Defour may leave before European deadline

Belgianclaret · Post by **Belgianclaret** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:12 am

good memories indeed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq5Dn14F8pI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:22 am

This was non too bad either.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t0iqCbWFyE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Jase_H · Post by **Jase_H** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:26 am

Great interview, and very open and honest about his time at Burnley - what went well and what hasn't, the relationship with the fans, his colleagues and the team mentality, and the club in general.

One of my favourite Burnley players I've seen since my first game in '77, and certainly one of the most technically gifted.

Some of those who've posted disrespectful and frankly shameful comments on the other thread ought to watch the interview and realise all he's wanted is to simply play football and do it well - not sit on the sidelines injured.

I wish him well in the next chapter of his career, and thank him for some of the great moments we've seen from him in a Burnley shirt.

Darnhill Claret · Post by **Darnhill Claret** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:28 am

Steven, I wish you and your family good health and good fortune. I enjoyed watching you play for my club and wish your time here had been injury free. Please spread the word for Burnley FC in Belgium and maybe recommend our club to good Belgian prospects. Thankyou.

Rick_Muller · Post by **Rick_Muller** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:37 am

Defour was a shining light in our team whilst fit, though I don’t think he would be now. The players he was alongside then have all developed into better players now and we have recruited others. He was good for us while fit, but he’s no longer needed. Good luck D4

deanothedino · Post by **deanothedino** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:45 am

wilks_bfc wrote:Why do you need a YouTube version?

ClaretsPlayer videos are free to view

Probably to either avoid registering or to watch it on a website where the media player is reliable, fast and doesn't spend ages buffering.

SussexDon1inIreland · Post by **SussexDon1inIreland** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:49 am

Great interview why would he do that if he didn't care about Burnley and its players and staff and fans.

Its such a shame he got injured so severely.

Thanks for the memories Steve

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Jase_H · Post by **Jase_H** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:50 am

Loved watching Defour. One of the best Burnley players I've seen since my first game in '77.

I wish him well in the next chapter of his life and career.

It's an excellent honest, intelligent and considered interview on Clarets Player where he talks about both the good times, and the regrets that he suffered injuries which prevented him from playing more.

Ashamed that we have some 'fans' posting cynical and frankly disrespectful comments earlier in this thread. I sincerely hope he doesn't get to read those as they don't reflect the views of the majority.

We should simply remember the great moments he brought us when he played, and hope he is able to get back to a level of fitness where he can enjoy the remainder of his career back home and closer to his family.

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 12:05 pm

BurnleyFC wrote: He's been fleecing us for the last 12 months at least and we're well rid.

Bullabill · Post by **Bullabill** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 12:09 pm

wilks_bfc wrote:
"Why do you need a YouTube version?

ClaretsPlayer videos are free to view"

I can not get the thing to work reliably

claretblue · Post by **claretblue** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 12:23 pm

this morning I turned the page of the Clarets calender to September!

how ironic!

thanks for the memories (and hope) Steven + good luck!

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SussexDon1inIreland · Post by **SussexDon1inIreland** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 12:31 pm

Have you paid for Clarets Player? I find their support group to be excellent when I have had issues (twice in last 5 years)

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Belgianclaret · Post by **Belgianclaret** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 12:32 pm

After having been registered before can’t seem to re-register

MACCA · Post by **MACCA** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 12:42 pm

Great interview, spoke well, good luck Steven in your next venture.
Think as he said, he needed the move, and it's best for all parties.

Wooshydeakin · Post by **Wooshydeakin** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 12:56 pm

Top player and seems a genuinely nice fella. Although only a handful of memories some were truly magical. Free kick at Old Trafford. Debut goal v Hull. FA Cup v Brizzle. Good luck for the future Steven

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Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 12:56 pm

Belgianclaret wrote:Any YouTube version of the film interview available?

Sign up to Clarets player its FREE you only pay if you want the commentary on matches.....

Giftonsnoidea · Post by **Giftonsnoidea** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 1:02 pm

Class player and a shame he didn’t get to play more for us, will remember those goals as burnley classics.

