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Makes me laugh when people say Sargent isn’t worth £20m when he was the best number 9 in the league last year. The same people want £40m for Trafford and £50m for Esteve. Lots of reasons for this, primary being we're a PL club now. If we'd not been promoted you'd be looking at £25-30m for Trafford/...

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Johnstone would be a good short term Trafford replacement on the assumption that the price is reasonable and we've done our homework on Weiß and have the long term locked in. Can't say I know anything about Weiß so no idea if that's the case. Not sure Diego Carlos is what we need in a further CB add...

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Didn’t want to create a thread for it but on X there’s a few accounts saying Amdouni has suffered a serious injury in training Would be weird, with us playing a game earlier today and Parker saying we got through with no issues. Can't imagine there'd be much, if any, training after a match, just re...

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Trafford Tuanzebe Worrall Esteve Walker Cullen Laurent Hartman Edwards Amdouni Foster With what we have we'd have to start Laurent in midfield, any pair that didn't include him would be completely overrun because it'd be too lightweight. Gone for Foster over Flemming because would lack pace otherwis...

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Unless Parker sees something in Edwards or even Tresor maybe to play more central as a number 10. If we are looking to soak up pressure and break with pace then for me koleosho needs to be given then chance again If we're switching to a back 5 then there isn't really a 10 because usually it's 2 ins...

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The profile of wingers like JBL and Tchouana are more suited for attacking on the break, at pace. And if we're switching to a back 5 like has been suggested, this doesn't necessarily suit Anthony and Edwards who prefer to receive the ball, out wide, to feet. It's going to be interesting seeing how w...

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My point is more that in the 2nd half of last season we were as free scoring as Leeds whilst still better defensively I know from painful experience, as do we all, that both those stats are not comparable with how we’ll fare in the Premier League. Second half of the season goals scored: Burnley - 3...

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As I recall it, Dyche inherited a decent squad when he took over from Howe. There were players who came good in a big way under Dyche that had never really been close to performing at those levels before (Trippier, Mee, Ings, Vokes) but when you see those names you think of the players they became,...

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CyrilEbokiPoh wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 07, 2025 9:57 pm
Would 17th make him equal with Dyche, especially with what he inherited?

What is it you mean by this? Is this a suggestion that Parker inherited a worse situation and squad than Dyche did?

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I don’t think we had a high defensive line under Southgate I remember it differently than you then, it's a while ago and I can't find much by way of stats that far back (I did find a graphic showing we had the 3rd highest line of the teams at Euro 2020, don't think there was a massive change from S...

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As you said as a 1 v 1 defender he is very good and I’d expect him to be defended more but who knows. Do you not think he could play right centre back in a back 3 with either Roberts or Tuanzebe as the wing back? I don't. His time at centre back was in a team that had a high defensive line with mos...

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The point you are making about him being in a team that doesn’t really have to defend much is valid. Do you not think potentially the way City defended as a whole last season didn’t help making him look poor, from the naked eye they looked to be defending on the half way line most of the time. You’...

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I don't think it'll be the lost pace necessarily that causes the issues, it's that because he's always had that pace his defensive anticipation and positioning haven't had to be up to the same standard as slower defenders because he could recover it with pace. As we saw against Senegal, he wasn't sw...

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No you tried to compare the amount of games bardsley played aged 35 as a reason why we shouldn’t be signing Walker aged 35. The massive difference is where the two players careers were at, at the point of signing for us. Completely different Nope, was just pointing out why that was a bad comparison...

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123EasyasBFC wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 05, 2025 11:16 am
You tried to compare Bardsley. Oh yes sorry Walker was actually 33 when he won the treble

No, someone else compared them. I was pointing out that it was a bad comparison.

Which it seems you agree with, so I'm not sure why you're taking issue with me over it.

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123EasyasBFC wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 05, 2025 10:46 am
Your still at it, bardsley was playing for Stoke at 32, Walker was winning the treble.

There’s no other so cold Burnley fan that can’t wait for the ‘I told you so’ other than you

I didn't bring up Bardsley.

Also, stop making things up.

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Bow wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 05, 2025 10:21 am
Bardsley played RB for us at a similar age and did pretty well. And I suspect KW is a step up in ability.

Bardsley was 32 when he signed. After he turned 35 he made a grand sum of 4 league appearances for us (3 starts).

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RVclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 05, 2025 9:28 am
Few injuries in there… off the field issues… hopefully a clean slate here, fresh full week recovery for the first time in his career, like I said.

Just what you want from a 35 year old signing. A season of poor performances, injuries and off field issues.

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Last season Walker made 2 appearances (1 start) for City in the Champions League, 2 for Milan. A single domestic cup appearance for City, 3 for Milan. 26 league appearances (10 as a sub) across both City and Milan. 6 international appearances, 5 starts. Total of 40 appearances, 27 starts. I don't th...

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So your admitted you just found one comment to suit your argument. Quite clearly said it was two posts of yours, not one. Williams said it during taking over a nice pint in London after the QPR away game Convenient, to you and no one else. Never mentioned by anyone else as something he's blabbed in...

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You know full well I mentioned loans, you have spent half an hour dragging one comment up that’s how sad you are. You still think Hugil is ready to play championship football? Jack cork would of been better than them and they weren’t and still aren’t ready for the pressure of a championship promoti...

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I didn’t belittle them at all, I said their development would be better playing football week in week out in lower leagues, and not put pressure on them during an intense promotion battle. don’t try and twist it. "How can you say any other those 4 players are capable of being backup in a championsh...

