Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

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Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by kenyon6923 » Sat Oct 03, 2020 12:27 am

We knew Hendricks was going but we also need bodies for competition/injuries in midfield so why not make the deal pre season ? Nobody else was interested in him ? He could have hit the ground running with pre season with the boss and players and also fitness and our playing style could have been ironed out.
Or was he 5th in dyches list and it took us that long to find out that the top 4 choices did not want to come or we could not afford them ???
Can't believe if SD said to board at the final whistle of the last game of last season "we need to replace hendricks, there's a aging player who i have admired for a while who's not a regular for his current club and at 31 will fit the bill" and from there it took weeks to sort out ??

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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Sat Oct 03, 2020 12:27 am

Dunno, ask Brighton why they didn't sell him to us weeks ago instead.

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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by dsr » Sat Oct 03, 2020 12:30 am

I think he was hoping to sign players called Smith and Jones because they would be easier to spell. Maybe that's the reason for the pursuit of Wilson? Or should that be Willsons? ;)
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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by RVclaret » Sat Oct 03, 2020 12:39 am

Is he a new signing that I’ve missed?

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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by fidelcastro » Sat Oct 03, 2020 12:47 am

I struggle to remember this Hendricks that you speak of.

Was he any good?

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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by kenyon6923 » Sat Oct 03, 2020 12:55 am

fidelcastro wrote:
Sat Oct 03, 2020 12:47 am
I struggle to remember this Hendricks that you speak of.

Was he any good?
irrelevant still needed replacing

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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by fidelcastro » Sat Oct 03, 2020 12:58 am

kenyon6923 wrote:
Sat Oct 03, 2020 12:55 am
irrelevant still needed replacing
:lol:

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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by superdimitri » Sat Oct 03, 2020 1:22 am

Its Stephens and Hendrick.

Hendrick > Stephens
Lennon > Brownhill

Puts us with one less player who can play on the right. In other words we still need a right winger. A natural one.
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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by bfcmik » Sat Oct 03, 2020 1:22 am

kenyon6923 wrote:
Sat Oct 03, 2020 12:27 am
We knew Hendricks was going but we also need bodies for competition/injuries in midfield so why not make the deal pre season ? Nobody else was interested in him ? He could have hit the ground running with pre season with the boss and players and also fitness and our playing style could have been ironed out.
Or was he 5th in dyches list and it took us that long to find out that the top 4 choices did not want to come or we could not afford them ???
Can't believe if SD said to board at the final whistle of the last game of last season "we need to replace hendricks, there's a aging player who i have admired for a while who's not a regular for his current club and at 31 will fit the bill" and from there it took weeks to sort out ??
Perhaps he didn't know he was surplus to requirements at Brighton weeks ago. Perhaps Brighton hadn't decided to let him go weeks ago. Perhaps their transfer fee target was excessive to our eyes weeks ago. Perhaps we had other preferences weeks ago. Perhaps the player wanted to see if other clubs wanted him weeks agoo. None of us know but all five perhapses had to 'align' (to use SD speak) for us to complete the transfer

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Post by bfcjg » Sat Oct 03, 2020 8:09 am

We hadn't searched down the back of the settee for the cash to make up the fee.

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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by IWOODLOVETT » Sat Oct 03, 2020 8:33 am

Saved on a month’s wages.😉
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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by Blackburn_Claret » Sat Oct 03, 2020 8:56 am

Why did we even sign him? Not good enough

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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by Boss Hogg » Sat Oct 03, 2020 9:04 am

Not sure we should have bought Stephens at all.

We should have bought a rite back and rite whinger weeks ago though.

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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by AfloatinClaret » Sat Oct 03, 2020 9:19 am

Boss Hogg wrote:
Sat Oct 03, 2020 9:04 am
Not sure we should have bought Stephens at all. We should have bought a rite back and rite whinger weeks ago though.
There are more than enough right whingers to be found on here for any club. Though BFC do still need to get a decent scapegoat signed.
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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by Leisure » Sat Oct 03, 2020 10:50 am

AfloatinClaret wrote:
Sat Oct 03, 2020 9:19 am
There are more than enough right whingers to be found on here for any club. Though BFC do still need to get a decent scapegoat signed.
From some of the posts on here, that man could be Stephens! ;)

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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by ClaretTony » Sat Oct 03, 2020 10:56 am

These threads from this poster are getting a bit tedious - and can someone tell him it's Hendrick.

