• The best player Burnley never signed

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:16 pm**

Will he sign, won't he sign. Speculation was rife for months.
Mr Lee Trundle - article on him on the Gruniad website today.
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Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:20 pm**

The one..The only..Henri Lansbury....where is he these days.?

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:24 pm**

He was shite.

He owes Tim Lovejoy for the publicity he received at the time

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:24 pm**

Derek Riordan?

Serious note, possibly Messi, Ronaldo, Best, Maradonna, Pele? These might make it into the category of best player Burnley never signed.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:31 pm**

claretburns wrote:Derek Riordan?

Serious note, possibly Messi, Ronaldo, Best, Maradonna, Pele? These might make it into the category of best player Burnley never signed.

My thinking entirely. What a pointless discussion, might as well just ask 'who is your favourite player ever?'

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:33 pm**

Pele.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:36 pm**

JB Priestley is the most famous author that was offered a trial.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:38 pm**

Would have loved Florin Andone and am forever hopefull we may return for him.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:40 pm**

Andrew Driver was world class after a few transfer windows.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:40 pm**

I know most won't agree but I was a massive fan of fat Ronaldo. Just wish he didn't have knees made of lard and didn't have an Oddies loyalty card.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:42 pm**

In my era the best player we never signed - permanently - was Andy Marriott. Was gutted - but then along came Marlon a bit later and all was forgotten!

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:45 pm**

Robert Pires. He just seemed to float above the grass, had a wonderful touch and could finish.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:54 pm**

Peter Crouch

I'd still be pleased if he signed now.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:10 pm**

Imagine a strikeforce of Peter Crouch and Akinfenwa

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:12 pm**

Bambo

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:13 pm**

Thomas Gravesen - Was what we needed at the time, and believe the deal was all but done.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:13 pm**

Kamil Grosiki's stock continues to rise on here after he didn't sign.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:15 pm**

claptrappers_union wrote:Peter Crouch

I'd still be pleased if he signed now.

Id have him.now too

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:24 pm**

Always wanted us to sign Jamie Cureton back in the late 90's, early noughties. I always thought he was a terrific player (sorry, very Harry Redknapp!). Anyway I'm sure he's not the best player we never signed but he was certainly one I wish we had done!

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:33 pm**

Ziyech was the one I was gutted about.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:40 pm**

Didn't we miss out on Michael Essien?

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 3:53 pm**

Has to be Ziyech for me. Star player for Ajax. So very close to that deal

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 3:57 pm**

Seamus Coleman?

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 4:04 pm**

jlup1980 wrote:Always wanted us to sign Jamie Cureton back in the late 90's, early noughties. I always thought he was a terrific player (sorry, very Harry Redknapp!). Anyway I'm sure he's not the best player we never signed but he was certainly one I wish we had done!

Him and Brett Angel were clinical in the 90s.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 4:10 pm**

houseboy wrote:My thinking entirely. What a pointless discussion, might as well just ask 'who is your favourite player ever?'

Presumably from reading the OP, the suggestion is a player that we were linked with, so therefore not really “a pointless discussion”, especially when posted on a Burnley fans’ forum.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 4:12 pm**

A weird one as we have signed him .....

Jack Cork MK1

Was absolutely gutted when he left Chelsea for Saints and not us - Glad he's seen the error of his ways finally.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 4:19 pm**

Didn't Peter Beardsley once have a trial with us sometime in the early 80's?

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 4:36 pm**

Not sure about Beardsley but Ian Rush did.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 4:39 pm**

Luton Shelton.

Wasn't there a reserve game he scored three goals in but his name couldn't be reported for fear of alerting other clubs?

Was it also Shelton we had the work permit saga with or was that someone else around the same time?

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 4:44 pm**

KefkaClaret wrote:Didn't we miss out on Michael Essien?

Story was he was in the region for trials with Man Utd & was staying with a Burnley fan who took him on a visit to Gawthorpe

Dazzler wrote:Didn't Peter Beardsley once have a trial with us sometime in the early 80's?

Think he had a trail with us before move over to play in Canada

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:06 pm**

Bryan Robson came down as a young man. Sadly we weren't for him.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:08 pm**

gandhisflipflop wrote:Him and Brett Angel were clinical in the 90s.

Who was Brett Angell's strike partner at Southend?

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:17 pm**

scouseclaret wrote:Seamus Coleman?

Sat in front of me with Chris McCann at a reserve game when he was on trial. Didn't know anything about him at the time so wasn't concerned when we sent him back.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:18 pm**

wilks_bfc wrote:Story was he was in the region for trials with Man Utd & was staying with a Burnley fan who took him on a visit to Gawthorpe

That's spot on and I know that Burnley fan. He trained with us, I believe for a few days, before going back but was not a potential signing.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 6:24 pm**

According to Stan, Crouch was a done deal until next day things got a bit lively in Duke Bar that time and then he (more his Mrs tbh) gave back word.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 6:37 pm**

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 7:45 pm**

Bambo. He was better than Tony Yeboah you know.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 7:49 pm**

Saxoman wrote:Who was Brett Angell's strike partner at Southend?

Go on saxo you have me at a loss.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 8:11 pm**

Dazzler wrote:Didn't Peter Beardsley once have a trial with us sometime in the early 80's?

In 1981 Beardsley who was s great prospect at Newcastle, was on loan at Carlisle. Though there would have been no chance of him coming to Burnley permanently perhaps we were interested (alongside Carlisle) in a loan?

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 8:38 pm**

Saxoman wrote:Who was Brett Angell's strike partner at Southend?

That would be Ian Benjamin.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 8:41 pm**

claptrappers_union wrote:Peter Crouch

I'd still be pleased if he signed now.

So would I, vastly underrated player.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 8:45 pm**

One that springs to my mind is the striker we had on loan from Forest in the early 2000's. Think he was called David Johnson (?)

Would have liked to sign him but think they wanted too much

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 8:57 pm**

ClaretTony wrote:That's spot on and I know that Burnley fan. He trained with us, I believe for a few days, before going back but was not a potential signing.

That’s different from what he said in my son’s Match of the Day annual where he claimed he was turned down after having a trial at Burnley

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:13 pm**

barba wrote:One that springs to my mind is the striker we had on loan from Forest in the early 2000's. Think he was called David Johnson (?)

Would have liked to sign him but think they wanted too much

I agree. He was just what we needed at the time and gave us a real boost, but we knew (sadly) it was unlikely we could strike a permanent deal as he was a bit too good!!

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:13 pm**

turfytopper wrote:In 1981 Beardsley who was s great prospect at Newcastle, was on loan at Carlisle. Though there would have been no chance of him coming to Burnley permanently perhaps we were interested (alongside Carlisle) in a loan?

Not sure where you're coming from with that,,
Beardo was first at Newcastle when a teenager but was released without breaking through.
He then signed for Carlisle making over 100 appearances (79-82)

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 10:15 pm**

Weren't we after 2 Croatian internationals after one of the major championships when Stan was in charge?

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 10:21 pm**

David Reeves, I remember wasting a quid in that bucket

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 10:41 pm**

At the time I'd agree with David Reeves and David Johnson as loans as they were much better than what we had.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 10:42 pm**

LANSBURY

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2017 10:46 pm**

TurfyMoore wrote:David Reeves, I remember wasting a quid in that bucket

Only a quid!? I'd just won at cards in the 110 club. At least £3.80 went In!

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