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I think being a world cup year will massively help us - people need to be playing to have a chance of making teams.

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Pope was consistently number 1 at claiming aerial balls from corners/crosses when he was with us. Not sure if any truth in it, but would say a 'safe pair of hands' is far more important for a team like ours, than one that can play out from the back.

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I'm not worried if Sargent goes to Wolfsburg for 16m. That's the type of money we can afford, so if we've not got him then it's because we've got a better option. The club know more than anyone that we need a new CF.

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It could also be that he simply hasn't got back to required standard/fitness needed to play for the first team. Also if there have been any attitude problems, it doesn't set a great example if he is takes bench spots instead of others.

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No doubt we're not creating as much as we want and clearly we'd love to score more, but we also needed quite a few moments of magic in the VK season, Benson scoring at least 3-4 worldies to win games. We have also been very unlucky in terms injuries with attacking talent. I'm confident we'll start t...

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The football isn't great, but we're playing for fine margins. If we had nicked a goal in two of those 10 0-0s we'd be top of the league. If we'd have been offered this on the first day of the season I'm sure 99% of people would have snapped the hand off. I'm sure bit of patience and all will be well...

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I thought first half was one of our best starts. Moved it nicely, got down the wings well but didn't create anything too clear cut. Flemming should have had a pen. Really liked Foster off the left. Thought second pen was rash challenge and we'd have wanted one if we were on receiving end. Overall go...

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I'd say definitely use one. Most brokers don't require fees from you, they get paid directly from the banks if you go with them. I wouldn't pay the broker anything directly. From our experience, they have the ability to plug your numbers into all the systems at different banks and also have relation...

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It's heartbreaking to watch happen - but unfortunately when you have a manager like Kompany that can sell a player the dream of world class development and playing in the prem, very hard to keep them once both of those have gone. Most of those leaving have only been with us 1-2 years, no loyalty to ...

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He was 33/1 to be top scorer in the division this season - I know he's more than just a goal scorer, but seemed very high odds.

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Whilst player power clearly a very real thing - credit to Leeds for doing a brilliant job of keeping their main players last season after they went down. The finances must have a part to play here.

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Wonder if we got some nice compensation for him - best of luck.

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The Navalny documentary is brilliant - investigating his own poisoning. Really sad to hear the news.

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The goal was sickening but on the balance of play a draw was probably a fair result - particularly first half. Luton know how to play against us. There are easiest games for us than Luton. They had our number at the away game and we did well for a smash and grab. Similar last season, hard games. I d...

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There's a lot of revisionism going on here - Chelsea have given us a number of hidings under Dyche at the turf: 18 Aug 2014 Burnley v Chelsea L 1-3 Premier 12 Feb 2017 Burnley v Chelsea D 1-1 Premier League 19 Apr 2018 Burnley v Chelsea L 1-2 Premier 28 Oct 2018 Burnley v Chelsea L 0-4 Premier 26 Oc...

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The net amount we've spent is a very large sum, but as many have said all the fees are within the region that they shouldn't be too hard to get at least 80/90% of what we paid should we go down. The teams that have struggled financially post relegation tend to be the ones that have signed experience...

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Fantastic half - if they have any other striker, I think it's 0-0. Pressed really well and fancy us to grab a goal here

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Also agree re: Gnonto - looked on fire at times, but not sure a position we're short of. Also surprising that nobody else has come in for him

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Personally not devestated that we haven't broken the bank to sign Maatsen - he was fantastic for us, but his biggest strenght was often going forward and next year we're far more likely to be on the back foot. He'll do really well for Chelsea/team that has the ball a lot more.

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I'd come out swinging for the next 30mins - see if we can get another 30-50+ which just makes it that bit harder to reach

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I can't believe some people are saying that Barnes is genuinely better - I love Barnes but I think Wout has a much higher ceiling. Please tell me why Man U went after him, and then continually played him AND he made the Dutch WC team and scored a few goals, if he is terrible? His personality might b...

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It's much harder to recruit this year for at least 2 reasons: 1 - there are far less players capable of playing in the prem than the championship. 2 - we have gone from being one of the highest paying and most attractive prospects, to one of the least and lowest paying. Sure we will get some excitin...

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I think Weghorst could be brilliant for us next season - we've finally got wingers that can beat a man and whip in a killer ball. If he's welcomed back into the squad, it's a no brainer for me. He has just spent 12 months playing for Man U and played for the Netherlands at the WC - hard to believe h...

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Just been doing some reading on Coulibaly - turned down a whole host of clubs including Man U, Barcelona and PSG to go to Dortumund. Let's hope he clicks here - could be a fantastic signing.

