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2019/20 Dominic Calvert-Lewin

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@the sniderman has a rival in the vaults lol


It doesn't even scratch the surface


DCL is hardly prolific.

He's having a decent season post Silva in which the squad is galvanised and we are going through a bit of a new manager bounce from Dunc.

As I said he'll have to continue this form not just all season but next aswell if he's the answer to that Lukaku shaped hole up top.

If not he's still a decent squad player for us but we would need someone proven up top.
Mate this is the same fanbase who kept thinking Silva had turned the corner everytime we won the odd game.

Our fanbase is and always has been ultra reactionary.
Or that im not being blinded by a few games where DCL has scored.

The whole side since Duncs chelsea game has performed well as we've had you can argue two new manager bounces.

Anyone who seriously thinks DCL is worth £50 million is off their rocker.

If he keeps his performances up for another 12-24 months then yes you have a point but right now he's simply going through a decent spell - lets see if it continues.

I also think that Greenwood looks quality for his age and is the better finisher.
Will take alot more than a purple patch during a new manager for DCL to shake off his Bambi tag.
Spot on - our fans dont care if we never get europe or trophies so long as we can say our YOOF run around alot for the club.

Calvert Lewin wears Mason Greenwood pyjamas anyway so you can file the Utd rumours as jarg.
Its hilarious seeing people go on like he's Lukaku MRK II based on a few games.

Soon as he has a stinker game the usual flip flappers will be out in force slating him again.

He just doesnt impress me - runs around alot and occasionally slots - lads another Shane Long.
Thats why teams like Wolves and Leicester are/will be in europe - they have strikers who can be average in a game but spring up with a goal.

Richarlison does it for us but we need a proper CF who can do it aswell.

If DCL isnt given all the space in the world to drag players around he is anonymous. His hold up play / passing is also average.
DCL isnt even better than Greenwood never mind kin Martial or Rashford.
Was referring to that other fella's obsession with my posts.

Unhealthy and very odd behaviour.

But yes perhaps although Uz's dough knows no limits so Insigne can play where he wants as far as im concerned so long as he is doing naughty things on the pitch.
Lad you're following me and others about the forum cry arsing like a teenage girl tagging them in everything.

Its unhealthy and off topic - seek help before your head falls clean off.
Bloke says he's proven his doubters wrong - LOL wut 2 games?

Need to do it over the next 12-18 months regulary before you can say you deserve to be Evertons main man upfront lad.

NSNO
Baffling aint it - just because he runs around alot the fans love it.

He's a younger Naismith - plucky likeable bloke who runs about alot and occasionally bags but is very limited in ability - the fans wont accept it but thats the reality.

Sure he may develop with time but 1. I have my doubts and 2. We need someone ready and proven whilst we have a world class manager at the helm.

No point waiting 3-4 years for DCL to 'potentially' come good only to then lose Ancelotti and possibly end up with another Martinez/Koeman/Silva etc. Level manager.
If he stays our main striker its no europe or trophies for us its that simple.

We need a proven goalscorer up top
@Undisputed_blue eh pierre there's your boy in all his true colours.
Dominic Calvert - Garbage
Cant keep grinding wins out - we need a goalscorer and this lad isnt it.

No problem him being a squad player but not good enough to lead the line.
He's a striker who doesnt score goals.

I slate him same way I would slate a defender who cant defend or a GK who cant catch a ball - im not arsed how good they are with their feet thats not their primary job.
4 managers have stuck with him because are strikers are absolutely tosh.

Niasse
Sandro
Tosun
Kean

The fact we keep trying to sign strikers whilst he is playing tells you the managers know we need better but the DOF keeps signing tosh.

Soon as we find the right one the better.
Come on lad just call a spade a kin spade.

CBA with fans who have blind spots - same as all the Silva transition season BS last season.

We could have kin KDB in midfield and DCL will miss 3 out of every 4 1 on 1 opportunities he just isnt a finisher.
Aye and as soon as we concede a late goal and finish a game 1-1 to a newcastle or Aston Villa you'll all be the first to moan and flip flop saying we need a striker.

