CONFIRMED Brewster - Signs for Derby County

[Fjortoft's Aeroplane]

Brewster and mcburnie would walk into this squad and drastically improve it

Mcburnie is miles better than kieffer moore , and a fit Brewster under an attacking manager in selles would be great at this level

Keep clapping though people we have a 24 year old from peru and a bunch of bulgarians with less than 2 weeks till the start

Absoloutely Honking summer transfer window so far and thats not to mention Anel having a year left on his contract

I dont love McBurnie but at this level I'm sure he can do a job. Brewster... sub at best.. shouldn't be starting unless we get very desperate.

But I'd rather be signing players who might be able to raise there game to the Prem rather than ones who have already proven that it's beyond their capabilities.

 

[alcoblade]

The season is just over a week away and yet McBurnie and Brewster are still without clubs. Could it be that their wage demands are too high and are putting off other Championship clubs, or could it be that they're not that sought after because they're actually..... * careful now * ..... not very good and over rated by Blades fans, as acceptance and celebration of mediocrity is in our DNA?

Because there's loads of posts from people talking about how good they are?

 

[alcoblade]

Dp

 

[Champagneblade]

As much as I derided Brewster, on the right contract he’d have been a decent squad player for the coming season assuming he could string a few games together. He’s a bit of a Labrador but he plays on the front foot and has some pace. He lacks decision making skills and hasn’t had a good run of form since his Swansea loan though, hence why it seems he’s going to leave it late before signing a contract with anyone.

I still think he may reappear as he hasn’t sent a loving instagram message to the fans (unless I missed it) and for someone who people kept telling me ‘loved the club’ I’d have expected a vacuous but crowd pleasing “once a Blade” message as a bare minimum.

McBurnie also wouldn’t be the worst signing, Moore hasn’t really worked out and we do need another striker because we have a lot of unfit and/or unproven players in the squad. The right money and he’s worth a spot.

I think that’s the word, ‘decent’. He’s been adequate and at least he was available for once.

I know the fee was nothing to do with him but he hasn’t been decent for a 20m+ man.

If we’d paid 3-5m for him then his contribution could have been termed adequate.

He’s never fulfilled his billing and I don’t see how others can suggest he’d be an asset. He doesn’t score enough, he doesn’t anticipate enough. He works hard which should be a pre-requisite and his passing isn’t bad but there aren’t many systems that accommodate a striker that can pass but not score, a winger than can pass, doesn’t beat a man, doesn’t cross prolifically and doesn’t score or a midfielder that can pass but can’t tackle that well, doesn’t score and doesn’t cross.

He just simply does not have enough output for any role he would play.

It was overly sentimental playing him against Sunderland by Wilder, hoping for one last “I told you so” rather than playing Brooks or preferably Rak-Sakyi from the start.

Remember Rak-Sakyi scored 7 goals in 1,812 minutes plus 2 assists.

It took Brewster 5,188 minutes to notch 9 and 4 assists.

Just to add, the frustrating thing with Chris was that he could get the big things right but then be stubborn on the little things that were under his control.

Reconstruction of the squad was a major job, and getting in Burrows and Cooper etc in was excellent work. Souttar was also a master stroke. But then once he had the players in, not playing Holding instead of Robinson and not using a Rak-Sakyi to take the game to Sunderland instead of playing it more safe with Brewster were glaring errors that were avoidable.

 

[finlaytheblade]

They both turned away from the club and refused new contracts ,!

 

[Shawy24]

Brewster would actually be quite good in Selles' system. One thing he could do was execute a "vertical pass" at pace, and he was starting to show a lot of promise in counter attacking.

And I agree, McBurnie is a vastly superior CF to K Moore and would be a really solid addition to the squad.

I'm not sure why your post drew so many laughs.

I’m sure it’s an honestly held opinion you have about the attributes of Brewster but it’s reminiscent of Wilder playing him to prove a point. Aside from a purple patch at Swansea he simply wasn’t much better than an average journeyman jobbing footballer. For striker with speed and anticipation, footballing intelligence and positional awareness see Ty. For midfielder with ability to pick and play a pass and break the lines, see Arblaster. For a winger that gets to the by line and delivers a cross, see Barry. For someone who can actually strike a penalty, see Burrows. All these are actually doing it now and we don’t have to wait 5 years for them to “come good”. Just my opinion.

 

[Hilly]

Brewster and mcburnie would walk into this squad and drastically improve it

Mcburnie is miles better than kieffer moore , and a fit Brewster under an attacking manager in selles would be great at this level

Keep clapping though people we have a 24 year old from peru and a bunch of bulgarians with less than 2 weeks till the start

Absoloutely Honking summer transfer window so far and thats not to mention Anel having a year left on his contract

Another balloon on the ignore list.

 

[UddersBlade]

Brewster has blown it by missing nearly the whole preseason! Even if he signs for someone now it’ll be end Sept before he’s up to speed. Idiot Agent.

