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No worries about Kenny. Just give Bards a couple more years. He’s only marginally older than the bulk of the rest of the team anyway. Job done.

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The government has said every adult in the U.K. will be offered a vaccination by September. If they hold to that (and it’s going well so far) and the vaccines are effective as claimed then surely there’s no reason for grounds not to be fully open by September. Aside from the fact that you need two ...

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Can’t blame Dunne for turning down a contract when Long was picked in front of him earlier in the season. Obviously not content with the Kev Long approach to a career. Not knocking Long - fair play to him, easy money isn’t it and doubtless very good money at that.

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BOYSIE31 wrote: ↑
Sat Jan 30, 2021 5:19 pm
It's like the over 30's club

Can only be two or three of the regular starters that aren’t at least 30 or very close.

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jojomk1 wrote: ↑
Sat Jan 30, 2021 5:07 pm
Up and coming young striker called Kevin Long

Apparently there are also still a couple of maybe's

Brady and Bardsley.

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Dad’s Army. We desperately need to add some youth to the squad.

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I think we’re at least another 14 months or so away from anything approaching full capacity being permitted in PL football grounds. Spring 2022 ?

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https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... jimmy-levi

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SussexDon1inIreland wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 27, 2021 7:02 pm
Cork is on

Brownhill reduces the average age too much.

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Dark Cloud wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 27, 2021 6:55 pm
Yes, but I suspect the £28 million might have been a slight stumbling block!!

It was way before he went for that sort of money. We didn’t or couldn’t take the gamble (who knows) but it was back in 2017 I think.

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Jimmymaccer wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 27, 2021 6:53 pm
Did we look at signing that Ollie Watkins?

Whilst he was at Brentford. Around the time we signed Jon Walters, I recall. Good lad, Jon.

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No wonder some of the villa players are laughing as they go off, I wonder if Dyche will pull his head from up his arse and change it for the second half because God knows it`s needed. Cork, Bardsley, Gudmunnson please Indicates the depths of our our problems if we’re relying on that trio to change ...

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Incredibly we’re still in it. Villa have some good young players and play football. We’re by and large a bunch of old triers with a single tactic. “Have it” football.

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BurnleyFC wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 26, 2021 12:17 pm
There’s a couple of their players I’d be willing for us to take a look at.

I can imagine Riqui Puig in a Sean Dyche side.

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Vydra simply isn’t a regular Premier League goalscorer, he needs far too many chances. I suspect Championship or so is more his level. Wood and JR are our best options. We need a younger striker to challenge the more established.

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jollyjack wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 24, 2021 2:20 pm
Channel 450 on bttv

That's in Standard Definition. Ch 458 for HD.

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On BT TV it's Channel 458 for HD. 450 is in Standard Definition.

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 24, 2021 2:04 pm
Who would you play at left back then?

Glennon deserves a chance (unless he's injured, obviously).

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ksrclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Jan 09, 2021 6:00 pm
A shout out for Glennon who I thought was very impressive today too, IMO.

He looks like a very composed footballer who will surely have a decent career in the game.

Thought the same. It’s a shame his opportunities are likely to be very limited. Probably needs a loan to League 1 or so.

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Benson looks a very good player in the making. Incredible that people have had a go at him, particularly as he’s been played out of position on a couple of occasions. Glennon looks a good footballer as well.

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Absolutely no embarassment when you've given the young lads a run out; Bards, Erik, Corky, Stephens, Brady....
Seriously though, Cork AND Stephens in the same midfield ?

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No they shouldn't be vaccinated. Instead they should pause the season (who really cares at this stage ?) and put the players to use in the vaccination roll out. They're going to be using some of the stadiums as vaccination hubs so why not the players ?

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Was on the bench v Wolves. Not suited to us though, and I don't think we'll be seeing much of him at all barring an injury crisis. How’s he not entirely suited to us ? 30 plus, good pro, bags of experience ? I would have thought that is much closer to the blueprint than Benson. I’d be surprised if ...

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I don't know why people are piling on Barnes now. He's always been the most "meat and two veg" type player. Accordingly he entriely suits our "style" of play and general approach. He's always been a limited bruiser who we hit it long to. Nothing has changed.

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Jase the cone placer not going too bad is he ? I wonder how "our Woany" would do on his own ?

