Trafford?

[Turf_Forever]

Sounds good to me, a season in the Championship after the PL will be a doddle for Jimmy, in 18 months time he'll be more the finished article and we'll have England's future keeper on our hands at just 22 years of age.

I think that's not far off the club's strategy for the next few years. We've had an influx of young 'potential', that might mean short term results are ropey, but in a few years we'll have built a better core squad. Keep adding more as you sell a few that have excelled. It's Brighton all over IMO which I can get behind.

[sinkov]

The point I was making mon ami is that I can't see any of the top EPL rushing in with £30 million quid offers to take young Jimmy off our hands in July - can you?

No, you're right mon ami, I can't see it either. On the other hand, I'm not getting my knickers in a twist about him on a weekly basis either. I honestly thought Vinni was taking a big risk with him, throwing him into the deep end of the PL, given his age and lack of experience, I thought a couple of the pastings we were going to get could destroy his confidence, but it hasn't. I watch all the PL keepers closely, and they all make mistakes, some of them more glaring than Jimmy's. I have no problem with him, there are worse keepers in the PL than Jimmy, give him time and he'll be playing for England.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

No, you're right mon ami, I can't see it either. On the other hand, I'm not getting my knickers in a twist about him on a weekly basis either. I honestly thought Vinni was taking a big risk with him, throwing him into the deep end of the PL, given his age and lack of experience, I thought a couple of the pastings we were going to get could destroy his confidence, but it hasn't. I watch all the PL keepers closely, and they all make mistakes, some of them more glaring than Jimmy's. I have no problem with him, there are worse keepers in the PL than Jimmy, give him time and he'll be playing for England.

Congruence on this one mon ami, but I would very much like to see Muric given a couple of games.

[sinkov]

Congruence on this one mon ami, but I would very much like to see Muric given a couple of games.

I think it's a bit late for that now, Trafford is young, he's learning on the job, it's a steep learning curve but he'll be a better keeper for a full PL season. Leave him alone, he'll learn nowt sat on the bench.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

I think it's a bit late for that now, Trafford is young, he's learning on the job, it's a steep learning curve but he'll be a better keeper for a full PL season. Leave him alone, he'll learn nowt sat on the bench.

I can't get my head round the fact that VK was an exceptional centre-back but can't fathom a way to protect young Jimmy.

I think one major bollox dropping was not retaining Billy Mercer when Dyche got his P45.

[Supersub6]

I can't get my head round the fact that VK was an exceptional centre-back but can't fathom a way to protect young Jimmy.

I think one major bollox dropping was not retaining Billy Mercer when Dyche got his P45.

People forget that it was Brian Laws who brought Billy Mercer to the club in January 2010 and he remained with us until he was sacked, along with Dyche et al, in April 2022.
He was briefly at Rotherham and then in July 2023 he received a temporary post at Everton to cover for Alan Kelly who was out injured.
Billy Mercer was and still is a great coach, major bollox dropped in my opinion too.

[Tap in MN]

I understand the way Trafford was thrown in at the deep end. All credit to him for not crumbling under the pressure.

[army88]

People forget that it was Brian Laws who brought Billy Mercer to the club in January 2010 and he remained with us until he was sacked, along with Dyche et al, in April 2022.
He was briefly at Rotherham and then in July 2023 he received a temporary post at Everton to cover for Alan Kelly who was out injured.
Billy Mercer was and still is a great coach, major bollox dropped in my opinion too.

Let’s not forget Sub - laws brought us Leon Cort as well - possibly the stiffest immobile centre back I’ve seen at Burnley 😂😂

[sinkov]

Let’s not forget Sub - laws brought us Leon Cort as well - possibly the stiffest immobile centre back I’ve seen at Burnley ����

That's a bit unfair army, Laws didn't get the job until halfway through January, and was chucked a couple of million quid and told, 'keep us up with that'. He literally had a few days to find a couple of players and had next to nowt to spend. There's not much available if you start looking at the back end of January and Cort was quite probably the best he could get. I was no fan of Laws, I was glad to see the back of him, but I don't blame him for signing Cort, I remember asking at the time, who else was available that he should have bought instead.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

That's a bit unfair army, Laws didn't get the job until halfway through January, and was chucked a couple of million quid and told, 'keep us up with that'. He literally had a few days to find a couple of players and had next to nowt to spend. There's not much available if you start looking at the back end of January and Cort was quite probably the best he could get. I was no fan of Laws, I was glad to see the back of him, but I don't blame him for signing Cort, I remember asking at the time, who else was available that he should have bought instead.

Pulis (again!) had our pants down with Leon and no mistake.

He did not even have the decency to send us a lubicrant...

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