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title: "Sunderland: Fans fume at Lee Burge’s performance"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Sunderland News"
published: "2021-11-06T16:53:05Z"
modified: "2021-11-06T16:53:05Z"
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# Sunderland: Fans fume at Lee Burge’s performance

**A number of Sunderland fans have hit out at goalkeeper Lee Burge on social media for his display in the club’s FA Cup clash with Mansfield Town on Saturday afternoon.**

Lee Johnson made [six](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/sunderland-mansfield-town-team-news-22086791) changes to the side that fell to a 3-0 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday in the week, one of which was Burge coming in for Thorben Hoffmann.

Burge, who stands at 6 foot 2, was making just his [seventh](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/lee-burge/leistungsdaten/spieler/181007) start of the season. He began the campaign as first choice but was dropped after [three](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/lee-burge/leistungsdaten/spieler/181007) League One fixtures and his appearances since have been limited to cup competitions.

He failed to make a good impression early on at The Stadium of Light despite [getting fans on side](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/sunderland-afc-news/sunderland-black-cats-stadium-of-light-lee-burge-qpr/) with his previous cup displays, with his [error](https://twitter.com/Phil__Smith/status/1457001483312971784) allowing Rhys Oates to give the League Two side the lead.

The Black Cats were dumped out of the FA Cup with a 1-0 defeat following Burge’s mistake, which had a lot of fans talking on social media.

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### Sunderland fans react

This is what these Sunderland supporters had to say about the [£2,000-a-week](https://salarysport.com/football/sky-bet-league-one/sunderland/) shot-stopper following his error, with one labelling him ‘terrible’.

**“That’s why he never plays”**

[Credit: @GazJ2K](https://twitter.com/GazJ2K/status/1457002376104140803)

**“And I’ve seen all week people wanting Burge back in…. Christ”**

[Credit: @nicholaswilso11](https://twitter.com/nicholaswilso11/status/1457001605988077571)

**“People blaming Johnson for this, see the goal and total mess up from bungling Burge….he wasn’t coached to do this, just a terrible keeper.”**

[Credit: @S1mpson](https://twitter.com/S1mpson/status/1457003159864348672)

**“Its genuinely unbelievable that people want Lee Burge to start in the league”**

[Credit: @Jay\_Alderson04](https://twitter.com/Jay_Alderson04/status/1457006033038102528)

**“Hope that puts to bed the issue that some clowns think Burge is better than Hoffman”**

[Credit: @Powell\_Matthew](https://twitter.com/Powell_Matthew/status/1457002630874554372)

**“Convinced Burge watches Cal the dragon TikTok’s for training videos man”**

[Credit: @FulwelI](https://twitter.com/FulwelI/status/1457003257117696001)