Your Best 'Loan 11'

[Fretters]

On the criteria for selection. Can we include Jack Cork. I know we signed him permanently but it was six years after he’d been with us on loan.

Why not, that would also open up a spot for Lee Grant. Anybody else?

[ClaretTony]

We bought Winston White.

Supporters raised some of the money for the White signing as they'd done a year earlier when we signed Steve Davis.

[ClaretTony]

Why not, that would also open up a spot for Lee Grant. Anybody else?

Then Cork is surely guaranteed a place

[Fretters]

Then Cork is surely guaranteed a place

Absolutely.

[jedi_master]

Sam Vokes if we use the same principles as Cork?

[Fretters]

Sam Vokes if we use the same principles as Cork?

Did he go away and come back like Cork? Think he may have, if only for a short while.

[ClaretTony]

Did he go away and come back like Cork? Think he may have, if only for a short while.

Vokes was here on loan from November 2011 to January 2012. He then went to Brighton on loan and we signed him the following summer.

[NL Claret]

Vokes was here on loan from November 2011 to January 2012. He then went to Brighton on loan and we signed him the following summer.

I was very underwhelmed when we signed him permanently however in that spell he looked to be in a lot better shape than his loan spell when looked cumbersome.

[ClaretTony]

I was very underwhelmed when we signed him permanently however in that spell he looked to be in a lot better shape than his loan spell when looked cumbersome.

He stepped up with Dyche, the one manager who got the very best out of him.

[Burnleyareback2]

Gascoigne was introduced to the crowd that night when Johnson made his debut

Thanks Tony- so my memory has completely failed.

[claretonthecoast1882]

Thanks Tony- so my memory has completely failed.

That was his best game for us as well

[KRBFC]

Neil Wood waves hand and says don't forget me

Scored a decent free kick on his debut if I remember correctly

[ClaretTony]

That was his best game for us as well

Gascoigne’s?

[claretonthecoast1882]

Gascoigne’s?

Yup and by some distance

[KRBFC]

We’ve had some shockers on loan like Dele Adebola, Delroy Facey and Delfonso.

If we are including Cork then surely Bardsley has to be at right back. I thought Russel Anderson was good then he broke his leg.

Paul Mcveigh was quite good for us then did he turn us down?

Another couple of disappointments in John Guidetti and that other Swedish player Dyche had on loan in his first 6 months, Kackernicklic (butchered spelling, fair play if you can spell his name without Google)

Also shout out Micheal Kightly even though he doesn’t fit due to signing permanently. He wasn’t quite the same explosive player he was at Wolves but he was very good for us.

[claretonthecoast1882]

Scored a decent free kick on his debut if I remember correctly

And that was his best achievement in his whole career never mind his spell with us

[NL Claret]

We’ve had some shockers on loan like Dele Adebola, Delroy Facey and Delfonso.

If we are including Cork then surely Bardsley has to be at right back. I thought Russel Anderson was good then he broke his leg.

Paul Mcveigh was quite good for us then did he turn us down?

Another couple of disappointments in John Guidetti and that other Swedish player Dyche had on loan in his first 6 months, Kackernicklic (butchered spelling, fair play if you can spell his name without Google)

Also shout out Micheal Kightly even though he doesn’t fit due to signing permanently. He wasn’t quite the same explosive player he was at Wolves but he was very good for us.

Other shockers, Facey reminded me of Gareth Farrelly, then there was Paul Mahon, Stewart from Hull, Steve Guinan. Was Nick Pickering a loan? Steve Morgan? Richard Huxford, Andy Kiwomya, so many to mention.

[Anonymous Claret]

By the new/revised rules

Walker

Bardsley
Cahill
THB
Maatsen

Tella
Cork
Djemba Djemba
JBL

Nugent
Cole

I was tempted to put Vokes in but that would be for what he did after his loan spell and not during it so I decided against adding him.

