Transfer Rumour Denzel Dumfries

[NeilA1878]

Lies, he’s one of the only modern fullbacks who attacked and defended equally excellently. His only flaw was never learning to cross.

He was poor at defending when he first came into the side... But after a couple of years he got way better

 

[sladen90]

that celik was awful in the euro's

So was the entire Turkish team to be fair.

 

[Shibbywiggles]

He was poor at defending when he first came into the side... But after a couple of years he got way better

Oh yeah that’s fair, all he could do was run fast and non stop when he first came back from loan

 

[Ruairi77]

Why do I read this and think of Mr. Creosote from The Meaning of Life? "Right, I'll have Dalot."

because a lifetime of watching everton has me continuously reaching for the bucket.
Have a Dumfries sir. He's waaafer thin.

 

[Ivo]

He was poor at defending when he first came into the side... But after a couple of years he got way better

That's not true, in my opinion. When he came back from his loan at Blackpool moyes didn't trust him at right back and played him right mid a few times. From what I remember he was sound defensively as soon as he got his chance in the side. Also moyes was still relying on Hibbert.

 

[Toffee in Jandals]

We're bound to have some luck out of Holland after Shandy Andy, Drenthe, Klaassen, the Stek.........

To be fair Heitinga was a good signing for us, and we got a pretty decent return on investment.

 

[tommye]

We're bound to have some luck out of Holland after Shandy Andy, Drenthe, Klaassen, the Stek.........

To be fair Heitinga was a good signing for us, and we got a pretty decent return on investment.

Heitinga was worth his fee for the Ashley Cole shoulder barge. Crap defender but that shove, and being a bit scatty, saved him.

 

[blue to the bone]

Anyone on flight tracker?

 

[Dan79]

The only question that really needs to be answered about Dumfries is: "can he defend well?"

We have all seen how effective he is going forward. Great. But his primary role - by definition - is to defend. This is where he will be judged until Everton have enough technically superior players in the middle of the field to be primarily a proactive, ball-hogging attacking side.

My fear is that Evertonians are conditioned to look at their full-backs only through the prism of attack. Seamus Coleman was never a great defender - but he was, in his early days, eye-catching going forward. Leighton Baines is renowned for his overlapping attacking play, his free kicks, his cool penalty kicking ability, and his assists. He was a very ordinary defender. Similarly, Lucas Digne. Nobody raves about his tackling, positional play, or defensive excellence. It's all about what he does going forward.

This is all very laudable, but it really only makes sense in the context of an attacking, dominant side who has the ball so much that defending is really a function of possession. Until we transmogrify into that kind of side, there will always be questions about the effectiveness of attacking full backs when we need people who can actually defend.

We don't use the word transmogrify enough in my opinion. Quality vocabulary here!

 

[navidson]

that celik was awful in the euro's

 

[Eagle Eye]

We don't use the word transmogrify enough in my opinion. Quality vocabulary here!

I love the way you haven't turned to floccinaucinihilipilification in your assessment of the post. Great praise indeed. Bravo!

 

[johntmorgan67]

 

[Nymzee]

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It’s floating in the air mate hahaha

 

[Mashtray]

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Just ran to Instagram.

Photoshopped

 

[Mashtray]

It’s floating in the air mate hahaha

Didn't even notice haha. Maybe I wanted to believe it?