John Egan joins Burnley

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WigglyBlade said:
Can't believe anyone would have a bad word to say about Egan. He was a fantastic servant to the club and a bloody good centre back. I think we'll struggle to ever better that CB partnership of Eg's, O'Connell and Bash tbh. He made mistakes in the 2nd Premier League season but, as a team, we were atrocious all over the park that year and Egan never downed tools (I'm looking at you Anel). He'll get a big clap from me on his return and definitely goes down as one of my favourite ever Blades centre backs.
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I don't have a bad word to say about him, but I also think it was the right decision to not re-sign him.

In fact I agree with everything you've said here - I just feel that two promotion wage increases (which are bigger than the reductions for being relegated), the recent injury plus his age and the fact he was wobbly for at least 18 months before the injury mean he's not worth it. If he was cheap then fine, but he's not. Hence going to Burnley knowing he's hardly going to play.

This summer was simply the natural end of a cycle for some players (overdue for one or two) and I think a change benefits them and the club.

There's a tendency (not suggesting you) to treat the end of contracts as if we've cancelled them or released them on a free transfer.
 

Younger Dryas Blade said:
RND/Gilchrist in a 5, not in a 4.
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Cross purposes.
What I mean is that at a push we could say we have 5 potential CBs.
Imo , Souttar , Anel & Gilchrist are good enough as a pair in a back 4.
But JLT & RND (whose fitness not guaranteed) are not really capable even as the second man in a pair/back 4.
So we are very light at CB and I can't believe Wilder was prevented from bringing in a CB on loan to replace Trusty.
If one of Souttar , Anel or Gilchrist is absent , the very next injury means a change back to a 5 man defence which fucks up our current shape.
I don't think Souza has the discipline to play CB.
This lack of depth at CB is a very short sighted. Look at what happened last season with Bash & Egan - CB is a physical job and you have to expect injuries & suspensions.
Apparently Burnley are not taking any chances with their CB cover , they intend to go up.
 
Interestingly (given what we were told about his injury) he’s on the bench for Burnley today
 
.......I saw him play, and I got no complaints. The claret bellies can cheer for him now.

HH
 
RWE said:
Interestingly (given what we were told about his injury) he’s on the bench for Burnley today
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He's been training with them throughout pre-season, so not surprised the rumours he was nowhere near fit were rubbish. Also surprised some think L1 is his standard. One of the most successful CBs at this level, a good leader, hardly ever injured (until the one last year), and 31 is prime for a CB. I'm disappointed we didn't re-sign him.
 
BrisBlade said:
He's been training with them throughout pre-season, so not surprised the rumours he was nowhere near fit were rubbish. Also surprised some think L1 is his standard. One of the most successful CBs at this level, a good leader, hardly ever injured (until the one last year), and 31 is prime for a CB. I'm disappointed we didn't re-sign him.
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You think it was owners mouthpieces trying to save face as to why we didn't resign him?
 
Weird how suddenly all these players we had started getting worse after the first PL season, it's almost as if playing in a bad team makes you look a bad player?!?
 
jono_t2000 said:
You think it was owners mouthpieces trying to save face as to why we didn't resign him?
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No idea. I suspect it was just uninformed opinion masquerading as fact based on him not having a club and lack of rumours. I can't discern fact from opinion with Twitter, podcasts, and the like, so I prefer to assume it is all just opinion until I see proof - like a fit John Egan on the Burnley bench.

From memory he wasn't on the original released list so presume we at least considered him. I wouldn't blame him if he just fancied a change after last season and seeing his old mates move on. No reason for him to make a song and dance about it (one of the things I like about Egan).
 
BrisBlade said:
No idea. I suspect it was just uninformed opinion masquerading as fact based on him not having a club and lack of rumours. I can't discern fact from opinion with Twitter, podcasts, and the like, so I prefer to assume it is all just opinion until I see proof - like a fit John Egan on the Burnley bench.

From memory he wasn't on the original released list so presume we at least considered him. I wouldn't blame him if he just fancied a change after last season and seeing his old mates move on. No reason for him to make a song and dance about it (one of the things I like about Egan).
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I’d heard it from another source that his injury was a bad one that he wouldn’t be back match fit until much later. Surprised he made the bench on that basis but good on him

Is he up to the rigours of being isolated and turned inside out on the halfway line by a tricky winger or no10…. Who knows
 
Has he made any appearances for any of their teams? You don’t tend to sub on a CB obviously, unless there’s an injury, so I assume he’s getting match fitness built up in the u21s or something?
 

Cappy said:
Has he made any appearances for any of their teams? You don’t tend to sub on a CB obviously, unless there’s an injury, so I assume he’s getting match fitness built up in the u21s or something?
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I looked last night, he’s just been on the bench since he’s been there.
 
Just checked on Egan. Appears to have been on the bench ten times. His only actual appearance for Burnley was for 1 minute as a sub when 2-0 up versus some team ridiculously called Sheffield Wednesday.
 
brownblade said:
Just checked on Egan. Appears to have been on the bench ten times. His only actual appearance for Burnley was for 1 minute as a sub when 2-0 up versus some team ridiculously called Sheffield Wednesday.
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Considering Burnley are the only side with a better defence than ours it's not really a suprise it's hard to get in the side!
 
Great servant to us & more than played his part in our recent successes and for that I’m grateful.. there’s no sentimentality in football and he wasn’t getting any younger , more than likely on high wages & recovering from a bad injury so the time was right to freshen things up & that’s been proved with the current partnership .. wish him all the best in the latter part of his career .. served us well⚔️
 
Signed a contract to the end of this season. I can see him somewhere mid-lower championship next season or at a big club stuck in L1.

Hope he’s happy, but honestly I was pleased to see him be a bit average last night given we play them soon. UTB
 

Cappy said:
Signed a contract to the end of this season. I can see him somewhere mid-lower championship next season or at a big club stuck in L1.

Hope he’s happy, but honestly I was pleased to see him be a bit average last night given we play them soon. UTB
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For me he burnt his future here when he put Country before his bread and butter club playing for Ireland when carrying an injury which turned into a season long problem.
A lesson for Keiffer Moore and Harry Soutter to learn from ! Rest is as important as fitness training.
 
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