Harryflashman
Player Valuation: £60m
I genuinely don’t think anyone could argue against that .
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UltraVires
Player Valuation: £10m
Not got round to watching it yet but does Frank actually say what the problem is?
There has been mystery around it the entire time because you think it’s a muscle issue but the way they talk about his training plan it’s as if there is some sort of condition that he may have to play on with and manage through the rest of his career to me.
There has been mystery around it the entire time because you think it’s a muscle issue but the way they talk about his training plan it’s as if there is some sort of condition that he may have to play on with and manage through the rest of his career to me.
….if he’s fit then he has to be our main striker. We saw the difference when he started the Palace game.
i wouldn’t be surprised if he’s on the bench for Wolves.
This is GOT remember; I think it’s inevitable that someone would argue against that.
Regardless of what Frank has said, he’s only recently restarted actual training with the squad, and they’re unlikely to risk him from the bench.
15 or 20 minutes every week is far better than 2 x 90 minutes then out for 3 or 4 months.
He needs a prolonged period without injury if he's ever to get back to his best, and the evidence is that he can't put games together at the minute.
Drico
Player Valuation: £50m
Yup. January should be all about getting a reliable striker who can score a few goals. We can't rely on DCL. Doing so will be the end of us.
….it’s a difficult one but his injury could easily resurface coming off the bench. 20mins sounds fine as long as you have a chance of getting something from a game.
Toffeelover
Player Valuation: £80m
It appears that he so many medical concerns one has to ask will he ever be fit and for how long. Beginning to think he will never be of any use. Is he another Mina ?
Colonel Getafe
Player Valuation: £25m
It's sort of true, but not necessarily in a positive way.
He's important to us simply because there are very few players capable of scoring more than a handful of goals each in this side, so his importance is really a testament to the flat-out negligence of the club to recruit goal scorers. DCL is a decent forward with some good attributes, but he's hardly prolific or banging in winners every week like a Benzema or Salah or Kane.
His value is by default considering the only other options are one-goal Maupay and the kid Cannon whose played 5 minutes of football. Palace goal aside not sure I'd call DCL a game changer or difference maker as he doesn't do it week in week out, he's just the best option of the small low quality pool we have to pick from (when fit enough to play of course).
Our season rides on us getting at least 2 quality attacking players in January. If we can do that and if they can get 10 goals a piece in the second half of the season, then DCL becomes less and less relevant. We cannot rely on a perma-injured, low scoring striker and expect to skip along to mid-table comfort.
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….I did say when serious quad muscle injury was diagnosed that it could hinder his career but from Lampard’s comments earlier, this latest setback is a knee injury. I’d be less concerned if that’s the case.
I agree, but it's now 2 years since he did that regularly, and that's a hell of a long time. He only has 9 open play goals in the last 2 years, the memories of him banging them in are fading fast.
What does Davek think?
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