Story just appeared online in the Irish Sun (from Nixon) that we're after Glenn Whelan.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football ... ean-dyche/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Begorrah.

Someone must have dusted off some Old almanacs of players we were once interested in.

No no no no please I beg

ablueclaret wrote:Someone must have dusted off some Old almanacs of players we were once interested in.

No, we're just after old players.

SkiptonClaret wrote:No, we're just after old players.

No, we're just after old IRISH players...

Experience the new byword.

What about Conor McGregor?

CFS wrote:What about Conor McGregor?

Did he play for Stoke ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_4KboYi40I" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Another Irish one according to Nixon

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football ... ean-dyche/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

ablueclaret wrote:Someone must have dusted off some Old almanacs of players we were once interested in.

Billy Hamilton anybody - after all he is Irish

ABC will be along in a minute. He's too old etc.

Not another one...
If our away kit ends up being green too...

280 PL appearances, averaging 30 appearances a season since 2008.

Maybe a tad old, but if it happens then so be it.

Is our away kit going to be green does anyone know?

I've seen him mentioned in earlier reports, but for another club.

As I said before, not about how much spent, its about signing the right players that fit in.

Our goal is to be the slowest and oldest team in the league. Come on guys lets do it!

SkiptonClaret wrote:Did he play for Stoke ?

No but he's Irish.

CFS wrote:No but he's Irish.

That'll do.

Shay Given and John O'Shea next in

Any news on our pursuit of Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy?

Nixon said both deals could be done as soon as yesterday.

Say oooh ah Paul McGrath

Hope we don't have a match scheduled round Saint Paddy's Day it'll be a write off!

Linked with Tyson fury but struggling to make out if he's English or Irish.

It may be funny that we are linked with another Irishman but I think this would be a good signing...From what I saw of him last season he is still fit and still wins the ball and uses it well.
I wont be unhappy if we sign him for 2.5 million.

CFS wrote:Linked with Tyson fury but struggling to make out if he's English or Irish.

He could play the Jon Parkin role.

Don't think he's got the workrate to be a Dyche signing though.

Far better choice than Cork

Stoke play a three man central midfield.
Not sure he's operated in a 4-4-2 under Hughes.

Can't get even remotely excited by the prospect of signing Whelan. Surely he'd arrive as back up to Hendrick, Westwood and Defour (if he stays). I'd rather have O'Neill as 4th choice. We should be signing to improve the first 11, that's the only way you progress.

Hopefully its just papertalk

Burrrnley

Burrrnley

Together standing tall. Shoulder to shoulder, we'll answer Burnley's call.

Played for Ballybejaysus in his younger days.

gawthorpe_view wrote:Played for Ballybejaysus in his younger days.

Although I was initially critical of the Walters transfer, I'm coming round to the idea of targetting experience, at least for another season.

We can't have another disastrous away campaign like last. In any 'normal' season, one away win gets you relegated. We simply can't rely on our home form to bail us out again.

Walters, and potentially Whelan, would give us the know how to go away and win, or at least scrap for a point when it's on offer.

I'm ok with this approach. I wouldn't say I'm thrilled, but if it gives us PL football for a third season, then fine.

Obviously a lot of these links are not necessarily true but there is an overwhelming sense of bringing in strength and experience. Makes me wander if Sean is over guarding against 2nd season syndrome and wants us to battle through this year to become an established side.

Some good players linked and some of these cheaper buys will hopefully mean we have one or two crackerjacks on the way.

Out of Cork, Whelan and McArthur I'd go McArthur then Cork then Whelan if we could only have one.

Thought I'd read that he signed for Derby??

Don't like how Whelan was available to Villa for £1m but would cost us £2.5m. So much for our crack negotiating team.

http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/stoke-ci ... story.html

Doesn't it work like that in football though? If there is not much interest in a player, a team would consider taking a smaller amount, but then if a team with seemingly more money comes along, they will smack an extra million on?

Maybe it's not, but I would imagine it works similar to that.

Didn't we take more from QPR than what Hull were to pay for Austin?

Villa weren't willing to pay the £1m. We would be.

If you're at a car boot and something's on sale for a tenner, and the bloke next to you is haggling saying he'll only pay a fiver, you go and offer that full tenner if you want it. You don't offer £25.

Incredibly predictable. Please god no.

"Didn't we take more from QPR that what Hull were to pay for Austin ?"

Yes strictly speaking we did as Hull were to pay zero as he failed their medical !

Yawn. All these Irish links are doing nothing to whet the appetite.

UpTheBeehole wrote:Don't like how Whelan was available to Villa for £1m but would cost us £2.5m. So much for our crack negotiating team.

http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/stoke-ci ... story.html

Odd that you criticise the club based purely on speculation in the media

Now signed for Villa - there wasn't any interest from Burnley

ClaretTony wrote:Now signed for Villa - there wasn't any interest from Burnley

Thank God for that. I would of loved for us to sign him when he went to Stoke but not now.

I wouldn't mind Charlie Adam though.

Nixon knows

ClaretTony wrote:Now signed for Villa - there wasn't any interest from Burnley

Great news.

There was never any interest from Burnley.
Shame the usual snipers surface who clearly have no idea. But just love to find criticism.
The club is on an upward curve and enjoying an excellent period.
Try and understand that and appreciate there are further improvements in the pipeline.
UTC

Touchline wrote:There was never any interest from Burnley.
Shame the usual snipers surface who clearly have no idea. But just love to find criticism.
The club is on an upward curve and enjoying an excellent period.
Try and understand that and appreciate there are further improvements in the pipeline.
UTC

You are wasting you're time touchline. Its engrained in some on here.