2022/23 Dominic Calvert-Lewin

lesbattersby · March 9, 2023

He won't be part of the squad as he has a PIP assessment.

Cels · March 9, 2023

lesbattersby said:
He won't be part of the squad as he has a PIP assessment.

Didn't realise Phil Neville was doing player assessments.

Connor · March 9, 2023

Looking "positive"

perth_blue · March 9, 2023

Still think it's too soon for him based off those comments.

GoldenToffee · March 9, 2023

It's utterly laughable. Lol at "he's around it" being the excuse for his absence this time. lol

ToffeeTim · March 9, 2023

Didn't give much away there so I am not really sure what to expect for Saturday.

Having him even as a sub the rest of the season would be so much better for our options.

Drico · March 9, 2023

Connor said:
He's back.

Who delivered those? Goldust?

MikeH72 · March 9, 2023

The problem with him being out for so long is that the anticipation for his return builds and builds to the point where people are expecting Zlatan 2011 when he comes back and him to transform our team single handedly. Then when he comes back and is just the average striker he’s always been, it causes more angst. And no, before anyone starts, this isn’t his fault.

maccavennie · March 9, 2023

Bench at best on Saturday I reckon.

funkygibson · March 9, 2023

Dyche cba answering questions on it. We”ll see last week, he’s around it this week!! Garner and Patterson have had to play 2 under 21 games to get their sharpness as dyche put it. There’s no way dcl doesn’t have to do something similar. Spurs at best

Lanolin · March 9, 2023

MikeH72 said:
The problem with him being out for so long is that the anticipation for his return builds and builds to the point where people are expecting Zlatan 2011 when he comes back and him to transform our team single handedly. Then when he comes back and is just the average striker he’s always been, it causes more angst. And no, before anyone starts, this isn’t his fault.

Yeah, you'd have to say 'we win that game if Calvert-Lewin is playing' has been claimed an awful lot about a bloke who has scored 5 non penalty goals in the last 2 years.

JohnRoss23 · March 9, 2023

everton fan number one said:
Amazing that there’s a place even crazier than this.

Let me you welcome into my mind

Lanolin · March 9, 2023

funkygibson said:
Dyche cba answering questions on it. We”ll see last week, he’s around it this week!! Garner and Patterson have had to play 2 under 21 games to get their sharpness as dyche put it. There’s no way Dominic Calvert-Lewin doesn’t have to do something similar. Spurs at best

Reading between the lines I got the impression they thought Patterson was lacking in general fitness rather than just recovering from injury. I saw a few references to him having 'gained some muscle' while he was out which I think was a polite way of saying he wasn't in top shape. I think with Calvert-Lewin it's more about whether he's sufficiently recovered from injury - if he has then I think even a rusty version is better than what they have and so he's much more likely to be used without building up sharpness.