Alan Nixon breaks silence on our transfers

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 12:02 am

Alan Nixon
‏

@reluctantnicko
47m47 minutes ago
More
Burnley. After same players they were after a month ago. In fact the same players they have been after for last two years. Nothing new.

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 12:05 am

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 12:05 am

Alan Nixon
‏

@reluctantnicko
30m30 minutes ago
More Alan Nixon Retweeted TalkWBA
Stubborn club meets stubborn club. And people expect updates? Like commentating on a derby for snails.

CFS · Post by **CFS** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 12:09 am

Nothing we didn't know. It's got us where we are now the way we work is just fine.

Tuddybfc · Post by **Tuddybfc** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 12:24 am

Fairly poor if we're still after players after two years, you'd like to think we'd either move on or stump up some cash considering how rich we are and our net transfer profit from last season meaning Dyche didn't even have a 'transfer budget' as such

Dano1bfc · Post by **Dano1bfc** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 12:53 am

Guys when will u be happy ? Y overspend? Players are worth what a club will pay ... just like a house worth what some 1 will pay . If we bought jay and his mate would you expect to finish higher ... I wouldn’t !!? Y spend millions for the same net result ... madness! If it was your cash would u?

Reecey1987 · Post by **Reecey1987** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 6:26 am

KRBFC wrote:Alan Nixon
‏

@reluctantnicko
47m47 minutes ago
More
Burnley. After same players they were after a month ago. In fact the same players they have been after for last two years. Nothing new.

We might finaly land henri lansbury by taking advantage of aston villa's money troubles

Taffy on the wing · Post by **Taffy on the wing** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 6:52 am

Tuddybfc wrote:Fairly poor if we're still after players after two years, you'd like to think we'd either move on or stump up some cash considering how rich we are and our net transfer profit from last season meaning Dyche didn't even have a 'transfer budget' as such

There is NO hope! Humanity is finished.........

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 6:58 am

My feeling is that Alan Nixon is just **** stirring. I'm not sure he's as well-informed as he used to be.

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 7:05 am

He'd be better off breaking wind.

As useful as an ashtray on a motorbike.

claretcarrot93 · Post by **claretcarrot93** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 7:49 am

IndigoLake wrote:My feeling is that Alan Nixon is just **** stirring. I'm not sure he's as well-informed as he used to be.

He was pretty much bang on with all our transfers last season.

Firthy · Post by **Firthy** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 7:58 am

I have a feeling he's right and if we don't sign JRod or Dawson then we won't sign anyone and we'll go with our current squad. There are very few rumours out there and most of them are obvious but without substance like Ings from LPool.

taio · Post by **taio** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:02 am

I don't think there's a cat in hells chance we'll sign no-one

CharlieinNewMexico · Post by **CharlieinNewMexico** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:05 am

Lost a lot of kudos once he stopped bunging his Scottish mate

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:11 am

Still gets an awful lot of our stuff right

Steve-Harpers-perm · Post by **Steve-Harpers-perm** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:23 am

Firthy wrote:I have a feeling he's right and if we don't sign JRod or Dawson then we won't sign anyone and we'll go with our current squad. There are very few rumours out there and most of them are obvious but without substance like Ings from LPool.

FFS when was the last time we didn’t sign one player during a summer? You honestly think Dyche has a list of 2 players and he’s been sat on his backside with the rest of the recruitment staff all summer?

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:25 am

He's only referring to Dawson here when he says "same players"

Holtyclaret · Post by **Holtyclaret** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:48 am

Heard it all now, literally what will be will be. All we know is that the board and management will not jepodise our club for the sake of instant gratification (betting the ranch). We should be pleased about that, I am.

I think we’ll sign 3-4 players this summer to continue that slow evolvement that is serving us so well. UTC

NEILTHO61 · Post by **NEILTHO61** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:10 am

Andrew Driver to sign?

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:12 am

taio wrote:I don't think there's a cat in hells chance we'll sign no-one

Had no idea we were even in for No-one.
Is he at the WC?

CnBtruntru · Post by **CnBtruntru** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:16 am

IanMcL wrote:Had no idea we were even in for No-one.
Is he at the WC?

Dunno

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:19 am

Of course we'll make signings.

