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

[pedro111]

Colossus tonight.

[Holloway]

Commendable shift tonight,keep him right there 

[nufcnick]

Unreal tonight, needs to stay in left centre back 

[Funtime Frankie]

MOTM in my opinion, he was everywhere at the back, easily his best performance in a long while

[nemtizz]

Deserved a win tonight. Hope he chins Dummett

 

 

Edited April 2, 2024 by nemtizz

[80]

Fair play, man of the match tonight. I thought he looked a lot happier in himself there, doing what he knows he's good at rather than having to put blood, sweat and tears into semi-humiliating himself at left back.

[Dr.Spaceman]

Motm tonight and I'm not exactly his biggest fan. Shut down so much and was pretty solid throughout. He had too much of the ball when Dummett came on though, not his fault but Paully D was just too scared to play the ball forward.

[Guest]

Really good tonight. The tussling with Branthwaithe from corners was annoying but defensively great. 

[gbandit]

Pleased for him that he put a performance like that in. Against sides that can’t run us off the pitch with sprints he’s clearly a quality defender. He’s less likely to face sprint runs at CB as well so hopefully we see him remain there over LB 

[Heron]

Arguably MotM tonight after Bruno who was next level.

[Yorkie]

10 hours ago, Holmesy said:

Amazing what happens when you play players in their actual positions. 

 

 Howe must be absolutely clueless, like. 

 

Burn's never played out of position for us; he spent most of his career as a LCB but trains as a LB and has played almost exclusively as a LB for two seasons. That's just the modern game. 

 

Love Burn, remains one of my favourite ever players. Fucking rubbish that he couldn't have his fifth goal of the season (or sixth, if you count the equally harsh case at Anfield).

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Very easy task against a toothless Everton team, but he played well. 

[PauloGeordio]

 

[jack j]

40 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

 Howe must be absolutely clueless, like. 

 

Burn's never played out of position for us; he spent most of his career as a LCB but trains as a LB and has played almost exclusively as a LB for two seasons. That's just the modern game. 

 

Love Burn, remains one of my favourite ever players. Fucking rubbish that he couldn't have his fifth goal of the season (or sixth, if you count the equally harsh case at Anfield).

People forget he played plenty games for Brighton at left back. Pretty sure he played as a left wing back in a 5 against us a few years ago for them as well

 

 

Edited April 3, 2024 by jack j

[Coffee_Johnny]

11 hours ago, Optimistic Nut said:

Really good tonight. The tussling with Branthwaithe from corners was annoying but defensively great. 

Yep, was comical at times. But suspect Dan could (did) teach him a thing or two about that side of the game. 

[Rod]

35 minutes ago, Coffee_Johnny said:

Yep, was comical at times. But suspect Dan could (did) teach him a thing or two about that side of the game. 

However, could Dan not have done an "Ashley Young" and thrown himself to the floor?  I hate cheating but VAR could have looked at least four of those corners involving Branthwaite.

[OverThere]

He was superb at CB, where his aerial prowess comes to the fore and his lack of pace isn't exposed so much. Dan could extend his career by playing right there for the next few years. It also allows the Hall to get minutes, which is an added bonus 

[Smal]

Has really seen us through the last three games. Happy for him. 

[KaKa]

The Schar and Botman partnership was unreal just after the takeover.

 

Think he was always meant to be a rotation option at centre back, however Targett being a crock, and missing out on left back targets meant he ended up at left back.

 

With Botman being out so long, going to be very useful having him back at CB.

[STM]

He's been class at CB. Two superb performances. 

[Vinny Green Balls]

Reminding us why we liked him so much when he first got here. Was really solid when he played CB his first four months here.

[Gallowgate Toon]

So happy he's getting some redemption now.

[Sufi]

Just now, Gallowgate Toon said:

So happy he's getting some redemption now.

Same. Remember him being boo’d and fans chanting for Tino a month or two ago. He went from looking slow at LB compared to those pacey wingers to having some surprising recovery speed playing down the middle. Still in his prime at 31 id love to see him become even more of a local legend than he already is. 

[Kid Icarus]

MOTM for me. Bruno probably as good, but I thought Burn was more or less immaculate.

[gbandit]

I think he’ll have a much tougher game with the way Spurs set up, not only because they have better players than Everton and Fulham. However, his weakness which is pace won’t be exposed to anywhere near the level it can be at LB. Think his days playing at LB should be over but he’s a very capable CB who should still be getting a lot of game time for us