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Burnley want Alex Neil

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stewart10 said:
This is why having him on a 12 month rolling contract wasn't necessary the best idea.

I dont think it's true though, and whilst a contract isn't going to make him stay, it does make him slightly more appealing to other clubs who can get him on the cheap.
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If we go up, I'd expect news on his contract extension pretty soon - then again knowing how they went on with Keane etc...

In any case If we went up and Burnley went down, I couldn't see AN leaving but you never know.
 

ShieldsBlackCat2015 said:
If a builder left halfway through a job on their house for a bigger job on a better house with more money I think people would be pissed off. Yet these same people would condone a manager leaving a club he’s only just started rebuilding for one that’s only just been relegated but is considered a better club.

Weird.
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But building a house has a defined start and end point, so thats a bit of a shit analogy to be fair.
 
jsdftm04 said:
They had to sell wood to repay the old owners the yearly fee

Not sure they do tbh like. Aging squad and absolutely up shit creek financially if relegated
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Off topic but I think Watford are fucked, they have a lot of aging players who were decent names 5 years ago and are reported to be on good wages.
They will need a new manager in the summer who will want to build his own squad.

They have players like Danny Rose taking £60k a week and played 8 times.

their keepers are Ben Foster, their number 1 at 38, Rob Elliot at 34, Daniel Bachmann who is letting in an average of 3 goals a game.

They have a big rebuild to do and a lot of players they won’t be able to shift. I can see them suffering for a long time.

Norwich are built for this business plan and have been following it for years. 1 or 2 seasons tops and they’ll be back up.
Burnley will come down to the owners, if they’re serious and actually have money to spend. Could go either way

Everton is another concern. At least they seem to have serious owners who will not allow them to stay in the championship, so will invest to make sure it’s a fast turn around. 1 season if they do drop
 
safcforever said:
Off topic but I think Watford are fucked, they have a lot of aging players who were decent names 5 years ago and are reported to be on good wages.
They will need a new manager in the summer who will want to build his own squad.

They have players like Danny Rose taking £60k a week and played 8 times.

their keepers are Ben Foster, their number 1 at 38, Rob Elliot at 34, Daniel Bachmann who is letting in an average of 3 goals a game.

They have a big rebuild to do and a lot of players they won’t be able to shift. I can see them suffering for a long time.

Norwich are built for this business plan and have been following it for years. 1 or 2 seasons tops and they’ll be back up.
Burnley will come down to the owners, if they’re serious and actually have money to spend. Could go either way

Everton is another concern. At least they seem to have serious owners who will not allow them to stay in the championship, so will invest to make sure it’s a fast turn around. 1 season if they do drop
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everton owners are funding the stadium..and have had to pull millions out cos of sanctions..
 
S.S.R.. said:
Why would he leave a bigger club with potential for a small club that is reverting to type?

Sunderland gets a higher average attendance in League One than Burnley does after years in the top division. It's a nothing club in comparison.
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There's 2 leagues difference between us.

Could be just one mind in a few weeks!
 
kildaremackem said:
everton owners are funding the stadium..and have had to pull millions out cos of sanctions..
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They will not want to be outside the top division for anything longer than necessary.
They will have to invest for a fast return. We know first hand the longer you’re out of it the harder it is to return
Wrenthorpe Mackem said:
There's 2 leagues difference between us.

Could be just one mind in a few weeks!
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Could be the same division in a few weeks
 
safcforever said:
They will not want to be outside the top division for anything longer than necessary.
They will have to invest for a fast return. We know first hand the longer you’re out of it the harder it is to return

Could be the same division in a few weeks
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invest what?
they are there to asset strip and take the para money...they wont be using their own cashh..they sold chris wood to make the next installment on their payment of the club.
 
In hindsight, he will have definitely been in the frame for the Burnley job.

I don't think it will have been a case of Burnley wanting Neil (that's pretty obvious), but Neil very much wanting the Burnley job.

What a twat. He thought it was beneath him dropping down to league one, based on his credentials perhaps it was. He won't manage a bigger club in England imo.
 
gipetto said:
In hindsight, he will have definitely been in the frame for the Burnley job.

I don't think it will have been a case of Burnley wanting Neil (that's pretty obvious), but Neil very much wanting the Burnley job.

What a twat. He thought it was beneath him dropping down to league one, based on his credentials perhaps it was. He won't manage a bigger club in England imo.
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Yeah him and his agent were obviously whoring themselves about even at that early stage of his time here.
 
The Great MES said:
Yeah him and his agent were obviously whoring themselves about even at that early stage of his time here.
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@becs suggested something was perhaps not right as far back as April. It seems we were always just a short term fix for him. It's a shame he didn't leave earlier so we could have got someone in in the close season.
 
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