I'm certain I have a HAIR in my mouth, but cannot get rid of it. PROPERLY annoying me.
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El-Abd or Dunk ?... you decide
- Thread starter Marshy
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I'm certain I have a HAIR in my mouth, but cannot get rid of it. PROPERLY annoying me.
Simon Morgan
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I'm gonna say it: I prefer Dunk.
Seasidesage
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Nothing between them currently, but Dunk has age, physique and pace on his side and for that reason I choose Lewis. However in a 46 game season we need at least 3 CD if not more so does it really matter?
dadams2k11
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I thinkl El Abd, he winds up the other players and gets away with it...
Silent Bob
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- Dec 6, 2004
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I think there is a case for Elphick, for me he is the best of any of our defenders at defending aerial balls.
El-Abd by a country mile, then Greer, then Elphick, then Dunk, then Hall. All are very good players, we just seem to have a wealth of cb's compared to previous years when we suffered the likes of Joe Dolan, Colin Hawkins and a knackered Jason Dodd
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Silent Bob
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- Dec 6, 2004
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Yes, in 2009.
If you were opposition centre forward who DON'T you want to play against.
I think AEA is a nasty irritating no nonsense in your face defender who doesn't let up physically or verbally for a moment.
Dunk is class and could go all the way but if the cup final was tomorrow would have to go El Abd.
I think AEA is a nasty irritating no nonsense in your face defender who doesn't let up physically or verbally for a moment.
Dunk is class and could go all the way but if the cup final was tomorrow would have to go El Abd.
The Large One
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One thing does seem to come from these comments (not just yours) - and that is that Dunk appears to exude confidence, class and sophistication, while El-Abd is an 'in-your-face' brutal centre-back. That might be the case on occasion, but it totally bypasses the fact that Adam plays with a style, class and sophistication above all defenders at the club (except maybe Calderon, when he feels like it.)
Adam on the ball and Adam off the ball are two different beasts, I fancy.
The reluctance of all of our defenders to hoof the ball the ball into Row Z by way of a clearance shouldn't mask the fact that Adam knows when exactly to do just that (because it is necessary), while Lewis Dunk's (admittedly admirable) habit of trying to play it out - when a laces-through-the-ball clearance is required - has landed him in the worm stew on more than one occasion.
In other words, I believe El-Abd's decision-making while on the ball to be far more insightful than that of Dunk's. For now.
The difference in appearance of one player playing with not a hair out of place, while the other has the face of a punched camel belies the fact that BOTH are classy on the ball.
pork pie
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Frankly neither are good enough. ElAbd is too small, Dunk is still leaning and makes mistakes. I would like to see someone new.
Simon Morgan
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My issue with El-Abd is that in my view a fairly significant part of his game involves discretely (or not in the case of A. Carroll) fouling and getting away with it. More than usual for a defender anyway. I just fear he might start getting found out.
Freddie Goodwin.
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AEA for me. He wants to wn the game when he's playing. he relishes the challenge, the tougher the better. There's no hiding when he's playing and I bet if he'd been fit for a certain game early last season a certain ex player would have stayed well away from the ball.
Agree with Silk
This.