HankMarvin

Interesting article in the mail about Burnley and how they are saddled with debt by the latest owners, shirt sponsor being pulled last minute. Poor fees for players etc Fans worried they could be the next Leicester so many shit bag owners out there “So much of it, though, comes back to the money. The £142m debt from the most recent accounts for the 2024-25 promotion season, the interest on bank loans of up to 12 per cent, the £36m of net interest payments over the last five seasons when there was none before the takeover. The £9.5m taken in ‘management fees’ under the current ownership, ones that jumped from £1.5m to £4m after relegation. The transfer debt of £95m that was just £3m four years ago and takes the club’s total gross debt to nearly a quarter of a billion. The near £40m sale of incoming transfer fees to London-based firm Fasanara Capital. And why Velocity Capital, ALK’s investment arm, still owes the football club around £81m. Under the previous ownership, made up of local businessmen, Burnley were famously debt-free, cash rich, and one of the most profitable clubs in Premier League history. Dyche worked miracles on a budget as he established the Clarets in the Premier League and took them into Europe. Now, according to respected finance blog Swiss Ramble, Burnley’s external debt of £142m last year was the fourth highest in England behind only Tottenham and Everton, who have built new stadiums, and the Glazers’ United” The concerns are that the club has £75m of short-terms loans, £30m of long-term loans, has sold players but has sold the transfer instalments from the sales and owes £94m in unpaid transfer fees. Under those circumstances they will struggle to borrow more and, if they do, will have to pay punitive interest rates. ‘It therefore could come down to whether or not Alan Pace has (a) the cash and (b) the desire to provide funding himself.’ All sounds familiar

How can you have the highest possession (69% on average) in the league, yet concede the 12th most expected goals per match.

Also 6 points of getting relegated, which given that we were a prem team 2 seasons ago is nearly unforgivable

I don’t think it’s because he thinks he is clever he is shit, it’s just he is limited. Limited manager with the ego of a champions league manager

Ergh why do they all copy Klopp Frank doing a fist pump

The owner had a skunk on his head

Cov on every week for 5 weeks

I presume he means 3 touches from keeper to back of the net. Anyway it’s weird that Top or whoever is obsessed with possession football. If a team ever needed a philosophy for success surely we should’ve progressed with counter attacking football after winning the league, sought the best managers that fit that model as opposed to possession. At least under Rodgers it was possession with intent.

They had 22 percent of the ball and created 5 shots on goal. We had nearly four times as much of the ball throughout the game and it didn’t even result in double the shots on target.

You wanna hear Elliot for 90s mins “well that was throughly entertaining” Everytime he says anything remotely negative shits his pants and makes sure to add 5 positives straight after.

It just makes him look more inept against Oxford it was because of going down to 10 and too many games, yet fresh legs can’t capatilise on a team that shipped 11 in 3 and 5!in their last home game. The writing is on the wall

So Barnsley with 10 men has 22 percent possession and manager 5 shots on target just 3 less than us. You can see why against any team that half decent we all get tonked like the Oxford result. All the possession stats do is hide the fragility of Russels teams.

Remember when we went down to 10 that was the excuse for the capitulation

The mighty Stevnage hit 5 at oakwell in the last home game

The worst thing is how he makes shit teams look so dangerous

11 goals conceded in their previous 3 games

Elliot needs replacing Can’t care to listen to his bollocks

90 point target? What across 2 seasons 7 games now how many good whole 90s imagine what Challinor could do with this squad, get him before it’s too late

Watson **** off

They are trying to win and nearer than us it’s disgusting

No urgency

A let off again

Have we had a decent shot since they scored

Nice control he is melting

Shit free kick