The Rags

[Bianchi on Ice]

It is still a factor though that their owners have tries not to spend for years now. This now is panic. If it doesn't end with CL participation it really will spell trouble for them. Which direction they go will be interesting.

That's the main point IMHO.
All those years of bacon overachieving, (to the point of performing miracles it now seems) has left them pretty rudderless, and it's panic as they realise the problem wasn't Moyes.
There's been no investment in the future at all, as bacon said all was well.
I think its just a shame it's only their rudder that's gone, and there's not a great big hole in the hull.
YET

Watch on youtube.com

We can only hope

[Nigels Tackle]

hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!

[patrickblue]

I think they have another problem, also a Ferguson legacy, aside from the quality of their squad. This other problem is the archaic management structure of their business.

The Glazers seem to have been essentially hands-off owners, sitting back and enjoying the money-making machine they purchased.

Gill, and probably Woodward, have been good at the commercial side, signing the image rights deals in Asia etc., like our Tom does.

Ferguson meanwhile ran the football side and it all went through him. There was no long term planning, no world-wide vision or even director of football like Ferran and Txiiki provide, no plan for their academy, etc., just Fergie.

Take him away and Woodward is out of his depth, Moyes and LVG (who today said he left the signing of players to Our Ed), are sticking plasters on the first team squad season-by-season.

In business terms, they have a poor product, which is bad but repairable, and no Governance or Management Vision. The contrast with what ADUG have done for us is stark.

They don't seem to have realised this point yet, and it is that which makes me optimistic that we will stay ahead of them for years.

Perhaps they are the footballing equivalent of Tesco, who also seem to be in a minor quandary at the moment, after riding roughshod over everybody around them for quite some time..

Both evil empires in the shit at once.

[Bear60]

22 pages about them on here FFS FUCK THEM DISGUSTING FILTHY HORRIBLE CLUB WITH DISGUSTING FILTHY HORRIBLE FANS end of thread

[Mike J]

14 million for daley blind..... fucking lol.

[Cit.revenge]

Can Burnley make Horor of start for rags ?! Even draw would be puffff

[Lev Bronstein]

I suppose that they're going to start winning sometime then we can go back to worshipping at the feet of Van Hire. Fun whilst it lasts though

[zuricity]

a 0-0 draw would be another record for Burnley broken in the PL

[Cit.revenge]

Lol Di Maria in start 11 that is how shit is rags.Not one game on bench to ease in team in PL

[Ted Hughes]

Di Maria centre mid as discussed.

[Cit.revenge]

Ahhhhhhhh nearly

[Cit.revenge]

Now that u must score this is why they will lose

[Cit.revenge]

Evans is such horrible player

[Camebro]

di marias passing has been absolutely gash so far. bet plenty of rags have skidmarks from when that freekick hit the woodwork.

[Sideshow Bob]

Great ball there from di Maria. He is too good for these rag duffers.

[Bridge'srightfoot]

di marias passing has been absolutely gash so far. bet plenty of rags have skidmarks from when that freekick hit the woodwork.

Did you not just see that through ball to RVP?!

[Bluedj]

Burnley really are gash...........Solid bet for finishing bottom

[Cit.revenge]

Rags are really shit ,Defense is amazingly bad .

[Cit.revenge]

Burnley really are gash...........Solid bet for finishing bottom

I knew that after first game . I think they will be done like 10 games before the end

[carl_feedthegoat]

This is like watching diarrhea come out of a dogs arse.