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2020/21 Dominic Calvert-Lewin

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Blimey, Ian Wright is a genius in his theory about DCL’s upturn in form, who would have guessed that. I am humbled by his miraculous insight.
 

I’d never seen this til’ today

love it
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I'm guessing here, but there can't be many people who are still of the " he's Championship level" opinion left now? He's one of the first names on the team sheet currently and I think he deserves an apology from a fairly large portion of our fanbase.
Also with the whole stadium behind him and a feeling of positivity towards him that he's seen for others, he could push on more.


So in that spirit and the hope of channelling but not upsetting Ja Bob I submit this ditty to get the ball rolling on a chant...

He's Dom Calvert Lewin,
This is his song,
Cause he scored that goal, we all sing along.

I realise what I have opened myself up for here, but I will say, shove it up your hole.

Enjoy the rest of your day.
 
ClausThomsen said:
Don't know if it's been posted but there's an article on the BBC about him today...


Interestingly, it seems like the often maligned Unsworth was largely responsible for getting him in and cone layer in chief Duncan Ferguson is credited with a lot of his development.
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Nice writeup but have to say one bit in it really troubled me.
“It was a challenge which came to fruition in a memorable Stalybridge debut against local rivals Hyde United, which left the 17-year-old Calvert-Lewin with a scar that is still visible today. Cox called it "a huge turning point". He adds: "Travis and I went to watch the game. It was cold, horrible and Dom froze under pressure of senior level football, then just before half-time he got a whack around his head where he was seeing double and had a big bruise around his eye.

He was OK, but we immediately saw an issue. He was only there for a month, so if he took an opportunity to come off, he wouldn't be playing much after that. So Travis ran around the pitch and told Dom that if you half-think you can stay on, then do. Don't escape a difficult scenario because things aren't going your way.

Dom stayed on, scored a scrappy goal from a yard out, scored two in the reverse fixture, which they won 7-1, and ended up scoring five in six games to become a bit of a Stalybridge legend."Calvert-Lewin adds: "I played the rest of the game with basically one eye because the other one closed up, but that experience for me at the time was the most I ever enjoyed my football."It just gave me that sense of what it was to play in front of fans, to play proper men's football, and it was definitely a catalyst in propelling me forward."
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Seeing double seems a pretty clear sign of concussion and not great that anyone, let alone a 17 year old’s mentors, were saying things like “don’t escape a difficult scenario because things aren’t going your way”.

Glad it all turned out OK on the day but disappointing that the risk of brain injury after a concussion still doesn’t seem to be taken that seriously.
 

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