Ben Pearson

[Woodleyclaret]

At PNE good in the tackle and reads the game with good passing range a bit wild but commits technical challenges for fun
New right back?

[alboclaret]

He wasnt so good in that tackle earlier.

Could of seen red easily

[alboclaret]

And hes a midfielder

[Leisure]

Have you seen how many bookings he has had?

16/17 - 14 yellows
17/18 - 15 yellows / 1 red
18/19 - 14 yellows/ 3 reds
19/20 - 6 yellows

[Goodclaret]

He should have been sent off tonight. He was very lucky. His disciplinary record is poor to say the least.

[jedi_master]

Good player that I’ve long wanted us to sign, think he would provide real competition to Cork.

His disciplinary record has been notoriously awful however.

[tiger76]

Average Championship player at best,we've already got several of those clogging up our squad,no point wasting money on more deadwood,also he's contracted till 2021,so they'd be looking for 10m or so i'd guess.

[Leisure]

He should have been sent off tonight. He was very lucky. His disciplinary record is poor to say the least.

Correct, he should and to say his disciplinary record is poor is a massive understatement! He would be better off playing rugby!

[Aclaret]

A poor mans Dean Marney.

[Leisure]

Be interesting to see if he manages to stay on the pitch!

[bfcwest]

But can he tippy-toe slowly around the pitch, get blown off the ball by the lightest of challenge, not be able to see see or play an attacking pass, and generally always look to turn backwards and pass to Ben Mee? If “no”, then he’s not as good as Jack Cork, so forget it.

[ClaretTony]

Two sent off in this game but for the life of me I don’t know how Pearson stayed on. His disciplinary record is shocking.

[Goodclaret]

And he now should have had a second yellow. Amazing he's still on the pitch. He's a liability doing that type of challenge whilst on a yellow.

[ElectroClaret]

Poor stuff is the PNE/Fulham game.
Nugent misses a great chance.

Edit...Nugent scores.2-0

[Goodclaret]

But can he tippy-toe slowly around the pitch, get blown off the ball by the lightest of challenge, not be able to see see or play an attacking pass, and generally always look to turn backwards and pass to Ben Mee? If “no”, then he’s not as good as Jack Cork, so forget it.

Ok, you may not rate Cork for those alleged reasons but that is a fair insult to a very good player. If you can't see any positives to JC then you clearly have an agenda. Do you really think Dyche would play him if he offered so little?

[Quickenthetempo]

Good player that I’ve long wanted us to sign, think he would provide real competition to Cork.

His disciplinary record has been notoriously awful however.

We need to sign a midfielder good enough to walk straight in the team.

[ElectroClaret]

We need to sign a midfielder good enough to walk straight in the team.

Too right we do. Desperately.

[bfcwest]

But can he tippy-toe slowly around the pitch, get blown off the ball by the lightest of challenge, not be able to see see or play an attacking pass, and generally always look to turn backwards and pass to Ben Mee? If “no”, then he’s not as good as Jack Cork, so forget it.

No idea what Dyche thinks, but I’ve been watching Cork week in, week out for years and I can see clearly he’s getting worse and offers very little. He’s weak, negative and very slow. Westwood missing has finally shown how limited he is, but some of you are clearly watching a different game

[tiger76]

We need to sign a midfielder good enough to walk straight in the team.

We've been saying this for the last few windows,but now Defour's gone and Hendrick's out of contract in the summer this is essential,if not in January then definitely in the summer,Westwood has carried our midfield for far too long,and his absence has highlighted our shortcomings in this area.

[jedi_master]

We need to sign a midfielder good enough to walk straight in the team.

Not disputing that but how much would that cost? I think any big signings for us will always have an element of ‘gamble’ about them as we don’t seem to be able to sign clear Premier League ready upgrades for our first 11.

[Jakubs Tash]

Seen him a number of times on the tv now. Still waiting for him to show.me why he would be worth the figures being put about for him. He's no better than what we have. It would be a huge waste of money (and he's clearly a liability).

[ClaretTony]

Before tonight’s game he has 67 yellows and four reds in 185 games

[Quickenthetempo]

Not disputing that but how much would that cost? I think any big signings for us will always have an element of ‘gamble’ about them as we don’t seem to be able to sign clear Premier League ready upgrades for our first 11.

It costs what it costs. It's just wasting signing a squad player.
It's very rare that a squad player or sub affects the game for us.
The stronger bench hasn't really helped much, certainly in context to extra cost.

And yes I know everyone wanted a stronger squad.

[JohnDearyMe]

Before tonight’s game he has 67 yellows and four reds in 185 games

Can there be many other players out there currently with worse records than that?

[ClaretTony]

Can there be many other players out there currently with worse records than that?

It’ll take some beating. Sam Hutchinson at Sheff Wed is another who collects cards for fun.

[Danieljwaterhouse]

Ok, you may not rate Cork for those alleged reasons but that is a fair insult to a very good player. If you can't see any positives to JC then you clearly have an agenda. Do you really think Dyche would play him if he offered so little?

There’s no agenda, Cork has been good for this club. His race is now run, he’s too lite weight, he’s not got the athleticism needed to compete nor the technical base to compensate.

All managers have blind spots with players, he’s currently Dyches. I bet he looks lovely on paper, KMs covered, touches, pass retention and so on, but how does he affect play?

[bfcwest]

Cork has got worse whilst other midfields have strengthened. Net effect is our recent drubbings.

Time for Burnley to (say it quietly...) sign a new bloody central midfielder. Surely there is a decent one somewhere?

[Spike]

Pearson has to foul his way to keep his head above water in the Championship and when he doesn’t he gets booked for dissent.

Not fit to lace Cork’s boots

[bfcmik]

I believe we will sign a premier league ready midfielder in January and I believe he already has a squad number. It may, however, just be a loan until the end of the season.

[Longtimeclaret]

Pearson has to foul his way to keep his head above water in the Championship and when he doesn’t he gets booked for dissent.

Not fit to lace Cork’s boots

Absolutely spot on.
He’s too slow for the Championship, which is why when he loses possession he lunges into tackles.Nowhere near a Premier League Player

[Vegas Claret]

he is absolute dog ****, if he is the height of our ambition then we might as well raise the white flag now