The workings of a transfer deal

There is a huge difference to monitoring players and actually starting and completng a deal. And if we are to believe that the release clause was activated, then the club didn't have to say "yes".

 

That’s all speculation , you don’t know whether we have a replacement lined up or whether club deems one necessary and neither do I .
I would say the way the club announced that they were identifying and monitoring players means they were gathering info to recruit for immediate team or recruit in case injuries or replacements fir sell on .
Maybe now he’s gone one of the players they have identified a club is being contacted . Who knows ? New owners and we have no history of the way they do business .
I’m prepared to wait and see

 

And what if the players your monitoring dont want to sign?

Oops just sold a key player and our target dosen’t even want to sign for us.

Would you not prefer the club to sign their ‘replacement’ before allowing players to leave, thats how all the well run clubs seem to do business where possible...

 

Of course it's speculation. Virtually everything on here is speculation(apart from the fact he's gone). I was making the comment as a semi-eductated guest from talking with a number of pro-footballers I've know throughout the years, and how their transfers have occured/how long they have took etc. I'm personally shocked at how few clubs end up getting their top few targets and end up settling for a "best of the rest".

Still, I suppose that's why were all active on a site like this, to speculate and discuss matters. It would be a really shittly place if everyone only stuck to discussing the "facts", especially the rate the club have released details over the past decade or so...

 

Like the same facts when Bradshaw left.The fans were up in arms at letting Bradshaw go when all the time the club were sorting a deal out to bring in Woodrow.We have an important FA cup tie tomorrow but I'm sure while the team and coaching staff will be giving there all at Burnley the cogs left behind to run the club will be inching closer to signing Brad Potts replacement.

 

Obviously I’m not in the know about how the well run clubs do business as yourself seems to be but there’s nothing new in this transfer that I haven’t seen at most clubs .
Maybe the club don’t deem a direct replacement necessary. Or maybe they’ve signed one and waiting to announce or who knows

 

That's why all clubs have more than one target.

 

Some don’t seem to differentiate speculation by offering it as fact

 

Just like in real life. But you use common sense and experiance to identify this and take it with a pinch of salt.
Thats why whenever I was mentioning this "release clause", I always used the terms "if" or "if it is to be believed", so it was clear to those without the afore mentioned common sense and experiance that I didn't know ifit was indeed fact or fiction.

 

Maybe we have a deal in place and the club/player has a big FA cup tie tomorrow that they want to play in. Maybe we have made an offer and its been rejected. Maybe we decided we don't need a replacement.

 

And what if none of your targets want to sign?

I dont want to come of frustrated about Potts being sold thats football people come and go I'm frustrated at the way things are done at the club. We are hoping for automatic promotion yet we sell a key player in the 3rd day of the transfer window, instead of holding out getting a replacement secured first then saying yes have him.

 

Thats why whenever I was mentioning this "release clause", I always used the terms "if" or "if it is to be believed", so it was clear to those without the afore mentioned common sense and experiance that I didn't know ifit was indeed fact or fiction.[/QUOTE]

And that’s what I was pointing out in case you were believing as fact what You were posting .
You seem to not want your posts answering . I wasn’t posting my theories as fact just answering your points in what I believe was happening

 

And that’s what I was pointing out in case you were believing as fact what You were posting .
You seem to not want your posts answering . I wasn’t posting my theories as fact just answering your points in what I believe was happening[/QUOTE]

See, I think there is crossed wires here. I just thought you were misreading/understanding what meant. There is no malice ment by by them, alough I can see why one or two could be seen as condescending.

 

See, I think there is crossed wires here. I just thought you were misreading/understanding what meant. There is no malice ment by by them, alough I can see why one or two could be seen as condescending.[/QUOTE]
There’s a few on here condemning club without any knowledge or facts as to what’s happening , I’m not accusing you of this by the way .
None of us really knows what has happened or why . It could be beyond clubs fault , it could be agent / player demands. It could be quite amicable no one knows . And whatever anyone believes they are in order to aire their thoughts on here and others have the right to counteract or agree without being abusive or threatening imo . As you rightly point out it all adds to the enjoyment of the board so no malice from me either just my views

 

If that was the case there would be no transfers. Someone has to move first.

We have 10 days to get a replacement in before our next league game so of all the times to let him go, yesterday wasn’t that bad.

 

Why?

 

Because if it happened like the OP suggests a replacement would have been signed.

 

Like with Woodrow you mean.

 

I dont recall mentioning Bradshaw or Woodrow?

 

If the club don't deem a replacement necessary then why have we played all season with an inferior player in the starting 11 if we have a better player at the club already available to play?

Speculation is we may have a target lined up, we may have ideas, we may want this or that.
Fact is we are playing a game of football today with a weaker squad than last week.