Not a good look - Newcastle United star faces wrath of supporters for tone deaf Fulham incident
Fulham 2-0 Newcastle United: Dan Burn faced the wrath of Newcastle supporters on social media following Sunday’s defeat at Craven Cottage.
Newcastle United ended a miserable Premier League season with a 2-0 defeat at Fulham on Sunday afternoon.
Goals from Issa Diop and Tom Cairney in either half condemned the Magpies to a 17th league defeat this season as they finished 12th. It’s the lowest finish since the takeover and equalled the number of Premier League defeats the club recorded in Steve Bruce’s final full season.
But away from that, and the fact Sunderland finished above them and qualified for Europe, Newcastle fans took to social media to voice their frustration with something one of their key players did during the match.
During a drinks break in the match, Newcastle defender and former Fulham man Dan Burn turned to the home supporters and asked what the West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur scores were, interested to know how the Premier League relegation battle was unfolding.
Meanwhile, Newcastle were trailing and putting in a dismal final-day display on the field, with their players’ thoughts clearly elsewhere.
West Ham were able to secure a 3-0 win over Leeds United but it wasn’t enough as Spurs secured a 1-0 win over Everton to stay up.
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Amid the unsurprising social media anger directed at Newcastle’s performance, supporters hit out at Burn for asking about results elsewhere that ultimately have nothing to do with their own situation.
One of the more polite responses read: “Well that isn't a good look is it Dan, mate?”
Another said: “Maybe concentrate on not getting peppered and conceding two, three or four goals every week.”
While Newcastle had nothing riding on the game except finishing as high as ninth and restoring some pride, they were unable to even salvage that. And in that context, Burn’s question went down a lead balloon with supporters.
Eddie Howe on final day defeat
Assessing the match, Newcastle head coach Eddie Howe said: “Disappointing performance, not the way we wanted to end the season, that's for sure.
“I think there was a disjointed view about the team today. In part, we had really limited selection choices today. We didn't really like how we performed for the halves and were really frustrated.”