Malwood
Geoff Thomas
We're a bit beyond this kind of player I think
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Oliver Burke
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eyupmeduck
Geoff Thomas
Is bring him back if we needs some slabs laying but not to play football
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Yes he does, and now it is glued together.
Jah
Jack Armstrong
What's Chris Burke doing these days?
Robbie Earnshaw
A. Trialist
According to the BBC he scored the winner for Werder Bremen against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.
Morpeth
John Robertson
Hilarious game that. 2-0 until the 89th minute and win 3-2.
Project Zeus
Steve Chettle
Rejoined Millwall on loan.
It's funny thinking back to the meltdown we had after Fawaz sold him on deadline day. It's the only time he had someone's pants down.
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It's funny thinking back to the meltdown we had after Fawaz sold him on deadline day. It's the only time he had someone's pants down.
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Fitzcarraldo
Ian Storey-Moore
Someone told me he was worth £40-50m.
Haych
John Robertson
You got me worried when I saw this thread being bumped.
A bad move to RB Leipzig killed his career before it started, his best spell is still that few weeks before we sold him.
Made a shit ton of cash in Germany though so that helps.
A bad move to RB Leipzig killed his career before it started, his best spell is still that few weeks before we sold him.
Made a shit ton of cash in Germany though so that helps.
Ashley
Steve Chettle
Same, I thought it was another person bringing him up and suggesting that we sign him based on his form nearly 7 years ago (as has been the case every window since he left) or that the club had done something stupid by bringing him back!
He has had more clubs than Tiger Woods. Surprised clubs at Championship level or higher are still getting suckered into signing him as he doesn't seem to do much anywhere he goes. He must have an absolutely amazing agent.
Rzar
Bob McKinlay
Let's be honest Burke probably killed his own career, he always looks disinterested to me. On & off the pitch.
He has had plenty of moves most players would dream about, he has just let himself down and is wasting his career.
He has had plenty of moves most players would dream about, he has just let himself down and is wasting his career.
Haych
John Robertson
I heard at the time from people locally who knew him he signed for about 50 grand a week at Leipzig.
I doubt I’d give a shit either if as a young man someone made me a multi millionaire.
I doubt I’d give a shit either if as a young man someone made me a multi millionaire.
Ashley
Steve Chettle
Played under plenty of decent managers too, but no one could get a tune out of him.
Definitely a player problem rather than just bad choices of clubs at this point.
MaxiRobriguez
Bob McKinlay
Who knows what happened with him? Had all the tools... pace, strength, trickery, decent finish.. to choose his career path both in terms of where to go and what position he wanted to play in.
Suspect he'll look back after retirement both happy that he got the move which set him up for life but also a tinge of sadness that he didn't kick on and make a proper name for himself.
Suspect he'll look back after retirement both happy that he got the move which set him up for life but also a tinge of sadness that he didn't kick on and make a proper name for himself.
A colleague of mine is a Werder fan, and the topic of young Burke has come up occasionally; his take on it - and an accepted story from the Werder fanbase - is that the coaching staff at Werder expressed their dismay with Burke because he was in their words, „dicker als Schwein scheiße„ (I’ll let you translate that), unable to understand or follow tactical and positional instructions both during training and during matches.
He was effectively just relying on his pace and power to get into attacking positions.
It’s a real pity, because physically he has all the tools, and I thought his aggressive, physical style would be a good fit for the Bundesliga.
MaxiRobriguez
Bob McKinlay
Some players you just have to forego tactical instruction and just accept what they bring to the team in raw physicality unleashed negates any drawbacks of them not following tactical instruction.
We have that scenario here in Brennan Johnson. Cooper's decision to switch him out to a right-sided forward rather than right winger has reduced the need for him to cover defensively (which he's not very good at) whilst still benefitting from his explosive pace.
Philippe Montanier and freedman did.
Ashley
Steve Chettle
A long, long time ago.
EmmersonForest4
Steve Chettle
Im not gonna lie that period under Montanier before we sold him he looked like the next Gareth Bale. I looked him and thought hed be a top top Premier league player. Out of all our youngsters hes been the most disspointing. His plight is such a shame. However I think that ship has sailed that he is going to be top top class.
Harvey
Chrissy Cohen
Just shows how the wrong move early in your career can really screw you over
He might well be an established PL player now if he'd made the right move
I think it's fair to say RB Leipzig was not it, at least football-wise anyway
He might well be an established PL player now if he'd made the right move
I think it's fair to say RB Leipzig was not it, at least football-wise anyway
it was the wrong move for him but he still is doing all right for himself. Far better than dale jennings who joined bayern munich from tranmere at 18 years old for 1 million. Completely ruined him and he's playing now in some obscure non league team.
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Statto
Free Kick Specialist
It was about 3 matches though before we sold him, under an attacking manager who didn't care much for defending. Might have just been a purple patch, but we cashed in because it was silly money for such an inexperienced kid. Could have gone either way to be fair though.
EmmersonForest4
Steve Chettle
No I agree but just saying that purple patch he had was so so exciting I have not seen anything like it. Him and Hildeberto were mint to watch.