It's just the usual "ooh look, everyone's buying players but us" brigade
having their customary close season panic attack.

Happens every year.

Tall Paul · Post by **Tall Paul** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:30 am

IanMcL wrote:Had no idea we were even in for No-one.
Is he at the WC?

Used to play for Cardiff didn't he?

Grumps · Post by **Grumps** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:32 am

ElectroClaret wrote:Of course we'll make signings.

It's just the usual "ooh look, everyone's buying players but us" brigade
having their customary close season panic attack.

Happens every year.

It does, then we make late signings but told we wont see the best of them till theyve had a dyche pre season.

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:35 am

Grumps wrote:It does, then we make late signings but told we wont see the best of them till theyve had a dyche pre season.

Yes, that's absolutely true.
And it seems to be working out well, judging by our last season.

edison · Post by **edison** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:39 am

Firthy wrote:... we won't sign anyone...

Just read that back again and say it out loud

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:45 am

ElectroClaret wrote:Of course we'll make signings.

It's just the usual "ooh look, everyone's buying players but us" brigade
having their customary close season panic attack.

Happens every year.

You also forgot to mention that they'll say other clubs are getting their business done nice and early!

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:47 am

Alan Nixon breaks silence? He's a journalist. He's never silent.

Anyway, if the "breaking news" is that Burnley are carrying on as they are now, I'm not going to get upset. I'll leave that to people who are unhappy with the last few years' performances.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:47 am

claretcarrot93 wrote:He was pretty much bang on with all our transfers last season.

Was he? I think Wells was the only one he came up with last year. He's certainly well informed but I don't think he was anything like bang on with our 2017 transfers.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:51 am

Tuddybfc wrote:Fairly poor if we're still after players after two years, you'd like to think we'd either move on or stump up some cash considering how rich we are and our net transfer profit from last season meaning Dyche didn't even have a 'transfer budget' as such

Oh dear, seventh in the Premier League, the club on the up, a superb transfer policy, and because Nixon opens his gob someone suggests we are fairly poor. What is it you actually want?

piston broke · Post by **piston broke** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:52 am

CTs PL signing sticky.
http://www.uptheclarets.com/messageboar ... =2&t=28957" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Lots of clubs with zero signings and a lot of the signings are squad fodder or unknowns in PL.

Nothing to worry about here.

edison · Post by **edison** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:56 am

It's amusing how many space fillers in the summer are articles about clubs being in for former players. It'd be interesting to see how many turn out to be accurate - not very many.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:59 am

Alan Nixon breaks wind.

Firthy · Post by **Firthy** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:04 am

Steve-Harpers-perm wrote:FFS when was the last time we didn’t sign one player during a summer? You honestly think Dyche has a list of 2 players and he’s been sat on his backside with the rest of the recruitment staff all summer?

I'm sorry, I hadn't realised I wasn't allowed an opinion

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:11 am

Firthy wrote:I have a feeling he's right and if we don't sign JRod or Dawson then we won't sign anyone and we'll go with our current squad. There are very few rumours out there and most of them are obvious but without substance like Ings from LPool.

If you think we aren't going to sign anyone because of a lack of speculation then I think you have very little understanding of our club.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:11 am

Steve-Harpers-perm wrote:FFS when was the last time we didn’t sign one player during a summer? You honestly think Dyche has a list of 2 players and he’s been sat on his backside with the rest of the recruitment staff all summer?

Last time we made no signings in a summer was 2002.

claretcarrot93 · Post by **claretcarrot93** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:12 am

ClaretTony wrote:Was he? I think Wells was the only one he came up with last year. He's certainly well informed but I don't think he was anything like bang on with our 2017 transfers.

He got Bardsley/Taylor/Wells and Wood all right. Mentioned them all a few days before they signed

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:16 am

claretcarrot93 wrote:He got Bardsley/Taylor/Wells and Wood all right. Mentioned them all a few days before they signed

I got Bardsley/Taylor/Wells and Wood right a few days before they signed and knew about some of them long before Nixon. He did know about Wells but wouldn't name him. We were on the Spurs trip when he kept going on about an unnamed striker. I've said, he does have good knowledge, but let's not praise him for things that he didn't know or just got from others at the 11th hour.

Long Time Lurker · Post by **Long Time Lurker** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:29 am

Derby are in for Snails?

