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................Dubravka

Roberts - Walker - Esteve - Hartman

Edwards - Ugochukwu - Cullen - Anthony

.................Hannibal

...............Broja / JBL

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I would be aiming to keep the spine of the team from this year. That includes not cashing in on Trafford yet, and convincing CJER & Brownhill to sign new contracts also. GK Trafford - Keep Hladky- Keep Greene - Keep Worral is decent experienced back up. Beyer has been out for so long I think he migh...

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92, 94, 99, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2023, 2025 92 being the best. Same promotions, but 2009 was probably the best one. Having been tipped for relegation to then go an get into the playoffs and win at the new Wembley to get into the premier league. The prem felt so far away at the start of the 08/09 seaso...

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Don't most Leicester fans hate Dyche, stemming from comments he made when we were both promoted in 13/14? I seem to recall whenever he has been linked to the role before then the comments around him have been pretty negative. Could very quickly descend into the same situation as Cooper if so, with f...

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.............Trafford

Roberts - CJER - eSteve - Pires

..........Cullen - Brownhill

Edwards - Flemming - Anthony

..............Foster

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........…..……Trafford
Roberts...Worrall..Esteve...Humphreys
.........Cullen......Shelvey.....
Edwards.....Flemming.......Hannibal
...............Foster

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Trafford
Roberts CJ Esteve Humphries
Cullen Laurent
Edwards Brownhill Anthony
Flemming

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Trafford
Roberts CJ Esteve Humphreys
Cullen Brownhill
Anthony Flemming Hannibal
Foster

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Trafford 7 - Not much to do, better distribution going direct when required. Roberts 6 - thought he was more positive tonight and his experience is valuable as shown in his battle with Maja. Egan Riley 8 - Starting to really look the part and making himself first choice. Those blocks very reminiscen...

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Trafford Roberts - CJER - E Steve - Humphries Laurent - Brownhill Sarmiento - Hannibal - Kolesho Flemming Flemming straight back in as striker. He's the best option we have to lead the line and we have better depth at no10. Koleosho out to the left, see if that helps him regain some form. With Koleo...

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In. It's still early, lots of changes to the squad and players missing. Plus, it's only the second loss of the season. Maybe too many draws, but with a few players back those draws easily become wins.

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Trafford 6 - Decent save and came to colect a few balls. His distribution is really poor though. Roberts 5 - Egan-Riley 7 MOM - really impressed with how he is developing. Esteve 6 - Solid enough Humphries 6 - Thought he did well out of possition. Cullen 5 - A passenger in midfield. Whether that was...

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David Nugent up top.

Shout out to Mike Pollitt also.

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From what each has done for the club on the pitch (so far) Impactful Signing Josh Cullen Ian Maatsen - LOAN Arijanet Muric Vitinho Manuel Benson Nathan Tella - LOAN Taylor Harwood-Bellis - LOAN Anass Zaroury Jordan Beyer Lyle Foster Dara O'Shea Luca Koleosho Jacob Bruun Larsen - LOAN Sander Berge Wi...

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Casper - Davis
Mullen - Eyres
Heath - Little
Waddle - Payton
Stan - Blake
Cotterill - Elliot
Coyle - Pato
Laws - Cork
Howe - Trippier
Dyche - Tarks
VK - Cullen

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We will need to sell some players to stem the losses from being in the championship & reduce the bloated wage bill. The following (I think) will all have suitors somewhere and could attract a fee near to what we originally paid for them. Trafford, Berge, Beyer, Odabert & Amdouni. I expect the follow...

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not an exact science but the upturn in form since Muric came into the side is quite startling, even with the odd mistake he throws in.

Points per game

With Trafford = 0.5
With Muric = 1.25

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Well, two things. Firstly this specific sentence from the accounts: In the event that the group's financial performance varies or is less than that modelled, the directors are satisfied that sufficient funds can be generated or otherwise obtained by the Group, if this was absolutely necessary. Seco...

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First you’d need to look at the ones who need or are going to leave . Almost certain : Weghorst Cork Jay Peacock-Farrell Possible : Roberts JBG Obafemi McNally Churlinov Bastien Egan-Riley JBL defendant on loan to buy deal (unknown) Tresor as above (unknown) Brownhill (option on contract poss) Berg...

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Personally, I would expect all player out of contract in the summer to not be renewed, including those with options. Easy way to reduce the wage bill from higher earners.

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Mansfield claret wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 05, 2024 12:01 pm
Probably because they are all getting on a bit age wise?

They're also likely to be at the top end of the wage bill, so an easy option to help help reduce this.

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Last time we went down we had to sell £60m of first team players and let other experienced players leave on frees to help reduce the wage bill accordingly to more suit the budget for a championship season. Given we have spent pretty much all of the money the club would receive for a season in the pr...

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K: Muric STAY Trafford STAY Peacock Farrell.... GO Vigeroux STAY Full Back: Assignon STAY Vitinho STAY Roberts GO Taylor STAY Central defenders: Beyer STAY Esteve STAY Ekdal .......Stay AL Dakhil STAY O’Shea STAY McNally ......GO Delcroix GO Egan Riley GO Central Midfielders: Brownhill STAY Berge ST...

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I am honestly not sure but wouldn't be surprised. The bit that gets to me the most on this sort of thing is I just know that ALK will probably never have the club operating without some sort of debt; anytime something is paid off/amortised they will be looking at other ways to 'push the envelope' i...