Great to be involved in his and our story.

Thanks Steven all the best for your future back home

Tall Paul · Post by **Tall Paul** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 1:07 pm

Excellent interview.

He's obviously just as frustrated as we are that he couldn't play more football for us. I'll miss him.

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 1:09 pm

Possibly one of the most technically gifted players to pull on the Claret and Blue of Burnley Football Club in my time watching.... If he wasn't injured ... one wonders just how much further he could have taken us but hey ho ....
Good luck to the lad wherever he goes....

Thank you Steven Defour you will always be a Claret.

dermotdermot · Post by **dermotdermot** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 1:28 pm

Only three goals but all fantastic and unique. Such a shame that he’s gone.

jrgbfc · Post by **jrgbfc** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 1:48 pm

The goal against Bristol City was one of my all time favourites on the Turf. Anyone can get lucky and score a 30 yard screamer but not many players would have the vision and ability to score a goal like that.

Giftonsnoidea · Post by **Giftonsnoidea** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 2:40 pm

jrgbfc wrote:The goal against Bristol City was one of my all time favourites on the Turf. Anyone can get lucky and score a 30 yard screamer but not many players would have the vision and ability to score a goal like that.

I agree still can’t believe he had the technique and vision to pull it off, an interview about how he did it would be most welcome, unbelievable chip!

theroyaldyche · Post by **theroyaldyche** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 2:46 pm

wilks_bfc wrote:Why do you need a YouTube version?

ClaretsPlayer videos are free to view

Youtube probably works 1st time

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 3:03 pm

A good decision by the club to let him go. He'd be starting for a top 4 club if he was ever injury free so we'd have never signed him in the first place had that been the case. It was a gamble that can be argued - would we have finished 7th without him with the first half of that season we had with him? Not a chance.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 3:12 pm

Some players make their mark and leave an indelible impression on a club and fans.

Steven Defour is one of those players.
His goals were fabulous - the 'twist,curling lob' will remain in my mind forever. It made me gasp at the time and I still find it the best individual goal I have seen via one single piece of skill.

He was majestic and saw the pass or just kept the ball until there was a pass. Superb player for us.

Huge regret that he suffered such severe injuries.

A brilliant final interview.

Thank you Steven Defour. You did us proud at a vital time.

Best wishes for a glorious end to your career.

AlargeClaret · Post by **AlargeClaret** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 3:51 pm

Couple of good goals,a lot of injuries and twix are all
I’ll ever recall of him . Good luck to him though good player and shame it never worked out. At least we didn’t throw p1ss at him like they did at Anderlecht

FCBurnley · Post by **FCBurnley** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 4:03 pm

Not sure how much he really wanted to play. In value for money terms he has been a poor investment. Purchase price plus wages minus sale price divided by games played equals ?

CoolClaret · Post by **CoolClaret** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 4:05 pm

FCBurnley wrote:Not sure how much he really wanted to play. In value for money terms he has been a poor investment. Purchase price plus wages minus sale price divided by games played equals ?

How about the points we won with him in the team that enabled us to keep our PL status?

Paul Waine · Post by **Paul Waine** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 4:10 pm

FCBurnley wrote:Not sure how much he really wanted to play. In value for money terms he has been a poor investment. Purchase price plus wages minus sale price divided by games played equals ?

4th consequective season in Premier League, perhaps....?

Sorry to see you go, Steven Defour. An asset to the club. Good luck in the months and years ahead.

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FCBurnley · Post by **FCBurnley** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 4:21 pm

Good player but 51 games over 3 years ain’t enough. Not signed as a goal scorer but 2 is a poor return. He has cost almost 8 million plus wages of say 6 million. So 14 million for 51 games. So over quarter a million per game !!!! Was he ever Dyche fit. Hope he does ok in the future

jrgbfc · Post by **jrgbfc** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 4:39 pm

FCBurnley wrote:Good player but 51 games over 3 years ain’t enough. Not signed as a goal scorer but 2 is a poor return. He has cost almost 8 million plus wages of say 6 million. So 14 million for 51 games. So over quarter a million per game !!!! Was he ever Dyche fit. Hope he does ok in the future

At least we got some kind of contribution out of Defour. Was a massive part in us finishing 7th. How much are we wasting on Gibson, Vydra and Wells? Cost us about 30 million in fees and probably best part of 90 grand a week in wages, it's crazy.

