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jurek

These games will determine where we finish at the end of the season. A draw won't be a disaster but a win will put us with reaching distance of 20 points with plenty of games to go before we get to half way. We've got money in the bank so if per chance we get a few injuries we can go out and strengt...

jurek

Fair assessment Ducksworth.
The only thing I might add to that is that our goal difference ( -1)
is not bad given who we've played so far.

If we can maintain that then it could be worth another point
at the end of the season.

jurek

Presume Vokes must have picked up an injury.
Otherwise....?

jurek

Given what most premiership footballers earn then if a goodly few sign up
it could be ten or so thousands a week going to charity.
That's a significant sum.

Mata should be praised and all footballers sign up.

Be curious to see how many Burnley players sign up.

jurek

Not too sure he would if West Ham continue to struggle and don't improve.

Honour the contract in the sense that he might have to honour paying him off
for the remainder if he decides to get rid.

jurek

I recall being at that game for a variety of reasons. I think most folk were expecting us to get beat but we turned in a performance and a result that nobody expected that got us labelled as the 'team of the seventies' I think it was. And also for my only act of football related violence if I can ca...

jurek

De Bruyne seems to me to be the sort of player that finds space and/or a pass to a team mate wherever he is on the pitch. And moves off into space very quickly in addition to having the ability to move forward at pace. Wouldn't wish the task of man-marking him as it could prove very difficult, if no...

jurek

Have to agree with summitclaret in that our home form so far this season has been decidedly dodgy - albeit we probably didn't deserve to lose to WBA but didn't deserve to win against Palace. Overall we haven't performed that well at home. Out formation and the way we play serves us well away but doe...

jurek

I think around the 7-8m mark for Barnes but I don't think
Dyche would wish to let him go unless he felt he had a better option
coming in.

jurek

I rate Gayle from what I've seen on him on the telly.
Would be very surprised if Newcastle were willing to let him go.
Possibly a swap deal with Barnes if Newcastle are interested?
Him and Wood up front might be very interesting.

jurek

Would add Hendrick to that list.

jurek

Would add Hendrick to that list.

jurek

Shall definitely be out celebrating tonight.
What a result!
4 away points from visits to Chelsea and Spurs.
What odds on that!

Well done Woods, well done lad.

jurek

I'd be surprised, if not disappointed if we didn't bring at least
one more in.
Pacy front man and central defender ideally.

jurek

He showed some promising touches as well as having a few chances on target
- two of which were well saved.

He will improve on that one hopes and the question is how much?
Can he get us the goals we will need to win games?

Well, time will tell.

I sincerely hope he does

jurek

Clucas might have been a good addition but surely not worth 16.5m if that's what Swansea have paid. In most cases we can't really compete with any other Premiership team if they happen to be keen on the same player as we are. So not holding out much hope on the other players mentioned that we are in...

jurek

There must be a considerable amount of money left I would have thought. Although I appreciate the money we received for Keane, Gray and Darikwa isn't necessarily all up front the same may well apply to money spent on incoming. So, in crude terms if we've had around 45m for those leaving and spent ar...

jurek

There's usually at least one team that struggles but come January
they, whoever they might be, will splash the cash and/or change managers.
Palace were a notable example last season.
This season you can take your pick from WBA, Stoke, Swansea and possibly West Ham and Bournemouth.

jurek

I think Wood fits the bill as far as Dyche is concerned otherwise I doubt we would be considering offering 20m. Not sure whether he and Vokes could play together. They'd probably get in each others' way. Don't think Dyche wants to risk an overseas player so it looks as if we're going all out to get ...

jurek

Think we might be able to utilise Ings with a 4-3-3 formation more easily than a strict 4-4-2 so we'd still retain Cork, Defour and Hendricks in midfield and have Ings with Vokes upfront with Brady outwide. Even if Ings does come back I suspect it will be a while afore he starts and Dyche is likely ...

jurek

Not taking a knock at Woods or his skills but he doesn't seem to add much or anything different to what we may already. A younger. possibly faster version of Vokes. Unless of course SD has identified what he thinks might be the best way we are going to get goals this season. Crosses from Brady and J...

jurek

I think what Dyche might have benn hinting at was whether we are or could shortly be at the stage where the differentials between our lowest and highest paid may have to be increased. If our current cap is 35k a week then I suspect not many are actually on 35k a week' Some may be on 25k or so and qu...

jurek

If we are serious about getting Clucas in then suspect Dyche may wish to have sufficent players available to mix up the formation/starting eleven. Wheter it be 4-5-1 or possibly 4-3-3 or even the tried and tested 4-4-2. Clucas could play in any of those formations and probably is an upgrade on Arfie...

jurek

What puzzles m is that, as far as I can recollect, Gray turned down a substantially improved offer quite a while ago. But we continued with him and even stated that we didn't need to sell. We even turned down two offers for him. And we played him in most of the pre-season games and got him match fit...

jurek

If this is true then whomever it may be I can only hope
he turns out to be an exciting upgrade.

jurek

And whomever we bring in to replace Gray (if we bring in anyone) is likely to be closer to 'underwhelming' than 'exciting'. I just hope Garlick and Dyche know what they are doing? Or are they trying to be the most profitable club ever to be relegated? Apologies if this all sounds pretty cynical on m...

jurek

Sorry didn't notice the other Zapata one.
Presume this one will disappear.

