ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by Murger » Wed Jan 25, 2023 7:33 pm

The amount of likes this signing is getting on social media is through the roof.

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by tiger76 » Wed Jan 25, 2023 7:39 pm

Great to hear we've got this one done, didn't know anything about him until a couple of weeks ago, however he ticks all the boxes, 22 and with pace to burn, hopefully he'll only improve under Vinny's tutoring.

Another great reveal vid as well.

Regarding whether this means Barnes moves on immediately, must certainly not he'll be vital during the run-in, and even with this South African lad signing we're still spread thin for genuine strikers.

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by Taffy on the wing » Wed Jan 25, 2023 7:43 pm

Vegas Claret wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 6:29 pm
just hope that doesn't mean the end of Barnes, he's been good the last few months and his experience will be invaluable
Barnes deserves to be here for the rest of the season.....he's earned it.
Fantastic attitude too.
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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by bfcjg » Wed Jan 25, 2023 7:51 pm

I'm going to be the first person to spell his name wrong. Welcome to Burnley Lile 😁.
Seriously he looks like the skillfully,powerful pacey striker we have been searching for.
Can't wait to see him.

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by Dark Cloud » Wed Jan 25, 2023 7:57 pm

I don't think it will signal the end for Barnes during this window, but I do think it will signal the end for the guy on loan from Brentford.

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by agreenwood » Wed Jan 25, 2023 8:02 pm

Dark Cloud wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 7:57 pm
I don't think it will signal the end for Barnes during this window, but I do think it will signal the end for the guy on loan from Brentford.
He can only play for us or Brentford this season. Guess it depends whose reserves Brentford think he’s better off in.

In the very brief appearances he’s made, I thought he looked to have a bit of something about him.

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by tiger76 » Wed Jan 25, 2023 8:03 pm

Dark Cloud wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 7:57 pm
I don't think it will signal the end for Barnes during this window, but I do think it will signal the end for the guy on loan from Brentford.
I'd totally forgotten about him, he did bag the winner against Rotherham, but that apart his loan spell has been disappointing to say the least for him and us.
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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by DCWat » Wed Jan 25, 2023 8:05 pm

agreenwood wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 8:02 pm
He can only play for us or Brentford this season. Guess it depends whose reserves Brentford think he’s better off in.

In the very brief appearances he’s made, I thought he looked to have a bit of something about him.
I agree - plenty to be work with - raw with some decent potential.

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by BOYSIE31 » Wed Jan 25, 2023 8:21 pm

Exciting times

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by Hibsclaret » Wed Jan 25, 2023 8:37 pm

FCBurnley wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 6:08 pm
Just need to sign Tate now !
Will need a sugar daddy for that

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by MrTechno » Wed Jan 25, 2023 8:42 pm

“Although the transfer fee is undisclosed, it has been reported that it is the highest fee ever paid for a South African footballer, shattering the €3.6m Spurs paid Everton for Steven Pienaar in 2011. That report from ‘The South African’ suggests we’ve paid €7m with a further €3m in add ons to follow should promotion be secured.”

If he turns out to be as good value as Pienaar was for Everton then we’ll have a hell of a player

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by Vegas Claret » Wed Jan 25, 2023 8:44 pm

Taffy on the wing wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 7:43 pm
Barnes deserves to be here for the rest of the season.....he's earned it.
Fantastic attitude too.
exactly

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by 1989_claret » Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:04 pm

Murger wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 7:33 pm
The amount of likes this signing is getting on social media is through the roof.
5.3m views so far of the video on Twitter. Fantastic marketing and exposure.
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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by boatshed bill » Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:11 pm

Half a season to "bed in" with no real pressure to hit the road running. Great bit of business by Alan Pace.
I can't see us parting company with Jay or Ash this season.

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by TsarBomba » Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:20 pm

And also a segment on South African’s main TV news channel.

One comment I’ve seen on twitter tonight congratulated us for having 50 million new followers.

Another comment that Burnley’s re rebranding should be studied in universities.

And we all scoffed when Pace said he wanted to make us everyone’s favourite underdogs.

