Gone Elsewhere Zian Flemming (Fwd / Mid, 27, Burnley to Ipswich)

[Guildford Bee]

View: https://x.com/jacobsben/status/2069750163988713724?s=46

 

[ABEEE]

I'd take him. Done well for a piss poor Burnley side.

 

[Thebees11]

Would be decent back up for Igor and gives furo a chance to go on loan and get first team minutes

 

[North London Bee]

Could also play as an attacking midfielder

 

[jlove]

He’d need to be very cheap and come with his padded pants to prevent splinters!

 

[GU24 Bee]

Burnley college at work said he started of as an attacking midfielder for them then they played him upfront as their forwards were so poor.

 

[JANORAK]

He’d need to be very cheap and come with his padded pants to prevent splinters!

He’s literally a 1 in 3 man! (101 goals in 306 professional apps.)
Until today, I’d always assumed he was Danish. Useful squad player, or do we think that even aged 27, he has more development in him?

 

[maddogging]

It’s a position that is needed to bridge the gap between Igor being run into the ground and Furo being ready. Would be a useful pick up

 

[GABS]

View: https://x.com/MCulshaw84/status/2069763880272683485?s=20

 

[BlueJayBee]

I seem to recall we rescued another good, experienced, player from Burnley, not so long ago, who was just what we needed, at the time.

 

[nick logan]

Its a yes from me

 

[Untouchable]

View: https://x.com/MCulshaw84/status/2069763880272683485?s=20

£35m

I reckon poor Mike has taken too much sun to his head.

 

[RoyBee]

Good acquisition- gets my vote

 

[Oldboy TW8 0AW]

He knows where the net is as well!
Scored goals over the last two seasons whilst at Burnley.

 

[brentfordfc4ever]

Excellent player

 

[Gazza Bee]

As a cheap alternative to Igor at a low cost then why not - got 11 goals in a crap Burnley side last season in 29 games so not a bad strike rate at all really. With the season extended for the WC it would make sense to have someone with PL experience as a backup as we shouldn't expect Igor to play as many minutes as last season.

 

[jbee]

If he's relatively cheap then I can see it as he fits our style of play and offers depth. Nothing over £12-13m though for a guy his age.

 

[BlueJayBee]

£35m

I reckon poor Mike has taken too much sun to his head.

I dunno, maybe we could do a player plus cash deal, involving Thiago?

 

[Guildford Bee]

Could also play as an attacking midfielder

Yep, and goals from midfield is something we’ve lacked for a while

 

[Guildford Bee]

If he's relatively cheap then I can see it as he fits our style of play and offers depth. Nothing over £12-13m though for a guy his age.

You’re not getting a Premier League ready goalscoring midfielder for that sort of money.

 

[Garybaldbee]

Not the normal profile for a Brentford signing. Neither a youngster with huge development potential or an experienced older head, but I can see he could be a good pragmatic squad depth option. But as a 10 and/or second striker where does that leave Carvalho?

 

[brentfordfc4ever]

You’re not getting a Premier League ready goalscoring midfielder for that sort of money.

I reckon £18-£20m

 

[Jay Bee]

A good player, but

We don't really sign players at their peak age as cover, especially strikers. And we have a number of options in attacking midfield already.
Limited re-sale potential though possible he could do a Wissa - in a good way - and be worth a fortune at 29.
Another PL team might be able to offer him a clearer regular first team position.

I'd be pleased if we did sign him but not sure exactly what the plan would be.

 

[Guildford Bee]

A good player, but

We don't really sign players at their peak age as cover, especially strikers. And we have a number of options in attacking midfield already.
Limited re-sale potential though possible he could do a Wissa - in a good way - and be worth a fortune at 29.
Another PL team might be able to offer him a clearer regular first team position.

I'd be pleased if we did sign him but not sure exactly what the plan would be.

I don’t think he’d necessarily play most games as a striker but the fact he can fulfil two roles is obviously attractive to us.

 

[jlove]

I don’t think he’d necessarily play most games as a striker but the fact he can fulfil two roles is obviously attractive to us.

I still don’t see it. We’ve got Schade and Ouattara who can both do time centrally, so I’d hope we’re more looking at wide attackers with pace.

 

[JANORAK]

Not the normal profile for a Brentford signing. Neither a youngster with huge development potential or an experienced older head, but I can see he could be a good pragmatic squad depth option. But as a 10 and/or second striker where does that leave Carvalho?

One place above him in the pecking order. Just wait until we play 3 x 10s at Graven Spottage and blow them away.

 

[dulwichhamletbee]

Could also play as an attacking midfielder

Burnley college at work said he started of as an attacking midfielder for them then they played him upfront as their forwards were so poor.

Yes, from what I understand from Millwall supporters he is an attacking midfielder/no.10 and Burnley just shoehorned him into the striker role last season.

I think a no.10 would be useful, tbf.

 

[FJBee]

Alright player, not sure he pushes us forward and I doubt he'd be cheap - for those reasons I'd doubt we'd have interest, but maybe he's the kind of player we think would be a good squad addition where we wouldn't be able to attract better.

 

[Wouldbee]

My first thought was this guy can be a bit of a sh4t house. Then I remembered Damien Duff is a coach now. And it all made sense.