Hibsclaret · Post by **Hibsclaret** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 4:40 pm

I suggest if he was never Dyche fit he wouldn’t have played 51 games....

We have players and have had players no longer with us that have cost more than that per game. None of those were in the class of Defour...unfortunately you have to pay big money in the premier league and are at the mercy of the player’s fitness, however, if he had an exemplary fitness record he wouldn’t have been anywhere near turf moor in the first place.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 5:53 pm

FCBurnley wrote:Good player but 51 games over 3 years ain’t enough. Not signed as a goal scorer but 2 is a poor return. He has cost almost 8 million plus wages of say 6 million. So 14 million for 51 games. So over quarter a million per game !!!! Was he ever Dyche fit. Hope he does ok in the future

Sky pay 10m for every live game they broadcast, so Defour seems cheap to me.

Dark Cloud · Post by **Dark Cloud** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 8:50 pm

He's now free to pursue his dream of being a permanent extra in Holby City. I for one wish him well.

deanothedino · Post by **deanothedino** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 8:54 pm

Bosscat wrote:Sign up to Clarets player its FREE you only pay if you want the commentary on matches.....

Good job it's FREE with how long it takes to get it to let you watch a full video in one go

deanothedino · Post by **deanothedino** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 8:55 pm

jrgbfc wrote:At least we got some kind of contribution out of Defour. Was a massive part in us finishing 7th. How much are we wasting on Gibson, Vydra and Wells? Cost us about 30 million in fees and probably best part of 90 grand a week in wages, it's crazy.

Gibson is cover, so hardly wasting the wages. When Tarky or Mee are unavailable he will play.

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 9:35 pm

deanothedino wrote:Good job it's FREE with how long it takes to get it to let you watch a full video in one go

Tight bugger are you on dial up tinterweb

Get high speed bb like us in the Yarkshire Dales

Then no problems at all

claretonthecoast1882 · Post by **claretonthecoast1882** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 8:10 am

BurnleyFC wrote:He's that 'injured' that another team are still willing to take him on on what will still be a very good wage? How has he passed his medical at his new club?

I don't care how technically gifted he is. He's been fleecing us for the last 12 months at least and we're well rid.

How much has he fleeced from you ? How much have you put into the club during his time here.

Shame how things worked out for everyone during his time here, some of the comments on this thread are a disgrace but then you see who has put them and realise it is their form.

BOYSIE31 · Post by **BOYSIE31** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 8:55 am

jrgbfc wrote:At least we got some kind of contribution out of Defour. Was a massive part in us finishing 7th. How much are we wasting on Gibson, Vydra and Wells? Cost us about 30 million in fees and probably best part of 90 grand a week in wages, it's crazy.

SSSHHH do you know our second 11 cost almost 60 million - but dont say anything on here about it though

jrgbfc · Post by **jrgbfc** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 8:59 am

deanothedino wrote:Gibson is cover, so hardly wasting the wages. When Tarky or Mee are unavailable he will play.

Can a club in our position afford to have squad players on 40 grand a week, or completely frozen out, i.e Vydra? Instead of pleading poverty every transfer window maybe time to spend our money more wisely?

Hibsclaret · Post by **Hibsclaret** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 9:02 am

Well I for one will remember him fondly as one of the best players to play for us during a golden age for the club (actually the most technically gifted and someone that makes watching football a pleasure). The cost is relative to the income and in that case he has been far more valuable than many examples before and since. League position when he was on fire has basically paid for him...

deanothedino · Post by **deanothedino** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 9:05 am

Bosscat wrote:Tight bugger are you on dial up tinterweb

Get high speed bb like us in the Yarkshire Dales

Then no problems at all

I get 80mb as I live by the cabinet so definitely not my internet.

deanothedino · Post by **deanothedino** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 9:06 am

jrgbfc wrote:Can a club in our position afford to have squad players on 40 grand a week, or completely frozen out, i.e Vydra? Instead of pleading poverty every transfer window maybe time to spend our money more wisely?

