Burnley boss not expecting to lose stars
9:47am Wednesday 16th January 2013 in Sport
By Suzanne Geldard, Burnley FC reporter
BURNLEY manager Sean Dyche is not expecting to lose any of his out-of-contract stars this month, even if new deals cannot be agreed before the end of the transfer window.
First team regulars Lee Grant, Michael Duff, Chris McCann, Martin Paterson, Dean Marney, Ross Wallace would become free agents in the summer as things stand.
The contracts of fringe players Alex MacDonald, Kevin Long and goalkeepers Brian Jensen and Jon Stewart are also due to expire at the end of this season.
But, with 15 days of the transfer window remaining, Dyche said there are no attempts to try to recoup money through a January sale.
“There’s not an expectation of that at the moment,” said the Burnley boss, who insisted the club had not yet received any bids for any of his players, including top scorer Charlie Austin.
“It’s an authentic ‘no’.”
Dyche warned, however, the market could change at any given moment. He stressed, though, that the Clarets would be prepared for any eventuality.
“As we all know the window is what it is," he said.
“It can be slow, slow, slow and then in the last 24 hours, for whatever reason, it can go to the last day to do something.
“None of us can work it out, but it can be like that.
“Yet again we’re just trying to be in a position to adjust if that happens for us to get someone in, or for someone to get ours. But I don’t think we’re radically different to any other club.
“We’ve got good players who people will be looking at, but you will see that country wide.”
Dyche has previous experience of deadline day deals.
It is almost 12 months since he lost Marvin Sordell to Bolton Wanderers while manager of Watford, but the Hornets went on to mount a charge up the Championship table, even without their 10-goal striker.
“The biggest one last year was Marvin Sordell. Five minutes before I did the team meeting (for the game against Millwall) I got told ‘he’s not playing’,” Dyche explained.
“Ironically the big talk of the day was Adrian Mariappa going. In the end he stayed (until the summer) and Marvin went to Bolton.
“There was a very strong mentality about the group and they got on with it, and that’s the mentality that we’re building here. It’s onwards and upwards relentlessly and keep driving forward.”
Dyche is hoping for added strength in depth for the trip to Millwall on Saturday with Brian Stock available after suspension, while Martin Paterson has a good chance of returning to the squad following a hamstring injury.
Austin and McCann, who are also both having treatment for hamstring problems, and in McCann’s case the added complication of tendonitis, will be monitored in the run-up to the game.
“There are a few probables rather than possibles now,” said Dyche.
“Pato has come through training for a couple of days so hopefully that will continue.
“Charlie is progressing naturally. A hamstring strain is like that until it’s right.”
Comments(20)
8 Ball Deluxe
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11:21am Wed 16 Jan 13
Blackburn fans love horses wrote:Anyone who gets the chance of playing for Bournemouth will be off like a hare with a lurcher on its arse. All you pikeys will be left with nothing but scarp metal to weigh in.
The problem is that we will basically be giving away Championship players for free in the summer.
Wallace, McCann, Pato, Duff, Grant and Marney would walk into most Championship teams. I accept that we have probably offered most of them reduced terms, but if they have indicated they won't be signing then get them on the transfer list and recoup some money for them at least.
Flash in the pan, gone in Jan
BananaClarets
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11:30am Wed 16 Jan 13
8 Ball Deluxe wrote:What's 'scarp metal'?
Blackburn fans love horses wrote:Anyone who gets the chance of playing for Bournemouth will be off like a hare with a lurcher on its arse. All you pikeys will be left with nothing but scarp metal to weigh in.
The problem is that we will basically be giving away Championship players for free in the summer.
Wallace, McCann, Pato, Duff, Grant and Marney would walk into most Championship teams. I accept that we have probably offered most of them reduced terms, but if they have indicated they won't be signing then get them on the transfer list and recoup some money for them at least.
Flash in the pan, gone in Jan
Blackburn fans love horses
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11:43am Wed 16 Jan 13
8 Ball Deluxe wrote:You just can't help yourself can you - with all your alter-egos - like Tetley, RU Insane and Keep Darwen Green etc etc.
Blackburn fans love horses wrote:Anyone who gets the chance of playing for Bournemouth will be off like a hare with a lurcher on its arse. All you pikeys will be left with nothing but scarp metal to weigh in.
The problem is that we will basically be giving away Championship players for free in the summer.
