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What a bloody window!

Post by ŽižkovClaret » Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:22 am

My word i don't think anyone could have expected it to be this good
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Re: What a bloody window!

Post by ClaretDiver » Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:24 am

It's amazing isn't it the amount of Clarets moaning and groaning and not trusting in Dyche and the Board....

What a fantastic window...so far! Still think we will see 1 or 2 more yet!!!!
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Post by Zom Zom » Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:25 am

I was just about to type something similar Zizkov. Tying current key members down on extended contracts, the incomings, the possibility that we are not done yet too, I mean, if it gets better than this, it will truly be amazing.

Add that all to our European adventure and a third straight season in the Premier League, and well, lost for words!

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Post by Tall Paul » Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:26 am

I'd feel like a massive idiot right now if I'd spent the last month or so criticising the recruitment team and transfer policy.
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Re: What a bloody window!

Post by ClaretDiver » Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:30 am

Tall Paul wrote:I'd feel like a massive idiot right now if I'd spent the last month or so criticising the recruitment team and transfer policy.
Yup......there are going to be some members on here who may be feeling a little silly right now!

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Re: What a bloody window!

Post by RammyClaret61 » Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:31 am

amateurish. ;)
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Re: What a bloody window!

Post by JarrowClaret » Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:35 am

To be fare to anyone who was moaning it has been frustrating watching as others made signings. Everyone knows including the recruitment team that it is better to have the players in early but sometimes that isn’t possible for a multitude of reasons. I never understand the moaning about money though surely we should be judging everyone not on how much we have spent but on who we have bought. I personnally couldn’t care less if a player costs 20p or 20 Million as long as he is the right charecter and adds quality.

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Post by IndigoLake » Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:35 am

I'd ideally like to see one or two more in with Walters and Wells outgoing. If we manage that, it will have been a fantastic window. As it stands, I'm pleased with our signings so far, particularly the new contract of Ben Mee.

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Post by tim_noone » Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:50 am

ClaretDiver wrote:Yup......there are going to be some members on here who may be feeling a little silly right now!
They should be named and shamed.....like rats off a sinking ship..drama queens! :roll:
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Re: What a bloody window!

Post by Steve1956 » Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:53 am

tim_noone wrote:They should be named and shamed.....like rats off a sinking ship..drama queens! :roll:
You know who they are Timothy....do it :lol:
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Re: What a bloody window!

Post by Claretto » Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:53 am

Tall Paul wrote:I'd feel like a massive idiot right now if I'd spent the last month or so criticising the recruitment team and transfer policy.
You mean like Dyche last week?
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Post by tim_noone » Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:56 am

Steve1956 wrote:You know who they are Timothy....do it :lol:
There's just to many to mention. :D

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Re: What a bloody window!

Post by Steve1956 » Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:58 am

tim_noone wrote:There's just to many to mention. :D
Yea your probably right,it would take you weeks to compose the list....forget it. ;)

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Re: What a bloody window!

Post by BurningBeard » Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:59 am

ClaretDiver wrote:Yup......there are going to be some members on here who may be feeling a little silly right now!
Members is about right.
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Re: What a bloody window!

Post by Spijed » Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:59 am

JarrowClaret wrote:To be fare to anyone who was moaning it has been frustrating watching as others made signings. Everyone knows including the recruitment team that it is better to have the players in early but sometimes that isn’t possible for a multitude of reasons. I never understand the moaning about money though surely we should be judging everyone not on how much we have spent but on who we have bought. I personnally couldn’t care less if a player costs 20p or 20 Million as long as he is the right charecter and adds quality.
Is there any evidence that getting players in early actually makes any difference over the course of a season?

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Re: What a bloody window!

Post by IanMcL » Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:01 am

Patience is a virtue.

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Re: What a bloody window!

Post by BOYSIE31 » Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:02 am

Dont get all excited we have signed 2 championship players and a past it goalie.

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Re: What a bloody window!

