The best player Burnley never signed

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The best player Burnley never signed

Post by mikeS » Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:16 pm

Will he sign, won't he sign. Speculation was rife for months.
Mr Lee Trundle - article on him on the Gruniad website today.
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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by Steve1956 » Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:20 pm

The one..The only..Henri Lansbury....where is he these days.?

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by Dyched » Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:24 pm

He was shite.

He owes Tim Lovejoy for the publicity he received at the time

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by claretburns » Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:24 pm

Derek Riordan?

Serious note, possibly Messi, Ronaldo, Best, Maradonna, Pele? These might make it into the category of best player Burnley never signed.
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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by houseboy » Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:31 pm

claretburns wrote:Derek Riordan?

Serious note, possibly Messi, Ronaldo, Best, Maradonna, Pele? These might make it into the category of best player Burnley never signed.
My thinking entirely. What a pointless discussion, might as well just ask 'who is your favourite player ever?'

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by LoveCurryPies » Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:33 pm

Pele.

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by dsr » Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:36 pm

JB Priestley is the most famous author that was offered a trial.

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by Iloveyoubrady » Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:38 pm

Would have loved Florin Andone and am forever hopefull we may return for him.

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by Sidney1st » Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:40 pm

Andrew Driver was world class after a few transfer windows.

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by Foshiznik » Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:40 pm

I know most won't agree but I was a massive fan of fat Ronaldo. Just wish he didn't have knees made of lard and didn't have an Oddies loyalty card.
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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by Selby Claret » Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:42 pm

In my era the best player we never signed - permanently - was Andy Marriott. Was gutted - but then along came Marlon a bit later and all was forgotten!

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by Dyched » Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:45 pm

Robert Pires. He just seemed to float above the grass, had a wonderful touch and could finish.

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by claptrappers_union » Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:54 pm

Peter Crouch

I'd still be pleased if he signed now.
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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by paulus the woodgnome » Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:10 pm

Imagine a strikeforce of Peter Crouch and Akinfenwa

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by Sausage » Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:12 pm

Bambo

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by IAmAClaret » Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:13 pm

Thomas Gravesen - Was what we needed at the time, and believe the deal was all but done.

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by NL Claret » Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:13 pm

Kamil Grosiki's stock continues to rise on here after he didn't sign.

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by cutsy123 » Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:15 pm

claptrappers_union wrote:Peter Crouch

I'd still be pleased if he signed now.
Id have him.now too

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by jlup1980 » Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:24 pm

Always wanted us to sign Jamie Cureton back in the late 90's, early noughties. I always thought he was a terrific player (sorry, very Harry Redknapp!). Anyway I'm sure he's not the best player we never signed but he was certainly one I wish we had done!
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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by boyyanno » Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:33 pm

Ziyech was the one I was gutted about.

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by KefkaClaret » Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:40 pm

Didn't we miss out on Michael Essien?

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by claretrobo1 » Thu Oct 26, 2017 3:53 pm

Has to be Ziyech for me. Star player for Ajax. So very close to that deal

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by scouseclaret » Thu Oct 26, 2017 3:57 pm

Seamus Coleman?

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by gandhisflipflop » Thu Oct 26, 2017 4:04 pm

jlup1980 wrote:Always wanted us to sign Jamie Cureton back in the late 90's, early noughties. I always thought he was a terrific player (sorry, very Harry Redknapp!). Anyway I'm sure he's not the best player we never signed but he was certainly one I wish we had done!

Him and Brett Angel were clinical in the 90s.

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by DCWat » Thu Oct 26, 2017 4:10 pm

houseboy wrote:My thinking entirely. What a pointless discussion, might as well just ask 'who is your favourite player ever?'
Presumably from reading the OP, the suggestion is a player that we were linked with, so therefore not really “a pointless discussion”, especially when posted on a Burnley fans’ forum.
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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by bfccrazy » Thu Oct 26, 2017 4:12 pm

A weird one as we have signed him .....

Jack Cork MK1

Was absolutely gutted when he left Chelsea for Saints and not us - Glad he's seen the error of his ways finally.
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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by Dazzler » Thu Oct 26, 2017 4:19 pm

Didn't Peter Beardsley once have a trial with us sometime in the early 80's?

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by FulledgeClaret » Thu Oct 26, 2017 4:36 pm

Not sure about Beardsley but Ian Rush did.

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by kicker_conspiracy » Thu Oct 26, 2017 4:39 pm

Luton Shelton.

Wasn't there a reserve game he scored three goals in but his name couldn't be reported for fear of alerting other clubs?

Was it also Shelton we had the work permit saga with or was that someone else around the same time?

