we're going to talk Burnley. And the reason is their bottom
of the league. Yes. They've got games in hand, Robbie. I'll
come to you first, but there are so many reasons why Burnley
are struggling this season, want to throw
a few at you, 10 of their senior players
are into the last six months of their contract. A further six
have only 18 months left. They sold. Chris would yes.
Newcastle met the release Clause, but Chris would have
gone out the door. Chris Wood is responsible for nearly
a third of the gold at the
club in the Premier League, over the last four and a half years.
Max cornet, who was a brilliant player? Is that the African
nations cup? That is just a flavor of what is going wrong
at Burnley right now. It's unsurprising. The bottom of
the league, Rob.
Yeah, the the bottom of the league.
I think the morale at the football club was as low as
it's ever been. I think given those numbers and the numbers
I've got here,
roughly 13 million dollars. Net spent of a five-year period, by
the way, I mean, that's hardly anything
you see in this squad get older year on year. I mean to be
fair, a good squad was assembled here under a good
manager. And so Sean died years ago
and they've kept doing it. They've kept doing it the kept
grinding, but of course last season, they almost got
relegated and now we all know our world's oldest team in
the league
and the Chris would thing makes it into an emergency situation
now and important things that should have been done. And to
be fair. I think we've talked about earlier, the shundich
mentioned seasons ago that this squad is getting older
and yet the club didn't do anything
ALK Capital the new ownership with Allen Pace on board
is now. Like, now that
The club needs him, the club needs him and and
and their Investment Company to spend some money because it's an
emergency situation.
Chris Wood was unexpected. He's gone.
They've got nine days left in the transfer window to bring in
another Striker. If not, it looks like they're going to go
down
money has been spent
at Turf Moor in Hospitality Suites and in various other
ways, but if you're not spending money as Robbie said
on
players on the field and they've hardly spent any 13,
Net over five years.
How can they expect to stay up?
Well, because of Sean died aged, and I think this is a
tale as old as time. He's a victim of his own success,
Wright and
Robby. Royal always says, in Dutch, We Trust because they've
decided we can stay in the Premier League, get the Premier
League money and we don't actually have to spend it. Why?
Because we have brilliant manager
will find a way to keep us up,
and that works until it doesn't end. It.
They've always just kind of gotten across the line
started to pick up steam
this year. They look like they're in trouble. Double
right down at the bottom. I know they have a few games in
hand, but I just wonder in terms of
replacing Chris, would
they weren't expecting that release Clause
to be met. So there's not as if this was a plan. Oh, I hope
there was a plan in place, doesn't seem like there was
a plan in place to say, okay, if he goes
out the door, will bring another Striker and time times
ticking because they don't bring a striker. They can't
stay on the problem, same as well as they have a ceiling at
the club cording to reports of 50,000 pounds a week in terms
of wages.
Good luck. Bringing in a striker. He's going to take
a 50,000 pound. Weeks salary. It's so difficult to score
goals in the Premier League, Robbie. You've mentioned that
before and it's just like
Every Striker going to that club knows how difficult it's
going to be. So yeah, to get to get one in under fifty thousand
dollars pounds a week. It's interesting today was another
interesting part of all, this is, what is the style of play?
Yeah, and I think there's a little
bit of similarities with Crystal Palace, Roy Hodgson,
grinding grinding aging Squad. And they redid everything this
summer and so far. It's really gone. Very, very well Burnley.
A probably the last team
that are old school for for too long boards in the channel,
cross is in the Box, keeping it very, very simple and it's
worked. Okay, but other
there's other
other ways of doing it, this become more prominent. You look
at grain Potter at Brighton, teams can be expansive, you can
play and you can stay in the division. That was always very
scared to do that and Burnley, you know,
maybe the last of that type of stodgy 442 kind of standard
football that maybe get a little outdated.
Yeah. I just think I credit a crush on days because I think
there are having managers who have asked for investment.
Didn't get it and have walked. And he stuck by the plan. Yeah,
he certainly has.
For now.