 

[hanworthbee]

He done alright last season for them goals wise

 

[BEEcool]

He’s literally a 1 in 3 man! (101 goals in 306 professional apps.)
Until today, I’d always assumed he was Danish. Useful squad player, or do we think that even aged 27, he has more development in him?

Actually, I make that a 1 in 3.03 man

 

[big neil]

Never seems to do much whenever I’ve seen Burnley on the box.

 

[maddogging]

Never seems to do much whenever I’ve seen Burnley on the box.

Hard in a team that poor

 

[davewfilms]

Says Burnley value him at 17-20m

Brentford shows interest in Burnley attacker Zian Flemming after relegation opens door

Brentford is eyeing Burnley attacker Zian Flemming after the club's relegation. The Dutch forward scored 11 goals in 29 Premier League appearances last

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[grepo]

Hard in a team that poor

They were far from poor in the second half at Turf Moor.

 

[PGH_Bee]

Wouldn't be a bad signing and looked decent for Burnley - had a great performance against us... BUT. My concerns are that he would simply not get play time. As an attacking mid, he's behind Damsgaard, Jensen, and would probably play behind Carvalho as well. At striker, Thiago plays every minute but we also have a highly rated 20 year old who is likely ready for at least a substitute role for the team. Flemming would only really be useful if Thiago is injured or we play 2 striker formations much more often... but even then, he's competing with Schade and Ouattara as well.

 

[Guildford Bee]

Wouldn't be a bad signing and looked decent for Burnley - had a great performance against us... BUT. My concerns are that he would simply not get play time. As an attacking mid, he's behind Damsgaard, Jensen, and would probably play behind Carvalho as well. At striker, Thiago plays every minute but we also have a highly rated 20 year old who is likely ready for at least a substitute role for the team. Flemming would only really be useful if Thiago is injured or we play 2 striker formations much more often... but even then, he's competing with Schade and Ouattara as well.

That’s assuming all of those you mention above are already available which they won’t be. He’d give us options which is something we lacked last season.

 

[Untouchable]

Says Burnley value him at 17-20m

Brentford shows interest in Burnley attacker Zian Flemming after relegation opens door

Brentford is eyeing Burnley attacker Zian Flemming after the club's relegation. The Dutch forward scored 11 goals in 29 Premier League appearances last

cryptobriefing.com

£17m for 11 PL goals in a relegated team seems much more sensible then the £35m Burnley chappy was after earlier.

 

[essexbees]

Whenever I watch Flemming I always think he's got a bit of (the young) Alex Pritchard about him, plays with attitude, in your face, can put the ball in the net etc, I think he would be an excellent addition to the squad

 

[PGH_Bee]

That’s assuming all of those you mention above are already available which they won’t be. He’d give us options which is something we lacked last season.

I'm not saying that they would all be available. I just mean to say that he will have a 3rd option role at best in any position he plays here. Maybe his asking price is a fair price for quality depth for us, though. He would have to be very comfortable with the role that we give him and not anticipating 90 minutes a game, or even 60 mins a game.

 

[Garybaldbee]

Says Burnley value him at 17-20m

Brentford shows interest in Burnley attacker Zian Flemming after relegation opens door

Brentford is eyeing Burnley attacker Zian Flemming after the club's relegation. The Dutch forward scored 11 goals in 29 Premier League appearances last

cryptobriefing.com

I would have thought its unlikely that an American website covering "the digital assets industry" and written by AI ("all content is reviewed by a member of our team before publication") has the inside track on this.

As an aside, the American habit of referring to sports teams using singular collective nouns '(Brentford has/Brentford is) rather than the plural (Brentford have/Brentford are) that we use irritates me much more than it should.

 

[Guildford Bee]

I would have thought its unlikely that an American website covering "the digital assets industry" and written by AI ("all content is reviewed by a member of our team before publication") has the inside track on this.

Particularly one that thinks the Burnley away game ended 3-3.

Tbf it’s clear that it’s only repeating what’s been reported elsewhere.

 

[hardybee]

Never seems to do much whenever I’ve seen Burnley on the box.

Other than, scoring 1 goal every 3 games for a team that finished 19th. I think he’d add real depth and back up to Thiago. Who knows he might have a relegation clause in his contract and he’s available at a good price. Anyone know how many years he’s got left on his contract?

 

[andyrew]

Whenever I watch Flemming I always think he's got a bit of (the young) Alex Pritchard about him, plays with attitude, in your face, can put the ball in the net etc, I think he would be an excellent addition to the squad

A mite taller than Mr. Pritchard

 

[rebus]

£35m

I reckon poor Mike has taken too much sun to his head.

Have you seen the market? Seems the going rate.

 

[rebus]

They were far from poor in the second half at Turf Moor.

We made them look like Brazil. They were crap and we weren’t far behind in the second half. Still haven’t got back to normal heart rate four months on.

 

[malkay]

View: https://x.com/MCulshaw84/status/2069763880272683485?s=20

 

[Sianist]

Good case to be made that he's one of the 4-5 best players of the relegation trio (and probably the best if not accounting for West Ham)

If the price isn't too silly I'm all for it

 

[Beecareful]

It’s a position that is needed to bridge the gap between Igor being run into the ground and Furo being ready. Would be a useful pick up

Excellent post.

 

[GlasgowBee]

I'll only belive this if we see pics of him at Zian Park!