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mkmel wrote:You honestly think that Troy Deeney is a better player than Stephen Defour?

No

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SkiptonClaret wrote:Not at that sort of money. 30 years old, 5 goals last season. Is he any better than we’ve got ?

I reckon he's better than the overrated Defour.

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Unlikely to be a problem specific to Burnley, Paul, as pretty much all clubs outside the top six now stipulate relegation clauses within contracts. Hence when West Brom were relegated JayRod's salary reduced significantly to a point that he became affordable to us. Fair enough, but we know how risk...

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Royboyclaret wrote:The 'tomorrows' to which BOT refers are taken care of by relegation clauses within new contracts.

Maybe these clauses are one of the reasons we're struggling to complete signings.

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If you believe Nixon and Dyche, it sounds like there was a fee agreed and he was coming here until Fulham stepped in and he decided he'd prefer to go there.

Not a lot we could have done really.

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Steddyman wrote:Is that why we expressed in interested in Andre Gray one evening and by the following lunchtime he was signed?

Maybe we were interested in him long before that interest was made public.

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boatshed bill wrote:Has Chadli done anything at all in the PL?

He did alright in his first season at WBA and I think had at least one decent season at Spurs.

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So net spend doesn't matter when talking about Liverpool spending big but now it's about Burnley not spending at all it's relevant, makes sense and just about sums you up... you will say black is white just to argue. Good effort, but wide of the mark I'm afraid. Liverpool's net spend didn't matter ...

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Cleveleys_claret wrote:Go on then I will bite.....how so?

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Cleveleys_claret wrote:Some clubs? You mean every other club in the Prem except us....including spurs as they are spending 500 million plus on a new stadium

We have a higher net transfer spend than four other PL clubs this window.

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KRBFC wrote:As usual, he doesn't have a point or an opinion.

I do have integrity though, unlike your good self.

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Vegas Claret wrote:Dean Marney was excellent for us in the last two seasons when he has played, he now plays for Fleetwood - what's your point ?

You said he's been overrated for ten years.

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Christ on a bike, Fraser forster is the most overrated keeper in the last to 10 years. Brian Jensen got down for shots far quicker than him. I'd rather have Pope with one arm than him, a huge part of why saints struggled last seadon, he's shire I suppose he played no part when they finished sixth a...

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cricketfieldclarets wrote:The worrying thing about WBA is the similarities between their season before they want down and us last year.

What are these similarities?

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i wouldn't place too much emphasis on what happened with barton. the whole thing took about 8 weeks and he had a lot of options as a free agent. the player's we're after have known of our interest for a long time now. Exactly. It's not as if we'll need to be doing deals from initial contact with th...

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It's a bit concerning with respect to Heaton's fitness if we're looking at Forster. I'm sure he won't want to come here to sit on the bench.

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Im a bit staggered anyone is debating the idea that spreading ourselves thinly in the last week or so of the market is sub-optimal, to be honest. I'm not sure anyone is. I wasn't, just pointing out that, with today's technology, the physical location of the people involved in doing a deal isn't a f...

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God. People are getting desperate now to defend tbe club. Is the best you can do? I wasn't necessarily defending the club, I was arguing against your stupid comment that it'd be difficult to conclude deals when SD and the squad are in Turkey. If it's face to face contact that is required I'm sure t...

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It was a direct, humourous reference to how Dyche famously wooed Joey Barton, which i think most people got. But the wider point is these deals take time and the personal touch can be crucial where you arent waving the biggest chequebook. Leaving all things to the last minute dilutes your ability t...

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Not sure theres one available that enables you to meet your top target face to face, spend a couple of hours with him, cook him an omelette and otherwise convince him to sign. And there wont be time to repeat that 4 tines next week with each of the players we'd ideally like to bring in. What probab...

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summitclaret wrote:Spinning plates in the uk whilst possibly in turkey ain't easy.

If only there was some sort of device that allowed instant worldwide communication. Then it'd be a doddle.

