Favourite Britt memories

Redlips said:
It is a football forum. People can voice their opinions good and bad.

People see the fee, the wages and his performances and are right to state that he is bad value for money.

If fans never complained then the club could do what it wants without any scrutiny.

I think your being a bit sensitive to be honest.
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He is bad value for money, but stealing a living? I am not sensitive, but I am aware that players have families who may read the board. You can talk about your dissappointment with his performance without calling him a crook or a fraud.

The comments are snide and uncalled for.
 
Without doubt the Fletcher goal v. Hull. He played his part in a top class goal. That aside I have only negative views of him. For those who say he's our top scorer, what was his 'miss' rate? Goals he should have scored, probably a high percentage. Have a little bit of sympathy for 'not playing to his style' but that's not an excuse for a professional footballer not being able to do the basics.
As for being a nice guy, great. I know lots of nice guys, but it doesn't make them good at what they are paid to do.
 
Cannot remember any real stand out moments, what stands out is Bitt missing one on ones. Britt sitting on his backside. I realise he has played a loan role up front that has not helped his cause. Would love to see him go and be a success somewhere else. It would allow us to move on and hopefully get somebody that fits our game plan.
 
Dont really see this as the huge positive some are making it out to be, he is our best striker by some distance and has constantly hit around the 15 goal mark at this level. Replacing him for the 2 million we will get will be practically impossible and we will be weaker the rest of the season as a result.
 
JM14 said:
Dont really see this as the huge positive some are making it out to be, he is our best striker by some distance and has constantly hit around the 15 goal mark at this level. Replacing him for the 2 million we will get will be practically impossible and we will be weaker the rest of the season as a result.
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I don't think he is our best striker. And certainly not by "some distance".

Last season:

Britt: played 35, scored 11, 2 assists
Fletcher: played 43, scored 11, 7 assists.

I know which one I'd rather keep.

Anyway the article in the gazette says he won't be released unless we can get a replacement in. I'm confident we'll be stronger with the replacement (if it happens).
 
festa5 said:
I don't think he is our best striker. And certainly not by "some distance".

Last season:

Britt: played 35, scored 11, 2 assists
Fletcher: played 43, scored 11, 7 assists.

I know which one I'd rather keep.

Anyway the article in the gazette says he won't be released unless we can get a replacement in. I'm confident we'll be stronger with the replacement (if it happens).
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With Fletcher coming back he can be the 'replacement' - I'm not desperate for a new signing
 
Laughing said:
He is bad value for money, but stealing a living? I am not sensitive, but I am aware that players have families who may read the board. You can talk about your dissappointment with his performance without calling him a crook or a fraud.

The comments are snide and
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JM14 said:
Dont really see this as the huge positive some are making it out to be, he is our best striker by some distance and has constantly hit around the 15 goal mark at this level. Replacing him for the 2 million we will get will be practically impossible and we will be weaker the rest of the season as a result.
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You could say we have replaced him for free in Duncan Watmore.
 
Laughing said:
I don't understand the snide comments assombalonga gets. He is a limited center forward but seems a thoroughly decent bloke. If he leaves I wish him all the best. The people who remark about stealing a wage have some internal issues I suspect.
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There have been far worse strikers i think the snide comments are frustration from fans because on his day he can be very good but his consistency is woeful. Those good days have significantly diminished over the last 12 months. His casual air on the pitch smiling and joking is all very well when you are performing well and putting100% effort in but when it appears your not it looks really poor. Add to that the high wages his on and its a negative combination. I honestly think he knows hes on his way and isnt committed to playing to the best of his ability for the club or himself, fans aren't stupid they can see it.
 
Block21 said:
Fletcher is our best striker in my opinion. Also has it in him to improve. Just hope if we get someone in today it’s someone who can cope physically
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agree fletchers performances have been on the rise, but britts appear to be in terminal decline
 
If I'm absolutely honest and hold him to the standard of a professional footballer with all the privilege involved in that role.

He laughs when he misses chances and often looks disinterested.

I myself aren't always the cheeriest bloke but christ.

Never won me over. Think he'll divide fans long after he's gone with a decent strike rate yet a worse first touch than Yakubu.
 
Big_Nothing said:
If I'm absolutely honest and hold him to the standard of a professional footballer with all the privilege involved in that role.

He laughs when he misses chances and often looks disinterested.

I myself aren't always the cheeriest bloke but christ.

