Brewster

[Blademan18891889]

I started to laugh when the term legends was used to describe above average ability players. If you want legends then the list below should be considered.
Hodgkinson
Walker
Jagielka
Joe Shaw
Graham Shaw
Woodward
Currie
Hagan
Sabella
Jones
Deane

Agree other than walker, although he's arguably the best full back in English football history, he certainly isn't a blades legend is he. I agree with your point though, classing john fleck and david mcgoldrick as legends is quite astonishing really.

 

[This City Is Ours]

He’s shite and pound for pound our worst signing ever. Just because he seems a nice lad doesn’t make him less shit. Been a total waste of a squad place for 5 years. Can’t wait till he’s gone to be honest

 

[Pollingtonblade]

Brewster has had his critics but in a match the manager wanted to lose and that would have rubbed off on the players he gets no stick for last night.

 

[utd4ever]

He’s shite and pound for pound our worst signing ever. Just because he seems a nice lad doesn’t make him less shit. Been a total waste of a squad place for 5 years. Can’t wait till he’s gone to be honest

Probably get a contract extension

 

[Not so Slim ane]

Brewster has had his critics but in a match the manager wanted to lose and that would have rubbed off on the players he gets no stick for last night.

Brewster was perfect for a match we wanted to lose, I'd play him every time we want to lose

 

[Pollingtonblade]

Brewster was perfect for a match we wanted to lose, I'd play him every time we want to lose

Well yes, Wilder thought I want to lose which useless fucker can I stick on that won't score Brewster would have been 1st on list

 

[AnstonBlade1]

Sad thing is Brewster will be able to retire after this one contract with us.

 

[Keen Blade]

I don’t get why he is still here.

He has a contract and no other club would match his wages even if we tried to give him away.

If we tried to loan him out , we would be forced to pay most of his wages , so he & we are stuck with each other.

 

[Keen Blade]

tbf when fit campbell is excellent. but perhaps that is your point his fitness is mixed?

If Campbell could score at the rate he has for us - and stay fit - he would not have been a free transfer - player values are affected by injury records

 

[djbaldken]

It's a low bar, but I thought he was one of our better players tonight. Definitely one of our more dangerous players. I don't understand the experiment to make him into a midfielder though. He's definitely not good to be playing for a top end Championship team though. I think a move would do him good. May even spark his career. His confidence has looked shot for years. He snatches at shots and passes.

. How on earth anyone would think he was one of the better players is beyond me.
As a squad on the whole it was a poor performance all round. He was very poor and hardly stood out from the rest of the below par performers. He had ONE shot from distance that went straight to their keeper. And when, in space, completely unmarked, in the box , he completely miskicked a shot that went miles high.
This was one match where he had an opportunity to show what he is capable of. We had a team of fringe players playing as did Cardiff. This should have been his moment.
He was his usual abject nothingness of a player.

 

[crazyblade1889]

Probably more like...

O'Connell
Fleck
Duffy
Stevens
Baldock
Egan
Norwood
McGoldrick

Legends? We have a low bar if our league one journeymen are classed as legends. Yes they had a fleeting bit of success but only a couple of those were around long enough to be classed as legends (I’d want a legend to be at the club 4/5 years at least).

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Legends? We have a low bar if our league one journeymen are classed as legends. Yes they had a fleeting bit of success but only a couple of those were around long enough to be classed as legends (I’d want a legend to be at the club 4/5 years at least).

None of them are legends in my opinion.

I was just joining in with the discussion.

Since the year 2000 only Billy Sharp is a legend in my opinion.

Chris Basham was very close but not quite.

 

[Blademan18891889]

None of them are legends in my opinion.

I was just joining in with the discussion.

Since the year 2000 only Billy Sharp is a legend in my opinion.

Chris Basham was very close but not quite.

Basham only for me. Actually brilliant for us in the premier league too.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Basham only for me. Actually brilliant for us in the premier league too.

Basham is probably my second favourite ever Blades player but he's not quite a legend.

Legend is a term that is massively overused these days.

It should be a player who is worthy of having a statue erected at his native club.

Billy Sharp, yes, all day every week forever.

A statue of Chris Basham would be a bit cringe as much as I love the bloke.

 

[Carlton Blade]

I started to laugh when the term legends was used to describe above average ability players. If you want legends then the list below should be considered.
Hodgkinson
Walker
Jagielka
Joe Shaw
Graham Shaw
Woodward
Currie
Hagan
Sabella
Jones
Deane

That just sounds like "everything was better when I was young" which is what everyone thinks

 

[Blade56]

He will get a L1 club if we don’t resign him on a mediocre contract and be a decent player at this level. Don’t even rule him out of not moving house

 

[Blade56]

He’s shite and pound for pound our worst signing ever. Just because he seems a nice lad doesn’t make him less shit. Been a total waste of a squad place for 5 years. Can’t wait till he’s gone to be honest

Don’t think that’s a fair or appropriate assessment. I think injury ruined a promising career.

 

[Keen Blade]

He doesn't seem to want to sprint anymore. He only went on one run in which he took his marker on. Most of the time he played square or backwards often facing his own goal. Too deep a lot of the time.

It's sad when you see players like Brewster & RND , who've suffered repeated major injuries - they can't put the pedal to the metal any more , coz they can't trust their own bodies.
It's basically the end for them , unless they can find a level at which they can perform adequately using only part of their power.
Unfortunately clubs don't want to recruit 'damaged goods' who are unable to put everything on the line and so develop into better players than they were when they arrived.
I know it's harsh but i'll never know why we renewed RND last summer.

I started to laugh when the term legends was used to describe above average ability players. If you want legends then the list below should be considered.
Hodgkinson
Walker
Jagielka
Joe Shaw
Graham Shaw
Woodward
Currie
Hagan
Sabella
Jones
Deane

Maguire

 

[Shawy24]

Don’t think that’s a fair or appropriate assessment. I think injury ruined a promising career.

