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Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

Post by TopCat » Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:27 am

We can have more than two loans. It is 2 from UK, so can have more from abroad and I expect that to happen.

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Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:29 am

boatshed bill wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 10:58 am
This is correct. The quality and type of crosses (often "whipped" into the most dangerous areas) makes coming for them a bit too open to failure
There’d predictable be some tears from his detractors if he got caught in no man’s land 5-6 times a game because he’s trying to catch every cross even though that’s what they want him to be doing :lol:
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Post by Big Vinny K » Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:29 am

Rileybobs wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 10:49 am
I know, but I didn’t say that was the definition of excellent did I? I said it was a stretch to say that he was excellent towards the end of last season considering some games he literally had nothing to do. Of course he was integral in us being able to beat the press but not every team pressed us, in fact a lot didn’t - Hudds at home for example he was literally a spectator, and there were others.

I think most people would agree that we will be facing a lot more than 3 shots per game next season and it seems to me that the management team feel that we need a keeper that will keep a greater percentage of those goals out of the net. And perhaps they are happy to sacrifice some of Muric’s ability on the ball to strengthen in what may be considered to be the more traditional goalkeeping attributes.

We were the Man City of the Championship and had a goalkeeper to reflect this, but we will be the Burnley of the Premier League - next season is a completely different ball game.
Always the best at the semantics Riley - keep it up….you’ve got your reputation to maintain !!

You said that you thought excellent was a stretch and then went on to state a statistic about the average saves a game he had to make. Apologies for adding 2 and 2 together and getting 4.

My point is that his involvement in the game is far more than the saves he makes and if you look at the last third of the season we actually dominated far less games than you would think. Just check out the number of touches and passes Muric was making each game and that is where I think that he was very good or excellent and much improved than in the first dozen or so games.

I think we are probably agreeing on his potential limitations in the PL.

As for Man City yes the similarities are obvious and Ederson will often have only 1 or 2 games to make in many games yet lots of people still refer to him as excellent and an integral part of the city team given he is probably the keeper in the world in terms of his feet and passing ability. Not saying Muric is that but he was miles ahead of anyone in the Championship with his feet.

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Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:29 am

TopCat wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:27 am
We can have more than two loans. It is 2 from UK, so can have more from abroad and I expect that to happen.
The lad from dortmund is loan with obligation to buy next summer so I’d expect more like that maybe

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Post by Darnhill Claret » Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:31 am

If we land 1 or 2 midfield targets I'm not sure how many games Cullen and Brownhill start together. Although they do jobs in different parts of the field, generally their style is similar. They have similar strengths and have similar roles. Cullen tidies up and covers at the back, carrying the ball into midfield. Here Brownhill does a similar supporting role to our front players and was able to score a few in the Championship. Their slight lack of pace didn't cost us last season. I think if we get an attacking midfielder, we might see Brownhill just drop a little deeper to accommodate or drop to the bench. There m8ght even be times where if Cullen doesn't start for whatever reason, Brownhill might deputise. I don't expect Brownhill to score quite as many in the Prem but hopefully he can surprise me on that score.

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Post by StayingDown4Ever » Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:37 am

brexit wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:22 am
Correct or are there players in the squad who can step up, i.e. Twine, Costelloe, Bastien and Foster
No,no, no and NO.

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Post by Big Vinny K » Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:39 am

Darnhill Claret wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:31 am
If we land 1 or 2 midfield targets I'm not sure how many games Cullen and Brownhill start together. Although they do jobs in different parts of the field, generally their style is similar. They have similar strengths and have similar roles. Cullen tidies up and covers at the back, carrying the ball into midfield. Here Brownhill does a similar supporting role to our front players and was able to score a few in the Championship. Their slight lack of pace didn't cost us last season. I think if we get an attacking midfielder, we might see Brownhill just drop a little deeper to accommodate or drop to the bench. There m8ght even be times where if Cullen doesn't start for whatever reason, Brownhill might deputise. I don't expect Brownhill to score quite as many in the Prem but hopefully he can surprise me on that score.
Cullen and Brownhill very different players. If VK doesn’t start Cullen then that will mean he has brought someone in who can do exactly the same type of job or we have changed our style of play and I can’t see it being the latter. The lad who played for u21s Gomes played a similar type of role as Cullen.

