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Weasel said:
I'll judge him when I see him on the pitch with the team playing to his strengths I.e. midfield playing early through balls for him to get on to. Thr problem is (and this is a fair criticism as such) is that the lad for one reason or another contract seem to stay fit for any length of time to get up up to speed. That's a fair comment I think. But i stand by my earlier post. Tonight his link up play first half was decent and we didn't help him (or ourselves) by the way we took so long to break between the lines. I don't blame Brewster at all for the second half as he had no service from midfield or out wide (neither did any other forward we had on thr pitch tonight either).
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Yet he has played under 3 different managers with different tactics, shapes and varying degrees of service and looked totally ineffective.

He doesnt score, he doesn't hold it up, rarely shows for it, doesn't make runs and his touch is very hit and miss. It's OK saying he had no service but he also has to make runs and get involved. He hides a lot and seems to lack a football brain of when to come short/go long.

If he was a lad coming through, we'd be saying he's way out of his depth. Those pinning their hopes on him finding form of 5 years ago (a few months of a 6 year body of work) are really stretching.

The fact I don't even think he is good enough to be a worthwhile opition from the bench sums it up. He will depart at the end of the season and in essence Wilder will have signed around 60 million of forwards in him, McBurnie, Mousset and Robinson/Burke and all will have left the club for nothing. That's an awful lot of money for no resale value.
 
Weasel said:
Thought he did OK overall tonight.

His link up play in the first half was decent, though the should really have scored when he had the cut back to him, and I think he hit the post. Second half...he didn't get involved as much as he could have done but then we certainly didn't play to his strengths and try and through balls for him to run onto as we were so pedestrian in getting the ball moving in their final third. We seemed to consistently faff around withnit at the back and then only try attacking when they're had all got back into their shape again. That's not going to help a forward when it's just over crowded in their final third.

Brewster was no worse than any other player tonight (Hamer excepted) so it's bizarre that some on here want to keep digging him out for criticism - more so than others.
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Every time his name crops up is a reminder of the club's awful decision to spend obscene fee & wages when there was no evidence of value.
Hey ho - anyway , what a feckin mess we are in for strikers.
Moore looking unsuited to lone striker role.
Campbell miles off fitness.
Brewster ...
Marsh not ready for Championship.
One not trusted to have a run-out in a Cup game to which Wilder evidently attaches no importance.
We better get a feckin good un soon.
 
I don't rate Breester particularly, he just seems to hit every shot as hard as he can without composure. Occasionally it goes in.

However, this new formation will not suit him at all, he's not got the game to play on the wing or as the lone centre forward and he's not going to play instead of O'Hare in the hole. So we may as well loan him out if there's any interest and then maybe sell in January. It won't happen of course because interest will be sparse and we need numbers but he's not the answer. We'd have to change formation in my book back to two centre forwards to accommodate Brewster.
 
Keen Blade said:
Every time his name crops up is a reminder of the club's awful decision to spend obscene fee & wages when there was no evidence of value.
Hey ho - anyway , what a feckin mess we are in for strikers.
Moore looking unsuited to lone striker role.
Campbell miles off fitness.
Brewster ...
Marsh not ready for Championship.
One not trusted to have a run-out in a Cup game to which Wilder evidently attaches no importance.
We better get a feckin good un soon.
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Moore will in time be the most suited to one up top role as.ling as he gets service. Having another winger in Johnston coming will help.
 
Deadbat said:
Yet he has played under 3 different managers with different tactics, shapes and varying degrees of service and looked totally ineffective.

He doesnt score, he doesn't hold it up, rarely shows for it, doesn't make runs and his touch is very hit and miss. It's OK saying he had no service but he also has to make runs and get involved. He hides a lot and seems to lack a football brain of when to come short/go long.

If he was a lad coming through, we'd be saying he's way out of his depth. Those pinning their hopes on him finding form of 5 years ago (a few months of a 6 year body of work) are really stretching.

The fact I don't even think he is good enough to be a worthwhile opition from the bench sums it up. He will depart at the end of the season and in essence Wilder will have signed around 60 million of forwards in him, McBurnie, Mousset and Robinson/Burke and all will have left the club for nothing. That's an awful lot of money for no resale value.
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Contrast that lot with the profits made on Toney & Watkins , with whom we were linked earlier in their careers.
 
Weasel said:
Thought he did OK overall tonight.

