Nahki Wells

lovebeingaclaret · Post by **lovebeingaclaret** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 9:51 am

Quicknick wrote:Who's Barnsley?

Oh yeah. Get it now. Autocorrect has changed the word Barnsey to Barnsley probably and you've found it. No wonder you are called Quickdick. Oops auto correct again.

But it was so funny and I am so pleased that you shared it with us all.

Dark Cloud · Post by **Dark Cloud** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:20 am

Are they doing the medical with the screw in or the screw out?

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:35 am

Can we just not sign this guy? Crying out for a right winger to come straight into the 11, yet we are buying a cheap option 5th choice striker.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:55 am

Medical passed

Wokingclaret · Post by **Wokingclaret** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:15 pm

Drat, wonder how long the contract will be

as we will be stuck with this guy

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:18 pm

15 pages of whinging.

Is this a record yet?

gandhisflipflop · Post by **gandhisflipflop** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:19 pm

This signing without the wood signing - I'd be pretty miffed.

This signing along with the wood deal - I'm content. His first touch can't be worse than grays

Wokingclaret · Post by **Wokingclaret** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:20 pm

Lancasterclaret wrote:15 pages of whinging.

Is this a record yet?

Should be more

dushanbe · Post by **dushanbe** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:21 pm

FWIW (nothing admittedly) I think this will work out ok.

snapcrackleandpop · Post by **snapcrackleandpop** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:29 pm

So imagine this, Nahki makes his debut and scores what you going to do are you ?

1, Going dance about deliriously singing his name
or
2, Are you gonna shout f***k off Nahki you're s**t get back to udders.

I will do the first one and I would like to think the vast majority on here do neither but feel a little bit embarrassed.

# HUMBLEPIE

Billy_Bumface · Post by **Billy_Bumface** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:32 pm

Give the lad a chance eh.

No Ney Never · Post by **No Ney Never** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:34 pm

Knackered Wells.
Is he knackered or is he Well?

I'm neither here nor there with this signing. It's one of those, if Sean and his staff think there is something there to work with and the fee's appropriate, let's see what comes of it.

kentonclaret · Post by **kentonclaret** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:38 pm

Can he cover centre back if the injury jinx strikes?

burnley007 · Post by **burnley007** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:42 pm

Another Juke/Sordell signing that we'll be unloading to Barnsley in 18 months on a free.
Makes no sense at all. We are desperate for a winger and a CB, what is going on???

BabylonClaret · Post by **BabylonClaret** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:52 pm

Givrs us another option differeny to what wehave so not bad st 5m. Wil he be good enough? Hes scored at all levels so far so its not really a Juke/Sordell signing.

Hope we dont lose Barnes though

KefkaClaret · Post by **KefkaClaret** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:54 pm

I really have no clue why we are making this signing. Say we play with Wood up front on his, are we supposed to have Vokes, Barnes, Walters and Wells on the bench? The only place I can see him is on the wing but does he even have the work rate to be a Dyche winger, does he have the defensive capabilities we have on our wingers? Let's not forget to mention the fact he is currently injured and not Dyche fit. How long is it going to take him to get fit? Utterly pointless in my eyes and I'd rather us keep the money then spend it on dross who doesn't even improve the first team.

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:00 pm

burnley007 wrote:Another Juke/Sordell signing that we'll be unloading to Barnsley in 18 months on a free.
Makes no sense at all. We are desperate for a winger and a CB, what is going on???

The funds aren't available which is why we're going for the cheap option. Its blatantly obvious the budget just isn't available, we wouldn't be signing Wells if there was money to spend. The funds weren't available to buy Waris/Andone which is why we have gone with a cheaper option similar to when we bid for Deeney and ended up with Juke.

No Ney Never · Post by **No Ney Never** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:01 pm

Maybe he is simply too cheap to turn down. Get him fit and get him involved then flog him for 12-15m in a years time. Kerching!

martin_p · Post by **martin_p** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:06 pm

KRBFC wrote:The funds aren't available which is why we're going for the cheap option. Its blatantly obvious the budget just isn't available, we wouldn't be signing Wells if there was money to spend. The funds weren't available to buy Waris/Andone which is why we have gone with a cheaper option similar to when we bid for Deeney and ended up with Juke.

Why do people continue to confuse 'funds not available' and 'unwilling to pay the asking price'.

TVC15 · Post by **TVC15** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:07 pm

BabylonClaret wrote:Givrs us another option differeny to what wehave so not bad st 5m. Wil he be good enough? Hes scored at all levels so far so its not really a Juke/Sordell signing.

Hope we dont lose Barnes though

He scored at all levels so far ? - except the Premier League. Juke and Sordell had also scored at all levels - except the Premier League.

I`m not convinced he offers us that different option - unless he has got more pace than Huddersfield fans are suggesting. Not seen anything which suggests he can play out wide either.