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Post by Rileybobs » Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:42 am

Big Vinny K wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:29 am
Always the best at the semantics Riley - keep it up….you’ve got your reputation to maintain !!

You said that you thought excellent was a stretch and then went on to state a statistic about the average saves a game he had to make. Apologies for adding 2 and 2 together and getting 4.

My point is that his involvement in the game is far more than the saves he makes and if you look at the last third of the season we actually dominated far less games than you would think. Just check out the number of touches and passes Muric was making each game and that is where I think that he was very good or excellent and much improved than in the first dozen or so games.

I think we are probably agreeing on his potential limitations in the PL.

As for Man City yes the similarities are obvious and Ederson will often have only 1 or 2 games to make in many games yet lots of people still refer to him as excellent and an integral part of the city team given he is probably the keeper in the world in terms of his feet and passing ability. Not saying Muric is that but he was miles ahead of anyone in the Championship with his feet.
Hold on, it’s not semantics to point out when someone misrepresents what I said. I have nowhere claimed that number of saves a keeper makes per match defines how excellent they’ve been. As I said I think it’s a stretch to describe Muric’s performance as excellent last season. In some games his calmness in possession was absolutely key to us beating the press, in other games he wasn’t pressed and basically passed the ball 5 yards to his centre backs under no pressure. In most matches he faced very few shots on target.

Someone above mentioned the hyperbole used in the Muric discourse - and I would suggest that describing his performances as excellent is exactly that.

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Post by RVclaret » Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:47 am

Rileybobs wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:42 am
Hold on, it’s not semantics to point out when someone misrepresents what I said. I have nowhere claimed that number of saves a keeper makes per match defines how excellent they’ve been. As I said I think it’s a stretch to describe Muric’s performance as excellent last season. In some games his calmness in possession was absolutely key to us beating the press, in other games he wasn’t pressed and basically passed the ball 5 yards to his centre backs under no pressure. In most matches he faced very few shots on target.

Someone above mentioned the hyperbole used in the Muric discourse - and I would suggest that describing his performances as excellent is exactly that.
He was rated third highest out of all our squad according to the average player ratings for the season. Above Benson, Tella, THB, Brownhill… fair to say most folk had him in the excellent category.

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Post by Rileybobs » Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:52 am

RVclaret wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:47 am
He was rated third highest out of all our squad according to the average player ratings for the season. Above Benson, Tella, THB, Brownhill… fair to say most folk had him in the excellent category.
What was his average rating?

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Post by RVclaret » Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:59 am

Rileybobs wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:52 am
What was his average rating?
I’ve just lost the thread but he was one of just 4 players above 7.

Regardless of the actual rating (I expressed my view they were all too low) to be 3rd in what was an outstanding team and season has to be considered excellent surely?

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Post by Pickles » Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:01 pm

Rileybobs wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:42 am

Someone above mentioned the hyperbole used in the Muric discourse - and I would suggest that describing his performances as excellent is exactly that.
I can understand people preferring other goalkeeping styles, thinking he won't be good enough for the upcoming season, predicting Trafford will be better. But last season Muric was excellent/brilliant/important/whichever similar sort of adjective. We're all tapping and scrolling on the internet but this one doesn't require pages of debate.

Could Trafford be an improvement? Sure, I dunno, maybe, possibly, hopefully. But that doesn't lessen how obviously impressive Muric was last season.

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Post by Big Vinny K » Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:07 pm

Rileybobs wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:42 am
Hold on, it’s not semantics to point out when someone misrepresents what I said. I have nowhere claimed that number of saves a keeper makes per match defines how excellent they’ve been. As I said I think it’s a stretch to describe Muric’s performance as excellent last season. In some games his calmness in possession was absolutely key to us beating the press, in other games he wasn’t pressed and basically passed the ball 5 yards to his centre backs under no pressure. In most matches he faced very few shots on target.