His link up play in the first half was decent, though the should really have scored when he had the cut back to him, and I think he hit the post. Second half...he didn't get involved as much as he could have done but then we certainly didn't play to his strengths and try and through balls for him to run onto as we were so pedestrian in getting the ball moving in their final third. We seemed to consistently faff around withnit at the back and then only try attacking when they're had all got back into their shape again. That's not going to help a forward when it's just over crowded in their final third.

Brewster was no worse than any other player tonight (Hamer excepted) so it's bizarre that some on here want to keep digging him out for criticism - more so than others.
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It’s like they have their posts ready to go before watching him each game.

Done well in the cup games and looks a better all round player this season. I like him dropping out to receive the ball and has good vision to switch play with simple balls. Does the simple things right and looks more confident
 
Deadbat said:
Yet he has played under 3 different managers with different tactics, shapes and varying degrees of service and looked totally ineffective.

He doesnt score, he doesn't hold it up, rarely shows for it, doesn't make runs and his touch is very hit and miss. It's OK saying he had no service but he also has to make runs and get involved. He hides a lot and seems to lack a football brain of when to come short/go long.

If he was a lad coming through, we'd be saying he's way out of his depth. Those pinning their hopes on him finding form of 5 years ago (a few months of a 6 year body of work) are really stretching.

The fact I don't even think he is good enough to be a worthwhile opition from the bench sums it up. He will depart at the end of the season and in essence Wilder will have signed around 60 million of forwards in him, McBurnie, Mousset and Robinson/Burke and all will have left the club for nothing. That's an awful lot of money for no resale value.
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What a fucking shambles!!
 

Deadbat said:
Yet he has played under 3 different managers with different tactics, shapes and varying degrees of service and looked totally ineffective.

He doesnt score, he doesn't hold it up, rarely shows for it, doesn't make runs and his touch is very hit and miss. It's OK saying he had no service but he also has to make runs and get involved. He hides a lot and seems to lack a football brain of when to come short/go long.

If he was a lad coming through, we'd be saying he's way out of his depth. Those pinning their hopes on him finding form of 5 years ago (a few months of a 6 year body of work) are really stretching.

The fact I don't even think he is good enough to be a worthwhile opition from the bench sums it up. He will depart at the end of the season and in essence Wilder will have signed around 60 million of forwards in him, McBurnie, Mousset and Robinson/Burke and all will have left the club for nothing. That's an awful lot of money for no resale value.
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In his first season, I couldn't think of any forward that looked less of a footballer than Brewster Bear.
Can't score (even penaltys /open goals or one on one's). He wins no headers, can't pass 10 yds let alone split the defence,can't beat a man, can't hold the ball up, can't stay fit, can't pass, average pace, can't remember a cross. I think I missed some.
He has almost as many red cards as goals.
He's terrible.
He has less chance of scoring in a brothel than me & I've been single 16 years.
4 league goals in 71 appearances = £24million. = how many penalty's missed (2 that were at crucial times)

I feel better now but Brewster is still drawing his massive wage, who da mug??

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Like it or not , we're obliged to stick another £1.5m into his bank account over the next 10 months , so we may as well keep him around as the Lane's best DJ - no club in its right mind is going to pay even 10%, of that.
There is literally nothing we can do apart from grin & bear it.
Next June we can reflect on our folly of spending around £30m and having had absolutely nothing to show for it - but at least he'll be gone and we can start to forget him , instead of being reminded of his existence by his occasional appearance
 
This charade with Brewster has gone on for so long now it's just funny.

The lad's honeymoon period expired literally years ago.

I kind of want us to keep him just to see how much longer he can continue to hoodwink people, he's like the Frank Abagnale Jr. of the footballing world.

Never has a Blades player before or since ever been afforded such grace or had so many excuses made in his defence after offering so little.

"It'll come"
"He's unlucky"
"He's jinxed"
"He's been unlucky with injuries"
"He's cursed"
"He can't catch a break"
"He just needs that one goal"
"He's a really nice lad"

Jesus fucking Christ.
 
PeterNdlovu081 said:
This charade with Brewster has gone on for so long now it's just funny.

The lad's honeymoon period expired literally years ago.

I kind of want us to keep him just to see how much longer he can continue to hoodwink people, he's like the Frank Abagnale Jr. of the footballing world.

Never has a Blades player before or since ever been afforded such grace or had so many excuses made in his defence after offering so little.

