Jack Cork

Diesel · Post by **Diesel** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 11:42 am

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box_of_frogs · Post by **box_of_frogs** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 11:50 am

Any updates from Wikipedia (or maybe a reliable source!)?

northeastclaret · Post by **northeastclaret** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 11:56 am

Any further news on Mcarthur , Knutsfordclaret?

Diesel · Post by **Diesel** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 11:56 am

box_of_frogs wrote:Any updates from Wikipedia (or maybe a reliable source!)?

The club shop have just placed an order for 2500 letter c's, this is as reliable as it gets.

Knutsfordclaret · Post by **Knutsfordclaret** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 12:17 pm

northeastclaret wrote:Any further news on Mcarthur , Knutsfordclaret?

Nothing at the moment northeast

MACCA · Post by **MACCA** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 12:20 pm

northeastclaret wrote:Any further news on Mcarthur , Knutsfordclaret?

I've always liked Knutsford's sevices

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 12:23 pm

Diesel wrote:The club shop have just placed an order for 2500 letter c's, this is as reliable as it gets.

Oooohhhhh I feel a Two Ronnies sketch scenario coming on.

Knutsfordclaret · Post by **Knutsfordclaret** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 12:25 pm

MACCA wrote:I've always liked Knutsford's sevices

Always a good place to stop as there is usually a tailback due to accidents around junction 19

claretdom · Post by **claretdom** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 12:25 pm

Rowls wrote:Oooohhhhh I feel a Two Ronnies sketch scenario coming on.

More chance of a Derek & Clive sketch with all them C's

mkmel · Post by **mkmel** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 12:28 pm

MACCA wrote:I've always liked Knutsford's sevices

I've always liked Tina Turner's hit record Knutsford City Limits

claretblue · Post by **claretblue** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 12:31 pm

Cork with Clarets in Ireland!?

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MACCA · Post by **MACCA** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 12:44 pm

claretblue wrote:Cork with Clarets in Ireland!?

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Wouldn't believe that, if there happened to be a picture of him with a Burnley representative at an airport, I might just start to believe it.

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 12:44 pm

Signs on Monday...

KefkaClaret · Post by **KefkaClaret** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 12:48 pm

Why are we paying £10m plus add-ons for a midfielder who is low on the pecking order for his current team and still has 1 year left. Considering I'd say we are quite frugal in our bidding this just seems like a complete panic.

piston broke · Post by **piston broke** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 12:50 pm

Rowls wrote:Signs on Monday...

we never sign a MFer on a day ending in y!

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 12:50 pm

The article says he's 26. He's 28.

Knutsfordclaret · Post by **Knutsfordclaret** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 12:52 pm

KefkaClaret wrote:Why are we paying £10m plus add-ons for a midfielder who is low on the pecking order for his current team and still has 1 year left. Considering I'd say we are quite frugal in our bidding this just seems like a complete panic.

We are not paying £10m plus add ons

Tall Paul · Post by **Tall Paul** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 12:52 pm

KefkaClaret wrote:Why are we paying £10m plus add-ons for a midfielder who is low on the pecking order for his current team and still has 1 year left.

Because he's a good player and we can afford it. And it's £10m including add-ons.

cav · Post by **cav** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:00 pm

KefkaClaret wrote:Why are we paying £10m plus add-ons for a midfielder who is low on the pecking order for his current team and still has 1 year left. Considering I'd say we are quite frugal in our bidding this just seems like a complete panic.

Hardly low in the pecking order either, joint captain at Swansea and played 30 of their 38 league games last season.

claretblue · Post by **claretblue** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:01 pm

Club Call -
Burnley play their first pre-season friendly against Shamrock Rovers on Friday and hope to have Cork on board in time for him to make his first appearance in a Clarets shirt

claretdom · Post by **claretdom** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:05 pm

If in a game next season Cork scores 2, sets up 2 and clears one of the line at 0-0 he will get a 4 in the ratings from kefka

CnBtruntru · Post by **CnBtruntru** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:11 pm

claretdom wrote:If in a game next season Cork scores 2, sets up 2 and clears one of the line at 0-0 he will get a 4 in the ratings from kefka

I would give him a 3, should have at least gone on and got the bloody hat trick and I only saw the highlights.

ClaretAndJew · Post by **ClaretAndJew** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:11 pm

4 year deal according to Jack Gaughan, a sports writer for Mail Online.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:11 pm

Daily Mail reporting 4 year deal done.

HelloHiGoodbye · Post by **HelloHiGoodbye** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:12 pm

KefkaClaret wrote:Why are we paying £10m plus add-ons for a midfielder who is low on the pecking order for his current team and still has 1 year left. Considering I'd say we are quite frugal in our bidding this just seems like a complete panic.

1) It probably won't be ten million up front and even if it is, it's relatively cheap.
2) He wasn't low down the pecking order last season and has played more Premier League seasons than most of our squad.
3) He might have one year left, can't be bothered checking. Fair play.
4) We are quite frugal in our bidding. Fair play.
5) No panicking although people on this messageboard would very much like to believe that's the case.

2/5.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:13 pm

Why do we never sign players on long deals? I bet we've not even included a sell on clause.

ClaretAndJew · Post by **ClaretAndJew** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:13 pm

The deal is up to £10 million, WITH ADD ONS, which I imagine will include us staying in the PL, in which case, it's paid for itself, and if we don't, we don't pay it.

