2018/19 Dominic Calvert-Lewin

[windymiller]

If he "never scores again" then he'll be lucky if he plays in the Vanarama Conference by the time he retires.

He played excellently yesterday, as he did against Clesea and Arsenal. The chances didn't fall his way yesterday which is fine, but a huge chance did fall his way against Fulham to get us a precious goal and he blew it.

We aren't going to rout every team we play 4-0 with goals coming from everywhere. There are going to be games where we don't play as well and may rely on taking our only chance of the game to get a draw or win. Odds are that chances will normally fall to the striker and he will have to take them or he won't be getting started.

He is playing extremely well now but anyone who thinks that it is not important that he scores goals is misguided. It is rare that an attacking midfielder and winger will both score the amount of goals that Sigurdsson and Richarlison have in the same season for a team in our position.

We'll need better from our strikers next season and for the first time with Calvert-Lewin, I'm pretty confident that he will be able to provide his fair share.

Absolutely this ^^. He's doing a very good job up front on his own at the moment but he has to add goals to his game. Not necessarily 20+ goals per season but he needs to provide 10-15 every season if we are ever to get near the top 4 with him as our main striker.

If he doesn't add more goals to his game he'll be replaced. I hope he does.

 

[pedro1976]

6 goals in 32 games. Not good enough.

Don't worry.... he only played a cumulative of 51% of the minutes in all those games..... which makes it 6 in 16 really...... which is a run rate of 14.5 per season.

I guess that doesn't suit your agenda though eh Mr Spindoctor

 

[Hickson9]

Didn't see it and don't know the context but speed and quickness are two different things. He's got some pace, that's for sure.

BBC Sport column, context being Man United should have played a high line due to Bernard and DCL not being the quickest.

 

[pedro1976]

And what's more her doesn't even look like he's going to score

What was it you liked about Graeme Sharp???

 

[pedro1976]

Lets see eh? If you cant see what he is bringing to the team, then maybe football isnt for you.

Politics isn't either..... hrs like Diane Abbot..... he just doesn't get numbers.

 

[pedro1976]

Just read Jermaine Jenas saying he isn't the quickest.

He's absolutely rapid!

He's got one of the fastest speeds on the pitch this season. Jenas spouts crap..... touted ole for the job at United and then said last week they rushed in.

 

[hktoffee]

If he can improve his finishing he will be a good player. His overall play and run are beneficial to the team movement upfront.

 

[dublinbluenose]

Worth remembering he's only been playing as a forward for 3 or 4 years, he was a midfielder when he started at Sheff Utd.

 

[Bob Latchford]

He's got one of the fastest speeds on the pitch this season. Jenas spouts crap..... touted ole for the job at United and then said last week they rushed in.

Jenas is a clueless melt and one of the original plastic new age, ‘modern’ big hype delivers nothing professional footballers. Complete tit.

 

[Eggs]

If he can improve his finishing he will be a good player. His overall play and run are beneficial to the team movement upfront.

...he’ll definitely get more goals but he’ll never be prolific. The penny will drop and he’ll realise he’s formidable in the air and that can be a particularly lucrative area for him to exploit as far as goals are concerned (I think he got a flick-on for the Richarlison goal yesterday).

He’ll lack the awareness of a goalscorer but he has got a dig on him like a mule and he’ll get a few blasters. Takes a very good penalty too.

 

[Billysgingham.]

If he never scored again but we spread the goals around and won games then who cares?

That's a silly comment mate.

 

[carolinablue232]

BBC Sport column, context being Man United should have played a high line due to Bernard and DCL not being the quickest.

Interesting. Bernard is quick without being exceptionally fast. DCL is fast without being exceptionally quick. I enjoy that they just left Richarlison out of the equation seemingly.

 

[Tel001]

Going off what logic??? The logic that DCL positively influences a game of football better than lukaku? It's not a one off.... you ever seen lukaku do what DCL did yesterday? I haven't. Cos he can't... you are struggling with this concept arent you.

No, I am fully aware that he influenced the game , you telling me Lukaku didn’t influence games when scoring 20 goals a season?

 

[Tel001]

Bergkamp.... good striker eh??? Absolutely......
Btw he was a 1 in 4 ratio for arsenal...... thanks for further highlighting the point we are making.

He was a world class player playing in a team with Ian wright .

 

[Tel001]

...no chance, Sharp was the best back to goal striker I have ever seen. Technically brilliant, I spoke to somebody who marked him and never once saw the ball when it was hit into his body. DCL could be a similar type to Sharp in that he’ll never be prolific but he’ll be effective. His pace and athleticism is superior to Sharp’s but he’s got a long way to go on ability.

I have a great pal, though, who said Sharp was useless because he was a striker who didn’t score goals. Lineker, Gray, Heath and Cottee liked him. Goals are important but not everything in a forward.

Sharp scored goals out of nothing and scored in some massive games. His finishing was good even tho he didn’t score as much as lineker etc he still contributed goals. Also a lone striker wasn’t the thing back in those days .