Dyche & Garlick

[Braindead]

Must say I find it hard to believe we activated an extension clause for Brady.

Conversely, can you imagine the butthurt outrage if we had let him walk?

[elwaclaret]

Must say I find it hard to believe we activated an extension clause for Brady.

Must be some serious questions being asked about just how fragile his ribs really are. Why was that not flagged up prior to him signing?

[Erasmus]

With regard to our Centre-back situation, Ben Mee will surely be back in a few weeks, and with Tarkowski I would guess that it is a matter of waiting to see whether an offer comes in that we think is acceptable. Something around £40 million I would expect. If it doesn't he stays, if it does then I expect contingency plans are in place to fill the gap. As it stands, Long and Dunne have shown themselves to be suitable for numbers three and four, and if Tarkowski stays we will be well enough equipped there.

Another guess is that Gibson was brought in at a time when Ben Mee's situation was in doubt, and as Gibson was available it was thought wise to get him in. As it was, Mee and Tarkowski stayed fit throughout most of the season, and Gibson was left out, and left unhappy. I don't think we should bring in another expensive centre-back until it is certain that an acceptable offer has been made for Tarkowski and he will agree to move to the club that makes it.

Just guesses, but I this would seem to be the most likely situation at present.

[Braindead]

The irony around the Gibson situation is funny. If he hadn't been such a little b*tch he would have probably played the last 10 Premier league games for Burnley, instead of being on Norwich's bench in the league below.

[Steve-Harpers-perm]

With regard to our Centre-back situation, Ben Mee will surely be back in a few weeks, and with Tarkowski I would guess that it is a matter of waiting to see whether an offer comes in that we think is acceptable. Something around £40 million I would expect. If it doesn't he stays, if it does then I expect contingency plans are in place to fill the gap. As it stands, Long and Dunne have shown themselves to be suitable for numbers three and four, and if Tarkowski stays we will be well enough equipped there.

Another guess is that Gibson was brought in at a time when Ben Mee's situation was in doubt, and as Gibson was available it was thought wise to get him in. As it was, Mee and Tarkowski stayed fit throughout most of the season, and Gibson was left out, and left unhappy. I don't think we should bring in another expensive centre-back until it is certain that an acceptable offer has been made for Tarkowski and he will agree to move to the club that makes it.

Just guesses, but I this would seem to be the most likely situation at present.

Don’t really get the argument we should no longer buy an expensive player on the off chance he’s a massive baby and throws his toys out of the pram when he can’t get in the team.

[gandhisflipflop]

How else do you bring players in? You have to give them contracts of some sort and so far as I'm aware, we can only have one loan player, who may still arrive.

None of the players who have left were worth keeping anyway, with the exception of Hendrick. So it's not as though we've lost key players. No one could have foreseen the injury situation, or the Tarky situation. (If he isn't injured.) Could that crunching tackle on JBG have been foreseen? Of course not. That only happened two weeks ago, so give the board a chance to do something about it.

It's crazy that the transfer window goes deep into the season, but until that changes, we just have to live with it.

How else do we bring players in? We could loan a few. They don't have to be given 3-5 year deals. We could opt for shorter term deals. I'm sorry but we couldn't have foreseen the injury situation? We knew very early on about our injury situation with a lot of key players, and again while the Brady and JBG are recent injuries, I don't buy the fact that they were unforseen because of their records of being available in previous seasons. It's just basic planning to get cover for injury prone players. The extention of the Brady contract in the first place was baffling and I can only assume it was because Dyche couldn't trust the board to bring in replacements in time.

[Gordaleman]

How else do we bring players in? We could loan a few. They don't have to be given 3-5 year deals. We could opt for shorter term deals. I'm sorry but we couldn't have foreseen the injury situation? We knew very early on about our injury situation with a lot of key players, and again while the Brady and JBG are recent injuries, I don't buy the fact that they were unforseen because of their records of being available in previous seasons. It's just basic planning to get cover for injury prone players. The extention of the Brady contract in the first place was baffling and I can only assume it was because Dyche couldn't trust the board to bring in replacements in time.

"We could loan a few" So far as I'm aware, you are only allowed to loan one.

"Shorter term deals" How many decent players would come on shorter-term deals? It's hard enough anyway without saying "We only want you for 12 months."

I agree that Brady was baffling, as I don't rate him at all, but you can't say JBG was 'Expected' to get clattered the way he did. Everyone thought he was ready for a full fitness season having stayed home during the international week purely to be fully ready.

Ben Mee was expected to be fit, so was Tarky (Fake injury or not.)

Had these things gone our way, we would have been fine.

[summitclaret]

"We could loan a few" So far as I'm aware, you are only allowed to loan one.

"Shorter term deals" How many decent players would come on shorter-term deals? It's hard enough anyway without saying "We only want you for 12 months."

I agree that Brady was baffling, as I don't rate him at all, but you can't say JBG was 'Expected' to get clattered the way he did. Everyone thought he was ready for a full fitness season having stayed home during the international week purely to be fully ready.

Ben Mee was expected to be fit, so was Tarky (Fake injury or not.)

