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jurek

Brighton seem to be doing their transfer dealings early.
I think they've already signed one or two.

jurek

Who knows, we could be next.

jurek

Suspect this may be newspaper gossip albeit Liverpool may well be looking for an additional centre-half which almost by default puts Tarks in the frame. Dyche has already stated that we don't need to sell but, if memory serves me well, did also add unless it's silly money. Now if Liverpool do come i...

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There's a number of Premiership clubs that believe (be it their fans and/or owners) that they should be 'doing better' than they have been. West Ham, Everton and Arsenal come to mind. Newcastle possibly also although the Geordie fans obviously don't blame the manager. The good news for us is that we...

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This country's political history is littered with changes of mind and reversal of policies in particular when new parties gain overall power in Parliament. That is normally the democratic will of the people if they have voted a party out and a new one in. There's nothing to say that will not happen ...

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Can't see either Sean or Tom wanting to go to West Ham. Tom's a local lad, so to speak and although he obviously wants to start/play he will get a chance and probably fairly early on especially if Pope goes to the World Cup. So he could easily start the new season for us. Apart from money and I can'...

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Probably as good as it gets or is likely to get. We've blown 'hot and cold' since the beginning of the year and won 5, drawn 5 and lost 7 - I think it is. But over that period we've had to play without one, if not two of our better players for quite a few games and put paid to any possible concerns ...

jurek

I suspect Dyche new 3.5m deal might have been a catalyst for
some players thinking they deserve more than they are getting.

I could be wrong.
I usually am.

jurek

Correct me if I'm mistaken but seem to recall the 'we don't need to sell' line being used towards the end of last season. I could be wrong having said that. At the time I think Keane was already on his way and then we sold Gray. It could argued that both were for silly money. Although we brought a f...

jurek

Some absolute crackers there.
Difficult to choose one that stands out but for me
Hendriks goal against Everton and Barnes against West Ham are up there.
Possibly Wards against Chelsea too.

jurek

We'll certainly need at least two or three coming in to both liven thinks up and fill a few holes. Looking back over the season it's our lack of goals and to a certain degree chances created that has let us down. Defence has been superb. Hopefully Mee will stay but possibly Taylor may need to play a...

jurek

With Dyche on a reputably 3.5m a year (about 70k a week) then it's no surprise some of
best players want more than whatever they are on.

jurek

Can't see anything but an Arsenal win but would be delighted if otherwise.
4-3 to the Clarets would be great with us winning it with a last min penalty.

jurek

Just scanning down the League table I don't think there's been one team below us (apart from Watford possibly) who haven't either been in the bottom three or very close to being in the bottom three at some stage during the season. We've been the most consistent team of those below the top six and no...

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I think it'll be difficult for us (but not impossible) to stay top of Premier League 2. There's two or three teams below us who are likely to improve. Much depends on who we manage to get in and whether they can improve us. Hopefully Brady and Defour back will also help us to keep competitive. But m...

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Progress in the cups would be fine but not at the expense of staying in the Premiership. Given it is unlikely that we could progress much more than we have this season in the Premiership then inevitably a decent cup run would do. Ideally I'd like us to play more attractive football, dominate more ga...

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A WWW in our last three and finishing above Arsenal would certainly crown the season beyond most, if not all, of our wildest dreams. Well, certainly mine anyway. I think more realistically we'll get the 4 points we require and be well secure in 7th spot. Although I'm sure Dyche won't allow the playe...

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Fulham have certainly built up momentum since the beginning of the year and are the form team. They were about 16/17 points behind Cardiff after 20 games. I can see them winningg their last two games which will leave Cardiff having to win 3 and draw one of their remaining 4 games. It's all to play f...

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Going to make our game against Stoke
on Sunday extremely difficult, me thinks.
They just have to win and will no doubt go all out for it.

Hope we manage to score first and that should make them panic
and we exploit that and get a second to kill them off.

jurek

Only four points will be needed to retain seventh spot. If three of those four points come against Leicester then you may well be right dermot. 9 points ahead with 5 games to go. So it's conceivable than one more point would suffice given Leicester have got a pretty tough run in - Us (A), Southampt...

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Well, I bet there's lots of clubs and managers who wish they had what we have.

jurek

He's the sort of player that can excite fans when going forward and probably worries defenders as you don't quite know what he's going to do. I thought he had a reasonably good game even though quite a few things he tried didn't come off or were wasted. I think the other Burnley players and the fans...

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Can't see Jay coming back to the Turf at all. I do think we will bring another striker in especially if one of Vokes or Wells leaves. Vokes probably has a few years left in him but not necessarily at Premier League level which is a pity because I do like him and he has given his best for the club. B...

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It will be difficult if not impossible to catch Arsenal for 6th spot. We'd probably have to beat then at the Emirates and hope that their progression in the Europa Cup continues and they concentrate on that as that's their only way to get into Champions League. Even then I doubt whether we'll be abl...

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If progress means a place in the Europa League then let's enjoy it and give a good go. Otherwise what's the point? Obviously it brings different and more difficult challenges as already mentioned (travel, thursday - sunday games for a period) but it also provides us with some opportunities - bringin...

