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The only times I’ve noticed him have been when he’s picked up the ball a bit further out or on the right and driven forwards at pace, which I think I’ve seen him do twice pretty well.
It doesn’t matter whether signing him was a mistake or a gamble - he’s here now, and we need to do whatever we can to protect the investment we’ve made; whether that involves coaching, loaning out, benching, using as a sub, playing him in a different role or whatever. Simply pointing at him and saying “he’s garbage” is not going to solve anything for us, and we are not in a position to sell him on and just swallow a loss amounting to millions.
The only benefit of pointing out the extent to which he is not performing well enough for his price tag is as a pointer towards improving our strategies for finding and buying the next players. And that only needs doing once. After that, there’s not much point continuing to repeat the same thing about him being very anonymous (again).
[In contrast, pointing to Lundstram and noting that his performance was poor - for example - has a reasonable purpose of making sure he is moved on in the summer. That’s not an option with Brewster].
 
by my count so far it’s been: Ramsdale, McBurnie (McPub/McShitty), Lunny, Brewster and Berge on rotation for scapegoats

Current Scapegoat popularity:
1. Ramsdale
2. Lundstram
3. McBurnie
4. Brewster
5. Berge

Will Brewster reach the top 3 by the end of the season? Stay tuned to find out!
 
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Eza Blade said:
Obviously not. Best write this one off and get some one new in for next season, instead of giving him a chance to come up to speed with how we play and what we expect.
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Giving him a chance? Wilder has started him for a number of games when he didn't deserve to, started him against Plymouth and tonight, but he's not shown anything to suggest there is something to work with. I want the lad to do as well as anyone, but after tonight I just can't see what he's bringing to the table. He might be a fantastic finisher, but he needs to do a lot more when chances aren't coming his way. Maybe a loan spell next season might do him some good, if there is no sign any improvement.
 
How can he not deserve to start? What training sessions are you watching week in week out. All I am saying is there is a player there who is struggling in a team that has struggled for the best part of a year.

Maybe a loan will help him. I am sure they’ll be a fair list of clubs who want to take him, some of them will be in the premier league. Not sure why we would ditch him straight away though.
 
If we were to send him out on loan it would be to a championship team, if things carry on as they are he will be playing for us in the championship.
I feel sorry for the kid, no confidence but I feel undoubted talent which will blossom once he plays some regular football
 
bertieblade said:
If we were to send him out on loan it would be to a championship team, if things carry on as they are he will be playing for us in the championship.
I feel sorry for the kid, no confidence but I feel undoubted talent which will blossom once he plays some regular football
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It's his attitude and work ethic that worries me. First half Billy sprinted past him twice when tracking back.
 
I agree regarding his attitude and work ethic but feel that at the moment he is hiding from the ball as he is so lacking in confidence.
Came here as the rising star where a lot was expected of him.
Plays in a team with no confidence, which creates very little whilst no doubt living in a strange city with little support around him.
 
I am sorry but anything connected to ideas related to potential are now wishful thinking

He cannot play back to goal
He does not bother defenders
He has no pace or general physicality
He does not run channels
He has no awareness inside the box, either losing markers or arriving correctly/with anticipation
All shots blasted directly in front of him - no real sense he is aiming at corners
There is some evidence of linking play in ths Swansea highlights video, he set McBurnie up against West Ham, I can't think of anything else.
No presence in the air
Can't take people on
Poor choices galore in box - falling over, not beating people, etc

I don't want to address psychology or the price tag, you could argue at his age it is a concern but you would expect to see a lot more obvious effort to make up for it. If he isn't mentally strong then he is a bad buy. It is an intangble and people change and grow for the better but there is no basis to expect it will happen. It is a matter of faith, and, I suppose, Wilder's judgement.

Lots of young strikers from elite teams end up a John Cofie or what have you. I don't think anyone honestly could look at him and think he would bang goals in at any professional level based on anything we've seen. No one would watch us tonight and say the young player with potential we had was Brewster, they would say it was Bogle. But he is too expensive to be sent on loan
 
I really wanted to like and still really want to like Brewster but he simply doesn’t look bothered. His movement is dreadful, his first touch is dreadful and he doesn’t look to have any pace.
I was expecting a real handful for defenders with movement, pace etc.
He should be working his bollocks off. I get that we don’t create much but Billy’s game is all about the 6 yards box and when we aren’t creating anything for him, he’s looking to be proactive in other areas.
 



dillis said:
We are crap. let’s be honest. We never really look like scoring and we have relied heavily on penalties this season. The quality just isn’t there to provide adequate service for our forwards
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He had two crosses on a plate v Plymouth and two more tonight. The one from Dizdy he just stood there and the one that went through his legs.
 
I saw a message on Twitter earlier (not a Blade) saying they watched our game and he looked like one of the worst strikers they had ever seen. That is hyberbole but another said he could not believe he cost 23 million and would not pay £230,000 grand for him.

Sadly, I read them and did not even get angry as you could see where they were coming from.

Even taking away the price, I have not sure I have seen any strikers make less of an impact at United. Think even James Wilson, Connor Sammon and Craig Beattie did more (he scored at least) albeit versus poorer defenders.

I am stunned how poor he has been and the excuses are wearing thin. Does he need a massive kick up the backside or an arm round him? I think even more worrying is he cannot even do the basics.

I really hope he improves but not even seen glimpses and can only go on what I have seen not youtube videos of him at Swansea.