Firthy · Post by **Firthy** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:13 pm

Reecey1987 wrote:Then onto the next

So how's your £50 donation looking on the McArthur signing

Reecey1987 · Post by **Reecey1987** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:16 pm

Firthy wrote:So how's your £50 donation looking on the McArthur signing

It was knutsford claret who said that

jlup1980 · Post by **jlup1980** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:19 pm

I don't think clubs tend to make panic buys 11 days into a transfer window. That tends to happen more 11 hours before the transfer window closes.

Cork is a priority for Dyche. That's as clear as anything IMO. We're notorious for dragging our heels when spending money but we've gone straight in at the right level here and look like we'll tie up the deal pretty quickly.

For what it's worth I think it's a really good indication of where we are and what we want to achieve this summer. Between Cork and Walters we've brought in some quality PL experience for a relatively small outlay. Swansea fans will doubtless say he's not worth the money but he was a mainstay in their team for the majority of last season and he'll take some replacing for the same amount of cash.

Knutsfordclaret · Post by **Knutsfordclaret** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:19 pm

Reecey1987 wrote:It was knutsford claret who said that

No movement on that one today. Any more news and will pop it on here.

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:20 pm

KefkaClaret wrote:Why are we paying £10m plus add-ons for a midfielder who is low on the pecking order for his current team and still has 1 year left. Considering I'd say we are quite frugal in our bidding this just seems like a complete panic.

Eh? Complete Panic? On July 11th. Wow.

quoonbeatz · Post by **quoonbeatz** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:20 pm

nearer to half of the quoted £10m upfront, i believe.

cracking signing this.

plenty of options in midfield now.

Reecey1987 · Post by **Reecey1987** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:23 pm

Knutsfordclaret wrote:No movement on that one today. Any more news and will pop it on here.

Daily mail are saying cork is at the airport now signing a 4year deal before heading out to dublin

HelloHiGoodbye · Post by **HelloHiGoodbye** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:26 pm

It's very difficult to find any negatives at all with this transfer.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:27 pm

Nah, its a piece of **** if you are that sort of person.

See numerous posts on this thread

quoonbeatz · Post by **quoonbeatz** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:28 pm

Reecey1987 wrote:Daily mail are saying cork is at the airport now signing a 4year deal before heading out to dublin

thats the yesterdaily mail.

Cleveleys_claret · Post by **Cleveleys_claret** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:30 pm

quoonbeatz wrote:thats the yesterdaily mail.

I am guessing that they are actually correct. Cork hasn't flown out yet. He will have had his medical this morning at Manchester. He met up in the picture at the Airport Hotel but stayed in the country for his medical this morning

Reecey1987 · Post by **Reecey1987** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:33 pm

quoonbeatz wrote:thats the yesterdaily mail.

It was tweeted 15 mins ago

quoonbeatz · Post by **quoonbeatz** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:41 pm

Reecey1987 wrote:
It was tweeted 15 mins ago

yesterday's news though, from what i'd heard.

either way, it matters not. important thing is we're adding another sound midfielder to the squad.

if we can keep tintin, we'll have a good mix of ball players in there. should help make our playing style easier on the eye.

Reecey1987 · Post by **Reecey1987** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:41 pm

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Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:42 pm

Price has dropped another £2 million as well.

Looks like the Mail have been reading on here

claretspice · Post by **claretspice** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:46 pm

I'd be surprised if a portion of that £8 million wasn't conditional on certain appearance thresholds being met over the next year or so, too.

Good signing, good experienced head with plenty of years left in his locker and plenty of quality as well.

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:51 pm

I'll bet it's less than 8 million.

claretdom · Post by **claretdom** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:52 pm

2 different people who normally know most of what is going on have both said 6m upfront

DCWat · Post by **DCWat** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:53 pm

A player I would have loved for us to sign when he was first with us. It could be complete nonsense, but I seem to remember some comment at the time, that we couldn't afford him and another player (McCann?) although suspect we were blown out of the water when it came to wages back then.

Cork was great for us when we had him and he's surely improved further as a player since then. Yes, I'd prefer someone perhaps a little younger but his experience will be invaluable.

A good solid signing that brings competition to midfield - hopefully not the end of our midfield dealing though.

quoonbeatz · Post by **quoonbeatz** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:55 pm

yep, we couldn't get anywhere near the wages southampton offered him last time.

Dom · Post by **Dom** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:55 pm

Good signing, still need someone with a bit of creativity in the middle but we've got a few options now.
I think taking a captain from another team will do us some good, Barton at his best would be the outfield captain and help organise from the middle. Hopefully Cork can do the same.

Paul Waine · Post by **Paul Waine** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 2:17 pm

quoonbeatz wrote: important thing is we're adding another sound midfielder to the squad.

if we can keep tintin, we'll have a good mix of ball players in there. should help make our playing style easier on the eye.

My "Like" for "tintin" - my first thought was "who's that, when did he sign..." I do hope that Steven Defour stays and delivers on all he promised last season.

And, I'm very pleased that Jack Cork is re-joining the Clarets. It also shows how far we have progressed and continue to progress.

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claretandy · Post by **claretandy** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 2:23 pm

quoonbeatz wrote:yep, we couldn't get anywhere near the wages southampton offered him last time.

I think they offered him 30k a week and that was 5 years ago when we were in the Championship.