jurek

Far from certain this is the case as it's The Mail reporting we're discussing a move for the striker Duvan Zapata of Napoli. Apparently Everton were interested in Zapata earlier in the summer but bulked at the price (€30m) And West Ham tried to get him a few years back. Anyone know anything about him?

jurek

Not adverse to Ings returning as long as he's recovered fully
from his injury but he may take some while to get back to fitness.
A year's loan would probably best.
He would give us more and different options to what we have at present.

jurek

Even if Gray stays and I'm assuming he does then I'm beginning to wonder where all the goals will come from? It might too much to expect Gray to get 10-15 goals although not impossible but where are all the other goals going to come from? The most, I think, we could hope for is 15-20 from Vokes, Bar...

jurek

So the issue is can we get somebody in to fill Tarkowski previous role and also be good enough to step in if injuries prevail. Somebody good enough to compete but happy (as was Tarks) to be on the bench for some while if all pans out fine with Tarks and Mee. Or could Taylor also step in to a central...

jurek

It's difficult, if not impossible, to make predictions at this stage but it would be more than optimistic to not think we may well be in the mix with probably at least 4 or 5 other clubs. Huddersfield, Brighton, West Brom, Swansea, Watford and possibly Palace. You can't discount one or two others es...

jurek

Althuogh it was a fantastic achievement to stay up our form in the last 12 game sor so
was relegation form and if it wasn't for the win against Stoke and/or Palace then we would have gone down.

I'm far from certain we will be able to maintain last season's away form but here's hoping.

jurek

Another right winger would not go amiss in my opinion. But can we find and/or are actually looking is another question? Someone with the right skills and pace who can make an impact whether starting or coming off the bench would be difficult to find. One could argue even more so if we can ensure Gra...

jurek

I think most agree that he's better than Tendy and, if nothing else, will keep
Lowton on his toes.
So squad strenghtening in this position makes solid sense.

Now for a centre back and that all elusive pacy winger and we're sorted
and as strong, if not stronger, than last season.

jurek

The good news is that we have plenty of money available and still three weeks to go although I expect we may well have to leave it until late on before we do get one or two more in. Let's hope whoever it is are up to scratch and can be challenging for a start realtively quickly. That will keep the o...

jurek

Probably about the same although last season at this time I thought we might struggle to stay up and as it turned out we were relatively comfortable even though we finished only one place above the bottom three. Like other posters I think we need one or two more decent signings and if we manage that...

jurek

Does put matters into perspective in terms of the amount of
money some of the big clubs (like City) are willing to spend.
They'll probably spend more on one full back then we will on
all of our incoming.

jurek

For me the BBC is probably one of the best, if not the best TV company/stations on the planet. It produces some great TV programmes across a broad range of areas/subject matters. That doesn't mean I agree with some, if not all of the salaries it pays - be it to presenters and/or its' senior manageme...

jurek

Not quite sure what the curve is referring to but if we end up getting Eibar and McArthur in then we will be beyond the curve in respect to midfielders. If so it may well suggest Dyche is looking to be much more flexible next season and open up more options to play or switch to either 3-5-2 or 4-3-3...

jurek

No bids in yet for a new centre-half to replace Keane. Kone from Sunderland seemed a possible last week and the Sheff. Wed centre half (who's name I've forgotten) was also mentioned a while back. But all seems to have gone quiet this week. I presume we are still looking but it doesn't seem urgent. W...

jurek

I suppose we all have to be positive given most of us couldn't have expected 2 or 3 seasons over the last 4 or so in the top league in the country. Having said that had it not been for our home form last season we'd have been 'down and out' by Xmas and looking pretty sorry. There's no doubt that a f...

jurek

The good news is that there's hopefully one or two more to come
- centre half and centre forward, maybe even a winger!
And we haven't even spent the Keane money nor as yet touched the TV money
so we could easily be spending another 20-30m.

Kone, Assombalonga and Jota would do me fine.

jurek

I think Dyche will stick with 4-4-2 in the main although may well have to vary it depending on who we are playing and/or how a game is developing. Agree with FactualFrank in respect to 3-5-1. We'd need two very good full backs who can get up and down the pitch, provide decent crosses and get back qu...

jurek

He may still have something to offer for someone and it could possibly be us
BUT.... I'm far from convinced it's is.

Unless we're going to claim we're the oldest and slowest team in the Premiership
to have survived.

jurek

I hope he stays and plays. He might need to get others interested in him.
Just hope if he does go it's overseas and not to a competitor.
Would hate for him to come back to the Turf and play well against us.

jurek

Keane deserves his chance to play higher up in the league and in Europe. Just a huge pity it couldn't have been with us. But for that to happen we'd have probably had to finish above Everton (with a young but exciting team) and acquired a wealthy benefactor Still we've had 3 good years and made 20m ...

jurek

He's done well for Burnley during his time with us but ultimately he didn't score enough goals and/or create sufficient chances for others so we needed an upgrade and he needed a new challenge which is what he's got at Wednesday. I hope he does well there and thank him for his contribution to some g...

jurek

Speaking to a friend who's a Baggies fan and he was astounded that we
might be in for Dawson and was convinced they wouldn't let him go unless if it was
for silly money.
Can't see us paying silly money whatever that may be.

jurek

I'm not sure Snodgrass hasn't peaked, so to speak and would need to recover his form
from his days at Hull. Don't see him wanting to drop in wages and don't see us
wanting to shell out 50k a week either.

So a 'no-no' for me althuogh would be happy to be proved wrong.

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