[Albion] If we do sign Webster, and Dan Burn plays well against against Valencia tonight...

Marshy · Aug 2, 2019

darkwolf666 said:
Why's that, so we'll have a strong team if we get relegated?

Nope. I would rather take a punt on an exceptional player in the championship than from Holland or Belgium for example.
Of course you can still get good value from those countries, but players from the championship for example are already battle hardened as it were.

Two Professors · Aug 2, 2019

Think he played well at Brum,so it's a vote for Dan here,Think he needs at least another half to confirm what a good player he is against better opposition.I don't think he's in Potter's plans though,as they didn't have him in the wall,odd for our tallest player.

Bob! · Aug 2, 2019

BensGrandad said:
As people know I wasnt impressed with Burn against BRUM I thought that he was our weak link so for me if Webster signs he plays on the right with Dunk on the left and Duffy in the centre as a back 3 or with Bernado at left back in a four.

Webster is a left sided defender, so I'd expect him to be on the left.

BensGrandad · Aug 2, 2019

Bob! said:
Webster is a left sided defender, so I'd expect him to be on the left.

I thought that it was said that he is a right sided and right footed defender, my mistake. That would make the selection of him D & D easier.

BevBHA · Aug 2, 2019

BensGrandad said:
As people know I wasnt impressed with Burn against BRUM I thought that he was our weak link so for me if Webster signs he plays on the right with Dunk on the left and Duffy in the centre as a back 3 or with Bernado at left back in a four.

Dunk in the middle of the three for me, as at Birmingham. Central one of the three gets us building from the back, so needs to be the player most comfortable on the ball. See David Luiz at Chelsea when Conte played 3 at the back, his distribution was vital

the right footed denilson · Aug 2, 2019

BevBHA said:
Dunk in the middle of the three for me, as at Birmingham. Central one of the three gets us building from the back, so needs to be the player most comfortable on the ball. See David Luiz at Chelsea when Conte played 3 at the back, his distribution was vital

Webster is potentially better on the ball than Dunk by the look of things.

BevBHA · Aug 2, 2019

the right footed denilson said:
Webster is potentially better on the ball than Dunk by the look of things.

Must be some player then! If that is the case then maybe Duffy in the middle to head it and boot it and the ball players on either side of him?

Ecosse Exile · Aug 2, 2019

the right footed denilson said:
Webster is potentially better on the ball than Dunk by the look of things.

I hate coparing with players from the past but...... I'm going to anyway :lol:

...... The way he brought the ball out of defence in the video that was posted, dribbling past opponents, decent pace over a short distance to get past his man reminded me of Mark Lawrenson. If he turns out anything like Lawro he'll be a bargain.

schmunk · Aug 2, 2019

Ecosse Exile said:
I hate coparing with players from the past but...... I'm going to anyway ...... The way he brought the ball out of defence in the video that was posted, dribbling past opponents, decent pace over a short distance to get past his man reminded me of Mark Lawrenson. If he turns out anything like Lawro he'll be a bargain.

"You're not wrong, Gary".

Behind Enemy Lines · Aug 2, 2019

The Tactician said:
...should he keep the shirt for the Watford game (and beyond) ?

I thought Burn did very well against Birmingham, and looked comfortable defending in wide spaces. Do the good folk of NSC think Potter will bring Webster in quickly, or wait and see how Burn starts the season? £22 million is an awful lot for a centre back sat on the bench...

Not going to pay 20 million quid for someone not to play.

Perkino · Aug 2, 2019

I'm just a little concerned about spending so much on a centreback who has no premier league experience. There must be others available for half this amount who can perform at a higher level but £20m+ for a defender is crazy money

crodonilson · Aug 2, 2019

Burn has had a full pre-season understanding and learning GPotts methods and expectations on organisation and shape (and understanding of his fellow defenders and GK). If Burn plays well tonight I'd be inclined to play him next week and if he continues to play well he should keep his shirt but I'd expect as Webby to start being eased in.

schmunk · Aug 2, 2019

schmunk said:
"You're not wrong, Gary".

Before posting this, I quickly Googled to check whether Lawro actually did say this. I saw it posted somewhere else on another forum so took that as proof.

Only on going back to close the other tab did I notice that it had been posted over 11 years ago by, errr, me...

fosters headband · Aug 2, 2019

Perkino said:
I'm just a little concerned about spending so much on a centreback who has no premier league experience. There must be others available for half this amount who can perform at a higher level but £20m+ for a defender is crazy money

Don't worry, if he signs by the weekend he will be available for a loan deal before the window closes

BensGrandad · Aug 2, 2019

If he signs today I would expect to see him thrown in for at least 25mins against Valencia.

SIMMO SAYS · Aug 2, 2019

BensGrandad said:
If he signs today I would expect to see him thrown in for at least 25mins against Valencia.

warsaw · Aug 2, 2019

As far as I can see nobody has yet suggested that maybe Duffy is the one under threat. Most of us at some point have commented that he's less comfortable in possession, although of course he's a fantastic defender and a great threat at set pieces. But can he play Potterball?

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Ecosse Exile · Aug 2, 2019

schmunk said:
Before posting this, I quickly Googled to check whether Lawro actually did say this. I saw it posted somewhere else on another forum so took that as proof.

Only on going back to close the other tab did I notice that it had been posted over 11 years ago by, errr, me...

The past coming back to haunt you :lol:

Ithought he had too though tbf, and did understand your comment, but if your going to search for shite said by Mark Lawrenson, i hope youv'e nothing else planned for today, cos you're going to be busy.

Great footballer but my god he talks some amount of bollox :lol:

PoG · Aug 2, 2019

warsaw said:
As far as I can see nobody has yet suggested that maybe Duffy is the one under threat.

You mean our second highest goal scorer last season yeah?

warsaw · Aug 2, 2019

PoG said:
You mean our second highest goal scorer last season yeah?

Indeed but consider the scenario, if we give the ball away in midfield with everyone caught forward our centre backs need to be able to cope with forwards running at them at pace. Can big Shane deal with that?

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