2017/18 Dominic Calvert-Lewin

SteStocksDJ · April 9, 2018

Barnfred 55 said:
So our main striker this season is (lists all the insulting remarks from this thread)

Our defence is diabolical.

And our midfield is none existent.

Plus our manager is the worst ever.

Yet we're mid table. Weird.

Imagine if we actually had a defence that had balance from the start of the season.... And s midfield that wasn't full of the proverbial manure houses.

We might actually be prepping for another year in Europe whilst competing in the knockouts.

Papa Shango · April 9, 2018

Barnfred 55 said:
Surely it means our midfield and defence have been so good.

Read that back...

Barnfred 55 · April 9, 2018

SteStocksDJ said:
Imagine if we actually had a defence that had balance from the start of the season.... And s midfield that wasn't full of the proverbial manure houses.

We might actually be prepping for another year in Europe whilst competing in the knockouts.

Or a midfield that passed the ball forward and actually got up to support our strikers, our strikers may be a little bit more productive.

Barnfred 55 · April 9, 2018

Papa Shango said:
Read that back...

If we're mid table with an absolutely crap striker who's nowhere near premier quality, it must be because we have a good defence and midfield to make up for it.

No?

sageyefc · April 9, 2018

Nymzee said:
Imagine where we’d be if we loaned him out in the summer though?

Probably better off

Papa Shango · April 10, 2018

Barnfred 55 said:
If we're mid table with an absolutely crap striker who's nowhere near premier quality, it must be because we have a good defence and midfield to make up for it.

No?

No, because they are not good are they?

They are average, like DCL is pretty average at this point in his career. Average premier league players so he is obviously good enough for top flight football.

Personally I wouldn't be starting him or anything but he has his uses and his shown that he is not out of his depth in the top flight.

Nymzee · April 10, 2018

sageyefc said:
Probably better off

Very much doubt so if we worked out the points he’s contributed to.

sageyefc · April 10, 2018

Nymzee said:
Very much doubt so if we worked out the points he’s contributed to.

If a much more clinical striker got his minutes no doubt we score more goals therefore amass more points, it's science bro

Nymzee · April 10, 2018

sageyefc said:
If a much more clinical striker got his minutes no doubt we score more goals therefore amass more points, it's science bro

Because everyone else in the team is slotting lol c’mon, I know you hate him, but he’s won us a fair few points this season.

sageyefc · April 10, 2018

Nymzee said:
Because everyone else in the team is slotting lol c’mon, I know you hate him, but he’s won us a fair few points this season.

He's actually not won us many points, whereas the prince, our saviour oumars goals did win us points, if only he got the minutes this wasteman did

Nymzee · April 10, 2018

sageyefc said:
He's actually not won us many points, whereas the prince, our saviour oumars goals did win us points, if only he got the minutes this wasteman did

He’s started games and shown he’s absolutely abysmal.

Take DCL out = we would have less points than we do now, fact.

Swap DCL for Oumar = we don’t know if we’d have more points, purely conjecture.

sageyefc · April 10, 2018

Nymzee said:
He’s started games and shown he’s absolutely abysmal.

Take DCL out = we would have less points than we do now, fact.

Swap DCL for Oumar = we don’t know if we’d have more points, purely conjecture.

Based on??

Off the top of my head most of his goals have been consolations or in routine wins no? Certainly no game changers other than the Sunderland cup game and that's not saying much

Papa Shango · April 10, 2018

Nymzee said:
He’s started games and shown he’s absolutely abysmal.

Take DCL out = we would have less points than we do now, fact.

Swap DCL for Oumar = we don’t know if we’d have more points, purely conjecture.

This is as bad as slating DCL to be honest.

Niasse is obviously not abysmal, if he was he wouldn't have scored a load of goals when he has got the chance.

Another player who may not be easy on the eye or "classically good" but he is useful and has shown he can score goals in the top flight. I actually find we play better with him in the side as his movement off the ball is good.

Nymzee · April 10, 2018

sageyefc said:
Based on??

Off the top of my head most of his goals have been consolations or in routine wins no? Certainly no game changers other than the Sunderland cup game and that's not saying much

Won the penalty for a point at Anfield. There’s one straight away.

Nymzee · April 10, 2018

Papa Shango said:
This is as bad as slating DCL to be honest.

Niasse is obviously not abysmal, if he was he wouldn't have scored a load of goals when he has got the chance.

Another player who may not be easy on the eye or "classically good" but he is useful and has shown he can score goals in the top flight. I actually find we play better with him in the side as his movement off the ball is good.

He’s good when he’s brought on later on but I’ve never rated his performance when he’s started.