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Post by MACCA » Sat Oct 03, 2020 10:59 am

We probably saved a few quid haggling the price down.
We certainly saved on wages by getting him in later rather than in July.
He might have been plan F or something further down the list.

There's plenty of reasons we waited, most will be financially motivated, and rightly so.
We cant just go throwing a million pounds around without serious and careful consideration, we dont want to be the next Bolton!

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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by Pimlico_Claret » Sat Oct 03, 2020 11:06 am

ClaretTony wrote:
Sat Oct 03, 2020 10:56 am
These threads from this poster are getting a bit tedious - and can someone tell him it's Hendrick.
Presumably doing it deliberately in a failed attempt at being amusing/controversial. As you say, exceptionally tedious now, time to grow up.

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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by FactualFrank » Sat Oct 03, 2020 11:11 am

superdimitri wrote:
Sat Oct 03, 2020 1:22 am
Its Stephens and Hendrick.

Hendrick > Stephens
Lennon > Brownhill

Puts us with one less player who can play on the right. In other words we still need a right winger. A natural one.
I genuinely think we need a sticky at the top of the forum on how each player's name is spelt.

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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by Boss Hogg » Sat Oct 03, 2020 11:12 am

Dont think there has ever been a player that has cause more spelling problems than Hendrick. Strange really. We didn’t have this problem with Papadopoulos and Jutkiewicz.
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Post by FactualFrank » Sat Oct 03, 2020 11:15 am

Boss Hogg wrote:
Sat Oct 03, 2020 11:12 am
Dont think there has ever been a player that has cause more spelling problems than Hendrick. Strange really. We didn’t have this problem with Papadopoulos and Jutkiewicz.
And anybody who watches us will see his name on the back of his shirt.

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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by ClaretTony » Sat Oct 03, 2020 11:16 am

Boss Hogg wrote:
Sat Oct 03, 2020 11:12 am
Dont think there has ever been a player that has cause more spelling problems than Hendrick. Strange really. We didn’t have this problem with Papadopoulos and Jutkiewicz.
In fairness you have to be very careful with the likes of those two so you make sure you get them right. One of my favourites though is Ing's with the apostrophe.

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Post by dsr » Sat Oct 03, 2020 11:38 am

Boss Hogg wrote:
Sat Oct 03, 2020 11:12 am
Dont think there has ever been a player that has cause more spelling problems than Hendrick. Strange really. We didn’t have this problem with Papadopoulos and Jutkiewicz.
I've seen people put the wrong sort of "d" in that Icelandic bloke's name! CT gets it right but most of us don't bother.

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Post by AfloatinClaret » Sat Oct 03, 2020 11:45 am

Leisure wrote:
Sat Oct 03, 2020 10:50 am
From some of the posts on here, that man could be Stephens! ;)
No, I'm not sure that he's even capable of replacing Jeff Hendrick and he's a bit too old anyway; I accept that once the Man City subsidy ended, we were never going to be able to accommodate Joe Hart's salary requirements within the club's wage structure, but this is an area where we can't allow 'little old Burnley' thinking to hold sway. Mike Garlick and Mike Rigg are giving their best off the field, but what we really ought to be signing is a Premier League ready scapegoat, or if that's beyond our means, then let's at least get someone in who's showing promise in the Championship and is young enough to show a decent resale profit should he develop into an International standard whipping boy - No foul ups, his contract will need to include a really small release fee and 50%+ sell on clause. I'm not sure what formal coaching staff we have for this discipline but as we all know that MG's doing nothing but sitting around counting/pocketing profits, whilst MR's sitting around doing nothing at all, they could surely find time to draw on their ever-growing experience and do the coaching themselves?
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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by Ric_C » Sat Oct 03, 2020 11:46 am

Getting one players name wrong, it can happen.

Two players in the same paragraph? Deliberate trolling

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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by gandhisflipflop » Sat Oct 03, 2020 11:52 am

I stopped reading at 'hendricks'. If you can't get his name right after being a Burnley player for 4 years I can't be arsed reading the post. The same goes for people who call Chris wood 'chris woods'.
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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by bfcmik » Sat Oct 03, 2020 1:58 pm

MACCA wrote:
Sat Oct 03, 2020 10:59 am
We probably saved a few quid haggling the price down.
We certainly saved on wages by getting him in later rather than in July.
He might have been plan F or something further down the list.