 

[Wayne_Kerr89]

Brewster would actually be quite good in Selles' system. One thing he could do was execute a "vertical pass" at pace, and he was starting to show a lot of promise in counter attacking.

And I agree, McBurnie is a vastly superior CF to K Moore and would be a really solid addition to the squad.

I'm not sure why your post drew so many laughs.

Deluded people who can’t change an opinion or form a balanced opinion on Brewster without saying 20 MILLIIIYUNNNN


I though Brewster was pretty good last season played miles out of position I think if we keep him we may finally see him a player


Brewster would definitely better than what we currently have

 

[Wayne_Kerr89]

Brewster has blown it by missing nearly the whole preseason! Even if he signs for someone now it’ll be end Sept before he’s up to speed. Idiot Agent.

Do you reckon he’s sat at home watching this morning ?

 

[UddersBlade]

No but he will have had minimal group / contact training. Gym work will only get him so far.

 

[UddersBlade]

Actually I would not be surprised if he still signs for us at end of August - as he can’t get a better offer than ours - that I assume is still in the table.

 

[Wayne_Kerr89]

No they wouldn't.
First of all to put moore in the mix is irrelevant, he is not part of Selles plans.
Mcburnie and Brewster ability wise, team contribution wise and fitness wise don't even come close to Barry, Cannon and Campbell.
Judge the Bulgarian players when they play, not on your personal vendetta

Mcburnie the striker who doesn’t contribute but also was one of the main men in a strike force that achieve 9th in the premier league and 2nd in the championship


Even now he’s gone people can’t give up their deluded opinions

 

[Wayne_Kerr89]

Actually I would not be surprised if he still signs for us at end of August - as he can’t get a better offer than ours - that I assume is still in the table.

I dont love McBurnie but at this level I'm sure he can do a job. Brewster... sub at best.. shouldn't be starting unless we get very desperate.

But I'd rather be signing players who might be able to raise there game to the Prem rather than ones who have already proven that it's beyond their capabilities.

Don’t massively disagree , I think mcburnie as an option of 2/3 strikers is great


Depends how many strikers we will play with if it’s one maybe ONE/Cannon/Cambell is enough

 

[Champagneblade]

Deluded people who can’t change an opinion or form a balanced opinion on Brewster without saying 20 MILLIIIYUNNNN


I though Brewster was pretty good last season played miles out of position I think if we keep him we may finally see him a player


Brewster would definitely better than what we currently have

Definitely better - the guy scored 9 goals in 5 years. You’re entitled to your opinion, I’m just struggling to see on what it’s based.

He’s not definitely better than any of the other options. As underwhelming as Cannon has been, he scored 9 by Christmas for Stoke, Brewster took 5 Christmases for that!

He’s not better than O’Hare or Hamer and he’s certainly not better than Barry based on early evidence.

So who is he better than? Brooks? At best it’s a coin toss and Brooks I’d argue due to his age has a lot more growth in him than Brewster, plus he’s not injury prone.

He might end up being a scorer of great goals because he has a hard shot and once every blue moon it might come off. He’ll never be a great goalscorer as he doesn’t anticipate as he’s always on his heels.

Nice lad but he was lucky Slav came in and there was a reset. He’d already dropped behind Jebbo in the Premier League under Hecky. It should have been him sent to Burton at the time, not the other way round. He’d done nothing to leapfrog Jebbo at all.

It will be interesting where he ends up. He might get a shock with how others value his potential wage packet vs what him and his agent think.

 

[Super Furry Blades]

Actually I would not be surprised if he still signs for us at end of August - as he can’t get a better offer than ours - that I assume is still in the table.

And if I was in charge id tell him to bollocks ....

 

[jt64]

They both turned away from the club and refused new contracts ,!

I guess they should have just accepted any old offer and been grateful to receive it, right?

 

[KiwiBlade]

I though Brewster was pretty good last season played miles out of position I think if we keep him we may finally see him a player


Brewster would definitely better than what we currently have

Why was he playing out of position?

Could it be the fact that he had no positional sense for a forward, didn’t know when to make runs, has hamstrings made out of biscuits and the only time he ever looked like scoring is when he absolutely smashed the ball in the vague direction of the goal?

But yeah he’s better than what we currently have

 

[Wayne_Kerr89]

Why was he playing out of position?

Could it be the fact that he had no positional sense for a forward, didn’t know when to make runs, has hamstrings made out of biscuits and the only time he ever looked like scoring is when he absolutely smashed the ball in the vague direction of the goal?

But yeah he’s better than what we currently have

He started the majority of games towards the end of the season in right midfield


Completely out of position and still looked one of our better players hence wilder started him

 

[KiwiBlade]

He started the majority of games towards the end of the season in right midfield


Completely out of position and still looked one of our better players hence wilder started him

Wilder started him because he couldn’t admit that Brewster was a lost cause, and was too stubborn to admit it. He spent far too long waiting for him to ‘come good’ like a few people on here.

