On the rare occasion that he was fit and firing, he was pretty useful.
He always seemed to me to look very awkward, akin to a newborn foal, all gangly and uneasy on his feet.
That was much of the problem…..has a similar ugly running style to Steve Claridge…..both didn’t wear shin pads either.
Not his fault but McBurnie couldn’t run properly, he ran with a limp as though he was always injured/ knackered.
He also often had a grimace on his face as though he was in pain. To be fair Chris Waddle had a lazy running style and he wasn’t a bad player.
My view on McBurnie was he has to be fully focussed, psyched up for a battle…..then he was pretty good. We saw that even at PL level…..when he was in the mood PL defences used to struggle coping with him….think it was becuase he was awkward and different from other PL strikers. Also he was a winner/ a character you would probably want around the training pitch due to his positive/ battling/ winning mentality.
However on the flip side….we’ve also seen with our own eyes McBurnie be no better than average…even at Championship level.
Some slate Brewster regards his goal scoring but at least you can see some quality regards his general play and ability.
However regards McBurnie…..at times….he looks like a parks player…..struggles to trap a ball.
I was on holiday about 3 years ago and met a gang of lads who were all Celtic fans from Glasgow.
When I told them I was a Sheff Utd supporter they asked me what I thought of Oliver McBurnie. Told them he splits the fanbase because at times he’e really low quality however at times he can be a handful and in a few games at PL level he was really good/ effective.
They all laughed and said that up there in Scotland…..McBurnie is famous for being one of the worse players seen in a Scotland shirt.
They said they can’t believe he’s a professional footballer and assume he must have continuously had poor games when playing for Scotland…and can’t be that bad.
