Ward Off to Burnley?

[KJP]

That's it, I'm out, had enough of football, gonna watch Bowls from now on

 

[Munchkin]

Burke has got to go.

Our transfer dealings and player recruitment are totally unacceptable and ultimately he needs to take responsibility.

 

[Wellesley]

I'm never commenting on a transfer again. Unbelievable.

Thank f#ck for that.

 

[Clive Walker]

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.

 

[Ernest]

The difference between the EPL and Championship presumably made no difference whatsoever?

He will be sat on the bench and I doubt Burnley have the funds to pay him a lot more than we would

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

You are right. Maybe we were just unlucky with Grabban, Ward, Clayton.... Or maybe we are just inept penny pinchers, trying to screw down on every deal to save money. I did hear that agents hate dealing with us because of it, and will always try and find another deal.

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.......

 

[Springal]

if this does materialise into something true then burke really needs to take a look at himself. it also wouldn't hurt for him to jump off the top of the west-upper.

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]

Why do Burnley suddenly need a left back ?

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.

 

[itszamora]

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.

 

[Napper]

Everyday is a new worst day for a long time . Absolute shit that .

Blame club for fannying about well into august

 

[kevtherev]

Burnley presumably didn't come in from nowhere. The players and agents tend to hold all the cards (assuming they are in demand) with the transfer window quivering.

Oh well.

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]

Burke has got to go.

Our transfer dealings and player recruitment are totally unacceptable and ultimately he needs to take responsibility.

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]

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.

 

[Springal]

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.......

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]

Was Gus right all along?

 

[poidy]

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.

 

[greyseagull]

What are the odds on next manager to walk being Hyypia.

Exactly what I was thinking

 

[Zebedee]

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.

Don't worry Kev. We'll still have a "competitive" squad in place by 1 Sep.

 

[Gazwag]

if this does materialise into something true then burke really needs to take a look at himself. it also wouldn't hurt for him to jump off the top of the west-upper.

What a pathetic idiotic childless comment you should be ashamed of yourself

 

[portslade seagull]

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