Wallace, McCann, Pato, Duff, Grant and Marney would walk into most Championship teams. I accept that we have probably offered most of them reduced terms, but if they have indicated they won't be signing then get them on the transfer list and recoup some money for them at least.
Flash in the pan, gone in Jan
You are definitely the saddest, most pathetic little scrubber that infests these pages, and when you consider the pondlife that post on the Blackburn pages - that really is some accolade.
Congratulations - a Blackburn fan has finally won something (Aside obviously from his sister's special loving)
claret pheonix
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11:50am Wed 16 Jan 13
Blackburn fans love horses wrote:Is that faster than a horse with a 8 ball on its arse
8 Ball Deluxe wrote:You just can't help yourself can you - with all your alter-egos - like Tetley, RU Insane and Keep Darwen Green etc etc.
Blackburn fans love horses wrote:Anyone who gets the chance of playing for Bournemouth will be off like a hare with a lurcher on its arse. All you pikeys will be left with nothing but scarp metal to weigh in.
The problem is that we will basically be giving away Championship players for free in the summer.
Wallace, McCann, Pato, Duff, Grant and Marney would walk into most Championship teams. I accept that we have probably offered most of them reduced terms, but if they have indicated they won't be signing then get them on the transfer list and recoup some money for them at least.
Flash in the pan, gone in Jan
You are definitely the saddest, most pathetic little scrubber that infests these pages, and when you consider the pondlife that post on the Blackburn pages - that really is some accolade.
Congratulations - a Blackburn fan has finally won something (Aside obviously from his sister's special loving)
George.White.Bread
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2:00pm Wed 16 Jan 13
8 Ball Deluxe wrote:Shouldn't you be laying in the gutter somewhere smacked off your t1ts on glue, having just been @nally probed by a few of the other man love starved tramps?
Blackburn fans love horses wrote:Anyone who gets the chance of playing for Bournemouth will be off like a hare with a lurcher on its arse. All you pikeys will be left with nothing but scarp metal to weigh in.
The problem is that we will basically be giving away Championship players for free in the summer.
Wallace, McCann, Pato, Duff, Grant and Marney would walk into most Championship teams. I accept that we have probably offered most of them reduced terms, but if they have indicated they won't be signing then get them on the transfer list and recoup some money for them at least.
Flash in the pan, gone in Jan
merlinrabbit
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2:39pm Wed 16 Jan 13
BananaClarets wrote:It's an inferior type of scrap metal only found in Burnley.
8 Ball Deluxe wrote:What's 'scarp metal'?
Blackburn fans love horses wrote:Anyone who gets the chance of playing for Bournemouth will be off like a hare with a lurcher on its arse. All you pikeys will be left with nothing but scarp metal to weigh in.
The problem is that we will basically be giving away Championship players for free in the summer.
Wallace, McCann, Pato, Duff, Grant and Marney would walk into most Championship teams. I accept that we have probably offered most of them reduced terms, but if they have indicated they won't be signing then get them on the transfer list and recoup some money for them at least.
Flash in the pan, gone in Jan
Fan@clared
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3:24pm Wed 16 Jan 13
Blackburn to buy Dingle Reservoir - reported in last night's telegraph.
I thoght they may come shopping in Januray sale to get out of the mess but there is no sale and Rupees are not accepted as payment.
8 Ball Deluxe
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4:08pm Wed 16 Jan 13
Flash in the pan gone in jan and the money put back into buying your outside toilet back
8 Ball Deluxe
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4:16pm Wed 16 Jan 13
Blackburn fans love horses wrote:Lost a bit of an opportunity not picking up on the horse meat in Tesco burgers there me owd chooinnaa. Do you not have newspapers or news in dingletown
The problem is that we will basically be giving away Championship players for free in the summer.
Wallace, McCann, Pato, Duff, Grant and Marney would walk into most Championship teams. I accept that we have probably offered most of them reduced terms, but if they have indicated they won't be signing then get them on the transfer list and recoup some money for them at least.
Blackburn fans love horses
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4:23pm Wed 16 Jan 13
Oh, and incidentally - an anagram of hamburgers is shergar bum!
But as this whole incident is like some kind of **** for you guys I imagine you already knew that!