Never won me over. Think he'll divide fans long after he's gone with a decent strike rate yet a worse first touch than Yakubu.
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I think he'll divide fans alright; 90% thinking him awful and 10% being deluded.
He was, is and always will be clueless.
As you say awful first touch, terrible technique, slow, puny, totally unaware of his position or colleagues, uncommitted, lazy, weak in the air and a terrible finisher.
His fee and wages are just a further irritation.

It is absolutely nothing personal about him as a man as he is a very polite, nice bloke.
 
indeedido said:
I think he'll divide fans alright; 90% thinking him awful and 10% being deluded.
He was, is and always will be clueless.
As you say awful first touch, terrible technique, slow, puny, totally unaware of his position or colleagues, uncommitted, lazy, weak in the air and a terrible finisher.
His fee and wages are just a further irritation.

It is absolutely nothing personal about him as a man as he is a very polite, nice bloke.
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Bit harsh - agree with me or you're deluded 😁

Bit harsh on Britt too I feel. Only most of that description is accurate :) I wouldn't call him clueless though, he's the highest scoring striker for Boro this millennium. What does that say for the others? Either we've mostly had gash strikers for 20 years, or people are going a bit overboard on their criticism of Britt.

As has been mentioned, if he cost £3m everyone would be saying how he has been a good buy and a good servant to the club. Because he cost £15m he's a clueless fraud stealing a living.
 
He was never a £15m or a £40k a week striker .. but, you can't blame him for that .. blame Monk / Bausor / Gibson for that and sign his agent and Forest chief exec on as our chief negotiators as they're obviously capable of having peoples eyes out ...

I think If we'd bought him for 2m on 15k a week .. we probably would look at his return of 1 in 3 as fine .. maybe even 3 or 4 million .. even when he smiles and laughs after missing a sitter ..

As part of the "strikers union" I'll always back and support the forwards we get and point fingers at creative aspects in the team or the way we set up .. Britt isn't a "play up front by yourself" striker .. he needs to play off the shoulder of somebody else .. but teams rarely play like that anymore .. it's one up front leading the line with the striker working his socks off and bringing others into the game .. That's ... not Britt.

Favourite memory? Money aside - I was happy when we signed him .. that's probably about it .. but maybe that hasn't always been his fault.
 
Although I thought he'd be better than he is, and it's difficult to know what his strengths are as a lone front man, it's fairly obvious we have never found a way to get the best out of him. That said, he's scored an ok amount of goals and isn't the worst player we've ever had (faint praise).

My favourite memory will probably end up being his headed goal at bolton (2017), although that was more about adama being the most determined man in the world at that moment. He just wanted to cross that ball! He's never had that positive defining moment i don't think...

I keep hoping we'll learn to buy strikers to fit the way we want to play, or failing that, play a way to try to get the best out of our strikers.

There's always hope...
 
Beverleyred said:
His goals at West Brom, after coming on as a sub enabling a 3-2 away win was something special. The Boro fans in the away end that day were brilliant, and yes, they sang Britt’s name well after the final whistle.
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That was his high moment for us.

NOTE: Those were the only goals he scored against top 6 championship opposition for Boro. In the other 41 games (including the 2 play-off games vs Villa) against teams that finished top 6, he failed to score (Assuming the teams he scored against this year don't miraculously make the play offs....they won't). That is a damning indictment of his Boro failure.
 
JM14 said:
Dont really see this as the huge positive some are making it out to be, he is our best striker by some distance and has constantly hit around the 15 goal mark at this level.
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Or to put it another way, he has a 100% record of failing to be a 20 goal a season striker. He isn't our best striker either. Fletcher has a similar goal scoring record at CF and is a better footballer.
 
Big_Nothing said:
Never won me over. Think he'll divide fans long after he's gone with a decent strike rate yet a worse first touch than Yakubu.
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Like Scott McDonald at the time, fans said he isn't top class, but he's the best striker we have got. But as I argued at the time he wasn't a championship quality player. Neither is Britt, in fact, McDonald was a better striker than Britt.
 
I always thought Britt had a goal in him if he was played, but the amount he misses is highly concerning. He will clearly start banging them in though at his next club, nailed on.
 
23 million total cost for Britt's transfer, agents fees and wages. In 4 years and 42 games against top 6 championship teams he scored once, a brace awat to West Brom as a sub. He was bought to be the man to get us promoted but didn't have the footballing ability to make any kind of impression against the decent teams. He wasn't brought in to bang goals in against Rotherham, Wycombe, Barnsley and Luton. He was meant to be 'the difference' between us and teams like Norwich, Wolves and Swansea.

He won't start banging them in at his next club, he's shot, he has been worked out.
 
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