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Burnley boss: Marney is bargain of season
10:30am Friday 30th July 2010 in
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- By Suzanne Geldard » Burnley FC reporter
BURNLEY manager Brian Laws believes he may have unearthed the “bargain of the season” in summer signing Dean Marney.
The midfielder, who is understood to have cost the Clarets’ just £350,000, is the first of four new faces to have so far arrived at Turf Moor since the end of last term.
This week he enhanced an already promising pre-season with two goals in their penultimate friendly.
Marney was at the double as Burnley came back from 2-0 down in a behind-closed doors game with Accrington Stanley, after the annual meeting at the Crown Ground had to be called off due to pitch complications.
The 26-year-old preserved an unbeaten pre-season run with a well-guided, looping header and a tidy finish after their League Two neighbours took a 2-0 lead into the break.
But it wasn’t the only warm-up game in which Marney has had a strong influence.
The former Hull City midfielder put in some particularly industrious performances on the tour of Singapore, which led to goals for fellow newcomer Chris Iwelumo and twice for Chris Eagles before he got among the goals himself in their first game back on home soil.
“I think Dean could turn out to be the bargain of the season,” said Laws.
“He has impressed everybody since he came here with his energy, drive and workrate, and obviously he can score goals.
“He is a player who can play wide but centrally is his best position.”
Burnley go into their final friendly, against Stoke City tomorrow (kick-off 3pm at Huddersfield Town), boasting 18 goals and eight different goalscorers.
Marney’s brace means all three of Laws’ new outfield players have been on the scoresheet this summer.
Ross Wallace scored the Clarets’ first goal of the summer on his debut against Bury. Iwelumo missed a penalty in the next game at Oldham, but scored three goals in two games on tour.
“We've been happy with the newcomers,” added the Burnley boss.
Comments(24)
howardclaret
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12:43pm Fri 30 Jul 10
Send for the straightjacket and the men in white coats.
Dean Marney "bargain of the season"? Have you ever heard anything more ridiculous?
If we didn't already know, we know now. Laws has completely lost the plot and gone do-lally.
Teamteecee
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1:03pm Fri 30 Jul 10
Tetley Drinker
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1:11pm Fri 30 Jul 10
Apologies for pulling my head out of the sand in this way;-) As for Deadwood : i rarely go there but it is hosting Premier League soccer for 17 out of 19 years with visitors such as Man U, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Man City etc .Meanwhile Burnley are visting places such as Scunthorpe, Doncaster, Cardiff etc with exciting games at that well known cauldron rapidly becoming known as Turf Morgue;-)
Why bother?
nelson claret
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1:15pm Fri 30 Jul 10
Teamteecee
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1:25pm Fri 30 Jul 10
Tetley Drinker wrote:Doesn't even watch the Clampetts in the prem., hates one particular club but doesn't even support one, and to cap it all calls football soccer. Probably never kicked a ball in his life either. A sad man(?).
Transferred from one relegated club to another and Hull fans dont rate him. Sounds like plain commonsense that hes not up to much : and that is clearly factored into his market value.Although that managerial genuis Brian Laws may have pulled off the bargain of the century - i doubt it somehow.
Apologies for pulling my head out of the sand in this way;-) As for Deadwood : i rarely go there but it is hosting Premier League soccer for 17 out of 19 years with visitors such as Man U, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Man City etc .Meanwhile Burnley are visting places such as Scunthorpe, Doncaster, Cardiff etc with exciting games at that well known cauldron rapidly becoming known as Turf Morgue;-)
Why bother?
nelson claret
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1:28pm Fri 30 Jul 10
crazydjcraig
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1:29pm Fri 30 Jul 10
Tetley Drinker
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1:35pm Fri 30 Jul 10
Now get down to Turf Morgue and hand over yer £512 cash for a n-power season ticket to that nice, philanthropic chap Brendan Flood.
You know what I mean dont you?
midas
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1:56pm Fri 30 Jul 10
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His next post will be his sanctimonious claptrap about people "always avoiding the point" or being abusive means they can't stand up to his arguements!
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How long before Teley changes his name (again!)?
Tetley Drinker
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2:05pm Fri 30 Jul 10
Yorkshire Claret
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2:30pm Fri 30 Jul 10
The board have stood by Laws, now maybe we should all give the guy a chance. Laws never stood a chance last season of keeping us up.
He has now put his stamp on the team. They all seem keen to play. i think we'll have Eagles until at least January, then his future will be decided.
its looking again that we have a ver attack orientated squad.
Give them a chance, we dont want boo boys so early. If we are struggling after 10 games then have a re think about Laws. But until then, the more they have our support the better.
Who knows, we may end up worshiping the guy if he gives us a good season. And i tell you what Laws would not jump ship and abandon us if an offer came along. He has to much of a history with this place.
One critical point, i would like another striker, although they are hard to come by at the right price. And if we could get Cork in the squad, i'd be more than happy.
Get behind Laws and the team starting now! UTC
nelson claret
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2:54pm Fri 30 Jul 10
; supporting your team has nothing to do with reason, it's not a personal choice, it's not something that you can just chop and change at the drop of a hat, BFC is for life & if you don't like it then take your vile clap trap elsewhere because we're all sick to death of your comments; we want to have reasonable conversations with fellow clarets, or failing that, fellow football fans on these BFC articles not cynical/angry/bitter
/negative haters
midas
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3:26pm Fri 30 Jul 10
Tetley Drinker wrote:Could it be because we aren't in the Premership this season? You know nothing about what goes on at the Turf! and to try to compare the manner in which the club is run today with the management under Bob Lord is just mischief making!
