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NL Claret
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by NL Claret » Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:01 pm
Granny WeatherWax wrote:Don’t be crediting Boden with the rumour, he’s just wrote arctiles about it and fry after they have surfaced in the media. The guy knows nothing.
How hilarious is the Rooney rumour tho. Couldn’t compete with villa for Heaton but yeah Rooney is in our price bracket. Kind of makes Boden look a complete fool if I’m honest.
Rooney on $3.5m at DC United, surely there are players on close to this at Burnley?
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by joey13 » Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:02 pm
randomclaret2 wrote:Lots of bids seemingly going in...at least we tried
Rigg has played a blinder here
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by FactualFrank » Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:02 pm
NL Claret wrote:Rooney on $3.5m at DC United, surely there are players on close to this at Burnley?
Are we actually taking this seriously?
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by Bordeauxclaret » Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:03 pm
If we’ve bit for another centre back one looks to be on the way out.
Tarkowski, Long or Gibson I’m guessing.
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by SGr » Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:04 pm
FactualFrank wrote:What rumour?
Rooney. As I say, not at all buying it.
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by FactualFrank » Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:05 pm
SGr wrote:Rooney. As I say, not at all buying it.
I'm with you on this one.
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by Granny WeatherWax » Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:05 pm
NL Claret wrote:Rooney on $3.5m at DC United, surely there are players on close to this at Burnley?
So about £3m plus no doubt he gets all sorts of sponsorship deals. Way out of our league unless he wants a pay cut. That’s the last I’m saying on the absolute nonsense.
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by jrgbfc » Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:05 pm
Doing our usual trick of trying to look busy during the last few days of the window. Expect a few more derisory bids to go in for players before Thursday.
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by claretgoss » Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:18 pm
We've now jumped ahead of Leicester on Sky bet as favourites to sign Lewis Dunk
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by gawthorpe_view » Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:21 pm
Give him a tour of our medical facilities and he'll sign in a flash.
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by jedi_master » Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:23 pm
claretgoss wrote:We've now jumped ahead of Leicester on Sky bet as favourites to sign Lewis Dunk
Bizarre.
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by claretgoss » Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:27 pm
Yeah, Dunk would be surprising to say the least. Still, 5/1 for Leicester is interesting. Could be worth a punt!
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by Vegas Claret » Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:29 pm
if certain posters are to be believed we've been in for Fry for a good few weeks and have already had a cash offer of 15 million rejected. The thought among the Boro fans seems to be we might be attempting a cash + player deal for him
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by randomclaret2 » Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:30 pm
Fry was linked with us in the press earlier in the summer
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by Giftonsnoidea » Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:31 pm
Off topic but what the hell are we going to do with a 15m defender who never plays because we already have someone in his position, prob best to move him or loan him out get his value up, dosent make sense benching him for another season
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by ClaretAL » Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:34 pm
I bet CT is ******* himself laughing at all these rumours, come on CT don't say who but how many are genuine?
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by LoveCurryPies » Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:38 pm
Vegas Claret wrote:if certain posters are to be believed we've been in for Fry for a good few weeks and have already had a cash offer of 15 million rejected. The thought among the Boro fans seems to be we might be attempting a cash + player deal for him
Sky Sports reporting Burnley bid £8million.
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by Safron » Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:46 pm
Why the f##k do we need another defender
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by northeastclaret » Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:48 pm
Safron wrote:Why the f##k do we need another defender
Because we are going to sell one
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by Vegas Claret » Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:50 pm
LoveCurryPies wrote:Sky Sports reporting Burnley bid £8million.
yeah 8 million today which the Boro lads think will be plus a player, one of the lads up there who is generally quite good with his info said we had an offer of 15 million turned down 2 weeks ago - they want 20. I'm only passing along the info though
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by Down_Rover » Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:50 pm
It’s just a big game of poker and we supporters are sat nowhere near the table.
Let’s say we did offer £15m for Fry a while back and thought they were having a laugh with their rejection and are just trying it on now to see if we can secure a quality player for a bargain price. It has failed. We offer £10m and Borough have 72 hours to make their mind up. At worst Fry is unsettled and we go back in January.
