John Egan joins Burnley

[Grappler]

Burnley FC

@BurnleyOfficial
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20m

We are pleased to announce the signing of experienced centre-back John Egan on a contract until the end of the season The Ireland international, who has won promotion twice from the Championship, departed Sheffield United in the summer.

 

[SwissBlade]

be surprised if he manages to get fit enough to play

 

[diode_blade]

GLTTL.
Hope it works out.

 

[The Crab]

GLTTL

 

[Macfarlane21]

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Disappointing to see him sign for a promotion rival, obviously must be near being fit to play.

Wish him all the best, fantastic servant to the club

 

[Lincoln_Blades1889]

GLTTL

Think I'm being thick but shat does GLTTL mean ahahaaha

 

[The Crab]

Think I'm being thick but shat does GLTTL mean ahahaaha

Haha no worries.

Good luck to the lad

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Wish him well but never felt he was irreplaceable

 

[chesblade]

Think we have definitely upgraded with soutter

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

Wish him well but never felt he was irreplaceable

Absolutely. Since that first PL season he's been on a downward trajectory....

 

[wavy-blade]

WOW didn't expect that , good luck John , Top lad !

There's no need for negative comments tho , top player for us over the years !

 

[SwissBlade]

Absolutely. Since that first PL season he's been on a downward trajectory....

I think that’s fair. Didn’t ever look comfortable when isolated. I’d perhaps go further and say that Egan, JOC and Bash were the ultimate back 3 and once that fell apart we were never quite the same. Egan was certainly not PL quality on his own but in that 3 it just worked

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

I think that’s fair. Didn’t ever look comfortable when isolated. I’d perhaps go further and say that Egan, JOC and Bash were the ultimate back 3 and once that fell apart we were never quite the same. Egan was certainly not PL quality on his own but in that 3 it just worked

Yep It worked when he had pace and energy alongside him. The minute we had JLT, Ampadu et al alongside him it unravelled pretty quickly...

Sliding doors, but rather than spunking the best part of £50m on a 5th choice striker and a GK, upgrading that position (esp after JOC went down) could have saved us that disastrous 2nd PL season...

He was good but not great in my eyes. GLTTL but in 5 years time, there's a good chance I'll have forgotten about him...

 

[Argentinemanager]

Good luck john, part of a top defensive line up, hope you regain fitness

 

[SwissBlade]

Yep It worked when he had pace and energy alongside him. The minute we had JLT, Ampadu et al alongside him it unravelled pretty quickly...

Sliding doors, but rather than spunking the best part of £50m on a 5th choice striker and a GK, upgrading that position (esp after JOC went down) could have saved us that disastrous 2nd PL season...

He was good but not great in my eyes. GLTTL but in 5 years time, there's a good chance I'll have forgotten about him...

I’m surprised that he’s been signed by the promotion favourite, would’ve expected he’d go to league one after his injury, let alone championship promotion favourite

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

I’m surprised that he’s been signed by the promotion favourite, would’ve expected he’d go to league one after his injury, let alone championship promotion favourite

Surprised me too. My mate who's a physio and knows our physios told me in the Summer he was in a bad way and would struggle to get back this side of Christmas if ever at all to this level.

Guess with all these things, rehabs can change etc, but be interesting to see when he actually plays for Burnley ....

 

[UddersBlade]

Good luck to him - he was great for us for a few years. Small gamble by Burnley I guess as after a long injury - no guarantee he’ll be as good.

 

[gavtheblade]

He was poor the last 3 seasons.
Blighted by injury.

 

[Brian Deane]

He was poor the last 3 seasons.
Blighted by injury.

Older you get the harder they are to recover from, let's not forget that Egan hardly missed a game for both club and Country until he pushed his body too far.
GLTTL.

 

[wavy-blade]

All the best John , see you at the lane on Boxing day , give it to the pigs when you play em !!

 

[Torrix1889]

GlTTL

If he plays against us balls over the top to Rak-Sakyi and/or Campbell will guarantee a chance or three!

 

[Gerritforud]

GLTTL His promotion song will never be forgotten.

 

[bladesince64]

He'll be a good back-up for any injuries and/or seeing games out if holding on with 10/15 minutes left in games

 

[dc_blade]

He was poor the last 3 seasons.
Blighted by injury.

He played 51 games in 2022-23 and 48 in 2021-22. In what way was he blighted by injury?

 

[Younger Dryas Blade]

Meanwhile we have 3 CB's on our books and one is Jack Robinson. Squad depth is going to bite us hard sooner rather than later.

Was hoping we would get Egan back on that sort of a deal. Is Liam Cooper still available?

 

[1987]

I thought he'd declined a fair bit by the time he got injured. But maybe change of scenery will do him some good. Wish him all the best (except against us)

 

[Deadbat]

Might be me and we don't know if he will recover but surprised the criticism of him on here. It's only season before last he was still very good in a promotion winning side.

If fit he's top end Champ easily.

A fantastic servant for United. I for one was surprised we did not retain him.

 

[Harry's Game]

Think we have definitely upgraded with soutter

Not our player though is he

 

[derbysufc]

More so this shows how money bags last season Burnley are faltering. They've sold all their top players and bringing in has-beens .
Eagan was OK for the blades but now past sell by date.
Still belive the blades have the best side in this league and we ain't even clicked yet .
Some team will get a huge thrashing by us soon if we score then push on and dominate.

 

[chesblade]

Not our player though is he

Not at the moment but you never know