BFC managers - first signings

[jdrobbo]

… can we name their FIRST permanent signing, in each case?

Mullen
Heath
Waddle
Ternent
Cotterill
Coyle
Laws
Howe
Dyche
Kompany
Parker

[burnmark]

Mullen - Randall?

[colne-claret]

Cotterill - Mcgreal?
Howe - Austin?
Parker - Pires? I don’t actually remember there’s been that many.
VK - twine?

[colne-claret]

Laws - Danny Fox?

[Steve-Harpers-perm]

Waddle - Michael Williams
Heath - Nigel Gleghorn

[HahaYeah]

Dyche's was Tom Heaton I think, and it didn't go down to well on here.

Parkers might be a grey area, I think signings were made before he was unveiled.

[AGENT_CLARET]

Dyche's was Tom Heaton I think, and it didn't go down to well on here.

Parkers might be a grey area, I think signings were made before he was unveiled.

Dyche's first signing was Dane Richards

[HahaYeah]

Dyche's first signing was Dane Richards

Ah right, forgot about him!

[jdrobbo]

Dyche's first signing was Dane Richards

Was not a permanent

[Im_not_Robbie_Blake]

I think Eddie Howe had organised the Richards signing before Dyche arrived (?)

[burnmark]

I think Eddie Howe had organised the Richards signing before Dyche arrived (?)

Correct

[Goliath]

Dyche's was Tom Heaton I think, and it didn't go down to well on here.

Parkers might be a grey area, I think signings were made before he was unveiled.

Dyche used to always use that one to beat the fans with about Heaton but I don't think it was ever true. Most Burnley fans knew Heaton well because he used to always play really well against us. I don't think that many were unhappy with the signing, especially when it was the unpopular Grant he was replacing

[colne-claret]

Was not a permanent

He was. We loaned him out.

[jdrobbo]

He was. We loaned him out.

Good grief: if that’s the case; you learn something every day. Thank you.

[ClaretTony]

Mullen - Aidy Randall
Heath - Nigel Gleghorn
Waddle - Chris Woods/Michael Williams
Ternent - Steve Morgan
Cotterill - John McGreal
Coyle - Martin Paterson
Laws - Leon Cort
Howe - Charlie Austin
Dyche - Tom Heaton
Kompany - Scott Twine
Parker - JBG

[jdrobbo]

Mullen - Aidy Randall
Heath - Nigel Gleghorn
Waddle - Chris Woods/Michael Williams
Ternent - Steve Morgan
Cotterill - John McGreal
Coyle - Martin Paterson
Laws - Leon Cort
Howe - Charlie Austin
Dyche - Tom Heaton
Kompany - Scott Twine
Parker - JBG

Some very solid signings on there

[helmclaret]

Steve Morgan

[colne-claret]

Mullen - Aidy Randall
Heath - Nigel Gleghorn
Waddle - Chris Woods/Michael Williams
Ternent - Steve Morgan
Cotterill - John McGreal
Coyle - Martin Paterson
Laws - Leon Cort
Howe - Charlie Austin
Dyche - Tom Heaton
Kompany - Scott Twine
Parker - JBG

I couldn’t remember if Laws first signing was Cort or Fox. Both hardly what we needed at the time but I suppose budgets were small at that point.

[ClaretTony]

I couldn’t remember if Laws first signing was Cort or Fox. Both hardly what we needed at the time but I suppose budgets were small at that point.

Both Flood signings to be fair rather than Laws.

[Dark Cloud]

Some very solid signings on there

Agreed. Some very solid signings on there....... and Steve Morgan!!!!

[wilks_bfc]

Mullen - Aidy Randall
Heath - Nigel Gleghorn
Waddle - Chris Woods/Michael Williams
Ternent - Steve Morgan
Cotterill - John McGreal
Coyle - Martin Paterson
Laws - Leon Cort
Howe - Charlie Austin
Dyche - Tom Heaton
Kompany - Scott Twine
Parker - JBG

You could kinda get a starting 11 out of those

——————-——-———-Heaton——————-—
—————-—Cort —— McGreal —— Morgan
Twine—— Williams ——Gleghorn ——Randall ——JBG
———-————Paterson —— Austin—————-

Not sure how successful it’ll be though tbh

[ClaretTony]

You could kinda get a starting 11 out of those

——————-——-———-Heaton——————-—
—————-—Cort —— McGreal —— Morgan
Twine—— Williams ——Gleghorn ——Randall ——JBG
———-————Paterson —— Austin—————-

Not sure how successful it’ll be though tbh

I reckon Johnny Mac would have his work cut out at the back

[helmclaret]

Yep would be pretty stressful that!

[whiffa]

Laws - Leon Cort

For me, our weakest manager signing our weakest player.

[ClaretTony]

For me, our weakest manager signing our weakest player.

As said above, he didn't really sign him.

