January 2022 Burnley Transfer Window Rumours - Links - Discussion

[RVclaret]

Boden says don’t get wound up by Gosling links as he’s been told it’s not that desperate yet… that means he signs tomorrow at 9am then

[Newcastleclaret93]

Boden says don’t get wound up by Gosling links as he’s been told it’s not that desperate yet… that means he signs tomorrow at 9am then

Just about to say, if Boden is saying that then the deal is most likely done hah

[ClaretPete001]

P!ss off. Mr Pace is doing all he can to get people in, it's not his fault if they change their minds and stay put. I am convinced we are going down this season, but I am happy with the effort he seems to be putting in. Players like Origi and Ramsey are players that would NEVER have been linked with us previously. Too many things come into play these days, WAGs, threat of relegation, location, pay, bonuses and (perceived) career progression can all scupper a deal. Also, we are not a big club so it's even harder to get people through the door. I have faith that Mr Pace will do what's best for us, even if we go down, so cut him some slack. He is trying to catch up on the years of underinvestment and, IMO, he's doing a good job.

"He is trying to catch up on the years of underinvestment"

Is the concept of a leveraged buy out too much for this board?

[Selby Claret]

Regardless of people’s opinion of the player - and whether Watford have any plans for him to play - they’d still be daft to sell to a rival because you just never know in football

[Milltown1882]

"He is trying to catch up on the years of underinvestment"

Is the concept of a leveraged buy out too much for this board?

Premier League clubs live in debt. There’s no excuses for this window.

[Bosscat]

Don't think he is interested judging by this picture....

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Anyone thinking otherwise is in "La La Land"

[randomclaret2]

If Gosling signs we're goosed...

[Dark Cloud]

After all the hype and all the effort Alan has put in to chasing some serious game changers who could genuinely have turned our awful season around, I'd be very, very upset if he came back with a guy who can't even get into rubbishy Watford's team. Goosed would be a very polite way of putting it!

[SkiptonClaret]

Or Dale Stephens

Which would be the most ridiculously terrible transfer window signing we have pulled off in recent years?

I wish this forum had a poll option sometimes.

Danny Drinkwater ? Incredibly the cognoscenti on here had him down as a “brilliant signing” at the time.

[ClaretPete001]

To be fair if the WW looks like it is falling through we - the Bee Hole End Forum could just buy Wolfsburg.

Here's the plan. We use their assets to borrow money from a bank. Use their profits to repay the loan and use their cash to pay off the current directors.

It will cost us nothing and let's be honest who has more expertise than we do. We prove it every day on here.

Sounds like a winner but who would be stupid enough to fall for that?

Oohhhh hang on sec'.....!

[Superjohnnyfrancis]

Alan Harper might be able to do six months, get him on the blower!

[ClaretPete001]

Premier League clubs live in debt. There’s no excuses for this window.

I didn't say there was or wasn't I was merely pointing the irony of suggesting that Mr Pace is trying to make up for the under investment.

But to see the irony - you have to understand leveraged buy outs.

[boatshed bill]

If Gosling signs we're goosed...

Have you had a gander at his stats?

[AfloatinClaret]

...and actually look at the reality of the shocking position we are in.

Wow! I'd never realised you were a Burnley fan.

[warksclaret]

Re Gosling , I had a gander on Wiki and has only played one game this season. Sounds like a lame duck

[thomaspaine]

No I am suggesting that our recruitment team have failed again if they don’t bring anymore players in

Ah ….. that’s a tad different from your assertion that our recruitment team have been negligent if they don’t bring anymore players in …..Yes they may fail…. possibly …. but negligence implies lack of care or concern . I’m sure there is a massive amount of work being undertaken behind the scenes to bring new players in and the people involved do care and are concerned .

[kentonclaret]

Re Gosling , I had a gander on Wiki and has only played one game this season. Sounds like a lame duck

A fact of life I'm afraid.

When you don't have a Mother Goose laying those golden eggs you end up with a Gosling.

[claretspice]

Weighorst looks a good signing, assuming that it does indeed go through. Realistically, his CV is as good as we could have hoped for in a replacement for Wood.

