West Bromwich Albion finally picked up their first win of the Premier League season on Saturday night against Sheffield United and Oli Burke.
In what was a huge match for the Baggies and the Blades, it was the former who picked up all three points at the Hawthorns, with on-loan Chelsea midfielder Connor Gallagher scoring the only goal of the match in a 1-0 victory. The win hauls Slaven Bilic and co out of the relegation zone, while Chris Wilder’s side are still rock bottom with just a single point to their name.
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£4.95m-valued Burke (Transfermarkt) was in action for the Blades, and actually put in a decent performance, completing two of his attempted three dribbles and providing two key passes. However, his finishing was off, and he arguably played a role in Gallagher’s strike.
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Burke is not a popular figure in the Midlands following his previous spell at the club, and plenty of West Brom fans were delighted that he was on the losing side. They took to Twitter to share their thoughts.
Let’s see what the fans had to say about Burke below
Feel sorry for Oli Burke? No absolutely not #wba
— Vicki (@wbavicki) November 28, 2020
Oli Burke was fantastic for us tonight what a defender #wba
— Lee Adams (@grizzly1479) November 28, 2020
Was running rings round Ivanovic, so all looked pretty impressive. But yup, still as useful as a sunroof on a submarine. Would love to go back and count how many balls just bounced off him.
— Ollie Parry (@ollieparry21) November 28, 2020
LETS ALL LAUGH AT OLI BURKE, OLI BURKE, OLI BURKE, LETS ALL LAUGH AT OLI BURKE, CAUSE HE CANT KICK A BALL@Bxpple
— Ethan | (@ftblEthann) November 28, 2020
Swapping Callum Robinson for Oli Burke was possibly the best business the club have ever done
— wbarenno (@wbarenno) November 28, 2020
Thanks for the 3 points
Thanks for Callum Robinson
Thanks for taking Oli Burke #wba pic.twitter.com/2EvxqLdLaL— Laurie Lythgoe (@LawReeBabes) November 28, 2020
In other news, West Brom want to sign this midfielder compared to Yaya Toure.
