Oliver Burke

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Bladesince59 said:
Burke, I am sorry, adds absolutely fuck all.
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Tonight he brought nothing. But otherwise, he just brings a bit of chaos. He’s an out ball who can shake up defenders. Nine times out of ten the end product will be poor, but he stretches the field, and when that one time out of ten comes, we’ll be lauding him as a £30 million striker. Hopefully people are realising that there won’t just be a lightbulb moment with him though. He’s a tremendous athlete but a poor footballer.
 
N20 Blade said:
Disagree. Burke was a liability and brought us down to nine men effectively. Brave call from wilder and agree with his comments.
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I agree with Wilder's comments, doesn't mean that he should say it.

Burke was very good against Manchester United and has shown promise in other matches, needs a lot of coaching but there is a player there. Certainly more effective than Robinson.
 
LondonBlade89 said:
Tonight he brought nothing. But otherwise, he just brings a bit of chaos. He’s an out ball who can shake up defenders. Nine times out of ten the end product will be poor, but he stretches the field, and when that one time out of ten comes, we’ll be lauding him as a £30 million striker. Hopefully people are realising that there won’t just be a lightbulb moment with him though. He’s a tremendous athlete but a poor footballer.
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If he doesn’t sharpen up, once his pace goes, he’s going to tumble down the leagues.
 
Thought he was really poor and also work rate tonight too. Could have put a lot more effort in as only on for 30 minutes.
 
The right decision to bring him on—down to 10, helps us keep their defence pushed back to minimise their numerical advantage, and gives us an out-ball that retains some threat.

The right decision to bring him off—closing out the game, under the cosh, Mr Aerial Duel will help us out.

Maybe clumsy words from Wilder, again, but nothing to see here.
 
Klaatu Barada Nikto said:
If he doesn’t sharpen up, once his pace goes, he’s going to tumble down the leagues.
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When he signed, I was keen to try and find any kind of evidence that he could thrive. Maybe he’d never had a run of games, maybe he’d never had a run of games up front, maybe he was late to the sport. None of that. He was in the Forest academy since the age of eight and has played a mixture of winger and striker in four different European leagues. At 23, I wouldn’t rule out some kind of progress. But I can’t see him getting there really. He’s just not got the ability. I don’t buy into “there’s a player on there” or “just needs coaching”. There’s an absolute athlete in there, you just can’t coach what he doesn’t have IMO when it comes to the highest level.
 
At times this season i thought he has looked like he had something about him and had been talking him up as a potentially important player for us in The Championship with that pace.... but the last three or four performances have been poor and tonight it was what I call a “George Weah’s Cousin” of a performance.
 



Been begging for Burke to get more game time, but disappointed me today, his desire when the rest of the team were putting their bodies on the line just didnt seem to be there tonight for whatever reason.
 
LondonBlade89 said:
When he signed, I was keen to try and find any kind of evidence that he could thrive. Maybe he’d never had a run of games, maybe he’d never had a run of games up front, maybe he was late to the sport. None of that. He was in the Forest academy since the age of eight and has played a mixture of winger and striker in four different European leagues. At 23, I wouldn’t rule out some kind of progress. But I can’t see him getting there really. He’s just not got the ability. I don’t buy into “there’s a player on there” or “just needs coaching”. There’s an absolute athlete in there, you just can’t coach what he doesn’t have IMO when it comes to the highest level.
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Sadly he's not a footballer, not meaning to be distrepectfull put maybe he should take up the 100metres or Athletics in some form.
 
If he wasn't injured he should be ashamed of his 'effort' if you could call it that tonight. Absolute joke and glad CW has in a way called him out on it.
 
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FMBlade1 said:
I agree with Wilder's comments, doesn't mean that he should say it.

Burke was very good against Manchester United and has shown promise in other matches, needs a lot of coaching but there is a player there. Certainly more effective than Robinson.
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He clearly brought him on to deal with late balls in the box and potential corners. There was nobody else he could really bring off.

And we all know how good McBurnie is at keeping the ball out of the net...sorry couldn't resist 😂
 
Yewsman said:
Thought he was really poor and also work rate tonight too. Could have put a lot more effort in as only on for 30 minutes.
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I Agree, normally I don't mind the pace & effort he can bring
 
Hi, Stegosaurus here

Burke reminds me of when the special kid at school did PE and just ran around at full speed getting in everybody's way.


And I'll jump in before anyone comments. No, I wasn't the special kid.
 
Stegosaurus said:
Hi, Stegosaurus here

Burke reminds me of when the special kid at school did PE and just ran around at full speed getting in everybody's way.


And I'll jump in before anyone comments. No, I wasn't the special kid.
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so you say
 
If they don't already, the club needs to employ a sports psychologist and book Burke in for some intensive sessions. His shortcomings are nothing to do with his physical attributes, it's all about what's going on between the ears. He needs to be taught / coached to develop a bit of ice in his veins and make better choices.

Countless times this year he's been in positions that the simple, unselfish option is the right one and would have lead to very good chances. A little cut back, a drilled cross to feet etc. You saw a moment of that last night - he ran himself into a dead end out on the John Street touch line and had a moment when the blood stopped pumping to his legs and his brain got some attention and he laid the ball off to a player in a better position. Needs more of that in the vital moments and he'll be away.
 
Ron_Justice said:
If they don't already, the club needs to employ a sports psychologist and book Burke in for some intensive sessions. His shortcomings are nothing to do with his physical attributes, it's all about what's going on between the ears. He needs to be taught / coached to develop a bit of ice in his veins and make better choices.

Countless times this year he's been in positions that the simple, unselfish option is the right one and would have lead to very good chances. A little cut back, a drilled cross to feet etc. You saw a moment of that last night - he ran himself into a dead end out on the John Street touch line and had a moment when the blood stopped pumping to his legs and his brain got some attention and he laid the ball off to a player in a better position. Needs more of that in the vital moments and he'll be away.
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I don't agree. It's certainly true he has no football brain at all but his basic skills are awful for a professional player. His shooting is awful, is ball control is very poor (how often does he lose control of the ball when he's essentially just dribbling on his own?), he has no positional awareness at all, and he constantly mistimes jumps for headers.

I am amazed that a player this poor has been sold twice for multi million pounds.
 



Revolution said:
I don't agree. It's certainly true he has no football brain at all but his basic skills are awful for a professional player. His shooting is awful, is ball control is very poor (how often does he lose control of the ball when he's essentially just dribbling on his own?), he has no positional awareness at all, and he constantly mistimes jumps for headers.

I am amazed that a player this poor has been sold twice for multi million pounds.
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See, I think so many of his issues are to do with him not having the time to think. He only has one primary mode - receive ball, head down, aim for the big white rectangle. If he could find a way to give himself a moment of clarity when in decisive moments, he could become an assist king. Thats where he needs to change. He needs to stop only seeing his roll as a goal scorer and realise one of, if not the greatest asset is letting other people score with the space and situations he creates.
 
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