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We know that the stadium and training ground (and I think another property) have been used as security against the loans right? And here in lies the concern. All the risk for the ALK strategy is on Burnley FC, not on ALK themselves. If they fault on the debt they can walk away with small losses & b...

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Get some experience of the pitch, players who know how to play at this level to help the younger ones around them.

Muric
Assignon - O’Shea - Beyer - Taylor
Cullen Cork Berge
JBG Fofana Foster/Jay

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Stay

But it is entirely based on what he achieved last season in the division we are going to be playing in.

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Trafford 4 - just not ready for this level Assignon 5 - tried O’Shea 5 - tried Esteve 4 - mateta had him all game Taylor 5 - didn’t look match sharp JBG 5 - ended up covering for Assignon a lot Berge 5 - sloppy at times but the only one who looked like unlocking them Brownhill 4 - wasn’t having a gr...

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When Jay was in the team pre Xmas I actually thought these performances as a team were the best we had this season. He got the best out of those around him and defended from the front. Useful for defending set pieces also. So I think there's argument to say that in a front two Jay should partner one...

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We’ve spent over 100 million and people on here think Cork and Rodriguez are the answer, both players legs have gone and nowhere near the standard we need . You could say "we've spent over 100 million and none of the players we've signed are any better than two 34 year olds who we already had on th...

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I don’t see what difference changing the manager would do right now, or who we would get in. More upheaval to a team that has changed already so much from last seasons successful set up. VK gets another go at the championship given what he did last time, chance to prove that special season was not a...

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Strange how we don't have daily threads about Cullen not playing if we are going off someone not playing who was good last season, he was about the best. Cullen started the season in the team and has made a total of 11 starts + 1 Sub appearance from 24 games, totalling 936 mins on the pitch Benson ...

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Simple question If VK doesn't fancy him at this level or has had a fall out with him, Why hasn't he just let him go either on loan or transfer as he clearly doesn't feel the need to start him Just one of a number of baffling decisions by a manager who looks way out of his depth at this level This i...

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I think it's less Hart/Heaton & more Grant/Beast.

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As for people defending Trafford I don’t see that many posters who are saying he has not made mistakes. I don’t see many posters who say that he should be in the team before Muric. 24 people have voted for him in the MOM vote against Liverpool. They might not be saying he has not made a mistake, bu...

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Trafford in / Trafford out has become our very own culture war. Any opinion you disagree with isn't dealt with logically but based on the the side you sit on, irrelevant of the evidence there. Trafford currently has 9% (24 votes) for MOM on the UTC home page, which is ridiculous in the context of th...

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Luton had 60% possession against us the other week. They may be physical, but they can play too.

We were a possession team. I'm not sure what we are now.

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According to last years stats from here https://www.uptheclarets.com/202223-burnley-fc-stats Last seasons top 16 names by mins .................Starts - Subs - Mins Josh Cullen 43 0 3,844 Arijanet Muric 41 0 3,616 Josh Brownhill 41 0 3,579 Connor Roberts 39 4 3529 Ian Maatsen 38 1 3321 Taylor H’d-B ...

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We had a team of players who has just spent a whole season playing together, creating familiarity between themselves, overcoming together different scenarios and challenges on the pitch to win the Championship forge a winning mentality along the way. We then lost 3-4 key players from last years team...

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I would go with bringing in the sub that made the difference vs Fulham rather than changing people other positions. Fofana, JBG & Esteve in for Amdouni, Ramsey & Ekdal respectively. Argument to bring Cullen in for Brownhill maybe, but given we will not have much possession in this match, I think Bro...

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To be fair to him, I don't think he fits the current system we are trying to play. He's not a wide player, he's not a traditional centre mid, he's an central attacking midfielder for me, but this area of the pitch is where Amdouni like to drop into. One or the other for me.

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Somehow we still only have 1 recognised left back

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Have to say, I am very sad to hear this news. Brilliant last season, not given much of a chance this season but with his recent minutes, I thought he might be working his way back into the fold. Out of last seasons squad Zaroury looked the most ready and capable to step up.

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HahaYeah wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 01, 2024 2:13 pm
Was assuming that Delcroix, along with Beyer and Taylor are injured.

ah. Esteve or Ekdal then.

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...............Trafford Vitinho - O'Shea - Delcroix - Al-Dakhil JBG - Brownhill - Berge - Odobert ...............Jay - Foster Gone with the squad as it is confirmed right now. Delcroix did well with O'Shea against Spurs. Al-Dakhil only option for left back really. For me, our best spell this season ...

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Goodluck to him. Had some niggling injuries, but not given much of a chance when fit. That's Weghorst, Bastien, Churlinov, Twine & Obafemi all shipped out less than 12 months after signing. It seems less buy and develop, more buy and cross fingers. It's hard to form an identity with a squad of ever ...

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I'd be interested to see how many goals we have conceded after making our 1st substitute. I'm with those who think our subs have often cost us points.

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And that is why he has been sacked. For the budget he commands you have to deliver champions league football by finishing in the top 3-4 in the league and he hasn't. I think his style suits knock out football more than weekly points based football and that is is less lucrative, so from a business po...

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He has a certain style, and i think that determines if you like/ or dislike him but he did win Roma's first trophy in over 1 years and was a penalty shootout from winning them their 2nd last season in the Europa League final.

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Kompany has had a lot of injuries/suspensions to contend with in the defence, but =earlier in the season he was tinkering with the team even without the injuries. Since he has settled on a "preferred" 11-14 players to start matches overall performances have improved and we look harder to beat, somet...

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