Joe Hart incoming ?

Murger · Post by **Murger** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:41 pm

Heaton off. He's gotta be. No way we have 3 England international keepers.

MACCA · Post by **MACCA** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:41 pm

jrgbfc wrote:Why the hell is Adam Legdzins still at the club then? Doesn't seem as though he's even trusted to be 3rd choice.

Brought in as 3rd choice on cheap wages purely to have 3 GK.
As soon as Heaton got injured we got in Lindegaard, Legzdins isn't trusted to be on the bench.
Same has happened again, he isn't trusted to be a number 2 here, hense the reason we are looking at another GK.

Have you seen Legzdins career to date?

Soon to be 32
14 clubs in his career
Played 100 games in the last decade
Only 1 season in the last 8 has he been a number 1, and that was in 2010 playing for Burton Albion.

He's just not good enough, not his fault but on the sum of about 1-2k a week, he's the insurance and last port of call should a freak set of injuries should happen mid season.

DCWat · Post by **DCWat** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:42 pm

Murger wrote:Heaton off. He's gotta be. No way we have 3 England international keepers.

We’re playing him in centre mid!

edison · Post by **edison** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:43 pm

Murger wrote:Heaton off. He's gotta be. No way we have 3 England international keepers.

why not?

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:43 pm

I'd be very sad if Heaton is to leave (or if he's simply not able to get back to full fitness/previous form). Thought he'd be with us for a good while to come yet (this is of course just speculation though).

Another plus side to signing Hart is that he'll already know Pope and Heaton pretty well from the England setup.

Murger · Post by **Murger** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:45 pm

edison wrote:why not?

So which 1 of the 3 is gonna agree to be #3?

edison · Post by **edison** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:46 pm

Murger wrote:So which 1 of the 3 is gonna agree to be #3?

Maybe the one with the longest-term injury, for now

Murger · Post by **Murger** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:48 pm

edison wrote:Maybe the one with the longest-term injury, for now

So Popes injured long term, you think either Heaton or Hart will agree to be #2?

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:49 pm

Happy with this,put Hart behind our back 4 and he will soon be back to his best...

edison · Post by **edison** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:50 pm

Murger wrote:So Popes injured long term, you think either Heaton or Hart will agree to be #2?

yes

mdd2 · Post by **mdd2** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:50 pm

Just gone 31years we know he has had it in him seems very sensible given the present chaos with our keepers. Pope cannot be in the 25 until January so we need three and have doubts about Heaton with Lindegaard OOC in 2019. So given we do not want to have Legzdins in the squad this makes perfect sense to me. No one should be leaving IMO. Squad keepers Lindegaard Heaton and Hart. Come January maybe but only maybe Hart Pope and Heaton; come summer Lindegaard off or here for another year and one of Pope or Heaton sold for hopefully mega bucks with Hart again hopefully back to his best. GK trio 2019-20 Heaton/Pope Hart and a young keeper

MACCA · Post by **MACCA** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:52 pm

Murger wrote:So Popes injured long term, you think either Heaton or Hart will agree to be #2?

Heaton is out at the minute, Hart comes in as number 1.

With potentially 50+ games which they can easily share out with the Thursday/Sunday games, and who's to say Heaton isn't side lined for the next month or so.

All I know is Hart isn't coming to sit on the bench.

claretdj · Post by **claretdj** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:52 pm

I'm more than happy with this as Billy Mercer will turn Hart into a world class keeper just like he's done with Pope n Heaton! Utc..

Murger · Post by **Murger** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:53 pm

MACCA wrote:Heaton is out at the minute, Hart comes in as number 1.

With potentially 50+ games which they can easily share out with the Thursday/Sunday games, and who's to say Heaton isn't side lined for the next month or so.

All I know is Hart isn't coming to sit on the bench.

That's what I mean. I can't see Heaton being happy at benched, which makes me think he's off.

randomclaret2 · Post by **randomclaret2** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:54 pm

3 England keepers eh ? Speaking as someone who endured the likes of Joe Neenan and Chris Pearce this is just staggering ..

