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Mattster wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 23, 2020 11:15 am
£2.5m +£30k per week for a player a team worse than us doesn't want, that is in the final year of his contract. How much of the budget is that do you reckon? What a waste.

Not that signing unwanted players from other clubs (or even relegated clubs) has done us any harm in the past......

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Seems like £1m up front, £750k Per year if we stay up next two years. Basically as close as you’ll get to a free as I’m sure Newcastle will have paid Hendrick something similar to secure his signing. No brainer at that price for premier league experience. Significantly strenghtens that position giv...

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This has probably been covered already, but this is definitely a Dyche signing rather than a Rigg signing. Same with the link with Dawson. Dyche often states we end up with 4th or 5th targets, so those who are highlighting his age, contract situation etc. should remember that he likely wasn't our f...

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Pearcey wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 21, 2020 10:44 am
Good news. Is he 4th choice these days?

He's our new left winger in the absence of JBG and Brady.

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Although only saw him a couple of times out wide I thought Brownhill looked very good, especially against Palace last season Our central midfield is too weak in terms of strength, height and pace (and has been for years) I think Brownhill has been very impressive in the middle. His energy and use o...

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Technically strong and CREATIVE central midfield player in the £15-20 million pound 'quality range' is our most urgent requirement. Cork has been brilliant but (imo) is past his best. Squad fillers (in any position) are the last thing we need. Normally would agree - but given current circumstances ...

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Something somewhere is very wrong. Agreed. I don't think even MG would suggest that we have any chance of staying up when we start the season with such a small squad and lack of options. Financially we have trimmed considerable money off the wage bill with Lennon / Gibson / Hart / Hendrick all leav...

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It wouldn't strengthen us in any way but would be useful if not ideal. I would argue having Stephens on the bench rather than Benson would strengthen us? I cannot understand why we are allowing ourselves to run the squad that thinly that we have three U23s on the bench, and an U23 in the starting l...

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Davies is off to Bournemouth Saw that earlier and wondered if he was someone we should have been after. One of Preston's top performers, right age (25), right fee (c.£5m reported), probably happy as a back up initially. We have a habit of missing these types of signings and then trying to buy the p...

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the problem is you want a wolves/leicester type and not a wigan/coventry/charlton type owners 🙄 Unfortunately the Wigan / Coventry / Charlton type owners list would be substantially longer. Be careful what we wish for. Garlick has always maintained though he would only sell to the benefit of the cl...

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I think this is the business head on MG here, he wants to ensure the business endures whatever the future brings; whereas Dyche from the football side wants us to excel - both are right in many respects, unfortunately with this it appears that there's not enough common ground, and I maintain my opi...

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It's a huge gamble paying 15 million for a player, who might not make the grade, might sustain a serious injury on his debut, might decide he doesn't like warming the bench. I'm not suggesting a £15m signing, and I doubt there are many that would be expecting us to go out and spend that when we nee...

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If we don't lose anyone, regardless of whether we make any signings, we should still be good enough to survive comfortably this season. That would be taking a huge gamble on avoiding injuries and suspensions across the full season. We never have a good cup run, so wouldn't be worried about fixture ...

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Hendrick, vydra, Rodriguez, Cork all £10m plus?

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Danieljwaterhouse wrote: ↑
Sat Sep 12, 2020 9:18 am
Can’t see him coming here, can’t see him wanting to go to Tottenham. West Brom seems a legit move.

Not a bad move for them if so, teams need leaders and Premier league experience and he'd bring both.

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I always just hope we get off to a good start. Prevents the doom and gloom attitude and the pressures of being in the bottom 3 from an early stage. Lots of noise about the club in the press if we fail to win away etc. so getting all the monkeys off our backs early releases the players. Add to that a...

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Sat Sep 12, 2020 9:05 am
Is he involved with any other football club any longer?

My first thought was Salford as he had dealings with Neville in Manchester property but I remembered reading an article they were taking Flood to court.

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It’s not happening. He’s taken a little snippet from a newspaper article months ago and fabricated this extravagant story. Premier League teams don’t just get taken over without nobody else knowing about it. Got to admit it does sound extravagant but at the same time, to come up with something like...

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Is it any different to a Burnley player agreeing to stay for an extra season with the promise that the club would sell him if they didn't get promoted and then returning several years later when the club has been in the PL a number of years? Yes completely different. In one scenario the player is w...

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I don't see what the delicate links are to be honest - John & Flood are directors at the club, John owns almost 30%, but UCFB was never part of the club, that was rejected, and they've moved away from Burnley. I can't see where that links with the boardroom at BFC now any more than their other busi...

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Dyche won’t go, he’s about to be sat at the bow of a ship that’s going to have financial clout to move him into the up reaches of the League. He and Garlick are fractured because the chairman is haggling over how much control he and one other board member keep post sale/investment, and that’s holdi...

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Palace is the dangerous one. Stable club who can compete with regards to fees and wages, would certainly provide the opportunity to push on and try and get into top 8 each year which is likely to be Dyches next step. He'll need to prove he can mix his style up to be considered for any of the bigger ...

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According to BBC gossip West Ham have been priced out and won’t come back with another bid. Well done Burnley if that’s the case. Hopefully is the case and shows that whilst securing specific targets can be problematic for us, we aren't selling our manager out with losing his best players on top. H...

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Amazing to watch someone breeze through it like that.

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Playing in a friendly cannot be compared to playing a league fixture.