[gc14]

Stanislav Varga reminded me of a Scania , had the same turning circle ... Mark Kendall

[ClaretTony]

Stanislav Varga reminded me of a Scania , had the same turning circle ... Mark Kendall

Varga made his Sunderland debut in a home win against Arsenal on the opening day of the season (2000/01 I think). My mate said they'd signed an absolute star, he was going to be a brilliant player for them. In the following midweek they played Man City at Maine Road and I went with him. They lost 4-2 and he was shocking. I saw nothing of him at Burnley to suggest there had been any improvement.

[helmclaret]

By the new/revised rules

Walker

Bardsley
Cahill
THB
Maatsen

Tella
Cork
Djemba Djemba
JBL

Nugent
Cole

I was tempted to put Vokes in but that would be for what he did after his loan spell and not during it so I decided against adding him.

No Steve Davis?

[Anonymous Claret]

No Steve Davis?

It's a very good shout but I will stick with Cahill and THB. I think Andy Todd was also a good shout.

[helmclaret]

I seem to remember Gavin Ward being decent at the time.

[Burnleyareback2]

That was his best game for us as well

I know, but the fact he wore a Burnley shirt was still amazing. I loved that little period we had of signing superstars of football! Even if their best days had gone.

[colne-claret]

Surely Chalobah and Flanagan would be in contention for the 'Worst loan 11'

Not much competition to be fair though

[Fretters]

I seem to remember Gavin Ward being decent at the time.

I remember being really disappointed when we didn't sign him, but Crichton did OK in his place (who I think we had on loan before Ward too).

[jdrobbo]

David Johnson…what could have been

Andy Todd was great too.

[Pearcey]

I seem to remember Gavin Ward being decent at the time.

That’s who I was trying to remember. I thought he was a real step up from who we had at the time.

[Goliath]

David Johnson…what could have been

Andy Todd was great too.

Was Todd that good or were we just comparing him to the absolute dross we had there as an alternative.

[Bordeauxclaret]

A bit of both from what I remember.

[Fretters]

David Johnson…what could have been

Bloody ITV Digital.

[billyhamilton82]

4/3/3

Based on personal opinion of impact on the team at the time of signing on loan.

Andy Marriott - Played in all of our 9 games winning run, which set us up for the Championship. Gutted when we didn't sign him.

Steve Baker - Little did we know he was the best right back we would have for a long time to come.

Gary Cahill - We all said he was a future England International - The Villa fans laughed at us.

Peter Haddock - Not a big name but a class(es) above what we had at the time.

Ian Maatsen - The perfect example of a modern full back and their influential impact on the game.

Paul Cook - Sublime passing abilty. Biggest compliment I can pay is that when he played well Burnley played well.

Eric Djemba Djemba - Class, just pure class and was quite obviously playing well below his level turning out for us.

James O'Connor - Added a fiesty component to our midfield, composed and never let us down becoming a mainstay.

David Johnson - Gave us something we had been missing - pace, power and finishing. He gave us a glimpse in the FA Lancs youth team final at the Turf when he tore us apart.

Paul McGee - Very important goals that helped promote us - "We'll take more care of you - Paul McGee"

Gerry Creaney - In the end his goals were a big reason for us staying up and extremely underrated. Without him we would have already been dead and buried before Peyton arrived.

[ClaretTony]

Paul Cook - Sublime passing abilty. Biggest compliment I can pay is that when he played well Burnley played well.

Absolutely. He made the difference and I’m certain we’d have been back in the bottom division again had we not signed him. Thankfully he is ruled out of this team because we signed him permanently. Outstanding signing.

[NL Claret]

4/3/3

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Gerry Creaney - In the end his goals were a big reason for us staying up and extremely underrated. Without him we would have already been dead and buried before Peyton arrived.

I worked in Manchester at the time with a few City fans from Sale / Altrincham, they said he was always out on the town with a group of hanger on ers. I remember us playing Carlisle at home on a Saturday , think he’d scored a couple in the first half, after 30 minutes Creaney was on the touchline by the dug out taking on a lot of water whilst hanging on to his shorts, blowing out of his arse. It was the time when City had about 40 players on the books , most of them didn’t like playing at Maine Rd due to the abuse . Think it was Joe Royle who said he didn’t know who half of them were and some were institutionalised Pontins League players.