Dan Burn

[TRon]

1 minute ago, Kanj said:

Really annoyed with that today as he should have defended better on both man. 

 

 

Also ended up challenging his own keeper for the same ball for the second. Not sure where the blame goes there, he's not the best at scoring with his head at the other end, but he's still a nuisance in the box. You just want it to be at the other end, not ours. 

[Kid Icarus]

It was Thiaw's mistake on the second. Nothing to do with Burn.

[TRon]

Disagree for reasons mentioned above. 

[Optimistic Nut]

4 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

It was Thiaw's mistake on the second. Nothing to do with Burn.

 

He takes a fucking age to decide if he's getting out, then stops about a yard in Ramsdale's eyeline. Howay man, he was shite.

 

 

Edited December 2, 2025 by Optimistic Nut

[Kid Icarus]

Just now, Optimistic Nut said:

 

He takes a fucking age to decide if he's getting out, then stops about a yard in Ramsdale's eyeline. Howay man, he was shite.

 

Just ignoring Thiaw fluffing his clearance then? 

[Optimistic Nut]

When the ball was in the air he was actually stood behind Ramsdale, he then took an age to decide what he was going to do before plonking himself in front of the keeper by the time Romero hits it. Was shockingly poor. 

 

 

Edited December 2, 2025 by Optimistic Nut

[Lush Vlad]

It must be hard for a big fella. But it feels like he sometimes gets caught a bit flat footed. Which means he doesn’t quite get tight enough to his man, he reacts late, he doesn’t block the cross in etc. 

 

I still love him, mind and would start him at CB next game. 

[Lotus]

His passing out of defence can be a bit loose. We overlook that be a of his defending. He switched off at a key moment today though.

[KaKa]

Immediately after we scored the first and should have killed off the game he started inviting pressure by giving the ball away completely unnecessarily in our half. Ultimately led to the passage of play they scored from where he got done by Romero.

 

His passing didn't improve afterwards and it wasn't helping at all late on.

 

I don't know why he randomly tries to fire in passes into midfield at times, when it's just not on. Just play the simple pass man, that is just not your game!

 

Should have just passed it around simply at the back after the first goal as Spurs weren't really even pressing. Instead these crazy passes that gift them the chance to exert themselves and gain confidence.

 

Senseless stuff.

[Danh1]

Needs to stop piping up in the media, twice he’s done it now and both times followed up with poor performances. 

[timeEd32]

15 minutes ago, KaKa said:

Immediately after we scored the first and should have killed off the game he started inviting pressure by giving the ball away completely unnecessarily in our half. Ultimately led to the passage of play they scored from where he got done by Romero.

 

His passing didn't improve afterwards and it wasn't helping at all late on.

 

I don't know why he randomly tries to fire in passes into midfield at times, when it's just not on. Just play the simple pass man, that is just not your game!

 

Should have just passed it around simply at the back after the first goal as Spurs weren't really even pressing. Instead these crazy passes that gift them the chance to exert themselves and gain confidence.

 

Senseless stuff.

 

Agree, he tries to make passes sometimes where it just seems like he thinks he needs to be doing it because Schar / Thiaw / Botman can. I love BDB, but know your limitations. 

[Heron]

On 26/11/2025 at 14:34, andycap said:

This we don't have anyone else stick we keep talking about gets on my wick like. 😂 Just play a more natural leftback even if he is a kid cannot be much worse than the prancing carthorse. 

Appreciate it's probably being a bit facetious but a prancing carthorse is not Dan Burn in any game and is just a bollocks description of the lad. He's been an absolute diamond addition to the squad not only as a player but as a person.

[KaKa]

5 minutes ago, timeEd32 said:

 

Agree, he tries to make passes sometimes where it just seems like he thinks he needs to be doing it because Schar / Thiaw / Botman can. I love BDB, but know your limitations. 

 

I was actually thinking this today. Like he's trying to show he can do it too.

 

So unnecessary man. Just stop. You're a great defender stop making your life more difficult. Just focus on that for goodness sake.

[Heron]

Could have done better on the first. Will give that. Folk very quick to forget he's been one of our most consistent players for over a year now year though.

 

He just isn't one of the cool kids for some folk, I feel.

[Heron]

9 minutes ago, timeEd32 said:

 

Agree, he tries to make passes sometimes where it just seems like he thinks he needs to be doing it because Schar / Thiaw / Botman can. I love BDB, but know your limitations. 

This is fair.

[Danh1]

3 minutes ago, Heron said:

This is fair.

Aye, perfectly sums the situation up. Burn is class, but needs to play to his strengths 

[r0cafella]

4 minutes ago, Heron said:

Could have done better on the first. Will give that. Folk very quick to forget he's been one of our most consistent players for over a year now year though.