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So you want us to spend a lot of money on a CH, just as cover until Ben gets back in a relatively short time? Or have you made up your mind that Tarky is leaving? I'd rather spend that money on a younger RFB or Right Winger. Don't forget, when Ben is back, we will still have Longy who can come in a...

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I don't recall saying that Ben Mee was 'World class'. However, I believe he's as good a left sided CH as the ones who get picked for England. So he's not bad. Dawson would be a waste. We have enough older players with no sell on value. We need to bring in another like Tarky, who can grow and develo...

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Well, whenever he comes back he'll be welcome, but until then we have a perfectly good replacement in Long. OK, he might not be up to Ben's standard, but very few CHs are, Let's not pretend that Kevin Long is not just a backup. Let's also not pretend Ben Mee is a world class CB. Given that Gibson h...

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If we were batting first I would expect us to hit over 300 from here, but that's why I would always bat first. I think we win if we don't get bowled out. A few hitters down the order to score quickly. Buttler and Root were the big wickets, Jos especially. If he'd played his way in a little the targ...

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Gordaleman wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 11, 2020 9:18 pm
Maybe you didn't see his post match interview today?

I did, and yes we need players, but hes alot less bullish than a few months ago.

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And Hughes? And Sarr? And Dawson? And Deulofeu? And Gray? Can't all be injured, surely!? Watford's team looks very, very different. I wasn't expecting quite so many changes... . I'd take all four... certainly would all strengthen us. Sure Sarr was rumoured to be going for upwards of £30m though. Hu...

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The longer it goes on without signing anyone makes me wonder if there is a takeover progressing in the background May explain why Dyche was very vocal during the restart but is very muted now? Or this may just be because no vacancies came up so he knows he needs to sit tight for a number of months.

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Heard that he is "ill"

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Maybe not, but we still have well over a week to bring people in, and if we don't, our starting eleven could still be pretty strong. We can't start the season with a strong first 11 and a non existent bench. We will inevitably lose players to injury and suspension, which is more likely given Dyche ...

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Decent sized following Twitter profile saying that 3 different sources say Leicester will move to sign McNeil prior to the end of the transfer window. Which would be even worse for us than selling him now, as we'd have no time to find any replacement. Can't see us accepting, we will be under no pre...

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There is only 1 boat that needs pushing out atm and that is to keep Tarks here for the next year as a minimum. Agreed - I posted earlier in the thread that he is very much a key player for us and the fact he has two years left means he can potentially help provide the club three further years of Pr...

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His obvious frustrations, on occasions, might suggest otherwise. Potentially, or that he knows the financial strength we have but is frustrated at the board's hesitancy to push the boat out too far for fear of over commitment. Many clubs operate through debt which no doubt allows them to spend cons...

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In all his eight years here, he has never had a transfer budget. There's a good reason for that, he identifies the targets and the remaining negotiations are out of his control. Doesn't mean he doesn't know the financial stability of the club to the point where he can claim we are financially sound...

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I’d much rather fill the bench with kids than spend this sort of money on players like that Fully agree. The pressure on both Watkins and Smith will be immense and is no guarantee of results. Newcastle found that with Joelinton and his two goals. Does show what we are up against though when sides c...

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Suggestions of Hart and Gibson being money wasted coincide beautifully with grumbling about us not throwing money about willingly. Can't have it both ways. Whilst Gibson and Hart have not been successful signings, I think Dyche has earned the right to make the odd poor signing for all the good/ pro...

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Royboyclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 09, 2020 10:22 pm
However, he is in no position to state that the club is currently financially sound.

I would expect he would be. Notwithstanding his comments about not having a budget, I would expect that he is in regular discussions with the board regarding club finances.

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bfcmik wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 09, 2020 9:18 pm
The government's own guidance states

Confirms it can't be enforced, but is trusting the population to follow

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Firthy wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 09, 2020 3:16 pm
And???

Same reason another poster highlighted notts forest have signed a CB from PSG... teams potenially signing players in anticipation of losing other players in the same position...

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Watford just signed a CH from Udinese...

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Would anyone have been upset at those 4 providing we lost no one? I don’t think anyone is expecting us to spend £50M but there are players available for lower fees and loan deals and we are somehow “not even close to anything yet” We know that history suggests Dyche has his targets and sticks to th...

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Eliasson is the much better option for me. And even cheaper, allegedly. at his price - £3-5m - we could have got him in before the season starts. Dyche’s comments re: being able to do the cheaper deals quickly probably means we are not in for him at all. You'd question why we aren't as he ticks all...

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Winfields in Haslingden won't let you in the door without a mask. Some chancers tried it on when I was there, saying they had asthma, but the security guard told them where to go. At the end of the day a business has a right to not let someone in if they choose not to. Good on them - shops, bars, r...

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Herts Clarets wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 09, 2020 10:26 am
"The club is looking at the numbers and getting new players in"

At least Ben Mee has some confidence!

Dyche's tone is certainly alot less bullish than at the end of the season - so he is either comfortable the club are backing him, or he's given up hope.

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Billy Balfour wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 09, 2020 10:30 am
I'd make them carry an exemption note from their GP. No mask + no note = no entry.

I don't understand why shops just don't refuse to serve people who aren't wearing a mask until the exemption is provided.

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fatboy47 wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 09, 2020 9:52 am
Never seen him do owt that Lennon couldn't do.

He'll be on alot less money than Lennon (I'm guessing), and considering Lennon is not at the club now he would contribute alot more too!

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