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He has been an absolute huge miss for us.

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How much did we pay for Andre Gray? He was a very good signing by Dyche.

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Where do you get this story of 'scything down' players in training? After Keane left we were mostly demanding a fourth centre back and one that could replace Mee or Tarkowski on a permanent basis if required. All we had were those two and Long. It seemed a good buy for those reasons. Wasn’t the rum...

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The relevance of buying a house is that it isn’t unusual for that process to take 6 months. This deal is worth 1000 times more than the average house sale in Burnley. I would have thought that it was fairly obvious why that process would take a long time. If you think it’s just down to whether some...

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Obviously more. Have you ever bought a house? This is reportedly a £200m acquisition. It’s obviously going to take a lot of time to get over the line, particularly when there’s numerous offers on the table. Not sure what the relevance of buying a house has got to do with it but yes I have bought on...

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Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 15, 2020 8:45 pm
These things take time. Why can’t people understand this?

We keep being told talks have been ongoing for over 12 months! How much more time do they need!?

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Let’s hope this can get sorted one way or another in the next few weeks, giving us less uncertainty and an idea of what we can do going forward in the January window! None of this is helping things on the pitch for sure . Exactly the longer this is drawn out the more damage it is doing on the pitch...

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Just that most corporate transactions have a % deferred (often in Escrow) based on future performance. More typical in higher risk scenarios, which I’d say this certainly is, and particularly given current league form/position. Only my opinion of course, but you have to question the timing of our s...

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Vegas Claret wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 15, 2020 3:55 pm
you'll be hard pressed to find a major business or government that doesn't have an element of "murky"

Very true!

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Danieljwaterhouse wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 15, 2020 2:59 pm
I agree, but I think ALK have been using a particular Broker to encourage finance for a little while now from the domestic and international markets.

I still believe that the other bud is state funded.

State funded sounds a bit murky!

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It's happened so often at so many clubs. That's one of the purposes of the owners and directors test and if that was the case with this or any other offer for our club then we have the advantage of being in the Premier League and not the Football League. The Premier League are far more thorough. Yo...

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We spent around £5m more than what we sold in 2015/16 so not sure what that point is. Imagine if I left off our wage bills over those years :shock: It’s okay saying we sold players over time for large amounts like Michael Keane, Andre Gray, Ings, Vokes, Heaton. But you’ve also ignored that their re...

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What windows were these? We spent around £20m 2019/20 £30m 2018/19 £32m 2017/18 £40m 2016/17 Player sales £12m 2019/20 £7m 2018/19 £45m 2017/18 £1m 2016/17 That’s just transfers. I bet our wage bill has double since the 2016/17 season. Not to ignore all the other costs that have gone out in that ti...

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arise_sir_charge wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 14, 2020 10:59 pm
FFS.....I reckon any person on here could have decided “not sure so let’s pull the shutters down and do absolutely nothing”....it’s hardly the work of a business mastermind.

It is to some on here.

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Royboyclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 14, 2020 10:34 pm
My friend?....I don't even know the man......How could he allow the manager to spend more when there was zero finance available during the summer months?

What about the windows before the pandemic?

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People need to understand that this has been an exceptional year in terms of finances as a result of the pandemic. No chairman could have handled the situation better than Mike Garlick. How is he handling it well? I get he’s probably your friend but what exactly has he done to bring you to that con...

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Not in my view. I prefer that we operate the way we are today. With directors who are Burnley fans and who are more likely to have the club's long term interest as a priority. Investors want a return on their investment. Usually in football it's a short term outlook (5 years). So tell me how will t...

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They can’t announce any change of ownership until a sale has been agreed and the potential new owners have passed the Premier League’s owners and directors test. Thankfully that’s far more vigilant than the Football League’s. Do you think it will happen in the next few weeks? And which party would ...

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Redbeard wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 14, 2020 6:11 pm
So did I until I saw the aforementioned slow-motion replay.

Rodaway meanwhile certainly was fortunate.

Always leave your mark on them was Billy’s motto!

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Leisure wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 14, 2020 12:34 pm
Yes it was.

Presume this stopped when the fencing went up. Funny looking back the amount of kids running on the pitch similar to watching old cricket matches!

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You can imagine us announcing the takeover on 30th January.

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Dy1geo wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 14, 2020 4:44 pm
I thought it was a penalty, but how did Rodaway get away with only a “telling off “ for taking their player out. Nowadays you would have Shearer etc calling for a retrospective 3 game ban

Great challenge that!

