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[Albion] Lewis Dunk



raymondo

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Apr 26, 2017
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Wiltshire
I don't use the term "legend" lightly, but in Dunks case it pretty much goes without saying. We will look back on his BHA career in the knowledge that he is the greatest home-grown player in our history. In fact you could probably forget the home-grown. He might just be the greatest.
And when he retires...will we ever have another captain with such presence on the pitch, and years of continuity... who?? 🤔. He's been amazing for us.
 








kevo

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Mar 8, 2008
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I watched Leicester's pre-match press conference before our game against them and Brendan Rogers was fulsome in his praise of Dunk, saying he thought he was massively underrated. So it's not just us, a lot of people in football realise how good he is. It's just Southgate that doesn't.
 


WATFORD zero

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Jul 10, 2003
27,744
Me too! He is a legend and the best player I have seen play for the Albion from a consistency perspective over such a long career. I think Gross has been a great stalwart also. Scored our first Premier league goal.
Pascal is only 4 games behind Mark Lawrenson's total appearances for the Albion (having already overtaken his league appearances), but Pascal's have all been at the top level :bowdown:
 




Greg Bobkin

Silver Seagull
May 22, 2012
16,022
He is a legendary leader and comes across as a really good guy.
 


Brian Fantana

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Oct 8, 2006
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In the field
He’s our greatest ever player. If you look at the level we’re now consistently challenging at, IMO he’s eclipsing what others have achieved. Someone like Lawro clearly went on to have a more decorated playing career, but in Albion terms it’s Dunky for me. Him becoming the first Albion captain to lift a major trophy would be so fitting.
 


Seagull27

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Feb 7, 2011
3,368
Bristol
It's crazy how underrated he is outside of the club. As a Brighton fan I've obviously been banging on about him to mates every time the England squads were being announced and most barely even knew who he was.

It was mentioned by someone on another thread - it's quite revealing how Cucurella and Bissouma haven't really settled in to their new clubs. Obviously there are more factors, but both of them played with a freedom for us that they haven't been able to at their new clubs (or have, but have been caught out) - I reckon a fair part of that was down to playing with Dunky.

White seems to be doing well, but I remember how complimentary he was about Lewis when he was here.
 




Nobby Cybergoat

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Jul 19, 2021
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I reckon Dunky is one of the top 5 centre backs in world football.

Our best ever player
 




Wardy's twin

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Oct 21, 2014
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He’s our greatest ever player. If you look at the level we’re now consistently challenging at, IMO he’s eclipsing what others have achieved. Someone like Lawro clearly went on to have a more decorated playing career, but in Albion terms it’s Dunky for me. Him becoming the first Albion captain to lift a major trophy would be so fitting.
Agreed. I measure 'best' as being the sum of his contribution over a long period of time. People seem to forget that he was a standout player in the Hypia debacle and his goals as top scorer that season went a long way to keeping us in the Championship.
 




Icy Gull

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Jul 5, 2003
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Those headers back to Sanchez were done in a cool as f*** way. Brilliant game from him and his captaincy was superb, especially when he told Veltman to back off. I think he also did a chest back under immense pressure?
 


ManOfSussex

We wunt be druv
Apr 11, 2016
15,167
Rape of Hastings, Sussex
I think he's got even better under RDZ. He's RDZ's captain as well as the Albion and it shows like it did today.
 


WATFORD zero

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Jul 10, 2003
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Those headers back to Sanchez were done in a cool as f*** way. Brilliant game from him and his captaincy was superb, especially when he told Veltman to back off. I think he also did a chest back under immense pressure?
He did a chest back to an equally blasé one handed catch by Big Bob in front of the baying Bmuff fans, I'll have you know :wink:
 










Sheebo

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Jul 13, 2003
29,319
If he had a Red Devil or a Liverbird on his shirt he’d retire with over 100 England caps. Even back in his Wimbledon days he was a class about the rest of us. Absolute talent, end of conversation.
Getting the feeling you played at Wimbledon with him mate?
 






Stato

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Dec 21, 2011
7,363
Its a crime that he doesn't have more caps. Meanwhile England persist with donkeys like Mings and Maguire.
Not only left out for the likes of them, and bang average centre halves like Ben Godfrey and Marc Guehi, but Southgate picked Ben White when he was at Brighton, he was apparently about to pick Webster last year before his injury, he has had Steve Holland looking at Colwill recently and has, too infrequently, but more than once, picked Fikayo Tomori. We've all watched all of these play alongside Dunk and none of us, nor any manager or pundit has ever been in doubt as to who was the senior partner. I don't believe that Southgate can possibly be that bad a judge of player. Which is what makes me believe that his face simply doesn't fit.
 


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