2017/18 Dominic Calvert-Lewin

[Norwegian Cow]

get out of my club

 

[Del-boy]

Championship player at best. How he’s played the majority of games for us this season is beyond me.

 

[Everton_Gary]

Not a premier league striker. Brings nothing to the team. Niasse and Tosun should have been played together.

 

[MACCA75]

well he's not built like a brick sh******e but he can put himself about.

His touch is overall very good. Sloppy with his passing at times and that lets him down.

But he's 21. Plenty of time to improve.

Ashley Barnes puts himself about. This lad offers nothing.he’s weak as piss. And has made 50 appearances FFS!

 

[MACCA75]

Seriously, how on earth did he play 90 minutes?

 

[TheBigIguana]

Loaning Lookman and leaving out Vlasic for DCL on the wing should have any manager sacked immediately

 

[Blue Juice]

Offers absolutely nothing, young or not

 

[Bob Elstone]

Not good enough. Anonymous.

 

[Deleted member 48881]

Should have started Niasse instead of him along side Tosun today, if we attacked a bit wiser the half time would have been 1-3 at the half with good counter attacks, this kid left Tosun all alone there, offered nothing actually.

 

[diggerdestroyer]

Yet again a pointless display. Championship player.

 

[orly]

Put sooooooooo little pressure on the Burnley back line that they played out from the back, with a high line, with ease.

Someone in here said he reminded them of Sharp I think. Let me have a look

 

[Rugby Toffee]

squad player at best.

 

[orly]

Just to put a different spin on your stats mate. I'm ignoring last season for DCL as Kane didn't play in the premier league at the same age. I'm also extending the comparison to all games, not just league matches.

This season DCL has scored 5 in 24 games, a goal every 4.8 games. At a similar age playing for the first team, Kane scored 4 in 19 games, a goal every 4.75 games.

Outside the PL, DCL scored 8 in 26 games, a goal every 3.25 games. Kane scored 16 in 60 games, a goal every 3.75 games, but at a higher level than DCL played.

Looking at the stats from this perspective show that neither DCL or Kane were/are prolific goal scorers at an early age, and certainly doesn't show Kane as a natural finisher.

IIRC, the following season under Poch, Kane started scoring goals out of nowhere in both the EL and League cup, at a time when the team were misfiring in the league. The fans started clamouring for him to be included in the league set up, and when he was he carried on his goal scoring form there. And hasn't stopped since. As you say, the guys a freak.

Now I agree fully that DCL has not shown any signs whatsoever that he's capable of a similar turnaround in the goals department. But lets not make out that Kane was so much better than DCL is at the same age, because it's just not true.

In fairness, I don't think anybody on here is expecting DCL to turn out as good as Kane. We wish. But there are a lot of posters on here who have been completely dismissive (and that's being kind) of the lad and it's in response to those posts that people are making these comparisons. In other words, stop writing the kid off when he's still only 20. Look at Harry Kane at the same age.

I think a fairer comparison is with Graeme Sharp (not sure how old you are mate s you may not have seen him play much). We brought him to Everton at 20, similar to DCL, and he was very similar in style. But it took him a long time before he started getting regular goals, and even then he was never prolific in the way Kane is now. But he led the line during the most successful period in our history and if DCL does half as good for us I'll be happy.

..I do think Kane is a different type and I totally agree that comparisons with Sharp are more accurate. Indeed as soon as I first saw him for the U23 I posted the Sharp comparison in youth team thread. Sharp was never a prolific scorer but the likes of Lineker, Gray, Heath and Cottee benefited greatly from his link play. Kane hits a ‘heavy’ ball, he will always score goals with that ability. Kane has the ability to make a difference, we’re not seeing that with DCL.

I like him, I think he can only improve.

It’s been a pleasure to watch him develop despite the doubters. Like many I have always thought he had the ability to succeed and nothing thus far has suggested he won’t.
Comparisons with Sharp are valid , 12 goals a season and a shed load of assists would be my prediction for his future.

Oh god.

 

[ProZ]

squad player at best.

He shouldn’t even be that

 

[jayden28]

How the fook did he stay on for the whole game!,Just not good enough for the premier league.