Ben Dickenson to make his league debut on Saturday ?

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Will we see Ben Dickenson in the starting line up or on the bench for Saturday ? Oscar may have to blood another youngster into the matchday 18. If Crofts is out injured too we could see Ince , JFC , March , Dunk and Dickenson in the 18

 

[Oscar]

What the hell...give him a go.

 

[RM-Taylor]

Simple answer... no

 

[CAPTAIN GREALISH]

no

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

well he's our 2nd choice available striker isn't he?

 

[Fef]

I saw him in the U21s recently - looks promising - he had a great run from deep within the Brighton half; a pity that the player he then passed to didn't capitalise.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Simple answer... no

The club must have seen some potential in him when he was playing for Dorchester Town , he could be the next CMS for all we know.

 

[Goldstone1976]

I thought he looked direct, strong and not afraid to run with the ball at defenders in pre-season. Vs Villarreal, I think?

 

[maltaseagull]

Probably injured already

 

[driller]

The club must have seen some potential in him when he was playing for Dorchester Town , he could be the next CMS for all we know.

God hope not

 

[The Buttery Biscuit Base]

Simple answer... no

So, not even in the starting 18? He has played league football before.

Obviously you see him train on a daily basis so you can make such a clinical statement.

 

[kevtherev]

Would love to see him start and score a hat -trick. But given the fact he couldn't even get on a bench of 7 subs, when we had 1 striker available, i'm not holding my breath.

 

[Trigger]

Gotta be worth a go, Barnes did naff all with his chance in Ulloa's suspension absence.

 

[CheeseRolls]

Seems to play wide on the left. Pacy and direct, but maybe lacks the strength to play through the middle right now.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

So, not even in the starting 18? He has played league football before.

Obviously you see him train on a daily basis so you can make such a clinical statement.

We're starting with 18 ?? No excuse for not winning then.

 

[The Buttery Biscuit Base]

We're starting with 18 ?? No excuse for not winning then.

 

[algie]

The club must have seen some potential in him when he was playing for Dorchester Town , he could be the next CMS for all we know.

How long ago was that? Perhaps he hasn't kicked on like the club had hoped.

He can't even make the bench along with Barker which tells you all you need to know. We need a loan striker which we have been after for weeks now which quite frankly turning into a joke.

If we did play Dickenson and we lose on saturday a lot of fans will get restless with the lack of ambition of the club. This striking shortage should have been sorted at the start of the season when both Hoskins and CMS were out for months.

 

[brightonrock]

Thought he looked really good against villarrael - tall, strong, a direct runner and absolutely rapid with it. Give him a go I say.

On a side note, can't help but feel a combination XI of our dev squad graduates and current crop could do a decent job in L2!!

Dickenson Barker March
Caskey Richards Starkey
Maksimenko Ince Dunk Barry
Walton

A sign of how far we've come??

 

[Ernest]

If he is not going to play then get rid of him and Barker whilst your at it

 

[Stat Brother]

Those answering in the negative need to also list the games they have watched BD play in.