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3 hours ago, tinoasprilla said:

If burn holds his position instead of chasing the ball they don’t score. Thought he was poor for the first too

Burn was probably one of the only players worthy of any credibility today. Him, Dubravka and Joelinton.  Burn was by far and away our man of the match. 

 

 

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Just now, Heron said:

Burn was probably one of the only players worthy of any credibility today. Him, Dubravka and Joelinton.  Burn was by far and away our man of the match. 

 

 

 

 

 

I think Dan Burn would be the Newcastle player I'd most like to have a pint with. 

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I love him and he's been great this season but no idea what this being the most advanced player chasing down players on the wing is all about. That clumsy challenge where they got a free kick just seemed to be inviting pressure to begin with him staying so high up following a corner then to allow them to loft it forward from a free kick when he committed a foul. 

 

I know we want our players to do a bit of everything but stick to defending and if there is a ball to chase the attackers should be doing this. 

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1 hour ago, nufcjmc said:

I love him and he's been great this season but no idea what this being the most advanced player chasing down players on the wing is all about. That clumsy challenge where they got a free kick just seemed to be inviting pressure to begin with him staying so high up following a corner then to allow them to loft it forward from a free kick when he committed a foul. 

 

I know we want our players to do a bit of everything but stick to defending and if there is a ball to chase the attackers should be doing this. 

He had a hard gig last night. Kudus and Bowen were splitting and going wide - meant he had to decide to track or leave. 

 

He gives 110%, he is massive for us but realistically he's not at the level of a side chasing top 8. 

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2 minutes ago, La Parka said:

True. Maybe I'm being too harsh. It probably doesn't help that Schar is regressing every day. 

Him, Pope and Livra in the backline reduces our ability to play out from the back a lot and it's a nervy group. Having Sven, Hall & Dubs in there lifted the composure we had as a team in general play.

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Burn has had a good season but I said months ago that he should be dropped for Botman as soon as possible despite his performances this season (obviously not a possibility now). 

 

He does a lot of good last ditch defending, top defenders don't do that as much because they don't get into those positions as much in the first place. His lack of pace, mobility and passing ability exposes him and then requires him to do some last ditch defending.  

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What's our plan on set pieces? 

Because hoisting a ball to burn isn't working he can't direct the header very well he can't score it seems from them either, maybe we should use him as a decoy to drag players away and target someone else. 

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I sometimes wish he would be a bit more Chris Samba with his defending.  As he is a very good defender, reads it well, quality in the air, positionally he is good from crosses and a whole load more. 

 

But when he tries to play a bit or make cute interceptions that aren't really on, he gets found wanting and often makes a mistake getting caught out of position and then struggling to get back.

 

It's hard to criticise the high pressing from him, as well as Schar to a lesser degree.  As they are obviously instructed to follow their man in such a way.  But even against a shit West Ham team, it caused us issues at times and the lack of mobility and cover in our back 4 is starting to get exposed regularly when teams go direct and bypass our press altogether. 

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