Name the next manager

[Burnleyareback2]

What makes people think we will have Players from Manchester City?

Been thinking the same thing, people getting a little carried away rummaging through the City squad. Maybe the manager would like to prove he can do well without any favours?

Why would City just decide to let VK have his pick of their young players?

How many did he get on loan in Belgium? Is it anymore than Lampard has on loan from Chelsea or Villa had since Gerrard took over.

Calm down….!

[Colburn_Claret]

We certainly need a CM who can find a striker, that's for sure.

And hit a shot on target from 30yds.


I wouldn't even care if it was saved, just be nice to see.

[BobHaidong]

What's Earnest got to do with it????

According to Wikipedia, “Earnest is a ghost town in Farmington Township, Rooks County, Kansas, United States.”

So I assume it’s where we will be going for our training camp prior to our US based pre season tour.

[DCWat]

Looks like Vinny is to be our saviour!! Paddy power odds 1/9 !!

If bets are suspended, surely there wouldn’t be an odds of 1/9 quoted?

[ClaretTony]

Please excuse my ignorance but, who is Cullen ? What is do special about him......sorry but never heard of him.

I knew of the Cullen who had played in the lower leagues here but didn’t know it was the same one who was playing at Anderlecht.

[Boss Hogg]

Nixon saying we have won the race for Kompany and offered him same terms that were agreed for if we stayed up (2.5m a year) making him the highest paid manager in the Champ

One of the problems with Dyche was that he was paid too much and on too long a contract. It made him too comfortable. The risk for him is far less than for us. Not sure I’m keen on the approach of paying over the odds for too inexperienced a manager.

[ClaretTony]

Nixon saying we have won the race for Kompany and offered him same terms that were agreed for if we stayed up (2.5m a year) making him the highest paid manager in the Champ

Quick out of the blocks there is Nixon telling us that we’ve won the race long after it all became obvious.

[claptrappers_union]

Hearing the deal is off…….

[Hedontplayforyou]

Oh yeh? Go on then…

[ClaretTony]

One of the problems with Dyche was that he was paid too much and on too long a contract. It made him too comfortable. The risk for him is far less than for us. Not sure I’m keen on the approach of paying over the odds for too inexperienced a manager.

The problem was Pace saying he was so important to us. That led to everything being in Dyche’s favour. He wasn’t necessarily of the mind to sign a new deal but then they came up with a huge four year deal.

I’m not sure it made him too comfortable because I don’t think that’s his way.

[arise_sir_charge]

Ofcourse, giving Dyche the deal most folk wanted and which ultimately lead to Terence chants about “4 more years of anti-football” is all Pace’s fault. Seem to recall questioning it at the time and benign in the minority.

Alas, we all have a degree in hindsight.

[Boss Hogg]

Shouldn’t have offered him that deal and shouldn’t have sacked him when he did. In my opinion it should have been much sooner when there was no evidence of change on the pitch. It was so late though I’d have kept him on to try and get us back up. I think offering this kind of contract for someone unproven at this level is yet another strange decision.

[Gaia]

Kompany maybe after taking Shaun Maloney with him to Burnley who was sacked by Hibs

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/18705213 ... ey-dundee/

[Burnleyareback2]

One of the problems with Dyche was that he was paid too much and on too long a contract. It made him too comfortable. The risk for him is far less than for us. Not sure I’m keen on the approach of paying over the odds for too inexperienced a manager.

Another problem was that Dyche was linked with pretty much every vacancy outside of the top 6 as they came up.

[arise_sir_charge]

Another problem was that Dyche was linked with pretty much every vacancy outside of the top 6 as they came up.

Only on here, in reality barely anybody was ever genuinely interested,

[Burnleyareback2]

Only on here, in reality barely anybody was ever genuinely interested,

Ah ok, I didn’t know that was confirmed.

[rob63]

Ofcourse, giving Dyche the deal most folk wanted and which ultimately lead to Terence chants about “4 more years of anti-football” is all Pace’s fault. Seem to recall questioning it at the time and benign in the minority.

Alas, we all have a degree in hindsight.

Who's Terence?

[rob63]

What's Earnest got to do with it????

He's very important, according to Oscar Wilde!

[jtv]

Only on here, in reality barely anybody was ever genuinely interested,

He was interviewed for the Crystal Palace job for sure.

[FeedTheArf]

The problem was Pace saying he was so important to us. That led to everything being in Dyche’s favour. He wasn’t necessarily of the mind to sign a new deal but then they came up with a huge four year deal.

I’m not sure it made him too comfortable because I don’t think that’s his way.

Pace knew the fans loved Dyche so put a lot of importance on getting a deal done, thinking it would help ALK get the fans on side.

Prior to this season I might have agreed with that, but I’m not sure there’s another club in the world that would give a manager a 4 year deal when the team were performing so badly. From reports that have come out since, Dyche was open to leaving at the end of last season and things had gone stale (dare I say, comfort zone??!), so surely a rolling 12 month deal would suit all parties. I can’t see the sense in offering a 4 year deal to a manager of a club in the relegation zone. Though as others have said, hindsight is a wonderful thing!

[Longsider]

Hearing the deal is off…….

Source?

[Zlatan]

Source?

Brown…

[RVclaret]

Source?

Ignore him, been on the wind up for a while

[claptrappers_union]

The deal is still on.

[Pearcey]

He’s doing the VK Hokey Cokey.

[ClaretTony]

Pace knew the fans loved Dyche so put a lot of importance on getting a deal done, thinking it would help ALK get the fans on side.