Is he any good?

Tuddybfc · Post by **Tuddybfc** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:31 am

ClaretTony wrote:Oh dear, seventh in the Premier League, the club on the up, a superb transfer policy, and because Nixon opens his gob someone suggests we are fairly poor. What is it you actually want?

To suggest a 'superb transfer policy' is not looking beyond the premier league and championship where you find massively inflated prices and wages is frankly ridiclous. If we don't want to spend big amounts of money that's fine, but you have to look abroad, because over here you pay for what you get, look at Stoke demanding 50m for Butland, Fulham wanting 30m+ for Cairney and a few years ago Real Madrid paid less for Toni Kroos than Leicester just have for James Maddison. Our supposed European scouting network needs to start paying dividens, look at Pascall Gross for example at Brighton, one of the best new signings in the league last season and cost I believe 3m, there are far better deals to be had abroad as opposed to keeping the same targets for 2 years and evidently getting no where with them. That is what I actually want. Just because we had an incrdibly successful season which like all Burnley fans I am delighted with, doesn't mean everything with the club and especially the transfer policy is spot on, things can stil be improved.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:35 am

Tuddybfc wrote:To suggest a 'superb transfer policy' is not looking beyond the premier league and championship where you find massively inflated prices and wages is frnkly ridiclous. If we don't want to spend big amounts of money that's fine, but you have to look abroad, because over here you pay for what you get, look at Stoke demanding 50m for Butland, Fulham wanting 30m+ for Cairney and a few years ago Real Madrid paid less for Toni Kroos than Leicester just have for James Maddison. Our supposed European scouting network needs to start paying dividens, look at Pascall Gross for example at Brighton, one of the best new signings in the league last season and cost I believe 3m, there are far better deals to be had abroad as opposed to keeping the same targets for 2 years and evidently getting no where with them. That is what I actually want. Just because we had an incrdibly successful season which like all Burnley fans I am delgited with, doesn't mean everything with the club and especially the transfer policy is spot on, things can stil be improved.

The transfer system is working and is improving all the time. The way Dyche works is getting as much information as possible about a player. One of our strengths is the dressing room and that's been nurtured by a manager who ensures he brings the right player in. It's more difficult with players who haven't played in England. Look at the deal for the Polish winger, it was Dyche who pulled the plug on that one in the end because he could foresee problems with him.

I want a transfer policy that is best for our squad and I think Dyche has done that brilliantly. We've improved significantly in terms of bringing players in and I'm happy for it to continue the way it has been doing.

DAVETHEVICAR · Post by **DAVETHEVICAR** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:39 am

It seems clear that Dawson wants to come to Burnley
He has refused to go to Portugal this week along with Foster.
He lives in the Heywood area and Burnley would be the perfect fit.
WBA are holding out for a big fee but if we sit tight they will have to accept a more realistic fee

Tuddybfc · Post by **Tuddybfc** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:40 am

ClaretTony wrote:The transfer system is working and is improving all the time. The way Dyche works is getting as much information as possible about a player. One of our strengths is the dressing room and that's been nurtured by a manager who ensures he brings the right player in. It's more difficult with players who haven't played in England. Look at the deal for the Polish winger, it was Dyche who pulled the plug on that one in the end because he could foresee problems with him.

I want a transfer policy that is best for our squad and I think Dyche has done that brilliantly. We've improved significantly in terms of bringing players in and I'm happy for it to continue the way it has been doing.

It justs leaves us in a difficult position between doing intense amounts of research to fit the dressing room best but with those players more than likely paying well over the odds for their services, that's why we're stuck on the same targets for the past 2 years as Nixon has said. I agree that looking so deeply into a player is largely effective, but if it leaves us only 2 injuries off playing Charlie Taylor or Jack Cork at centre back, i'd say we need plans A, B, C and D, something Burnley never seem to have, it always seem like if we won't pay a fee for a player we seem a bit lost rather than moving onto another target.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:47 am

Tuddybfc wrote:It justs leaves us in a diffuclut position between doing intense amounts of research to fit the dressing room best but with those players more than likely paying well over the odds for their services, that's why we're stuck on the same targets for the past 2 years as Nixon has said. I agree that looking so deeply into a player is largely effective, but if it leaves us only 2 injuries off player Charlie Taylor or Jack Cork at centre back, i'd say we need plans A, B, C and D, something Burnley never seem to have, it always seem like if we won't pay a fee for a player we seem a bit lost rather than moving onto another target.

