According to OneFootball, Andre starts for Jamaica tonight but in the centre of midfield. Good on the kid for playing international football

Scored for them recently

On Blackburns Target list as a swap for Armstrong I heard in the pub the other night

One of my favourite clarets. Great to watch at his best. Rarely see players with that combination of pace and finishing at Burnley.

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 20, 2021 11:25 pm

On Blackburns Target list as a swap for Armstrong I heard in the pub the other night

From what I read it was Watford offering him as part ex for Armstrong but Blackburn want a cash sale.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 20, 2021 11:56 pm

From what I read it was Watford offering him as part ex for Armstrong but Blackburn want a cash sale.

Cash is definitely what they need

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 20, 2021 11:56 pm

From what I read it was Watford offering him as part ex for Armstrong but Blackburn want a cash sale.

I hoped we'd be in for Armstrong with a year left on his contract, I think he'd be excellent with Wood, I do like Vydra but I'm not convinced he's the long term answer.

One of reasons Andre wanted to leave Burnley was that it wasn't cosmopolitan enough for him, wait while he sees Blackburn.

bfcjg wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:27 am

One of reasons Andre wanted to leave Burnley was that it wasn't cosmopolitan enough for him, wait while he sees Blackburn.

Or even better wait while his Mrs sees it

One of them dross channels should do a reality show featuring them and their move

bfcjg wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:27 am

One of reasons Andre wanted to leave Burnley was that it wasn't cosmopolitan enough for him, wait while he sees Blackburn.

Had he not been to Watford before?

bfcjg wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:27 am

One of reasons Andre wanted to leave Burnley was that it wasn't cosmopolitan enough for him, wait while he sees Blackburn.

Was that the reason or was it the pay packet on offer at Watford?

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:58 am

Was that the reason or was it the pay packet on offer at Watford?

I would guess pressure from his girlfriend to be closer to London plus the pay packet is the answer. Whilst Watford isn't the nicest place, there are some very nice affluent areas close by - Bushey, Pinner, Stanmore, Radlett, Chesham, Chalfonts, Harpenden to name a handful. Plenty more within easily commutable distance of Watford.

As said elsewhere, our near neigh neigh neighbours need cash and not player swaps, as i have read they could possibly face another transfer embargo due to their financial situation. Which is nice.

Herts Clarets wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 21, 2021 9:27 am

I would guess pressure from his girlfriend to be closer to London plus the pay packet is the answer. Whilst Watford isn't the nicest place, there are some very nice affluent areas close by - Bushey, Pinner, Stanmore, Radlett, Chesham, Chalfonts, Harpenden to name a handful. Plenty more within easily commutable distance of Watford.

As said elsewhere, our near neigh neigh neighbours need cash and not player swaps, as i have read they could possibly face another transfer embargo due to their financial situation. Which is nice.

It's not the financial situation but a need to be within the limits for FFP

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 21, 2021 9:31 am

It's not the financial situation but a need to be within the limits for FFP

They are going to be struggling with that. Haven't they just racked up two consecutive yearly losses which already breach the three year limit?

So one assumes that this year they will need to make a profit?

ClaretLoup wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 21, 2021 10:17 am

They are going to be struggling with that. Haven't they just racked up two consecutive yearly losses which already breach the three year limit?

So one assumes that this year they will need to make a profit?

That's how I've read it so they will need some sales.

I notice also that season ticket prices at Ewood look to be on a par or even higher than some at Burnley, although I might be comparing this with BFC this "Early Bird" prices, even so.

On Matchday For a Cat A+ game you can pay up to £42 to sit in the Jack Walker stand and £36 is the cheapest price whereas the top price at TM is £35 is it not? I am struggling to think who in the Championship would merit CAT A+ status.

I think BFC marketing department need to be capitalising on this comparison

Bordeauxclaret wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:49 am

Had he not been to Watford before?

Nearer London, it was though a light hearted dig at our rivals.

ClaretLoup wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 21, 2021 10:46 am

On Matchday For a Cat A+ game you can pay up to £42 to sit in the Jack Walker stand and £36 is the cheapest price whereas the top price at TM is £35 is it not? I am struggling to think who in the Championship would merit CAT A+ status.

Presumably Preston and Blackpool for starters

bfcjg wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:27 am

One of reasons Andre wanted to leave Burnley was that it wasn't cosmopolitan enough for him, wait while he sees Blackburn.