"It'll come"
"He's unlucky"
"He's jinxed"
"He's been unlucky with injuries"
"He's cursed"
"He can't catch a break"
"He just needs that one goal"
"He's a really nice lad"

Jesus fucking Christ.
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“There’s a player in there”
 
haich1889 said:
Can't score (even penaltys /open goals or one on one's). He wins no headers, can't pass 10 yds let alone split the defence,can't beat a man, can't hold the ball up, can't stay fit, can't pass, average pace, can't remember a cross. I think I missed some.
He has almost as many red cards as goals.
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I'm definitely in the, "He's nice lad," camp; but when you put it like that his chance of making it as an actual footballer seems to be a distant speck on the horizon.

Thinking about it, if we want to recoup some of our losses he could play his part and maybe we should line him up as an eventual replacement for Gary Sinclair.
 
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He seems a genuinely nice lad he always appears to support the club and players on the pitch and celebrates as a fan when we do well, I also believe that hes trying his damndest to do well, possibly trying too hard, and I think it's because of these traits that the supporters have given him leeway and time but at some point you have to start delivering and I truly believe that he realises this also which I think is putting more pressure on himself than the pricetag ever did, he needs to relax and be the player that made him worth 20m
 
The way I look at it is this. Put him in a category with Ndiaye MGW Arblaster and Brooks. All are the real deal even if Brooks takes too many touches on the ball. They all have energy and ability and have some weaknesses. Brewster lacks energy, limited technique, positional awareness and reading of the play is poor. His injury record would indicate he is fragile. It is highly unlikely he will come good. He may be an OK lad to have around but after this season it will be interesting to see where he turns up.
 
PeterNdlovu081 said:
This charade with Brewster has gone on for so long now it's just funny.

The lad's honeymoon period expired literally years ago.

I kind of want us to keep him just to see how much longer he can continue to hoodwink people, he's like the Frank Abagnale Jr. of the footballing world.

Never has a Blades player before or since ever been afforded such grace or had so many excuses made in his defence after offering so little.

"It'll come"
"He's unlucky"
"He's jinxed"
"He's been unlucky with injuries"
"He's cursed"
"He can't catch a break"
"He just needs that one goal"
"He's a really nice lad"

Jesus fucking Christ.
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Can both not be true?

He has been unlucky, he has had awful injuries he could do nothing about, he does seem a nice lad, the other players do seem to like him, but he's also not shown nearly enough for us to give him another contract. He'll leave at the end of it, we'll move on. Can we do that without abusing him for the next 10 months?
 
AWetFlannel said:
Can both not be true?

He has been unlucky, he has had awful injuries he could do nothing about, he does seem a nice lad, the other players do seem to like him, but he's also not shown nearly enough for us to give him another contract. He'll leave at the end of it, we'll move on. Can we do that without abusing him for the next 10 months?
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There it is again.

Nice lad.

That's great. Brilliant. Wonderful.

Maybe he could win Celebrity Big Brother or become the leader of a youth club or something.

How does it help Sheffield United as a professional football club?
 
I really don’t know what the future holds for him.

Nobody is going to give us much, if any, money for him, and I fear that so many people will be losing face if we do take such a public hit on any fee that we’ll keep him until the bitter end in the hope that some unlikely justification for the deal will surface.

It won’t. We’d be better loaning him out to a weak league and saving the a couple of million in wages and fees we could perhaps manage. Perhaps somewhere like the Dutch league.

You win some you lose some I suppose. For every Brewster, and thank God financially we’ve not had many, there has been an Osula and an Ndiaye to more than offset this faux pas.

It was a bit of a pisser losing about 7m on Berge only for Burnley to make it straight back but then again you can say he helped us get promoted so that paid for the loss. Likewise you can say about Mousset that for 10m, his 6 goals got us a second season of PL money and additional parachute payments. Same could apply to McBurnie in helping us back up and keeping us up first time of asking.

Don’t get me wrong, I’d rather we sell players for a profit but you have to trick your mind into acceptance at some point.

For Brewster we have that 6 game period where he scored 3 goals in January 2023. I’m personally having trouble offsetting that against what we paid. I just hope due to the instant relegation and few personal accomplishments, that the end figure will have been far less than the original 23.5m which was mentioned at the time.
 
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Champagneblade said:
For Brewster we have that 6 game period where he scored 3 goals in January 2023.
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He got injured in October 2022 and didn't play again until September the following season.

The previous January he only scored one goal which was in the league against Luton.

He got injured again the week after that Luton game and didn't play again for the rest of the season.
 

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