Robinson v Burke

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What a stupid deal that was Wilder you fool.
 
It would be nice to see how Burke performed as a winger at some point in these remaining matches instead of persisting in trying to make him the striker he’s not.

Still, that’s this season’s theme, isn’t it? Keep trying the same thing over and over until it works once so you can tell everyone you were right and they were all wrong.

Seems the only explanation for the continued persistent in approach.
 
Robinson seems a lovely lovely lad but to say he has a brain bigger than anyone let alone a footballing one is very misleading
 
Blacksea said:
Definitely frustrating for Chelsea fans.
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That 1 point he got us at Chelsea was worth keeping him around for when the rest of the time he was next to useless?

There was the assist against Man U too, but even Burke has contributed to getting us a win this season in a team that's a shadow of the one Robinson was playing in.
 
Drunk blade said:
Robbinson is much better at present, although if someone can coach Burke to finish he could be a world beater with his pace

Imo he needs to step down to league 1 or league 2 football for a couple of seasons and build his confidence up, he would score 30 plus goals a season in the lower leagues because of his pace and probably miss another 100 chances on top of that
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Oh Robbinson. For a minute I thought you meant that Robbins fellow. Awful!!!!
Champagneblade said:
It would be nice to see how Burke performed as a winger at some point in these remaining matches instead of persisting in trying to make him the striker he’s not.

Still, that’s this season’s theme, isn’t it? Keep trying the same thing over and over until it works once so you can tell everyone you were right and they were all wrong.

Seems the only explanation for the continued persistent in approach.
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it would not be nice. He’d push it past the full back and run full steam ahead to get to the ball. So far so good. Then he’d either run it over the goal line or fall over in a heap.
 
Drunk blade said:
Robbinson is much better at present, although if someone can coach Burke to finish he could be a world beater with his pace

Imo he needs to step down to league 1 or league 2 football for a couple of seasons and build his confidence up, he would score 30 plus goals a season in the lower leagues because of his pace and probably miss another 100 chances on top of that
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Oh Robbinson. For a minute I thought you meant that Robbins fellow. Awful!!!!
 
Drunk blade said:
Robbinson is much better at present, although if someone can coach Burke to finish he could be a world beater with his pace

Imo he needs to step down to league 1 or league 2 football for a couple of seasons and build his confidence up, he would score 30 plus goals a season in the lower leagues because of his pace and probably miss another 100 chances on top of that
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well thats ok then cos he is stepping down a league or maybe 2
 
Burke may be one of the fastest strikers in the Premier League, but he's playing for a team that's pretty clueless when it comes to making use of pace. I doubt Robinson would score goals for us now when he didn't last sesason, but WBA have got some momentum with Allardyce and as Robinson has good technical ability he's going to make a contribution if given some service.
 
bromtom said:
Getting money and a player of similar quality in trade for a striker (?) who neshed out of any potential challenge for the ball and who didn't score goals?

Great deal for me.

Think some people have forgotten how frustrating Robinson was to watch against anyone but Chesterfield.
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Both have question marks about being prem quality but who would you rather have in our team next season in the championship?
 
Bergen Blade said:
Burke may be one of the fastest strikers in the Premier League, but he's playing for a team that's pretty clueless when it comes to making use of pace. I doubt Robinson would score goals for us now when he didn't last sesason, but WBA have got some momentum with Allardyce and as Robinson has good technical ability he's going to make a contribution if given some service.
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For the last time Burke is not a footballer why do you keep going on about fucking pace as for a striker have a look at his goal scoring record.
 
Chingo said:
Both have question marks about being prem quality but who would you rather have in our team next season in the championship?
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Burke, because he's not nesh.

I watched Callum Robinson enough backing out of not even 50/50s, 70/30s he'd slow down and concede it to the opponent.

Burke is younger, is actually fast, gets stuck in, and hasn't got the injury record of Robinson afaik.

Give them equal service and I don't think there's much in it in goal return so the speed/commitment/age/injuries make Burke the winner for me.
 
bromtom said:
Burke is younger, is actually fast, gets stuck in, and hasn't got the injury record of Robinson afaik.
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yeah but isnt that because when he gets in the box the ball goes one way and he goes the other so would never be near it to get tackled/injured. Its like he is running that fast his legs and brain lose communication and the ball is somewhere down there on the grass.
 



bromtom said:
Burke, because he's not nesh.

I watched Callum Robinson enough backing out of not even 50/50s, 70/30s he'd slow down and concede it to the opponent.

Burke is younger, is actually fast, gets stuck in, and hasn't got the injury record of Robinson.
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We’re gonna have to disagree mate , imo Robinson is 5 times the footballer Burke is
 
I said in October, when Robinson had 2 goals, that he had already outscored Burke for the season. 6 months later that remains true.

Of course, it's worse than that:

Robinson: 5 league goals
Burke/Brewster/McBurnie/Mousset: 2 league goals

Burke is a terrible footballer, and is not, and has never been, a striker. He was signed for one purpose - to get rid of Robinson. We should have made WBA pay full whack if they wanted him, but no, we let them fleece us by dumping Burke on us.

Burke is fast, but I can recall one occasion in a league game where his pace has led to something tangible - the penalty v Villa. Nothing else. He loses the ball with no one around him, he's easy to knock off it, and he falls over a lot. He also has no footballing brain, repeatedly making poor decisions.

I remain amazed that someone so devoid of any basic footballing skills can be transferred for multi million pounds more than once.

The sad thing is that you can argue that it's not even the worst transfer business Wilder did in that window.