SD clearly rates him enough to sign him - but would not be happy if this was at the expense of Barnes. Even if we got £8m for Barnes that would mean we have just signed 2 inferior players (in my view) in Walters and Wells for the same money but probably paying 3 times as much in salary in total - does not make sense for players who will most likely be on the bench every week.

MACCA · Post by **MACCA** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:08 pm

No Ney Never wrote:Maybe he is simply too cheap to turn down. Get him fit and get him involved then flog him for 12-15m in a years time. Kerching!

Or perhaps another vossen/hennings/juke/Sordell that we actually rarely play as they don't make the grade then we practically give them away/lose money on.

But hey ho he's "another option" .
I'm another option? who will work hard and be good in the dressing room!
We need footballers that are better than what is here. We need improvement.

BleedingClaret · Post by **BleedingClaret** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:11 pm

MACCA wrote:Or perhaps another vossen/hennings/juke/Sordell that we actually rarely play as they don't make the grade then we practically give them away/lose money on.

But hey ho he's "another option" .
I'm another option? who will work hard and be good in the dressing room!
We need footballers that are better than what is here. We need improvement.

I think overall we are going in the right direction with players and finances, don't you agree

northernpowerhouse · Post by **northernpowerhouse** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:14 pm

£5 million for a proven Championship goalscorer is a bargain. We could easily flog him for more than that if it doesn't work out.

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:14 pm

MACCA wrote:We need footballers that are better than what is here. We need improvement.

No we don't, we just need players who, when others are injured, are able to play in the side without making us that much weaker.

For example, wouldn't he be competing with the likes of JBG for example?

Let's face it, if Defour gets injured for example, we aren't getting a replacement as good as him.

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:14 pm

northernpowerhouse wrote:£5 million for a proven Championship goalscorer is a bargain. We could easily flog him for more than that if it doesn't work out.

We are in the Premier League. You do know that, right?

claptrappers_union · Post by **claptrappers_union** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:16 pm

I've said in this thread last night that I think its unlikely he will sign. The fee agreement has been published is to get another player. Nahki Wells will not sign for Burnley Football Club, I don't think we are interested in signing him, I don't think he is interested in joining us.

northernpowerhouse · Post by **northernpowerhouse** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:17 pm

UpTheBeehole wrote:We are in the Premier League. You do know that, right?

I agree it's a gamble, but even if it doesn't work out who gives a ****? We've got four other strikers and we can make our money back at the end of the season.

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:19 pm

Like we made our money back on Hennings, who we gave away for free?

Like we made our money back on Sordell, who we gave away for free?

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:19 pm

UpTheBeehole wrote:We are in the Premier League. You do know that, right?

Yeah, so how on earth did the likes of Arfield manage to turn himself into a good squad member, despite being seen as useless Huddersfield?

Heaton wasn't pulling up many trees either.

Nothing like writing off a player is there?

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:19 pm

claptrappers_union wrote:I've said in this thread last night that I think its unlikely he will sign. The fee agreement has been published is to get another player. Nahki Wells will not sign for Burnley Football Club, I don't think we are interested in signing him, I don't think he is interested in joining us.

Fingers crossed you're right

FCBurnley · Post by **FCBurnley** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:20 pm

Amazing anti Wells thread ! Must be a hell of a lot on this board who know way more about wells than Dyche does. Trust Dyche and remember where we were before he joined the club.

RVclaret · Post by **RVclaret** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:20 pm

claptrappers_union wrote:I've said in this thread last night that I think its unlikely he will sign. The fee agreement has been published is to get another player. Nahki Wells will not sign for Burnley Football Club, I don't think we are interested in signing him, I don't think he is interested in joining us.

Garbage

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:20 pm

Spijed wrote:Yeah, so how on earth did the likes of Arfield manage to turn himself into a good squad member, despite being seen as useless Huddersfield?

Heaton wasn't pulling up many trees either.

Nothing like writing off a player is there?

We signed both Arfield and Heaton when we were in the Championship. They were Championship players.

We're now playing in the Premier League. We should be signing Premier League players

TVC15 · Post by **TVC15** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:21 pm

claptrappers_union wrote:I've said in this thread last night that I think its unlikely he will sign. The fee agreement has been published is to get another player. Nahki Wells will not sign for Burnley Football Club, I don't think we are interested in signing him, I don't think he is interested in joining us.

Really ? Out on a limb there....hats off if you are correct (and hope you are) but I doubt it.

northernpowerhouse · Post by **northernpowerhouse** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:22 pm

UpTheBeehole wrote:Like we made our money back on Hennings, who we gave away for free?

Like we made our money back on Sordell, who we gave away for free?

Proven Championship strikers are like gold dust these days. McCormack, Vydra, Hogan, Kodjia, Rhodes, Gray.... we'll easily get £5 million plus for him. Probably nearer ten.

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:22 pm

UpTheBeehole wrote:We signed both Arfield and Heaton when we were in the Championship. They were Championship players.

We're now playing in the Premier League. We should be signing Premier League players

So we shouldn't have signed Brady, Hendrick or JBG as they were in the Championship?

