Burke

[Latters]

I know tonight isn’t the best game to judge him on, but I’ve been pleasantly surprised by what I’ve seen of him tonight and in the Burnley game. He’s looked quick and strong, which I’d read when we were linked with him so was expecting that, but he’s shown some nice touches, decent control and played some intelligent passes in and around the box. He’s done a shit tonne of running all game tonight as well, suggesting he’s properly fit. Hopefully we can nurture him into the £15million player he was touted as previously.

I thought I’d get in with a positive before the inevitable (and maybe partially justified) negativity kicks off.

 

[ThatJa]

Burke is our best striker atm and thats such a shit thing to have to say. It shows the position we are in atm.

 

[bongleblade]

fully agree, looked a class above tonight and was unlucky to not clock an assist, looks like he will be a real player for us this season

 

[drblade]

Yep, promising signs.

 

[Ukkonen]

Played well in a bad situation, should be a starter at the weekend.

 

[JS Blade]

Excellent bit of business.

 

[robbiez666]

Yep, was going to come on here and say that. Impressed me tonight. Looked absolutely shattered but was running to the end and our best attacks went through him.

The only issue, outside of the pace, is that he seems in many ways to play in a similar role to McGoldrick. He's not an out and out striker, and it shows.

 

[OrderOfStGeorge]

I must admit when we signed him I thought what the hell is wilder playing at but he was really good tonight and gave a really good account of himself tonight and the stand out player for us.

 

[BiggerBladeThanThou]

I don't know what games some of you watch...

He did okay but flipping eck.

 

[Greasy Chap Butty]

Looks good, and crucial tonight, stopped some build ups before they started.

 

[S64 Blade]

Would my top choice to start up front versus Leeds.

 

[Kevincarterversion2.0]

Burke showed flashes of quality - something we lack in the final third - which is encouraging.

 

[Trafford]

People keep saying that he is lightning fast but I haven’t seen much evidence of that yet? Hes not outpaced anybody that I can remember. That’s not a dig, he worked really hard, I just haven’t seen the pace that everyone else seemingly has.

 

[Booker4]

Played well, and shows promise. Great amount of running, we really miss Moose and hopefully we can get this other striker in v soon.

 

[Varkanoid]

Looked quick, sharp, tried his best up front on his own, dribble and pass to Bash was sensational - talking about Burke, sounds like it should be Mousset.

Think we may have found a rough diamond.

 

[Latters]

Yep, was going to come on here and say that. Impressed me tonight. Looked absolutely shattered but was running to the end and our best attacks went through him.

The only issue, outside of the pace, is that he seems in many ways to play in a similar role to McGoldrick. He's not an out and out striker, and it shows.

Agree with that, he did come deep too much tonight, but I suppose a game where we’ve had a man sent off after ten minutes and are sitting deep isn’t great to judge this. If he’d have stood on his own up front he’d have ended up even more isolated.

 

[AdamSufc1997]

Got pace which is what we need but again we have no quality up front

 

[MCRBlade]

Burke looked more dangerous than any of the other strikers we have. Has to start

 

[Nah den]

Probably the only positive tonight, thought he did quite well given what he had to do on his own, clearly knackered after about 60 mins. Berge showed that he'll be good in that role, although a couple of sloppy passes, but the way he moves through the thirds with the ball is promising.

 

[JOEYDEE]

Did some good keeper closing down work,could have dropped on with a bit more luck,a la Mane ...

 

[The Vicar]

Quality?????????????

Not sure I have seen any in the 2 games I have suffered! Individual errors yes & not convincing defending so far this season, but quality from us, I have not seen any.

Any shots [not headers] on target in 2 games?

 

[FTPE]

Strong and incredibly fast but above all else he showed a brilliant attitude!!

 

[jono_t2000]

Don't think he attempted one shot tonight.. like others have said he isn't and out and out striker who's going to nail one from the edge of the box.. apart from that he put in a solid shift.

 

[Birley Blade]

Only player on the pitch for us that gave a fuck. Everyone, not just a few but EVERYBODY BAR Burke constantly ball watching. I’ve never seen so much time and space on the ball. He pressed Villa’s defence from start to finish. Can’t really fault him because he’s the only player putting in genuine effort.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Burke is not a striker, his good work bits were all when he went wide. Better than I expected but he wasn't comfortable in the middle. STRIKERS required.

 

[Stretch]

He works his arse off and is a menace. He needs to stop tripping over though.

I think he will do well once he has settled.

 

[McGoaldrick]

Like him. Shame he didn’t get any time up top with McGoldrick, really thought tonight was a good game for them both

 

[Luke1993]

He will offer a lot more than Robinson, so to swap him and get £3m is great business.

 

[Bergen Blade]

He also showed a couple of times that he's got a good leap, beating Mings in the air.

 

[Varkanoid]

He will offer a lot more than Robinson, so to swap him and get £3m is great business.

Yeah watching the West Brom highlights at the weekend we did a good deal.