Someone above mentioned the hyperbole used in the Muric discourse - and I would suggest that describing his performances as excellent is exactly that.
This is what you said :
I think excellent is stretching it a bit to be honest. He made an average of just over 2 saves per game across the season, there were some games towards the end of the season where he barely got within 50 yards of the ball.

Is it really misrepresenting you to think from what you said here that you thought excellent was stretching it because he made only just over 2 saves per game on average ?
Let’s assume that is a rhetorical question since it’s what you actually said.
I don’t recognise what you said about barely getting within 50 yards of the ball in some of the games towards the end of the season. Which games was that ? I can’t remember us dominating that many of the last dozen or so games.

If your definition of excellent is as you are saying more than just the average saves you mention in your original quote which parts of his game did he not excel in after his initial sticky period at the start of the season ?

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Post by eastcoastclaret » Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:08 pm

StayingDown4Ever wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:37 am
No,no, no and NO.
I think Twine could

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Post by Rileybobs » Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:08 pm

RVclaret wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:59 am
I’ve just lost the thread but he was one of just 4 players above 7.

Regardless of the actual rating (I expressed my view they were all too low) to be 3rd in what was an outstanding team and season has to be considered excellent surely?
So by the rating criteria he averaged a ‘good’ rating over the season. So again, it’s a stretch to claim that most people had him in the excellent category and then back that up by using ratings which showed him in the good category. Im not particularly sure player ratings are a great barometer either, but you were keen to use this to back your point up.

There’s no point carrying on so I’ll leave it there as people keep challenging my opinion and it’s going round in circles.

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Post by dandeclaret » Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:11 pm

Rileybobs wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:08 pm
So by the rating criteria he averaged a ‘good’ rating over the season. So again, it’s a stretch to claim that most people had him in the excellent category and then back that up by using ratings which showed him in the good category. Im not particularly sure player ratings are a great barometer either, but you were keen to use this to back your point up.

There’s no point carrying on so I’ll leave it there as people keep challenging my opinion and it’s going round in circles.
You may need to adjust your thoughts on ratings… 101 points, clear winners of the league and only 4 players scored good…. Sort of identified they are flawed

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Post by Rileybobs » Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:13 pm

Big Vinny K wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:07 pm
This is what you said :
I think excellent is stretching it a bit to be honest. He made an average of just over 2 saves per game across the season, there were some games towards the end of the season where he barely got within 50 yards of the ball.

Is it really misrepresenting you to think from what you said here that you thought excellent was stretching it because he made only just over 2 saves per game on average ?
Let’s assume that is a rhetorical question since it’s what you actually said.
I don’t recognise what you said about barely getting within 50 yards of the ball in some of the games towards the end of the season. Which games was that ? I can’t remember us dominating that many of the last dozen or so games.

If your definition of excellent is as you are saying more than just the average saves you mention in your original quote which parts of his game did he not excel in after his initial sticky period at the start of the season ?
My point is that in many games he didn’t put a foot wrong, but he didn’t have a lot of difficult things to do. So in games where he maybe made one save and wasn’t put under any pressure with the ball, like Huddersfield, I wouldn’t say he was excellent because any number of goalkeepers could have done what he did. Anyway, as above it’s not worth going round in circles any more. I think I’ve explained my point fairly clearly and others are free to disagree.

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Post by Rileybobs » Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:15 pm

dandeclaret wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:11 pm
You may need to adjust your thoughts on ratings… 101 points, clear winners of the league and only 4 players scored good…. Sort of identified they are flawed
I just said that I didn’t think that player ratings were a good barometer which is why I wouldn’t use them to prove a point. RVclaret just said that the player ratings showed that most people thought Muric was excellent when in fact the player ratings actually showed nothing of the sort.

