The Club Does Not Have A Clue-Eagles,Mears Off!!

Yet another kick in the teeth for Claret fans, Paterson will be off to Portsmouth next, sold to Owen Coyle have we no pride at all, absolutely GUTTED!!!

Paterson not in the squad to face Torquay, hmm watch this space....

This is a Fckin joke isn't it cos if not my season tickets are going back on monday

It states in the article that they both did not want to be here. It is better to get something for them now than lose them for nothing next year.

Oh look, we are beating Torquay 1-0. How exceptional. We can look forward to more games like this in the future the way we are going. It is all the boards fault. Eagles and Mears are our two best players and they have allowed them to run into the last year on each of their contracts. They should be doing everything they can for them to stay. Get rid of the wage cap, offer them a deal they cant refuse. We have surely freed up a bit of wage seeing as we axed FIVE/SIX players from last year. Show the players a bit of ambition, show them that we are moving in the right direction, make things more appealing to them. And now Paterson is not in the squad. I bet he is over at Portsmouth discussing a contract. Is this all some kind of joke, are we trying to fail as a football club ?

We have been linked with Jay Emmanuel-Thomas. Is this supposed to be Patos's replacement. Lets just hope we dont need a Pato replacement. The club would have some nerve to let him go too. I am furious as we speak, this would just be beyond all comprehension for a football club to destroy itself like we are right now.

Im sorry I know exactly what it is like to get relegated, to almost go out of the league and support a team that everybody else laughs at. They are my team and I support them what ever. I am glad the board have the sense to stay within budget and try and secure a future. I do not want us to go bust trying to get into the Premiership, I would rather we start the youth conveyer belt going and use that to get us forward. We need young hungry player who want to PLAY for US...

if Patto goes which he will in fact he's probably in Portsmouth with his agent now if he aint at the ground it means we are eight down with only one in!

SOMEONE SELL ME A SHARE I JUST HAVE TO GET INTO THAT SHAREHOLDERS MEETING !!!!

3 Mill for two quality players, where do the Board get their advice from? Oily Coyly presumably. Opting out from paying excessive sums for players does not mean you have to give yours away. Businessmen? don't make me laugh, anyway I am already crying. Be interesting to see what quality we buy for the pledged 3 mill. I will put my money on them not being what the fans see as quality replacements

yep £3m more than next season! but wait I have a really good idea why don't we sell everyone in the team then we will have a pile of cashand a zero wages bil!!!l job done god that genius

Coyle leaves because the club have no ambition, Laws arrives because the club have no ambition, we get relegated because the club have no ambition, 'We go down stronger' they rant, 'We will buy Cork' they rant and what happens? We get weaker and we have no Cork,Eagles or Mears because the club has no ambition! Still the excuses from the eternal optimistic come to the Board's rescue, still it is always some other reason rather than the Boards fault. Come this way chaps I have some strong coffee in the pot and its wafting your way, can you smell it yet?

We need young hungry players who want to play for us? Where are they ssc41? Not seen any arrive yet and it's just two weeks before the season kicks off? No sorry there has to a better way and I am sure another set of Directors would have the balls to prove it.

Coyle leaves because the club have no ambition, Laws arrives because the club have no ambition, we get relegated because the club have no ambition, 'We go down stronger' they rant, 'We will buy Cork' they rant and what happens? We get weaker and we have no Cork,Eagles or Mears because the club has no ambition! Still the excuses from the eternal optimistic come to the Board's rescue, still it is always some other reason rather than the Boards fault. Come this way chaps I have some strong coffee in the pot and its wafting your way, can you smell it yet? turfmanphil Just put a very similar post on another Clarets Board and instanly locked ??? They dont like confrontation. I'm disgusted by the decision to see them sold ( well nearly )especially to noblot. But I bet we dont sign enough quality before start of season to sustain a play off position. All the talk has been quality not quantity, well look at the press and links .... not exactly inspiring is it. Board seriously need to look at themselves ... NOW .

I think I will take my judgement on these players from Eddie Howe who has just said 'It's always sad to lose your BEST players'. Bearing in mind he also said he wanted to build a team round his best players, we would now appear to be stuffed unless you believe the guy can work miracles between now and the transfer window closing effectively replacing seven players just to keep the squad size the same not to mention finding high-quality replacements for Cork, Eagles & Mears.

