2021/22 Dominic Calvert-Lewin

[Carloblues]

Average ?

We have had 3 strikers in the PL era who have scored 20+ goals.in a season and he is one of them. Yakubu did it once. The other was Lukaku who was a level above us and we seem to have lucked out with.

DCL has been injured, rushed back, re injured and is now regaining fitness. Goals will come for him.

Ludicrous to write him off now considering the way we were playing for the last 6 months on top of his injuries.

We aren't signing anyone, even for 60m (which we won't get all at once, and will be needed for other areas such as CB as well) that will be a 20+ goals a season striker. There are generally only 3/4 of them a season, and they are at the top clubs.

He scored 16 lid. And about 70% of that was in his first 11 games.

He finished the season with about 5 goals in 25.

He's a decent premier League striker on his day, there is nothing to suggest overall he's more than that, I look forward to hearing your case.

 

[Terrarian]

He scored 16 lid. And about 70% of that was in his first 11 games.

He finished the season with about 5 goals in 25.

He's a decent premier League striker on his day, there is nothing to suggest overall he's more than that, I look forward to hearing your case.

He has become a poacher, that's fair enough, it's a skill in itself but a poacher needs service, we know Dom isn't going to pick it up on the half way line, beat people and score a screamer, he has other attributes but you need to play to his strengths and currently away from home we aren't creating chances. He'd still be fairly hard to replace within our budget range though.

 

[kenada_blue]

Is he one of our best players though?

I think our squad is so terrible anyone could he considered one of our best players.

Courting a £60mill+ price tag so yeah.

Jon Joe Kenny and the rest....not so much

 

[MACCA75]

Tammy Abraham > DCL

 

[4 Eyes Better Than 2]

I've backed him from day 1 - vault me on it !
But
If...and circumstances will dictate it...the price is right - Haarland, Mbappe, Kane, Salah, DCL, will all be sold.

He has a buy out clause of 60M

That will be activated this summer by numerous clubs.

 

[Carloblues]

Courting a £60mill+ price tag so yeah.

By who? Gaurentee unless he starts going on a mad scoring run again he's not getting any bids for that amount.

 

[Marius57]

He scored 16 lid. And about 70% of that was in his first 11 games.

He finished the season with about 5 goals in 25.

He's a decent premier League striker on his day, there is nothing to suggest overall he's more than that, I look forward to hearing your case.

21 in all comps. Or do other competitions not count?

If only league goals count, we have only had 1 striker do that. Yet, people seem to think we will just go out and get a striker who will score tonnes of goals. That doesn't happen. Which is why in 30 years, we have had 1 of them in the league.

20+ goal a season strikers are rare, just look at the top scorers every season and usually there's only 2, maybe 3 who reach it.

 

[Carloblues]

21 in all comps. Or do other competitions not count?

If only league goals count, we have only had 1 striker do that. Yet, people seem to think we will just go out and get a striker who will score tonnes of goals. That doesn't happen. Which is why in 30 years, we have had 1 of them in the league.

20+ goal a season strikers are rare, just look at the top scorers every season and usually there's only 2, maybe 3 who reach it.

Of course they count, but when you keep saying he's a 20 goal a season striker, I think it's wise to make it clear he hasn't yet scored 20 premier goals which seems to be the benchmark for top strikers.

If you can find one post on here where someone expects us to go out and replace Dom with someone who scores tonnes of goals? The issue is Dom himself doesn't score a tonne of goals so replacing him with someone who scores a similar amount wouldn't cost us 60m

Just as an FYI, bamford scored more league goals then DCL last season and if we went and spent 60m on him people on here would have a fit.

 

[Marius57]

Of course they count, but when you keep saying he's a 20 goal a season striker, I think it's wise to make it clear he hasn't yet scored 20 premier goals which seems to be the benchmark for top strikers.

If you can find one post on here where someone expects us to go out and replace Dom with someone who scores tonnes of goals? The issue is Dom himself doesn't score a tonne of goals so replacing him with someone who scores a similar amount wouldn't cost us 60m

Just as an FYI, bamford scored more league goals then DCL last season and if we went and spent 60m on him people on here would have a fit.

