2021/22 Dominic Calvert-Lewin

[Noisy noise annoys]

Who’s expecting him to get hat tricks? Is it too much to ask to expect him to work a goalkeeper once since the opening day of the season?

Hit him with a cross and he will!

 

[Dixie1sixty]

If you put a cross into the six yard box and your striker is stood on the penalty spot watching it, then yes it’s the striker’s fault.

But that's not what is happening is it. Moot point.

 

[Dixie1sixty]

But then you just go full circle back to the argument that a striker who is only dangerous when high quality crosses are put into the box may actually cause just as many problems as he solves. It also doesn't do anything to refute the point that 90% of 'good' crosses are only deemed good because someone got on the end of them. There's the 10% (maybe less to be honest) where a ball is put in to such a good area that you say someone really had to get on the end of that, but the overwhelming majority of crosses are just balls put into a vaguely dangerous area; if a striker has made a good run and got away from his man to nod it into the net it goes down as a good cross, if the striker is stood on his heels behind the centre half who clears it then it doesn't. I remember Gray putting one in in the first half against Newcastle (not when DCL was on) which was not a bad ball at all in it's own right, but when you saw that there was absolutely nobody in the box at the time he did it you realise it was a pretty stupid thing to do.

And our strikers aren't even getting that. But it's all their fault...

 

[Nymzee]

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Give him some fashion tips lad

 

[Lanolin]

And our strikers aren't even getting that. But it's all their fault...

Maybe have a look at some other threads mate? You might be shocked to find that people don't think it's all DCL's fault, and that some people are just not steadfastly refusing to accept that he could be doing any better in the same way you are.

 

[Dixie1sixty]

Yeh, meanwhile we expect him to get hat-tricks from pinging 60 yarders to him, back to goal against two 6 foot3 grocks with no runners along side him.

And when we had some vaguely creative players in the squad (Digne, James, Sigurdsson) he scored fairly regularly. Funny that isn't it?

No one is claiming DCL is elite here but Christ, he's nowhere near as bad as the echo chamber blues on here make out.

 

[chicoazul]

 

[MikeH72]

Hit him with a cross and he will!

Why do we have to hit him? Is he incapable of losing his marker or making an intelligent run to get on the end of a cross himself? The wide player’s job is to put a cross into an area, the striker’s job is to get on the end of it.

 

[MikeH72]

And when we had some vaguely creative players in the squad (Digne, James, Sigurdsson) he scored fairly regularly. Funny that isn't it?

No one is claiming DCL is elite here but Christ, he's nowhere near as bad as the echo chamber blues on here make out.

He scored 5 in 20 in the second half of last season. The “service” was the same. He had a purple patch. He’s an average striker and is proving to be as such.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

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You probably wear Under armour and North Face with a pair of adidas gazzelles

 

[Dixie1sixty]

Maybe have a look at some other threads mate? You might be shocked to find that people don't think it's all DCL's fault, and that some people are just not steadfastly refusing to accept that he could be doing any better in the same way you are.

At no point have I suggested he shouldn't be doing better. But the criticism has to be measured. Are the reasons why he's not doing better largely due to his deficiencies? Absolutely not. The majority of the blame for his current lack of form lies at the feet of his teammates and their abundant lack of quality.

 

[Dixie1sixty]

Why do we have to hit him? Is he incapable of losing his marker or making an intelligent run to get on the end of a cross himself? The wide player’s job is to put a cross into an area, the striker’s job is to get on the end of it.

Why do we have to aim a cross at our striker in the box?????

?

 

[DanB90]

I’ve never understood the urge for him to be a penalty box striker when he’s so tall, athletic, fast and with great pace and hold skills. He should be an all round striker really, so that would mean making his own chances too. He’s got the capability I believe.

Yep. He’s probably one of the most gifted athletes in the league when fully fit. Complete waste of his talents trying to turn him into Van-Nistlerooy lite. Especially when his finishing ability is so hit and miss.

Absolute fire drip though ?

 

[GoldenToffee]

If they train as if a stretch of the penalty box is a cat walk it might work

Come on big Dunc show him how it's done

Need to be removing his goalscoring cash bonus and replacing it with vouchers for Dorothy Perkins, New Look, Matalan, etc. He'll be firing on all cylinders immediately.

 

[Johnnytotal]

Useless overrated attention seeking to55er

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