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Was at the match today and got talking to a Baggies fan who reckon Jay is on 70k a week. So if we were after another forward and I suspect we will be then we could probably get him given his slary is likely to drop by 50% if he stays but also feel we will go for someone else instead. Who that is I d...

jurek

Let's be realistic here.
He's playing as well as he's even done for us and scored some great goals too but
he's no chance of getting an England call up.

Wish he could rid himself of backing into the opposition and looking for a foul.

jurek

Mixed bag for GKN today and agree with many of the previous posts
but there is some promise and that's not bad given he hadn't started a game for a long time.
Also think Sean might be able to improve him.

Having said that boy was it good to see us play with two wingers who can cause problems.

jurek

Afriend of mine has managed to get me a ticket for the game but I'm sat in East Stand amongst the Baggies fans so I'd probably be happy if it was 0-0 and didn't have to celebrate a Burnley goal. I've watched Burnley at The Hawthorns about 5 or 6 times over the last 10 years or so and never seen them...

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Difficult to make a guess how much our players are worth but 80m could well be close. Currently you might be able to say that Tarks and Mee have built up a good enough reputation this season to be desirable to other bigger clubs but can't see us selling either of them for much less than 20-25m. Wood...

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Wonder if this will make us an even better proposition
for a potential buyer?
We've got to be worth at least 150m.

Got to be tempting especially as we're not in debt.

Now if I had 150m spare I'd seriously consider buying the club.

jurek

If that's the case Bint Ont turf and the wage bill doesn't include bonuses then
more than a few players must have been on 50k a week.
Our highest paid possibly even more?
As presume that there are a few on much less.

jurek

If the wage bill was 61m including bonuses that suggest quite a few players were getting the equivalent of 50k a week over the year. It's only a rough calculation but if 20 players were on 50k a week that would come to 52m by my reckoning. So we're getting to the point where we can compete with some...

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Wages at 61m is still only 50% of turnover which seems pretty good
to me. Suspect not many clubs will be close to that.

jurek

I'm not sure what any specific rule may state in the referee's book and how clear it is in terms of contact in relation to any other aspects i.e. was the opposing player already falling before contact was made and/or in which direction. If it states that any player touching an opponent or placing hi...

jurek

Great News.
Shall watch the game with added interest.

MAy have to pay Brentford another 500k but his value will rise by a few million hopefully.

jurek

I' not sure what the specific situations might be and who said what about whom. I'm pretty certain that Corbyn isn't anit-semetic but as RMutt said in an earlier post 'opposition to some aspects of the Israeli State’s policy.' And probably sympathetic to the Palestinians and their plight. And in man...

jurek

Last chance saloon for the Baggies. They know they have to beat us to stand any chance of surviving so they will come at us for sure. They may have Chadli and Sturridge available so maybe even more so if they start. That could play into our hands as we could catch them on the break. The longer it go...

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I'm sure that the club and Dyche would wish to keep Mee.
Whether they feel he's worth offering another 10k or so a week is another matter.
It might not be money.
Bit if it is then there's probably a few clubs who might fancy him and be willing to
pay him more than we could.

jurek

Thought Pickford played ok but nothing much better than that. He wasn't really tested and probably one of his easiest games for a while. He hesitated once on a corner, came out and then changed his mind and the Dutch player headed way over. Had he got it on target and/or scored then Pickford would h...

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I can see Joey as a manager sometime in the future. Maybe two/three years down the road? And although I can see that not many top clubs would likely take him on there are one or two that might consider him in some role or other. and then he could get a few years experience in as a coach or Assistant...

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At present it's too close to call but do agree that Leicester looked good against Chelsea but they did lose. I think if we can get 4 points from our next two (WBA and Watford away) before we meet them it will set the game against them up. We could be 5 or 6 points ahead of them with 5 games to go wh...

jurek

Woods is 150 mins per goal and Barnes is 244
according to the BBC football website.

jurek

Was chatting to a regular in my local the other week who's a big Norwich fan and asked him who he thought their best player is and he immediately named Maddison. From what he said about the players' qualities he sounds like the perfect fit for Burnley. He also reckons he'll move on and up in the sum...

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Be interesting to see if he plays both Tarks and Pope.
Would have thought he'd give both a chance to play or come on for at least one of the games.

Not much point in selecting them if he doesn't.

jurek

Wonder where the 20m valuation for JBG came from? Sounds like a lot for a player who only cost us around 2m I think it was. Do think that he would be a valuable player for us to keep especially if we manage to get into the Europa League as he could well shine in that. Does make you wonder how much o...

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Probably because they have conceded far too many goals. Apart from the top 6, us and Leicester they've all got minus goal differences and in some cases quite considerable differences. From -10 to -28. It says a lot. They may have scored more than we have but not that many more. Possibly because they...

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Without a doubt our defence has been more than magnificent. Stats in terms of goals conceded rarely lie. I don't think any of our current defensive players cost much more than 2-3m if memory serves me well so even more so when you consider where we got them from and how much we paid. Collectively at...

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I've been to see the clarets at WBA on a number of occasions over the last few years and can't recall the last time we got much if anything there so it's a bogey ground for sure. I think they play Bournemouth away before we play them and if they lose that one then they're as good as down me thinks. ...

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make stay in Saturday evenings most enjoyable. An early bath and soak, 'do my corns', a little bite to eat and savouring the wait for MofD and to watch us score three away and not concede. It doesn't get much better than this albeit some 'hot sex' afterwards would be the icing on the cake - so to sp...

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