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[Steve-Harpers-perm]

I didn’t say we’d pay at least £15m though, did I?
If you’re gonna nit pick my every post at least learn to read or did you not have your glasses on?

You said the fee will be between 10 and 15 million. Anyway in Dyche we trust as I’m sure you’ll agree.

[claretspice]

If only we had a midfielder who could run, eh, Boysie?

Never mind.

Joking apart - last night showed why we don't need to get carried away in the transfer market, and why its so difficult to improve on what we've got - but it also gave us a platform to offer players confidence they're signing up for 18 months of Premier League football. We should be taking that platform.

[arise_sir_charge]

Agreed and the above confidence they have more Prem money to come.

[KRBFC]

You said the fee will be between 10 and 15 million.

Which is the same as “we will pay at least £15m” right?

[Vegas Claret]

on a completely different note, I know a few of you have mentioned Aarron Moy - apparently Brighton want to sign him for 5 million, good value at that money it would seem

[Steve-Harpers-perm]

Which is the same as “we will pay at least £15m” right?

You put 10 -15. I’m going off your disastrous worse case scenario thinking. I bet Dyche will do it just to annoy you as well.

[KRBFC]

You put 10 -15. I’m going off your disastrous worse case scenario thinking. I bet Dyche will do it just to annoy you as well.

How are you struggling so badly with this? Let me explain given you still somehow don’t understand.

£10m-£15m means between 10 and 15 million, it doesn’t mean over 15 million, 15 million is the max.

So why are you saying over £15m?

Like why doesn’t this register in your brain? You wanna follow me around here for 2 years like a fan girl begging for attention and a pointless argument yet you’re so stupid you’re not even reading the posts correctly. Like what is the point of an argument? You wanna nit pick my every post because you disagree with my opinion 4 years ago? pathetic

[jojomk1]

Not sure if its been reported anywhere but SSN now linking Forest with Wells

[Silkyskills1]

Sorry to interject in your squabble but 'we will pay at least £15 million' implies that £15.million is the least we will likely pay, not the most as you have stated.

[KRBFC]

Sorry to interject in your squabble but 'we will pay at least £15 million' implies that £15.million is the least we will likely pay, not the most as you have stated.

I never said we will pay at least £15m, that’s what he fantasised I said. What I actually said was a fee expected to be between £10m-£15m which is wildly different to “we will pay at least £15 million”.

[boatshed bill]

Never mind.

Joking apart - last night showed why we don't need to get carried away in the transfer market, and why its so difficult to improve on what we've got - but it also gave us a platform to offer players confidence they're signing up for 18 months of Premier League football. We should be taking that platform.

Certainly no need to get carried away, as you put it, but a younger central midfielder would be good business in this window.
Am I right in thinking that Westwood is 3 bookings away from a suspension?
Add to that the uncertainty over Hendrick. A new recruit now would have time to bed in, simple this management malarky!

[Steve-Harpers-perm]

How are you struggling so badly with this? Let me explain given you still somehow don’t understand.

£10m-£15m means between 10 and 15 million, it doesn’t mean over 15 million, 15 million is the max.

So why are you saying over £15m?

Like why doesn’t this register in your brain? You wanna follow me around here for 2 years like a fan girl begging for attention and a pointless argument yet you’re so stupid you’re not even reading the posts correctly. Like what is the point of an argument? You wanna nit pick my every post because you disagree with my opinion 4 years ago? pathetic

You really are a strange little man.

[mdd2]

Westwood has 8 yellows according to our site stats

[FactualFrank]

You really are a strange little man.

I nearly spat my tea over the screen.

[ClaretMov]

Not sure if its been reported anywhere but SSN now linking Forest with Wells

Even if Forest bid 10 million I'd rather give him to any other club for free than deal with that club

[Dixie Normous]

A Bristol city mate telling me today that brown hill deal looks on with nakhi wells going other way . He was unsure about Elliason and says he is the player who seems premiership quality right winger and tears up the pitch . Fingers crossed we are in for both

[Silkyskills1]

Even if Forest bid 10 million I'd rather give him to any other club for free than deal with that club

Really?

[KRBFC]

You really are a strange little man.

The irony.....

[Goobs]

The only problem with Allen is size. We don’t beat the big 6 because they out muscle us in midfield. Cork/Westwood are more than adequate against the rest. He is still a fine footballer and a better passer than we possess. If we were to go 3 in the middle of midfield he would be ideal.