At CB? I'd say yes. Can we afford to be without an able replacement if Tarks or Mee gets a long term injury?

Vydra, I'd agree. It's clearly not worked out and Dyche doesn't like what he's offering. He had 20 good minutes against Sunderland and then didn't offer much.

Tall Paul · Post by **Tall Paul** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 9:18 am

jrgbfc wrote:Can a club in our position afford to have squad players on 40 grand a week, or completely frozen out, i.e Vydra? Instead of pleading poverty every transfer window maybe time to spend our money more wisely?

Obviously we can, given that that's the current situation and we're doing fine.

Chip Harrison · Post by **Chip Harrison** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 11:11 am

Like other posters, I don't get the adulation heaped on Defour. However, football is all about opinions.

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 11:30 am

DCWat wrote:You’d have to be of a certain age to have seen better, so far!!

I think age is the key here. Defour is a brilliant player but unfortunately he hasn't been fit enough (player or PL demands, who knows?). But I am old enough to say he isn't the best player I've ever seen here (but he is up there to be fair). Dave Thomas, Leighton James, Brian Flynn, Brian O'Neil and, particularly, Martin Dobson all come to mind, and that's not to mention players I just missed like Jimmy Mac and Ray Pointer (the only time I saw him was late in his career playing at the Turf for, I think, Portsmouoth). For those who are old enough Adamson's 'team of the 70s' was outrageously talented and could have easily won the league but, like all things under Bob Lord they were all sold eventually.

I hope Defour goes on to bigger and better things because he IS extremely talented and it's a shame he won't play for us again. To those of you making stupid comments like 'who' and 'he's had us over' and generally making out that he was just freeloading I'd say get a life. He's at an age where he wouldn't want to be sat on his backside watching the money come in, I'm certain he would much rather have been playing.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 12:51 pm

FCBurnley wrote:Been `playing or non playing`for away for ages . Good riddance

Top Claret wrote:I will drive him to the airport

Aclaret wrote:Bye Steven, hope the bank account is looking good.

Aclaret wrote:Steven Defour, Steven Defour I just don't think you understand.
You hardly ever played, you where over paid.
You wernt really as good as Zidane.

jojomk1 wrote:Is it too late to offer Joe Hart as part of the deal

jojomk1 wrote:Made enough money out of us for doing very little

CBT wrote:Bye-bye defour
Steven defour
You were an effin crock
Better than Andy cooke
Bye-bye Steven defour

MACCA wrote:Good riddance

BurnleyFC wrote:Good riddance to the overrated stiff.

Woodleyclaret wrote:A class player but the issue is the straw clutching by our recruitment team
Everyone knew hed never come back and little effort in both recent windows to get in a quality replacement not a Chelsea reject

BurnleyFC wrote:He's that 'injured' that another team are still willing to take him on on what will still be a very good wage? How has he passed his medical at his new club?

I don't care how technically gifted he is. He's been fleecing us for the last 12 months at least and we're well rid.

FCBurnley wrote:Not sure how much he really wanted to play. In value for money terms he has been a poor investment. Purchase price plus wages minus sale price divided by games played equals ?

Are some of you actually Burnley fans? Hard to believe some of the comments on this thread.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 12:55 pm

ClaretTony wrote:Are some of you actually Burnley fans? Hard to believe some of the comments on this thread.

The kind of negative and generally just not very nice people that you’d go out of your way to avoid being a part of your everyday life.

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 1:01 pm

deanothedino wrote:Probably to either avoid registering or to watch it on a website where the media player is reliable, fast and doesn't spend ages buffering.

I’ve never had any issues with the videos buffering and that’s watching them on my phone

Reckoner · Post by **Reckoner** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 1:24 pm

ClaretTony wrote:Are some of you actually Burnley fans? Hard to believe some of the comments on this thread.

these comments says a lot more about the posters than Defour. Small minded, petty and pathetic.