But remember, Bamford scored 2 pens. And reading this thread, pens shouldn't be counted.

So basically, we want to replace one of the highest scoring CFs we have had in 30 years, with someone who we are happy with scoring less goals?

 

[Carloblues]

But remember, Bamford scored 2 pens. And reading this thread, pens shouldn't be counted.

So basically, we want to replace one of the highest scoring CFs we have had in 30 years, with someone who we are happy with scoring less goals?

Again your making stuff up to suit your arguement again, no one is saying pens don't count.

Highest scoring forwards in 30 years hahah, he's had one good season in 5, if he had 5 seasons scoring 15+ their would be less people saying sell him for a good offer

I'd he happy selling him for 60m if the replacement was a younger striker who cost half the price and contributed the same amount of goals ye

 

[Marius57]

Again your making stuff up to suit your arguement again, no one is saying pens don't count.

Highest scoring forwards in 30 years hahah, he's had one good season in 5, if he had 5 seasons scoring 15+ their would be less people saying sell him for a good offer

I'd he happy selling him for 60m if the replacement was a younger striker who cost half the price and contributed the same amount of goals ye

There are literally posts in the last 3/4 pages making comments about how he has scored 2 penalties.

Yes, in one season, he has our (joint) 2nd best return for an individual striker. How is that incorrect in terms of being one of our highest scoring strikers?

You said similar amount, so you are happy selling someone who is still a few years from their peak, improving year on year,

To sign someone who is further from their peak, who you are happy if they score less, and may not improve at any rate.

Looking back in the thread, I see this isn't a new point of view for you and clearly he triggers you a bit. Going to leave you to your irrational dislike of him.

 

[Carloblues]

There are literally posts in the last 3/4 pages making comments about how he has scored 2 penalties.

Yes, in one season, he has our (joint) 2nd best return for an individual striker. How is that incorrect in terms of being one of our highest scoring strikers?

You said similar amount, so you are happy selling someone who is still a few years from their peak, improving year on year,

To sign someone who is further from their peak, who you are happy if they score less, and may not improve at any rate.

Looking back in the thread, I see this isn't a new point of view for you and clearly he triggers you a bit. Going to leave you to your irrational dislike of him.

And who are you comparing him too in that time? We've had rarely any decent strikers in the prem era because we for the majority of that time have been crap, he wasn't a shadow on rom or yak either.

I don't dislike him, I just don't think he's as good as you do clearly, don't understand what about the sentence you can't quite grasp, it's a common thing on here init.

Me- he's alrite I'd sell him for X amount
You- OMG U HATE HIM

I don't specifically mean you as well, it's a weird thing you fan boys do.

 

[Lanolin]

But remember, Bamford scored 2 pens. And reading this thread, pens shouldn't be counted.

So basically, we want to replace one of the highest scoring CFs we have had in 30 years, with someone who we are happy with scoring less goals?

Again, yes we should probably accept that we're unlikely to replace him with someone who scores 20+ goals. This has to be balanced with how likely we think he is to continue scoring 20+ goals, and what our ambitions are in the next couple of years. If (and it's a big if) we stay up, then I think we have to accept that we need to try and rebuild and consolidate for a couple of years. As you've said numerous times yourself, not many teams have 20 goal a season strikers, it isn't necessary to have one to finish midtable so it really isn't as mad as you're making out.

 

[HumbleWedbetters]

Only 7 touches suggests he wasn't passed the ball very often during the game.

Can't really touch the ball if it's nowhere near him.

Chelsea passed the ball 518 times with a pass accuracy of 82%..... one of Luakakus touches was from kick off.....

This was against Crystal Palace......... Harry Kane against Man City had 37 touches. Two strikers - one playing an elite team and one playing a poor team - the one playing the poor team broke a record for the least touches ever over 90 minutes in the prem.

I admire you trying to defend him but really it was a waste of time.

 

[Carlito]

I don't know why people are getting so worked up, as though the fans have any say in whether a player stays or goes.

If he wants to move, which I suspect he does, he'll go for what will represent a massive profit.

I don't have much faith in the club's recruitment, but everyone has to be replaced at some point.