Astonishing.

https://twitter.com/enca/status/1618351 ... zv4hxC5bog
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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by Bosscat » Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:24 pm

Exciting times 😉

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by It Is What It Is » Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:32 pm

FC INTERNAZIONALES de BURNLEY

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by 1882Clarets1882 » Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:37 pm

Lyle Foster - Cumbrian for half a lager.
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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by Ric_C » Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:43 pm

6.2 million views on twitter, 121k likes

Pretty awesome from the media team

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by arise_sir_charge » Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:51 pm

Quite a few people, plenty of them well respected in this forum said we’d never be able to grow our brand, increase our commerciality and also suggested we were replacing so called premier league quality with cheap foreign imports and it was a race to the bottom. A few of them references stuff like asset stripping. They do look a bit daft right now. Some of them are noticeably conspicuous by their absence recently as well.
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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by ClaretTony » Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:51 pm

tiger76 wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 7:39 pm
Great to hear we've got this one done, didn't know anything about him until a couple of weeks ago, however he ticks all the boxes, 22 and with pace to burn, hopefully he'll only improve under Vinny's tutoring.
I’d not heard of him either but he’s added to a long list of signings in this and the last window that I’d never heard of.

Maybe I will have heard of the next one.

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by Granny WeatherWax » Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:54 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:51 pm
I’d not heard of him either but he’s added to a long list of signings in this and the last window that I’d never heard of.

Maybe I will have heard of the next one.
Swansea lad?

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by ClaretTony » Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:55 pm

Granny WeatherWax wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:54 pm
Swansea lad?
I wasn’t meaning anyone in particular, just a throwaway comment. :D

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by houseboy » Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:13 pm

We are the highest scorers in the Football/Premier League and we have just bought what looks like a quality striker, the prospect is terrifying (for the rest of the Championship). I keep pinching myself. All my football friends/family are gushing in praise of us, even my Rovers son in law.

Got a feeling the Kompany/Pace team is going places.

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by mkmel » Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:30 pm

Taffy on the wing wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 7:43 pm
Barnes deserves to be here for the rest of the season.....he's earned it.
Fantastic attitude too.
Would like Barnes to stay with us next season in a coaching capacity. He's taking his coaching badges isn't he?

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by mkmel » Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:34 pm

Milltown1882 wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 5:37 pm
https://youtu.be/jIJYgYMooC8
Not working for me so any other videos of our new signing?

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Wed Jan 25, 2023 11:11 pm

Murger wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 7:33 pm
The amount of likes this signing is getting on social media is through the roof.
The combined number of followers of Burnley's Instagram and Twitter accounts has risen by nearly 500k since July 2021 (when I last took note of the numbers), but probably mostly since the summer transfer window when we did regular player video reveals in the current format.

There are people now following the clubs social media accounts purely for the video reveals.

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Post by chipbutty » Wed Jan 25, 2023 11:15 pm

HiThere wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 6:17 pm
"It's not Kyle, it's Lyle"

I get the feeling this will be said a lot.
File under Armfield!

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Post by Darnhill Claret » Wed Jan 25, 2023 11:19 pm

Jimmy?

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by morpheus2 » Wed Jan 25, 2023 11:23 pm

I am, how you say, very excited for you to play football for our football team Burnley FC and I hope you score many goals and enjoy your time scoring goals because scoring goals is good especially if we score more goals than the other team because that makes you win and if enough games are won then our team might get a promotion to the Premier league where hopefully you will score more goals and you will be happy to do that, thank you.

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Post by chipbutty » Wed Jan 25, 2023 11:27 pm

claretspice wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 6:59 pm
I'd be keeping Barnes at all costs till the summer. His experience and knowledge how is invaluable on and off the pitch IMO.
Surely Barnes is here till the summer?
Even BFC would not have a players contract run out at Easter 😉

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by RVclaret » Thu Jan 26, 2023 7:53 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy8p3nmrAxk

Someone has put together an updated highlights package of some of his goals/assists/other bits from 2022.

The previous clips were the prior season.

Looks really lively doesn't he.
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Post by bpgburn » Thu Jan 26, 2023 8:00 am

ClaretTony wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:51 pm
I’d not heard of him either but he’s added to a long list of signings in this and the last window that I’d never heard of.

