Blimey! Would appear that the stats DO lie!
Blimey! Would appear that the stats DO lie!
Often slows down attacks or completely ruins them, good defensively though don’t think Watford would of scored Dale would of took him out.
The problem with Stephens is not his passing, he’s ok at that, nothing special but ok. In that position you’d expect him to play a lot of backwards and sideway safe passes. It’s the fact he’s not a very good defensive midfielder and plays in that position.
Calde told me that Stephens is a great footballer. I believe him rather than Nsc.
It worked
The suspects are beginning to take the bait.
Just highlights that he's more defensive than Mooy, Propper and Gross and we're right to 'encourage' him forward.
In fairness I'm not exactly #TeamDale for the reason Justice so eloquently points out.
We now play a style demanding the opposition forward.
They finally get them committed but aren't quick enough to go through them and take the advantage.
The blame for that, does rather fall with Propper, Stephens, Dunk and Webster.
So I'm hardly 'all in'.
But as for the mugs who refuse to see any positive contributions from DS then I pity them as they'll never be happy watching the Albion.