George.White.Bread
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4:24pm Wed 16 Jan 13
8 Ball Deluxe wrote:Oh look who's woken up from his glue induced coma? No doubt with his pants round his ankles.
Looks like all the usual vomit stains are on. Yeah I read about the Dingle Res, its in the middle of sunnhurst woods, its more of a lodge really or glorified pond thats why its called Dingle Res because its small like you guys. But we're used to dingles thinking everythings bigger than it really is. The classic examples being "Look we are Burnley football club and we're massive. We get a sell out 10000 on every week.
Flash in the pan gone in jan and the money put back into buying your outside toilet back
You've no room to talk about attendances chump.....glass houses and all that? Anyway, it's recycling day today so hurry up, you've still got plenty of bins to go through to search for the dreggs at the bottom of the frosty jack bottles. Wrap up warm tonight, it's going to be cold on the cathedral steps you filthy shoeless hobo.
George.White.Bread
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4:28pm Wed 16 Jan 13
Blackburn fans love horses wrote:There's been several reports of Blackburn fans in Tescos receiving nasty frost bite on their bellends as a result of doing ungodly things to frozen burgers after hearing of the horse meat scandal.
You guys know all about horsemeat don't you, as you have been putting your meat into horses on a regular basis.
Oh, and incidentally - an anagram of hamburgers is shergar bum!
But as this whole incident is like some kind of **** for you guys I imagine you already knew that!
Fan@clared
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5:07pm Wed 16 Jan 13
George.White.Bread wrote:I wondered why there were massive queues reported outside certain stores in Blackburn. I see now - Horse meat Burgers for sale.
Blackburn fans love horses wrote:There's been several reports of Blackburn fans in Tescos receiving nasty frost bite on their bellends as a result of doing ungodly things to frozen burgers after hearing of the horse meat scandal.
You guys know all about horsemeat don't you, as you have been putting your meat into horses on a regular basis.
Oh, and incidentally - an anagram of hamburgers is shergar bum!
But as this whole incident is like some kind of **** for you guys I imagine you already knew that!
Chris P Bacon
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5:10pm Wed 16 Jan 13
George.White.Bread wrote:Why bother giving this stankwayne (Sp) a door to push open? Look at the time it's posting to illustrate it's a stranger to the world of gainful employment. Better leave this branch to wither and fall off than nourish it with attention.
8 Ball Deluxe wrote:Oh look who's woken up from his glue induced coma? No doubt with his pants round his ankles.
Looks like all the usual vomit stains are on. Yeah I read about the Dingle Res, its in the middle of sunnhurst woods, its more of a lodge really or glorified pond thats why its called Dingle Res because its small like you guys. But we're used to dingles thinking everythings bigger than it really is. The classic examples being "Look we are Burnley football club and we're massive. We get a sell out 10000 on every week.
Flash in the pan gone in jan and the money put back into buying your outside toilet back
You've no room to talk about attendances chump.....glass houses and all that? Anyway, it's recycling day today so hurry up, you've still got plenty of bins to go through to search for the dreggs at the bottom of the frosty jack bottles. Wrap up warm tonight, it's going to be cold on the cathedral steps you filthy shoeless hobo.
morleyclaret
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6:21pm Wed 16 Jan 13
8 Ball Deluxe wrote:On the eve of the Wigan match, Howe told the Daily Mail: "The majority of Burnley fans have been very understanding and wished me well. I can't show my appreciation to them enough.
Blackburn fans love horses wrote: The problem is that we will basically be giving away Championship players for free in the summer. Wallace, McCann, Pato, Duff, Grant and Marney would walk into most Championship teams. I accept that we have probably offered most of them reduced terms, but if they have indicated they won't be signing then get them on the transfer list and recoup some money for them at least.Anyone who gets the chance of playing for Bournemouth will be off like a hare with a lurcher on its arse. All you pikeys will be left with nothing but scarp metal to weigh in. Flash in the pan, gone in Jan
"It wasn't easy for them. They put a lot of trust into Jason (Tindall, Howe's number two) and me and we felt upon leaving that we were letting them down.
"But I had to make a very difficult decision that I felt was best for my family, which ultimately is the most important thing to me. The understanding from the people at the club was special, too.
"I learned vast amounts at Burnley and I'm really pleased we went there. It was a really good challenge led by great people.
"I can't speak highly enough of everything about Burnley. From our perspective we were just disappointed that we didn't quite get that run of results we really craved. We weren't far away but we just never quite broke into the top six, so that was frustrating" (sic.)
