Nixon news tomorrow

HiroshimaClaret · Post by **HiroshimaClaret** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 1:16 pm

claretonthecoast1882 wrote:You can always turn your tv off or watch some other team from afar and get overwhelmed

That`s how it works, of course I can!!!!!!!!! Why haven`t I thought of that before??? Which team shall I plump for...? Ummmmm...? Damn it...has to be Burnley I was there in 1987 and will still be there in 2057 (hopefully!!!).

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 1:35 pm

ecc wrote:No way should we sell Sam.

We won't unless we are guaranteed to get a decent replacement in.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 1:58 pm

Flat Stanley wrote:Regardless of the fact our current strikers are not just hoofball goal scorers we don't need crouch. We are crying out for pace and creativity. Jesus Wept!

We could do with a bit of pace and guile i agree,but they cost £££££,look at Richarlison one decent half a season and he goes for 40-50 million,Lennon showed enough the other night to suggest he'll have a good season with the right service,and Brady still has to come back,and we have got JBG,this isn't a priority for me CM and CB would be essentials,as long as no-one else goes out the door other areas we can cope for now.

HiroshimaClaret · Post by **HiroshimaClaret** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 2:16 pm

It will be a sad day if/when Vokes moves on. What a fantastic player he has been for us.

SGr · Post by **SGr** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 2:20 pm

claretonthecoast1882 wrote:You can always turn your tv off or watch some other team from afar and get overwhelmed

Same old same old from the happy clappers. We could sign my nan it’d be the usual “ooooo it’s experience!” nonsense. Too easily pleased.

HiroshimaClaret · Post by **HiroshimaClaret** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 2:22 pm

SGr wrote:Same old same old from the happy clappers. We could sign my nan it’d be the usual “ooooo it’s experience!” nonsense. Too easily pleased.

The first word that came to mind upon reading it, SGr, was `troglodyte`. I suppose you have to live above Park View Chippy to have an opinion.

Guller Bull · Post by **Guller Bull** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 2:23 pm

Without all the gubbins in between can someone tell me what Nixons news was?

HiroshimaClaret · Post by **HiroshimaClaret** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 2:30 pm

Guller Bull wrote:Without all the gubbins in between can someone tell me what Nixons news was?

Only gullible people take any notice of Nixon, don`t they??

SGr · Post by **SGr** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 2:30 pm

HiroshimaClaret wrote:The first word that came to mind upon reading it, SGr, was `troglodyte`. I suppose you have to live above Park View Chippy to have an opinion.

Everyone’s entitled to their views, but I can’t stand this “Just happy to be here this season” mentality personally

HiroshimaClaret · Post by **HiroshimaClaret** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 2:32 pm

SGr wrote:Everyone’s entitled to their views, but I can’t stand this “Just happy to be here this season” mentality personally

...and finish 17th or above of course!!! Let`s hope we can hit the ground running (more likely limping?) like last season.

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 3:00 pm

While you all argue over who is the most positive Burnley fan, can someone tell us the news...

mdd2 · Post by **mdd2** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 3:04 pm

KRBFC wrote:While you all argue over who is the most positive Burnley fan, can someone tell us the news...

What KRBFC posted.

Reecey1987 · Post by **Reecey1987** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 3:05 pm

KRBFC wrote:While you all argue over who is the most positive Burnley fan, can someone tell us the news...

Nixon said the crouch thing isnt his story and there is ongoing thing with clucas and personal terms

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 3:09 pm

Reecey1987 wrote:Nixon said the crouch thing isnt his story and there is ongoing thing with clucas and personal terms

That's it? He said we were working on Clucas 2 months ago.

Reecey1987 · Post by **Reecey1987** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 3:10 pm

KRBFC wrote:That's it? He said we were working on Clucas 2 months ago.

Thats all he said

box_of_frogs · Post by **box_of_frogs** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 3:22 pm

I reckon it’s Marvin Sordell.

UpTheClaretsFCBK · Post by **UpTheClaretsFCBK** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 3:34 pm

I really don't see us signing Dawson and Mawson is going to Fulham.