Maybe I will have heard of the next one.
You big tease you....

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Post by NottsClaret » Thu Jan 26, 2023 8:32 am

RVclaret wrote:
Thu Jan 26, 2023 7:53 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy8p3nmrAxk

Someone has put together an updated highlights package of some of his goals/assists/other bits from 2022.

The previous clips were the prior season.

Looks really lively doesn't he.
That’s really good. I know it’s only YouTube but you can see a big progression there from one season to the next.

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Post by Spijed » Thu Jan 26, 2023 8:38 am

RVclaret wrote:
Thu Jan 26, 2023 7:53 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy8p3nmrAxk

Someone has put together an updated highlights package of some of his goals/assists/other bits from 2022.

The previous clips were the prior season.

Looks really lively doesn't he.
Great to watch that.

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Post by arise_sir_charge » Thu Jan 26, 2023 8:47 am

morpheus2 wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 11:23 pm
I am, how you say, very excited for you to play football for our football team Burnley FC and I hope you score many goals and enjoy your time scoring goals because scoring goals is good especially if we score more goals than the other team because that makes you win and if enough games are won then our team might get a promotion to the Premier league where hopefully you will score more goals and you will be happy to do that, thank you.
He’s from South Africa and speaks perfect English. No need for the Phileas Fogg style welcome.

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by Sproggy » Thu Jan 26, 2023 8:54 am

Ric_C wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:43 pm
6.2 million views on twitter, 121k likes

Pretty awesome from the media team
I know it's dull to keep a running total but this has doubled overnight. Nearly 13 million people have now watched it. The re-branding of our club in such a short space of time has been nothing short of astonishing.

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Post by RVclaret » Thu Jan 26, 2023 9:28 am

A young Lyle Foster (on loan at Cercle Brugge at the time) running at a certain Vincent Kompany a couple of seasons ago.
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Post by groove » Thu Jan 26, 2023 10:03 am

Lyle Lyle Crocodile

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by AGENT_CLARET » Thu Jan 26, 2023 10:05 am

Sproggy wrote:
Thu Jan 26, 2023 8:54 am
I know it's dull to keep a running total but this has doubled overnight. Nearly 13 million people have now watched it. The re-branding of our club in such a short space of time has been nothing short of astonishing.
Up to 13.3 million now, plus an 5k extra followers for the official Burnley twitter page over night, we must be growing in South Africa now

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Post by HiThere » Thu Jan 26, 2023 10:16 am

Sproggy wrote:
Thu Jan 26, 2023 8:54 am
I know it's dull to keep a running total but this has doubled overnight. Nearly 13 million people have now watched it. The re-branding of our club in such a short space of time has been nothing short of astonishing.
The account has also gained around 7000 followers.

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Post by Barry_Chuckle » Thu Jan 26, 2023 12:00 pm

14.6m views now. To put that into context, this equates to almost 25% off the population of England and Wales.

Quite staggering for little old Burnley. :shock:

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Post by Ric_C » Thu Jan 26, 2023 1:25 pm

Good interview with him here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afb53kL ... otballClub

Comes across really well, and looks really happy to be here

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Post by frankinwales » Thu Jan 26, 2023 4:13 pm

He really can't wait to get started.....

.. . Very happy with this signing.

Up the Clarets .

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Post by NickBFC » Thu Jan 26, 2023 4:15 pm

Excited by this signing, looks a good find and what we've been missing, as good as we have been!

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Re: ARTICLE: Foster is January signing number three

Post by Bosscat » Thu Jan 26, 2023 4:23 pm

Ric_C wrote:
Thu Jan 26, 2023 1:25 pm
Good interview with him here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afb53kL ... otballClub

Comes across really well, and looks really happy to be here
Says all the right things and ... Vitinho looks like he helped with telling him about the team and coaching etc ...

Welcome Lyle lad now lets kick on to that 100 points and the record books

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Post by Tricky Trevor » Mon Jan 30, 2023 11:22 pm

Just came across this. The picture mentioned has been posted higher up the thread.
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