20 Oct 2024 17:23:57
I'm not a DCL hater, but his 1 on 1 finishing is pretty poor for a top tier striker. That said he is our best CF and his overall game is solid.
Keane is currently showing us why O'brien isn't starting. For the team sake let's hope it continues.
We won yesterday but I wonder how many of us would've gone with that team? I know I wouldn't have at the start of the game.
My team would have been.4231
Pickford
Garner
Tarks
Keane
Myko
Mangala
Tim
Ndiaye
McNeil
Harrison
DCL.
20 Oct 2024 17:38:28
Tim and Garner are injured Bunkbeds.
20 Oct 2024 18:06:55
Neither am I mate but we need goals.
20 Oct 2024 18:51:57
That makes sense then Mocker ha ha.
20 Oct 2024 18:53:45
Who is gunna score Guernsey? Please don't say youth. We are 4 unbeaten if the team is scoring and DCL is helping that happen then sound.
20 Oct 2024 19:24:06
Yep chuffed how we are going, Ndiaye especially stands out for me mate.
20 Oct 2024 20:01:15
He certainly does.
20 Oct 2024 20:49:15
Has Beto been given enough opportunities to show is what he can do?
Personally I think not.
If DCL is off as doesn’t appear to want to sign a new contract and we’d be mad to offer him the money he wants I’m amazed he’s getting as many minutes as he is.
I’d much rather see Beto given more minutes to see if he’ll develop into a decent forward for us.
I know we have Broja coming in once fit, just hope he is given ample minutes to show us if he’s worth purchasing.
If DCL goes and we don’t know what Beto or Broja are capable of then we’re starting from scratch in the centre forward role next season.
{Ed025's Note - its all down to opinions Dan but what i have seen of Beto he just does not fit the premiership mate, hes very clumsy and besides being a battering ram offers very little skill wise, im pinning my hopes on Broja myself..
20 Oct 2024 21:35:29
Agree he looks clumsy but I reckon given a run of games he’d improve.
He wants to play for us and is committed to the club which appears to be the opposite of DCL.
I just think we need to be giving him a decent crack to prevent us not knowing if he’ll come good before DCL leaves.
20 Oct 2024 21:49:28
I agree ed.
20 Oct 2024 22:05:14
Beto is bloody awful. Don’t need to see anymore of him to realise that. Sell him on and look for another striker. Till then have to play DCL and hope he improves on his finishing. I like Broja but fear he will struggle as a loan striker as well.
20 Oct 2024 23:03:40
Beto is in training every day, if he was better than Dom, he’d be playing. Dyche wants his striker to score goals as much as we do.
20 Oct 2024 23:59:53
I think the reason beto hasn't been given a good run of games is because he's just not very good. Every forward player must have some grasp of the offside rule, he doesn't seem to have that. His control is awful, his shooting can be erratic and, for a robust fella, he just can't hold the ball up. He works hard but that's about it. I don't dislike him but he just doesn't have the ability to be effective at this level. We need to cut our losses and bring in someone more suited to our league.
21 Oct 2024 10:01:07
No mention of Chermiti looks a decent prospect from what we have seen from him. looks more of a like for like replacement for DCL than either Beto or Broja.
21 Oct 2024 13:35:57
He does, sa90, but we will have to wait a while for him to come back fit. Some seem to want DCL out of the equation immediately but that will come at a cost in my opinion. Drop him and replace him with either beto or broja, the latter still recovering from injury. Then the question is can they do the dog work of holding it up and bringing others into play? From what we've seen of beto, that's a big no. Broja might come good when fit bit not sure when he's due back. They did say October when we loaned him so time is ticking on that one mate.
21 Oct 2024 17:27:20
Serious question: What would we get for DCL in January? Assuming he stays fit of course.
{Ed025's Note - im guessing Benny but i would guess about £10m mate, he would only have 6 months left on his contract so it would be a cut price deal imo..
21 Oct 2024 17:44:00
Didn’t Newcastle offer £25 million in the summer Ed.
{Ed025's Note - im not certain of the amount GB but it was around that i believe mate, but with only 6 months left they wont be paying that sort of money now when they can get him for free in the summer..
22 Oct 2024 12:59:07
Thanks Ed025!
My view is we cash in. Again it depends on where we are come January and the other variable is Broja and Chermiti being fit?
I’d love to see us put a possible 10m towards another CF and let DCL go, but understand that 10m would only be around a third (minimum) of what we would need for anything near decent.
{Ed025's Note - Broja will cost us £30m Benny but the good thing is that we will hopefully see what he offers before we buy mate, i do have hope for Chermiti though but imo DCL is still the best option at the moment, he leads the line very well and brings others into play and if he can hone his finishing he may well be the right fit to frighten opposing defences..