Longsidelenny · Post by **Longsidelenny** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:56 pm

When our goalkeeper coach billy gets to work with him back in England contention watch this space

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:57 pm

Manchester Evening News also now reporting...

Joe Hart set for Burnley switch and full Pep Guardiola press conference
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MACCA · Post by **MACCA** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:00 pm

Murger wrote:That's what I mean. I can't see Heaton being happy at benched, which makes me think he's off.

He doesn't need to be happy with the bench, he needs to accept he's out injured at the present and we need a number 1 goal keeper capable of playing in the premier and Europa leagues.

We don't have 1 of those currently at the club fit to play, so we have rectified that.

Well done the club I say.

We'd be up in arms should Heaton break down on the 10th of August and that left us with 2 fit keepers, with them keepers being Lindegaard and Legzdins.

It's an unneeded massive risk that we've just eradicated, for an excellent fee IMO

Rick_Muller · Post by **Rick_Muller** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:03 pm

Rick_Muller wrote:has someone opened the bullsh!t tap...? thats 2 in as many minutes on here

Just quoting myself on here so I can roll it back and say that I am actually quite pleased if this comes off. I have slagged Hart off in the past, but that was due to his form and attitude in regards to England - I'm sure with us he'll be a world beater again - if/when he arrives he'll have my full support as all our players do.

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:03 pm

If this is true, my guess would be that Heaton was told at back end of last season that Pope was number one, that a deal to sell heaton has already been arranged, and we've just been waiting for a suitable replacement. That would be just a guess, though.

Bordeauxclaret · Post by **Bordeauxclaret** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:05 pm

Heaton is far far far better than Hart so can’t see anyway we’d let him leave.

Claretpants · Post by **Claretpants** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:06 pm

dsr wrote:If this is true, my guess would be that Heaton was told at back end of last season that Pope was number one, that a deal to sell heaton has already been arranged, and we've just been waiting for a suitable replacement. That would be just a guess, though.

And maybe his unexpected injury has delayed deal- time will tell

KefkaClaret · Post by **KefkaClaret** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:07 pm

Reckon Heaton is out in January. Hart wouldn't take a paycut if he wasn't sure he was getting gametime.

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:08 pm

Good signing. Who do you think we'd get that's better?

clarethomer · Post by **clarethomer** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:09 pm

sigh.......

Hope it's true

Hope we see the 'old' Hart who was a top keeper.

Hope that heaton recovers in next few weeks

Hope that we have Hart/Heaton playing for the shirt. Better than the options we have at the moment.

Nothing in this says Heaton is going anywhere...

fatboy47 · Post by **fatboy47** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:11 pm

Absolute clown.

Hope this is paper talk...I wouldn't pay that joker in washers.

randomclaret2 · Post by **randomclaret2** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:14 pm

Oh dear...

The Enclosure · Post by **The Enclosure** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:14 pm

Will Hart be head and shoulders better than Pope and Heaton.

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:16 pm

The Enclosure wrote:Will Hart be head and shoulders better than Pope and Heaton.

I think you're a bit late to the party with that one - 4th or 5th time I've seen it already

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:20 pm

Rick_Muller wrote:has someone opened the bullsh!t tap...? thats 2 in as many minutes on here

you where saying ?

dibraidio · Post by **dibraidio** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:41 pm

If Pope and Heaton are out until Christmas then it makes sense spending 4 million on a good keeper. Our survival in the Premier League is worth way more than that.

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:42 pm

I reckon he'd do well to train with Billy Mercer, in fact he should pay for the priviledge

I can envisage him putting his career back on track with us.

Paul Waine · Post by **Paul Waine** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:43 pm

KefkaClaret wrote:Reckon Heaton is out in January. Hart wouldn't take a paycut if he wasn't sure he was getting gametime.

January, or maybe June next year, we have 3 great keepers, Tom, Nick and Joe. Maybe we sell Joe Hart, bank the profit on some great career rebuilding and Joe gets the return on his investment (i.e. pay cut). Meanwhile Burnley prepare for a European Championship campaign - having won the Europa Cup, plus bettered 7th place last season.

