Are We Happy With Our Transfer Dealings ?

[1972Claret]

My son would agree with you.

But I see the "contain at all costs" philosophy that helped us to stay in the Prem is now being subtley changed to "contain, but let them also fear us".

Boyd was a fantastic servant of the club and ran himself ragged for the cause.

If we assume the new philosophy it needs midfielders who could take on the opposition, create chances for others and score more regularly than Boyd.

His role was much more defensive than attacking. maybe he was better than that but fatigue would limit his opportunities gong forward.

As good a role as he played more of Boyd would not advance us and surely that's the objective?

Very well put. Boyd has been a fantastic servant but I want our wingers to cause problems in the last third not defensive cover. He has done well for us but I couldn't have stood much more of him.

[CaspertheClaret]

Agreed, very well put - my thoughts exactly.

Plans sometimes go wrong but at least you can see where we are aiming.

Its also reassuring that whilst it doesn't guarantee that SD will stay , it does show his investment both mentally and ethically.

[sinkov]

Donz, re your thoughts on our CBs, or more precisely lack of cover for them. It's worth pointing out, imo, that in 3 of our last 6 PL games (50% of them) we've had to play without our two first choice CBs. Yet we seem to be going into this season assuming/hoping that won't happen again.
Or Dyche is happy to play Long and Taylor together, well best of luck with that, but it seems a bit risky to me.

[Altobelli]

Overall I'm a little bit underwhelmed, but to be honest, not as much as I usually am.

Cork is an excellent addition, a fit and functioning Defour alongside him a bonus, as good as a new signing for me, because I was convinced we were going to lose our best player.

Wood potentially an excellent replacement for Gray, who had become a liability. Wells I just don't know, at the price there's nothing to lose by signing him, but Dyche has simply taken a punt on him coming good at PL level. Walters, not really sure why we've signed him.

Taylor is presumably one for the future, no problem with that, but he doesn't immediately improve the first team. Bardsley replaces Derek, a bit like Walters, I'm not really sure why we've gone down the road of players way past their best.

The glaring omission is a CB, back up is Long and Taylor, that could find us out, overall I think we've improved the squad marginally and the midfield enormously, so in that respect I'm happy, but frustrated at the same time, as yet again we seem to have been so close to making some real progress, but have failed to do it.

A good read this thread, some good points and reasons made by all, I'd have to side with the above one though.

We have discarded:

Barton

Darikwa

Robinson

Flannagan

Bamford

Keane

Gray

Boyd

Kite

Hennings

Brought in:

Wells

Woods

Walters

Taylor

Cork

Legzdins

Bardsley

Cork and maybe to be seen Wood seem the only one's that improve our team, the rest for me are bit part players filling in.

Still doesn't address the hole left by Keane, some would argue Tarky was brought in for Keane, others say he was a replacement for Duff, Whichever way you look at it, it was good hindsight by BFC, so why was another replacement not brought in in this window ? Good hindsight followed by a bad lack of it ? you can say don't worry Long and Anderson are covering, which does not make me feel any easier.

Looking back on Garlick's words saying we will spend more than we did last window, Well if you look at the outgoings and the incomings he's hardly touched the Millions we have coming in in revenue.

So for me not a good window, again some may say there is always January, Come January we could be (hopefully not) on our @rse and trying to survive, no, we needed more quality players this window, not trying to wing it again to the next point.

[Norder]

So for me not a good window, again some may say there is always January, Come January we could be (hopefully not) on our @rse and trying to survive, no, we needed more quality players this window, not trying to wing it again to the next point.

....a case of doing - just enough Alto - nothing oustanding....we remain vunerable and aren't likely to overwhelm - so "perhaps" the idea is to focus play toward the defensive - we'll just flood men into and around the box - let teams come at us....and hope to poach goals (Wood) on the break.

[Altobelli]

....a case of doing - just enough Alto - nothing oustanding....we remain vunerable and aren't likely to overwhelm - so "perhaps" the idea is to focus play toward the defensive - we'll just flood men into and around the box - let teams come at us....and hope to poach goals (Wood) on the break.

In other words Norder, It'll be the same as last season's performances.. . . . . . . . . leaving us tearing our hair out and praying for a goal

[thedonz]

I posted many times during the window that I hoped an experienced central defender, ready to start, would arrive . It hasn't happened so I have tried to understand it from Dyche's prospective. I agree potential injury makes it's a risk but is it any more worrying than Heaton getting injured which hasn't been mentioned.

I would argue that Tom getting injured would be far more damaging judging from the performances that I have seen from Pope. Yet I haven't read anyone calling a better back up keeper.

[1959_60]

Other than our vulnerability in central defence if Mee and/or Tarkowski get injured/suspended/lose form, I am quite happy.

Wells may surprisingly prove to be a key signing - once he is match fit (November?)

Hopefully we will get the Celtic defender in in January - once they are out of the Champions League.

[Supersub6]

I have no worries about Nick Pope steeping into the breach if needed. He is a very capable keeper and, although he has only played in cup matches for the Clarets up to now, he has only conceded 1 goal (in his first game) in 450 minutes of football.
Strangely enough, he got injured just before the Lincoln game last season and Tom took over at relatively short notice --look what happened!