KJP
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That's it, I'm out, had enough of football, gonna watch Bowls from now on
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Ward Off to Burnley?
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Munchkin
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Burke has got to go.
Our transfer dealings and player recruitment are totally unacceptable and ultimately he needs to take responsibility.
Our transfer dealings and player recruitment are totally unacceptable and ultimately he needs to take responsibility.
Wellesley
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- Jul 24, 2013
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Thank f#ck for that.
Clive Walker
Stand Or Fall
I'd like to hear from the club now
It's not bed wetting as some call it. It's real justified concern about inept dealing in the transfer window.
It's not bed wetting as some call it. It's real justified concern about inept dealing in the transfer window.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
He will be sat on the bench and I doubt Burnley have the funds to pay him a lot more than we would
HawkTheSeagull
New member
Grabban was poor, I admit - we should have coughed up, no excuses.
Ward may or may not be down to the club - they need to open up about this, same with Clayton.
Inept penny pinchers ? Id rather our club were sensible with money and didnt over pay and spunk it on stupidly high wages and fees, but hey, if you want our club to be running up massive losses then thats you. Id rather be supporting a sustainable club than one that could end up becoming the next Portsmouth.
Ah yes of course, the club not spending itself into massive debts is bad these days, such is the delusion with football fans.......
BURKE DOES NOT HOLD THE PURSE STRINGS FFS! I really don't understand how our chairman is so immune from blame. Bet a load of the lickers on here were also the ones lapping up the shit Archer & co were giving out when they came in..
8th battalion East Lancs
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- Jan 10, 2014
- 540
We don't, which is a tad puzzling.
Unless Dyche thinks that Lafferty is not up to being a Premier League back up left back.
Baldock would cost FOUR MILLION, id say not coughing up for that is actually bloody sensible, but still, slate them off for that if you want
Got a source for that, or are you making it up? No doubt that procrastination cost us at least Clayton and Ward, and being outdone on wages by a club with gates of half ours cost us Grabban. Who, incidentally, went for three times the fee we'd agreed in this window.
kevtherev
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That's the point. We (well the club) think they are being smart holding out on deals, trying to save a few quid. While all the time the days are ticking past, one by one and we are getting more desperate. We don't hold the aces, the clubs and the agents do. We either pay up or miss out and end up with a load of shite. Which I suspect is what's going to happen.
GreersElbow
New member
Sack him, bring in another; have the same problem then what?
I don't think this is Burke, I think this is board level. They have to approve every deal, if Burke's been bringing them to the table and the board saying no, what can Burke do?
EDIT: I'd also wish people would stop these poker analogies. Aces are only the best hand pre-flop, if the flop is wet. I.e flush, paired or straight draws ridden; then the aces are the underdog. Bloom maybe a poker player, but that doesn't mean he'll win every hand.
DarrenFreemansPerm
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Really? I thought we'd brought a couple of loaners in who have done the job adequately in that time
Precisely, LOAN players. We've needed to sign a left back to avoid a situation like this.
I am not saying we should be paying stupid wages doing a Portsmouth, but we often get lauded about how great attendances are, how much beer is drunk, how many pies eaten, WHILST having some of the most expensive tickets in the Championship, yet it has been CONFIRMED our budget is mid-table, and we are going backwards in our transfer dealings. How are all these other clubs managing on MUCH smaller attendances and income?
I really think Bloom is out of his depth, and doesn't know what he has let himself in for now. He has this ideal nirvana around FFP, but we've gone too far with it. By the time clubs are getting 'fined', we'll have lost a few thousand season ticket holders no doubt
Seagull1989
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- Oct 31, 2011
- 1,197
Was Gus right all along?
poidy
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- Aug 3, 2009
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An absolute farce. From start to finish this transfer window has been ****ing dreadful
No ifs buts or maybe's....****ing dreadful
Bloom, Barber and Burke need to take a long hard look at themselves tonight.
I appreciate what Mr Bloom had done for the club but that does not give him immunity from criticism. This window had been a **** up from start to finish. He needs to show some of his "leadership" qualities, grow a pair of balls and finally sort this recruitment policy out once and for all because there's clearly a fundament flaw in how we are doing things.
No ifs buts or maybe's....****ing dreadful
Bloom, Barber and Burke need to take a long hard look at themselves tonight.
I appreciate what Mr Bloom had done for the club but that does not give him immunity from criticism. This window had been a **** up from start to finish. He needs to show some of his "leadership" qualities, grow a pair of balls and finally sort this recruitment policy out once and for all because there's clearly a fundament flaw in how we are doing things.
greyseagull
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Exactly what I was thinking
Gazwag
5 millionth post poster
What a pathetic idiotic childless comment you should be ashamed of yourself
portslade seagull
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Is anybody really that suprised, we have a wages limit and our sticking to it hence the protracted negotiations. That is why I was suprised to find threads stating he was signing as I had heard the opposite due to the wage issue but no player is going to turn down the chance tp play in the premiership on probably double what we have offered. The clubs fault for dragging their heels