Britt getting along fine without us [FLW]

'he was strong, quick off the mark and skillful, he could run with the ball at his feet and could pass and lay the ball off well'

what a laugh strong quick off the mark and skillful. come on man. its almost like britt is talking about himself.

supposed to be strong but couldnt hold up the ball.

quick off the mark, he'd struggle to out pace Hall.

skillful, dont ever remember seeing him use any skill. but i do remember him miss timing shots so bad he'd totally miss the ball. he couldnt time anything.

run with the ball at his feet, yes he could do that, usually slowly. very one paced player with and without the ball.

i dont even think he was a very good finisher. very average player.
 
indeedido said:
He absolutely took the ****. He was dire, let it go.
He was our preferred striker for 4 seasons and was a marquee signing. We couldn't offload him because nobody else wanted him.
His fee and wages were marquee, his output was a one man tent that wasn't even waterproof.
Fat, lazy, useless, soft and spineless. That is how I remember "Britt".
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Not the players fault we spent that much on him. Blame the club for that
 
Like most have said - he was poor value for our investment - we overpaid with the fee and wages - not his fault - he took what was given/negotiated - like any employee would do. Would probably be viewed differently if he cost 3-3.5M and was on 10k a week. However, we've both moved on and should focus on the here and now!
 
Nothing to do with his fee

He took the **** didn’t try and could care-less how we did.

Also a Truly shocking footballer (did you ever see his first touch) and a really poor finisher

at best a flat track bully

at worst a disinterested waste of a shirt lumbering around not really adding anything.

You knew straight away from looking at him that watmore had more drive than Brit ever had.

Not missed by me.
 
JM14 said:
Thats hardly representative, how many times does a championship team have a player of Terrys quality?

Why dont we start threads about every other striker we have had over the last few years who got nowhere near Britts goal record? Strange for so many to target one of our top scorers over the last 10/15 seasons
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Maybe not, but top half teams have far better defenders than the bottom half cloggers.

Well I didn't start the thread, but Britt was a failure, and I'm happy to continue contributing to any thread that highlights what a failure he was.
 
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JM14 said:
Not sure I can agree with that, you dont score that many goals in the championship as a poor striker. Also no easy games in this league either, apart from a few sides the teams at the top arent exactly miles ahead of those at the bottom. Currently 9 points between 6th and 16th in this league

Remember he was in poor boro sides with poor managers playing in a system that was never going to suit him. To still hit 1 in 3 despite all of that is impressive regardless of anything else.
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his first season he had traore playing right wing, not exactly a poor boro side! with Bamford alongside him!
 
BoroMart said:
Maybe not, but top half teams have far better defenders than the bottom half cloggers.

Well I didn't start the thread, but Britt was a failure, and I'm happy to continue contributing to any thread that highlights what a failure he was.
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Isnt he our top scorer in about the last 20 years? If he was a failure what does that make every other striker we had?
 
JM14 said:
Isnt he our top scorer in about the last 20 years? If he was a failure what does that make every other striker we had?
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Bamford scored more in a season, the fact we couldn't get rid of Britt isn't because he was good, it's because no one wanted him and we were stuck with him. HE was like a turd that wouldn't flush
 
BoroMart said:
Bamford scored more in a season, the fact we couldn't get rid of Britt isn't because he was good, it's because no one wanted him and we were stuck with him. HE was like a turd that wouldn't flush
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Because of his transfer fee and wages, which again were nothing to do with the player

Whats Bamford got to do with it? Regardless Britt scored more than Bamford in the one season they played together, cant have been that bad
 
JM14 said:
Because of his transfer fee and wages, which again were nothing to do with the player

Whats Bamford got to do with it? Regardless Britt scored more than Bamford in the one season they played together, cant have been that bad
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No but the fact we wanted to get rid of him for 2 1/2 years IS down to the player, and his lack of ability.

Bamford, because the only reason that Britt has more goals for Boro was the length of time he was here, Bamford had a better season at this level scoring more goals. Britt was poor
 
TeessideCleveland said:
Wonder who'll play up front for BORO on Saturday.....??
Connolly/Bagolun/Sporar/Watmore.
Hope Coburn keeps developing , and comes into contention
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think Sporars recent efforts have seen him drop to fourth choice. Probably Connolly and Balofun at the weekend, then Watmore will come in for one against West Brom, maybe Sporar if he does well off the bench against Bristog
 
My abiding memory of Britt is needing 4 or 5 good chances to score one.

You can see why he scores goals consistently, because he gets in the positions consistently (which is a skill) but I thought he’d be a lethal finisher and a proper poacher, and he really wasn’t that good a finisher.

Terrible record against the better teams when you look at the stats as well.

He has a glass ceiling of good in the Championship, mainly against the poor teams, and I think we all thought we were signing a striker with the potential to score goals in the Prem.
 
It’s interesting to me how PL clubs will gamble £15m on any old rubbish striker from random leagues in Europe, but there’s a few goal machines at Championship level who never get the chance of a move to there - Jordan Rhodes, Britt, you could even add Mitrovic now - and after a while you can see why.

Likewise it’s interesting to see the types of striker who come up through the Championship and then thrive in the PL. Work rate, athleticism and taking your chances seems to be what works.
 
BoroMart said:
No but the fact we wanted to get rid of him for 2 1/2 years IS down to the player, and his lack of ability.

Bamford, because the only reason that Britt has more goals for Boro was the length of time he was here, Bamford had a better season at this level scoring more goals. Britt was poor
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We wanted rid because of his huge wages and the fact we signed him to play in a system he was never going to work in. Again that has nothing to do with the player

I’m not claiming he was better than Bamford, but I’m sure Bamford is who we consider our best striker in the championship, and yet the season they played together Britt scored more goals than him. Not bad for a league one standard player apparently
 
JM14 said:
We wanted rid because of his huge wages and the fact we signed him to play in a system he was never going to work in. Again that has nothing to do with the player
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don't be silly, it was everything to do with the player....did you not watch how absolutely woeful he was for the last two years. The ability to miss open goals, sky a penalty and not be able to trap a simple pass has absolutely feck all to do with the system we were playing. Shocking player
 
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