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1) Shelvey also impressed against Southampton in the club the round after and would of impressed against reading. 2) Yeah paid out by Turkish club, he was pay as your play for Burnley, hence why he wasn’t around the club after the injury. 3) You are basing Walkers legs going from one game whisky Se...

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Shelvey was on pay as you play, and then got injured, the issue was you suggest Hugil* should of been getting minutes and he’s not been released. You are massively clutching trying to compare signing Shelvey last season to now signing Walker. Even by your standards it’s poor *Bauress, McDermott OR ...

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Given your outbursts on twitter regarding Parker, it’s no wonder you are against this Last signing I had an issue with was Shelvey, you hounded me on here across a bunch of posts for saying that was a poor signing and waste of money because his legs had gone whilst you said he was going to be great...

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He's a **** and his legs have gone. £5m and massive wages. Waste.

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Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 03, 2025 1:43 pm
Zeki Amoundi is top scorer for Swiss national team and given decent service will do well for us .

Agreed.

Keep seeing people say he doesn't have the fight/desire etc. He started his career in the 4th tier of Swiss football, moved to the 2nd, then the top tier. You can't do that without fight.

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Parker wants a number 9 to provide a physical platform first and foremost. Ideally they’d run in behind as well, but that’s a desirable rather than an essential. Whatever Amdouni is, he ain’t going to do any of that. That's how it was last season, it's hard to say whether that's what he'd want this...

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Seems a good solid CB that is quite highly rated & only 22. Can't say I've watched him play but looking at the data and some videos he looks like a defender that's decent on the ball playing in a side that doesn't have much of the ball and is instructed to pretty much hoof it clear all game. Big la...

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 28, 2025 7:54 pm
He was one of the players for whom we had an option which we triggered. Same applied for Ashton, Bevan, Casper & Veevers.

Thanks, good to know I wasn't imagining things.

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Mattster wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 28, 2025 7:02 pm
He extended his contract with us back in May to 2026. So we wouldn't need to trigger anything to keep him with us.

I may have imagined this

I was so sure that happened.

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He extended his contract with us back in May to 2026. So we wouldn't need to trigger anything to keep him with us.

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Costelloe linked to Wigan now too.

What's that, Burnley signing a young player to a contract extension in order to get a fee for them? A crazy idea, it'll never catch on.

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Oxlade-Chamberlain for free transfer and £30k a week with an option to get out of it after a year, I'd take. With his injury record that's a reasonable risk.

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A bit of a boredom buster here. At this stage of the close season after VK got us promoted, how many players had come in and how many had left. We need names, clubs and fees involved. We can use 19th June as a date. None. We knew Beyer and Obafemi were signing on after their loans and that Barnes a...

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IanMcL wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 18, 2025 2:57 pm
Edale was in the shakiest/non existent, defence, ever seen! A Parker defence is organised and deemed important.

Whereas that Southampton defence was really well protected by their manager...

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Dodgson being linked with loan move to Luton and Stockport but also mentions Championship interest.

https://eflanalysis.com/transfers/luton ... ut-season/

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IanMcL wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 18, 2025 10:40 am
I'd take Worrall or Ekdal in the Prem over Harwood-Bellis or Keane. No nonsense players who can head and defend. We won't be playing out much or we will be dead!

Ekdal's aerial duel success rate in the Premier League was 31%

Harwood-Bellis' last season was 56%

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I wouldn't have a clue where to look the stats up but we will give an awful lot of set pieces away next season and he always seems to win more than his fair share of headers (Keane not Rooney !!). I wouldn't write him off so quickly tbh although I'd personally prefer a younger version. Last season ...

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I think you're taking this to extremes. I don't think it's accurate to say that the only longer pass someone like Michael Keane (say) can play is kick and rush. Nor Max Esteve, nor Humphreys, nor Roberts, and that's before we get into the ability of midfielders to play those passes. It would be bet...

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Whilst this is a legitimate concern, it's in danger of being a tail that wags the dog. Keane is not a bad footballer at all - he stood out for being composed from the back in his first spell - and generally speaking these days the majority of defenders we look at should be competent on the ball. It...

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Keane would be a good replacement for Egan-Riley if we intend to completely change how we build attacks. If Parker intends to keep the same patterns of how we build attacks then Keane would be an terrible replacement because he's not like for like in any way and Egan-Riley was the key cog in our bui...

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Tchaouna is definitely a winger, left footed (but not bad with his right) and can play either wing or as a striker. Currently with France U21s, he's come off the bench in both of their matches at the U21 Euros. We were linked with him in January when he apparently favoured PSV but Lazio decided to k...

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Would definitely like Keane. 260 PL appearances. Set piece threat. Rumoured to be on 80k a week though, so not sure what we can do there. THB at £20m is just a huge no though, from me. Charlie Cresswell from Toulouse would be more suited to what we need (aerially dominant, box defender and set piec...

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mkmel wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 16, 2025 12:54 pm
Can't remember now is THB a right sided centre back like CJ Egan Riley?

Yes, Beyer played as the left sided CB in that season.

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bumba wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 16, 2025 12:45 pm
Or we get an England international with a point to prove who has plenty more years left in him as he isn't burnt out.
We won't buy or be linked with a better centre back this summer

Until he inevitably gets injured.

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It was just an example, Beyer is another he's missed a large chunk through injury but should a championship club turn their nose up at a season loan for him? Players have injuries then come back and play a full season why can't Gomez? Big difference between a loan and a £25m transfer and £75k+ a we...

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How many games did Ekdal start for us in the 18 months before his loan away where he started the majority of the games? Gomez not starting regularly at Liverpool with the talent they have isn't a shock is it. I wouldn't have O'Shea back on a free after last summer. Is Ekdal a great example for you ...

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