What a load of old gash, he never ever said that or even hinted that. Because he has a famous girlfriend he's a self entitled Mr Hollywood? What a weird way to look at things, Andre always came across humble, honest and far from self entitled.

What is wrong with Andre's famous girlfriend? people use it as a reason to dig at him, it's so odd. It's mainly bitter OAPs too, jealousy?

KRBFC wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 21, 2021 4:50 pm

What a load of old gash, he never ever said that or even hinted that. Because he has a famous girlfriend he's a self entitled Mr Hollywood? What a weird way to look at things, Andre always came across humble, honest and far from self entitled.

I think you have been sat in the sun to long, read back it was a light hearted dig at bstards chill out.

His missus has given birth to twins, good luck to them

Herts Clarets wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 21, 2021 9:27 am

Whilst Watford isn't the nicest place, there are some very nice affluent areas close by - Bushey, Pinner, Stanmore, Radlett, Chesham, Chalfonts, Harpenden to name a handful. Plenty more within easily commutable distance of Watford.

Cough, Rickmansworth, cough cough

Being linked with a move to QPR

Him and Austin would be quite a Championship strike force

wilks_bfc wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 23, 2021 4:31 pm

Being linked with a move to QPR

Him and Austin would be quite a Championship strike force

There are about five or six Championship clubs interested in signing him on loan I read last week.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 23, 2021 4:51 pm

There are about five or six Championship clubs interested in signing him on loan I read last week.

I’d take him definitely, we lack speed badly.

Only 50 league starts in four years at Watford. I thought he’d have done really well there.

Probably didn't impress the Watford hierarchy in 2020 by hosting a birthday party and breaching Covid lockdown regulations, resulting in himself and 2 teammates, Domingos Quina and Nathaniel Chalobah, having to miss the 3-1 loss to Southampton the following day (Sunday).

A season where they were relegated by just the odd point.

If I’m not mistaken we made a bit of money on signing him then selling him at a decent profit.

He did suffer after his good season with us by not having a decent winger to supply him with effective crosses for him which I think he did need more then some other strikers.

PadihamThickNeck wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:02 pm

I’d take him definitely, we lack speed badly.

If we could ship one of our other strikers out, then possibly he'd be an option to consider, especially if Vydra was the one to go, however does Andre still possess the pace he once did? If the answer is no, then he'll not be anywhere near as effective for us as in his 1st spell, but it's clear we need someone else to contribute besides Wood, his goals virtually kept us up single-handedly last term, however it'd be folly to sorely rely on him again this season, so if we could get in a striker who could even net between 7-10 goals that would make a huge difference to our prospects, now whether that striker is Andre Gray is another matter entirely, he's hardly been prolific since he left TM has he.

Just checked and Andre is out of contract in 2022, so he shouldn't be that expensive should we wish to bring him back to TM, I don't know if wages would be a problem though, and he's yet another who's now in his 30's.

Peter Loo wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:39 pm

If I’m not mistaken we made a bit of money on signing him then selling him at a decent profit.

He did suffer after his good season with us by not having a decent winger to supply him with effective crosses for him which I think he did need more then some other strikers.

We forked out about £9m with the add-on's, however your quite correct we sold him on to Watford for £18m, so we roughly doubled our money, not to mention his pivotal role in our Championship winning season, definitely one of Sean Dyche's better signings for many reasons.

I'd be interested in how he'd link up with Dwight & perhaps Lowton as well, and he'd certainly give us a threat with running in behind defences, something which we seriously lack right now, and that's why we're so easy to defend against these days.

Perhaps we could get him back and on the right wing, grease his arms up and he’s off, a bit Traoré -esque

box_of_frogs wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 23, 2021 4:01 pm

Cough, Rickmansworth, cough cough

Cough, St Albans COUGH COUGH ! Watford fans don't have much (in fact anything) good to say about Andre and I certainly wouldn't be wanting him back here !!

It did occur to me that we might be interested in resigning him now that we have an orthodox winger in McNeil which I think Gray would benefit from.

Played well for us.

Sign him on...

He would get a headache coming this far North again.

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 23, 2021 3:59 pm

His missus has given birth to twins, good luck to them

If she had had triplets instead would she have got to keep the ball?