Newcastle: Burn squandered World Cup chance

Newcastle United full-back Dan Burn might have simply squandered his final likelihood to make England’s squad for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar later this month.

Gareth Southgate was in attendance to look at the English gamers in motion for the Magpies’ conflict with Southampton at St. Mary’s on Sunday, because the likes of Kieran Trippier, Callum Wilson, James Ward-Prowse and Nick Pope all featured.

The Three Lions boss is ready to name his ultimate 26-man squad for the event on the tenth November and it was just lately reported that Burn could possibly be a shock contender to make the record after Chelsea’s Ben Chilwell was dominated out attributable to damage.

He joined Newcastle from Brighton again in January and has showcased his versatility by enjoying at each centre-back and left-back all through 2022.

While his positional flexibility may work in his favour, his efficiency in opposition to the Saints in a 4-1 win for the Toon might have value him a spot within the squad.

He put in a dismal show in entrance of the England supervisor and can not have one other Premier League match to make up for it earlier than Thursday’s announcement.

Newcastle received the sport comfortably, because of targets from Miguel Almiron, Chris Wooden, Joe Willock, and Bruno Guimaraes, however Burn’s efficiency at left-back was lower than spectacular.

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The Englishman struggled on and off the ball as he was overwhelmed far too simply on a couple of event and was sloppy in possession – solely finishing 66% of his tried passes, shedding the ball each 3.8 touches and failing to register a key cross in 90 minutes.

As per SofaScore, he misplaced all six of his duels on the bottom and two of his 5 within the air, shedding 73% of his battles in whole. He did make seven clearances however the defender was dribbled previous a whopping 5 occasions – three greater than another Magpies participant on the pitch.

Burn was one of many gamers at fault for Romain Perraud’s comfort objective as he launched himself on the Frenchman in an try to make the block and that allowed the Saints man to faux the shot after which dribble previous him earlier than curling the ball past Nick Pope.

The £35k-per-week colossus didn’t cowl himself in glory defensively and confirmed indicators of weak spot in possession along with his low cross success fee, which seems unlikely to have left a optimistic impression on Southgate.

Subsequently, the left-back might have squandered his final likelihood to make the ultimate squad for the World Cup as he didn’t do sufficient to catch the attention, for the precise causes, in opposition to Southampton.