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cricketfieldclarets wrote:I like the optimism. And im an eternal optimist for all but burnley transfers

Burnley injuries as well, apparently. Unless you know something about Brady's and Pope's that we don't.

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Jakubclaret wrote:Principal reasons being adhering to FFP, not really applicable to the bigger clubs with massive revenues the smaller clubs have to be wary where the land lies, the financial ramifications for breaching can be huge.

FFP doesn't apply to the Premier League.

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Jakubclaret wrote:City were always favourites anyway I think didn't they have a game in hand anyway, I could be wrong it was awhile back.

It was the defeat against Chelsea (and Gerrard's slip) that cost them their chances of winning it.

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People on here show their ignorance when they say he is crap. He helped get Newcastle up with a blistering season. Ask Brendan Rodgers if he is crap-he was one of several reasons why Liverpool lost the title a few years ago. They were coasting against Palace and virtually title winners and he got t...

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KRBFC wrote:Fulham don't mess about, basically signed sealed and delivered in 24 hours...

How do you know they haven't been working on it all summer?

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PutTheWheelieBinsOut wrote:Theres no evidence that if we sold him, we would use the money to replace him. So why sell him?

Apart from when we sold Gray and replaced him with Wood or when we lost Ings and replaced him with Gray or when we sold Trippier and replaced him with Lowton...

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bodge wrote:Anyone using the phrase "happy clappers" loses the right to be taken seriously.

I think he lost that a while ago.

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We've just had our best season in 40 odd years.

Therefore, the UK being in the EU is good for Burnley Football Club.

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SGr wrote:Some reports suggesting Fulham have won the race (if competing for a transfer with Burnley right now could be described as one ). £20m.

Fantastic.

What reports?

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dsr wrote:If things have been getting consistently worse for 40 years so that the poor are at their lowest ebb in all that time, then isn't that evidence that the EU isn't the best option for the poor?

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martin_p wrote:So the Mail is reporting the pen was given for handball!

The caption says handball, but the report says it was for climbing on Devlin.

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summitclaret wrote:Not a single gamechanger on the bench. Poor recruitmrnt or bad luck?

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kentonclaret wrote:At least they are able to field some new signings.

We do have a player making his debut though.

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summitclaret wrote:Not a single gamechanger on the bench. Poor recruitmrnt or bad luck?

Bookmarked for later.

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Mee looks really fed up in that picture, contract talks obviously not going well.

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If both of the other England keepers had picked up an injury at the WC recently we would not have flown in Hart. Pope would have stepped in. He would have trained for weeks and been up to it For people to say he is not ready to play in front of a back four with whom he played over 35 times last yea...

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boyyanno wrote:The figure that proves you wrong in my view is this: 2017/18 Appearance figure for Scott Arfield: 18 League Games.

How many of those appearances were after we signed Lennon?

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KRBFC wrote:top goalscorer in Dutch league last year, plays out wide, impressive World Cup for Iran. Club record fee, must have a bad attitude.

But you said Iran were an embarrassment to the World Cup, how can you think any of their players were impressive?

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Moaning when we're not linked with anyone, moaning when we are.

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Cleveleys_claret wrote:Maybe but I wasnt....I thought last year when we started the season we looked in a stronger position than at the end of the previous season. More experience with a sprinkling of potential...Taylor, Wells

We hadn't signed Wells when the season kicked off.

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Cleveleys_claret wrote:The truth is is that tomorrow we will have a side out that will be weaker than how we ended the season (in my opinion).

I'm sure people were saying similar last summer.

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RingoMcCartney wrote:If I'm wrong I'll hold me hand up.

There's a first time for everything.

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randomclaret2 wrote:What are the odds we dont make any signings ?

I'll give you 100/1

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Diesel wrote:..and we sold Ings for £6.5m!

Childish

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Devils_Advocate wrote:The person rolling around in £50 notes is Burnley's Phil Bardsley

No it isn't.

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Never heard of him.

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I wonder if this transfer will coincidentally lead to Watford dropping their claim against Everton for compensation over Marco Silva.

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