If we were going to play this game , we might as well of gone for someone like Aden Flint, who went to Boro for £7million.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 3:45 pm

the only way I'd sell Sam for only 10 million is if he had 20 minutes left on his contract

claretonthecoast1882 · Post by **claretonthecoast1882** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 5:11 pm

SGr wrote:Same old same old from the happy clappers. We could sign my nan it’d be the usual “ooooo it’s experience!” nonsense. Too easily pleased.

Interesting stance you take if someone doesnt cry and moan constantly like a dickhead as you do on here you are automatically a happy clapper ?

Or do you think some might just be capable of waiting for the window to close then judging it

dpinsussex · Post by **dpinsussex** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 5:14 pm

Panic not..... we are bringing the youngsters through

ClaretEngineer · Post by **ClaretEngineer** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 5:24 pm

Chris Iwelumo and Lloyd Doyley.

Surprise moves for Gareth Barry and Emile Heskey.

What’s Blake upto these days?

dpinsussex · Post by **dpinsussex** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 5:27 pm

ClaretEngineer wrote:
What’s Blake upto these days?

Coaching role for a west Sussex step 5 club.

SGr · Post by **SGr** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 9:10 pm

claretonthecoast1882 wrote:Interesting stance you take if someone doesnt cry and moan constantly like a dickhead as you do on here you are automatically a happy clapper ?

Or do you think some might just be capable of waiting for the window to close then judging it

No, that doesn’t make you a happy clapper. Suggesting people who express concern over transfers “go and support another club” makes you a happy clapper. Hope that helps.

claretspice · Post by **claretspice** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 9:53 pm

I've been reasonably supportive of the club so far this summer and fairly relaxed about the lack of completed moves in the transfer market - because, as I keep reminding myself, we don't need lots of signings (4 ideally, 3 at a pinch, give or take the goalkeeping position) and we appear to have been following a well established, if slightly boring, policy in the transfer market which has served us well.

But...even I'm beginning to get a bit twitchy. Staying true to our first choice signings is absolutely fine, but having got into the last fortnight of the transfer window without having nailed any of them, we're in danger of making necessities out of the virtues of both signing the "right" player, and getting that player for an "acceptable" price.

It may well be that lots of things are now close, and that we've got plans B and C simmering away nicely. But given the lack of positive news - and the links to the likes of Crouch, which would be at the more underwhelming end of "plan B" - its hard to be confident of that right nnow. Even if Crouch is still capable of "doing a job", he's very much in Vokes' mould, and is the very definition of a stop gap these days, so its hardly part of the long-term, evolution of the squad we'd all hoped for.

The next 10 days really is huge. We had an excellent season last time, but the margins are fine at this level and we're not so far ahead of the curve that we can afford to rest on our laurels. The rest of the league has improved and moved on, the 3 promoted clubs have strengthened aggressively, and there's no-one who has obviously struggled for the last couple of seasons who is an obvious tip for the drop (like Swansea were last season). Things have to start moving for us soon, or our own complacency and/or stubbornness could not only put our chances of progressing this season on the line, but risk our Premier League future too.

warksclaret · Post by **warksclaret** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 10:17 pm

Convinced complacency has settled into the club and it may be thinking the following at a senior level
-we finished 7th we are not in danger next season
-we are in Europe we can attract most players
-we may have a small squad but we still get by when we have injuries
-we are the envy of most clubs in how we manage our club
-SD will never leave, he is committed to our club and will stand by what we do
-as we get closer to transfer deadline date, those clubs to whom we have made player offers will come back and accept our bids

Time to smell the coffee

SGr · Post by **SGr** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 10:21 pm

warksclaret wrote:Convinced complacency has settled into the club and it may be thinking the following at a senior level
-we finished 7th we are not in danger next season
-we are in Europe we can attract most players
-we may have a small squad but we still get by when we have injuries
-we are the envy of most clubs in how we manage our club
-SD will never leave, he is committed to our club and will stand by what we do
-as we get closer to transfer deadline date, those clubs to whom we have made player offers will come back and accept our bids

Time to smell the coffee

Agree. They’ve approached this window with a mentality of just improving numbers, back ups here and there - instead of asking how do we score more goals, for example. Constant significant improvement is needed at this level regardless of where you finish. Clubs below us who had disappointing seasons have reacted/are reacting. We have to evolve.

warksclaret · Post by **warksclaret** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 10:34 pm

