[Albion] Dunky

[The Fifth Column]

Cheers Lewis, club legend and all that but no longer good enough I'm.afraid.

 

[Han Solo]

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[southstandandy]

We've needed to prepare for his eventual decline and replacement and have been guilty of not targetting another centre half last summer. I'm afraid this one's on the club.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

It is starting to look this way.

 

[British Bulldog]

In fairness we've been a bit poor since he came back.

 

[Lethargic]

It pains me to say but we need to bring Igor back, the backline is better balanced

 

[The Fifth Column]

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WL1 Season ticket holder seat J233 , say hello next time you're passing

 

[singing4seagulls]

Over reaction.

He was left exposed in the 2nd half to counter attacks, but by design as we were going heavy on trying to score a goal.

Yes you see a player 1 v 1 against dunk and running past him, but JP wasn't even in sight in those situations. Harsh to single Dunk out for that performance.

That first half sits on the manager. De Zerbi gave us fluid, one touch attacking football, patterns of play which you could watch with confidence. We don't have any of that at the moment. It's a team of players playing together, vs being coached to be better than the sum of their parts.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Came pretty damn close to scoring a Captain's Goal with that 2nd half header. And his 1st half backwards header back to Verbrugen was a thing of beauty. Alas, alack tho, those moments of play are becoming increasingly rare

 

[Brian Fantana]

Bringing back Dunk immediately and benching Igor didn't even need the benefit of hindsight.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Lewis Dunk

 

[Weststander]

It pains me to say but we need to bring Igor back, the backline is better balanced

I want that, and feel no pain.

 

[Luke93]

Dunk has certainly had a poor run of games. You can argue there’s been a decline for a while. I agree, but he still has his qualities.

Passing from the backing and starting moves drops off when he’s not in the side. Van Hecke was also off it today defensively, but also made many lose passes.

Dunk also needs Veltman’s brain and voice on the pitch. Tactically Dunk is poor at marshalling the back line, and will talk himself into a booking. We’re also lacking experience in front of Dunk.

 

[sagaman]

Van Hecke and Igor were playing very well.
I said at the time that putting Dunk instead of Igor was wrong and has sadly proved correct to date

Also have been on record for over two years saying we need to recruit more pace in the defence. Instead we now have about 8 wingers!

 

[pornomagboy]

Came pretty damn close to scoring a Captain's Goal with that 2nd half header. And his 1st half backwards header back to Verbrugen was a thing of beauty. Alas, alack tho, those moments of play are becoming increasingly rare

tbh it was straight at the goalkeeper

 

[Justice]

Van Hecke and Igor were playing very well.
I said at the time that putting Dunk instead of Igor was wrong and has sadly proved correct to date

Also have been on record for over two years saying we need to recruit more pace in the defence. Instead we now have about 8 wingers!

Sign of a weak manager that Igor didn’t deserve to be dropped.

 

[J2 DOG]

Here we go! What a load of bollocks! Dunk been carrying CB partners for years and today was no exception JP was far worse!

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

Sign of a weak manager that Igor didn’t deserve to be dropped.

The majority of NSC also wanted Dunk back in straight away.

I didn’t because he has had quite a steady decline over the past year, the recent performances do not come as a surprise.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Not enough flashes of his old spark. He’s been immense for us for a long long time but sentiment won’t get us into Europe.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

In fairness we've been a bit poor since he came back.

Just the 8 goals conceded in 3 games.