There's plenty of reasons we waited, most will be financially motivated, and rightly so.
We cant just go throwing a million pounds around without serious and careful consideration, we dont want to be the next Bolton!
People need to remember we are now coming up towards the 11th anniversary of being informed we were 10 years behind Bolton. They stayed up when we were relegated 10 years ago so we don't have long left before we fall onto the slippery slope to (almost) oblivion. Our only hope of avoiding that slippery slope is the debt free situation we are in compared to the massive debts they were accruing by living way beyond their means.
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Post by MACCA » Sat Oct 03, 2020 2:35 pm

bfcmik wrote:
Sat Oct 03, 2020 1:58 pm
People need to remember we are now coming up towards the 11th anniversary of being informed we were 10 years behind Bolton. They stayed up when we were relegated 10 years ago so we don't have long left before we fall onto the slippery slope to (almost) oblivion. Our only hope of avoiding that slippery slope is the debt free situation we are in compared to the massive debts they were accruing by living way beyond their means.
I agree, we dont want to be the next Bolton or God forbid Bury.
It's only just over 30 years ago we nearly didn't have a club, how anyone can question what these hard working board members we have baffles me.
They pump in their hard earned money to keep us afloat, there's many that often forget that.

Just think where we would be if Mr Garlick hadnt taken over when he did, it's hardly like he has done it for his own gain.
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Post by MACCA » Sat Oct 03, 2020 2:35 pm

bfcmik wrote:
Sat Oct 03, 2020 1:58 pm
People need to remember we are now coming up towards the 11th anniversary of being informed we were 10 years behind Bolton. They stayed up when we were relegated 10 years ago so we don't have long left before we fall onto the slippery slope to (almost) oblivion. Our only hope of avoiding that slippery slope is the debt free situation we are in compared to the massive debts they were accruing by living way beyond their means.
I agree, we dont want to be the next Bolton or God forbid Bury.
It's only just over 30 years ago we nearly didn't have a club, how anyone can question what these hard working board members we have baffles me.
They pump in their hard earned money to keep us afloat, there's many that often forget that.

Just think where we would be if Mr Garlick hadnt taken over when he did, it's hardly like he has done it for his own gain.
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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by elwaclaret » Sat Oct 03, 2020 2:38 pm

I believe the delay was due to confusion we approached Gary Stevens, but after tracking him down found out he was long retired. We next approached Trevor Steven, but he failed the medical before turning to Stephens.

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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by buzzclarets79 » Sat Oct 03, 2020 2:39 pm

Is it me or does anyone else totally cringe when our own so called fans can't spell the players names correctly? The worrying thing is you see it all over social media as well....

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Post by Guller Bull » Sat Oct 03, 2020 2:48 pm

I don't think it's just you buzzyclarets.

I think it upsets a few but it's not life threatening.

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Post by fidelcastro » Sat Oct 03, 2020 5:11 pm

buzzclarets79 wrote:
Sat Oct 03, 2020 2:39 pm
Is it me or does anyone else totally cringe when our own so called fans can't spell the players names correctly? The worrying thing is you see it all over social media as well....
It's not just the spelling, which is bad enough, but plenty of fans struggle saying the player's names correctly.

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Post by FactualFrank » Sat Oct 03, 2020 5:13 pm

buzzclarets79 wrote:
Sat Oct 03, 2020 2:39 pm
Is it me or does anyone else totally cringe when our own so called fans can't spell the players names correctly? The worrying thing is you see it all over social media as well....
On social media, they don't know that a name deserves an uppercase letter. "dale Stephens" seems quite common. I don't think I've ever thought about spelling the first name in lowercase, but then trying to make up for it by using uppercase on the surname.

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Post by Gordaleman » Sat Oct 03, 2020 5:19 pm

buzzclarets79 wrote:
Sat Oct 03, 2020 2:39 pm
Is it me or does anyone else totally cringe when our own so called fans can't spell the players names correctly? The worrying thing is you see it all over social media as well....
Not just on social media. TV pundits do it as well. Wood is forever being calls Woods.

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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by dsr » Sat Oct 03, 2020 5:34 pm

FactualFrank wrote:
Sat Oct 03, 2020 5:13 pm
On social media, they don't know that a name deserves an uppercase letter. "dale Stephens" seems quite common. I don't think I've ever thought about spelling the first name in lowercase, but then trying to make up for it by using uppercase on the surname.
That's autocorrect. Dale is a word in its own right but Stephens is only ever a name.

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Re: Why could we have not bought Stevens weeks ago ?

Post by kenyon6923 » Sat Oct 03, 2020 6:01 pm

does SD tell the recruitment team he needs say a right back, a centre half, a right winger and let's them get on with it - or does he name names - just for example trippier, Dawson or Worrall and Wilson ??

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