Brewster

[Bladeinleeds]

He’s never played when the team has been playing well.

he’s looked good in pieces when playing with moose etc - but we couldn’t string a pass together for 30 minutes when he was on then went down to 10 men. Hard to judge him on that basis

I’d like to see him playing with Burke and mcgoldrick behind them. See if that helps

 

[Wincobank S9 Blade]

To defend him he’s played against Liverpool Chelsea Man City and today with 10 men for majority only thing I’d say he does fancy flicks like he’s still playing With Salah and Mane at times but he’ll get better I’m sure defo a ‘bigger picture’ signing

 

[Bruce Wayne]

He looks lost in our team.

 

[1987]

Hes a young kid who should be treat like one for now. Bring him on when we are comfortable (lol) or chasing a game. Build his confidence, get him experience, get him a few goals.

I hope we dont let the price tag ruin him.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

I remember the innocent days when we all thought that signing Brewster would solve our problems.

No we didn’t. There were several suggesting that he wasn’t worth what was being proposed by many of our fans and that expectations were being unrealistically set. It was also mentioned that he wasn’t the missing piece or what was needed for this season.
He’ll be worth the money over the length of his contract but to expect him to be dominating games in this league at his age is just plain stupid. Come back in 2 seasons time and let’s talk about if he’s been worth the money. Same goes for our other bigger fee signings.

 

[Houston_Blade]

No we didn’t. There were several suggesting that he wasn’t worth what was being proposed by many of our fans and that expectations were being unrealistically set. It was also mentioned that he wasn’t the missing piece or what was needed for this season.
He’ll be worth the money over the length of his contract but to expect him to be dominating games in this league at his age is just plain stupid. Come back in 2 seasons time and let’s talk about if he’s been worth the money. Same goes for our other bigger fee signings.

Ok then not all of us, but a lot of our fans certainly just thought that it was a short term blip at the start of the season and chucking £23m at a striker would solve it.

 

[Gavlar]

He will come good but too late for this season. Compare him with Burke it’s day and night. Brewster Needs to do more for me.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

He will come good but too late for this season. Compare him with Burke it’s day and night. Brewster Needs to do more for me.

I don’t want it, but a Championship season with us would give both of them a huge boost in their development.

 

[8lade]

He should never have been bought,we needed a proven goalscorer ,not someone for the future.

And who do you suggest we should have bought?

 

[FatPaul]

And who do you suggest we should have bought?

Gabriel batistuta

 

[Deleted member 23679]

I think the biggest problem has been (and I include all our strikers in this) a paucity of service.

I also think that a switch to playing with a man in behind them would improve the service to them, and we have the player who is tailor made for that role. Didzy

 

[8lade]

Gabriel batistuta

Sorry not heard of him is he
1. Any good?
2. Have an affordable fee?
3. Fits in the wage structure?

 

[tincan]

Sorry not heard of him is he
1. Any good?
2. Have an affordable fee?
3. Fits in the wage structure?

Used to teach David Batty didn't he,.........

 

[TC's Magic Boots]

The service we have provided for our forwards has been shite at best this season. I know people love to knock new forwards when they haven't scored at least 9 in their first 10 games but I think people are being unreasonable with Brewster. This lad has a good pedigree and will be our best finisher, well, given the chance. If he had been in the positions that Burke and McBurnie have found themselves in, he would have scored, without doubt. Given the time he has spent with us I think its also unreasonable to think he could just walk into the team and fit in to the way we play, especially as we haven't got the players to make it work. He's used to better players giving him the ball in good positions and I think he is coming to terms with the realisation he is going to have to work hard to get a sniff of a chance with us and also picking up scraps most of the time. We have to give him a chance to settle and fit in, I know we need goals now but we can't just blame him, nobody else is getting them either. As for the fee, well we can't have it both ways can we, you either pay what we did for potential, or 3 to 4 times that for quality, which we can't afford.

 

[Chilttheblade]

And who do you suggest we should have bought?

Not my job to suggest players as I don't have a scouting network. My point is strategically it seemed all wrong.Its like in poker ,you go all in holding a poor hand .If you lose you have no money left for the next hand . I hope to God this guy does something.

 

[Bladesman]

The service hasn't really been there for most our strikers this season.