But - I'm very much with those who will regard this window as a failure if we don't bring anyone else in who immediately becomes part of the first 11, or at least the used 14. Noone should read much into the Gosling rumour, but clearly he wouldn't meet that criteria. He wouldn't even be the next best thing, which is someone raw who probably isn't Premier League ready but who can be groomed to replace one of those players who we can't rely on beyond the next 6-12 months.

Whilst not signing Orsic may, in itself, be outside the club's control, we can't simply keep on saying "oh well, we tried", and the cumulative picture of even the 3 windows that Pace has overseen is not particularly great. We did OK in the summer, but obviously needed one more wide player (with the best will in the world, Lennon was not it), and it's turned out our faith in Cork as a starting central midfielder was probably misplaced. And so reinforcements of calibre were a necessity, not a nice to have.

If tomorrow does not bring in at least a midfielder or a wide player, then I think we'll be making relegation all but a certainty, and also leaving ourselves yet more work to do next summer to overhaul the squad to have what is probably a one-off tilt at a swift return. We can't keep living on the never-never, hoping to delay the inevitable for one more season or one more window. We've got to start confronting the issue. And that's why it's a big 24 hours for Pace and Dyche.

[chekhov]

If we sign him he’ll probably become the most fowled player in the premier league.

[Mattster]

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[Vegas Claret]

Yup, me, I do

Ordinarily I would say no way, are you mad, he is a million miles away from what we need....... and then I think back

Summer 19/20 Transfer Window

Danny Drinkwater

Summer 20/21 Transfer Window

Dale Stephens

Summer 21/22 Transfer Window

No Central or Defensive Midfielder

Winter 21/22 Transfer Window

Dan Gosling

Danny Drinkwater > Dale Stephens > Dan Gosling

Sadly, it seems believable

Recruitment looks a little different now though. I would be truly stunned if we went after Gosling

[ClaretTony]

Does anyone really truly honestly believe that we are after Dan Gosling ? I think Nixon is bored

I would have thought that he would have been some way down any list had he even been on there.

[ClaretAL]

Weighorst looks a good signing, assuming that it does indeed go through. Realistically, his CV is as good as we could have hoped for in a replacement for Wood.

But - I'm very much with those who will regard this window as a failure if we don't bring anyone else in who immediately becomes part of the first 11, or at least the used 14. Noone should read much into the Gosling rumour, but clearly he wouldn't meet that criteria. He wouldn't even be the next best thing, which is someone raw who probably isn't Premier League ready but who can be groomed to replace one of those players who we can't rely on beyond the next 6-12 months.

Whilst not signing Orsic may, in itself, be outside the club's control, we can't simply keep on saying "oh well, we tried", and the cumulative picture of even the 3 windows that Pace has overseen is not particularly great. We did OK in the summer, but obviously needed one more wide player (with the best will in the world, Lennon was not it), and it's turned out our faith in Cork as a starting central midfielder was probably misplaced. And so reinforcements of calibre were a necessity, not a nice to have.

If tomorrow does not bring in at least a midfielder or a wide player, then I think we'll be making relegation all but a certainty, and also leaving ourselves yet more work to do next summer to overhaul the squad to have what is probably a one-off tilt at a swift return. We can't keep living on the never-never, hoping to delay the inevitable for one more season or one more window. We've got to start confronting the issue. And that's why it's a big 24 hours for Pace and Dyche.

Ordinarily I would agree with you, but there is no genie or click of a finger to bring a good player to a side in our predicament, no matter how you want to dress this up, the facts are, we are in the January trasnsfer window which brings all its slender pickings at best, then add on the pandemic and threads bare squads approaching the last half of their season, then we are at the bottom of the league with 1 win and play 442 religiously. I take your point of 3 windows, but all in pandemic and I think its unfair to call the first 1 a window. Pace has done 100% for me and hats off to him for trying, I'm not so sure what more we could have done other than bring in substandard players

[warksclaret]

A fact of life I'm afraid.

When you don't have a Mother Goose laying those golden eggs you end up with a Gosling.

