Rovers living in fantasy land

[Carwin261]

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[4midable]

Yeah. 15 goals hahaha

[Pickles]

Barnes would've been an excellent signing for them.

[4midable]

Barnes would've been an excellent signing for them.

Barnes would be a good signing for any of the teams in that league
15 goals is a stretch tho

[Sozturf7]

Like he would have gone.

[bfcjg]

Barnes wouldn't go there, why join a relegation battle.

[Spike]

Barnes wouldn’t go he has more morals than Henderson and co

[BurnleyFC]

Barnes wouldn't go there, why join a relegation battle.

He wouldn’t go there because, like us, he thinks of them as the bastards.

[Firthy]

They'll be lucky if the whole team scores 15 goals next season

[Middle-agedClaret]

He wouldn’t go there because, like us, he thinks of them as the bastards.

Well - of course, you may be his brother, and fully aware of all Ashley’s thought, views and opinions.
I don’t know him at all as an individual, but I know he is a professional footballer, with a robust, physical approach to the game, who is nearing the end of his career.Perhaps if he had received a good financial offer from any Championship club, which meant he didn’t even need to think about moving his family home, he would have been tempted.
Players are employees. Fans are fans.
See - Mo Johnson, Ashley Cole, Lee Clark, Robin Van Persie…….

[Commy]

Somewhere on their board, one of the Rovers fans said he had been talking to a Championship manager who said Barnes was wanted by every team in the Championship but most couldn't afford the £25k a week that he wanted. Not sure how true that is but it does sound right. I could see a lot of teams wanting him, especially on a free.

[ŽižkovClaret]

Tbf even with a decent signing on fee, spread over his contract that's not half bad. I suspect he's on closer to 40k p/w all told at Norwich

[FCBurnley]

Surprised we let him go. Pl experience and played great in VK system.

[ŽižkovClaret]

Surprised we let him go. Pl experience and played great in VK system.

Its the dilemma, do you move him on when he could have still had a decent half season, or have him hanging round the gaff past his useful stage?

[bfcmik]

Tbf even with a decent signing on fee, spread over his contract that's not half bad. I suspect he's on closer to 40k p/w all told at Norwich

£25k basic plus bonusses would make it more like £50k per week.

Reminds me of the Conroy/Heath spat played out on Radio Lancs back in the 1990s. Conroy moaning that he was ONLY getting £850 per week and Heath then phoning in to say that was more than doubled every week by all the different bonus payments. He mentioned league position, result, appearance, goals, appearances in the team of the week alongside a couple of other things.

[houseboy]

Surprised we let him go. Pl experience and played great in VK system.

Pardon? Barnes had little or nothing to offer 2 years ago in the PL. What chance now? He scored 4 goals last season in the Championship and 2 of those were in one game. Many defenders score more. I cannot imagine many Championship clubs chomping at the bit to sign him, other than for him being free. Be interesting to see how he goes on at Norwich and I really hope he does well but I’m not gonna hold my breath.

[Pickles]

Surprised we let him go. Pl experience and played great in VK system.

I'm not at all. He had a good swansong for us to cap off a great decade or so but in reality his stay at Burnley was probably two seasons too long.

[bfcjg]

£25k basic plus bonusses would make it more like £50k per week.

Reminds me of the Conroy/Heath spat played out on Radio Lancs back in the 1990s. Conroy moaning that he was ONLY getting £850 per week and Heath then phoning in to say that was more than doubled every week by all the different bonus payments. He mentioned league position, result, appearance, goals, appearances in the team of the week alongside a couple of other things.

Wasn't that Kurt Nogan ?

[Spijed]

Barnes wouldn't go there, why join a relegation battle.

Of course he would had a deal been made that suited him and his family.

At his age, coming towards the end of his career, a relegation battle probably isn't at the forefront of his mind.

[Carwin261]

They’ve really pushed the boat this summer ,they’re even on about getting one from Marine.

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[Sproggy]

I'm going to stick my neck out here, with absolutely nothing to back it up and say that Ashley Barnes would not tarnish his legacy here by signing for them just for a few extra grand a week. No chance.

[Inchy]

Anyone who thinks barnes wouldn’t go to rovers if the money was right are thick as pig sh*t.


Listen to any football podcast. Players do not care about loyalty like fans. The vast majority are in it to earn a living.

Barnes would have not problem playing for rovers and would celebrate if he score the winner for them at turf moor.

[Burnley1989]

Anyone who thinks barnes wouldn’t go to rovers if the money was right are thick as pig sh*t.


Listen to any football podcast. Players do not care about loyalty like fans. The vast majority are in it to earn a living.

Barnes would have not problem playing for rovers and would celebrate if he score the winner for them at turf moor.

Agree with most of that but not the last statement

[Stanbill05]

Anyone who thinks barnes wouldn’t go to rovers if the money was right are thick as pig sh*t.


Listen to any football podcast. Players do not care about loyalty like fans. The vast majority are in it to earn a living.