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Sometimes you need to buy assets when they become available even if not necessarily needed right now. If we think he's going right to the top, and is available now - then makes sense. Wouldn't surprise me if we loan him out to a championship club for the next season and we plan to start him 12-24 mo...

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I think Rory played a very mature 'US open' round (made no mistakes), but he didn't get a birdy after the 1st hole and left himself with lots of putts to at least threaten but never really looked like sinking one. He was about 40th for the week putting. I think he played the right game plan, but Cla...

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Tella been brilliant for us this season, but will be a completely different test against prem oppo. Not worth breaking bank for imo

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Agree - brilliant. Best Netflix original for a long time

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By the makers of 'the four year plan' - hands down the best football on-the-wall documentary out there. So much better than the netflix trash. Should be brilliant

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NDAs are normal - people sign them all the time when getting access to privileged info. The last thing the club would need is some ideas just being leaked.

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One thing you get from dyche.... honesty. Should have qualified the last bit of my post - Dyche said that he fully expected he would have kept us up.....I was the one that thought we look destined for the drop :D He also gave some interesting points re: new manager bounce. New players/people come i...

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I listen to the 'High performance' podcast this weekend with Dyche and Jake Humphrey - very clear that Dyche felt he couldn't have done anything different with Burnley in the final season, had tried every method and technique to squeeze an extra inch but they players had just lost the edge. We didn'...

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I don't think Kompany will go - but I don't love the way he has been answering the questions about his future. Just refusal to answer them vs. it would be very easy to just say 'I'm happy here, really looking forward to the challenge next season.

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I think Fury wins this easily although probably drags it out a bit. Usyk doest have the power at heavyweight to KO (last 3 HW fights all gone the distance). Fury is just in a league of his own IMO. Still be a fantastic watch

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He went down with a similar injury against Millwall (clearly not as bad though) when he was pushed off the end of the pitch - I wonder if he's got a history of shoulder injuries. Fingers crossed he's back soon

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Really want Tommy Fury to win - mainly because I think it makes a bit of a mockery of the sport if Jake Paul has become competitve this quickly vs. someone who has trained his whole life for it. Tommy should have more boxing skill, but the pressue on him is huge - Jake Paul has a completely free sho...

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Benson is the only genuine game-changer we have off the bench. Hope he's back soon - must have single handed won us 10+ points this season? Teams can't cope with his pace.

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Have we played with anyone other than Barnes/J-Rod in the CF position this season? Both very similar players and come deep rather than stretch it, so hard to blame Barnes for any lack of movement/playing on the shoulder. We haven't played like that all season have we?

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Think we need to freshen it up a little - we've lacked a spark the last few games and some of our better players off the bench might just help. Re. Churlinov, not been his best on long appearances but actually think with ball at his feet, he's one of the best drillbers/has the best close controls. R...

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Think it would be brilliant business at the figures quoted, but also hard to argue he's worth much more than £5m or so at the moment.

Doing a fantastic job in a team walking the league, against mostly pretty average championship CFs. Can't wait to see how he (hopefully) gets on against the prem best.

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Tue Feb 14, 2023 11:42 pm
Just catch the ball (like goalies do) .. problem solved

And get sent-off for deliberate hand ball? If you watch it back his momentum was taking him out of the area, but he should have headed it instead.

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All keepers at this level make mistakes. We actually recovered and should still have stopped the goal.

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Besiktas are a significantly bigger club than we are and are able to offer much higher wages. Pretty easy decision for him I would think. Combined with the fact he's currently based in Turkey, makes it a bit of a no-brainer. Sure we have other options lined up and hopefully moving for them in the ba...

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I really hope our next signing is a ball carrying CM - I think it's the only thing we are really missing. Too many times against WBA ball broke to the midfield 3 with space ahead to counter and we didn't drive into it

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Pope was number one in the league for taking high balls in the prem when he was with us. Truly exceptional at it. I think Muric is a good keeper but this is one of his major weaknesses. Given the quality of the opposition in this league, we'll get away with it though. However, his distribution is ex...

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You can tell from the video he 100% tried to scoop it out

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I used to have a lot of respect for what he has achieved in his business life and his ambitious projects. Once heard someone explain that humanity needs people like him to move the needle of progression - like getting to Mars - most normal entrepreneur wouldn't attempt anything like that. However, h...

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We controlled possession, but didn't control France/cause them any problems.

If we play that game 10x we probably win 6, but today wasn't one of those games. Need to learn to win ugly

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Still 5 tickets available from Royal Dyche on twitter - sounds like need to be collected from the Turf though. Would happily take 2 if they end up making their way down to London

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Thanks Leisure - much appreciated!

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