If we sell Long for £5m and get Fry for £8-10m bingo
If Tarks is on his way then we would be bidding higher for Fry. Tarks has a contract till 2022 so we will only sell for a price we can’t refuse. I think Dunk is no more for sale than Tarks but the bookies will make a market for anything. How often do they get the new manager odds right?
All just guesswork. There is so much misinformation out there it is impossible to guess
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by jojomk1 » Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:51 pm
We look to be thinking Tarks will go I presume
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by northeastclaret » Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:08 pm
I just hope we sell Tarks for a realistic price, unlike with Heaton, how often do you get an opposing manager gloating at his good fortune in the press,not often, but the Villa Manager has with Tom.
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by Safron » Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:08 pm
We need players in who will strengthen the starting 11,not someone who may or may not warm the bench for a season or 2
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by rob63 » Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:09 pm
northeastclaret wrote:Because we are going to sell one
Or two
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by jackmiggins » Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:20 pm
Seen the latest sky ad - we’re clearly not on any of their ‘clever’ boys’s radar. Pinch of salt with all this cr*p
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by Longsider » Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:24 pm
northeastclaret wrote:I just hope we sell Tarks for a realistic price, unlike with Heaton, how often do you get an opposing manager gloating at his good fortune in the press,not often, but the Villa Manager has with Tom.
The Villa manager won't be gloating when he is out of a job by Christmas.
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by Royboyclaret » Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:39 pm
Longsider wrote:The Villa manager won't be gloating when he is out of a job by Christmas.
In the meantime Dean Smith will be content in the knowledge he can offer incoming players, including our Tom, £65k per week as he attempts to make Villa competitive in the Premier League.
Meanwhile we have been in the big league since 2016 and Sean can only dream of such salaries for his players.
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by northeastclaret » Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:52 pm
Royboyclaret wrote:In the meantime Dean Smith will be content in the knowledge he can offer incoming players, including our Tom, £65k per week as he attempts to make Villa competitive in the Premier League.
Meanwhile we have been in the big league since 2016 and Sean can only dream of such salaries for his players.
And content that we gifted an England international to him, under contract, to a rival at a ridiculously low price.
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by jackmiggins » Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:53 pm
Fuming with the ad, sure I’m not the only one!
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by Royboyclaret » Tue Aug 06, 2019 12:02 am
northeastclaret wrote:And content that we gifted an England international to him, under contract, to a rival at a ridiculously low price.
Aye, that as well.
From our perspective there must come a time soon when we go that extra mile if only to prove we are genuinely serious about being competitive in this league. Whether that is by breaking our transfer record again or paying existing players more in salary, we must show more intent to those clubs around us that we now possess the financial clout to make a real go of being competitve in the best league in the world. We should not be being upstaged by newly promoted clubs like Aston Villa as Tom Heaton laughs all the way to the bank.
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by mkmel » Tue Aug 06, 2019 12:06 am
Are Aston Villa owned by a billionaire?
If so that may make a difference
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by Royboyclaret » Tue Aug 06, 2019 12:21 am
mkmel wrote:Are Aston Villa owned by a billionaire?
If so that may make a difference
Well, yes they are Mel, but at the same time we are reporting record Profit levels each financial year. KRBFC gets a lot of stick on here but he makes a valid point that we need to find the right balance in order to allow Dyche a fighting chance in the market by utilising those funds to our best advantage.
At the moment, we are falling short in that respect and it clearly shows with some of the comments from Dyche in recent days. Just at the weekend he referred to the finance being in place but funds being very difficult to find at the Club. You almost sense his frustration.
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by dsr » Tue Aug 06, 2019 12:21 am
Royboyclaret wrote:Aye, that as well.
From our perspective there must come a time soon when we go that extra mile if only to prove we are genuinely serious about being competitive in this league. Whether that is by breaking our transfer record again or paying existing players more in salary, we must show more intent to those clubs around us that we now possess the financial clout to make a real go of being competitve in the best league in the world. We should not be being upstaged by newly promoted clubs like Aston Villa as Tom Heaton laughs all the way to the bank.