SGR-I sense this week will be huge for clubs potentially in the bottom half of the PL. I see it like a belting day at the post Christmas sales when panic sets in, largely driven by what their peers are doing ie Brighton, Fulham, WHU, Everton, Leicester (some business done/more to follow)

From what I am hearing or seeing we could be missing out. Yes we may have finished 7th but some of our performances in March & April, plus the last few games ie Bournemouth and Arsenal were dire, making us potentially look like future relegation candidates. What I am now noticing is the most positive contributors on this board starting to get twitchy. And if you want to get really depressed have a look at our PL run in during April & May. We need to hit the ground running in a few weeks when the fixtures have been relatively kind

Hibsclaret · Post by **Hibsclaret** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 8:15 am

When is this tomorrow’s news given that it is now yesterday....

Firthy · Post by **Firthy** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 9:16 am

Hibsclaret wrote:When is this tomorrow’s news given that it is now yesterday....

The news is that there is no news

I think even the link with Crouch is a desperate attempt to report on potential signings.

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 2:12 pm

Maybe it's tomorrow.

UpTheClaretsFCBK · Post by **UpTheClaretsFCBK** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:25 pm

Day #3 of Nixon News Tomorrow

Still no news and I’m beginning to lose hope.

Hibsclaret · Post by **Hibsclaret** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:31 pm

Wait until tomorrow comes...yeah

ayrshireclaret83 · Post by **ayrshireclaret83** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:39 pm

Didn’t we get the Nixon news in the paper?

That there was an ongoing thing with Clucas and personal terms?

mkmel · Post by **mkmel** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 8:22 pm

I thought it was that we are still negotiating with Brighton to sign Dale Stephens

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 8:32 pm

He's a bigger bullsh!tter then his namesake president.

jrgbfc · Post by **jrgbfc** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 8:38 pm

All our other targets have failed so we're going back in for Henri Lansbury again. You heard it here first!

levraiclaret · Post by **levraiclaret** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 8:53 pm

warksclaret wrote:Convinced complacency has settled into the club and it may be thinking the following at a senior level
-we finished 7th we are not in danger next season
-we are in Europe we can attract most players
-we may have a small squad but we still get by when we have injuries
-we are the envy of most clubs in how we manage our club
-SD will never leave, he is committed to our club and will stand by what we do
-as we get closer to transfer deadline date, those clubs to whom we have made player offers will come back and accept our bids

Time to smell the coffee

The coffee has strong notes of guesswork.

SussexDon1inIreland · Post by **SussexDon1inIreland** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 9:06 pm

How many of the signings made by Brighton Huddersfield and other smaller clubs would we have wanted??

I would be happy if we can get Jay Rod Dawson and Clucas and Ingsy in

UTC

Burnley Ace · Post by **Burnley Ace** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:33 pm

SussexDon1inIreland wrote:How many of the signings made by Brighton Huddersfield and other smaller clubs would we have wanted??

I would be happy if we can get Jay Rod Dawson and Clucas and Ingsy in

UTC

Think it depends on whether you get excited by unknown or unproven foreign players.

UpTheClaretsFCBK · Post by **UpTheClaretsFCBK** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:44 pm

Nigel Reo-Coker on a free.

You’ve heard it here first.

Goobs · Post by **Goobs** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 11:00 pm

SussexDon1inIreland wrote:How many of the signings made by Brighton Huddersfield and other smaller clubs would we have wanted??

I would be happy if we can get Jay Rod Dawson and Clucas and Ingsy in

UTC

Think you'll have to be happy with 3 out of 4.

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 11:27 pm

warksclaret wrote:From what I am hearing or seeing we could be missing out. Yes we may have finished 7th but some of our performances in March & April, plus the last few games ie Bournemouth and Arsenal were dire, making us potentially look like future relegation candidates.

Your memory is surely playing you false about March and April. We beat Everton, West Ham, West Brom, Watford, and Leicester, lost to Chelsea, and drew with Stoke and Brighton. 17 points in 8 games isn't relegation form; even if you argue that we got better results than perhaps we deserved, it still isn't relegation form.

I concede that the two games in May, after our position was decided, were poor. Even then, we were only the 15th side to concede 3 or more against Arsenal at the Emirates; and the Bournemouth one was most definitely sloppy season-over stuff. I wouldn't read too much into those games.