better reserve left back than Ward was last season. I’d still like to see some pace and flair injected somewhere, even if it’s just a bench option. We’re also taking a big risk if we’re not strength...

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Stop following him months ago. Quotes every tweet and dominates timelines.

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Reecey1987 wrote:Gary cahill 1/2 to sign for burnley with skybet

...and so we’re Villa & Leeds before us.

Betting odds is not football news.

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Couple of shite Twitter accounts reporting this. Not a single credible journalist.

As you were.

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Woodleyclaret wrote:Cant catch crosses and cant organise the defence like Tom does.A very poor signing.

To be fair, Heaton isn’t renowned for dominating the penalty area physically. He rarely leaves his line or 6 yard box to claim crosses. I’d say Pope showed more confidence with that.

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Odd one. I was quite pleased when he arrived. We seemed a bit heavy on goalkeepers, but it’s hard to complain when you’re signing someone who’d been considered the best English goalkeeper for a long time just a few years ago. It didn’t work out though and we looked very vulnerable defensively during...

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Like most clubs the % of players we sign having been linked with them in the media beforehand is very low. That % for us involving overseas players is even lower.

In reality I suspect our “interest” in overseas players rarely amounts to much.

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Local cricketer wrote:Arent Joey and the owner on the same page?

Maybe, but it’s rare for someone to be charged with a violent crime and not be suspended. Not least because this incident allegedly took place whilst Barton was “at work” and representing Fleetwood.

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You’d imagine Fleetwood will now suspend him.

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Obviously he’s had a lot of issues and from the outside looking in, it looks like he’s made some mistakes. But there’s a big part of me wants to see him succeed. Everybody who has crossed his path say he’s just the most incredible player and I want to see that. Disclaimer- I don’t think we will. I ...

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FactualFrank wrote:Translator needed please...

https://amp.estadiodeportivo.com/betis/ ... 34333.html

Is that the “Spanish media” report referred to further up this thread? It’s just reporting on the Sun story.

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It’s not normally a good sign when a player has had 10 clubs in as many years and never managed much more than 50 games anywhere.

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Can we not sign journeyman Klich?

Ta.

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MDWat wrote:Klich is shite. Him and Peacock-Farrell would be really poor signings.

Don’t know owt about the foreign lads but it’s a bit more exciting getting linked with people you’ve never heard of before!

Even if they’ve already signed for someone else

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SGr wrote:Nixon’s article also states we’re considering a bid for Klich at Leeds

I hope not. The definition of “journeyman”. Almost 30. Nine clubs in 10 seasons. Barely played 50 games for anyone.

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A number of players made very little impact on the field last season. We have a squad of circa 25 players and Crouch filled one of those places. As Bacchus said above, he was a temporary stop gap to allow Vokes to leave (who had also become increasingly ineffective) and allow us to sign Rodriguez i...

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Not really semantics though is it ? You said we only bought him because of his name which and even now you are still saying it’s because he was a name....a personality - so is Joe Pasquale...maybe that was Dyche’s plan B ? It is when you’re suggesting I said something I didn’t. I said “in the end a...

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What you said is that Dyche signed him because of his name - doesn’t make any sense at all. If Dyche thought he was finished why do you think he signed him ? What would “his name” bring to the team or to the club ? I’m not getting in semantics. Clearly Dyche thought he might have something to offer...

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Crouch looked so far away from being a Premier League footballer in that final appearance against Arsenal it was unreal. It’s nice that he won a header that led to a penalty in the game against Southampton, but the reasons being cited for him being a good signing are pretty flimsy and most appear to...

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He has had a fantastic career, but in the end all we signed was a name.

As a footballer he was done. Looks like he knows that too.

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Squads a bit stronger. It remains to be seen if we making any significant improvement to the first XI. There’s no guarantee that Jay will displace Barnes or Woods.

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ZizkovClaret wrote:I just can't see him accepting being 4th choice striker. I wanted it to work but it hasn't so its time to end a failed experiment

Only Zikov.