[daveisaclaret]

How many others is it true for, that it wasn't really the manager's signing? I assume it applies to JBG and Twine

[claretburns]

How many others is it true for, that it wasn't really the manager's signing? I assume it applies to JBG and Twine

Jelle Vossen and Chris Long spring to mind.

[NL Claret]

Dyche used to always use that one to beat the fans with about Heaton but I don't think it was ever true. Most Burnley fans knew Heaton well because he used to always play really well against us. I don't think that many were unhappy with the signing, especially when it was the unpopular Grant he was replacing

Heaton conceded 7 goals in 2 games for Bristol City playing against the Clarets, not sure about playing well, maybe just keeping the score down.

[bobinho]

Heaton conceded 7 goals in 2 games for Bristol City playing against the Clarets, not sure about playing well, maybe just keeping the score down.

Think I remember him shipping four against us just before we signed him…. Hence one or two on here getting their knicks wet. Could easily have been ten but for him.

[Steve-Harpers-perm]

I can still picture Steve Morgan looking completely lost (not the only one that night) in that 6.0 home defeat by City. He was dreadful for us.

[Shappie]

Steve Morgan

Exactly the same reaction as me!!

[Shappie]

I can still picture Steve Morgan looking completely lost (not the only one that night) in that 6.0 home defeat by City. He was dreadful for us.

Never mind Man City. He looked lost in the pre season friendly at Elmore

[LincsWoldsClaret]

Was Steve Morgan the one Stan called ‘the dark destroyer’?

[wilks_bfc]

Was Steve Morgan the one Stan called ‘the dark destroyer’?

That’s because whenever he went forward and had an attempt on goal, the shot was that high, wide & powerful, it would destroy one of the wooden chairs in the CFS

[ClaretTony]

Dyche used to always use that one to beat the fans with about Heaton but I don't think it was ever true. Most Burnley fans knew Heaton well because he used to always play really well against us. I don't think that many were unhappy with the signing, especially when it was the unpopular Grant he was replacing

The issue was his first four signings in the summer of 2013 were all goalkeepers. He brought in Heaton and Cisak to replace Grant and Jensen but there were also Nizic and Liversedge but those deals had already been sorted a year earlier when Howe was here and he had no option on them.

[willsclarets]

I reckon Johnny Mac would have his work cut out at the back

That midfield as well
Not what you'd call a strong spine

[wilks_bfc]

That midfield as well
Not what you'd call a strong spine

Hey I never said it’ll be competitive

[IanMcL]

I reckon Johnny Mac would have his work cut out at the back

That was my first thought and then next was your own post!

He would cope on his own, fortunately!

[ecc]

Michael Williams looked like he'd never played football before.

[Shappie]

Michael Williams looked like he'd never played football before.

He did, but mark ford had played for England u21 and he was just as shite

[JohnDearyMe]

Mullen - Aidy Randall
Heath - Nigel Gleghorn
Waddle - Chris Woods/Michael Williams
Ternent - Steve Morgan
Cotterill - John McGreal
Coyle - Martin Paterson
Laws - Leon Cort
Howe - Charlie Austin
Dyche - Tom Heaton
Kompany - Scott Twine
Parker - JBG

I always thought that Woods was brought in as part of Waddle's back room staff and only played because we were doing so poorly (can't remember who else we had in goals that season) but I am perhaps mixing him up with Gordon Cowans?

[fungus_the_bogeyman]

I think Woods was supposed to be more of a coach/backup but came in after we sold Beresford to Boro. I thought he did pretty well from what I remember.

[ClaretTony]

Dyche's first signing was Dane Richards

Signed in the summer of 2012 on a pre-contract

[claretburns]

Think I remember him shipping four against us just before we signed him…. Hence one or two on here getting their knicks wet. Could easily have been ten but for him.

Pretty sure that was the season Bristol City went down and conceded over 100 goals which made the prospect of signing Heaton not that appetising to some. Add in the fact the anger from some fans for signing a released midfielder from Huddersfield.

[wilks_bfc]

He did, but mark ford had played for England u21 and he was just as shite

Didn’t he break his ankle/leg in one of his first games for us?
Don’t think he ever returned to that fitness/potential after that

[bobinho]

Pretty sure that was the season Bristol City went down and conceded over 100 goals which made the prospect of signing Heaton not that appetising to some. Add in the fact the anger from some fans for signing a released midfielder from Huddersfield.

Both turned out pretty well didn’t they?

[Shappie]

Didn’t he break his ankle/leg in one of his first games for us?
Don’t think he ever returned to that fitness/potential after that

Don’t remember that to be honest

[wilks_bfc]

Don’t remember that to be honest

I was half right. It was in the second season he broke his ankle

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[Culmclaret]

Going back a bit further

Miller first spell….was it Billy Hamilton?

Casper first spell. Terry Donovan?

[ClaretTony]

Didn’t he break his ankle/leg in one of his first games for us?
Don’t think he ever returned to that fitness/potential after that

Mark Ford did - it was the opening day of the 1998/99 season, first game under Stan.