Anyone who genuinely thinks we have enough fire power must be watching a different team to me.
I agree mate - but DCL's strengths are everything but goalscoring

That isnt good when our entire attack line are not prolific - Bernard, Walcott, DCL, Richarlison.

We cant keep relying on a striker/winger hybrid in Richarlison for goals.

Ancelotti either signs our own Mane and Salah or he has to replace DCL with a goal scoring CF as we need more than 1 player being a threat at goal.
Kean was the right signing at the wrong time.

You can't have 2-3 young forwards who are not prolific and expect them to do the business.

We should have signed a proven goal scorer in their prime for DCL to learn from.

Ibrahimovic on a 12-18 month deal on a free would have for me made alot of sense.
He's an Evertonians wet dream - hustle and bustle and plucky.

Evertonians scoff at anyone who actually scores goals like Lukaku who would have bagged a brace today. Richarlison is another who gets abuse despite being our only real goal threat.
Imagine that being in a FA Cup Final against a Man City where chances are limited

Or in the league against Man Utd to decide European qualification.

Thats what the druids who worship DCL do not realise - sticking with him as first choice will stop us from ever achieving anything.

Saints are level on points with us but worse all over the pitch but simply put they have a CF who scores goals which win games.
Listen Dom we get it you run around alot and work hard.

Sadly like Shane Long you're just not good enough to lead the line and come next season will be on the bench x
No ones doubting DCL's work ethic - they are doubting his quality in terms of being in the first team every week.

Fans like yourself think its either a choice between an egotistical lazy quality player or honest hard working limited player.

There are however players like Richarlison who have both - they are the players we need to find more of.

I've said for a while DCL is our Shane Long - hard worker and runs his socks off and occasionally gets a goal from hustle and bustle. The problem is however that alone isnt good enough if we are to seriously compete for the top 4/6, trophies etc.

Why bring one of the worlds elite managers in on a massive contract to settle for 8th-11th every season?

Our problem for years has been no competition for places - a top striker coming in to push DCL and Kean should be the aim imo.
Ive not written off anyone...

So you're saying Kean hasn't been gash so far?

If Kean had come here and hit the ground running racking up 10+ goals you think DCL would get in the side ahead of him and Richarlison?
But the long term goal is fighting for the top 6/7 no?

Otherwise why appoint one of the worlds best managers on a massive salary spending large amounts to be happy plodding in 11th?
Going to make a fool of himself tomorrow without Rich alongside him imo.
Why because I dont rate our 1 in 6 striker?

We aint ever getting to where Ancelotti was appointed to take us too with him as our no1 CF its as simple as that.

Miles behind the top 6 forwards + Vardy, Jimenez etc.
Oh look here comes Doms Ma telling us all her sons boss again.

Do one Barbara we know your game.
Still not good enough in my eyes to be leading the line.

If Lukaku wasnt good enough to push us on God knows how some have been hoodwinked into thinking this lad is.

Our Shane Long - perfect player to bring off the bench when at 1-1 like today to try hustle and bustle and grab a late winner but for me we need a top CF.

just imagine Lukaku & Richarlison up top together the sheer goal threat with DCL coming off the bench.

Thats what we need to be aiming for.
He's our top scorer based off the last 7 games where we have you could argue 2 new manager bounces under Big Dunc & Ancelotti.

If he keeps it up over these next 12-18 months and improves his finishing when it matters ie. 1 on 1's etc. I'll happily admit he's improved as I have done with Holgate who's turned my opinion around this season.

But as of yet if you want more than mid table for me we need another CF alongside him.
DCL isnt doing a great job - we've literally had to change our formation, tactics and shove our goal scoring wide player through the middle to play a front 2 because he's that garbo he cant play up top on his own.

Unreal how he's scored a few goals in a hand full of games and is suddenly Del Piero.

If he was top quality we wouldn't be scoring just the 1 goal per game as we have in our last 7. Yes thats a squad problem in general but a top striker in the team will put a game to bed for you not miss 1 on 1's.
Come on Pedro just admit your backing a lame duck.
Was an absolutely childish thing to do tbh.