Its not like this hasn't been coming but its still no easier to take, the writing has been on the wall for a while because some people have noticed the boards spending pattern. To the people who think its a shrewd bit of business, what would be your price for promotion? Do you think £3million is a steal for us? Do you think this is really the direction we should be going or are you like the board and have no ambition at all? This is a sport before a business and people want to see progress, I thought we came down stronger?

I am disappointed, more so about Eagles as it has already been stated that Mears was prepared to run his contract down. But what I don't see is how it necessarily is the Board that is at fault. Do you think BK wouldn't rather these players be here and committed to the club. He's a passionate Claret and probably heartbroken. Is Arsene Wenger not having the same difficulties over Fabregas and Nasri. In the case of Fab he is contracted for 5 years, but Arsenal are still powerless to stop it. Keeping him last season against his will did no-one any favours. The big difference with our players is that they are on short contracts which makes the club even more powerless. If players are kept here against their will then we are round the corner from a mutiny. Why not blame Eddie Howe? It might be the go karting and his pre season training methods that Eagles didn't like for all anyone knows. How does anyone spouting off about what a disgrace it is know on what terms Eagles signed a contract last season. He has ALWAYS stated he wants to play in the Premier league and now the chance has come, the gutting thing is obviously that its Bolton. Why OC has had to wait this long to do his dirty business is the thing that will really cost us. It might well be because he has missed out on his first choice targets so has settled for second best. Life goes on. Tough one for Eddie.

I think we need to look at this objectively for a minute. 1. Cork - 22k a week saints are paying him. That would smash our wage structure. Cork is good but he isn't that good and personally I think McCann is better. We couldn't compete as he wanted to much in wages and we can't afford it, were not big enough. 2. Eagles and Mears - If their refusing to sign contracts what can the club do. Lose them next year for nothing. It's OK saying we could get promoted but what if were not. It is more financially prudent to take the money and replace, however I think we might have been able to get £4mill for both. 3. Signings - Lets give Eddie to end of transfer window at least and we did spend 1mill on Austin in Jan. We are supposed to be close to a signing now, probably mon. Lets wait and see a bit.

OK, you guys who think it is a good thing that we sell players who want out, IMO for relative peanuts and probably because they see a lack of ambition from the Board. What do you reckon our chances are now of promotion given all this money we now have to get those hungry, quality players?

I may be a bit unpopular for saying this, as a football coach, Eagles wants away from burnley he thinks he is to good wants higher wages, Mears has wanted away for ages his hearts not in it although he is a good footballer, there are better, Martin petterson injury prone, I feel now we have players who want to pay for burnley fc will give 100%. and with the additions this next week we will be in a stronger position to compete. this may go against the flow but Al the teams who have spent big lets see what the team spirit is like when they underperform and thing go T--- up fot them

Just joined so please be kind! Yes its hard to lose 2 of our best players and especially to noblot! And yes the board should of given Eddie a large amount to spend from the off but in the end its the players that dictate if they want to stay or go, neither of them want to be here so let them go. I know 3 million is'nt much for them ( i personally would have kept them to the end of the season ) but if we can get someone like Treacy for maybe 1 million to replace Eagles then try to get a couple of decent defenders and maybe a target man. P.S If the board still want to sell players then please get rid of Cort!!

I just want change CC, I am prepared to give anybody a chance. Sick and tired of the same old,same old! BK will not last forever, so let's make the change now and see what happens!

Welcome to VB,Nblood! We are always kind here and everybody's views are welcome. There will be no censorship just for saying what you think (providing no libel/slander/common decency issues of course). Players have the power yes, but its up to a club to be responsible and make sure we can attract them as well..that is attract the players we need of the right quality to get promotion! Others can decide whether we are being responsible with no new perm signings yet and two weeks to go till 11/12 kicks off!

Hand on heart TP I think it will be harder to replace Mears than Eagles. Mears has been a quality right back. Eagles although good is a bit too inconsistent for me. He can be brilliant, he can also be awful like he was after christmas. Was this due to an offer from another club? There not going to be easy to replace TP, but you can't bet the farm on promotion. If they won't sign contracts they've forced the boards hand. When we got promoted we had a small squad all pulling together I think Eddies trying to re-build that. We now need, a right back, winger, Big centre forward and another midfielder in my opinion. If they give him 3 mill lets see what he can buy.

