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Tricky Trevor wrote:Nice to see Matt Lowton carrying D4s bag for him.

Trying to stop him injuring himself

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Add to that another winger due to the injury records of messers Brady and Lennon and to some extent JBG and we have ourselves a decent squad! I’d look at possibly moving on Lennon also due to his age and the ideal replacement as many have already pointed to is Jarrod Bowen , goal threat, hard worker...

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ClaretTony wrote:I got Djemba-Djemba on my birthday

One Djemba is more than enough for anyone

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:lol: :lol: :lol: Now we are getting desperate. Go on. Humour me. How many players have we produced in the last 15 years through that squad...? With the nuts & bolts in place now, it should be many more over the next 15 years. Having said that, with the end-of-season clearout, Steve Stone could do ...

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It’s quite remarkable how being a multi millionaire professional athlete attracts a more visually pleasant partner than what one would likely encounter down Burnley on a Saturday night, often irrespective of the looks of the multi millionaire professional athlete.... Oooh heck........ Hibs has gone...

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evensteadiereddie wrote:Didn't see that coming....mind you, neither did he.

Are we back to Peters & Lee again?

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houseboy wrote:This seems like a good signing, do we know how 'small' the fee was? Seems like a good bit of business for a player who is an international for a very good national team (Holland are hardly Luxembourg are they?).

£1m plus add-ons, according to Stoke

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ClaretTony wrote:Clearly mixed from the speculation thread but it is a small fee apparently and we've got an experienced international full back to compete with Charlie Taylor. More than good enough for me.

Yes, he'll be good enough as back up till either Koiki or Glennon make the grade

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Cork improved as the team did post-Xmas. His lack of physicality has always been there but as a get it and give it midfielder he’s fine. Wish he would make more runs into the box, like he used to, but he could be under instructions. Could be, but he doesn't have that extra burst of pace that the ga...

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Murger wrote:Joe Allen would have been a quality signing a couple of seasons ago, don't know if he's still up to it though. Isn't he about 34/35?

March 1990, so he's 29

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Murger wrote:Maybe Stoke have a midfielder they could lend.

Like Joe Allen you mean?

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A little off topic, but has anyone ever come across a more useless local journalist than Chris Boden? Never has the first clue about what's going on until another journalist tweets something. He should have been all over a deal like that. He's no Carl Bernstein or Bob Woodward, that's for sure (ask...

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Stayingup wrote:Suspicious ties to Russia? What rot. How many PROVEN suspicious ties has JC to enemies of the West? Have a guess.

Jesus Christ has proven suspicious ties to enemies of the West? ...... Well that's a real shock revelation on a Sunday!

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Quicknick wrote:I would bet Lagos. Lots of teams come here. It's very close to where I live.

Lucky bugger!

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ClaretTony wrote:
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I'm not imagining things then.......cheers Tony!

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I’ll be amazed if Pope is only 6ft 4ins. My neck is still damaged from when I spoke to him last year. He was listed as 6' 2" earlier this season on one of the clickbait sites when a transfer to Arsenal & the like was being mooted. When he's pictured alongside Heaton he's a good few inches taller th...

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kaptin1 wrote:What about Glennon, isn’t he a left back and very highly rated?

Stone was talking about sending him out on loan this year, think he came primarily as a LB but they've also played him as a left-sided CB last season. Bit of a Ben Mee situation maybe?

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Well I ain't counting wells and think counting on Defour's fitness is too risky. So like almost everyone else I think we need a striker, a centre midfielder and a left back. If we move wells and hart on we have room in the squad for all 3. The 1st 2 need to be starter quality. JRod and Mooy would b...

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Tricky Trevor wrote:Doing a Fulham. Instead of improving a decent team they are decimating it. No team spirit and half of them won’t gel.

Fingers crossed!

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FactualFrank wrote:A part of me wants Brentford to do well with the players they have sold us.

And their obvious expertise at scouting for their level is to be admired too!

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There's a film - The Man Who Never Was - which is pretty good. Another true WW2 deception is in the film 'I was Monty's Double' and the fellow who was Montgomery's double, an actor, plays his part. It was on last weekend I think, if you can get it on catch up, not sure of channel, sorry, could be c...

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South West Claret. wrote:Yes good point there must be a reason I suppose.

Isn't it summer recess? If Parliament isn't sitting they can't stand up & name anybody.

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Long Time Lurker wrote:In what world is he a £25m player, according to the other link.

Thankfully the speculative article only mentions a loan. I will stick with Kemen for a cheap ( free transfer ) punt.

Have a job Lurker, he went to Chamois Niort 2 days ago on a free, shame that- i thought he was worth a punt too

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jrgbfc wrote:Is there any suggestion that we're even interested in Bowen? With JBG, Lennon and Hendrick we're fairly well covered on the right, unless he can play as a second striker.

