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It's taken until Benson's winner at Ewood to challenge Paterson's goal as the most exciting I've seen supporting us. And I enjoyed Paterson's more because I was in the away end so could go bonkers unlike at Ewood where I, and some other undercover Clarets, were surrounded by home fans so couldn't c...

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The fact that people are doubting whether Wednesday is a bigger club shows their demise. A true city club, huge (now dilapidated) ground, huge following proud history. But the Premier League is redefining “big”. Are Brentford now a bigger club than Portsmouth? Historically not even close but One is ...

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I think you look to the young ones who have the highest potential. For me that is Muric. Al Dakil, Zaroury, Beyer, Twine and Maatesen(if he is with us).

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All the talk is always about transfer fees. I think salaries are just as important if not more so. Fees are spread over several years in the books and also with our model there is the hope that we will recover or improve on the amount we spend. We got rid of quite a lot off the wage bill last summer...

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Burnley have been strangely on a very similar journey to AFC Richmond. I do think we might be able to market that.

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I think Cork getting that little bit older is the reason we weren’t as physical in the Prem. He is tall, good in the air and robust in the challenge. I think he will only be a bit player next season so we need a player similar to prime Cork for me.

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Barnes, Muric, Beyer and Roberts are all worthy but for me after the first couple of times I saw him it has to be Benson. He got kicked out of the game a couple of times and I thought it would all be too physical for him. Whether it is folklore or it really happened the story was Vinny asked the ful...

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Consistency personified. Not sure I gave him less than a 7 in the match rating all season.

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Are you ok Lancaster? You seem upset on this thread. Dwight can have outstanding games. And has really come through for Everton since he was reunited with Sean. I think our current team where our eggs are spread amongst several baskets is more consistent than expecting Dwight to do it on his own wee...

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WazzaClaret wrote: ↑
Mon May 08, 2023 4:48 pm
T'bastards come back from 3-1 down to win and miss out on the play offs by goal difference. Lovely.

Even better it means Benson’s goal meant they didn’t get in the playoffs. A draw against us and they would have been there. Beautiful!!!

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My mums wake was at the Rose n Bowl. Not sure that has anything to do with the thread but meant I always thought of her when they read the prizes out.

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Spiral wrote: ↑
Sun May 07, 2023 7:04 pm
I can't believe you are being so negative. God.

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Vegas Claret wrote: ↑
Sun May 07, 2023 6:21 pm
even JJ is getting in on it

Shame I think VK is wearing a City scarf in that pic.

But the news is undoubtedly the best possible start to the closed season. No players second guessing whether to join because VK may move before the new season.

andyh

Goes alongside Dean Marney, Michael Duff, Ben Mee, Robbie Blake and a few others as modern day Burnley heroes. If they remixed the Heroes intro these are the ones to put up there.

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We need a replacement for Ash. He was no 1 choice for most of the second half of the season so we need a no 1 choice replacement. Probably Vinny’s biggest challenge to date.

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There are 6.7 million Mormons. If they all perceive we are their club of choice then we suddenly have an immense fan base:-). More seriously Sky would have been looking for an angle. And depending on timing it may have been too late for a Vinny related one. The most quirky thing about Pace is his re...

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We need to get Ted Lasso to endorse us… Richmond don’t exist but the journey we’ve been on more or less follows that story arc. Relegation-immediate promotion and moving from 442 to total football.

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I’ve long since forgiven him. His stints at Bolton and Blackburn made me realise that he had fluked his promotion with us and he wasn’t the next coming. It hurt so much at the time because I thought he was worth being upset at losing. Now I realise he wasn’t. A bit like being dumped by a gorgeous gi...

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Funny to look back to my thoughts at the time. I thought Waddle had turned a corner and would be ok as manager the next season. But I was glad it was Stan who took over. One of a string of great managers we have had since. To me only Laws and to a lesser extent Howe have disappointed since.

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KRBFC wrote: ↑
Mon May 01, 2023 8:04 am
Carrick, Thiago Motta, Kjnutsen or Still.

I’d be happy with that shortlist and I think Carrick would me my no 1 choice given the turnaround at Boro. But could well stay at Boro if they get promoted. So for that reason I hope they don’t make it.

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CoolClaret wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 30, 2023 9:51 pm
Bound to win a few games fielding 12 players

Damn I thought the team looked too good to be true!

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I know this is against the spirit of the thread but I’d go Muric Roberts Beyer THB Maatsen Cullen Cork Brownhill Benson Zaroury Ings Tella It would be an early version of Cork than at present but I reckon as they could play the current system so well. Whilst individually better Im not sure Heaton Po...

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I voted Cullen but I must admit I nearly went left field and voted Muric. I think like Cullen he sets the template for how we play. Connor Roberts not having a mention yet shows how good others have been.

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Benny the bolt.

