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He's a spectator with the best season ticket in the business. He gets to watch the game from the middle of the pitch while doing absolutely fuck all.

You can complain all day about the lack of service, but Burke, McBurnie, McGoldrick all manage to touch the ball far more times than he does (even when you adjust per minutes played).

Touch stats:

17. Rhian Brewster, Sheffield United, England 190 touches
18. Jack O'Connell, Sheffield United, England, 101 touches

He's had basically the same amount of touches as JOC, who's been injured for the entire season! The only other players with less recorded touches are Jayden Bogle and Kean Bryan.

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Yes he's young, but he's not fluffing chances, he's not losing the ball constantly, he's not falling over every time the ball comes near him, he's not even playing badly... he's not playing at all!!

He's the 2020/2021 version of Brian Howard. When he's on the pitch we're playing with 10 men.

People keep saying "there's a good player in there somewhere". How the fuck do you know? He never gets involved! You might as well compliment the corner flag (except the corner flag didn't cost us £23.5 million).
 



Flawed said:
He's a spectator with the best season ticket in the business. He gets to watch the game from the middle of the pitch while doing absolutely fuck all.

You can complain all day about the lack of service, but Burke, McBurnie, McGoldrick all manage to touch the ball far more times than he does (even when you adjust per minutes played).

17. Rhian Brewster, Sheffield United, England 190 touches
18. Jack O'Connell, Sheffield United, England, 101 touches

(the only players with less recorded touches are Jayden Bogle and Kean Bryan.

He's had basically the same amount of touches as JOC, who's been injured for the entire season!

Yes he's young, but he's not fluffing chances, he's not losing the ball constantly, he's not falling over ever time the ball comes near him, he's not even playing badly... he's not playing at all!!

He's the 2020/2021 version of Brian Howard. When he's on the pitch we're playing with 10 men.

People keep saying "there's a good player in there somewhere". How the fuck do you know? He never gets involved! You might as well compliment the corner flag.
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I was warned he was just a finisher before we signed him. I didn’t realise how that could be taken to an extreme.

Given the obvious hole that needed filling, this is definitely up there as one of (if not the) most disappointing signings ever.

We can only hope that he will do will on a good team that creates chances (hopefully us in the championship) because given what we’ve paid, he’s going nowhere.
 
Flawed said:
He's a spectator with the best season ticket in the business. He gets to watch the game from the middle of the pitch while doing absolutely fuck all.

You can complain all day about the lack of service, but Burke, McBurnie, McGoldrick all manage to touch the ball far more times than he does (even when you adjust per minutes played).

Touch stats:

17. Rhian Brewster, Sheffield United, England 190 touches
18. Jack O'Connell, Sheffield United, England, 101 touches

He's had basically the same amount of touches as JOC, who's been injured for the entire season! The only other players with less recorded touches are Jayden Bogle and Kean Bryan.

Yes he's young, but he's not fluffing chances, he's not losing the ball constantly, he's not falling over every time the ball comes near him, he's not even playing badly... he's not playing at all!!

He's the 2020/2021 version of Brian Howard. When he's on the pitch we're playing with 10 men.

People keep saying "there's a good player in there somewhere". How the fuck do you know? He never gets involved! You might as well compliment the corner flag (except the corner flag didn't cost us £23.5 million).
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You ok hun?
 
he's not been great but i can't remember our corner flag scoring a goal every other game in the championship and having 30+ apps and 20+ goals in england's youth sides. there's obviously a player there.
 
Hes had nearly twice the touches of O'Connell to be fair. I'm not saying hes pulling any trees up and I agree he doesnt seem to get involved but hes not had anywhere near the same amount of touches.
 
The strikers don’t deserve a totally free ride, but the main job of a striker is to take chances - we aren’t creating any.

Yes all the strikers need to do more (McGoldrick excepted) but they’ve nothing to work with.

Put Billy up there and it’s the same thing.
 
We definitely needed another thread scapegoating a 20 year old thrown into one of the worst attacks in the history of the Premier League.

Incidentally, Mousset had the least amount of touches yesterday at the time he was subbed. Brewster barely touched the ball after replacing him. I think Hackford touched the ball twice. It's almost as if our forwards don't get good service or something.
 
