Called up to the Belgian senior team for the 1st time.

Well done to him and what a talent we’ve got there.

Brilliant for him. What a meteoric rise.

That’s really impressive. He’s been fantastic for us so far.

He is some player. My preference would be to go with Beyer and him for this season.

Fantastic news - he is going to be a star

He's there on merit, he's been brilliant. I wonder though if this is a call up a little earlier to get him locked in with Belgium, eligible for Iraq too.

What an incredible life story to date.

In the squad with Mike Tresor, might have a little chat with him.

There was a Belgian scout watching him at the Cardiff game. He was also hoping to see Manuel Benson.

We have 3 top class cbs not including THB.

You can imagine the glowing reference he was given from their greatest ever centre back

Flying Without Ings wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 06, 2023 3:18 pm

He is some player. My preference would be to go with Beyer and him for this season.

Me too. Very excited to see this partnership in the Prem.

Great news for him and recognition for the good work done on the training ground.

I’ve been hugely impressed with him in the games he’s played for us so far. Hard to believe he’s just three months past his 21st birthday. He’s got some future ahead of him.

Brilliant to see him get a call up.

Superb news.
Echo all the above comments. He's slotted in and turned in some excellent performances more or less, from the off.

The Iraq fans who seem to take over the comment section whenever he's mentioned on Instagram won't be happy, but what a fantastic achievement. Fully deserved.

I think both Ameen Al-Dakhil and Jordan Beyer have a great future ahead of them. I was worried when Beyer and THB were both out in early Spring only for us to wheel in Al-Dakhil and Ekdal who were equally impressive.

Who amongst us thought we would never see a centre back pairing as good as Ben Mee and Tarks in a Burnley shirt again? I think we have 3 who will dispel that fear in the coming season, as i am sure they will handle the step up.

Congrats, lad!

RVclaret wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 06, 2023 3:09 pm

Called up to the Belgian senior team for the 1st time.

Well done to him and what a talent we’ve got there.

Surprised and delighted, which pretty much sums up my opinion of his performances for us.
Never heard of him before he signed, only 21, amazing talent imo.

Remember just after he signed he was 'warming up' just in front of us at the Turf although he wasn't playing in the game. Looked a little lost but all that has changed now. An absolute meteoric rise for him and thoroughly well deserved.

FCBurnley wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 06, 2023 3:32 pm

We have 3 top class cbs not including THB.

4 if you include McNally, who had a fantastic loan spell at Coventry

Flying Without Ings wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 06, 2023 3:18 pm

He is some player. My preference would be to go with Beyer and him for this season.

Agreed and I think it will be one of the quicker partnerships in the league even if it is a bit inexperienced.

What a wonderful bit of news. Well done to Ameen. And a testament to what Kompany and his team are doing in developing raw talent.

Hopefully a great advert for other talented youngsters out there.

I dont think we have to name him in our 25 either

.........................................Muric..................................

..................Ekdal.............Beyer...........Al-Dakhil.........

..Roberts............Cullen..............JBG...................Taylor....

.........Benson...............................................Zaroury.....

....................................Weghorst ..........................

....and that's without any new signings

looks like he's dropped down to the U21's Euro tournament if this is accurate from Sacha Tavolieri

It's beyond amazing just how strong we are in the CB department having lost players as good as Tarks, Mee and Collins in the summer.

The fact that we haven't missed them is unbelievable. And we've been strong enough there that we were able to allow McNally to go out on loan.

There simply aren't words that do justice to recruitment as good as that. Well done Burnley.

equinox wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 06, 2023 6:20 pm

.........................................Muric..................................

..................Ekdal.............Beyer...........Al-Dakhil.........

..Roberts............Cullen..............JBG...................Taylor....

.........Benson...............................................Zaroury.....

....................................Weghorst ..........................

....and that's without any new signings

If we were to play 3 at the back, then there's absolutely no way would Kompany play Charlie Taylor in a left "wing back" role. I think his team selections last season confirmed this. He would see him as a left -sided centre back.
(I doubt he'd play 3 centre backs any way).
Also Brownhill would get into that team.

It might not be his first choice system but I'm sure there will be a time when he does play 3 centre backs. He has seen how well City have played 3 and sometimes 4 centre backs and when his hand is forced I'm sure he will play 3 at the back.

nil_desperandum wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 14, 2023 2:17 pm

If we were to play 3 at the back, then there's absolutely no way would Kompany play Charlie Taylor in a left "wing back" role. I think his team selections last season confirmed this. He would see him as a left -sided centre back.
(I doubt he'd play 3 centre backs any way).
Also Brownhill would get into that team.

But THAT team is my team and Brownhill doesn't get in it.

nil_desperandum wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 14, 2023 2:17 pm

If we were to play 3 at the back, then there's absolutely no way would Kompany play Charlie Taylor in a left "wing back" role. I think his team selections last season confirmed this. He would see him as a left -sided centre back.
(I doubt he'd play 3 centre backs any way).
Also Brownhill would get into that team.

