2022/23 Dominic Calvert-Lewin

[HalfTimeSayers]

Not a chance he was playing after about 3 days full training following a (admittedly invisible to modern medical scanning technology) hamstring injury.

Wish the club would say 4-6 weeks or whatever. Or “at least x weeks, but maybe longer”. Still possible to be vague and keep the pressure off the lad without making thirty odd thousand match going fans think they may see us play with an actually human striker.

 

[royalbalou]

Apparently he walked on grass this week...at least they found him

 

[Drico]

Apparently he walked on grass this week...at least they found him

We're going to need somebody who can walk on water...

 

[Ferguson1878]

didn’t dyche say he was leaving it down to calvert lewin when he thinks he’s ready hasn’t really done the lad any favours there

 

[lungo]

Apparently he walked on grass this week...at least they found him

The one goal wonder isnt saving anybody! He has been crap all his football life with a pink period of 3 month.

 

[royvernon39]

If DCL plays ten games then we stay up for sure.

EFC have a sound defense, three decent midfielders but no centre-forward.

 

[kiss the crest]

I think we will see him after the international break just after Chelsea, Dyche will work on his fitness

 

[samsonthedog1]

I think we will see him after the international break just after Chelsea, Dyche will work on his fitness

Yep wouldn’t even think about throwing him in for Chelsea. Another 2 weeks of recovery and hope we can get a couple of games out of him before the end of the season.

 

[Nightman]

If Dominic Calvert-Lewin plays ten games then we stay up for sure.

EFC have a sound defense, three decent midfielders but no centre-forward.

I don't even want to see DCL strolling around half-arsing it for 10 games. That's infinitely more infuriating than the is he/isn't he in the squad debacle.

 

[blueblood]

Fair play to Dyche for avoiding the temptation to throw him in, even on the bench. 2 week break after the Chelsea game so hopefully ready to start against Spurs.

 

[Sheedy's right knee.]

I would rather him play 10 games starting with Tottenham than risk coming back earlier for the Chelsea game with the danger of breaking down and missing more games

 

[Drico]

Dyche needs to make a call here - and probably already has: bring him back for Spurs. If he breaks down again then, it's time to finally accept that he must be moved on or out.

 

[Nymzee]

I see people seem to have calmed down in here with him not playing yesterday since we won.

 

[allen]

Dyche needs to make a call here - and probably already has: bring him back for Spurs. If he breaks down again then, it's time to finally accept that he must be moved on or out.

If he’s fit to play, then play him. If he’s not, then don’t.

No one is going to buy a player who can’t get fit, and playing him when he may not be fully fit in an arbitrary match against Spurs increases the risk of him pulling up injured, and is only going to hamper any prospect of selling him further.

 

[Bedfordblue]

Pretty sure it was in the Villa programme that he wouldn’t be available today anyway due to some contractual / modelling commitments with Braun.