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Post by Swizzlestick » Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:15 pm

Some stats here https://fbref.com/en/comps/10/keepers/C ... ship-Stats

Interestingly, Muric had the best save percentage in the league last year.
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Post by ksrclaret » Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:17 pm

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Post by RVclaret » Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:20 pm

Rileybobs wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:15 pm
I just said that I didn’t think that player ratings were a good barometer which is why I wouldn’t use them to prove a point. RVclaret just said that the player ratings showed that most people thought Muric was excellent when in fact the player ratings actually showed nothing of the sort.
Well, they did. He was rated 3rd highest in our squad above the likes of Tella and Brownhill (both in the leagues TOTY). If being rated third best in a team that won the league, had the best defence in the league and got 101 points isn’t excellent, then I don’t know what is.

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Post by dandeclaret » Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:21 pm

Rileybobs wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:15 pm
I just said that I didn’t think that player ratings were a good barometer which is why I wouldn’t use them to prove a point. RVclaret just said that the player ratings showed that most people thought Muric was excellent when in fact the player ratings actually showed nothing of the sort.
Well no, the scale may be off, but the ranking vs others in the team is consistent. Therefore, if you believe that the team had an excellent season, and the player ratings are actually reasonable in ranking performance - then it puts him in the top performers. If you don't believe they are valuable at all, then you won't.

I believe the former - I've made the point regularly, I've seen players score Hat tricks and get 7's / 8's - it's bizarre.

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Post by Rileybobs » Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:25 pm

dandeclaret wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:21 pm
Well no, the scale may be off, but the ranking vs others in the team is consistent. Therefore, if you believe that the team had an excellent season, and the player ratings are actually reasonable in ranking performance - then it puts him in the top performers. If you don't believe they are valuable at all, then you won't.

I believe the former - I've made the point regularly, I've seen players score Hat tricks and get 7's / 8's - it's bizarre.
Yes but regardless of what others thought of Muric, I’m entitled to believe that he wasn’t excellent last season. In terms of the ratings, I feel that Muric has an almost cult like following where every little mistake was over-amplified and every simple catch was over-hyped. I wouldn’t have him anywhere near our third best player of the season.
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Post by Big Vinny K » Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:27 pm

Rileybobs wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:13 pm
I think I’ve explained my point fairly clearly
Of course you do…..pity nobody else does !

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Post by ksrclaret » Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:32 pm

Rileybobs wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:25 pm
Yes but regardless of what others thought of Muric, I’m entitled to believe that he wasn’t excellent last season. In terms of the ratings, I feel that Muric has an almost cult like following where every little mistake was over-amplified and every simple catch was over-hyped. I wouldn’t have him anywhere near our third best player of the season.
Where did anyone say you weren’t entitled to believe it?

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Post by Rileybobs » Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:34 pm

ksrclaret wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:32 pm
Where did anyone say you weren’t entitled to believe it?
I didn’t say anyone did say that :?

It does feel like a bit of a pile on to be honest though.

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Post by Colburn_Claret » Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:38 pm

Newcastleclaret93 wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 10:34 am
Tbf it looks quite clear that VK agrees with me to some level. Otherwise why would be after another number 1
Because he wants competition for every position on the pitch. I'm not second guessing VK here he's said so, many times, in many interviews. He wants players to have to fight to get into the team.
BPF wasn't providing enough pressure on Muric.

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Post by ksrclaret » Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:40 pm

Rileybobs wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:34 pm
I didn’t say anyone did say that :?

It does feel like a bit of a pile on to be honest though.
You’ve an opinion most seem to disagree with, I doubt it’s personal, it’ll be tomorrow’s chip paper

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Post by Tricky Trevor » Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:53 pm

martin_p wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 10:37 am
I think we can only judge the Trafford transfer, if the sums being talked about are anywhere near true, in the context on the whole transfer window. As we sit here now, in desperate need of a left back and a striker, spending that much money on a position that didn’t seem a priority seems slightly odd. Of course if we sign players for those priority positions who look as good or better than what we had there last season then all is good, but we won’t know that until the end of August.
We are not in desperate need of a LB as long as Charlie Taylor is in the house. A proven PL defensive LB. I’ve heard all the arguments about not suiting VKs style but he came to us as a ball carrying FB.I only wish he could use his right peg. His defensive ability can’t be questioned.