Also appreciate the balance that team has with lefties Taylor and JBG on the left and right footed Robert's and Cullen occupying the other side, then bang you've got your wide boys cutting in with options and support from your overlappers.

It's not real BTW.

Rowls wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 14, 2023 2:06 pm

It's beyond amazing just how strong we are in the CB department having lost players as good as Tarks, Mee and Collins in the summer.

The fact that we haven't missed them is unbelievable. And we've been strong enough there that we were able to allow McNally to go out on loan.

There simply aren't words that do justice to recruitment as good as that. Well done Burnley.

The fact that we didn’t miss Tarks and Mee is that we were playing in a lesser division. Not trying to rubbish your post however, those three centre backs had a great season.

equinox wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 06, 2023 6:20 pm

.........................................Muric..................................

..................Ekdal.............Beyer...........Al-Dakhil.........

..Roberts............Cullen..............JBG...................Taylor....

.........Benson...............................................Zaroury.....

....................................Weghorst ..........................

....and that's without any new signings

We could almost do a Pep and go with four centre halves on the pitch (if we were to go complete Pep we'd be sticking a centre half in the inverted fullback position that Roberts occupies), so we could be City-lite and line up like this (like your line up but with a slightly different shape)

........................................Muric...........................
............Al-Dakhil..............Beyer...............Ekdal.........
............(Another big CB, or Roberts)....Cullen................
Benson............Twine...................JBG.............Zaroury
..............................Jay/Foster................................

Let's get centre-half CJER in that John Stones inverted fullback role just so we can do a City for real.

If we hypothetically assume we can't sign Maatsen (€20m talked about) or anyone as good as him, I actually think that ^^^ line up would be better than going 4141/433 with Vitinho or Taylor in the LB role.

However one chooses to deploy the individual pieces, this shows that evem before any new permanent or loan signings are added, we're already at a better starting point than we we're when we kicked-off our last Premiership challenge.

equinox wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 06, 2023 6:20 pm

.........................................Muric..................................

..................Ekdal.............Beyer...........Al-Dakhil.........

..Roberts............Cullen..............JBG...................Taylor....

.........Benson...............................................Zaroury.....

....................................Weghorst ..........................

....and that's without any new signings

That team needs considerable strengthening

Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 16, 2023 10:00 am

That team needs considerable strengthening

Fully agreed-I think some people have got into a false sense of security this season with our consistent results. This team would get spanked regularly in the Prem in my opinion

warksclaret wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 16, 2023 10:12 am

Fully agreed-I think some people have got into a false sense of security this season with our consistent results. This team would get spanked regularly in the Prem in my opinion

Yep I agree. The midfield needs strengthening and then in that team in particular I just can’t see where the goals are going to come from.

It's the 16th of June and we are being linked/making bids for about 50 players each day seemingly so I would suggest it is largely pointless analysing how an eleven comprised of current players would fare.

On the subject of Al-Dakhil, he is a fabulous player and has so much potential. I think we should be starting with him and Beyer next season personally, he just moved ahead of Ekdal for me in his appearances towards the end of the season.

He’s coming on for his debut with the final 10mins in the game against Austria

Along with Mike Tresor. We are linked with this guy.

Congrats, Ameen. Many more to come.

Brilliant for Ameen, they must have been desperate to get him tied to Belgium which must mean he will prove to be crazy good for us.

Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 17, 2023 9:28 pm

Along with Mike Tresor. We are linked with this guy.

Did anyone see Al Dakhil or Tresor play? Scouting report please…

warksclaret wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 16, 2023 10:12 am

Fully agreed-I think some people have got into a false sense of security this season with our consistent results. This team would get spanked regularly in the Prem in my opinion

That team just needs a more mobile striker, and a good cm to partner Cullen and it would stay up comfortably

NewClaret wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 17, 2023 10:24 pm

Did anyone see Al Dakhil or Tresor play? Scouting report please…

He didn’t have much to do tbh. Looked quick & was confident on the ball. Don’t recall him giving it away

Tresor was on the left. Didn’t really have time to make an impact but did create a few chances. Do recall he lost the ball then conceded a free kick when trying to win it back

NewClaret wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 17, 2023 10:24 pm

Did anyone see Al Dakhil or Tresor play? Scouting report please…

He played left of Faes, which I Think is a first since he signed for us, looked as though he’d been there for a long time. Good to have it in his bag.
Tresor looked comfortable on the ball and played a couple of tidy passes but 10mins, when Austria were running the clock, is not enough to judge either of them.

Potential of this lad is crazy high

Been told by a few folk that know what they are talking about that there was genuine surprise when we landed this lad because everyone was keen.

Must admit, I think he looks like the dogs ********.

equinox wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 06, 2023 6:20 pm

.........................................Muric..................................

..................Ekdal.............Beyer...........Al-Dakhil.........

..Roberts............Cullen..............JBG...................Taylor....

.........Benson...............................................Zaroury.....

....................................Weghorst ..........................

....and that's without any new signings

5 comments on this and no one has directly mentioned the elephant in the room.......