Prior to this season I might have agreed with that, but I’m not sure there’s another club in the world that would give a manager a 4 year deal when the team were performing so badly. From reports that have come out since, Dyche was open to leaving at the end of last season and things had gone stale (dare I say, comfort zone??!), so surely a rolling 12 month deal would suit all parties. I can’t see the sense in offering a 4 year deal to a manager of a club in the relegation zone. Though as others have said, hindsight is a wonderful thing!

I don’t think Dyche’s relationship with the fans had anything to do with it. I thought it was the right decision to look at a new deal but I was stunned when that became four years.

[bfcjg]

I think the 4 year deal was done in the hope someone would come in for him and we'd get a whack of compensation.

[Funkydrummer]

I hear Phelan is going to be relieved of his duties in a shake up by Ten Hag, or whatever his name is.

[Firthy]

I hear Phelan is going to be relieved of his duties in a shake up by Ten Hag, or whatever his name is.

Get him in as assistant. We can loan players from both Manchester teams then

[Quickenthetempo]

Strange one is Phelan.

Goes from Fergies no.2 to coaching at Burnley college, back to coaching at Utd.

[Foshiznik]

Get him in as assistant. We can loan players from both Manchester teams then

Exactly… what’s Kenny Dalglish up to?

[Superjohnnyfrancis]

Let’s hope he’s not Chris Waddle mark 2.

Must say I’m not convinced by him, happy to be proved wrong though.

[Top Claret]

I think the 4 year deal was done in the hope someone would come in for him and we'd get a whack of compensation.

I can't think of any premier league club that would want Dyche, he is tarnished by his style of football and no championship clubs could afford his salary or compensation

[Steddyman]

I can't think of any premier league club that would want Dyche, he is tarnished by his style of football and no championship clubs could afford his salary or compensation

I agree. His only chance is as a last ditch attempt to stay up in a relegation battle ala BFS, but I think he has proven his results take time and also are not as successful as BFS's attempts

[Spijed]

Let’s hope he’s not Chris Waddle mark 2.

Must say I’m not convinced by him, happy to be proved wrong though.

It's impossible to be sure about any manager who hasn't got a previous track record in English football.

[Spijed]

I agree. His only chance is as a last ditch attempt to stay up in a relegation battle ala BFS, but I think he has proven his results take time and also are not as successful as BFS's attempts

Moyes is a good example of becoming re-employable. When he got sacked at West Ham previously few would have touched him with a barge pole. And it was only because West Ham were desperate for a manager he got a second chance. Yet look how he's managed to turn his career around.

[ClaretTony]

I hear Phelan is going to be relieved of his duties in a shake up by Ten Hag, or whatever his name is.

Didn’t that happen last week?

[ClaretTony]

Moyes is a good example of becoming re-employable. When he got sacked at West Ham previously few would have touched him with a barge pole. And it was only because West Ham were desperate for a manager he got a second chance. Yet look how he's managed to turn his career around.

Did a good job first time round at West Ham. Crazy decision to sack him.

[GodIsADeeJay81]

I agree. His only chance is as a last ditch attempt to stay up in a relegation battle ala BFS, but I think he has proven his results take time and also are not as successful as BFS's attempts

It took Sam it took him 2 seasons to get Bolton promoted to the PL and that coincided with Eddie Davies joining the board before becoming full owner in 03, which is when they started finishing top 10 regularly.

In regards to keeping clubs up, he's generally successful if he's got a full transfer window to throw money around in.
Big Sam is a cheque book manager when it comes to avoiding relegation quite simply.

Dyche got us promoted in his first full season and again at the first attempt after we came back down and kept us up for 5 years straight then with a lot less money in comparison

They're different types of managers

[Cleveleys_claret]

I personally think Dyche will end up with the England set up, a little similar to Ady Boothroyd but probably a higher position. He is a very astute person and think an international role would suit him

[jedi_master]

Some ‘Journo’ (with 0 followers, of course) is saying that Floribert Ngagula and Rodiese Muniege are coming from Anderlecht backroom team with Kompany.

Source: @DenzilSpears

[Blakesboots]

Only on here, in reality barely anybody was ever genuinely interested,

There was genuine interest from a number of premier league clubs and some very ambitious championship clubs through this tenure.

[Blakesboots]

Did a good job first time round at West Ham. Crazy decision to sack him.

I do wonder where United would be today if they’d kept with Moyes.

[GodIsADeeJay81]

I personally think Dyche will end up with the England set up, a little similar to Ady Boothroyd but probably a higher position. He is a very astute person and think an international role would suit him

Didn't he spend some time with England youth inbetween leaving Watford and joining us?

[RVclaret]

Mr Kompany in the Aspinall Arms this evening (beautiful venue btw)

[NewClaret]

Mr Kompany in the Aspinall Arms this evening (beautiful venue btw)

Haha just booked to go tomorrow, hope he’s going back for Sunday lunch.

[Hedontplayforyou]

Mr Kompany in the Aspinall Arms this evening (beautiful venue btw)

Just seen a picture of him on Twitter in a boozer …not sure where mind you

[Burnleyareback2]

Just seen a picture of him on Twitter in a boozer …not sure where mind you

He’s in Whalley… must be having a tour of Dyches old gaff…!

[RVclaret]

Looks like that pic is a fake, someone has done a pretty good photoshop.

[wilks_bfc]

Mrs W is currently out in Clitheroe. I’ll ask her to keep a look out for him