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by wilks_bfc » Thu Oct 26, 2017 4:44 pm

KefkaClaret wrote:Didn't we miss out on Michael Essien?
Story was he was in the region for trials with Man Utd & was staying with a Burnley fan who took him on a visit to Gawthorpe

Dazzler wrote:Didn't Peter Beardsley once have a trial with us sometime in the early 80's?
Think he had a trail with us before move over to play in Canada

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by piston broke » Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:06 pm

Bryan Robson came down as a young man. Sadly we weren't for him.

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by Saxoman » Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:08 pm

gandhisflipflop wrote:Him and Brett Angel were clinical in the 90s.
Who was Brett Angell's strike partner at Southend? ;)

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by ClaretTony » Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:17 pm

scouseclaret wrote:Seamus Coleman?
Sat in front of me with Chris McCann at a reserve game when he was on trial. Didn't know anything about him at the time so wasn't concerned when we sent him back.

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by ClaretTony » Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:18 pm

wilks_bfc wrote:Story was he was in the region for trials with Man Utd & was staying with a Burnley fan who took him on a visit to Gawthorpe
That's spot on and I know that Burnley fan. He trained with us, I believe for a few days, before going back but was not a potential signing.

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by Dark Cloud » Thu Oct 26, 2017 6:24 pm

According to Stan, Crouch was a done deal until next day things got a bit lively in Duke Bar that time and then he (more his Mrs tbh) gave back word.

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by Wile E Coyote » Thu Oct 26, 2017 6:37 pm

me.

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by claretabroad » Thu Oct 26, 2017 7:45 pm

Bambo. He was better than Tony Yeboah you know.

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by gandhisflipflop » Thu Oct 26, 2017 7:49 pm

Saxoman wrote:Who was Brett Angell's strike partner at Southend? ;)

Go on saxo you have me at a loss.

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by turfytopper » Thu Oct 26, 2017 8:11 pm

Dazzler wrote:Didn't Peter Beardsley once have a trial with us sometime in the early 80's?
In 1981 Beardsley who was s great prospect at Newcastle, was on loan at Carlisle. Though there would have been no chance of him coming to Burnley permanently perhaps we were interested (alongside Carlisle) in a loan?

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by FulledgeClaret » Thu Oct 26, 2017 8:38 pm

Saxoman wrote:Who was Brett Angell's strike partner at Southend? ;)

That would be Ian Benjamin.

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by HatfieldClaret » Thu Oct 26, 2017 8:41 pm

claptrappers_union wrote:Peter Crouch

I'd still be pleased if he signed now.
So would I, vastly underrated player.

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by barba » Thu Oct 26, 2017 8:45 pm

One that springs to my mind is the striker we had on loan from Forest in the early 2000's. Think he was called David Johnson (?)

Would have liked to sign him but think they wanted too much

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by Dy1geo » Thu Oct 26, 2017 8:57 pm

ClaretTony wrote:That's spot on and I know that Burnley fan. He trained with us, I believe for a few days, before going back but was not a potential signing.
That’s different from what he said in my son’s Match of the Day annual where he claimed he was turned down after having a trial at Burnley

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by Dark Cloud » Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:13 pm

barba wrote:One that springs to my mind is the striker we had on loan from Forest in the early 2000's. Think he was called David Johnson (?)

Would have liked to sign him but think they wanted too much
I agree. He was just what we needed at the time and gave us a real boost, but we knew (sadly) it was unlikely we could strike a permanent deal as he was a bit too good!!

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by Dazzler » Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:13 pm

turfytopper wrote:In 1981 Beardsley who was s great prospect at Newcastle, was on loan at Carlisle. Though there would have been no chance of him coming to Burnley permanently perhaps we were interested (alongside Carlisle) in a loan?
Not sure where you're coming from with that,,
Beardo was first at Newcastle when a teenager but was released without breaking through.
He then signed for Carlisle making over 100 appearances (79-82)

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by Goobs » Thu Oct 26, 2017 10:15 pm

Weren't we after 2 Croatian internationals after one of the major championships when Stan was in charge?

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by TurfyMoore » Thu Oct 26, 2017 10:21 pm

David Reeves, I remember wasting a quid in that bucket
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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by Blackrod » Thu Oct 26, 2017 10:41 pm

At the time I'd agree with David Reeves and David Johnson as loans as they were much better than what we had.

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by ayrshireclaret83 » Thu Oct 26, 2017 10:42 pm

LANSBURY

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Re: The best player Burnley never signed

Post by RingoMcCartney » Thu Oct 26, 2017 10:46 pm

TurfyMoore wrote:David Reeves, I remember wasting a quid in that bucket

Only a quid!? I'd just won at cards in the 110 club. At least £3.80 went In!
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