Who knows? Who was expecting our first completed incoming transfer in this window was Joe Hart?

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RalphCoatesComb · Post by **RalphCoatesComb** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:44 pm

Not for me.

Some of the tales coming out of The Etihad don't show him in a good light.

Paul Waine · Post by **Paul Waine** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:46 pm

RalphCoatesComb wrote:Not for me.

Some of the tales coming out of The Etihad don't show him in a good light.

Wonder if we've ever had anyone else at Turf Moor who got himeself a "bad name" at City?

If Joe Hart does half as well as Joey Barton it's a "yes, please" from me.

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Steddyman · Post by **Steddyman** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:48 pm

Vegas Claret wrote:from the Sun

Joe Hart is reportedly set to sign for Burnley in a £4million move.

The former England No.1 has been frozen out at Manchester City having spent last season on loan at West Ham.

And Burnley are in desperate for a new keeper after Tom Heaton and Nick Pope picked up injuries.

According to The Sun, Hart is undergoing his medical at Turf Moor.

I'd take him. With Billy Mercer he would become great again.

Surely we couldn't afford his wages?

ClaretLoup · Post by **ClaretLoup** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:52 pm

Heaton and Pope have both worked with Hart on England duty so Burnley will be able to rely on more than tales coming out of the Etihad for character references.

Reecey1987 · Post by **Reecey1987** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:54 pm

Steddyman wrote:I'd take him. With Billy Mercer he would become great again.

Surely we couldn't afford his wages?

He has took a massive pay cut to join and get his career back on track

mdd2 · Post by **mdd2** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:00 pm

No one leaves (yet) of our 25 to Jan 2019 Heaton Hart and Lindegaard, post Jan 2019 Heaton Pope and Hart. Lidegaard OOC 2019 and may leave or could stay as number 3 to Hart, Pope or Heaton (one of whom will IMO leave for a few million)

Steddyman · Post by **Steddyman** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:06 pm

Reecey1987 wrote:He has took a massive pay cut to join and get his career back on track

If that's true then he is exactly the type of character we need.

South West Claret. · Post by **South West Claret.** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:06 pm

Oh no

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fidelcastro · Post by **fidelcastro** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:10 pm

Panic buy.

SalisburyClaret · Post by **SalisburyClaret** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:10 pm

Just been confirmed to screams of dismay in our house - first we run out of pies and now we have this delusional butter-fingered clown.

Shocking - Billy will have his work cut out

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:12 pm

he'll be back in the England team soon then, Mercer is the best keeper coach in the country imho

randomclaret2 · Post by **randomclaret2** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:12 pm

A delusional butterfingered clown with Premier League titles and 75 England caps

CrosspoolClarets · Post by **CrosspoolClarets** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:13 pm

Great test of how far we have come this....

If Burnley fans whine at signing (at least) a formerly world class keeper with tons of England caps who should now be in his prime, and who Dyche and Mercer could transform back to what he was, we have truly arrived in the big time.

DCWat · Post by **DCWat** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:16 pm

Our first / second (delete as appropriate) choice keeper is out for months. To get someone with such experience and quality is surely a positive. OK so he’s made some well documented errors but you don’t win league titles and so many England caps without being a bloody good player.

What are the negative stories coming out of the Etihad?

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:18 pm

If Hart is taking a pay cut to come here I hope Mercer is in the office right now negotiating a pay increase

Tall Paul · Post by **Tall Paul** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:20 pm

A good signing on the face of it. At his best he's an excellent keeper and I'd trust our coaching team to get the best out of him.

The concern is what this means for Heaton and, to a lesser extent Pope. I can't imagine Hart will be coming to sit on the bench so either Heaton's minor calf strain isn't so minor after all or he's on his way out.

SalisburyClaret · Post by **SalisburyClaret** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:20 pm

His errors took West Ham to the brink of relegation last season.

He may have been ok in the past but he's massively past his sell by