I honestly don’t care about his ~£20m price tag, he was poor, injured and out of his depth for the vast majority of his time here. If Wednesday had signed him, those lauding him here would be laughing at him.

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

Mcburnie the striker who doesn’t contribute but also was one of the main men in a strike force that achieve 9th in the premier league and 2nd in the championship


Even now he’s gone people can’t give up their deluded opinions

I'm so sick of people making out that McBurnie scoring in the Premier League was so significant. He scored 6 goals in 36 games, which meant we had to get goals from someone else in 30 of those matches. 6 goals is not something to celebrate.

This reminds of Mac in It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, when he gets his arse kicked at a karate tournament but keeps bringing up the fact that he scored a point in a tournament afterwards ignoring the fact that he got a whooping.

 

[dexter101]

In my opinion, Footballers are (for 99% of the time) like girlfriends, you should never go back once you split.

All those saying Brewster is a better option than what we currently have, the question is at what cost? He has turned down a contract offer. The club put a value on a contract they saw as fair and he turned it down. He may be better than what we currently have personally, I don't see it. He comes across well but realistically he hasn't done enough for us to break the bank (again) on him.

McBurnie, I felt left the club at the right time too. He probably would be a good person to have in the squad, but his fitness record wasn't amazing and I personally would rather us give some playing time to One or Marsh, than having to rotate the squad just to give him playing time. I also think Cannon will play a bigger part than he would.

Good luck to them both, Once a Blade, Always a blade, but that doesn't mean we need to take every ex player back just to pad the squad out.

 

[KMC-1889]

the fact that Wrexham are happy to spend £millions on Moore rather than pick up Brewster or McBurnie speaks volumes for their actual quality when not viewed through blades tinted goggles.

 

[Wayne_Kerr89]

I'm so sick of people making out that McBurnie scoring in the Premier League was so significant. He scored 6 goals in 36 games, which meant we had to get goals from someone else in 30 of those matches. 6 goals is not something to celebrate.

This reminds of Mac in It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, when he gets his arse kicked at a karate tournament but keeps bringing up the fact that he scored a point in a tournament afterwards ignoring the fact that he got a whooping.

He was joint top scorer in a team that finished 9th in the prem

I wouldn’t say one of the strikers was a stand out they were all equally important at various points didzy/moose/sharp/mcburnie


But you can’t say he’s crap and never did anything for us because it’s absolute nonsense


Most of the time we lumped it up to him and told him to chase a paper bag

 

[Wayne_Kerr89]

Wilder started him because he couldn’t admit that Brewster was a lost cause, and was too stubborn to admit it. He spent far too long waiting for him to ‘come good’ like a few people on here.

I honestly don’t care about his ~£20m price tag, he was poor, injured and out of his depth for the vast majority of his time here. If Wednesday had signed him, those lauding him here would be laughing at him.

I’m no wilder fan but if you reckon he’d start Brewster in the POF because of that your deluded

 

[SwissBlade]

Brewster would actually be quite good in Selles' system. One thing he could do was execute a "vertical pass" at pace, and he was starting to show a lot of promise in counter attacking.

And I agree, McBurnie is a vastly superior CF to K Moore and would be a really solid addition to the squad.

I'm not sure why your post drew so many laughs.

Brewster certainly had a very decent season and was mostly injury free, looked leaner and played a variety of positions both during the season and in games. Had that been his first season we’d have been pretty happy with more to come.

I’m surprised that he didn’t get the deal done as I think staying with us would’ve suited everyone.

I like him, it’s easy to look at the price tag. He’s a different player to what we bought and he is a decent player for this division.

 

[Wayne_Kerr89]

Brewster certainly had a very decent season and was mostly injury free, looked leaner and played a variety of positions both during the season and in games. Had that been his first season we’d have been pretty happy with more to come.

I’m surprised that he didn’t get the deal done as I think staying with us would’ve suited everyone.

I like him, it’s easy to look at the price tag. He’s a different player to what we bought and he is a decent player for this division.

It’s a massive shame as there is 100% a player in there

Some players just get over there injuries look at didzy he was a championship journeyman because of that

 

[TJ blade]

Actually I would not be surprised if he still signs for us at end of August - as he can’t get a better offer than ours - that I assume is still in the table.

So basically you want him back ,because no fucker wants him! That's ambition for you...ffs!

 

[SwissBlade]

It’s a massive shame as there is 100% a player in there

Some players just get over there injuries look at didzy he was a championship journeyman because of that

I’d like to hope that Brewster is over those injuries which kept him out so long. Be interesting to see where he ends up

 

[UddersBlade]

So basically you want him back ,because no fucker wants him! That's ambition for you...ffs!

No I definitely do not want him back ever!!!!

But if our offer is still on the table he may come back!