Pre-Season tour of America

[elwaclaret]

Rumours are flying around Twitter than Burnley will be touring the USA in preparation for the new season, including a trip to Salt Lake.

[IanMcL]

Without doubt, I would say. Nothing to do with proper prep now!

[ClaretTony]

Rumours are flying around Twitter than Burnley will be touring the USA in preparation for the new season, including a trip to Salt Lake.

No they’re not flying around. It’s one account who claims to be a journo who, if you look, has a habit of making up stuff.

Pace said not long ago that the plan was to go to America. I believe they had two sets of plans depending on which league we were in and when we kicked off.

I’ve since been told it’s not happening.

[Newcastleclaret93]

How do people genuinely still fall for this crap.

[elwaclaret]

How do people genuinely still fall for this crap.

Fall for what crap? People are discussing it, Tony says not happening, which I have no reason to question. I do find your phraseology rather strange at times.

[Milltown1882]

Fall for what crap? People are discussing it, Tony says not happening, which I have no reason to question. I do find your phraseology rather strange at times.

Probably referring to the ‘journalists’ on twitter that are just morons with not a single touch of media credibility making things up to have people on strings.

[daveisaclaret]

Fall for what crap? People are discussing it, Tony says not happening, which I have no reason to question. I do find your phraseology rather strange at times.

People are discussing it because it's been made up by someone who pretends to be a journalist on Twitter, that's probably the crap he's referring to.

[Newcastleclaret93]

Fall for what crap? People are discussing it, Tony says not happening, which I have no reason to question. I do find your phraseology rather strange at times.

Fall for a young lad making up that he is a journalist and posting random stuff every day just waiting for a few to bite.

[elwaclaret]

Fall for a young lad making up that he is a journalist and posting random stuff every day just waiting for a few to bite.

Not the source I saw, I saw American’s eagerly discussing the possibility of local matches (to them). I repeat how is mentioning what people are discussing ‘crap’? This is a discussion group, people discussing other than you neither makes the topic or the people involved crap. To use the Americanism, ‘will you ever get over yourself?’

[ClaretTony]

Not the source I saw, I saw American’s eagerly discussing the possibility of local matches (to them). I repeat how is mentioning what people are discussing ‘crap’? This is a discussion group, people discussing other than you neither makes the topic or the people involved crap. To use the Americanism, ‘will you ever get over yourself?’

And that wasn’t the source

I’ll repeat, the info I was given was that we are not going. Not sure any pre-season has been arranged yet.

[RVclaret]

Fall for a young lad making up that he is a journalist and posting random stuff every day just waiting for a few to bite.

I have actually reported his account as spam / fake + blocked him.

[Newcastleclaret93]

Not the source I saw, I saw American’s eagerly discussing the possibility of local matches (to them). I repeat how is mentioning what people are discussing ‘crap’? This is a discussion group, people discussing other than you neither makes the topic or the people involved crap. To use the Americanism, ‘will you ever get over yourself?’

And where did all of them discussions stem from?

It all came from one lad trying to hook a few. Looks like it has worked.

[elwaclaret]

And where did all of them discussions stem from?

It all came from one lad trying to hook a few. Looks like it has worked.

Obviously, as they are discussing it. I have no problem with anything you say, just your smartarsery about saying it.

[ClaretTony]

And where did all of them discussions stem from?

It all came from one lad trying to hook a few. Looks like it has worked.

For once we are in total agreement

[EarbyClaret]

[Maybe we'll be going to the Benelux countries instead - or perhaps we'll go vintage Ternent and visit Exeter, Plymouth and Torquay with a midnight curfew

[Bosscat]

I have actually reported this account as spam / fake + blocked him.

Thats not very nice ... Newcastleclaret isn't a fake surely

[Quickenthetempo]

And that wasn’t the source

I’ll repeat, the info I was given was that we are not going. Not sure any pre-season has been arranged yet.

The source was probably on here, from the poster who went in corporate for an evening match and had the speech from Alan Pace. Who told him they were touring America.

If you Google things, it often comes up with threads on this site.

[wilks_bfc]

A “journalist” that has 158 followers and only follows 2 accounts, one of which is “ClaretsXtra” tells you all you need to know about credibility

[Nonayforever]

[Maybe we'll be going to the Benelux countries instead - or perhaps we'll go vintage Ternent and visit Exeter, Plymouth and Torquay with a midnight curfew

What about the IOM tournament, that was good.

[ClaretTony]

What about the IOM tournament, that was good.

Only went twice - 1983 when Bond was manager and then for the final in 2001.

[ClaretTony]

The source was probably on here, from the poster who went in corporate for an evening match and had the speech from Alan Pace. Who told him they were touring America.

If you Google things, it often comes up with threads on this site.

I knew I’d picked it up from something Pace said but wasn’t sure where. It was that Q&A he did before a game.

[beddie]

After that showing last week it should be a pre season tour in Cleethorpes

[Bosscat]

Wouldn't mind another Ireland Trip ... Shamrock Rovers were very accomodating and Tallaght a good venue

[burnleymik]

That twitter account BradJonesJourno is absolute bunkum. He has been posting about Burnley since back in January, tweets very regularly yet had something like 99 tweets to his name. Shows you just how many he has deleted.

I suppose it gets him some attention though and that is what it must be about.

[ClaretTony]

Wouldn't mind another Ireland Trip ... Shamrock Rovers were very accomodating and Tallaght a good venue

We enjoyed the Tallaght trip too but Cork in 2013 was a superb few days. Both clubs who were really good hosts to us.

[Bosscat]

We enjoyed the Tallaght trip too but Cork in 2013 was a superb few days. Both clubs who were really good hosts to us.

Missed that one ... work commitments

[ClaretTony]

Missed that one ... work commitments

Went for four days and benefited from fantastic weather too. Made unbelievably welcome by Cork FC and their fans and some really nice places to visit.

[Tribesmen]

Went for four days and benefited from fantastic weather too. Made unbelievably welcome by Cork FC and their fans and some really nice places to visit.

I think the club should go a tad further west , you know just saying like

[ClaretTony]

I think the club should go a tad further west , you know just saying like

Surely we got close enough that year

[Tribesmen]

Surely we got close enough that year

If I am honest Sligo is a real football town but Galway is a party town .

If the Club did go back to Ireland we would be based in Carton House or Foto Island again , kind of Dublin or Cork but i am sure we would Play Cobh as we have links now .

[ClaretTony]

If I am honest Sligo is a real football town but Galway is a party town .

If the Club did go back to Ireland we would be based in Carton House or Foto Island again , kind of Dublin or Cork but i am sure we would Play Cobh as we have links now .

They were at Foto Island I think in 2013. We had a day out at Cobh but didn’t get up to the ground.

[claretburns]

Possible under 23 games against the clubs we did partnerships with? Ayr United was one, cannot remember the others.

[ClaretTony]

Possible under 23 games against the clubs we did partnerships with? Ayr United was one, cannot remember the others.

Ayr
Llandudno
Cobh Ramblers
Portadown

Nothing much heard about it recently