Worthy of his own thread. Excellent today, what a bargain price too. Looked dangerous and does the dirty work.

amazing what being fit and having confidence does, superb today

Superb performance.

Makes you get on your feet when he's running with the ball.

The only Arsenal player on that pitch better than him today was Sanchez; just.

Lord Beamish wrote:The only Arsenal player on that pitch better than him today was Sanchez; just.

Rubbish, JBG isn't a whinging little cheat

Didn't think he was the answer on the right because he seemed to be injury prone and inconsistent previously

How glad I am to be proven wrong

Brilliant!!

Pimlico_Claret wrote:Rubbish, JBG isn't a whinging little cheat

Endless whining aside, Sanchez barely put a foot wrong all game. Very hard to play against, everytime we've played him.

Absolutely superb today, first touch at times was glorious. Also deceptively strong for his size

Sidney1st wrote:Makes you get on your feet when he's running with the ball.

Wish Brady would!

Brilliant on the ball but doesnt come and show for the ball enough for me and as a result goes missing a bit when we dont have much possession and we arent able to give him the ball exactly where he wants it

Brady is the opposite in that he's always involved and always looking to receive the ball under pressure which really helps Defour and Cork look to play the ball through the midfield. Unfortunately his use of the ball is nowhere near as good as JBGs and he can be very frustrating

If we could roll them into one player we'd have as good a winger as there us but then they wouldnt be playing for us.

Thought JBG was probably our best player first half be he seemed to barely touch it 2nd half and surprised he got MOM the way he went missing for large parts of the game

Gudmundsson was effective in both halves and rightly got MOM. Also reflected on the ratings thread.

Thought he was superb. His strength and touch in tight areas in the first half were superb, and he got us playing some lovely stuff at times. He's a determined bugger too. Only thing is I think he probably should have scored when he got through one v one - not sure going high to the near post was necessarily the right option (good save though it was even if the linesman didn't see it!).

The way he played had a bit of Ings about it, and made me wonder if we might think about using him in the number 10 role sometimes if we want to go 4-4-2 later in games, particularly if we're playing on the counter attack as we were today. I think it might have been more effective today if we'd dropped him in there and brought Arfield on for Defour.

Outstanding.

Each to their own opinion but he did little for me second half and in general I think he is less involved in the game than any of the other midfielders

Every week there's a new hero as yet another plays out of his skin.

Confident that we'll take points at Bournemouth.

Steve1956 wrote:Wish Brady would!

You must be joking! Brady was excellent today.

He was terrific today. Involved in a lot of our really neat one-twos and passages of play. We passed Arsenal off the pitch first half - imagine that!!!

I thought he was outstanding today, threatened them and worked his socks off to win the ball back. He is the closest around these days to an old fashioned winger. Gets better every week now he is getting more game time

He was amazing today. His work rate for a flare player is second to none but his quality on the ball is fantastic. The ball he took out of the air from a fair height, just in front of the Longside, was absolutely fantastic. I love it at the moment where I struggle to choose MOM's because they all do something so well but I thought JBG just edged it today.

Also thought he was immense and quite rightly announced as MOTM.

I actually think he'd be more effective behind a lone striker.

Agreed - also my MOM today

Great in the 1st half probs best I’ve seen of him,though he does tend to go missing in the 2nd half I findand one player who I generally feel we need to upgrade .That said he’s playing v well atm and a well deserved MOM

There wasn't a Burnley player not deserving at least 8/10
today and JBG was better than all of them.

Devils_Advocate wrote:Each to their own opinion but he did little for me second half and in general I think he is less involved in the game than any of the other midfielders

Username checks out.

(Just kidding!)

Hendrick is struggling a little bit at the moment but I'd play Arfield in behind the striker before JBG. JBG drives at the full back better than anyone in our squad IMO and I'd be reluctant to move him somewhere where he'd be squeezed more than he is at present. He looks like a poor man's Eden Hazard but (and I don't know if this is just my imagination) he seems to keep his head down which might be a bit of a problem if played centrally. Brady finds himself in some very good positions but I think he's got more help from Ward offensively than JBG has from Lowton which speaks to JBG's directness. We look really well balanced this season and it's through JBG and Brady finding form. Obviously Cork has had a massive impact in finding this balance but we're finding real drive and potency out wide.

Reminds me of a quick Arfield. Grafts. Tricky. Eye for goal and a pass. Tracks back. Great aquisition. Was the best wide performance ive seen from a burnley winger in years. And came against a top club where he looked completely at home.

His best match by a distance.

Full backs just don't know if he's going inside or outside. Seems to have really developed his right foot or I haven't noticed it until the last couple of months.

UTC!

Total class the best signing in years

Woodleyclaret wrote:Total class the best signing in years

Incredible signing. We overplayed 5m or so for Brady but we underpayed 7m or so for him. Together we have two very good, technical and quite young wingers.

Lord Beamish wrote:The only Arsenal player on that pitch better than him today was Sanchez; just.

Closely followed by Mason.

Love this lad. He is an example of one of the rare players who can make 4-5-1 work because he knows where he should be more or less all the time. He is used to working hard for his country and now - touch wood - he's had a few months without injuries he's showing us why SD bought him. And like SD, Johann "gets" Burnley. I believe we paid barely £3m for him. Total bargain.

Sing his name to the tune of we're just too good for you, it works.

Iloveyoubrady wrote: We overplayed 5m or so for Brady.

Disagree completely.

He's been a consistent starter in a team that are sitting 6th in the Premier League.

JBG is the forgotten man.

Worthy of his 99th thread more like. Do people even use the search button?

I don't.

Indecisive wrote:Disagree completely.

He's been a consistent starter in a team that are sitting 6th in the Premier League.

I understand what you are saying as I think he's a very good player - but if it wasn't deadline day I reckon we could have got him for about 10m - which would then be very good value.

When he goes on a run I shout "Go on my son".
It works a treat.

He continues to get better and although last season I wasn't his biggest fan, I am happy to say I most certainly am this season. It is apparent some of our signings need time to adapt to "OUR WAY", a few like Jack Cork for example get it instantly, so well done BFC again for developing what could be an Icelandic Diamond.

Looked good again today, our main threat.

Going to be some player this kid.

Been our best player for the last month

JBG particularly and Brady more recently have been pivotal to our good success in the last month or so and our attacking power.

Bargain for £1 million.

Sidney1st wrote:Bargain for £1 million.

He was 2.5m but that is effectively nothing in this league - and for a very good winger. Great deal

Iloveyoubrady wrote:He was 2.5m but that is effectively nothing in this league - and for a very good winger. Great deal

Oops, I'm guessing I got his price confused with Pope?

Said in pre-season, he'd be picking up a lot of prizes at the player of the year bash! The standard response I got was that he wouldn't be in the team enough!!! He's an outstanding talent. He lights up games.

jdrobbo wrote:Said in pre-season, he'd be picking up a lot of prizes at the player of the year bash! The standard response I got was that he wouldn't be in the team enough!!! He's an outstanding talent. He lights up games.

He's a great player but not sure about prizes.

A really good player and will get better yet.