Post by ŽižkovClaret » Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:03 am

I think Ben Mee was also waiting for us to show some ambition and sign players so we are hardly alone here ;)

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Re: What a bloody window!

Post by Tall Paul » Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:06 am

Claretto wrote:You mean like Dyche last week?
No, I didn't see any such criticism from SD.

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Post by Claretto » Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:08 am

Tall Paul wrote:No, I didn't see any such criticism from SD.
You didn't see SD criticising the transfer policy?

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Post by Tall Paul » Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:09 am

Claretto wrote:You didn't see SD criticising the transfer policy?
Nope, when did he do that?

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Re: What a bloody window!

Post by SGr » Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:13 am

Has to be said, since Dyche’s interview a few days ago they’ve really pulled finger

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Re: What a bloody window!

Post by Claretto » Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:15 am

Tall Paul wrote:Nope, when did he do that?
When he said we probably can't compete at this level long-term...

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Post by Paranoid » Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:21 am

BOYSIE31 wrote:Dont get all excited we have signed 2 championship players and a past it goalie.
Pope - League 1
Ward - Championship
Taylor -Championship
Tarkowski - Championship
Gudmundsson - League 1
Barnes - Championship
Wood - Championship
Brady - Championship

Need I go on? and your point is?
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Post by Tall Paul » Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:22 am

Claretto wrote:When he said we probably can't compete at this level long-term...
That wasn't a criticism of the transfer policy, it was a comment on the state of the transfer market.
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Post by Claretto » Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:23 am

Tall Paul wrote:That wasn't a criticism of the transfer policy, it was a comment on the state of the transfer market.
They are one and the same. The policy must keep up with the market.

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Re: What a bloody window!

Post by Pstotto » Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:25 am

Hart is a similar signing to Tony Waiters in 1970. Incidentally, Waiters had a dark blue Ford Escort camper van. Just goes to show how wacky some of these folk are.

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Re: What a bloody window!

Post by BOYSIE31 » Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:29 am

Paranoid wrote:Pope - League 1
Ward - Championship
Taylor -Championship
Tarkowski - Championship
Gudmundsson - League 1
Barnes - Championship
Wood - Championship
Brady - Championship

Need I go on? and your point is?
We still require better quality

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Post by Longside4evr » Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:32 am

Pope and Gudmundsson was sign from Championship level even though Charlton were relegated those two players never played League One
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Re: What a bloody window!

Post by Tall Paul » Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:33 am

Claretto wrote:They are one and the same. The policy must keep up with the market.
Not if it puts the long term future of the club at risk, which SD appears to understand and accept.

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Post by DomBFC1882 » Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:34 am

There's no pleasing some. Define quality what Burnley could realistically bring to the club?

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Post by Spijed » Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:36 am

BOYSIE31 wrote:We still require better quality
Really?

And what would you expect us to achieve if we did get better quality? Win the league, qualify for the Champions league? Win the FA cup? Win the Europa league?

What's up with finishing 7th?

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Post by ElectroClaret » Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:36 am

Claretto wrote:They are one and the same.
Are they bollix. He was saying we can't compete with the top six. (And other richer clubs.)

Which we can't.

And when you say "the policy must keep up with the market." , where do you suggest we
get the extra hundreds of millions of quid we'd need to "keep up" with the likes of Chelsea, City. etc.?

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Post by Claretto » Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:45 am

ElectroClaret wrote:Are they bollix. He was saying we can't compete with the top six. (And other richer clubs.)

Which we can't.

And when you say "the policy must keep up with the market." , where do you suggest we
get the extra hundreds of millions of quid we'd need to "keep up" with the likes of Chelsea, City. etc.?
Calm down.

He didn't say anything about the top 6. He said we can't compete with the rest of the Premier League.

He also said the club needed to open its mind regarding spending.

