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And the farce which is players encroaching into the area.

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I wonder what the position is regarding EUFA's finacial regulations and available cash at Espanyol as I can see the possibility for a bit of creative thinking for Burnley. It was reported that Alan Pace will be in charge of transfer until the end of August in Spain. Is it a possibility that Burnley...

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Can it not be more than just benefiting Alan Pace? If Burnley benefit from the new partnership or if espanyol benefit from the new partnership that then benefits Alan Pace and the group of investors? Is Alan Pace personally benefiting financially? Is there something we missing. People can disagree ...

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RVclaret wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 15, 2025 1:16 pm
Thanks, and if you aren’t open minded to query other benefits, which seems a strange thing to do, then crack on.

I'm aware of the incidental benefits that being part of a multi-club ownership group may bring to BFC. But that is not why Alan Pace is buying Espanyol.

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RVclaret wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 15, 2025 1:01 pm
It can be both. Which perhaps you don’t get.

If you want to believe that Pace is buying Espanyol for the benefit of Burnley then crack on fella.

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Some people don't seem to get it. Alan Pace is buying Espanyol to benefit Alan Pace, not Burnley.

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Congratulations Alan Pace and team on reaching agreement with the shareholders of Espanyol and adding the Spanish club to ALK/VSP group. It's good to know that the investors in ALK/VSP support what has been achieved so far with Burnley Football Club, and that you have your investors support to expa...

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Grim.

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Bfc_1882 wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 14, 2025 1:51 pm
That is true but it'll soon come off will that year

The threshold for first release will increase.

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bfcmik wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 9:03 pm
I have my season ticket, so attending 5 away games = 450 points without attending any of the 19 home games.

I guess you could buy a ticket for every single game and not attend any of them and get the maximum number of loyalty points.

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I get what you mean Rileybobs. Not sure if I’m correct but as the referee had given the foul, var couldn’t overturn it. All var could decide was whether it was on the line or outside. I stand to be corrected of course. I don’t actually know, but I would have thought that Wales would have got the ba...

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Well first of all you stepped in and gave an answer to a question that I asked of another poster. He said Foster should go out on loan, no mention of bringing a striker in. You are hoping that we sign another striker which is fair enough, but shouldn't we get another striker before sending Foster o...

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Farcical again. You could clearly see in real time the trip was on the line. Why did it take nearly 3 minutes for var to make that decision. I think the question was more whether it was a foul as it was very soft. You could tell they were going to award it though as reviewing for a penalty and then...

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All season in the Championship many posters on here were saying that Flemming wasn't a striker? Ok lets say Foster does go out on loan and Flemming gets injured, where do we turn then? Flemming has played as a centre forward for us since signing so I don’t really know what people are on about when ...

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It was 3 goals and 2 assists in the first 7. Should have been 4 and 3 had the Forest goal been allowed, and Luca scored an open net chance at Brentford. That’s a goal contribution either almost every game or every game, depending if you include the hypotheticals. He was playing very well, which is ...

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Targetman wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 7:43 pm
Who would you play in his place as a striker?

It’s obviously Flemming from our current squad.

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It was 3 goals and 2 assists in the first 7. Should have been 4 and 3 had the Forest goal been allowed, and Luca scored an open net chance at Brentford. That’s a goal contribution either almost every game or every game, depending if you include the hypotheticals. He was playing very well, which is ...

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Well it was more than 4 or 5 games. Your take at the time was very accurate, he was a massive miss for us, as he was playing so well, and apart from the outstanding performance at Villa in December, he never rekindled that form. I personally think the talent is there, but either head and/or physica...

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When he was playing really well in the Prem. I seem to recall that being a very small run of games nearly two years ago and I’ve changed my opinion of Foster’s ability since then because, well, I’ve watched him play a number of times in those following 2 years. I think that’s more sane than those w...

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No excuses here, just trying my best to support a player who plays for my club rather than drag him down . Its all about opinions but my outlook is and always will be optimistic and positive about a player who currently plays for Burnley. What's the point otherwise? just to be proved right in a poi...

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RVclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 6:50 pm
Let’s hope he does the same as last time when you were saying the same things about him.

When was this post from please?

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:arrow: "Quite obvious" because most of last season he was played on the wing, so apologies I thought it would be a fairer comparison? Obviously not, I'm not fussed either way, it is what it is. Last season Foster scored 2 in 17 starts (1 in 8) (playing mostly on the wing) In the Premier League he s...

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Could be some eggy faces on here tomorrow.

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7.5 goal contributions per season is not a good number for an attacker. Also, it’s curious and quite obvious why goal contributions are being used rather than goals - it’s also quite misleading as to the attacking output of a player as often an assist can be quite incidental to the goal itself.

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Can see Tresor playing as a number 10 especially if Amdouni is injured. Benson will be sold which means 4 wingers which is what we require and Tresor can step in if required. Tresor's stats as a number 10 are virtually the same as his left wing stats : Played 71 - Goals 15 - Assists 22 You have not...

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Remember, Jakub likes to deal in facts. Unlike others he doesn’t possess an object, spherical in form and from crystal forged, and he is yet to acquire the ability common to the soothsayer to foresee events which are yet to transpire and ramifications materialise, or some other such bOll0cks.