Reecey1987 · Post by **Reecey1987** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:24 pm

claptrappers_union wrote:I've said in this thread last night that I think its unlikely he will sign. The fee agreement has been published is to get another player. Nahki Wells will not sign for Burnley Football Club, I don't think we are interested in signing him, I don't think he is interested in joining us.

What brings you to this conclusion ?

claptrappers_union · Post by **claptrappers_union** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:29 pm

Reecey1987 wrote:What brings you to this conclusion ?

We have a offer on the the table for another player but the club are holding out for more. Burnley say they have other irons in the fire, and now a fee has now been agreed with Huddersfield, so the ball is now in the court of the other club. Do they call Burnley's bluff?

Its easy to agree a fee for a player - Burnley could agree a fee with PSG for Neymar, doesn't mean its going to happen.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:30 pm

The only reason we won't go for Neymar is lack of ambition*

*says at least half this board

martin_p · Post by **martin_p** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:30 pm

Spijed wrote:So we shouldn't have signed Brady, Hendrick or JBG as they were in the Championship?

Or Taylor and Wood

Blyclaret · Post by **Blyclaret** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:31 pm

Wells deal very close to completion
If not already done
Sorry to burst the bubble

Reecey1987 · Post by **Reecey1987** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:33 pm

claptrappers_union wrote:We have a offer on the the table for another player but the club are holding out for more. Burnley say they have other irons in the fire, and now a fee has now been agreed with Huddersfield, so the ball is now in the court of the other club. Do they call Burnley's bluff?

Its easy to agree a fee for a player - Burnley could agree a fee with PSG for Neymar, doesn't mean its going to happen.

I think you will be dissapointed in a couple of hours

Jblonde002 · Post by **Jblonde002** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:36 pm

The year was 1999. We lost 0-6 to Man City and got pasted by 5-0 at Gillingham in league 1. Arguing about whether our new £5m signing would cut the grade after a Premier league win at champions Chelsea and a draw at Wembley felt a long way off!

Blackrod · Post by **Blackrod** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:36 pm

Nothing wrong with Wells for a lower division. Many thought Juke and Sordell would not make the grade at the level we were at. They were right. Hopefully the many can be proved wrong on this one.

Longside4evr · Post by **Longside4evr** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:43 pm

Please don't sign him I would be happy if we did not sign anyone than this player if we can't get anyone save the dosh till January's window just don't sign Wells
He's a player for a mid Championship team and would they even buy a crocked player would they heck it would take till January any way before he was Dyche fit so just leave it well a lone
He would definitely be our whipping boy if he plays just one bad game all eyes will be on him before a ball is kicked

gandhisflipflop · Post by **gandhisflipflop** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:43 pm

This could pave the way for Walters to be used as a wide man

KefkaClaret · Post by **KefkaClaret** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:48 pm

gandhisflipflop wrote:This could pave the way for Walters to be used as a wide man

Not sure if this is supposed to inspire confidence or not

lucs86 · Post by **lucs86** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:48 pm

Some people on here sound like they need to calm down.

Gray scored 9 last season, 2 of them pens; Barnes got 6, 2 of them pens. I hope Barnes stays but if he goes we've lost 11 goals from open play.

Wood and Wells will match that between them this season, easy.

These world-beaters Andone and Waris, they must have been overpriced to an extent that Cork, Hendrick, Defour, Brady, Westwood were not. Have some faith in the management, we've done well in the market recently. Get off the lad's back, he's not kicked a ball for us yet.

SussexDon1inIreland · Post by **SussexDon1inIreland** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:50 pm

Barnsey (Ashley)
No $30m plus footballer will ever want to play for us
I am sure that if there was a center half out there that would fit our group and we could afford better than we have now then Burnley would have gone for him
UTC

jlup1980 · Post by **jlup1980** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:53 pm

Blackrod wrote:Nothing wrong with Wells for a lower division. Many thought Juke and Sordell would not make the grade at the level we were at. They were right. Hopefully the many can be proved wrong on this one.

Really don't get any comparison between Wells and Juke / Sordell. Completely different players, completely different scoring records.

Career apps...
Nakhi Wells - 104 goals in 277 apps. 1 in 2.66 games.
Chris Wood - 102 goals in 297 apps. 1 in 2.91 games.
Marvin Sordell - 65 goals in 259 apps. 1 in 3.98 games.
Sam Vokes - 89 goals in 364 apps. 1 in 4.09 games.
Ashley Barnes - 75 goals in 323 apps. 1 in 4.31 games.
The Juke - 69 goals in 330 apps. 1 in 4.78 games.
Jon Walters - 117 goals in 567 apps. 1 in 4.85 games.

It's a completely and utterly worthless comparison, it really is. Some people are moaning for the sake of moaning and they're not looking at the bigger picture. Wells is an option from the bench. An option who's already scored over 100 goals in his career... at a better rate than anyone else currently in our squad and, for arguments sake, Sordell or The Juke.