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Impressed with the technology as an enabler to get players down to Barnfield who would have never been on our radar. If one or two can get through the academy and into the team that would be an incredible return on investment.

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Still sounds confident (from the Athletic) “We’ll still be much stronger when we are done and many conversations are live as we speak,” Pace said. Burnley’s chairman said a lot of the right things during a 30-minute conversation with journalists at Turf Moor on Wednesday. He explained the difficulti...

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Are we still waiting to hear if the CFS will be fully open for the game on Saturday? And is the latest position still the article shared last week saying that the Prem clubs were trying to get the league to relax the rules? If so I’m amazed there hasn’t been most posts about this given how close we ...

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If we can sell 3x young players a season for £3m then I’d expect we’ll be covering the academy running cost. So the model is self sustaining even if we don’t produce prem standard first team players. That’s got to be the plan year in year out.

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The person who told me about the takeover late last year has been reading this board recently after I mentioned some of the threads and he finds it highly amusing. In answer to the OP. No. Very much forwards but I did like his comment on some posters on here regards ALK and finances. ...'If your bo...

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This was nothing about points. This was about giving some confidence that a 45 min trip to Turf Moor wouldn’t be wasted given that the declared deadline on the website for tickets to go off sale had already past. And that no one in the ticket office would answer the phone to give any reassurance on ...

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Got an email reply in the end saying that they were continuing to sell tickets in person until ticket office closing time at 17:00. Wouldn’t put any to one side for me, but still had them when I was able to get there in person. One happy child now able to go to the game with his dad. One happy dad t...

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I’m looking for 1x adult and 1x child ticket. So that would only get me half way there Burnmark sorry. Frustrated I’d missed the deadline being 10pm Sunday night. Tried calling and emailing the ticket office today but no response and phone line keeps ringing out. Can anyone suggest any other ideas? ...

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https://www.tiktok.com/@danieladetu/vi ... copy_url=0

Half a team of them wearing the shirt on this video.
And no I wouldn’t sign him after watching his skills on this video.

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Smith, speaking from Turf Moor ahead of last night's clash between Burnley and Liverpool, added: "When I was coming down I was talking about how many young players we lose to bigger teams in Scotland that bypass Ayr and go elsewhere. "But now they will have a pathway to the English Premiership and a...

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Burnley’s first-team coach Tony Loughlan is a close friend and former assistant to Roy Keane and Burnley’s chief operating officer Matt Williams revealed yesterday that the Keane link was a positive factor in the deal, while Burnley have been previous visitors to the Fota Island Resort. “We have fon...

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Cobh Ramblers expect to benefit from Burnley’s expansion under their new American owners. The Premier League outfit has struck “strategic partnerships” with four clubs across the UK and Ireland to expand its scouting network. Portadown, Ayr United and Welsh side Llandudno have entered a similar arra...

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Am surprised there’s no mandatory negative result from a lateral flow test 24 hours before k/o. That’s what my colleagues who went onto Goodison had to do and prove back in December.
Not the most rigorous health questionnaire as has been said.

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I applied for 2 tickets via friends and family.
I got the email saying that my ballot application was successful for ALL of the tickets I applied for.
But when I log back I’m now uncertain if I have been allocated 1 or 2 tickets.
It only says one on the screenshot.

Any ideas?

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Wood started with the no.11 shirt. But then Dwight took this.
Was 9 Vokes shirt originally?
Looking at the highlights not many featured Vokes in Woods first season(s) here. Am I right to think / remember that Vokes was the biggest casualty of Wood arriving and becoming our main man?

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I’m sorry Zlatan. That’s not a count. That’s a walk in the park (much as I fear it will be for City...)

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THE RESULTS ARE IN: 1104 little speltinos 200ml of milky spelt water An epic count which required intense concentration and focus. Mrs Father Jack didn’t appreciate the use of her tweezers as the spelt separating device. But such sacrifices have to be made for the clarets. Thanks to all entrants. I’...

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Napolina Spelt in Water 400g. WARNING - The count is highly technical and will be tricky for me and for all of you alike, befitting an away game against Chelsea under new management. Key questions 1) how many pieces of spelt? 2) how much H2O? 3) what is spelt? Imported information. Pieces smaller th...

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Redbeard. In the hour of need I will do my best Kevin Long impression and step forward to help the team The count is highly technical and will be tricky for me and for all of you alike, befitting an away game against Chelsea under new management. Napolina Spelt in Water 400g. Key questions 1) how ma...

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Thought this was interesting when I saw it at the time. https://sportslens.com/the-burnley-crest-explained-then-redesigned/318512/ Our crest simplified and modernised by this person - Shadab Wajih is an award-winning art director, graphic designer and an illustrator based in Miami, US. Besides his d...

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The article is awkward in this specific area - it says it has used £55m of Burnley's own cash reserves yet that doesn't add up (even using the lower parameters of the figures offer by the media for borrowings and up front stake) £102m initial payment less £10m upfront and approx £60m from MSD sugge...

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Chester Perry wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 13, 2021 10:08 pm
The point he is making is that we don't know - and he is right - it should also be stressed that at no point has Matt Slater said all Burnley's cash-holding has been used to buy shares

Matt Slater hasn’t. But his trusted ‘sources’ have?

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Foulthrow wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 10, 2021 12:07 pm
Quickly Kevin Will He Score.

90s football podcast.

One of the best things in my life.

Seconded. And with the benefit that any new listeners starting now have got 7 seasons of back catalogue to listen to.