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Easily our best but Benson pushing David Fairclough and Ole Solskear. His impact off the bench this season has simply been unreal.

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wilks_bfc wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 25, 2023 3:55 pm
In years to come, there’ll be 20,000 fans saying they were there tonight

Only if we win!!

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I think it's quite significant, irrespective of the past, that in a local derby game where a win for Rovers would strengthen their play off hopes and rub our noses in the soft stuff, they can only sell a pitiful number of tickets. Not sure what our old gates of 3000 superfans has to do with both cl...

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Last summer I placed a bet at the local bookies for Burnley to be promoted back to the Premier League. Now that promotion is assured whatever happens in the remaining games I went to claim my winnings. The bookies say they can't/won't pay out until the end of the season. Is this normal? Bookies mak...

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This has a Gazza feel about it.

Probably the best player I’ve seen live. He ripped us to shreds on more than one occasion.

BUT he is nowhere near the player he was and whilst it would sell shirts and get us international recognition I doubt it would be a success on the pitch.

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Oh and Chris Waddle the player or manager

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I’m surprised we have come this far without Keith Tracey (or Steve Daly and Gerry Gow for us older ones).

Maybe a bit harsh but based on what he did before and after I would make a case for Eddie Howe as manager.

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What do you think the team should be for Tuesday? Id select something like this Muric Roberts THB Ekdal Maatsen Cullen Bastien (yep) Twine Benson Obafemi Zaroury I’d be happy with this. A few more minutes to fringe players. I want to see Churlinov myself. Because he is one who is on the edge of bei...

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We have to play someone up front. Barnes is off. Jrod may be in terminal decline. We can’t even afford a “probably Prem League” level striker. So we have obtained two possibly could grow into it strikers for the money we can afford. It is a real weakness. But all strikers are scouted the moment they...

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The fitness coaches should keep their noses out if that's the case. Fitness coaches don't win football matches. I can’t believe you actually think some of your comments. We have started preparing for next season. Twine and Chulinov are two players I am not sure will be good enough. VK may have the ...

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4s for anyone is harsh
4 for Benson is totally insane. Beat his man countless times and created havoc. Yes his final ball could have been better but 4 come on.

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Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 15, 2023 2:19 pm
Maatsen, THB, Ekdal, Obafemi not in squad, very strange. Grand National trip?

I wonder if any significance in reduced number of loan players

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I think Vinny always speaks about clubs needing patience and loyalty to their managers. It would seem hypocritical if he jumped ship at the first job offer.

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Charlie is in the same boat as BPF. Nothing wrong with them if we were playing Dycheball. However VK plays a vastly different system and it needs different skills than those traditional ones for the position they play. Charlie has a great engine, decent pace, reasonable defensive positioning, good t...

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At full speed I wondered if it was inside. On replay it was way outside…. Who would be a ref?

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Wrexham would allow him to transition into movie stardom. A modern day Vinnie Jones but they may need to dub over his SW accent if he is playing a gangster.

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I will leave this to Vinny. He will speak to Wout and between them they will decide whether he has a future here. If they both agree he has then he gets my FULL support. No niggly “he’s a wrong un” when he has a bad game. If he plays for us ever again then he gets a clean slate.

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Always a victim never his fault.

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I hope Chelsea representatives are reading the OP. Yes we don’t think he is good enough but we will take him for £5M just because we are nice guys and want to help you out. He is well worth a place next year given his age and number of games he has already played. He may get even better and be worth...

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jedi_master wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 08, 2023 11:09 am
Muric
Roberts Ekdal Beyer Maatsen
Cork Cullen
Tella Brownhill Zaroury
Barnes

Ekdal ahead of THB on this one purely for his height on set pieces. I think Cork ahead of JBG for the same reason.

This. For exactly the reasons Jedi mentions.

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There was a long running thread on the Brighton forum created when he came to us about how poor a signing he was. It was still getting new posts years later when he made them eat their words.

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Casper2 wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 07, 2023 9:11 pm
What the hell Maatson

He is having a mare

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Sorry, I want to start off by saying that I only recently started following Burnley because of Ekdal moving there since he played for our club (and is a close personal friend of mine), but why is he benched? In the Burnley-matches I've seen he seems to have done really well and I thought he had his...

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Is it too weird to suggest we should vote for everyone else? Can’t have us inflating his price before the summer.

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The problem we have is that the majority of our squad are untried at Prem level. If they swim we need relatively few… if they sink we need a whole new team. For now we just have to assume the successes this season will also be successes next season. (Benson,Zaroury,Cullen,Vitinho,Brownhill,Muric) Ri...

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I find myself with similar emotions to Bolton after the Coyle saga. Historically I have a relative soft spot for the club but they screwed us so let karma take its course.

Them following Bolton into the 3rd tier would be fitting. And every misfortune leads to a feeling of schadenfreude.

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