Marc Burch has words for D.C. United

Discussion in 'D.C. United' started by greekchampion04, Apr 3, 2012.

  1. greekchampion04

    greekchampion04 Member+

    Apr 2, 2006
    Richmond, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    http://www.dcunited.com/news/2012/04/fan-reaction-marc-burchs-comments

    Marc Burch is pretty motivated to play D.C.: "It's time to go back and prove that I don't believe that their left back is better than I am."

    Burch: "They had the opportunity to keep me and they didn't. ... It's time to go back there and prove that we have a much better team here."
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    So it looks like Payne isnt the only one that thinks Burch is the best LB in MLS!
     
  2. BBBulldog

    BBBulldog Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 25, 2004
    Dinamo Zagreb
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Croatia
    thought he's sitting out a red
     
  3. Q*bert Jones III

    Q*bert Jones III The People's Poet

    Feb 12, 2005
    Woodstock, NY
    Club:
    DC United
    Wouldn't it have been better to prove that before he was beaten out of a starting spot?
     
  4. Grasscutter

    Grasscutter Member

    Jan 21, 2003
    Atlantis
    Club:
    DC United
  5. EdTheRed

    EdTheRed Member+

    Feb 6, 2001
    Loose On The Town
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Cook Islands
  6. mcontento

    mcontento Member

    Jun 26, 2000
    Catalina Wine Mixer
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Even Derek Zoolander has more moves than Burch.
     
  7. Murr

    Murr Member+

    Apr 14, 2007
    Houston, TX
    Club:
    DC United
    Burch has a better left foot than any of our defenders. After that, Woolard beats him in all other categories. Besides, Burch was ALWAYS injuried; we had like 5 of those guys on the team last year.

    Hope Burch enjoys Seattle and gets over his DCU butthurt.
     
  8. nobletea

    nobletea Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 29, 2004
    HarCo
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    *Cross post

    For Burch, the question shouldn't even be who is the better LB, because the real issue was who is the better value at LB for teams with a salary cap. In United's situation, there's no sane way we should have held onto him.

    Being and acting like a professional, he should recognize this and not throw Woolard under the bus llike that.

    Of course, this is the same guy who while sitting on the bench at a USOC game at the Plex spent most of the game WE WERE LOSING turning around and smiling and making googly eyes to some young woman in the stands near me, and joking around with the guys on the bench next to him.

    My opinion of him as a player never recovered. He should probably watch his mouth.
     
  9. dcu n bntwn

    dcu n bntwn Member

    Jun 7, 2004
    Watertown, MA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Exactly.

    He had plenty of opportunity to prove that he was worth his salary and cap hit. He didn't do it.

    Burch, has not one to blame but himself. I hate people that take no responsibility for things that happen to them. What an @ss.

    Sounders may be >than DCU right now, but that has NOTHING to do with Burch.

    Hope we rip him a new on on Saturday!!
     
  10. La Barra Blonde

    Oct 21, 2007
    Section 135
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Methinks Burchy has been hanging around the Flounder's supporters a bit too much and has picked up on their "we're soccer's gift to the MLS" attitude. :rolleyes:
     
  11. GumbyG

    GumbyG Member+

    DC United
    Mar 22, 2007
    Chesapeake, VA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Methinks Sigi thinks if he can get Woolard to make some ill-advised runs forward, the Sounders can take advantage.:rolleyes:

    Oh, and, the aliens... gray, not green.;)
     
  12. onefineesq

    onefineesq Member+

    Sep 16, 2003
    Laurel, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It's funny how the tide turns around here. When Burch walked in the door at DC, one of the first things he did was go on a diatribe about what a bad guy/lockerroom cancer/egomaniac the recently departed Freddy Adu was. This despite the fact that I don't believe they ever actually played a game with each other (Adu was leaving when Burch was coming). At the time I expressed serious concerns about the character of a guy who would say something like that publicly about someone he had probably never had a conversation with. It's one thing to say that amongst your friends or anonymously on a message board (as noone takes people seriously here). Another thing totally for a player to say it in an interview with the local beat writer (again, with no personal knowledge of his own). But at the time, this board latched onto his statement as gospel. Burch is a fool and has always been a fool. Trying to logically dissect his words is a fool's errand.
     