You can tell there is quality there with Brewster, got a decent ping on him as well. If he can create as well as score then it will explain why we paid so much for him.

 

[Stegosaurus]

Hi, Stegosaurus here,

He's just not very good. Klopp had Wilder's pants down with this one. I really don't rate him at all. He has a bit of potential to improve, but he'll never be a 20 million+ player or whatever we paid for him.

 

[8lade]

Not my job to suggest players as I don't have a scouting network.

Using my argument against me (at least I know I implement a good argument), my point being they aren't out there which is why we have ended up with McBurnie and Brewster.

 

[SwitchBLADE Smiles]

Hi, Stegosaurus here,

He's just not very good. Klopp had Wilder's pants down with this one. I really don't rate him at all. He has a bit of potential to improve, but he'll never be a 20 million+ player or whatever we paid for him.

Hi, SwitchBlade here,

Writing off a 20 year old striker after 400 total minutes, in a side struggling in the top division in the country is mental.

 

[Blade In Flame]

He looks lost in our team.

Our whole team looks lost in our team.

 

[ancientblade]

I don’t want it, but a Championship season with us would give both of them a huge boost in their development.

i think your right there such a big gap thesedays between prem and championship clubs proving it with the 3 that went down i think quite a few of our players would benefit from a season in the championship to get their confidence back and with 2 or 3 additions i think we would have an excellent chance of getting straight back up utb fto

 

[Yogi]

Bournemouth have dropped down and Dom solanke now looks the player he was advertised to be. Strikers who create something from nothing at the top level either cost way more than 20 million or are discovered really by chance eg vardy. Brewster will come good he’s better than solanke imo. If we do drop and he starts doing what he did at Swansea then he’ll already be worth 20 mill if he could do that at prem level consistently then we’d double our money but that’s a big ask for a 20 year old kid.

 

[Stegosaurus]

Hi, SwitchBlade here,

Writing off a 20 year old striker after 400 total minutes, in a side struggling in the top division in the country is mental.

Hi, Stegosaurus here,

Because I have a profound tactical mind I able to tell that he will be no good.

I called that Benoit Croissant was shite long before anyone else did.

 

[Barney Rubble]

It's easy to have a pop at our new signings and I agree none of them have been tearing up trees so far.

However it's hard for new signings when last year's players have all performed to a lower standard than last year or been out injured. Bash, Baldock and perhaps McGoldrick and Egan have been OK but not as good as last year and the others have been awful. It's asking too much of new players to come in and carry the experienced lads.

With a young player like Brewster, irrespective of the fee paid, he needed a gradual introduction to life at Premier league level. I think Wilder probably envisaged him slotting in this way. Our results have been so poor that players are now being chop and changed week in and week out as we have floundered around trying to find a winning formula.

 

[bakeblade]

Hi, SwitchBlade here,

Writing off a 20 year old striker after 400 total minutes, in a side struggling in the top division in the country is mental.

I'm not writing him off yet, he just should not be starting games and used more of an impact sub. Starting him yesterday rather than Burke was stupid

 

[blades14]

If he had been in the positions that Burke and McBurnie have found themselves in, he would have scored, without doubt.

Burke has created the chances himself. Brewster has to offer more than "good finishing"

 

[Stegosaurus]

Burke has created the chances himself. Brewster has to offer more than "good finishing"

Hi, Stegosaurus here,

Agreed. Burke can't shoot for toffees, but he does cause trouble. Brewster wouldn't have pressured Henderson into making a mistake like Burke did, for example.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

Burke has created the chances himself. Brewster has to offer more than "good finishing"

And this is the problem. You’re wanting a 20 year old kid to start playing entirely differently to how he played previously. Brewster and Burke aren’t similar players with similar attributes.
We need to play to Brewsters strengths if we want the best from him but he’s never going to be an explosive front man knocking people off the ball and destroying defences with his pace .

 

[Chilttheblade]

Using my argument against me (at least I know I implement a good argument), my point being they aren't out there which is why we have ended up with McBurnie and Brewster.

Sorry 8lade , I hope it's not what happened,that would be ridiculous. Other teams seem to find players albeit from abroad at lower overall cost.

 

[ancientblade]

if we do go down which looks likely brewster will come in to his own in the championship where we are certain to have more than 30% possesion im confident he would bag 20 plus goals