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Hands off Austin, say Clarets (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Hands off Austin, say Clarets
8:20am Monday 6th August 2012 in Sport
By Suzanne Geldard, Burnley FC reporter
BURNLEY are prepared to fend off all advances for Charlie Austin after it was rumoured Championship rivals Blackpool were plotting a £4million bid for the striker.
There was speculation surrounding the future of Austin after his two goals helped to secure a 4-0 friendly win at Cheltenham Town on Saturday.
The former Swindon Town hotshot has previously been linked with newly promoted Huddersfield Town, as an option to replace Jordan Rhodes should their star man move on.
But having already lost last season’s top scorer Jay Rodriguez, in a record £7million deal with Premier League new boys Southampton, I understand Eddie Howe has no intention of shedding any more of his strikeforce.
Austin was the club’s leading league goalscorer with 16 last season, and the Clarets boss believes the 23-year-old has an even bigger year ahead of him at Turf Moor.
“Like all young players Charlie’s had a first full year at this level last year and I think that will have done him the world of good,” said Howe.
“He had experiences both good and bad with injuries and the goals were obviously a highlight for him. But I think his all-round game is improving all the time.
“It’s his hunger – when he plays well you can see it in him.”
Austin took his summer tally to four on Saturday, and was unlucky not to complete a hat-trick of headers after getting on the end of good deliveries from Junior Stanislas, Ross Wallace and Kieran Trippier.
“When you get good delivery in the box then I think he’s as good as anybody,” said Howe.
“We’ve got two really attacking full backs in Kieran and Joseph (Mills), and Ross and Junior can both cross excellently, so hopefully we can give him a good supply.
“He was excellent,” added Howe of Austin.
“His attitude and commitment to the cause, you wouldn’t know it was a pre-season friendly, he played it like a first team game and that’s what I like us to do.
“He looks fit, he looks good. I don’t want to put too much pressure on him but he looks good.”
Comments are closed on this article.

Comments (14)
9:43am Mon 6 Aug 12
claretmeandyou says...
10:33am Mon 6 Aug 12
verbal discharge says...
Run along, nobody cares about your anti-Burnley rhetoric on here.
Everyone knows you are a stupid Rovers inbred posing as a Clarets fan why do you continue to type all the above garbage?
Sad really
10:39am Mon 6 Aug 12
Claret Steve says...
Nothing to see here.
11:26am Mon 6 Aug 12
RUinsane says...
12:33pm Mon 6 Aug 12
vintageclaret says...
Need we say anymore about the idiot previously known as Tetley. Here he is talking to himself - extracts below.
claretmeandyou says...
9:43am Mon 6 Aug 12
Unfortuneatly, due to the club's behaviour in the past regarding accepting money for our footballers instead of digging our heels in, the club have accepted theses offers due to our financial situation. Clubs are now wise to this and despite the words of our ex-chairman
etc, etc, etc Yawn Yawn Yawn
RUinsane says...
11:26am Mon 6 Aug 12
Anything above 40,000 and they should rip his arm off, bye bye mr austin, its only a matter of time when a much bigger club come knocking. I'm suprised at how much blackpool have expanded their ambitions and fan base as Burnley have shrunk taking on more bounemouth cast offs and sheep chasers.”
etc, etc, etc Yawn Yawn Yawn
12:43pm Mon 6 Aug 12
RUinsane says...
2:18pm Mon 6 Aug 12
vintageclaret says...
I missed putting your other alias KDG, alongside the others, so apologies for making you more conscious of your sad little introverted world.
By the way; your reference to chasing sheep has a tendency to border on the infantile so maybe it is time to go back to your Kindergarten classes and stop trying to mix with the big boys.
As a part of your growing up education I will enlighten your little mind in respect of sheep/lambs.
Now they have had some sun (not a lot) on their backs and grass in their bellies this is the best time of year to purchase English Lamb, you can't beat a shoulder of lamb cooked with a sprig rosemary and and a liberal coating of Dijon Mustard - Perfection.
Still you wouldn't appreciate this being raised on a diet of Venky Chicken sh**
5:04pm Mon 6 Aug 12
RUinsane says...
8:56pm Mon 6 Aug 12
jellybiff says...
8:58pm Mon 6 Aug 12
jellybiff says...
10:13pm Mon 6 Aug 12
burnleyglentoran says...
The joker who posts as "claret me and you is actually non othe than the multifaceted shcitziod formerly known as "Tetleydrinker"
He's the guy who Fellow Claret "nottetleydrinker" named himself after.
He used to come on the burnley stories and lord it over us about B******ds superiority.
He also used to go on non football topics and slag the town, the people and anything to do with Burnley.
He popped up on some real happy, totally non-football, stories and soiled them with weird remarks.
As "tetley drinker" he was banned and tried a series of names before settling on Keep Darwen Green.
Yesterday he posted on the story headed - "Burnley poised to start bidding for Leeds midfielder Clayton" as "Claret me and you" and as usual made negative remarks pretending to be a claret and, as usual a nasty side-swipe at Barry Kilby.
I pointed out what the crack was to another poster who was falling for the bait and then when you read the posts further down you can see he forgets to log out as one of his names and starts to ramble as another person.
Ignore this clown who pretends to one of us and just wants to sh1t stir and whenever possible make snidey remarks about Mr, Kilby and Burnley's finances.
Coming from a B******d fan with all their woes you'd think he'd keep his head down but, given his use of many names and personas and the weird obsession with ALL THINGS Burnley I reckon he's best left alone and well and truly ignored.
NO NAY NEVER
8:42pm Tue 7 Aug 12
Monte says...
I used to get frustrated by it and react but that only furthers his mental illness and gives him the reaction he is looking for. Its actually better to ignore him and let him find somewhere else to vent his repetative ranting...
Tetley get well soon pal :)
12:50pm Wed 8 Aug 12
bypass06 says...
11:57am Thu 9 Aug 12
Harwoodstblue says...