Howe won't be taking the players to Bournmouth then................
......even if the are 'haring' to go..
8 Ball Deluxe
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7:31pm Wed 16 Jan 13
Chris P Bacon wrote:Oooh look theres a bit of ice on the floor, thats my cheating lance armstrong arse indoors for winter, I think I'll stay in and shave my legs, a day in the life of Chris P Bacon, the lycra clad shemale.
George.White.Bread wrote:Why bother giving this stankwayne (Sp) a door to push open? Look at the time it's posting to illustrate it's a stranger to the world of gainful employment. Better leave this branch to wither and fall off than nourish it with attention.
8 Ball Deluxe wrote:Oh look who's woken up from his glue induced coma? No doubt with his pants round his ankles.
Looks like all the usual vomit stains are on. Yeah I read about the Dingle Res, its in the middle of sunnhurst woods, its more of a lodge really or glorified pond thats why its called Dingle Res because its small like you guys. But we're used to dingles thinking everythings bigger than it really is. The classic examples being "Look we are Burnley football club and we're massive. We get a sell out 10000 on every week.
Flash in the pan gone in jan and the money put back into buying your outside toilet back
You've no room to talk about attendances chump.....glass houses and all that? Anyway, it's recycling day today so hurry up, you've still got plenty of bins to go through to search for the dreggs at the bottom of the frosty jack bottles. Wrap up warm tonight, it's going to be cold on the cathedral steps you filthy shoeless hobo.
Tell me Crispy pork boy, why do you shave your legs, now come on, there must be a reason for it, do you like the smoooooth feel?
8 Ball Deluxe
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7:44pm Wed 16 Jan 13
George.White.Bread wrote:Thats better get them burger ideas flowing, scary to think you may have eaten one of em. we don't eat beef in Blackburn, thats why you guys have Bovine spongiform encephalopathy because you like sucking on a bit of red meat, especially when Dad comes round for a sunday roasting
Blackburn fans love horses wrote:There's been several reports of Blackburn fans in Tescos receiving nasty frost bite on their bellends as a result of doing ungodly things to frozen burgers after hearing of the horse meat scandal.
You guys know all about horsemeat don't you, as you have been putting your meat into horses on a regular basis.
Oh, and incidentally - an anagram of hamburgers is shergar bum!
But as this whole incident is like some kind of **** for you guys I imagine you already knew that!
Thats why Venkys have it sussed, they know that chicken is the only option to be disease free, you guys will have to evolve some more and lose the extra digit.
8 Ball Deluxe
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7:46pm Wed 16 Jan 13
morleyclaret wrote:And then he left for the bigger club.
8 Ball Deluxe wrote:On the eve of the Wigan match, Howe told the Daily Mail: "The majority of Burnley fans have been very understanding and wished me well. I can't show my appreciation to them enough.
Blackburn fans love horses wrote: The problem is that we will basically be giving away Championship players for free in the summer. Wallace, McCann, Pato, Duff, Grant and Marney would walk into most Championship teams. I accept that we have probably offered most of them reduced terms, but if they have indicated they won't be signing then get them on the transfer list and recoup some money for them at least.Anyone who gets the chance of playing for Bournemouth will be off like a hare with a lurcher on its arse. All you pikeys will be left with nothing but scarp metal to weigh in. Flash in the pan, gone in Jan
"It wasn't easy for them. They put a lot of trust into Jason (Tindall, Howe's number two) and me and we felt upon leaving that we were letting them down.
"But I had to make a very difficult decision that I felt was best for my family, which ultimately is the most important thing to me. The understanding from the people at the club was special, too.
"I learned vast amounts at Burnley and I'm really pleased we went there. It was a really good challenge led by great people.
"I can't speak highly enough of everything about Burnley. From our perspective we were just disappointed that we didn't quite get that run of results we really craved. We weren't far away but we just never quite broke into the top six, so that was frustrating" (sic.)
Howe won't be taking the players to Bournmouth then................
......even if the are 'haring' to go..
The End
8 Ball Deluxe
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8:39pm Wed 16 Jan 13
Blackburn fans love horses says...
10:31am Wed 16 Jan 13
Wallace, McCann, Pato, Duff, Grant and Marney would walk into most Championship teams. I accept that we have probably offered most of them reduced terms, but if they have indicated they won't be signing then get them on the transfer list and recoup some money for them at least.