Has anyone seen a player in there (for us) so far? I am struggling t find anything to hang my hat on, other than occasionally he can hit a hard shot once every 4 or 5 games but as a footballer he seems miles off. It's like a raw kid who has just been promoted out of the u18s and has no idea what to do.
 
admitally its hard to defend Brewster on recent performances, but no-one will will be harder on brewster than himself. he looks down & looks devoid of confidence. he is only 20 in his 1st full season of senior football. he's literally at the start of his career & we are expecting too much. in a team that has struggled to create in many games, i feel for him because he's a victim of the price tag,

because he isnt the 1 that tried to this either through budget or choice. on the cheap, salary wise. he was probably 3rd choice..so its obvious that we've had to go for potential & hope. as proven players wages are out of our budget. as ive said wilder wanted callum wilson but we couldnt compete on wages, couldnt even match what bournemouth was paying him. nevermind newcastle. so got someone at fraction of his wages. if anyone you name me a striker we couldve bought for less than £30 grand a week. your welcome because you struggle to get a top championship player with that wage budget

Brewster wasnt in top 10 of strikers i wouldve liked. but we needed a striker, & we need to just be patient. billy sharp didnt click til his 3rd spell, Mother Theresa had 2 poor seasons before banging in 29 in 3rd season. Tony Agana is Loved but he had a tough debut season. this is like lampard at Chelsea all over again that we got to show the hardest thing, patience. because we need to support him like we did mcgoldrick last season when he couldnt hit cows arse with a banjo
 
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Bruce Wayne said:
You missed out mardy and the Mike Yarwood facial expressions.
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Pity he can't do impressions of Alan Shearer, Michael Owen and Ian Wright. But then he'd probably go "...and this is me" right at the end of the move and fall on his arse as he spooned it into an empty kop.
 
Klaatu Barada Nikto said:
Well then You should know overall tax for people paid through PAYE on incomes above 50k is not 40%
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Ok, it's 45% on income above whatever the basic rate ends. Not totally sure what that is as I'm not that rich. Below that, income tax is paid at 20%, the basic rate. No income tax is payable below the threshold of £12500 per year.
 
Jon Bon II said:
Pity he can't do impressions of Alan Shearer, Michael Owen and Ian Wright. But then he'd probably go "...and this is me" right at the end of the move and fall on his arse as he spooned it into an empty kop.
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He is (at their current age).
 
We once loaned a Liverpool champions league medal winner who turned out to be utter gash and is now playing for Blackpool

We now signed a Liverpool striker that who's to say won't be equally as gash? 🤷‍♂️
 
If the 16 year old who played at Palace had the same game time as brewster this season he would have more than likely scored a couple of goals. Let's face it he wouldn't have done any worse

Those saying he's young, needs and arm round him etc etc... absolute nonsense. He's not even trying, he came off the pitch on 85 minutes without a sweat on... Wilder should have noticed the lack of effort and subbed him off after half an hour as a lesson
 
I thought that the first 20 minutes he looked ok and then he got pushed into the advertising board and then he disappeared To an extent, it was tough for strikers, there was very little space and difficult to make runs. I don’t think Billy did anymore than him in the first half. Apart from the nice touch to McGoldrick, for the penalty, it was poor second half. Plenty of times he could have made himself available for a ball from the midfield but he was static. His confidence is shot and I think that he would benefit from coming on later in the game, when there is generally more space, than starting in games, like yesterday, where the opposition is happy to defend in numbers.
I do believe there’s a player in there but maybe not a player in our system
 
bertieblade said:
I agree regarding his attitude and work ethic but feel that at the moment he is hiding from the ball as he is so lacking in confidence.
Came here as the rising star where a lot was expected of him.
Plays in a team with no confidence, which creates very little whilst no doubt living in a strange city with little support around him.
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i think youve got it spot on there bertie hes hiding its his job to show for the ball like billy does but hes just not doing it might just be me but i agree with another poster he doesnt look happy here i think if swansea go up they may come in for him and i think we may sell chris didnt look happy with him last night when he came off
 
bongleblade said:
by my count so far it’s been: Ramsdale, McBurnie (McPub/McShitty), Lunny, Brewster and Berge on rotation for scapegoats

Current Scapegoat popularity:
1. Ramsdale
2. Lundstram
3. McBurnie
4. Brewster
5. Berge

Will Brewster reach the top 3 by the end of the season? Stay tuned to find out!
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I think Burke and Norwood get in there ahead of Berge at the moment.

Remember the days when Bash and Billy were top of the list. Just shows how daft people are.

I'm surprised Moose gets no ones ire. He should be our main striker and he should be terrorising defences like he did for a while last season. If he had made the right choices, then he would be and we wouldn't be in the mess that we are in
 



McGrath said:
I think Burke and Norwood get in there ahead of Berge at the moment.

Remember the days when Bash and Billy were top of the list. Just shows how daft people are.

I'm surprised Moose gets no ones ire. He should be our main striker and he should be terrorising defences like he did for a while last season. If he had made the right choices, then he would be and we wouldn't be in the mess that we are in
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I was tempted to put in Moose, he just hasnt been in the frame enough.. my thinking for the scapegoat criteria was the pinning of our team's flaws to a single player with consideration of external factors (Rammers' fee and comparing him to Deano, Berge and Brewsters fee, Lunny's contract, Mcburnie for being gangly, his fee, drink driving)...

I agree Burke and Norwood take a lot of stick... although a lot of it is on performances more than anything, I think most of the stick Burke gets is about his passing and shooting (unwarranted as he brings a lot more to the team) and Norwood can't keep possession... you could argue Rammers gets stick for his performances, but he has often been pinned as the biggest issue in the team despite doing OK, he is the GOAT of scapegoats... poor lad
 
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