lewishamclaret wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 17, 2024 9:03 am

What is a realistic ceiling for a club like Burnley?

Orangebernard wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 17, 2024 3:01 pm

I wonder if its time to start to focus a little more on ALK and their influence on the unbalanced recruitment in the summer transfer window plus whether it is true that VK's own analytics company identifies players for recruitment and if so is this influencing team selections? I'd also like to hear much more about 'the project' that is often mentioned. As a Project Manager of many years i know that all projects are a temporary organisation set up to achieve specific goals via specific objectives over an estimated timescale. Do we as fans know anything about the objectives and indeed the goal of 'the project' other than to make millions of dollars for ALK off the back of a LBO? What do we believe is the timescale to achieve the goal and how do player sales fit in to the overall goal? Maybe a little dry and dull for some but i think the long term future of our club is being put at risk, if events on the pitch take a massive downturn, by the admittedly pleasant and seemingly genuine Alan Pace and his colleagues.

Orangebernard wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 17, 2024 3:01 pm

I wonder if its time to start to focus a little more on ALK and their influence on the unbalanced recruitment in the summer transfer window plus whether it is true that VK's own analytics company identifies players for recruitment and if so is this influencing team selections? I'd also like to hear much more about 'the project' that is often mentioned. As a Project Manager of many years i know that all projects are a temporary organisation set up to achieve specific goals via specific objectives over an estimated timescale. Do we as fans know anything about the objectives and indeed the goal of 'the project' other than to make millions of dollars for ALK off the back of a LBO? What do we believe is the timescale to achieve the goal and how do player sales fit in to the overall goal? Maybe a little dry and dull for some but i think the long term future of our club is being put at risk, if events on the pitch take a massive downturn, by the admittedly pleasant and seemingly genuine Alan Pace and his colleagues.

RVclaret wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 17, 2024 3:41 pm

Just please get Chris Boden educated on our transfer spend in the summer. For an experienced reporter it’s painful. Fees with future potential bonuses (most of our deals given their age) does NOT mean that money has been paid yet, or ever will be! If he mentions 130m again, when it’s actually way below 100, ahhh…

agreenwood wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:00 pm

Quite a few erroneous facts unchallenged of late on there.

This week it was a claim that Koleosho has only played 6 games in the Prem before his injury, to back up a point about it being unlikely we could make a profit on him.

I haven’t looked, but he only got injured last month, so I reckon he’ll have played 14-15 games.

dandeclaret wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:10 pm

Transfermarket has a figure of 111m euros, plus the fees to be paid for Tresor and Bruun Larsen to add to that. https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-burn ... erein/1132

Koleosho 13 stars and 2 sub appearances.....

RVclaret wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:35 pm

For a start, 111m euros is £95m. Quite a few of them are also incorrect. Ramsey was £12m, not £14m. Amdouni’s €18m will undoubtedly include bonus clauses. Odobert was reported at €11m not 12. Not sure why Tresor gets added to this season when he won’t be permanent until the summer window (see Beyer being included this summer in a similar arrangement). Also same with Larsen (not even sure there’s a clause with him). Overall, saying we spent £130m, which Chris keeps saying, is miles off it.

Ightenhill_Claret wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 17, 2024 5:03 pm

I've stuck Bodes on the naughty step for this. He's been given revision to do ahead of Thursday's podcast and I'm going to quiz him on each player's transfer fee (to the penny!).

RVclaret wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 17, 2024 3:41 pm

Just please get Chris Boden educated on our transfer spend in the summer. For an experienced reporter it’s painful. Fees with future potential bonuses (most of our deals given their age) does NOT mean that money has been paid yet, or ever will be! If he mentions 130m again, when it’s actually way below 100, ahhh…

Winstonswhite wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 17, 2024 7:28 pm

Are you sure he doesn’t mean Kompany has spent 130 million building this squad, which can’t be far out?

Ightenhill_Claret wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 16, 2024 6:20 pm

Hi all,

We thought we'd try something a bit different this week and do a live recording of the podcast on YouTube. We're broadcasting from 7.15pm on Thursday if anyone fancies joining us and putting questions to the panel.

Live to the broadcast is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfsf65TDjD8

Up the Clarets!

RVclaret wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 17, 2024 7:31 pm

Seems to always refer to it as last summers spend when I’ve listened. Typical questions such as ‘how is a team that had 130m spent on it looking worse than before’.

FeedTheArf wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 17, 2024 7:37 pm

Whether it’s 95m, 111m or 130m the guy has a point….

RVclaret wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 17, 2024 3:41 pm

Just please get Chris Boden educated on our transfer spend in the summer. For an experienced reporter it’s painful. Fees with future potential bonuses (most of our deals given their age) does NOT mean that money has been paid yet, or ever will be! If he mentions 130m again, when it’s actually way below 100, ahhh…

agreenwood wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:00 pm

Quite a few erroneous facts unchallenged of late on there.

This week it was a claim that Koleosho has only played 6 games in the Prem before his injury, to back up a point about it being unlikely we could make a profit on him.

I haven’t looked, but he only got injured last month, so I reckon he’ll have played 14-15 games.