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Post by Loyalclaret » Wed Aug 08, 2018 12:02 pm

tim_noone wrote:They should be named and shamed.....like rats off a sinking ship..drama queens! :roll:
Same posters twice a year

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Post by mkmel » Wed Aug 08, 2018 12:06 pm

DomBFC1882 wrote:There's no pleasing some. Define quality what Burnley could realistically bring to the club?
Hart Gibson and Vydra

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Post by RalphCoatesComb » Wed Aug 08, 2018 12:10 pm

BOYSIE31 wrote:We still require better quality
Perhaps we should go for Aguero, De Bruyne and Pogba next then?! :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Post by Wile E Coyote » Wed Aug 08, 2018 12:23 pm

ClaretDiver wrote:Yup......there are going to be some members on here who may be feeling a little silly right now!

no they won't

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Post by BabylonClaret » Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:32 pm

Why would they? Most had a point and as people have said Dyche effectively said the club needed to get the balance right implying iy wasnt quite.

I aslo suspect a narrow squeak against Aberdeen raised a few eyebrows when we had v little difference on thr bench going into the last 20 minutes. I thought Aberdeen did well but over 2 legs thry shouldnt really have got that close

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Post by KefkaClaret » Wed Aug 08, 2018 3:58 pm

Personally think we are a winger short with Brady just coming back from injury.

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Post by Spijed » Wed Aug 08, 2018 4:03 pm

BabylonClaret wrote:I thought Aberdeen did well but over 2 legs thry shouldnt really have got that close
The same can be said of every underdog in a cup competition. For example, should Man City have put ten past Wigan last season instead of losing?

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Re: What a bloody window!

Post by Burnleyareback2 » Wed Aug 08, 2018 4:03 pm

Tall Paul wrote:I'd feel like a massive idiot right now if I'd spent the last month or so criticising the recruitment team and transfer policy.
Just hope they have recovered from all the previous windows where they looked like pillocks...

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Post by BabylonClaret » Wed Aug 08, 2018 4:10 pm

Spijed wrote:The same can be said of every underdog in a cup competition. For example, should Man City have put ten past Wigan last season instead of losing?
Probably and Wigan rode their luck a bit but that was a one off game at their place. Over 2 legs (or a draw and a replay) you expect the better team to win.

We didnt create enough at home once we went in front (albeit thwir keeper made some crucial saves to keep thrm in it) and that we had little difference on the bench to switch up as the Dons dug in was clear.

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Post by northernpowerhouse » Wed Aug 08, 2018 4:13 pm

Cracking window but we still need a winger. JBG, Lennon, Brady and Walters leaves us very susceptible to injuries, and I don't want to see Jay wasted out on the left (if we sign him).

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Post by mkmel » Wed Aug 08, 2018 4:46 pm

Greedy I know but would still like a winger a striker and a central midfielder

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Post by taio » Wed Aug 08, 2018 4:48 pm

mkmel wrote:Greedy I know but would still like a winger a striker and a central midfielder
That's what I call greedy :D

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Re: What a bloody window!

Post by mkmel » Wed Aug 08, 2018 5:01 pm

But I'm still a Happy Clapper :D

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Post by Paranoid » Wed Aug 08, 2018 5:02 pm

Longside4evr wrote:Pope and Gudmundsson was sign from Championship level even though Charlton were relegated those two players never played League One
Not sure if you are being pedantic? However just for clarity Pope and Gudmundsson were signed from a club that had been in the championship, however had been relegated to League 1 when we bought them.

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Re: What a bloody window!

Post by Right_winger » Wed Aug 08, 2018 6:09 pm

Think the happy clappers need to calm it a bit. We’ve signed 2 decent players and a ex world class keeper.

Still a bit short for my money.
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Re: What a bloody window!

Post by summitclaret » Wed Aug 08, 2018 6:24 pm

Yes rw at this very moment we have signed the bare minimum, albeit good ones. The balance was tipped in favour of a good window when Ben signed up. However, me thinks the bragging from some is at bit ott atm. Also, it remains to be seen whether the lateness of it all affects tomorrow's performance, and more importantly knocks onto Sunday's. For e.g, we will be down on strikers tomorrow if Sam is out of the picture and possibly Walters. Is Wood fit?

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