Why not play Dan Burn up front for Newcastle United?

Dan Burn playing as a striker for Newcastle United.

This has actually been a substantial subject of discussion it appears for lots of fans and undoubtedly those in the media.

Dan Burn highlighting front for Newcastle United versus Aston Villa.

This has actually been utilized by various individuals because Saturday as last ‘evidence’ of how bad things are at NUFC.

Along the lines of ‘evidence’ of how unaware Matthias Jaissle, how rubbish the Newcastle United group is, how awful the transfer policy is, and so on.

I wasn’t planning to compose anything about it and simply let it go however then I saw the following on The Mag today.

I have not much time due to hectic with work however I felt I needed to respond to this …

From a post today (Monday 19 October 2026) on The Mag, ‘Newcastle United striker issue’ by Oden Hudson: ‘Let’s begin with the most apparent indication that the club has a concern in forward locations– we ended the video game with Dan Burn at striker. A humorous choice that not even the most rogue Football Manager gamer would attempt think about, this is an abhorrently terrible and humorous indication that we have actually genuinely stopped working to resolve our problems up leading over the summer season.’

As I stated, I have not much time however wished to make a couple of points.

The method this author and others are going on, you would believe Matthias Jaissle had actually played Dan Burn as a striker for the majority of this Aston Villa match.

The truth is that Dan Burn began in the 90th minute for Joelinton, who was knackered after beginning his very first competitive video game in more than 5 months.

Having actually routed at the break, Newcastle United were the much better group in the 2nd half however had a hard time to break down an Aston Villa defence that was now set. Safeguarding deep, Villa were really hard to play through, whilst crosses into package were getting absolutely no happiness as Villa’s high protectors headed them all away, or Suzuki handled them.

Suzuki had actually just needed to make one (world class) conserve from that Sven Botman effort and we might all see United were getting no place as included time approached.

Matthias Jaissle tossing Dan Burn on for the included time minutes in the hope he may trigger a bit of mayhem in the Villa charge location, win the odd header that the rest of the United gamers had actually stopped working to do. It nearly worked too a number of appealing scenarios and one minute in specific, where if the ball had actually fallen more kindly then a Newcastle gamer (can’t remember who) would have had a substantial clear opportunity from just 7 or 8 lawns or two.

I can’t see anything incorrect with doing this, chucking Dan Burn up front for the last couple of minutes. I didn’t have an issue with it when I was at the match on Saturday and I still do not.

What I truly have an issue with is those Newcastle United fans and some in the media constructing out that this was the most ludicrous thing worldwide and no other supervisor or group had actually ever done such a thing in the history of the video game.

The truth is that many other supervisors have actually done the very same.

I have actually seen Virgil van Dijk sent out up front late on in loads of Liverpool matches.

The exact same with Harry Maguire at Manchester United.

Ahead of the World Cup finals this summertime, a huge dispute was whether Thomas Tuchel ought to take Dan Burn or Harry Maguire. Neither were viewed as going to be beginning the England video games however the crucial thing the media all settled on was they might be induced late in matches to assist protect a lead, or to be tossed up front if they were desperate for an objective late on and having a hard time to produce possibilities. Not playing as a striker for a very long time however in the really lasts spending time in advance and an opportunity to attempt something various, win a crucial header perhaps, trigger some turmoil.

Matthias Jaissle wasn’t daft for doing what he made with Dan Burn on Saturday, he would have been daft if he didn’t provide it a shot in the situations, it was a brave choice thinking about simply how ludicrous the response has actually been from some.