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Benson was the only bit major positive for me today. he was fast, read the game well, and kept on wanting the ball in good positions, and to get that free kick up and down over that wall in that amount of space... He really needs a chance, but with Brownhill, Westy, and Corky its only going to be i...

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The chances of Burnley getting out of tier 3 before May ???

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MACCA wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 28, 2020 3:45 pm
Hurry up ALK, and save us from this Charlatan and the wreck he has left.

Bit harsh on Dyche. He’ll leave a lot of old lads but a wreck ?

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Stephens is a decent enough player but just not what we wanted as in he’s pretty similar to the two other 30 something(ish) defensive midfielders that we’ve got. If anything it will just hinder Benson’s development as he won’t get a sniff now.

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Over the last few games i'd like to see the stats that suggest KL has deserved to be selected ahead of JD. Jimmy Dunne has looked really focused and up for it. But SD tends to go for experience. You mean “always goes for experience” even if it’s to the detriment of the team. Dunne should be startin...

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I wonder why the offers never come ? I’ve assumed it’s because of his playing “style”, lack of experience (or interest) in the foreign markets, disregard of youth (couple of exceptions obviously) but generally he’ll sign, or pick, the old lads (example currently; Long getting the nod over Dunne). I’...

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Dyche wouldn’t be here if it had got an offer over summer. He didn’t which wasn’t entirely unsurprising as it appears he hasn’t had that many serious suitors during his tenure here. If the rumoured salary he’s on is correct then you’re probably just going to sit aren’t you ?

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I don’t think Stephens is a bad player he’s just not the player we needed - another 30+ defensive workhorse. We desperately needed something different. Surely our scouting network extends beyond the same old targets (literally). It’s a little desperate.

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Hard to disagree with anything said to date on this thread. When did we become so scared of youth or anything “foreign” Our recruitment network seems so incredibly short sighted. We are the most “hard Brexit” of clubs. It’s utterly joyless.

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Erik’s the reason I don’t see the desperate need to strengthen in a number of positions. Brilliant.

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I really don’t get all the derision he gets on here (all the “hilarious” remarks about “crying in the car” etc, about as hilarious as referencing Dyche and cooking omlettes). He was literally never given a chance at Burnley.

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Erik on the bench so no worries re attacking options #goodlad

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Don’t think Wilson is the “type” we should be going for. We need more like Stephens, experience by the bucket full, proven characters. Surprised we haven’t made a move for Longy at Southampton (he knows a couple of the lads). Joe Allen has to be worth a shout too ?

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SGr wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 22, 2020 1:08 pm
Brady fractured rib.

Oh well. We’ve got Erik.

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Herts Clarets wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 20, 2020 6:04 pm
Now how did it go when I dared to suggest we were an injury or a bid away from starting with Long and Dunne at the back v Leicester. And I quote:

"And I think you must be the only person thinking we will start the season with Long & Dunne"

Sounds like CT ?

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Jakubs Tash wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 20, 2020 1:25 pm
No Stephens in Brighton's 18 today.....

He’s injured.

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can't believe people are "getting excited" about signing a 30 year old defender who has turned us down in the past ???? Looks like we have no pride as well as no recruitment team that can do their job !!!!!!! Course Rigg can do his job. We wouldn’t have got Pieters without his contacts. If he can g...

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Stephens would be a great signing for us, superb fit. Hopefully we can sort it as they’ll be plenty of clubs after him in the summer. If we can also add Dawson it would have been a fantastic window. Bags of experience. #Getitdone.

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In for Dale Stephens. Chill your beans.

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I think we can conclude that you have to exceptional as a young player to get much of a chance at Burnley. I doubt either will figure in the Premier League with much frequency, if at all, unless there’s an injury crisis of even worse proportions than currently (and we don’t see any new signings). Th...

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Have some of you spent all summer obsessing over this ? I don’t see any desperate need for new bodies. Barney’s back on the grass and Erik (good pro) can cover at least three positions. Plus we’ve got the up and coming Longy to provide adequate cover at centre half. It’s sorted. We should direct our...

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Delph strikes me as another Lennon type signing. Career on a downward trajectory, injury prone. Lennon offered very poor value in terms of how often he played (and his performances on the whole) relative to his likely earnings. High probability that Delph would be similar. We desperately need to dev...

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Doesn’t appear to fit the profile.

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It must be incredibly frustrating being a young player at Burnley. You literally never get a chance.

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If Dyche doesn’t find a suitor or two this summer he never will.

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