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Not that I want Burn out, but we have a lot of games in the next 2 weeks. It'd be daft for Eddie not to rotate him out for at least one game, and we can see how it goes. 

 

I am really interested in whether Eddie will stick to the plan of rotation, beyond the same 2-3 positions. 

 

 

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The amount of unforced errors this lad has in his locker is astounding. We are comfortable knocking a ball about the backline then he underhits a basic pass to botman which starts a panic in our defence. I bet you botman is bad with his nerves ? 

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Dan Burn has featured in every single league game since joining us except for the first one vs Everton right after he joined, meaning 59 games in a row. He has started 56 of them.

 

And for those who thinks his main position is left back: he has played 317 games at centre back (21 with us) and just 90 as a left back (44 of them with us). So basically he has only featured in 46 games as a left back in his entire carreer before joining us.

 

 

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  On 19/09/2023 at 18:57, pubteam said:

I find it quite strange that we spent nearly £70 million on fullbacks and Dan Burn still starts every game. He really should defensive backup, not our starting left back.

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This gets me as well - as much as I love Howe it does seem he’s allergic to rotation and change at times.

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  On 23/09/2023 at 08:42, Gawalls said:

It also seems every team sets up to target him as well now.

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Not even sure it's a conscious effort some of the time, more teams finding the path of least resistance to creating chances by attacking our left hand side. Bit of both really to me but it's clear they get less change out of Trippier/Almiron or Murphy than Burn/Gordon or Barnes.

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I love Burn, like. I don't really agree with the 'CB playing at LB' assessment any more. What's the role of a full-back? To defend the wide areas and then to support the attack by providing an option on the deck; to do overlapping and inside runs; to make through balls; to get to the byline and to make crosses. He does these things, just with much less emphasis on crossing. His passing ability is sometimes left wanting because it isn't his strength. He's definitely a full-back though, just not a complete footballer. He could play that position for most teams in the league. 

 

The fact he has fully transitioned there is actually a problem for us though. If the Brighton game is anything to go by then he is categorically not at the standard we need our third choice CB to be. 

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  On 23/09/2023 at 12:11, GEFAFWISP said:

Not even sure it's a conscious effort some of the time, more teams finding the path of least resistance to creating chances by attacking our left hand side. Bit of both really to me but it's clear they get less change out of Trippier/Almiron or Murphy than Burn/Gordon or Barnes.

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It's abundantly clear they do target him, I'd have serious doubts if they didn't. Howes only blind spot in my eyes, obviously not helped by targets injury/lack of form 

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