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Burnley boss Steve Cotterill was a man in demand at the post match press conference, following the draw his side picked up against Brighton and Hove Albion at the Withdean Stadium.
He started with his thoughts on the game and said: "It was a tough match on a hard pitch and the ball didn't seem to stick for either side.
"But a clean sheet is important and we know we may not be free scoring now, so it's just as important that we concentrate on the other end of the pitch.
"It will be nice to be back at home on Saturday because we've had nothing but travelling and hopefully there will be a decent crowd there and they can get right behind the boys now through to the end of the season.
"With the transfer deadline gone, we need to regroup again and save the money that we've got and hopefully it will earn a bit of interest.
"It's not fair on the Chairman to give the figure, but 'most of it' is not quite the amount we have to spend.
"There is a fair bit to speculate with now though and maybe we have to look at where we're going to spend it carefully."
Cotterill gave his thoughts on the departure of Ade Akinbiyi for the first time too, saying: "I'm philosophical about it now, but I wasn't when he went.
"Things go on though and Burnley Football Club is bigger than all of us and Ade's gone. We will miss his presence, he's a fantastic lad and one of the best I've ever worked with so I was upset when he went and I was as close as I can be to crying.
"We turned him into a £2 million player again so we must have done something right with him and we wish him all the best and I expect him to be the top scorer in the Championship."
Michael Ricketts made his debut for the Clarets after arriving at the club on loan on Monday and Cotterill added: "He's not the same as Ade, but that was his first game in almost a month and I thought he worked hard and did well to say he only met the lads this morning.
"I've heard and read a lot of things and rumours about him, but I've taken no notice of that because I've only had him for a day and I just can't see what it is that people say about him and I think I'm a pretty good judge of a person."
The big question was over the approach from Leicester City for his services earlier in the week though and Cotterill said: "The Chairman has turned it down and that's how it is.
"I'm very privileged and honoured that Leicester have asked to speak to me and I thank them for that, but at the end of the day I'm manager of Burnley and I don't envisage that changing tomorrow or Saturday and we'll wait and see what develops now.
"I've had a chat with the Chairman today and we'll chat again tomorrow. He's made it known what he wants.
"A new contract might come out of it and it will look like it's on the back of Leicester, that may happen but there are a few other things that we need to talk about.
"I did take exception to one fan tonight though, who shouted 'Cotterill, when are you going?' at me.
"I don't like being called 'Cotterill' at the best of times and if he'd said 'Steve' and asked me politely, I'd have told him.
"Maybe he might be big enough if he reads this to come down and apologise because I've got a sneaky feeling who it is too.
"If he's that bothered he can come on knock on my office door because I'll be in bright and early at 7am on Thursday morning as I normally am!"
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Posted by enola
Doesn't sound as if he is coming to Leicester quite just yet!
He started with his thoughts on the game and said: "It was a tough match on a hard pitch and the ball didn't seem to stick for either side.
"But a clean sheet is important and we know we may not be free scoring now, so it's just as important that we concentrate on the other end of the pitch.
"It will be nice to be back at home on Saturday because we've had nothing but travelling and hopefully there will be a decent crowd there and they can get right behind the boys now through to the end of the season.
"With the transfer deadline gone, we need to regroup again and save the money that we've got and hopefully it will earn a bit of interest.
"It's not fair on the Chairman to give the figure, but 'most of it' is not quite the amount we have to spend.
"There is a fair bit to speculate with now though and maybe we have to look at where we're going to spend it carefully."
Cotterill gave his thoughts on the departure of Ade Akinbiyi for the first time too, saying: "I'm philosophical about it now, but I wasn't when he went.
"Things go on though and Burnley Football Club is bigger than all of us and Ade's gone. We will miss his presence, he's a fantastic lad and one of the best I've ever worked with so I was upset when he went and I was as close as I can be to crying.
"We turned him into a £2 million player again so we must have done something right with him and we wish him all the best and I expect him to be the top scorer in the Championship."
Michael Ricketts made his debut for the Clarets after arriving at the club on loan on Monday and Cotterill added: "He's not the same as Ade, but that was his first game in almost a month and I thought he worked hard and did well to say he only met the lads this morning.
"I've heard and read a lot of things and rumours about him, but I've taken no notice of that because I've only had him for a day and I just can't see what it is that people say about him and I think I'm a pretty good judge of a person."
The big question was over the approach from Leicester City for his services earlier in the week though and Cotterill said: "The Chairman has turned it down and that's how it is.
"I'm very privileged and honoured that Leicester have asked to speak to me and I thank them for that, but at the end of the day I'm manager of Burnley and I don't envisage that changing tomorrow or Saturday and we'll wait and see what develops now.
"I've had a chat with the Chairman today and we'll chat again tomorrow. He's made it known what he wants.
"A new contract might come out of it and it will look like it's on the back of Leicester, that may happen but there are a few other things that we need to talk about.
"I did take exception to one fan tonight though, who shouted 'Cotterill, when are you going?' at me.
"I don't like being called 'Cotterill' at the best of times and if he'd said 'Steve' and asked me politely, I'd have told him.
"Maybe he might be big enough if he reads this to come down and apologise because I've got a sneaky feeling who it is too.
"If he's that bothered he can come on knock on my office door because I'll be in bright and early at 7am on Thursday morning as I normally am!"
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Posted by enola
Doesn't sound as if he is coming to Leicester quite just yet!