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Post by agreenwood » Sun Jul 09, 2023 1:04 pm

As ever the vehemence of opinions on here masks the fact that several of the opposing views can be held at once.

I think Muric was fantastic for us last season. It’s the first time I can remember enjoying watching a goalkeeper at Burnley. I’ve appreciated the reactive ability of several of goalkeepers before, but Muric was consistently helping get us on the front foot.

That said, it’s entirely possible that VK thinks we need (and can get) a better version of Muric. It’s also possible that he just wants two very strong GKs, because in my view there was undoubtedly a drop off to BPF in terms of his ability to breaks lines last season.

As for the fee for Trafford, it’s 2023 and he’s a highly rated English U21 international who has seemingly just cemented his reputation in Georgia. It’s ok to be excited by the signing AND be surprised we’re paying so much for him.
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Post by Nori1958 » Sun Jul 09, 2023 1:04 pm

Rileybobs wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:25 pm
Yes but regardless of what others thought of Muric, I’m entitled to believe that he wasn’t excellent last season. In terms of the ratings, I feel that Muric has an almost cult like following where every little mistake was over-amplified and every simple catch was over-hyped. I wouldn’t have him anywhere near our third best player of the season.
Certainly not the 3rd best player

Shows how bonkers the rating threads are

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Post by burnley007 » Sun Jul 09, 2023 1:06 pm

This thread has clearly had a tough weekend.
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Post by ksrclaret » Sun Jul 09, 2023 1:08 pm

agreenwood wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 1:04 pm
As ever the vehemence of opinions on here masks the fact that several of the opposing views can be held at once.
It would help soften the opinions if people could take some responsibility for how their words could be interpreted.

I don’t think people are too far apart on Muric actually

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Post by agreenwood » Sun Jul 09, 2023 1:09 pm

Tricky Trevor wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:53 pm
We are not in desperate need of a LB as long as Charlie Taylor is in the house. A proven PL defensive LB. I’ve heard all the arguments about not suiting VKs style but he came to us as a ball carrying FB.I only wish he could use his right peg. His defensive ability can’t be questioned.
VK likes his full backs to occupy a variety of areas of the pitch during 90 mins, including popping up narrow between the lines. You’ve got to be a strong technical player to use the ball in more congested areas. Taylor might be capable of playing the more traditional attacking full back role (overlapping the winger), but I’m not sure he’s suited to the more varied role VK is looking for.
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Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

Post by whiffa » Sun Jul 09, 2023 1:13 pm

Is there still a regulation in the PL that means squads have to have a certain number of "home-grown" players? Not something that until recently would have been an issue for us, but if that's still the case it can often be a reason for a player's purchase price being a few million more than expected, as in Trafford's case? Just a thought.

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Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

Post by Tricky Trevor » Sun Jul 09, 2023 1:14 pm

agreenwood wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 1:09 pm
VK likes his full backs to occupy a variety of areas of the pitch during 90 mins, including popping up narrow between the lines. You’ve got to be a strong technical player to use the ball in more congested areas. Taylor might be capable of playing the more traditional attacking full back role (overlapping the winger), but I’m not sure he’s suited to the more varied role VK is looking for.
No argument with your point but this is the PL and players that can be all that at this level are out of our price range. BTW I don’t think Maatsen is the answer.

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Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

Post by Anthonini » Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:06 pm

Obviously Trafford is higher potential and going to become better than Muric. You can also argue that Muric indeed played an excellent season, therefore it might be a good time to sell him for 6-7 m.

He's really good but maybe not good enough to be a match winner in de PL. Which Trafford obviously can become. We are going to need an outstanding shot stopper as we will be the weaker team most of the games. Kompany is aiming for profiles which he is sure are up to the task of playing against world class players.