Is there any planning going on at all??? If we see the much anticipated flurry and dump some prima donas then fine. BUT we are leaving things a bit late. (This fan is not happy)

Agree VR but I'm sort of uneasy and I don't like it. A couple of good signings could turn this around but we are leaving it a bit late.

I am glad that I was able to distance myself from some of the comments made in this thread by being at Plainmoor yesterday. I asked a Gull fan when walking to that station afterwards for his thoughts. He said that 'Burnley's class showed'. Here is the Official Statement from I, Couch Potato: "Oh dear. Panic has taken hold in the ranks. There were indeed also a few loud individuals on the terraces at Plainmoor yesterday, but also a fair few folk (from various parts of the country, including Burnley) taking a rather different view. A commonly heard view that I heard, amongst a very wide range, was that Eagles never really delivered what we all hoped he would, and hoped he would, and hoped he would... Another was that Mears was a known unsettled grumbler when he arrived, has been ever since, and that there has been a need for some time to get the pyschology of the sqaud sorted after *yley threw his bomb in the middle of it. Maybe it was the beautiful English Riviera sun that was making a fair few folk there be slightly more cheerful than those posting on this thread yesterday? I think it also helped to see a more than decent performance. As usual Andre looked perhaps less awake than the others, and Edgar will need practice if to play at RB, but actually looked quite good going forward. (Can Mears defend?) Austin hasn't got himself quite into gear yet. He plays in ways that I can't quite read. Alex Macdonald looked razor sharp. Wes Fletcher had their central defenders on edge. Mee looked great. When was the last time you saw a Burnley central defender running forward with purpose in an opponents half and finishing, without breaking stride, with the sort of cross that Eagles never quite seemed capable of delivering right-footed, let alone left? The Torquay goal stole the show. May not see a better shot all season. But this was a bright performance that suggested the players are not losing their heads even as fans all around them (on here anyway) are losing theirs."

From the initial shock horror of hearing that we'd lost 2 of our best players, like others on here now I can see the other side of all this, although I did question whether this was a case of the players themelves wanting to go, and the answer to that is obvious really. Coyle came in, and had probably talked to them before he came in, and once they knew he wanted them there was only one outcome. So although I didn't want to see them go, better they went under these circumstances. Eagles is definitely a match winner on his day, but I vividly remember hoping that Howe would take him off in many a game, where he really was a liability and constantly giving the ball away. But you always think that this could be his first consistent season, and now I'm not ! Mears? Not a secret that he wanted away, and only stayed because nobody came in for him, so no surprise there. Let's see if Eddie can bring in some decent replacements who will want to wear the shirt, and who might perform with consistency. You might be right tmp, but on the other hand . . . . . . .

Agreed, but nonetheless nobody came for them even though they both made it clear they wanted to play in the prem, and this at the start of last season. So Eddie could have reasonably assumed that we were safe for this season? Coyle has engineered this with his usual complete lack of morals and sensitivity. In short, he's probably tapped them up on the quiet, and then moved in for the kill once he knew they'd come. Probably all done in a couple of days. The B****d.

Wow, I missed this thread, though as I read it I see the voices of reason shine through (except for TMP, of course!). Howe clearly says that it might need a bit of a rethink and also says that because of their contract situations, it was in the back of their minds anyway (and good business to release them and £3M - no doubt he has his ideas for that already and a busy Sunday too!). These two are only a loss because we recall their best days, not those where Eagles went AWOL for whole games and Mears, well, did he EVER defend anything? We have some good boys in the squad; some excellent players in the squad and some we could still do with shifting out. Of those who we have lost from the squad (and may do so tomorrow), none holds a candle to Jay or Macca or Pato (please let's keep him!). We have some new blood in Austin and Bartley, for whom it is early days. Eddie's rebuilding is on course without these two who are charmed by the Charmer and the bright lights of a seat on a bench in the Prem (neither of them are Premiership standard, if we are to be honest, or we'd have had a troupe of Prem clubs at the door!). Next week's a new week and it will be interesting to see who it brings. We have the potential already to be 95% a promotion team - just a couple more, Eddie...

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Bernie Lee, you are spot on!