Bridcutt oh dear.

[beakyburn]

Having been voted the worst player ever to wear the red and white stripes this from todays Sunday Mirror.
When Liam Bridcutt went down for treatment Poyet tried to galvanise his troops. The bad news for the home side
was that the hopelessly out of his depth Bridcutt was fit to play on. Was a hero here until near the end got his big move
Scotland caps etc. Does not always work out for the best does it.

 

[Lurchy]

Assuming Gus does leave Sunderland at the end of the season (like many expect him too), can easily see Bridcutt being one of the first players the new manager tries to push out the door, Buckley prob won't be too long behind. Hasn't really worked out for either, has it?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Strange. Never thought for a second he wouldn't be Premier League standard.

Maybe in hindsight, his desperation to get there made him leap at the first offer he had. Sunderland haven't been much cop for ages- perhaps if he'd shown patience & bided his time, a more suitable club for his undoubted talents would have come along.

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

Gus will just take him to Real Madrid with him won't he?!

I am genuinely sorry it's not worked out for him in the premier league though, he is one of my all time favourite Albion players. Crucial for us in his time here and we still miss him.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Perhaps Gus still liked us after all? I cannot see anyone paying the sort of money now that he paid for them and clubs were not exactly queueing up to buy either when they were here. Oh well.

 

[Wilko]

Who would have guessed that the most successful player in the prem from our side 2 years ago would be Barnes when you consider we had Tk, Upson, Buckley, Bridcutt, Ulloa, Bridge and Vicente.

 

[drew]

I don't blame him for taking the opportunity to play in the Prem, who wouldn't have in his situation. He has had a massive boost to his salary and, if it doesn't work out is likely to get a big pay-off before dropping back into the championship to resurrect his career. I am however glad he is contributing to the demise of Sunderland!

 

[nwgull]

I'd welcome him back if it wasn't for the nature of his departure.

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Who would have guessed that the most successful player in the prem from our side 2 years ago would be Barnes when you consider we had Tk, Upson, Buckley, Bridcutt, Ulloa, Bridge and Vicente.

Like someone has already mentioned Bridcutt made the right move to the wrong team whereas Barnes made the right move to the right club which favours his type of physical play.

Got to say that I'm really rooting for Burnley this season. Proper team, real fans.

 

[Wilko]

Like someone has already mentioned Bridcutt made the right move to the wrong team whereas Barnes made the right move to the right club which favours his type of physical play.

Got to say that I'm really rooting for Burnley this season. Proper team, real fans.

Same. Was cheering them on to victory yesterday against megabucks city. Would love to see them stay up.

 

[Biscuit]

What a great shame. Was he focusing OK?

 

[del strangefish]

Just watched the highlights on MOTD.
He seemed to be in a world of his own, strolling around, not marking or challenging anyone and watching the goals roll in.

 

[DJ NOBO]

I never got the bridcutt hype.....always thought what he did he did very, very well but it just wasn't condusive to winning football matches. He's been found out.
As for Barnes - he's an unusual player and in a funny kind of way I'm not surprised he's doing well. He just had something about him despite being only moderately talented.

 

[severnside gull]

Watching MotDExtra. Interesting comment about Poyet along the lines of "he did a lot of manoeuvring to get a PL manager's job and he won't give it up willingly"

Kind of summed him up I thought.

Sunderland fan on the radio commented "if Bridcutt played any deeper he'd be in the stand"

 

[Ernest]

Bridcutt simply was never that good a player, Gus got him playing to a system in a successful side, take him away from that and there isn't much left. Water carriers are ten a penny in the Premier League

 

[Icy Gull]

Not good enough at the top level, it really is that simple.

 

[LIKE]

Not good enough at the top level, it really is that simple.

Like.

 

[Rookie]

Watching match of the day Bridcutt looked a shadow of the player he was when he was here, he was all over the place and seemed to pull out of tackles. Very strange.

 

[Se20]

I always thought he was a championship player at best.
Well overrated by some on here.

 

[Bob!]

I'd welcome him back if it wasn't for the nature of his departure.

So, you wouldn't welcome him back then?