2023/24 Dominic Calvert-Lewin

[Bob Elstone]

Yes, not good enough. Sell.

 

[Carlito]

DCL is exactly the type of striker that plays in Dyche's strengths.
Tall, pacey, good hold up target man. Can get on the end of crosses.

He is exactly what is needed for the main striker. Issue is he doesnt score that many and we just don't know if he'll break down again or whether he'll stay fit. It appears he may be over the sort of injury that kept him out.

There's a strange narrative emerging that paints him as having far more to his game than he actually does.

Like you say, his attributes are that of a perfect Dyche striker.

 

[Yarrgh]

Scored 7 goals last season.

Need another 3

 

[Efcjake]

Missed less games than Coleman through injury since he signed here

I mean isn't that to be expected given Coleman was in his 30s for most of that?

Not much of an endorsement

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

There's a strange narrative emerging that paints him as having far more to his game than he actually does.

Like you say, his attributes are that of a perfect Dyche striker.

Not really - the great Carlo knew how to play him at his best. It just so happens that EVERY other manager has also started DCL when possible

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

I mean isn't that to be expected given Coleman was in his 30s for most of that?

Not much of an endorsement

Andre Gomes or Nathan Patterson then! Basically 4 players had worse injuries/absence records than him.

HE IS NOT INJURY PRONE

 

[Efcjake]

Andre Gomes or Nathan Patterson then! Basically 4 players had worse injuries/absence records than him.

HE IS NOT INJURY PRONE

Because other players have been more injury prone?

Tbf, I agree. Last year his problem wasn't fitness or injury, it was form. His two seasons before last he struggled though.

 

[Carlito]

Not really - the great Carlo knew how to play him at his best. It just so happens that EVERY other manager has also started DCL when possible

As I've said before, I doubt it's a coincidence that the one period where he found his composure in front of goal came when the stadiums were empty.

Similar to Michael Keane's miraculous rise to mediocrity during that same season.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Because other players have been more injury prone?

Tbf, I agree. Last year his problem wasn't fitness or injury, it was form. His two seasons before last he struggled though.

Yeh, point taken. I am just trying to say that, aside from a bad spell of luck, cinrcumstance and the like, he has not been kow for injuries. People seem to fixate on the period where it all went against him rather than the before and after.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

As I've said before, I doubt it's a coincidence that the one period where he found his composure in front of goal came when the stadiums were empty.

Similar to Michael Keane's miraculous rise to mediocrity during that same season.

Oh, so ignore the best manager in the history of the world being the reason and cite empty stadia! There is nothing that says to me DCL is a confidence player. Keane hides from the ball and gets rid asap - DCl ALWAYS wants the ball and always tries to do something with it

 

[Efcjake]

Yeh, point taken. I am just trying to say that, aside from a bad spell of luck, cinrcumstance and the like, he has not been kow for injuries. People seem to fixate on the period where it all went against him rather than the before and after.

Do they? I think it's just recency bias.

His injuries are more recent than his two seasons of double figures goals and so that's what people remember mostly.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

The irony is, I do not actually care that much, I just get frustrated reading made up stuff about our players

Do they? I think it's just recency bias.

His injuries are more recent than his two seasons of double figures goals and so that's what people remember mostly.

It works both ways though. He sored 20 goals or whatever it was, then the next season he was inured and no one was fondly remembering the the 20 goals - they were straight on his case.

 

[Carlito]

Oh, so ignore the best manager in the history of the world being the reason and cite empty stadia! There is nothing that says to me DCL is a confidence player. Keane hides from the ball and gets rid asap - DCl ALWAYS wants the ball and always tries to do something with it

Do you really think it reflects well on him if we agree that he can only score at a respectable rate when receiving direct instructions from the best manager ever?

 

[AsiaAsia82]

I think the ‘market’ will judge his injury record, goals scored and work rate.
Let’s see

 

[Bez2k2k]

I think it shows so far that nobody actually wants him. If Everton are saying he’s worth about 30m, nobody is buying an injury prone player and making him one of their highest earners. Nobody.