Got to love the fact that you went ahead and posted this whilst we were in the process of beating one of the "big 6" and just days after we beat the team currently sat comfortably in 3rd place

Agree with most of the rest of what you put btw

[karatekid]

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/foo ... ty-3771456

[rob63]

Even if Forest bid 10 million I'd rather give him to any other club for free than deal with that club

It's business acumen like that that the BFC board needs!

[IanMcL]

Burnley are considering a move to bring Stoke City enforcer Joe Allen back to the Premier League, according to the Mirror (23 January, page 54).

Is there a player better suited to Sean Dyche’s Burnley than Allen? A hard-working central midfielder with bags of experience and a tough tackling style ticks plenty of boxes for the gravel-voiced gaffer while the 29-year-old's quality in possession will help the Clarets keep the ball more effectively in the centre of the park.


The Mirror reports Sean Dyche made a personal scouting trip to the Hawthorns on Monday night.....armed with half a dozen eggs.

[IanMcL]

Nottm Forest in for Wells and we have recalled him.
Bristol City too and Leeds fans want him!
Blimey, we could get our money back!

[IanMcL]

Chelsea allegedly looking at Pope, as their £72m keeper not cutting the mustard!

[AshevilleNCClaret]

Chelsea allegedly looking at Pope, as their £72m keeper not cutting the mustard!

I doubt there is any truth in this. Pope is a great shot stopper and is great in the air but his distribution is not good and is average with the ball at his feet. Dont see a top 6 club coming after him

[Vegas Claret]

I doubt there is any truth in this. Pope is a great shot stopper and is great in the air but his distribution is not good and is average with the ball at his feet. Dont see a top 6 club coming after him

Dunno what he's done differently in training but the last two games his distribution has been extremely good

[Taffy on the wing]

Dunno what he's done differently in training but the last two games his distribution has been extremely good

He's throwing it out more......or at least he did against Utd.......Got us moving forward without Booting it straight back to the other team!
Expect to see more of it.

[Vegas Claret]

He's throwing it out more......or at least he did against Utd.......Got us moving forward without Booting it straight back to the other team!
Expect to see more of it.

there's a quote from Tarks on his interview last night - basically implies that they've been told to speed things up from the back, distribution from Pope needed to be quicker - very noticeable last night that Taylor also got forward often and quickly too.

[beddie]

there's a quote from Tarks on his interview last night - basically implies that they've been told to speed things up from the back, distribution from Pope needed to be quicker - very noticeable last night that Taylor also got forward often and quickly too.

Whilst not wanting to take away anything from a wonderful night at OT. When I read the quote from Tarks it concerned me that it's taken until know to realise it.

[ClaretMov]

At least we've done it now with just under half of the season left and not after we went down

[The Enclosure]

Chelsea eye Pope as Kepka creaks...exclusive article in todays Daily Mail.

[Zlatan]

Chelsea eye Pope as Kepka creaks...exclusive article in todays Daily Mail.

not that exclusive - it was on this thread 2 days ago...

[Goobs]

Chelsea allegedly looking at Pope, as their £72m keeper not cutting the mustard!

So Chelsea paid £72m for Kepa and they want Pope to replace , which must mean they think Pope is better than Kepa right? £80m and he's theirs then

[Zlatan]

as per here...

One potential for the summer thread...

https://www.givemesport.com/1540314-che ... utoplay=on

[FactualFrank]

Another report on us signing Joe Allen

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/01/23/d ... o-klopp-c/

[FactualFrank]

So Chelsea paid £72m for Kepa and they want Pope to replace , which must mean they think Pope is better than Kepa right? £80m and he's theirs then

If they bid under £40 million then I'd tell them where to go.

If Pope can get himself some games in the summer for England and have a good World Cup, that 40 could become 50.

[cockneyclaret]

If they bid under £40 million then I'd tell them where to go.

If Pope can get himself some games in the summer for England and have a good World Cup, that 40 could become 50.

We would tell them where to go but I'm sure Mr G would rip there arms off for anything over 25mill..
He'll just look at the fact we paid 1mill for him

[IanMcL]

He is not stupid!

[quoonbeatz]

We would tell them where to go but I'm sure Mr G would rip there arms off for anything over 25mill..
He'll just look at the fact we paid 1mill for him

Don't be daft. If there's one thing we do well it's getting good money for the players we sell.

