Oli McBurnie

[Danetheblade]

Great lad, but barely hit a barn door for us. Cost £20 million for the privilege. Our recruitment was so bad that we were desperate to have him back.

Barely hit a barn door.. yet was easily our greatest striker in recent history.

Asked to play as a target man by a dinosaur of a manager. Yet he’s been around the top scorers in the league when played as what he’s actually good at. Go figure.

 

[mattbianco1]

Spent 5 years here and couldn’t play more than 4 games in a row without having a month out.

That's nonsense. Can't be arsed to check, but I guarantee he played 5 games in a row on multiple occasions

 

[Melbourne Blade]

He'd have been poo for us this season as we were absolutely poo. He'd have scored about 7 goals and probably be injured most of the season. But good on him anyway and congrats to Hull. They showed more fight than us all season and I like their manager and owner.

Shame we didn't re-sign that Egan fella though!

 

[Revolution]

Good for him. When he was with us in the playoffs he was, of course, injured and he ended up in Court charged with assault.

I wouldn’t want him back. And Wilder thought the same in 2024.

 

[Keen Blade]

Really pleased for the lad.

Reality is, if wilder was here in the summer, we would have signed him. Selles didn't want him, so we didn't.

If we signed him, we wouldn't have signed Bamford.

Would we have done any better this season with mcburnie instead of bamford? No. Our defence was terrible.

McBurnie was a good defender of crosses.

 

[Keen Blade]

I was hot and cold about him.
He was excellent in our box at defending corners. Sadly the opposite in opponent box when attacking corners. Too often gobbing off at officials.
However there were times when he scored some crucial goals. Particularly the equaliser against Man Utd.
For a centre forward though he didn't score enough for us. But we didn't exactly always play to his strengths.
Look at how well he's done at Hull this season with the right service.
On a free I think he would have been worth a punt if he'd have come. Certainly a better option than Cannon. ( who may hopefully come good next season)
Would have been interesting to see how well McBurnie and Bamford would work out together up top.

Cannon may hopefully come good next season ??????
Have you ever watched him play ?
McB & Bamford up top ??????
Have we ever played two target men ?

 

[Blacksea]

Hull have got the best out of him by doing whatever it took to get the best out of him,and that's what it's all about with your players,getting the best out of them to produce where it matters,on the pitch,and now they have been handsomely rewarded.
Their game management yesterday was a masterclass in how to get through a massive game and come out on top,it might not have been pretty,but for all of Middlesbroughs much hyped so called big players,the ones that ran the show against us s few months ago,they were rendered as paper tigers,while the real tigers in name and players got on with their jobs,held their nerve and took their chance when it came.

 

[BiggerBladeThanThou]

Don't ever change Oli.
Good lad...View attachment 237687

Iconic. One of the few footballing characters left.

 

[PrestwichBlade]

Barely hit a barn door.. yet was easily our greatest striker in recent history.

Asked to play as a target man by a dinosaur of a manager. Yet he’s been around the top scorers in the league when played as what he’s actually good at. Go figure.

Indeed. Nowt really against McBurnie as a player, but I think his success this season, plus some others who have done well, really highlights more a recent inability or unwillingness to play players in positions/systems that suit their strengths and more damningly our woeful recent inability to keep players consistently fit.

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

Swansea McBurnie went prolific for a bit, in a system that suited him.

United McBurnie, he admitted in his interview yesterday, he wasn't quite ready enough or mature enough to be the main man that we wanted him to be.

Now, he's back in a system that suits him but with added maturity about him.

 

[The Crab]

Is he better than what we have?

Apart from Bamford yes he is.

But we didn’t use him right before and I’m not sure we would again. Hull are getting a tune out of him. I’d say similar about Kieffer Moore

 

[Bladedog]

He'd have been poo for us this season as we were absolutely poo. He'd have scored about 7 goals and probably be injured most of the season. But good on him anyway and congrats to Hull. They showed more fight than us all season and I like their manager and owner.

Shame we didn't re-sign that Egan fella though!

Poo?? Don't you mean shit?? It's not a pig forum..you're allowed to swear.

 

[Bell4]

Last 20-30 minutes of the match today he hardly touched the ball just jogged round pressuring the forwards. Hull going forward he laid off the ball to the left side with Hull in acres of space. He gets in the box cross comes in keeper fumbles it and McB happens to be in the right spot at the right time. A £200 million goal.

That being us we would have been given offside (forget who it was in offside position might have been Gelhart)

Luck ? Skill ? Lets see how he does in the PL.

Thought he was great

 

[Bell4]

Hull have got the best out of him by doing whatever it took to get the best out of him,and that's what it's all about with your players,getting the best out of them to produce where it matters,on the pitch,and now they have been handsomely rewarded.
Their game management yesterday was a masterclass in how to get through a massive game and come out on top,it might not have been pretty,but for all of Middlesbroughs much hyped so called big players,the ones that ran the show against us s few months ago,they were rendered as paper tigers,while the real tigers in name and players got on with their jobs,held their nerve and took their chance when it came.

This

You could see it unfurling.

Thought Midds were poor - tippy tappy rubbish - toothless .

Well done Hull

 

[lazyfecklessblade]

Hull weren’t arsed about keeping the ball today, and left him up high (hence the strolling around on the half way line).

His job was holding it up and bringing their runners in when they won the ball back and shoed it up to him, and he did that really well (the goal starts with him doing exactly this).

Fair play Oli. Personally I just think he’s a daft lad, and I’ve a soft spot for a daft lad.

 

[Cheeky Blade]

Would we have been better this season with Bernie?

I think most would say yes.

 

[Melbourne Blade]

Poo?? Don't you mean shit?? It's not a pig forum..you're allowed to swear.

I got an 87% toxic score when I said shit twice so changed it

 

[Cheesebored]

Barely hit a barn door.. yet was easily our greatest striker in recent history.

Lordy, Lordy. Where to start with this.

 

[luffenhamblade]

Would we have been better this season with Bernie?

I think most would say yes.

The version Hull had last season 100%.

The version we saw when he was with us maybe 60%

Which version would we see, given our propensity for injuries and lacklustre coaching?

But he'd be having fun, so that would be ok.