Lad needs to concentrate on the match and not get involved in off the ball shenanigans.
DCL goes to bed wearing Romelu Lukaku pyjamas Ped.
Purple
Patch

I see Troy Deeney has scored similiar amounts since Pearson took over. Doesnt make him top class either.
My dream is some daft club with cash on the hip like Utd or Chelsea makes a £35-40 million move for him.

SELL SELL SELL!!
Does he contribute loads to the team though? He works hard like but up top on his own he's useless.

The fact we can only play a 2 up top formation to make him useful in any sense surely points to him being just as much a hinderance?

Richarlison on the other hand can play in a front 2, up top on his own, out wide on both flanks - now thats someone who's a massive use to the side.
Needs to get a haircut or he'll not be scoring from set pieces with that barnet cushioning everything landing on it.
We've been that starved for a decent striker in 3 years since Rom left any CF that occasionally bags is seen as Messi in the eyes of our fans especially if they are under 23 (Zataraitis).

Like been sex starved for years in the big house eventually even hairy arsed Bob starts to look attractive.
Christ I hope not.

Wtf is Brands smoking?

100k based off 2 good months - knee jerk reaction FC strikes again. Best give Gomes and Gbamin 6 year contract extensions before they even get back on the pitch.
When Danny Ings has a good 2 months:

"Purple Patch"

"1 season wonder"

"Will be crap next season"


When Calvert Lewin has a good 2 months:

"Well worth the 100k contract"

"Worth £50 million"

"Next Harry Kane"

Never change boys.
So because he's been unlucky with injuries it means he's unlikely to replicate his current form should he keep fit?

Its okay to just admit you're wrong mate - both could be in purple patches and be crap next season OR both could keep scoring OR one continue scoring and one drop off.

Age means nothing when some players are late bloomers and in Ings case have had injuries to overcome.
He really isnt mate - 27 and in the prime of his career after a mix of horrendous injuries and a move to LFC which coincided with them signing one of the best attacking line ups in world football.

Drogba only turned class when he hit around 27/28 he was a donkey in his earlier years - people wouldn't have turned their noses up at him would they?

Get him signed up in the summer with Tosun and Niasse out the door and our forward options are fantastic.
He could or he could end up going to say Leicester, replicating his goal scoring form and be Vardys eventual successor which is something we have failed to do in 3 years having lost Lukaku.

Even the likes of Haller (who I rated) had come in from abroad after scoring a load of goals for £45 million and been a flop my point is EVERY signing is a risk.

The reason why Leicester for example have won the PL and have qualified for the CL is because they have signed players to fit the needs of their system - they didnt care if Vardy was a non league player or Maddison was unproven in the PL or Perez wasnt a fancy big name signing.

Our club and fans on the otherhand dont rate any potential signing unless its a fancy name from abroad or someone under 25 (Zataraitis).
I get pelters for saying it but he isn't good enough to be a regular starter if we want Europe.

People are far too impressed by tap ins against fodder sides we need a clinical finisher who gets 2 chances and scores atleast 1.

Add Kean who offers nothing from the bench it has to be a priority this summer.
Its what will stop him becoming a top player.

Forget how many goals he scores from tap ins and headers - if he's missing those chances frequently especially in big games that decide trophies and european qualification it becomes an issue.

He'll never get the strikers instinct - the fact he was originally played as a midfielder suggests finishing was never his thing he's just going through a good patch but if that simmers down he hasn't much to hang his hat onto.
 
I agree however players also have purple patches (Zaki, Michu, Jelavic, Cisse, Ings if you listen to people on here) so lets see if he keeps up scoring otherwise alot of people are going to look VERY stupid on here gloating that they have always been right.

I've told folk to give it longer than 2 months before blowing their loads but they never listen.

It's more than just 2 months though. Across the season, I can see only 2 players with the same number of goals as him, who have a better goals (from open play) per minute ratio than him. Even if he flops next season (which I doubt he will) he will still have had an exceptional season this year and proven his doubters wrong.
 


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