Barnes would have not problem playing for rovers and would celebrate if he score the winner for them at turf moor.

"If the money was right" isn't a fair measure- of course there is a price for everything...but I know for a fact the majority of players (not all) care about their legacy too. It would cost more than Blackburn can afford for Barnes to give up his Clarets status. Ask him.

[GodIsADeeJay81]

Pardon? Barnes had little or nothing to offer 2 years ago in the PL. What chance now? He scored 4 goals last season in the Championship and 2 of those were in one game. Many defenders score more. I cannot imagine many Championship clubs chomping at the bit to sign him, other than for him being free. Be interesting to see how he goes on at Norwich and I really hope he does well but I’m not gonna hold my breath.

Norwich have taken him because he's free, has the experience they need and also because he's undoubtedly a great person to have in the changing room.

They may not be expecting many goals from him, they're more about what he brings to the team overall

They've made a couple of signings like that

[TheFamilyCat]

They’ve really pushed the boat this summer ,they’re even on about getting one from Marine.IMG_1081.png

Sondre Tronstad? Is that an anagram of Andros Townsend?

[jrgbfc]

Can't believe how naive some folk are. Barnes isn't a Burnley fan, if Rovers offered him a better deal than anyone else he'd be there.

[dsr]

Pardon? Barnes had little or nothing to offer 2 years ago in the PL. What chance now? He scored 4 goals last season in the Championship and 2 of those were in one game. Many defenders score more. I cannot imagine many Championship clubs chomping at the bit to sign him, other than for him being free. Be interesting to see how he goes on at Norwich and I really hope he does well but I’m not gonna hold my breath.

He scored 6 league and 1 cup goals, sharing duties with Rodriguez. (It was usually one or the other, not both.)

[Stan Tastic]

Surprised we let him go. Pl experience and played great in VK system.

Vinny must be kicking himself he'd never thought of this.

[Claretforever]

£25k basic plus bonusses would make it more like £50k per week.

Reminds me of the Conroy/Heath spat played out on Radio Lancs back in the 1990s. Conroy moaning that he was ONLY getting £850 per week and Heath then phoning in to say that was more than doubled every week by all the different bonus payments. He mentioned league position, result, appearance, goals, appearances in the team of the week alongside a couple of other things.

I think that was Nogan?

[bfcjg]

I posted earlier that I thought it was Nogan.

[mybloodisclaret]

It was Nogan if I recall correctly he wanted £1000 per week.

[Bosscat]

Can just picture Herve Villechaise as Simon Garner going "Da Plane ... Da Plane"

[Steve-Harpers-perm]

It was Nogan if I recall correctly he wanted £1000 per week.

Needed more cash to cover his Panama Joe’s bar bill!

[Ampth7]

They’ve really pushed the boat this summer ,they’re even on about getting one from Marine.IMG_1081.png

Plus their keeper has just signed for Luton. Little to no chance of them challenging this coming season I reckon.

[Stayingup]

I'm not at all. He had a good swansong for us to cap off a great decade or so but in reality his stay at Burnley was probably two seasons too long.

Oh dear and we would have missed him knocking a certain goalkeeper in the net and scoring two in the same game. Your comment is a bit ridiculous.

[Pickles]

Oh dear and we would have missed him knocking a certain goalkeeper in the net and scoring two in the same game. Your comment is a bit ridiculous.

Why is it ridiculous?

[bfcmik]

Oh dear and we would have missed him knocking a certain goalkeeper in the net and scoring two in the same game. Your comment is a bit ridiculous.

A marvellous memory for sure - but Pickles has it right, 2 seasons too long, although he did fit the Dyche system well.

[dsr]

Why is it ridiculous?

I think all comments on the lines of "last season would have been better if ..." are pretty much null and void. Last season was fantastic, Barnes was part of that. Let's not go back in time to try and change it!

[mybloodisclaret]

Ashley was superb for us and instrumental in our promotion. Defenders hate him and with good reason.

I met Ashley after our game away at Rotherham towards the end of the season. Traffic was bad and kids were desperate to wait for the players.

He said that the rovers game at home was one of his proudest days, and he loved it. He laughed when I brought up the infamous interview and said that got him in a lot of trouble, but was smiling.

He finished by saying, let's go to their place next week and do it again!!

There is no room for sentiment in football, it's a business. I don't think that Ash was done, he gave it his all for as long as he could, and left making sure we were Champions.

Always be a Claret.

[ŽižkovClaret]

Needed more cash to cover his Panama Joe’s bar bill!

And dry cleaning for that jacket of his

[claretburns]

They’ve really pushed the boat this summer ,they’re even on about getting one from Marine.IMG_1081.png

Also since the post Kaminski has gone to Luton and reported Phillips will sign for Spurs this weekend.

Out of their signings Tronstad has struggled to finish 90 mins in pre-season due to hamstring issues and Sigurdsson is out for 8 weeks due to groin injury.

[timshorts]

Are you sure they didn't mean Harvey barnes? They are, after all, a massive club.