If JBG was on his way, it'd make sense

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Pearcey wrote:Too unreliable.

Like an Alfa Romeo?

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As Blackrod & Spice both say, it's the way we're set up to play. Similarly, it's the reason why we don't get many penalties, our wingers take the ball wide & cross into the box for the strikers, whereas someone like Zaha heads straight for the box & goes down as soon as he gets contact. This is one ...

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What, into the wild?

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Reecey1987 wrote:Looks like crouchy might be retiring https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football ... w-17388645" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Stop trying to cheer me up!

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What were Fulham supposed to do ? if they went into the premiership with the same team as winning the plays off they were relegated so at least they tried to do something about it. It went wrong and by their last game they were on their 3rd manager for the season but to have a go for trying somethi...

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FactualFrank wrote:Ben Cohen, Antony Worrall Thompson and Shane Lynch.

So they'll have the fishing/rugby tackle, someone to cook it, and someone to sing while they eat it.

I didn't know Ben Cohen could sing!

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/9421667/aston-villa-egypt-mahmoud-trezeguet/ Wonder who Burnley have sent over to watch the African Cup, or am I presuming too much It's the same bloke who played against us for Istanbul Bekshitheads isn't it? He wasn't much cop then either, think they shippe...

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Building a bigger scouting team and expand abroad would be seen as progression in my eyes but it's something we have made noises about but no progress ever seems to be made. We will see if progress has been made when this window & the next ends, so I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt ...

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Steddyman wrote:Wait, so Marseille need to sell their highest earning players due to not making the Champions League and the natural club to link him too is Burnley? Somebody's having a laugh.

I think someone at Burnley thought he'd fit in with our Irish contingent, being called Lucas O'Campos

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Come on down Jordan Hugill the time is right! or failing that Andy Carroll to get the maximum usage out of our medical facilities You did say any one I'm still crossing my fingers for the outside, very unlikely to happen because he doesn't live around the corner from the Turf, possibility that we c...

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TVC15 wrote:United gave Phil Jones a new contract
Yes...I know - wow !!

I wonder how much he'll be paying them?

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Longsider wrote:Lucas Ocampos
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Good player, Marseilles must be really struggling for cash........

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Reasonable point and the follow on applies. The gap between the richest clubs and the poorest is widening at a ridiculous rate, but I doubt it will stop the rich clubs demanding an even greater slice of the financial pie until the whole system comes crashing down. Revolution is usually what happens...

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I'm usually very critical of our new kits but there are just two things I don't like about this one. I would prefer the neck to be blue all the way round and, of course, the awful sponsors logo just ruins it. Other than that, compared to some recent shirts, I actually like it. I'd buy one if I coul...

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Why does Westie's shirt front look like he's left the hanger in?

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He's a striker, not a winger. Good goalscoring record last season, definitely has the physical attributes to play in the Premiership but would be a real step up in terms of the defences he'd be up against. Quite right, he's a left-sided striker when I've seen him, but knows where the goal is. He mi...

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burnley007 wrote:It's written as fact. But it's speculation. How does this happen all the time??

It's the same publication that said we were close to signing Harold Moukoudi from Le Havre last year...... he's just gone on a free to St Etienne so we couldn't be that interested. Salt & pinch maybe?

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MACCA wrote:It's what my deleted post was about on the Burnley transfer thread.

I'd heard there had been interest and he was available.

Why was it deleted Macca, any reason given?

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jojomk1 wrote:I presume this was the Burnley news that Nixon had tweeted about yesterday

And I thought it might have been about an actual signing

Don't be silly, too early by far

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Rowls wrote:Actually I think it's a centaur.

They were fairy common back in the 60s.

A centaur forward?

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Wile E Coyote wrote:dodged a bullet in my view, he suffers terribly with piles according to a recent interview, probably sidelined for ages if we had him.

He would be if he sat on our bench in winter with those piles!

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BOYSIE31 wrote:I think someone needs to log on to bfc recruitment excel spreadsheet and delete it

Or input a few names in there. I hope they know a spreadsheet runs to more than one page!

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Devils_Advocate wrote:Is there any evidence of all these Newcastle fans that think they should be in the top 6 or are we just making things up to emphasise a point?

No, they definitely think they're a big club & should be challenging for the top 6 on gates alone

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No Ney Never wrote:Are the club hoping he gets over the home sickness and returns in a couple of years ready to settle ?

He was talking about being determined to come back here & fight for his place in an interview with an Oz journo in March/April time

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nil_desperandum wrote:Unsurprising as Pilsen, where it comes from is in the Czech republic.

Unless they get those ideas again!

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Since the other thread is getting a bit crowded I've started this one for ramblings without a link. That way the other thread has a chance of returning to its original, and worthy, goal of posts showing BFC transfer news WITH LINKS. Not much to add to start things off, other than I was a bit ******...

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