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Maybe the fact we've played the "Punching above our weight" card for too long, or failed to show that we wanted to fight and stay up 2 years ago due to lack of investment in the team, now folk see us as a small t that and it's coming back to bite us!
As fans of the club, we can understand why the board did what they did but to outsiders and the media, we looked like a fish out of water and were happy to take the money and run.
We need to sell our club more than all others due to the size of the Town and it's catchment area. We are/were punching above our weight but to keep spouting it wasn't the best way to sell ourselves to potential players was it, that label with take some shifting
As fans of the club, we can understand why the board did what they did but to outsiders and the media, we looked like a fish out of water and were happy to take the money and run.
We need to sell our club more than all others due to the size of the Town and it's catchment area. We are/were punching above our weight but to keep spouting it wasn't the best way to sell ourselves to potential players was it, that label with take some shifting
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From the number of views it looks as if Snodgrass was the one WE wanted.
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Sums Talk Sport up pretty well if they're bringing in Windass for any sort of comment. The bloke is an absolute bell end of the highest order.
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I don't buy that. Even football players can realise the situation Burnley have been in, and with any common sense can understand it. The first promotion we paid off the debts. The second promotion secured the new training ground, ground improvements and secured the majority of the squad. The third promotion has seen us break the transfer record twice and 6 months later trying to break it again. An unblinkered view from outside is surely of a club that is moving forward at a steady pace (flying actually) and is looking good for staying up. The outcome of which is likely to be even more improvement.Barry_Chuckle wrote:Maybe the fact we've played the "Punching above our weight" card for too long, or failed to show that we wanted to fight and stay up 2 years ago due to lack of investment in the team, now folk see us as a small t that and it's coming back to bite us!
As fans of the club, we can understand why the board did what they did but to outsiders and the media, we looked like a fish out of water and were happy to take the money and run.
We need to sell our club more than all others due to the size of the Town and it's catchment area. We are/were punching above our weight but to keep spouting it wasn't the best way to sell ourselves to potential players was it, that label with take some shifting
Several years ago it must have been murder trying to sell Burnley, but today we shouldn't have to be selling ourselves.
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Who really cares if he comes or not? He's nearly 30 and looking for one last payday.
Brady is a better fit, younger and doesn't seem a d*ck like Snodgrass. Brady has handled himself well in all of this speculation, Snodgrass has spat his dummy out. If either of them were to spit out the dummy you expect it would be the Championship player desperate for a PL move not a player who's current club needs him to dig in and scrap for points.
If he doesn't want to be here, F**K him we'll get someone better
Brady is a better fit, younger and doesn't seem a d*ck like Snodgrass. Brady has handled himself well in all of this speculation, Snodgrass has spat his dummy out. If either of them were to spit out the dummy you expect it would be the Championship player desperate for a PL move not a player who's current club needs him to dig in and scrap for points.
If he doesn't want to be here, F**K him we'll get someone better
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Even more,SHP and none of it good. I struggle to understand why it's called talk sport, it's almost only about the top six football teams in the premier league with an occasional brief respite, when there is another subject. At four, on came Darren Gough and his co-presenter, who started to criticise Klopp, suggestingt they know where he's going wrong. This morning they were ripping Payet apart, as usual, when Ja Ja Binks came on to give his tuppence worth in his own eloquent style. It really is a crap station.
Just in case anyone asks, no, I wouldn't rather live in London and play for West Ham, and apparently Hull only payed 7 million for him, so I don't really understand how his value has increased by 3 million. I think Brady will be a better fit.
Just in case anyone asks, no, I wouldn't rather live in London and play for West Ham, and apparently Hull only payed 7 million for him, so I don't really understand how his value has increased by 3 million. I think Brady will be a better fit.
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It is a shocking radio station.
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Colburn, players don't give a hoot what situation Burnley have been in and they most certainly wont be looking into our accounts. They will be aware that we've struggled in the transfer market in previous seasons and that could be taken as an indication of our lack of desire to give it a go.
Bournemouth don't seem to struggle like we do in the transfer market or Watford, neither of these have better gates than us or have a nice new stadium.
It's all about perception for me, and Burnley as a club struggle to sell themselves. IMO
Bournemouth don't seem to struggle like we do in the transfer market or Watford, neither of these have better gates than us or have a nice new stadium.
It's all about perception for me, and Burnley as a club struggle to sell themselves. IMO
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Bournemouth and Watford do have very rich foreign owners.
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It's typically all about money
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And so the Perception is that they Will be bankrolled....... that's my point Steve-Harper, it's about how you/your club are portrayed, be that in the media or in peoples opinions. We didn't do that perception any favors in previous years with the "punching above our weight" comments, which was my initial point, Whereas Bournemouth haven't made it a secret that their owner is loaded..... it has assisted them to "Punch above their weight".Steve-Harpers-perm wrote:Bournemouth and Watford do have very rich foreign owners.
