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defendyourself

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Burke is the biggest fail

27 August 2023 - 12:59 PM

I do feel bad for Troy, and, to a lesser extent, Struber.

I am starting to think that Burke was the most critical swing and a miss by the FO. It seems like they were expecting Burke to come in and being an everyday starter. In an alternate universe, Morgan, Luquinhas, and Vanzeir playing off of a strong target man like Burke should have been pretty dynamic.

It's not Burke's fault either. He plays incredibly hard, but he doesn't seem like he's the guy to lead the line on his own without dynamic players around him and he seems like he's a bit too fragile to play 90 minutes every week. He's being asked to do more than he really can be reasonably expected to and he seems to have regressed in terms of finishing as well...

I think the biggest indictment of Troy is how flat the team came out yesterday. Early on in his tenure, there was a lot of positive energy and it seemed like there was some semblance of attacking movement. Last night, there really wasn't any of that Barlow and Stroud, to their credit, caused a bit of chaos and pushed the team to pick up their energy level in he 2nd half, so those were probably the right subs, but the overall attacking direction was pretty slow and aimless.

Still, with better finishers, that game is probably a draw.


i agree on Burke signing being our biggest/most critical fail.  But i think part of it could be that he began to hit his age curve at an inopportune time for us.  When you sign guys that rely on their physicality to be successful this is the age they start breaking down. His body unfortunately can't handle a starter's load