Does anyone know when his contact runs out?

piston broke wrote:I wish we had the American system. Where, because of gambling, fitness updates have to be accurate.

Is that why?

Gambling isn’t as widespread as it is here.

i'm predicting this - after failing to identify/cure his medical problems we will cancel his contract and pay him off. he'll go to another club where a miraculous recovery from injury will take place. he will sign for Brighton and they will sell him to a 'big' club for £30 million and he'll go on to play for many more years.

deanothedino wrote:No, she's your favourite. She's totally irreplaceable. Nobody can carry your scones and tea like she can. You demand that they tell you when she will return.

You're sick of hearing she's touch and go, or she's back on the lino. You want to know when she's back, you're a paying customer after all!

What if there is no one to replace her, you'd expect an update then.
"Sorry but the tea lady's gone, we don't know when she will return so we will punt the tea across the room for a bit". Sums us up that

ralphc wrote:Maybe if the so called local journalists had the balls to ask a proper direct question of the manager he might just give us an answer about his injury.

That is sort of what I thought. And then if the journo gets the usual stock answer he should ask for a bit more detail. Whether he will get it or not is a different matter. But no harm in asking.

I find both the Brady and Defour scenario strange in different ways. Before the first Olympiakos game Brady himself thought he'd return (or be in contention) for a spot in the team for the following week. It seems he has been pushed back again and yet there doesn't seem to have been anything communicated (unless I missed it).

Similar with Defour, the injury always seems to be played down initially and then they spend months out.

Whilst the club don't "need" to tell us anything: They were quick to tell us, in the run up to the window shutting, how close to fitness they were. Perhaps they don't want to say anything because the truth makes our window look worse.

Stayingup wrote:Several? I think not many full 90 minutes. Probably about 10. I would like to know actually.

If you had read the thread you would know exactly how many games he has played 90 minutes and also how many he has played more than 73 minutes but less than 90.

Even if Defour was fit/returning to fitness in the summer and unexpectedly suffered a setback in pre-season we were still short of a CM - the club were pursuing Clucas, obviously not like-for-like but another CM option. As it stands all three of our senior CMs are seeing lots of football and already look a little jaded (Cork), sometimes not played in their best position (Hendrick) or cannot be dropped even if their form dips on occasion (Westwood). We got away with a similar gamble at centre back last season but it's difficult to understand how it's deemed acceptable to enter into this level of brinkmanship all over again.

You would have hoped lessons had been learned after the nosedive that followed Dean Marney's injury v West Brom in the last relegation season.

deanothedino wrote:Yes, because you're paying your builder. You aren't paying Defour, the football club are. Your money isn't even paying Defour, Sky Sports and global TV rights are. Maybe Sky Sports should be banging on the door asking when Defour will be back in the team.

Who pays sky sports then ?

Stayingup wrote:Several? I think not many full 90 minutes. Probably about 10. I would like to know actually.

You don't think 10 falls within 'several'?

13. Was said above.

Claretto wrote:Who pays sky sports then ?

Anyone that chooses to, it is not compulsory. Many people have Sky Sports who do not follow football, however, they have it because their particular sports are not covered elsewhere.

I thought Brady got a minor hamstring against Montpellier and Defour had a couple of setbacks in his calf just as he was ramping it up again?

If I recall correctly Dyche has said as much, I don’t think anyone is hiding anything. We are after all only 23 days into the Premier League season.

South West Claret. wrote:Does anyone know when his contact runs out?

His contract runs until June 2019,but we have an year's option to extend,hope we don't enact that option,great player he might be but if he isn't on the pitch he's no benefit to the club sadly.

tiger76 wrote:His contract runs until June 2019,but we have an year's option to extend,hope we don't enact that option,great player he might be but if he isn't on the pitch he's no benefit to the club sadly.

Thanks I agree he's no good to us if he doesn't play, goodbye and lets get a replacement who does play more.

3 page thread.. There was me hoping there was news of his imminent return

dpinsussex wrote:3 page thread.. There was me hoping there was news of his imminent return

dp ---how soon is imminent?

Just noticed he's on September's page of the club calendar.

A sign?

Defour and Brady have both had serious injuries. They will recover given time, treatment and hard work. They will return. They will play for Burnley and be back to their footballing peak again.

That's it. No more needs to be said!

deanothedino wrote:Okay, your favourite tea lady in your favourite cafe is ill. Do you expect updates on her return? You're a paying customer after all.

Yeah, I would ask, wouldn't you?

Im_not_Robbie_Blake wrote:Defour and Brady have both had serious injuries. They will recover given time, treatment and hard work. They will return. They will play for Burnley and be back to their footballing peak again.

That's it. No more needs to be said!