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warksclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 11, 2025 10:26 pm
Ben Mee, Stephen Ward,Michael Duff, Tarkowski , Michael Keane, Tom Heaton

There’s a difference between players improving with age and players who play better against stronger opposition.

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I’ve got a feeling SP isn’t like VK and will try and keep( for the majority )the core of the side together who got us up. We know we need to add quality to the team to compete but I would be surprised to see so many changes come our first game than what we finished with the last game. I agree, and ...

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We seem a little heavy on wingers. Edwards and Anthony don’t deserve to lose their shirt (Edwards you’d have a case as he dipped a little towards the end of the season) but keeping a happy squad is just as important as winning games. Having 2,4 or 5 wingers sulking not playing won’t do anything for...

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More wingers is baffling i must admit. We must have bought 17 wingers in the last 3 seasons or something daft Is it really though? I can only think of Edwards, Anthony, Koleosho, Tchaouna and JBL who are likely to be heavily involved in the wide forward areas - and I’d imagine 4 out of the 5 will f...

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123EasyasBFC wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 11, 2025 8:47 pm
Take it you don’t agree with me then hahaha

Well he isn’t a strong passer, doesn’t have a good touch and lacks stamina, so no!

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A solid signing. Not the answer to our problems but strengthens the squad.

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NottsClaret wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 11, 2025 8:25 pm
I know you make your own luck but that night at Forest set him back big time. Totally unfair too.

Like you say, you make your own luck, and he made his own misfortune with a stupid sending off.

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Might be completely wrong so don’t come for me but does anyone else think Foster could end up being like Joelinton at Newcastle. Signed as a striker but with attributes to be successful deeper? I’m think the Vitinho goal at Luton first game of last season were he won the ball back in our box and dr...

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I don't expect either to feature until at least the second half of the season. Coming straight back into the PL after such huge lay-offs is incredible unlikely, and could trigger further injuries. A couple of loan deals, similar to Ekdal last season, would make sense. Get them back on the pitch reg...

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BleedingClaret wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 10, 2025 10:16 pm
Away players and staff will cross home fans to get to away fans after games and then cross back across the home fans again to get to the tunnel

I know, but it is a fact that a tunnel in the corner of the BLS and CFS is closer to the dugouts.

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But moving the tunnel for safety concerns makes no sense if they are mirroring the fans across too - the same group of fans will be by the tunnel just on the other side. None of this actually makes any sense at the moment with pure speculation, I guess we’ll have to wait for any official communicat...

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As someone who is normally pro Burnley football club, I'd find it strange if they started moving fans, without informing them at the point of sale, if they did, they deserve all the flak coming their way If, and it is an if, the club are moving the tunnel due to safety concerns exacerbated by the S...

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Djs254 wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 10, 2025 8:28 pm
Longstaff would be great as an option if he was included in the negotiations for Trafford

I keep seeing people suggest these kinds of deals, but how often do you see football transfers where players move in opposite directions as part of the same deal.

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Leisure wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 10, 2025 8:29 pm
But it will be if they also move fans over.

I don’t follow you. My point is that if the club have been advised/instructed to move the tunnel to the BL/CFS corner then they may have wanted to keep Burnley fans either side of the tunnel as they currently are, for the reasons mentioned.

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Leisure wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 10, 2025 8:04 pm
They are either side of the tunnel now.

I know, but they wouldn’t be if they were required to move the player tunnel into the opposite corner for health and safety reasons.

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Personally i didn't think he was anywhere near as bad as you are making him out to have been. and neither did Eddie howe. He wasn’t. His big weakness was dealing with crosses into the box, and he wasn’t helped by the way the team set up and defended. But his shot stopping was at a good level all se...

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Just thinking out loud but could this be a consequence of the incidents after the Sheffield Utd game. Not heard anything about any FA reprimands. I think this is quite likely re moving the tunnel. The behaviour of some fans after that match posed a threat to player and staff safety and having the t...

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I’m not defending the club here, but it doesn’t make much difference whether they tell CFS season ticket holders now or in a week or two when the work is complete. As long as they give notice before the start of the season and offer a seat swap option. It’s not like they are going to stop the works ...

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I agree to a certain extent but I loved cinema when I was young and love it even more today. But is cinema important? I would say it's more important than football although it depends on what sort of films we're talking. But even the "classics" are not "important" when compared with societal and li...

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Football isn’t what it used to be, but the main reason for that is that you are all older. Obviously we were all more enthusiastic for something as relatively unimportant as football when we were younger.

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Our ppg was also higher with him in. It’s a team game. But both sides he played for at this level did better while he was starting. Only recently I read on here someone giving Esteve credit for Burnley picking up more points in the latter stages of the season after signing in January. Like you say ...

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No, I based it on the maths. His PPG is 0.67. Without him, PPG is 0.50 so the difference is 0.17 PPG. 20 x 0.17 is 3.4 Points. You can't say 'Oh but, he would have suddenly doubled the number of mistakes in the last 20 games'. I am basing the figures on maths, which do not lie. How are you coming t...

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Quite an incredible signing really. He’s played at the very highest level until very recently, and whilst his best days are obviously behind him I imagine he’s still got an awful lot to give. I’ve been really impressed with our business so far - there seems to be a lot more thought going into these ...

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Could be my memory playing tricks, but I’m sure he played for Sheff Utd when we faced them in the play off final in 2009.

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