#obsessed

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Surely Heaton’s only motivation for leaving would be financial? He’s a first choice keeper and club captain at an established Premier League club. The faith the management team had in him was ultimately demonstrated by his selection over two other England goalkeepers in the second half of last year....

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Dyche has been saying for a while that the transfer fees aren't really the issue, although the fact that we seem to have been reluctant to go beyond our valuation of a few recent targets might suggest otherwise. It's probably more telling to see whether there's been much movement in terms of the hig...

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With the exception of the collar, I don’t mind the design. However, I hope that the kits the players are modelling are rushed prototypes, because those weird creases just above the chest (particularly in the Westwood photo), make it look a poor fit. If your promo photos, using a professional athlete...

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England were excellent. Norway has their chances, but England could have had 6.

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Pretty standard window so far. We’ve generally struggled to sign players at this level, perhaps with the exception of the summer of 2017. I’m not expecting the line-up for the opener to differ much to what we saw last season. The British market is too rich for us and, despite talking about expanding...

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Players we aren’t signing.

Players we aren’t interested in anymore.

Players who want to leave.

Good thread.

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I coach girls football and both of my daughters play. It is what it is and I don’t worry about how it compares to boys or men’s football. My daughters enjoy playing and I enjoy the coaching. The numbers playing the game is on the rise just about everywhere and the standard will continue to improve f...

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He’ll be gone by August

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I think our general approach to ground improvements has been bizarre.

No doubt cheaper and less disruptive than undertaking large-scale redevelopment, but it seems short-termist and akin to putting lipstick on a pig.

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Horrible weekend for me in more ways than one but four days after that fiasco it was announced that there would be no new contract for Stan. As for Camara, we had another year of his impersonations to come. How bad were we that day at Rotherham? Vaguely remember it finished 0-0 and was like watchin...

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The last time I was at Millmoor everything was secondary to Mo Camara impersonating a footballer.

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So there’ll be wooden and plastic seats in the Cricket Field stand?

We’ll be buying in unwanted stands from other clubs soon and recreating Millmoor.

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Is that a colllar?

If so, I’m writing it off already.

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SGr wrote:Messed up there meant to say he started in consecutive wins.

He got dropped after he started and played shite in the games at Burton and Cardiff. We lost the Burton game.

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Please no. He may be a “proper bloke”, but he’s also proper ****.

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Hot take.

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Good old Spijed.

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Many on here wrote off Taylor and Westwood, but they were given time(because of injuries) and now proved themselves. Very true, but Westwood had held down a regular place in a Premier League team (Villa) before. Taylor, like Pope, Tarkowski and JBG came to us earlier their careers. In contrast you’...

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If Dyche rates Vydra he’d have played him. He couldn’t get into the team regularly when we were on a very poor run and there didn’t appear to be a great deal of form/ability in front of him in the pecking order. In contrast Dyche had no qualms throwing Wood straight in two years ago and has stuck wi...

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Cardiff are dreadful.

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Good article. If he had a reputation for attractive football, he’d have left by now. Other managers have been offered big jobs with less substance on their CV. The man in the opposition dugout tonight is a prime example. His best hope of getting a job at a bigger club is probably to drop into the Ch...

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Clickbait as a source?

Must be true.

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I was in favour of signing Hart last summer. Having 3 excellent keepers on the books seemed like a good idea.

It hasn’t worked out though and it won’t be the end of the world if he leaves this summer.

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The media spent so much time blowing smoke up Bielsa’s arse that they almost ignored the job Wilder has done until the last few weeks.

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Shame it's not being broadcast unless anyone has a stream?

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The issue for me isn't really what he did. Not exactly in great taste in this day and age, but at worst he's just been stupid. It probably wouldn't warrant a particularly serious sanction. What's ridiculous is that he's hired a top lawyer to help him concoct some barely believable bullshit, rather t...

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La Liga is free on ITV4 now as well isn’t it?

Who’d have thought separating football across various providers all wanting a fee was pushing it too far?

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