England’s Dan Burn - Signs Contract Extension until 2027 (Official)

[Nine]

Surprised there hasn’t been more posts in here recently, he is consistently solid 

 

 

Edited December 15, 2024 by Nine

[Smal]

probably because we let in 7 goals in the 2 games previous to Leicester  

[huss9]

really struggles to direct his headers in the opposition box.

[TRon]

Just now, huss9 said:

really struggles to direct his headers in the opposition box.

 

That one which he carefully planted over the bar when he had a free run at it...

[Shays Given Tim Flowers]

A lot of tall players don’t seem great at headers. Think it’s because they win them too easily. 

[duo]

19 minutes ago, Shays Given Tim Flowers said:

A lot of tall players don’t seem great at headers. Think it’s because they win them too easily. 

Peter Crouch springs to mind as well

[buzza]

He's done well for us and is one of our own, but ask the question; how many teams would have him in their starting defence and you are deffo in the last third of the table...

[duo]

1 minute ago, buzza said:

He's done well for us and is one of our own, but ask the question; how many teams would have him in their starting defence and you are deffo in the last third of the table...

He arguably been our best player this season. Give the lad a break.

[Pata]

20 minutes ago, buzza said:

He's done well for us and is one of our own, but ask the question; how many teams would have him in their starting defence and you are deffo in the last third of the table...

Such an unnecessary dig. Would expect him to start for most teams outside the big 6 tbh.

[Conjo]

I mean...everyone being fit, he probably wouldn't get many starts here either.  He'd be starting in a majority of teams in the league if they had their best CB out with injury. Burn has been very solid this season.

[OverThere]

At CB he has been very good. I can't put him at fault for many goals at all this year. I think people are being a bit unfair IMO.

[Menace]

For the price we've paid he's been an astute signing. It's a shame that him and Schar are possibly the slowest CB pairing in the Prem however.

[Yorkie]

Probably being pedantic but I think 'astute' is putting it mildly. I'd put him among the best transfers we've made in my lifetime, certainly in terms of value for money. His contribution to this club - not just on the pitch - has been outstanding, and he's still doing his thing even now; three years on from being a handy stopgap after we missed out on our main targets that January. 

 

I think the only Newcastle defender I've loved more than him is the bloke at his right hand side.  

[JEToon]

17 hours ago, Smal said:

probably because we let in 7 goals in the 2 games previous to Leicester  

 

Liverpool have lost 5 in their last 2, I would take Van Dijk like. 

[cubaricho]

46 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

Probably being pedantic but I think 'astute' is putting it mildly. I'd put him among the best transfers we've made in my lifetime, certainly in terms of value for money. His contribution to this club - not just on the pitch - has been outstanding, and he's still doing his thing even now; three years on from being a handy stopgap after we missed out on our main targets that January. 

 

I think the only Newcastle defender I've loved more than him is the bloke at his right hand side.  

This. 

[duo]

I think Eddie playing him at LB hasn't helped people's perception of him. He's actually a very good CB as we have seen this season.

[Shays Given Tim Flowers]

When he mercilessly wiped out Bowen away at West Ham a couple of years ago is one of my favourite NUFC moments.

[andyman]

3 minutes ago, Shays Given Tim Flowers said:

When he mercilessly wiped out Bowen away at West Ham a couple of years ago is one of my favourite NUFC moments.

 

Hahah, that was absolutely beautiful

[Yorkie]

27 minutes ago, duo said:

I think Eddie playing him at LB hasn't helped people's perception of him. He's actually a very good CB as we have seen this season.

 

Could be true but personally think it's a bit stupid if so because he's played in that position far, far more than he has CB, and was very good there across basically all of 22/23. He's been exposed more times than you'd like; particularly last season, but ultimately he's been pretty dependable there. 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

13 minutes ago, duo said:

I think Eddie playing him at LB hasn't helped people's perception of him. He's actually a very good CB as we have seen this season.

He wasn’t ‘that’ bad at LB really, just limited because of his skillset and looked funny because a 6’7” LB doesn’t really happen. 
 

Of course he should never play there again, ideally. 

 

 

Edited December 16, 2024 by AyeDubbleYoo

[The College Dropout]

Lots of love for Burn.

[andycap]

10 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

He wasn’t ‘that’ bad at LB really, just limited because of his skillset and looked funny because a 6’7” LB doesn’t really happen. 
 

Of course he should never play there again, ideally. 

 

 

 

He fucking was 😂. 

[54]

1 minute ago, andycap said:

He fucking was 😂. 

He wasn't during the 22/23 season like, he was solid as a rock, and while he wasn't great there last year, the fact he came back a month early from a broken back because the team was decimated adds a lot of brownie points for me.

[Yorkie]

AM HAPPY. AM HAPPY. AM GAN TE GET ME SUIT MESHARD.

[duo]

23 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

Could be true but personally think it's a bit stupid if so because he's played in that position far, far more than he has CB, and was very good there across basically all of 22/23. He's been exposed more times than you'd like; particularly last season, but ultimately he's been pretty dependable there. 

There was a period when he was constantly getting exposed at LB last season. I remember one time Eddie hauling him off after we gave a goal away.  All of which i feel has affected people's perception of him. But he's proved this season he's a good defender.