Signed 2nd October 2020. First long term injury of 152 days started 22nd Jan 2022 following a game against Luton. Therefore, before his first significant injury and his subsequent mega injury lay off of 352 days he had a run of roughly 70 available games. Don’t beat me up about the exact games it’s not important. In those games he scored I believe 4 goals. This is a £23 million player and England youth International striker with a 1 in 17 return before significant injury. I’m not so sure the injury ruined a promising career as, until the injury, there wasn’t much promise being shown. IMHO.

 

[Tom Bott]

It's times like these I often ask the question - how many goals did Leon Clarke score for us after we renewed his contract, for a much better one ?
The parallel being that when some players are given a multi million pound contract, they just don't live up to their previous expectations.

Ask any Wendy fan about Jordan Rhodes.

 

[Blade56]

Signed 2nd October 2020. First long term injury of 152 days started 22nd Jan 2022 following a game against Luton. Therefore, before his first significant injury and his subsequent mega injury lay off of 352 days he had a run of roughly 70 available games. Don’t beat me up about the exact games it’s not important. In those games he scored I believe 4 goals. This is a £23 million player and England youth International striker with a 1 in 17 return before significant injury. I’m not so sure the injury ruined a promising career as, until the injury, there wasn’t much promise being shown. IMHO.

I get your drift. Think like most I desperately wanted him to come good. Think the early days he struggled as he felt he’d stepped down from champions league to a poorly run club half the size of liverpool. That attitude problem early part of his game then the injuries wiped out his career out.

Been a tragedy for club and player but he seems to be a big character at the club and as his time to shine does to an end I don’t think we should be as brutal.

 

[utd4ever]

If Campbell could score at the rate he has for us - and stay fit - he would not have been a free transfer - player values are affected by injury records

Chatting to a stoke fan the other day he said if he hadn’t got injured so much he could have been great for them.

Makes you wonder if our recruitment is driven by taking on injury prone players because it’s cheaper and they are happy to take a chance.

 

[N20 Blade]

If Campbell could score at the rate he has for us - and stay fit - he would not have been a free transfer - player values are affected by injury records

True. I didn't know his backstory, thanks.

It's probably just inaccurate speculation, but if the rumours re B'mouth are genuine, arguably it could represent good business for us to get an inflated fee?

 

[Blade56]

Makes you wonder if our recruitment is driven by taking on injury prone players because it’s cheaper and they are happy to take a chance.

I don’t wonder, it’s a fact, how much evidence do you need.

Would not be suprised if we sign Dele Ali

 

[CarlMcBlade]

Don’t think that’s a fair or appropriate assessment. I think injury ruined a promising career.

Alas, many of us had seen enough before his spate of injuries. As a striker his awareness of the game shocking, this is exemplified by his awful positioning, no anticipation without the ball, a lack of composure with the ball. Yes his confidence is probably shot, but that probably why the lad needs a new challenge.

 

[Shawy24]

I get your drift. Think like most I desperately wanted him to come good. Think the early days he struggled as he felt he’d stepped down from champions league to a poorly run club half the size of liverpool. That attitude problem early part of his game then the injuries wiped out his career out.

Been a tragedy for club and player but he seems to be a big character at the club and as his time to shine does to an end I don’t think we should be as brutal.

The more I’ve thought about it over the time he’s been here I have mellowed from outright animosity to an acceptance that it’s really not his fault. It happens. He had a purple patch at Swansea. God knows how. Maybe who he was playing with at the time helped. Maybe he was lucky, but he was the next big thing and we signed promise all starry eyed with our new found wealth and status. Some players simply don’t go on to hit the promised heights but for lil ole Sheff U it was a hell of a hole in the budget to find that whatever he had at Swansea he couldn’t recreate with us.

It’s clear he can play football but with his lack of anticipation and positional awareness I struggle to see where in attack. It’s not helped that now he’s back we rarely play two up front which is where he might get to feed off another player.

I actually do now feel sorry for him. He must wonder where all that promise suddenly vanished to. His confidence must be completely shot. Probably do him good to have a time away from football and a fresh start with another club.

 

[steve26272]

. Some players simply don’t go on to hit the promised heights but for lil ole Sheff U it was a hell of a hole in the budget to find that whatever he had at Swansea he couldn’t recreate with us.

really good point

Anthony at Man U
Mudryk Chelsea
Kalvin Phillips man city
Chiesa Liverpool
Zirkzee Man U

The list goes on

But as you say we put it all on red and lost

Not sure how we mitigate this again, Ipswich got it right with Delap for similar fee

Sometimes your the pigeon, sometimes the statue

 

[Carlton Blade]

really good point

Anthony at Man U
Mudryk Chelsea
Kalvin Phillips man city
Chiesa Liverpool
Zirkzee Man U

The list goes on

But as you say we put it all on red and lost

Not sure how we mitigate this again, Ipswich got it right with Delap for similar fee

Sometimes your the pigeon, sometimes the statue

Delap had played about 90 senior games when Ipswich signed him. Brewster, 23 glorified training sessions

 

[steve26272]

Delap had played about 90 senior games when Ipswich signed him. Brewster, 23 glorified training sessions

Shows how wrong we got it, factor in how transfer fees have risen in 4.5 years and we really bought a dud

Do feel for him tho, can see he wants to do well

 

[Carlton Blade]

Shows how wrong we got it, factor in how transfer fees have risen in 4.5 years and we really bought a dud

Do feel for him tho, can see he wants to do well

Shit happens. Club tried to do everything off the pitch through Wilder. PL clubs are along way past that now and the club got caught out