  13. scruggs45

    scruggs45 Member

    Jun 25, 2003
    kp, va
    Would you really want a professional athlete thinking that he shouldn't start?

    There's nothing in this comment.
     
  14. pr0ner

    pr0ner Member+

    Jan 13, 2007
    Alexandria, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Finally, some rational thought.
     
  15. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Vanuatu
    I've been wondering what I had missed, what was so incendiary about what Burch said.

    Like much mentioned on in BigSoccer it is much ado about nothing.
     
  16. itwasi

    itwasi Member+

    May 9, 2008
    I don't know
    Club:
    DC United
    Yeah. People just have a general dislike for Burch and it's unusual for us DCU fans to hear less than good things from former players or even incoming players.

    What I will always remember of Burch, first and foremost, was defending his teammate Simms and giving Blanco what he deserved in an Open Cup match.
     
  17. La Barra Blonde

    Oct 21, 2007
    Section 135
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Actually what Blanco deserved was to get the everloving crap beat out of him for punching Simms for simply carrying the ball back to the center line. Burch just shoved into him a bit. I thought it showed great restraint on his part and he walked off the field like a true professional.
     
  18. greekchampion04

    greekchampion04 Member+

    Apr 2, 2006
    Richmond, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I only put it here because I saw it on the DCU website and i thought it would provoke a bit of conversation here... sorry its not up to your standards.
     
  19. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Vanuatu
    Apology accepted.
     
  20. dcu n bntwn

    dcu n bntwn Member

    Jun 7, 2004
    Watertown, MA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Nothing wrong with this thread IMHO. THis is BS after all.

    I wasn't the slightest bit disappointed when I heard he was leaving. Burch was not a particularly good 1v1 defender. He didn't play great positional defense, he was frequently injured, and our back four never demonstrated great cohesion or chemistry for 90 minutes (admittedly, or without) with him in the line up. He occasionlly had a good cross/ switch of fields and rarely he did something useful on a set piece, but I would not say that he had a cultured Left foot nor the skill or speed to contribute significantly to the offense. Since we have comparable youngers players (that cost less?$$), made since to let him go.

    Maybe he'll be great with Sounders (fit well with their scheme, stay healthy, develop chemistry with his mates), but it wasn't happening here.

    Again, I really to care much about Burch, but I hope we can find a way to expose the weaknesses that we know are there and witnessed first hand. DCU definitely knows that his right peg is only for standing:D
     
  21. shepchews

    shepchews Member

    Apr 28, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    are you drew carey in disguise?
     
  22. Irelando

    Irelando New Member

    Aug 10, 2007
    Here
    Club:
    Leeds United AFC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Hahahaha I think Burch is trying to wind us up.
    I bet he doesn't even play.
     
  23. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    He was adequate-to-nice filler for a few years. The combination of his extreeeeeme one footedness and the related slowness with which he prepared the ball for service meant he was not a good enough attacking weapon to a) make up for positional issues and b) his cap hit.

    I wished he had worked out here, but he didn't, so I hope we crush him like a bug.
     
  24. Alejandro 10

    Alejandro 10 Member+

    Feb 15, 2001
    Club:
    DC United
    There, I fixed twit's marks for you because he has apparently become a twit that tweets... Would I get a hand slap if one of those proceeding letters were an a?
     
  25. golazo_usa

    golazo_usa Member

    Oct 2, 1999
    LOL what all the posters have said about Burch is spot on. His only redeeming quality is his left foot. Never seen the guy do anything with his right foot. He also looked very casual when he played. Not sure if he was just too full of himself or he just didn't have any passion to fight for the shirt.

    Remember Burch got cut 2x (LA, Columbus) before DCU, so I don't know why he is all butthurt about this.

    Anyways, from a defensive prospective, he's not better than that Costa Rican guy González so I doubt he will start for them against us.
     

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