Ive never changed my name. Be patient : theres more to come about shenanigans behind the sacenes at the Turf. In the meantime make a few inquiries as to why 5,000 have not renewed their season tickets and ask some older Clarets about Bob Lord and what went on in the 60s and 70s. You will be astounded;-)
howardclaret
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3:34pm Fri 30 Jul 10
Who in their right mind would offer Laws a job now he has relegated TWO teams in just ONE season?
notchuffed
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4:19pm Fri 30 Jul 10
midas wrote:Never changed his name!!!!! Now we can see the man's an abject tale spinner (can't call him a liar because to be one you have to have a good memory) How about "Ossyclaret" or "Kenshuffles" and now "Nontetleydrinker".
Tetley Drinker wrote: Ive never changed my name. Be patient : theres more to come about shenanigans behind the sacenes at the Turf. In the meantime make a few inquiries as to why 5,000 have not renewed their season tickets and ask some older Clarets about Bob Lord and what went on in the 60s and 70s. You will be astounded;-)Could it be because we aren't in the Premership this season? You know nothing about what goes on at the Turf! and to try to compare the manner in which the club is run today with the management under Bob Lord is just mischief making!
Pull the other one which is what you probably do on the settee all day to get the cream in your tea
midas
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5:01pm Fri 30 Jul 10
howardclaret wrote:So does that mean that Owen Coyle has had one team relegated from the premeirship and Alan Irvine wasn't the manager of a team relegated from the Championship?
"Laws would not jump ship and abandon us if an offer came along........" Who in their right mind would offer Laws a job now he has relegated TWO teams in just ONE season?
masher49
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7:45pm Fri 30 Jul 10
notchuffed wrote:It has been pointed out to "tetley" before, that last season over 7,000 season tickets were given away free as part of the club's Premiership Pledge. If only 5,000 have not renewed, this equates to an INCREASE in sales on last season. You would expect a drop in crowd size at most clubs after a relegation season, but we are going to have substantially higher gates than in our promotion season. But "tetley" prefers to ignore that, and keep his head stuck in the 60's and 70's.
midas wrote:Never changed his name!!!!! Now we can see the man's an abject tale spinner (can't call him a liar because to be one you have to have a good memory) How about "Ossyclaret" or "Kenshuffles" and now "Nontetleydrinker". Pull the other one which is what you probably do on the settee all day to get the cream in your teaTetley Drinker wrote: Ive never changed my name. Be patient : theres more to come about shenanigans behind the sacenes at the Turf. In the meantime make a few inquiries as to why 5,000 have not renewed their season tickets and ask some older Clarets about Bob Lord and what went on in the 60s and 70s. You will be astounded;-)Could it be because we aren't in the Premership this season? You know nothing about what goes on at the Turf! and to try to compare the manner in which the club is run today with the management under Bob Lord is just mischief making!
exiled sabdener
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8:26pm Fri 30 Jul 10
howardclaret wrote:howardclaret blackburrrn fan.you are the most negative pr*ck i've ever come across on here .i've been reading your comments over the last week or so, please tell me you don't go on the turf you t*sser we don't need people like you..
"Laws would not jump ship and abandon us if an offer came along........" Who in their right mind would offer Laws a job now he has relegated TWO teams in just ONE season?
madari
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8:29pm Fri 30 Jul 10
notchuffed wrote:Madari the snake charmer says:
midas wrote:Never changed his name!!!!! Now we can see the man's an abject tale spinner (can't call him a liar because to be one you have to have a good memory) How about "Ossyclaret" or "Kenshuffles" and now "Nontetleydrinker". Pull the other one which is what you probably do on the settee all day to get the cream in your teaTetley Drinker wrote: Ive never changed my name. Be patient : theres more to come about shenanigans behind the sacenes at the Turf. In the meantime make a few inquiries as to why 5,000 have not renewed their season tickets and ask some older Clarets about Bob Lord and what went on in the 60s and 70s. You will be astounded;-)Could it be because we aren't in the Premership this season? You know nothing about what goes on at the Turf! and to try to compare the manner in which the club is run today with the management under Bob Lord is just mischief making!
This tit, sorry i mean Tetly has also used the name `philip Morris` in the past.
The man is a bitter, sad and twisted old man thats why his head is still stuck in the 70`s or is it stuck up his @r5e????, I wonder...
andy1
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9:27pm Fri 30 Jul 10
golazzo
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11:04pm Fri 30 Jul 10
Tetley Drinker wrote:Better still get down Burnley League and we will have it out.
I am on the right page. If you dont give a f**k then why do you reapond? A lot of this is not humour : its hard fact whether you like it or not. The truth about whats going on at Turf Moor will ALL come out one day, as some of it already has, its only a matter of time. Now get down to Turf Morgue and hand over yer £512 cash for a n-power season ticket to that nice, philanthropic chap Brendan Flood. You know what I mean dont you?
howardclaret
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11:25am Sat 31 Jul 10
Just show that quote to any Hull fan.
Tetley Drinker
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2:06pm Sat 31 Jul 10
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nontetleydrinker says...
12:37pm Fri 30 Jul 10
blah, blah, blah. i hate burnley blah,blah,blah i support rovers, but dont have a clue were deadwood park is.
i love boring you all to death with my usual repetative nonsence