Kenton-he would be well down the pecking order for the CM spot

[Goody1975]

We have four central midfielders and as far as I'm aware they are all fit to play. Obviously this is an area that needs attention but not in terms of numbers but quality.

I'd be truly astonished if we are thinking of bringing him in.

[boatshed bill]

Gosling is probably looking for one last big deal...
"a nest egg" perhaps

[ksrclaret]

Outstanding post from Claretspice. Sums up the situation perfectly.

[randomclaret2]

Kenton-he would be well down the pecking order for the CM spot

We've got 4 Duck Eggs in there already

[Middle-agedClaret]

Gosling’s signing would bring us all down.

[ClaretTony]

Gosling is probably looking for one last big deal...
"a nest egg" perhaps

He got it last summer with a move to Watford

[boatshed bill]

Space for one more in the 25 man squad.
Surely with 4 CMs already we'd be as well to forget any player who won't be an immediate improvement on the 4 we have.
So unless we can find someone a whole lot better than Gosling we may as well not bother at all.

[ClaretTony]

Space for one more in the 25 man squad.

I make it 22 currently with Weghorst making it 23. That’s excluding Peacock-Farrell and Collins who is under age.

[boatshed bill]

Sorry, I'd forgotten Collins was under age.
i'm assuming Weghorst signs. That would beb 23 plus Collins.
Looking at it I'd say a better RW would be more important than a 5th CM.....
unless we start playing 5 in midfield

[arise_sir_charge]

Can always remove a player from the 25 man squad who’s unlikely to get used.

[boatshed bill]

Can always remove a player from the 25 man squad who’s unlikely to get used.

Indeed, but for Dan Gosling?

[ClaretTony]

Can always remove a player from the 25 man squad who’s unlikely to get used.

I remember when Palace went up in 2013, they made that many signings they’d a few players they couldn’t fit in.

With two spaces though on top of Weghorst it’s unlikely we will need to.

[Rileybobs]

Gosling would be a good option to pad the squad out a little bit.

[gandhisflipflop]

Gosling would be a good option to pad the squad out a little bit.

no, he really wouldn't

[RVclaret]

no, he really wouldn't

Think it was tongue in cheek

[Milltown1882]

Gosling would be a good option to pad the squad out a little bit.

**** me we’re at the Dale Stephens point of acceptance again

[warksclaret]

Gosling would be a good option to pad the squad out a little bit.

We've already got more padding than the England opening batsmen

[warksclaret]

With Newcastle signing so many pre window deadline, surely Hendrick will be going on loan somewhere

[Newcastleclaret93]

With Newcastle signing so many pre window deadline, surely Hendrick will be going on loan somewhere

Gone to Middlesbrough hasn’t he?

[kentonclaret]

We are more likely to sign Ryan Gosling.

Didn't he end up in LA LA LAND

[boatshed bill]

We've already got more padding than the England opening batsmen

For those who didn't get it....Goose Feather pillows

[warksclaret]

Gone to Middlesbrough hasn’t he?

Thank you Newcastle. Was not aware, though I heard a rumour a few days ago

[warksclaret]

For those who didn't get it....Goose Feather pillows

I got it but was building on what Dyche has been doing with the squad, and which he makes reference to

[BOYSIE31]

I would have thought that he would have been some way down any list had he even been on there.

Dont know Dyche then

[BOYSIE31]

Ordinarily I would agree with you, but there is no genie or click of a finger to bring a good player to a side in our predicament, no matter how you want to dress this up, the facts are, we are in the January trasnsfer window which brings all its slender pickings at best, then add on the pandemic and threads bare squads approaching the last half of their season, then we are at the bottom of the league with 1 win and play 442 religiously. I take your point of 3 windows, but all in pandemic and I think its unfair to call the first 1 a window. Pace has done 100% for me and hats off to him for trying, I'm not so sure what more we could have done other than bring in substandard players

I would go further and say the next 24 hours is massive for Burnley football club and the biggest for a while

[holycustard]

With Gosling in the team do you think we would go down.
Fact of the week Eider ducks use grass and twigs when making their own nests, which makes it much harder to clean the down.