It's hopeful to see that even for the goalkeeper position they are aiming high, which makes me curious about who our strikers will be. On the midfield I'm looking out for Vranckx and Sambi Lokoga. Though it could might as well be a surprise, Trafford also came out of the blue after weeks of going after Verbruggen.

Any way I trust Vinnie and the Burnley recruitment staff. Whatever happens to Muric, I hope he stays, but if he leaves I wish him all the best and I would understand his choice 100%. Also for Burnley's transfer and wage budget it would be a good thing to make a move.

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Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

Post by KRBFC » Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:13 pm

Newcastleclaret93 wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:24 am
Don’t think I’ve ever slagged off THB or Maatsen

If you read what I said you would see I haven’t slagged off Tella. I said I wouldn’t mind signing him but similar to RV I think we can get a couple of players in for the same cost.

Ironically I have also said that Foster has been poor. So your points don’t really make sense
You were 100% on one of the THB topics during the season doubting his potential and negatively listing his flaws

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Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

Post by dermotdermot » Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:26 pm

I access this thread on occasion to check as to whether we’ve made any signings and all I find are conflicting opinions and arguments. Can someone come up with something of substance?

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Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

Post by Rileybobs » Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:27 pm

dermotdermot wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:26 pm
I access this thread on occasion to check as to whether we’ve made any signings and all I find are conflicting opinions and arguments. Can someone come up with something of substance?
You want someone on here to sign a player?

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Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

Post by Big Vinny K » Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:33 pm

dermotdermot wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:26 pm
I access this thread on occasion to check as to whether we’ve made any signings and all I find are conflicting opinions and arguments. Can someone come up with something of substance?
The official burnley fc site is the one to check whether we’ve made any signings.
As soon as they have signed it’s on there.

This is the wrong thread to pour through looking for confirmed signings. But given its title it doesn’t profess to be.

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Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

Post by Steddyman » Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:44 pm

I don't get the obsessions with wasting 5 pages of a transfer thread slagging of Muric or justifying him leaving if Trafford comes in.

All that is pertinent to this thread is the fact Trafford is or isn't joining us.

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Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

Post by RVclaret » Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:45 pm

Couple of rumours that seem to be doing the rounds locally.

Andros Townsend is training with us
Cole Palmer season long loan

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Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

Post by Pickles » Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:53 pm

RVclaret wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:45 pm
Couple of rumours that seem to be doing the rounds locally.

Andros Townsend is training with us
Cole Palmer season long loan
Interesting. Locally as in word of mouth? Local press?

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Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

Post by RVclaret » Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:54 pm

Pickles wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:53 pm
Interesting. Locally as in word of mouth? Local press?
Word of mouth

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Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

Post by Nori1958 » Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:55 pm

RVclaret wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:45 pm
Couple of rumours that seem to be doing the rounds locally.

Andros Townsend is training with us
Cole Palmer season long loan
Not bothered about the first one, however the second one would be good

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Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

Post by burnmark » Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:56 pm

RVclaret wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:45 pm
Couple of rumours that seem to be doing the rounds locally.

Andros Townsend is training with us
Cole Palmer season long loan
I do think Townsend would be a decent signing.

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Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

Post by brexit » Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:58 pm

RVclaret wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:45 pm
Couple of rumours that seem to be doing the rounds locally.

Andros Townsend is training with us
Cole Palmer season long loan
Townsend is going to Everton, Palmer is going to Sheff Ud

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Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

Post by Pickles » Sun Jul 09, 2023 3:02 pm

May have been mentioned and not Burnley but saw Ashley Young linked to Everton. Dunno the legitimacy of it but Dyche almost signed Young for Burnley so could be likely. Everton fans cockahoop about it.

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Re: Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

Post by ksrclaret » Sun Jul 09, 2023 3:02 pm

brexit wrote:
Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:58 pm
Townsend is going to Everton, Palmer is going to Sheff Ud
Townsend has just left Everton

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