Gone Elsewhere Mcburnie

[The Crab]

Amazing how many are fuming we never signed this guaranteed goal machine when the vast majority didn't want him especially when he was here and he was nicknamed mcturdie mcuseless and countless other childish stupid nicknames I can't even remember they were that unfunny

Based on his precious record at other clubs I was on board with it.

With the benefit of hindsight I feel now he was utilised wrong, before and after (apart from maybe Las Palmas) he seems to have been finding the net.

Bringing him back would have been pointless as the system we play hasn’t changed much.

Ditto with Moore

 

[John Cutsbushes]

Bound to score
Absolutely despise ex players and wish him so much ill will its unhealthy
Egan and Lundstrum same
Scum

 

[Corkblade]

Bound to score
Absolutely despise ex players and wish him so much ill will its unhealthy
Egan and Lundstrum same
Scum

Eh, what nonsense, Egan was a legend for us and ollie always gave his all, lundstrum he basically downed tool's in his last season with us so l wouldn't have much time for , calling any of them scum says alot more about you than them

 

[spongebobblade]

Oh come on

The minority shouted the most. You were/are definitely in the minority

 

[Weasel]

The vast majority of Blade fans who i talked too in the real world i.e. not on this forum, were very much in favour of United getting McBurnie back in the summer. Me included. In fact, I was gutted he chose Hull (not made any easier when I heard CWs comments in the presser).

There were a good number on here who didnt want him back and I couldn't understand that but each to their own. But a few people on here saying that they didnt want McBurnie back doesn't equate to what i was hearing when I spoke to fellow Unitedites in the real world and not behind a keyboard.

Another cock up instigated by Ruben the Clown. Dear me he was piss poor (RS that is, not McBurnie).

I do agree though that we never really played to his strengths in his previous spell at the Lane. Banging it up top to him when he needs service from out wide.

 

[54yrblade]

26 goals in 146 games here, over 5 years is hardly prolific for a top striker.

His rates at Swansea, Barnsley and now at Hull are showing what he can do in a team that can play to his strengths and under managers who know how to get him firing properly

He's in the right place for him right now.

He'd be wasted here, I'm afraid, under current circumstances

 

[BalticBlade]

Wilder when Mcburnie scores tomorrow...

 

[LBA_Blade]

The Wilder presser from today covers it. He blames Selles for Moore’s exit and McBurnie not coming back.

I am not an anti Wilder person or pro Selles but that doesn't help if we are looking to move forwards. Wilder is trying for a get out jail free card by saying that. Ultimately McBurnie didn't have his contract extended when Wilder was in charge and we let it run down before he left on a free. McBurnie's best spell was under Hecky and I would associate the NDiaye and McBurnie era with Hecky and the promotion on the back of that. Moore wasn't exactly successful at BDTBL, he doesn't really fit the system scored 5 but didn't exactly tear up the place. As a club we are "too old school traditional" to try and change things overnight. We tried to bring a Spaniard in who wanted to change the system, the players, the culture including how we recruit within a month. Personally I wouldn't have sacked Hecky when the old board did and I was against "Wilder MK 2 & 3". What we need as a club now is to either keep "Old school blade" so look at Wilder as a permanent fixture for the next 10 years or so. He is still only 58 so that isn't unreasonable or we look to change the culture of the club to one of a more forwards thinking Brighton/Bournemouth/Brentford types. There is the risk that we could easily drop a league by doing that and it would take academy players to move us forwards both playing and selling however we have to think what do we want to be. "Steel old school" or new age.

 

[Houston_Blade]

I am not an anti Wilder person or pro Selles but that doesn't help if we are looking to move forwards. Wilder is trying for a get out jail free card by saying that. Ultimately McBurnie didn't have his contract extended when Wilder was in charge and we let it run down before he left on a free. McBurnie's best spell was under Hecky and I would associate the NDiaye and McBurnie era with Hecky and the promotion on the back of that. Moore wasn't exactly successful at BDTBL, he doesn't really fit the system scored 5 but didn't exactly tear up the place. As a club we are "too old school traditional" to try and change things overnight. We tried to bring a Spaniard in who wanted to change the system, the players, the culture including how we recruit within a month. Personally I wouldn't have sacked Hecky when the old board did and I was against "Wilder MK 2 & 3". What we need as a club now is to either keep "Old school blade" so look at Wilder as a permanent fixture for the next 10 years or so. He is still only 58 so that isn't unreasonable or we look to change the culture of the club to one of a more forwards thinking Brighton/Bournemouth/Brentford types. There is the risk that we could easily drop a league by doing that and it would take academy players to move us forwards both playing and selling however we have to think what do we want to be. "Steel old school" or new age.

I’d agree, but it will never happen so we may as well just stick to what we know and not try anything new. It’ll only end in tears if we do.

 

[LBA_Blade]

I’d agree, but it will never happen so we may as well just stick to what we know and not try anything new. It’ll only end in tears if we do.

Which for me isn't a problem, I am saw my 1st match in the early 90s and got addicted to the long ball shit football 442 we often played. It was aggressive at times, a lot of passion, teams didn't like coming to BDTBL. I used to love the FA Cup when we drew a big side, one of my favourite spells was beating Villa 3-1 at home and the away and home matches vs Arsenal at the old Highbury. At the moment we are stuck in between. I am not saying I would take 5 striker Warnock back and play 4-5-1 but it was good fun.

 

[Houston_Blade]

Which for me isn't a problem, I am saw my 1st match in the early 90s and got addicted to the long ball shit football 442 we often played. It was aggressive at times, a lot of passion, teams didn't like coming to BDTBL. I used to love the FA Cup when we drew a big side, one of my favourite spells was beating Villa 3-1 at home and the away and home matches vs Arsenal at the old Highbury. At the moment we are stuck in between. I am not saying I would take 5 striker Warnock back and play 4-5-1 but it was good fun.

I’m the same now, I think football will go full circle in the next 10-20 years and we’ll see a more direct approach once everyone realises that they can’t play like a Prime Pep team.

I just want to see decent entertaining football with good results. If I can’t have entertaining football then just results is fine, last season fit into this category with a typical Blades bottle job at the end.

We’ve been spoilt in recent years with some of the attacking players we’ve had, it will be a long time before before we have an MGW or Ndiaye playing for us regularly, McAtee was direct when he had the ball, now we’re very backwards and sideways with the odd punt into a channel and will continue to play this way under Wilder.

It’s much better than whatever Selles was peddling though, that was just pure dirge and the players clearly weren’t bought in.