 

He just isn't one of the cool kids for some folk, I feel.

He's a club legend imo. That being said, time waits for nobody and his lack of mobility which is only declining is becoming an issue. 

[Heron]

2 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

He's a club legend imo. That being said, time waits for nobody and his lack of mobility which is only declining is becoming an issue. 

Aye, it will. But perhaps he just brings more than say Botman presently. Sure Botman is Rolls Royce, who can deny it, but maybe rewarding a players leadership and consistency offers more to the pack than someone who can play a fancy pass? I am (of course) being a tad facetious also here, but it's what many people seem to overlook. When we're in need of inspiration I'd be looking to Dan Burn more than the vast majority of the squad. Hence why he is in the leadership group.

 

(Not aimed at you BTW but more a continuation of what we both said...)

 

 

Edited December 3, 2025 by Heron

[r0cafella]

Just now, Heron said:

Aye, it will. But perhaps he just brings more than say Botman presently. Sure Botman is Rolls Royce, who can deny it, but maybe rewarding a players leadership and consistency offers more to the pack than someone who can play a fancy pass. I am (of course) being a tad facetious also here, but it's what many people seem to overlook. When we're in need of inspiration I'd be looking to Dan Burn more than the vast majority of the squad. Hence why he is in the leadership group.

Absolutely aye, BDB Is in the team and rightfully so and merit. His performances have deserved it. 

[Heron]

1 minute ago, r0cafella said:

Absolutely aye, BDB Is in the team and rightfully so and merit. His performances have deserved it. 

And to your point that is the marker for more talented players to ensure they perform with the same professionalism as he does. If they do, then they'll replace him.

 

 

Edited December 3, 2025 by Heron

[r0cafella]

5 minutes ago, Heron said:

And to your point that is the marker for more talented players to ensure they perform with the same professionalism as he does. If they do, then they'll replace him.

 

 

 

I get your point and agree with your sentiment. Although if we take a step back and consider, as a centre half not many have as much talent as he does like. It's just a shame he's getting on and was never the most mobile. 

[Heron]

6 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

I get your point and agree with your sentiment. Although if we take a step back and consider, as a centre half not many have as much talent as he does like. It's just a shame he's getting on and was never the most mobile. 

You're right again. Tackling and reading the game are talents and leadership is maybe a talent but perhaps best described as a desirable personality trait. Botman doesn't yet have that but technically (with the ball) is far superior and can tackle well.

 

Botman is undoubtedly the better CB overall I'd say (as much as I love Dan Burn) but I am not sure he is the better fit for the team necessarily. Burns' experience and leadership are vital not only to the younger players but to the team as a whole.

 

 

Edited December 3, 2025 by Heron

[andycap]

2 hours ago, Heron said:

Appreciate it's probably being a bit facetious but a prancing carthorse is not Dan Burn in any game and is just a bollocks description of the lad. He's been an absolute diamond addition to the squad not only as a player but as a person.

It was about his leftback displays and he was that bad. 

[TRon]

5 hours ago, KaKa said:

Immediately after we scored the first and should have killed off the game he started inviting pressure by giving the ball away completely unnecessarily in our half. Ultimately led to the passage of play they scored from where he got done by Romero.

 

His passing didn't improve afterwards and it wasn't helping at all late on.

 

I don't know why he randomly tries to fire in passes into midfield at times, when it's just not on. Just play the simple pass man, that is just not your game!

 

Should have just passed it around simply at the back after the first goal as Spurs weren't really even pressing. Instead these crazy passes that gift them the chance to exert themselves and gain confidence.

 

Senseless stuff.

 

 

He seems to have picked that up from Thiaw who has brought that to our play this season with great effect. I quite enjoyed it when it was coming off and thought this is a positive effect that Thiaw has brought to our game, but if it goes wrong it can be disastrous. 

[Heron]

4 hours ago, andycap said:

It was about his leftback displays and he was that bad. 

Thing is he actually wasn't. Defensively he is generally fine unless isolated but as we are all too aware when isolated he is done for pace there. Brentford it happened a few times, but other than that there have been other contributory factors when he's been ran out. The non-penalty versus West Ham springs to mind when Gordon simply couldn't be arsed to track back.

 

What we have in Hall and Tino are England's two full backs. So Burn is going to do well to match Hall in all around game play, but defensively he is fairly sound in the right system versus the right teams, even at LB. We all know he's a CB though. I think folk are just being unnecessarily harsher than the reality of him playing there tbh.

 

In seasons gone by, he was dicked regularly there but he hasn't been ad much this season, because we haven't played as high and stretched.