Apparently they can’t cure Defour though. Stayingup said so.

I've heard from someone in the know at gawthorpe that detour has torn is calf muscle and is receiving specialist treatment

Apologies if this question has already been asked but anyone when he played he's last competitive game for
us ?

On his way back to Burnley after completing his rehab in Belguim

From his Instagram :

defourofficialThank you @audibelgium for letting me use a courtesy car for my rehab in belgium #backtoburnley

Rehab done thank god. Only 5 more months until we see him on the pitch

#curedefour

Rumour has it he crossed the channel by just walking on it, or by moving the waves so the car could keep driving.

#Defourisgod

Lancasterclaret wrote:Rumour has it he crossed the channel by just walking on it, or by moving the waves so the car could keep driving.

#Defourisgod

I heard another rumour that he got sea sick and is out for another month to see if he can get over it

He's our very own Darren Anderton

ClaretAndJew wrote:From his Instagram :

defourofficialThank you @audibelgium for letting me use a courtesy car for my rehab in belgium #backtoburnley

Must be just coming over to pick his things up.

He will be back
He will be awesome.
You are all 100% wrong.

Let’s hope he is back fairly soon and then stays fit / avoids injury for the rest of the season. What a boost that would be.

Im_not_Robbie_Blake wrote:Defour and Brady have both had serious injuries. They will recover given time, treatment and hard work. They will return. They will play for Burnley and be back to their footballing peak again.

That's it. No more needs to be said!

Were that the case. Any serious injury can alter the future performances of players and so only time will tell how good both will be for Burnley and the same applies to Heaton and Pope

https://www.instagram.com/p/BnTot0hFIzm ... eame4hfq2u" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Link (hopefully)

Close down the conspiracy x files.

Hes back on the grass but its touch and go when we’ll see him next....

He's been doing his private pilots licence so he's now proficient at touch and go's

dsr wrote:So if this thread is accurate, Defour is:

1. In Belgium;
2. At Turf Moor:
3. Permanently injured;
4. Refusing to play.

Obviously the above can't all be true. Do we have to pick which one we believe before slagging off the club, or can we just slag off the club without bothering to give a reason?

Why not? If someone has chopped significant body parts off him and sent said bits to Belgium he could be said to be in both places at once, depending which parts have been chopped this may realistically leave him permanently injured and should the chopping have been done by someone within the club; then D4 might not unreasonably refuse to play for us anymore. OK, I'll accept this scenario's not likely, but if fourteen months ago someone'd posted that we'd finish seventh and qualify for Europe, that statement might've been questioned too.

Daz: "bloody hell Stevie, the keyboard warriors are restless, how close are you to finishing your vaca?"
D4: "Az enjoyin chillin wid da Audi freebie, Dazzer, wotz the deal?"
Daz: gotta get back here Stevie, they'll all be calling me soon - they think you're outta here"
D4: "ok Dazzer as its yooz, doze keez are back wit dealer, n am heading to Burnley International now, but just cos it's yooz"

Does a person not control their own medical information? Can't release details without an agreement / waiver?

dsr wrote:So if this thread is accurate, Defour is:

1. In Belgium;
2. At Turf Moor:
3. Permanently injured;
4. Refusing to play.

Obviously the above can't all be true. Do we have to pick which one we believe before slagging off the club, or can we just slag off the club without bothering to give a reason?

He's been in Belgium, that's where he does his rehab, but has just returned to Burnley. I think he'll be back on the grass very soon if not already.

Heard off a good sauce (HP) That they are aiming to have D4 and Brady involved in the first team at Burton.

A few weeks back SD said that Brady was a close but kept getting tweeks (which is normal after such a long lay off and that Defour is little further away.

What more do you want? .... daily updates!

Steven Defour on his injury: “My calf has been the issue. At first, we didn’t know what it was, but the doctors have made the right diagnostic & I’m on my way back.

“I’m training from time to time & I hope to be back in a few weeks.”

Sounds incurable to me.

Reecey1987 wrote:Steven Defour on his injury: “My calf has been the issue. At first, we didn’t know what it was, but the doctors have made the right diagnostic & I’m on my way back.

“I’m training from time to time & I hope to be back in a few weeks.”

How can you not know if your calf is the issue. Surely it would, like, hurt when you tried to use it?

BurnleyFC wrote:How can you not know if your calf is the issue. Surely it would, like, hurt when you tried to use it?

Think he may have meant what was causing the issue in his calf

Looks like he has called out a Burnley fan by the name of CJ Meers on Twitter regards a bad translation of an interview he carried out in his home country.

CJMeeks made the mistake of believing something written by Clarets turf on FB but the looks of it

I hope to god Defour doesnt read the initial bookface post about it. Such hate on there for him