It would leave us in a very difficult position if we brought the wrong players in and it destroyed the dressing room. Dyche has already admitted we were a central defender short and I expect that to be rectified this summer. He had to give Tarkowski his opportunity though and look how that's worked out. Being a central defender short happened, that was very much the manager's decision. It is not a reflection on the transfer policy.

Do you seriously think we seem a bit lost if we won't pay a fee for one particular player? Do you seriously think we don't have plans beyond one player? Those sort of comments I find totally astonishing. If that was the case, I doubt we'd be anywhere near the Premier League.

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:51 am

DAVETHEVICAR wrote:It seems clear that Dawson wants to come to Burnley
He has refused to go to Portugal this week along with Foster.
He lives in the Heywood area and Burnley would be the perfect fit.
WBA are holding out for a big fee but if we sit tight they will have to accept a more realistic fee

I thought West ham had made a bid. They might offer him better wages if that's the case.

Tuddybfc · Post by **Tuddybfc** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:52 am

ClaretTony wrote:It would leave us in a very difficult position if we brought the wrong players in and it destroyed the dressing room. Dyche has already admitted we were a central defender short and I expect that to be rectified this summer. He had to give Tarkowski his opportunity though and look how that's worked out. Being a central defender short happened, that was very much the manager's decision. It is not a reflection on the transfer policy.

Do you seriously think we seem a bit lost if we won't pay a fee for one particular player? Do you seriously think we don't have plans beyond one player? Those sort of comments I find totally astonishing. If that was the case, I doubt we'd be anywhere near the Premier League.

I was suggesting more as cover for Tarky and Mee, and we only have one, who in my opinion is not a premier league standard player anyway. And yes I do feel like that, because otherwise surely we wouldn't be hanging onto targets for the past two years. Also look how we struggled a few years ago in centre midfield because we were hung up on Lansbury, then Bryson prior to him, and Stephens after him, we ended up playing Jones and Arfield in centre midfield for half a season! (We had never won a game starting Arfield in centre midfield at this point) This happened because it appeared we didn't have a plan B

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:57 am

Spijed wrote:I thought West ham had made a bid. They might offer him better wages if that's the case.

They have, and it's been turned down.

The vicar will know more on Dawson than I do though, and I do think a return to the NW would suit him.

SGr · Post by **SGr** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:58 am

Same targets for 2 years because we haven’t been willing to pay the ever increasing fees for them. I imagine there’ll be an interview bemoaning the inflated market along any time soon. I get this “we don’t want to be ripped off” mentality, and I agree with it, but if that’s the case than either we’re going to have to compromise on quality or look abroad.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:59 am

Tuddybfc wrote:I was suggesting more as cover for Tarky and Mee, and we only have one, who in my opinion is not a premier league standard player anyway. And yes I do feel like that, because otherwise surely we wouldn't be hanging onto targets for the past two years. Also look how we struggled a few years ago in centre midfield because we were hung up on Lansbury, then Bryson prior to him, and Stephens after him, we ended up playing Jones and Arfield in centre midfield for half a season! (We had never won a game starting Arfield in centre midfield at this point) This happened because it appeared we didn't have a plan B

Bloody hell - do you start looking for us in League Two? We certainly didn't end up playing Jones & Arfield in midfield after Stephens because that was only two years ago. if you seriously think we get hung up on players to that degree, then I'll leave it. I just remain amazed and bemused that anyone can think that.

Tuddybfc · Post by **Tuddybfc** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 11:02 am

ClaretTony wrote:Bloody hell - do you start looking for us in League Two? We certainly didn't end up playing Jones & Arfield in midfield after Stephens because that was only two years ago. if you seriously think we get hung up on players to that degree, then I'll leave it. I just remain amazed and bemused that anyone can think that.

Hence why i said Stephens was later on, like I said Bryson was earlier. The point i was making is Lansbury wasn’t a one off, we have a habit of getting stuck on targets but not having a plan B, which when Marney got injured, left us desperately short in a particular postion