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Agree with the 'punching above our weight' statement. Suppose we can only hope we've learnt from our previous mistakes in the transfer window.
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I believe we have, but the saying is "$hit sticks" I just hope it's not too long before we can be seen as a club who have shook that stuff off.Steve-Harpers-perm wrote:Agree with the 'punching above our weight' statement. Suppose we can only hope we've learned from our previous mistakes in the transfer window.
Financially, we are in one of the best positions, better than the majority of the prem teams to be around once the Sky bubble bursts.
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Nixon says it's between Boro and West Ham. Wages too high for us.
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Shock...
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We will get the players that we need...reject those we can not afford to feed...and get on with the job..UTC!
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The longer this goes and as the Brady deal seemingly gets closer it seems like our bid was nothing more than a nudge to get things moving for all parties.
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No perception involved they are spreading the wealth.Barry_Chuckle wrote:And so the Perception is that they Will be bankrolled.......
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Boro haven't had an offer accepted, so looks like it's the Hammers.PWBFC wrote:Nixon says it's between Boro and West Ham. Wages too high for us.
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But historically we've struggled for a reason. Times have changed. Well never be a Chelsea, or have some rich backer like Bournemouth, but what we do have is a club that continues to thrive, despite all logic. Stewardship of people who know football almost as much as they love Burnley and a manager that's a real man manager.Barry_Chuckle wrote:Colburn, players don't give a hoot what situation Burnley have been in and they most certainly wont be looking into our accounts. They will be aware that we've struggled in the transfer market in previous seasons and that could be taken as an indication of our lack of desire to give it a go.
Bournemouth don't seem to struggle like we do in the transfer market or Watford, neither of these have better gates than us or have a nice new stadium.
It's all about perception for me, and Burnley as a club struggle to sell themselves. IMO
Boro are likely to lose Karanka before the seasons out, and are still in danger of going down.
He lives in Pickering, if he was wanting the bright lights of the big city believe me, he wouldn't be living in Pickering.
As club we have a lot to offer for the right players, but the right player isn't defined by ability alone. They need to understand the ethos of the club, the fans and the manager.
I haven't a clue where he will end up, but until he is having a medical elsewhere there's always hope.
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Normally I would agree with him, however we may be structuring things differently now.PWBFC wrote:Nixon says it's between Boro and West Ham. Wages too high for us.
Let's say he wants £50k per week and this is £20k per week above our wage structure. We are only going to offer somebody his age a maximum 3 year contract. £20k x 150 weeks is approximately £3 million.
We could offer him a £3 million signing on bonus and it would cost us £13 million, the same as the reported Brady fee. That would keep him within our wage structure.
I'm sure the board understand our wage limits are going to cause us issues at the transfer fees we are dealing with and will be finding creative ways to deal with it.
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To be honest, I don't ever believe Snodgrass was likely to sign for us regardless of whether Hull had accepted a fee for him - he was always going to want a weekly wage above our budget. As a result, his likely non-signature doesn't even register because we were all getting carried away by what was probably his agent's tactic to bring West Ham to the table.
If we sign Brady and a couple of, as yet, unknown others and keep the rest of the squad together then that, coupled with our current league position, is a darn sight better than the vast majority on here ever perceived we would have at the end of this transfer window, back on 1st September 2016!
If we sign Brady and a couple of, as yet, unknown others and keep the rest of the squad together then that, coupled with our current league position, is a darn sight better than the vast majority on here ever perceived we would have at the end of this transfer window, back on 1st September 2016!
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Stodgrass not even in the Hull squad tonigh, is he injured?
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Depends on how the deal is set up - how much is up front cash, how much is instalments and over how long, how much is 'add-ons'Tall Paul wrote:My original question was why would West Ham offer more?
When you said it's likely that Hull would prefer to sell to us, I thought you were answering that question (maybe not directly).
So why would Hull prefer to sell to us?
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He is going to WH.
We need to get over him.
It gone and in the past.
We need to get over him.
It gone and in the past.
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Let's hope he breaks both legs. In the meantime we've got a Dean Marney hole to fill as well as strengthening out squad and about five days to remedy it. DON'T PANIC MR. DYCHE, DON'T PANIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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He's having a medical at WHU tomorrow according to sky.
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Who cares about Snodgrass? He's ok but I would rather have a fit Dean Marney.
I think Snodgrass is a tad overrated. IMO of course.
I think Snodgrass is a tad overrated. IMO of course.
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F'in Scotch - don't trust em - it's why our Scotty turned Canadian!
Anyway 30 year old ; awful injury record ; dodgy beard ; diving cheat ; ex Leeds **** etc
Let's move on !
Anyway 30 year old ; awful injury record ; dodgy beard ; diving cheat ; ex Leeds **** etc
Let's move on !
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that's a strange way to get around it. You'd be better off giving him the extra £20k/week. £3m up front is dead money. Weekly covers for injury or even selling him after two years. If it's the squad structure you refer to there has to be a way around that.Steddyman wrote:Normally I would agree with him, however we may be structuring things differently now.