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Danieljwaterhouse wrote: ↑
Sat Jan 09, 2021 11:37 am
You can’t use money in a business to buy that business.

Isn’t that standard practice for a leveraged takeover?
And nothing illegal about it?

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Danieljwaterhouse wrote: ↑
Sat Jan 09, 2021 10:24 am
He’s not able to, he’s likely got Radiohead on loop and searching conspiracy theories in the ‘deep’ web.

I stopped reading when he mentioned a totally illegal practice...

What’s the illegal practice Daniel?
And what’s your view of the takeover now in view of the alleged financing & debt?

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Foreverly Claret wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 08, 2021 2:00 pm
Where can I read more about this " loan " ? and how much cash did we have in the bank ?

Try the thread called ALK Takeover.
The last 3-4 pages.

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claretandy wrote: ↑
Sat Jan 09, 2021 5:25 am
Apart from the fact Pace has said that they are here for the long term, 20 years i think he said.

Actions and words can often differ.
And whilst it’s a reassuring message, ultimately as with so much of this ownership, the proof will be in the pudding.

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Paul. If I read correctly your hypothesising a scenario that ALK will only fully own the club after 3 more years of prem football have been secured.
With the impact that a relegation would mean that the club gets handed back to Garlick & John B?

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Tall Paul wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 08, 2021 10:41 pm
Either way, to double the value of the club in 5 years will have meant a successful 5 years on the pitch.

Yes this is the good scenario & the one we’ve got to cross our fingers & hope for.
Win win for club & investor.

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The ultimate doomsday

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I must admit I had never thought it would be possible to borrow that much against the club - it's assets come nowhere near, though it seems they have stumped up some of the TV revenue and players as security too. The other thing I had not considered was using the cash reserves to fund a chunk of th...

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I read it that ALK think they can debt finance the clubs existence in the Prem for long enough they think there will be an increase in the next cycle of TV money, thus increasing the value of the club to £300m despite its attached debt and lower cash on hand reserves. The numbers are fictional but i...

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Saw this posted online - thought it was an interesting angle on things:

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Grumps. There is some subtlety in the article:
Believes one source.
Another source said.
Three other sources said they’d heard the same rumours.

But no doubt people will read the article and tweets and jump to their own conclusions.

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Questions for me which we won’t know the answer to: 1. How much powder have ALK got dry? IF the above is correct they are only in for £15m so far. 2. Where will the shortfall be covered IF the revenues cannot be grown to the levels both outlined above and afew posts higher up this thread by Chester ...

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Again taken from the Athletic: £10m p/year interest doesn’t feel good, particularly if the article is correct and we’ve lost all of our cash reserves aswell in the payments to the former owners. Let’s hope they’ve got this speculation on the loan & level of funding from ALK wrong. Well placed source...

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Why do only big 6 clubs qualify for this loan with a favourable rate of interest?
Was the qualifying criteria the size of loss incurred from Covid?

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Don’t know whether your post has been lost Chester because it’s on this thread and the take over has now been completed? But surprised nobody has taken you up on this - Your saying that our level of turnover growth required to pay for the additional costs (both those out of our control eg Covid reba...

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From Jack Gaughan - Daily Mirror ref today’s interview: Pace quote that didn’t get in: “They (MSD Holdings) have no equity and no decision-making power. If you’re going to buy a house, would you not use a mortgage? It’s about choosing the right building society. It’s how we operate. It makes sense t...

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My own observations: Increasing our profile - nationally and overseas. It will be of great benefit to the club and town to be associated with positive news stories and creative marketing. I really like the idea of being the favourite underdog and have long felt that we haven’t got anywhere near the ...

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Easier to have a copy of the text on here to reflect on: Alan Pace is in the back of a car heading for meetings at Turf Moor, coming from his rented converted barn near Clitheroe. The vehicle, winding through rural Lancashire, jolts. So does he. 'To be super clear, this is not Moneyball,' says Pace....

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This is much more than a line of credit, this is a loan secured against all the key assets at the club at what some may refer to as "payday" loan rates - I don't think that they are that but they will be more than 1.5 times typical commercial rates. It all means that the club cannot secure a loan f...

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Lifted from the Athletic. Some interesting profiles on here. Also to say I didn’t realise Adrian Randall’s son was playing league football. Anymore from our 90’s era team coming through to add to Joel Randall and Harvey Barnes? Boulaye Dia Current club: Reims Position: Forward Possible cost: £12.5 m...

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Have just contributed. All the best with the walk!

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Let’s go back to being a local club for local people with local accents...

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Enable Sean to improve the quality of our football by supporting the squad with greater depth and technical quality. Whilst still operating with a relatively small squad in comparative terms I’d like us to be the team of choice for young players who will get game time & a shop window knowing we won’...

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No sports journalists reporting the news on Twitter either - normally the fastest route for breaking news. If icu81b4 hadn’t happened to be looking at the ALK website at 10:50 would we have even known? Doesn’t matter ultimately but feels like it would have more fan fair! Roll on the new era & the tr...

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It is known as the "Owners and Directors Test" which basically explains that to you. Anyone directly involved at director level will need to pass the test, proof of funding will be required, including where from, which brings in the investors. The Premier League test is very robust. Anyone directly...

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If Pace has passed the directors test, do ALK go through the owners test?
And as a company rather than an individual who & what is being tested?
Will ALK have had to declare where their money is coming from?
Or just to show proof of funding is in place?

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New left and right wingers with pace & trickery. Thereby having serious competition & backup for McNeil & Brady. And also allowing McNeil to plays as a 10 behind Wood.

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