As Champagneblade says, we could try him as a winger, but heaven forbid we do anything innovative.
 
bromtom said:
Give them equal service and I don't think there's much in it in goal return so the speed/commitment/age/injuries make Burke the winner for me.
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Burke has put more shots out for a throw in than he's scored goals this season. I'm no Robinson fan but this is nuts.
 
Judging Burke as a striker is wholly unfair.. He isn't a striker and has never pretended to be. If he could play off the shoulder and we had just one fucker who could thread a pass he might just use that pace to score a few, like that lacazette bloke Saturday. Ffs.
If you want to blame someone for his strike rate blame wilder.
 
Burke is up there with Wilders worst signings. Robinson would have turned good, especially in the championship. We were so short sighted with that deal, I genuinely think we did it just so we’d made a signing at the time
 
burke has to be played as a winger in a 442 set up and if we dont play that system might as well get rid he aint a striker wilder took a punt and like a few other punts it hasnt come off
 
Revolution said:
I said in October, when Robinson had 2 goals, that he had already outscored Burke for the season. 6 months later that remains true.

Of course, it's worse than that:

Robinson: 5 league goals
Burke/Brewster/McBurnie/Mousset: 2 league goals

Burke is a terrible footballer, and is not, and has never been, a striker. He was signed for one purpose - to get rid of Robinson. We should have made WBA pay full whack if they wanted him, but no, we let them fleece us by dumping Burke on us.

Burke is fast, but I can recall one occasion in a league game where his pace has led to something tangible - the penalty v Villa. Nothing else. He loses the ball with no one around him, he's easy to knock off it, and he falls over a lot. He also has no footballing brain, repeatedly making poor decisions.

I remain amazed that someone so devoid of any basic footballing skills can be transferred for multi million pounds more than once.

The sad thing is that you can argue that it's not even the worst transfer business Wilder did in that window.

As Champagneblade says, we could try him as a winger, but heaven forbid we do anything innovative.
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He pressed Deano to give the ball away when we scored at the Lane v Man U.
 
One of wilders worst bits of business, burkes record was shocking before he joined - hes even worse in the flesh than his record suggest. He would be decent in league 1 but the prem and championship are beyond him. Robbo was always a decent footballer but typical united and fans dont appreciate that and want pashun, and someone who just does nothing but runs around and gets stuck in for 90 minutes, its a really tinpot, limiting, 90s mentality. I wouldnt have burke near the bench let alone starting games in the prem.

Robbo is a better striker/winger and a better footballer just not as quick. Really poor business.
 
CarlMcBlade said:
You’ve got to applaud West Brom, they’re giving it a bloody good go. It must be really embarrassing for them, to be only one place above us...10 points between 19th and 20th place...Truly ashamed of my team.
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When we beat WBA, I was sure that at the very least we'd not finish bottom if for no other reason the squad had the pride and fighting spirit to make sure it didn't happen. With the convenient excuse of the manager situation, we've earned 3 points in the 9 games since and my concern is that actually they don't have the bollocks to fight to win any more points over the remaining games.

As you say, WBA are giving it a go, though good really only in the last two weeks. But they'll still go down, rendering the considerable short term expenditure on Diagne, Maitland-Niles and Yokuzlu a waste.
 
Champagneblade said:
It would be nice to see how Burke performed as a winger at some point in these remaining matches instead of persisting in trying to make him the striker he’s not.

Still, that’s this season’s theme, isn’t it? Keep trying the same thing over and over until it works once so you can tell everyone you were right and they were all wrong.

Seems the only explanation for the continued persistent in approach.
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Exactly what I was thinking Burke has never been an out and out striker in his life, he played RWB for alaves last season! Wilder tried and failed to play him in a position he is definitely not a natural in (hence a lack of composure through 1v1). He is and always will be a winger/wide player and we just dont have his natural position in the team, which is why he was a strange target in the first place.
He has his faults but to give him pelters because he isnt a good striker is like giving Billy stick because he isnt a great RWB
 
MalmoBlade said:
Robinson's a young enthusiastic lad who needed guidance from a manager who cared. he's getting that care at WBA and showing some genuine quality. I thought he was ideal replacement for Duffy but CW brought him in as a winger, when we have never played with wingers ever since. Bizarre.

Burke? A white Littlejohn. Lightning, but give him a ball and the wheels come off
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That's disrespectful to Littlejohn. He at least had the odd decent finish on him
 



Deano said:
Robinson isn’t good enough for the PL (a bit like all but 3 or 4 of our squad) but he is far better than Burke. Wilder’s transfer business was scandalous.
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Revolution said:
I said in October, when Robinson had 2 goals, that he had already outscored Burke for the season. 6 months later that remains true.

Of course, it's worse than that:

Robinson: 5 league goals
Burke/Brewster/McBurnie/Mousset: 2 league goals

Burke is a terrible footballer, and is not, and has never been, a striker. He was signed for one purpose - to get rid of Robinson. We should have made WBA pay full whack if they wanted him, but no, we let them fleece us by dumping Burke on us.

Burke is fast, but I can recall one occasion in a league game where his pace has led to something tangible - the penalty v Villa. Nothing else. He loses the ball with no one around him, he's easy to knock off it, and he falls over a lot. He also has no footballing brain, repeatedly making poor decisions.

I remain amazed that someone so devoid of any basic footballing skills can be transferred for multi million pounds more than once.

The sad thing is that you can argue that it's not even the worst transfer business Wilder did in that window.

As Champagneblade says, we could try him as a winger, but heaven forbid we do anything innovative.
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Burke's also as thick as a bag of Hammer's 😂
 
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