Had these things gone our way, we would have been fine.

What evidence was there for JBG being ready for a full season and that Mee would be fit? In the latter case the physio should be sacked if he said that. I will vote for you for Chair of the Happy Clapper Club though.

[Gordaleman]

What evidence was there for JBG being ready for a full season and that Mee would be fit? In the latter case the physio should be sacked if he said that. I will vote for you for Chair of the Happy Clapper Club though.

So no comment on the fact that your multiple loan idea wouldn't work, or that players wouldn't come on short term contracts then?

Don't you think we would have already gone down those routes if they were feasible?

As for JBG , both he and Sean commented on how fit he was, coming into the season, so there isn't much that you got right. The fact that JBG is only going to be out for a relatively short time after that horrendous tackle, is probably, at least in part to his overall general fitness.

[summitclaret]

What ?

[summitclaret]

As for JBG. I think he is great, but he will do a hamstring not longer after he is back based on his track record.

[BurnleyFC]

No doubt then that you will offer your apologies when you turn out to be wrong then?

*cough*

Where’s Goredaleman hiding?

[Gordaleman]

*cough*

Where’s Goredaleman hiding?

He's not hiding, he's just fed up of all the pointless whingeing on here.

What good does it do? Do you think the board will take the slightest bit of notice of what you say? Of course they won't. They are the guardians of our club, and like most other clubs in this window, they are being ultra cautious because of the Covid uncertainty.

Honestly, I've never ever known such whining babies in my life.

I'm glad you're not in charge, you can't even spell my name when it's written in front of you, let alone run a football club.

[Reecey1987]

He's not hiding, he's just fed up of all the pointless whingeing on here.

What good does it do? Do you think the board will take the slightest bit of notice of what you say? Of course they won't. They are the guardians of our club, and like most other clubs in this window, they are being ultra cautious because of the Covid uncertainty.

Honestly, I've never ever known such whining babies in my life.

Hello Mike

[Rumbletonk]

He's not hiding, he's just fed up of all the pointless whingeing on here.

What good does it do? Do you think the board will take the slightest bit of notice of what you say? Of course they won't. They are the guardians of our club, and like most other clubs in this window, they are being ultra cautious because of the Covid uncertainty.

Honestly, I've never ever known such whining babies in my life.

I'm glad you're not in charge, you can't even spell my name when it's written in front of you, let alone run a football club.

Those guardians are in for some serious bunce

[Gordaleman]

Those guardians are in for some serious bunce

Really? You must have heard something the rest of us haven't. Or are you just guessing again?

[Socrates]

They are the guardians of our club, and like most other clubs in this window, they are being ultra cautious because of the Covid uncertainty.

Over a billion spent by Premier League clubs this window.

[Rumbletonk]

I can only give my word. Take that as you will

[BurnleyFC]

He's not hiding, he's just fed up of all the pointless whingeing on here.

What good does it do? Do you think the board will take the slightest bit of notice of what you say? Of course they won't. They are the guardians of our club, and like most other clubs in this window, they are being ultra cautious because of the Covid uncertainty.

Honestly, I've never ever known such whining babies in my life.

I'm glad you're not in charge, you can't even spell my name when it's written in front of you, let alone run a football club.

Do please name these other ultra cautious Premier League clubs.

[Spiral]

Over a billion spent by Premier League clubs this window.

That's a number without context. The point the poster was making above was that there has been a depression. Last summer saw PL clubs spend approx £1.4b. This summer looks to be down by anywhere between £300m and £400m. The Championship has also slumped by about £100m, down to approx £70m+ but rising (last I saw a few days ago) from £175m last year. Around one pound in every three spent on PL transfer fees this summer have come from two clubs - Chelsea and City - who for obvious reasons (political ones) operate according to a different logic to most other clubs, to say nothing of the fact they were already incredibly wealthy to begin with. Aye, a billion has been spent, but that doesn't make the arguments that there has been a bit of a squeeze invalid.

[fidelcastro]

Really? You must have heard something the rest of us haven't. Or are you just guessing again?

People are certainly keeping Dwight's imminent transfer very quiet.

[Socrates]

That's a number without context. The point the poster was making above was that there has been a depression. Last summer saw PL clubs spend approx £1.4b. This summer looks to be down by anywhere between £300m and £400m. The Championship has also slumped by about £100m, down to approx £70m+ but rising (last I saw a few days ago) from £175m last year. Around one pound in every three spent on PL transfer fees this summer have come from two clubs - Chelsea and City - who for obvious reasons (political ones) operate according to a different logic to most other clubs, to say nothing of the fact they were already incredibly wealthy to begin with. Aye, a billion has been spent, but that doesn't make the arguments that there has been a bit of a squeeze invalid.

He didn’t say “a bit of a squeeze”. He said “ultra-cautious“.

And surely your context only provides proper context if you say how much was spent by the incredibly wealthy City and A.N Other last summer. I’ve not looked but I’d be surprised if it was significantly different.

[kentonclaret]

I do hope that our 2 china figurines (Brady & JBG) were wrapped in bubble wrap before they set off for International Duty.