If you're suggesting that if Villa make losses of £200m over 4 years, then so should we - how do you propose to finance it?
There's no point throwing money about in a bid to persuade other clubs (the ones we want to buy players from) that money is no object and they can name their price.
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by Royboyclaret » Tue Aug 06, 2019 12:31 am
dsr wrote:If you're suggesting that if Villa make losses of £200m over 4 years, then so should we - how do you propose to finance it?
There's no point throwing money about in a bid to persuade other clubs (the ones we want to buy players from) that money is no object and they can name their price.
Not suggesting that at all. More that we better utilise the funds we have in order to give Dyche a fighting chance to succeed in very difficult circumstances. As of now, the balance between being prudent and being competitive is not quite to the manager's liking, and it shows in his interviews.
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by Bin Ont Turf » Tue Aug 06, 2019 12:42 am
Jesus wept, bring on Friday and this shite to be over.
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by SGr » Tue Aug 06, 2019 12:53 am
Literally at this stage one player of sufficient quality. That’s all we need ultimately, please make it happen.
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by Long Time Lurker » Tue Aug 06, 2019 1:25 am
SGr wrote:Literally at this stage one player of sufficient quality. That’s all we need ultimately, please make it happen.
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by Vegas Claret » Tue Aug 06, 2019 1:33 am
we don't need a ******* striker
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by Taffy on the wing » Tue Aug 06, 2019 5:53 am
jrgbfc wrote:Doing our usual trick of trying to look busy during the last few days of the window. Expect a few more derisory bids to go in for players before Thursday.
Fcuk off and support another team............Man utd? maybe , they spend a lot of money!
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by IanMcL » Tue Aug 06, 2019 5:55 am
ClaretAL wrote:I bet CT is ******* himself laughing at all these rumours, come on CT don't say who but how many are genuine?
I can confirm all the rumours to be genuine rumours.
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by jojomk1 » Tue Aug 06, 2019 5:56 am
SGr wrote:Literally at this stage one player of sufficient quality. That’s all we need ultimately, please make it happen.
So long as he can play in centre midfield
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by Taffy on the wing » Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:01 am
northeastclaret wrote:Because we are going to sell one
I mean DUH! right? ......this board! ......yet we keep coming back,....... because we love the Clarets!
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by arise_sir_charge » Tue Aug 06, 2019 7:29 am
Is anybody else waiting for a poster to come along and say “the loan window opens in a couple of weeks”........just to finish off this transfer window in a similar fashion to
All those previous?
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by joey13 » Tue Aug 06, 2019 7:38 am
Taffy on the wing wrote:Fcuk off and support another team............Man utd? maybe , they spend a lot of money!
HOUSE !
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by Tall Paul » Tue Aug 06, 2019 7:44 am
Royboyclaret wrote:Aye, that as well.
From our perspective there must come a time soon when we go that extra mile if only to prove we are genuinely serious about being competitive in this league. Whether that is by breaking our transfer record again or paying existing players more in salary, we must show more intent to those clubs around us that we now possess the financial clout to make a real go of being competitve in the best league in the world. We should not be being upstaged by newly promoted clubs like Aston Villa as Tom Heaton laughs all the way to the bank.
What do you mean by being competitive in this league? As far as I can see we are competitive, as evidenced by the fact that we're still in it after three seasons.
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by claretonthecoast1882 » Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:02 am
Royboyclaret wrote:Aye, that as well.
From our perspective there must come a time soon when we go that extra mile if only to prove we are genuinely serious about being competitive in this league. Whether that is by breaking our transfer record again or paying existing players more in salary, we must show more intent to those clubs around us that we now possess the financial clout to make a real go of being competitve in the best league in the world. We should not be being upstaged by newly promoted clubs like Aston Villa as Tom Heaton laughs all the way to the bank.
Not going down this path again are you ? You just spent a full season criticising the board for having the lowest wage bill despite having no idea what it was, then being amazed how much it was once published.
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by Wokingclaret » Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:19 am
Look, can we stop this infighting whilst there is still hope, you are all welcome to come back at 17:01 on Thursday. Until then please enjoy.