CONFIRMED Oliver Burke

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We've been crying out for pace and power and he offers that. Running, he looks like prime Gareth Bale. The problem is that, when it comes to end product, he's more like prime Conor Sammon. If Wilder and Knill can unlock his full potential, we've got something here, but plenty of people have tried and failed so far.
 
LoughboroBlade said:
Perhaps it’s just that he doesn’t have what it takes to be a successful top level footballer, rather than him being a disruptive influence?
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Sharp said that he always turned up late to things and was racking up the most fines of anybody.
He made some coded social media remarks about "being in the freezer" with Keiron Freeman - left out in the cold.

Wilder didn't want to discuss his departure when he left - usually you'd get "he goes with our best wishes..." but, to me, he seemed a bit annoyed about him (understand this is my perception / interpretation).

An ex-manager of his on Undr The Cosh mentioned he wouldn't turn up to do gym work because he was embarrassed by his lack of strength, but couldn't figure out that that was because he wouldn't put the work in...

He's had some run-ins with the law.

Mark Noble said he didn't turn up to play for West Ham on Christmas / Boxing Day one year and had all the lads ringing round.

I think there's enough in there to suggest he's got some attitude problems / mental issues.
I also agree with you, that he just isn't up to being a professional footballer though. Has never sustained a high level of performance and shown that he can play in a team and in a system. Whilst great on the ball, he's all over the place off it and never seems to understand his role.
 
Looks strong, fit and fast. If under CWAK he can learn and develop tactically then we may have done some savvy business. Hopefully we came out better off from the double undisclosed fee swap deal but as usual the club are remaining tight lipped over fees.

I liked Robinson and wanted him to stay personally but it looks like he was a mistake by Wilder and IF the deal was good for us then hopefully it was financially redeemed.
 
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Carlton Blade said:
He looks like he'd turn up uninvited on your stag do and ruin it because he's coked off his tits
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I'm sure he's a nice lad but I'm going to use him as a reason why my three year old shouldn't pull faces; I'll tell him that Burke's got stuck that way when the wind changed.

Macfarlane21 said:
Looks strong, fit and fast. If under CWAK he can learn and develop tactically then we may have done some savvy business. Hopefully we came out better off from the double undisclosed fee swap deal but as usual the club are remaining tight lipped over fees
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We've done well. They've paid us a lot more for Robinson than we have for Burke; and if nothing else he's a stronger, faster, taller version of the same player. Robinson came across well but tactically he was naive and physically he was nesh.
 
robbiez666 said:
Is this a straight swap deal? If so, it seems like we've been shafted.

Another failure project. They tend to go nowhere. But I guess we know Robinson won't work so I guess nothing to lose other than money.
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Boring and negative post.

What do you know about Oli Burke that CW doesn't??? Pray tell
 
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Macfarlane21 said:
Looks strong, fit and fast. If under CWAK he can learn and develop tactically then we may have done some savvy business. Hopefully we came out better off from the double undisclosed fee swap deal but as usual the club are remaining tight lipped over fees.

I liked Robinson and wanted him to stay personally but it looks like he was a mistake by Wilder and IF the deal was good for us then hopefully it was financially redeemed.
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In Wilder we trust!
Given that we got Callum for 7 million, Burke is less than 7 million for us, for that price he is a decent gamble.
 
Did Chris confirm in that interview that Rambo was 18 million ??
 
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CaptainMorgans said:
Sharp said that he always turned up late to things and was racking up the most fines of anybody.
He made some coded social media remarks about "being in the freezer" with Keiron Freeman - left out in the cold.

Wilder didn't want to discuss his departure when he left - usually you'd get "he goes with our best wishes..." but, to me, he seemed a bit annoyed about him (understand this is my perception / interpretation).

An ex-manager of his on Undr The Cosh mentioned he wouldn't turn up to do gym work because he was embarrassed by his lack of strength, but couldn't figure out that that was because he wouldn't put the work in...

He's had some run-ins with the law.

Mark Noble said he didn't turn up to play for West Ham on Christmas / Boxing Day one year and had all the lads ringing round.

I think there's enough in there to suggest he's got some attitude problems / mental issues.
I also agree with you, that he just isn't up to being a professional footballer though. Has never sustained a high level of performance and shown that he can play in a team and in a system. Whilst great on the ball, he's all over the place off it and never seems to understand his role.
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So basically the case for Morrison being a “disruptive influence” is being fined for turning up late at training (routine fines that other players like Mousset have received), Sharp saying he was “in the freezer”, and Wilder not wanting to talk about the topic, a frostiness Wilder regularly displays in interviews when interviewers change to random topics mid interview.

Can anyone explain how this disruptive player disrupted the squad out of interest?
 
coaxingstar71 said:
He seems to have lost some timber since his Forest days....

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Predominantly a right winger but as we don't play with wingers, I can only imagine he's been brought in as a forward. Certainly got pace and he's 6'2" so should be useful in the air.
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One for the grey beards this. Wasn't Bill Dearden a winger at Chester before we signed him in 1970 & then he played up-front for us?
 

Guesty said:
How many other clubs have binned off two record signings in just over a year, like we just have? (I know Robinson and Freeman aren't recording signings now, but they were when they were bought)
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Six? Eleven? Does it matter? It's not like either were big money in Prem terms (the record they were breaking was about £4m) and both were bought not expecting us to progress so well. It's inevitable that some players wouldn't keep up.
 
He keeps finding clubs because his sister is his agent.

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PokerBlade said:
Six? Eleven? Does it matter? It's not like either were big money in Prem terms and both were bought not expecting us to progress so well. It's inevitable that some players wouldn't keep up.
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It's just an odd statistical quirk, like breaking our record 4 times in one window (and five times in one season).
 
Keef Chedwyn said:
Oliver Burke's kick ups record is 6. Just think about that for a second.
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So on that basis we should get in touch with this woman sssh Dean Smith will be hot footing over
Milene Domingues (a Brazilian model and former women's footballer, also the ex-wife of renowned striker Ronaldo), is noted to have registered a total of 55,198 touches in one instance, and thus holds the record for 'longest keepy uppie' if measured by the number of touches accumulated.
 

LoughboroBlade said:
So basically the case for Morrison being a “disruptive influence” is being fined for turning up late at training (routine fines that other players like Mousset have received), Sharp saying he was “in the freezer”, and Wilder not wanting to talk about the topic, a frostiness Wilder regularly displays in interviews when interviewers change to random topics mid interview.

Can anyone explain how this disruptive player disrupted the squad out of interest?
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I think there's been enough snippets coming out from people that have worked with him in the past & from our own camp to support the theory.

It would be unusual for one of our players, or the manager to come out with the categorical statement "Ravel was a disruptive influence," to provide evidence beyond all reasonable doubt. But we are just chatting and speculating on a football forum.
 
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