Gimli said:
Put Billy up there and it’s the same thing.
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I don't believe that for a second. In terms of touches Billy was always moving into the channels to make himself available for a pass, and part of his game that was always underrated was the way he would back into defenders to receive the ball, hold the ball up and then wait for play to catch up. He didn't just touch the ball attempting to get goals for himself. Despite his reputation, he was never an out and out goalscorer, he did make himself available for a pass, and was always busy trying to bring others into the game.

I'm not particularly a big fan of McBurnie, but he's the same, always looks busy, tracks back, he's in defence one minute then attack the next.

What does Brewster contribute? It's not (just) the lack of goals I'm complaining about. It's everything else that a busy/active/involved player is supposed to be involved in.

It's not often I criticise our players on here (in fact, I would say I hardly ever do it, even on threads created by other people!), but I'm failing to see what he contributes to the team effort.

And yes, he probably will be far better in the future in a better team, but that doesn't excuse the lack of effort in the here and now, whilst here with us. He's not on a YTS scheme being paid £30 a week.
 
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Are there any stats for how many times he’s been given the ball by our non existent midfield? Or any of our strikers for that matter?

Yes, our strikers aren’t firing but they’re generally getting nothing to work with. How many times did McG have to track back to collect a ball from midfield yesterday?
 
Oh god, and now all the 'Billy Sharp did x' posts.
Billy Sharp looked good at times in the lower leagues, as has Brewster in his very limited time in the Championship (20 games).

Both look completely out of depth at this level.
The difference is, one has done for 6 months, the other for 15 years.
 
ekke287 said:
Are there any stats for how many times he’s been given the ball by our non existent midfield? Or any of our strikers for that matter?

Yes, our strikers aren’t firing but they’re generally getting nothing to work with. How many times did McG have to track back to collect a ball from midfield yesterday?
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He pretty much played in midfield. Other than Hackfords scuff shot late on I can’t remember a striker touching the ball in their box.
 
I agree with the comments about our strikers not getting any decent service from midfield BUT how many times have they tried to run at a defence with the ball?
Burke has tried a couple of times, but lacks the skill. The others don't seem to be able to attempt to dribble at all.
 
Touches and passes stats can be a bit peculiar.

Guess which player had the third most completed passes in the Premier League in the whole of 2020?

Harry Maguire!
 
Yogi said:
He pretty much played in midfield. Other than Hackfords scuff shot late on I can’t remember a striker touching the ball in their box.
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Exactly my point. Nothing coming in from a defensive (at best) midfield line underperforming and losing the ball, sometimes without any opposition pressure.

When Brewster gets three chances a game without scoring (like McBurnie) then we can criticise, until then it’s pointless to scapegoat him in a team doing nothing.
 
This statistic is utterly damming, not of Brewster, but of our performances. This screams of a team who are incapable of fashioning a chance. The only reason McBurnie gets many touches is that he's good in the air and has the ball smashed up to him all game. McGoldrick gets on it by basically being another midfielder.
This is exactly why Sharp isn't, and shouldn't be playing. He also wouldn't be getting on the ball and wouldn't bring anything.
Our midfield is just so, so poor that any striker is going to struggle. Once they're back fit I'd honestly be tempted to go for McBurnie and Burke. Someone to win flick ons, someone to run onto them. It's shit, basic football, but it's the only way I can see us fashioning chances and giving the opposition defence anything to think about.
 
1066blade said:
Spot on mate.
Blame the twat who spunked £20+ millions signing him.
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If the plan was to keep him and develop him over the next few seasons, I don't see it as a bad signing.
He showed last season, that even with no time in the professional game he could score 1 in 2 in the league below.

People need to accept that £20 million fees don't sign you much, especially when only willing to pay Championship wages.
So signing youngsters is the only way the club can look to improve in the long term.
 
PeterNdlovu081 said:
Touches and passes stats can be a bit peculiar.

Guess which player had the third most completed passes in the Premier League in the whole of 2020?

Harry Maguire!
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Oliver Norwood had the most successful forward passes, most successful crosses, most successful long balls and 2nd most accurate passes on the pitch yesterday (both teams).
 



He's in the very early stages of his career. He hasn't made a promising start, but I'm not going to write him off based on anything that happens this season.

He could go on to become a Jermaine Defoe type player if he works hard. A career at the top level scoring goals. The wrong type of player for where we are at though.
 
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