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Well, yes, I imagine it would be too far behind if the other two bids have been ongoing for a year. What on earth have they talked about for that length of time? An end to World War Two was sorted out inside a week. Come on Silky lots of complex negotiations on what seat they will have in the Bob L...

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Brilliant photos and brought back some great memories!

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Very sad. An horrendous disease.

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Just watched it some robust challenges in the game! Was kids running on the pitch at the end a normal occurrence in the 70’s!?

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I'd not link the two. Sean Dyche may or may not be offered a position with a club that has more money to spend - and he may choose to make the move if this was to happen. This may happen whoever owns BFC. The only thing I can't see happening is MG asking SD to leave, if only because the club would ...

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Almost every thread on this mb has posts that run off on different tangents. I find that's one of the fun things of the mb. Some people know something about something, others know things about other things. All great opportunities for us to learn something new. Yes, we've got a 60 page thread on "t...

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Well another week gone by and surprisingly nothing has happened again!

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whentheballmoves wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:00 pm
Could be, or switched on the fax machine!?

They’ve finally got round to rewiring the plug!!

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Some interesting developments in the last few days, it seems. Personally speaking, I'd echo some of what's been said about thr various directors, even though I've only had fairly limited dealings with them. BK was the only one ever to agree to a fanzine interview for me... Much respect. Interesting...

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I can’t help feeling saddened by this. We probably do need outside investment to stay at this level given the path we have taken since qualifying for Europe, but we will lose what is just about unique about us. The little guys, chin out, relying on our wits and togetherness to take on the global mo...

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You can pluck two names out of the list who differ totally from the rest of the board to start off with and then differ in what they want between themselves. Holt (never liked him personally) and Flood. Then we can add in Covid and the interested parties. There's a whole raft of reasons why the dea...

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onewillieirvine wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 12, 2020 3:17 pm
Sadly, I suspect a resolution isn't imminent.

6 and a half weeks till the window opens again....

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Yes if there was an award for statements made by clubs this one would be right up there!

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All this uncertainty,rumour,gossip,half truths,lies is damaging the club and if it isn't sorted soon and we get some stability then we will be relegated. I am sick of it. The board is full of Burnley fans I’m sure they are all aware of the damage currently being created and will look to bring the t...

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Going public does nobody any favours but Tarkowski has got previous of acting like this and is obviously taking advantage of no fans being allowed on the ground.

Is there any chance of anything positive coming out from the club at the moment?

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I think the continued long drawn out off the pitch uncertainty will end up having a negative impact on our season.

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I've asked other people, who know where to look much more than I do, and they've come up with very similar with no suggestion whatsoever that he could have any money. I've also been given a couple of names of people to steer well clear of when they start pushing Farnell's name forward. My research ...

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Won’t be holding my breath that the takeover will happen soon.

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3. Brent Peters

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Jelle Vossen Lukas Jutkiewicz Chris Long Darikwa Hennings JBG Hendricks Brady Gibson Walters Wells Lennon Hart Vydra - should be a starter but dyche can't seem to manage foreign players. Only gets 10 mins in a team that hasn't scored for nearly 400 mins None of the above were value for money and I'...

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They’ve a striker who scores goals be pocket money to sign him after the takeover!

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Spijed wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 07, 2020 7:00 pm
Well, we only had 12 points after 19 matches two seasons ago, but survived comfortably.

Exactly a long way to go. We’ve been on these runs before hopefully a change in a few changes will bring us the elusive win against Palace.

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cricketfieldclarets wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 07, 2020 2:52 pm
But who keeps signing ageing players?

Think Peter Pan is out of our price range.

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That’s not how it works. How often do you read that players need game time to get up to speed? The last 20 minutes of matches does him no favours at all. The spell that kept us up last season was after Barnes injury, when Jay came in. He should start. He is a better player than Ash in every regard ...

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Fully agree about Jay replacing Barnes, there is something wrong with the team and I don't know if its Dyche, I hate myself for wanting Dyche to step aside and freshen things up but at the moment I think it's gone stail, I hope Dyche turns it around and proves me wrong, he's the best manager I've s...

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Prefer the chairman who has decided not to fund him in the transfer market to go first.

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Jay Rod and Wood. Barnes should be 4th choice now.

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9's for Ben Mee? Really?? The guy who almost cost us a goal in the first couple of minutes then took out one of their players late on and was lucky not to give away a free kick and pick up a card? He was decent and it was nice to have him back but nobody in our team deserved above a 7 IMO. I feel f...

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