Nick Pope has 3 years left on his contract and is an England international, coming right into his prime. Chelsea paid 70 odd million for kepa and there's no reason we wouldn't be looking at a fee near that for pope.

[cockneyclaret]

We won't get anything over 40mill him

[claretonthecoast1882]

We won't get anything over 40mill him

You have gone from 25m to 40m in 90 minutes so who knows

[cockneyclaret]

Have I?? Well thank you for keeping tabs on me..

[claretonthecoast1882]

Have I?? Well thank you for keeping tabs on me..

2 out of the previous 4 posts hardly keeping tabs but apologies didn't realise you didn't want your negative comments reading and taking on board.

[AshevilleNCClaret]

He's throwing it out more......or at least he did against Utd.......Got us moving forward without Booting it straight back to the other team!
Expect to see more of it.

His distribution is better. The top 6 clubs want keepers who are great with their feet (think allison and ederson) and pope always looks nervous with the ball at his feet.

[Goobs]

In a completely selfish way I hope the big 6 keep looking at our players and thinking they aren't good enough for them as it just means we'll get to keep this fantastic squad together which with one or two right additions could produce yet another season to remember.

Sadly I think we'll be taking in the best part of £150m in the next 6 months on Pope, Tarks and McNeil.
We already have a replacement lined up for Pope (BPF) and there is the possibility that Koiki could replace McNeil. If we can get a young CB in this window (assuming Gibson also leaves and there is no one immediately ready to step up) at the right price then the succession is in place and we can use a good bulk of that money to improve other areas too.

[bobinho]

I doubt there is any truth in this. Pope is a great shot stopper and is great in the air but his distribution is not good and is average with the ball at his feet. Dont see a top 6 club coming after him

Agree with this. It seems teams count actual goalkeeping as an added extra when selecting their next keeper.

[Iloveyoubrady]

In a completely selfish way I hope the big 6 keep looking at our players and thinking they aren't good enough for them as it just means we'll get to keep this fantastic squad together which with one or two right additions could produce yet another season to remember.

Sadly I think we'll be taking in the best part of £150m in the next 6 months on Pope, Tarks and McNeil.
We already have a replacement lined up for Pope (BPF) and there is the possibility that Koiki could replace McNeil. If we can get a young CB in this window (assuming Gibson also leaves and there is no one immediately ready to step up) at the right price then the succession is in place and we can use a good bulk of that money to improve other areas too.

I know they are potentially very good players, but replacing £150m with BPF, Koiki and the like will not help. With all that money coming in, we’d have to go out and sign real quality which will grow into the next mcniel, such as jarod Bowen, who would cost over £20m, but has a great chance of being worth double that within the next few years. Also, I doubt BPF is first team ready at his age just yet, but Pope did it so you never know.

[Bin Ont Turf]

It seems teams count actual goalkeeping as an added extra when selecting their next keeper.

[bobinho]

In a completely selfish way I hope the big 6 keep looking at our players and thinking they aren't good enough for them as it just means we'll get to keep this fantastic squad together which with one or two right additions could produce yet another season to remember.

Sadly I think we'll be taking in the best part of £150m in the next 6 months on Pope, Tarks and McNeil.
We already have a replacement lined up for Pope (BPF) and there is the possibility that Koiki could replace McNeil. If we can get a young CB in this window (assuming Gibson also leaves and there is no one immediately ready to step up) at the right price then the succession is in place and we can use a good bulk of that money to improve other areas too.

Sadly, I think we will have to wait 6 years, with the inflation that will bring to achieve sums like that. Not saying they aren’t worth it, but for some reason (maybe the same reason that sees us value players at considerably less value than everyone else) we don’t seem to be able to command the sort of figures that other teams get for their players. I’d be surprised if them three went in the next 6 months for 2/3 of your suggestion. We would see the numbers written down and **** ourselves. I’m ok with it btw.... it helps us to survive. Let’s not forget, the vast majority of the TV money goes in wages and bonuses, leaving not an awful lot for buying in quality.

[bfcjg]

I get the impression that Pope is a confidence keeper, at Burnley we give it the players give it as we know our strngths, at Chelsea a team of egotists wouldnt cover his back he would be a scapegoat, is it worth that pressure for an extra few grand a week ? He will be wealthy for life staying here.