Let's say he wants £50k per week and this is £20k per week above our wage structure. We are only going to offer somebody his age a maximum 3 year contract. £20k x 150 weeks is approximately £3 million.
We could offer him a £3 million signing on bonus and it would cost us £13 million, the same as the reported Brady fee. That would keep him within our wage structure.
I'm sure the board understand our wage limits are going to cause us issues at the transfer fees we are dealing with and will be finding creative ways to deal with it.
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from 'Transfer Window Watch':
'...Hulls’s Robert Snodgrass is also undergoing a medical at West Ham today - and, given the seriousness of the knee injury which necessitated two operations and sidelined him for 16 months before the winger’s return to action last spring - it is likely to be thorough...'
'...Hulls’s Robert Snodgrass is also undergoing a medical at West Ham today - and, given the seriousness of the knee injury which necessitated two operations and sidelined him for 16 months before the winger’s return to action last spring - it is likely to be thorough...'
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Hit the nail on the head there!Cheshireclaret wrote: he was always going to want a weekly wage above our budget.
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Signing confirmed at West Ham - reported that he's doubled his wages to £50,000 pw.
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Why did we bother, absolutely pointless.
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I have to congratulate the board for trying. None of the messing about with small bids. The board forced WH to match the bid. Its not their fault he wanted to go to WH
Credit where credits due, I think they tried thier best. Your not going to get all your targets when teams like WH come in as well.
Credit where credits due, I think they tried thier best. Your not going to get all your targets when teams like WH come in as well.
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So, if say a 4 year deal, then will cost WHU £20m including transfer fee with probably little resale value at the end due to his age. Not the sort of deal we should have been doing.
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I agree.kaptin1 wrote:So, if say a 4 year deal, then will cost WHU £20m including transfer fee with probably little resale value at the end due to his age. Not the sort of deal we should have been doing.
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But I thought that he was already on 50k per week and we wouldn't match the 70k he wanted?ClaretTony wrote:Signing confirmed at West Ham - reported that he's doubled his wages to £50,000 pw.
Next you will be saying that some people on here have no idea about things and just make up stuff so they have something to post.
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Or anything but pointless if it forced Norwich into actionboatshed bill wrote:Why did we bother, absolutely pointless.
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Very pleased this did not happen for us.JBG much more potential, a lot younger and far far cheaper and in my opinion a better player.
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He's fat, he's round, he's a waste of ten million pound, Snodgrass, Snodgrass....
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In reality, we could offer whatever we want for a player, but we have a wage structure. All the agents, all the players know we have a limit. Wages will be the stumbling block in every transfer. Going for players who are already on £30k ish a week is pointless. They will want a pay rise, and they won't get one here - and i'm ok with that.
I could have this wrong (often do) but I think that's the pointless that Bill meant.
I could have this wrong (often do) but I think that's the pointless that Bill meant.
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Most defeatist post of the year so far?boatshed bill wrote:Why did we bother, absolutely pointless.
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Has it achieved that aim, CT?ClaretTony wrote:Or anything but pointless if it forced Norwich into action
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I can but try, DC.DCWat wrote:Most defeatist post of the year so far?
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We'll see soon enoughboatshed bill wrote:Has it achieved that aim, CT?
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I'd have liked Snodgrass, he's still a good player, but that package was always going to be too much for us. Good luck to him he's got every right to go where he chooses.
It must be a real quandary for the club, the balance between the price of players then their wages. We seem to be able to afford one or the other, but not both.
IMO we have to pay our 1st team 'premiership' wages. I'd much rather face the problem of recruiting, than the prospect of losing some of our star players.
IF, and I haven't given up hope yet, we do fail to bring anyone in who is going to improve the starting XI, then at least we are in a sound position to stay up anyway, and an even better position in the summer.
I've said in the last few transfer windows, there are many reasons why a particular player may mot sign, you can't just chuck it on the doorstep of the board every time.
It must be a real quandary for the club, the balance between the price of players then their wages. We seem to be able to afford one or the other, but not both.
IMO we have to pay our 1st team 'premiership' wages. I'd much rather face the problem of recruiting, than the prospect of losing some of our star players.
IF, and I haven't given up hope yet, we do fail to bring anyone in who is going to improve the starting XI, then at least we are in a sound position to stay up anyway, and an even better position in the summer.
I've said in the last few transfer windows, there are many reasons why a particular player may mot sign, you can't just chuck it on the doorstep of the board every time.
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Snodgrass: "Doctor, I think I've joined West Ham."
Doctor: "Hang yourself and you'll be cured."
Doctor: "Hang yourself and you'll be cured."
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Clearly joined West Ham due to the terrific reception he always received there
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To be fair to Alan Nixon, he always said that Snodgrass wanted a massive pay day.
He's certainly got that
He's certainly got that