Sell Dunk in January

[Withdean11]

He's been the weak link this season. He is simply not good enough for a team chasing promotion. Greer and Uwe is our best partnership. If fit, they both must start.

If we can still get £5m for Dunk then we would be stupid not to take it. The signing of Uwe has shown that we can sign better for much less.

 

[GT49er]

Are you sure? I don't recall him raising his hands, just squaring up with his chest out.

Fists clenched and raised, no doubt.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I think there's an exact correlation between how well LD is playing and the size of the stooopid mistake.

The better his form is, the greater the mistake.

If he's a little under par, the mistakes are also low level.

Not forgetting that Dunk is also covering Calderon, who isn't even our second choice left back. Uwe will be in on Saturday which will be tough as we have Calde versus Downing.

 

[Phat Baz 68]

Welcome to the kneejerk thread.

I hardly think you can call their statements knee jerk when it's about the
5/6th time at least over the last few seasons he has done this.

 

[WonderingSoton]

Steve Cook was in the Premier League team of the week I see this past week for Bournemouth.

Dunk is as good, surely? If Cook can develop to that level, so can Dunk.

Give him time, he's not the weakest player in our squad. Plus if we do go up we'll need some club developed players in the squad to fill the quotas!

 

[Marshy]

Dunk is still our best centre half, I would play him every week.

Really dont think he is playing anywhere near as badly as some are making out.

 

[Phat Baz 68]

Welcome to the kneejerk thread.

I hardly think you can call their statements knee jerk when it's about the
5/6th time at least over the last few seasons he has done this.

 

[NooBHA]

Do you really think this is possible? It seems utterly bizarre to me that a player would do that. The only incident I can remember of this nature was when Steve Foster tried to get sent off against Notts County in '83 so that he wouldn't miss the cup final, but the ref wouldn't book him for deliberately catching the ball.

I don't think that my original comment is an uncommon occurence. I have known it to happen before. However, I am withdrawing my original post because I asked someone this morning if they thought that was the case and they said ABSOLUTELY NOT

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

Dunk made a stupid mistake last night. But he'd defended well prior to that though and neither of their goals could directly be contributed to him...

Greer on the other hand...

 

[BensGrandad]

Dunk made a stupid mistake last night. But he'd defended well prior to that though and neither of their goals could directly be contributed to him...

Greer on the other hand...

The 2nd could and probably would have been prevented if he hd still been on the pitch

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

The 2nd could and probably would have been prevented if he hd still been on the pitch

Based on the notion that Bruno would've been inspired to defend properly from their corner?

Had our captain defended properly for their first (and not dived in in the box at the weekend) then Dunk probably wouldn't have felt so under pressure to win the ball when we were under the cosh, and in terms of the last two games we'd probably be 4 points better off overall. But let's overlook this.

 

[Perfidious Albion]

From the film that I saw , his first booking looked a tad harsh since their man seemed to run into him... No excuse for the second though, you would think that a pro would know to be careful in that situation .

We call him young but he is 24 with over 100 games under his belt..will he get better?

I have said all along that we should have taken the silly money that (reportedly) Fulham offered . At least we have Uwe who has not let us down. One thing, if we aspire the Prem. our current 2 centre backs are not up to it....

 

[BensGrandad]

What most people seem to have overlooked is the fact that the 2nd yellow came asa result of LDs poor control of the ball that ran 5 yds in front of him instead of to his feet. Had he controlled it properly a big boot upfield would have been easy.

 

[Withdean11]

Based on the notion that Bruno would've been inspired to defend properly from their corner?

Had our captain defended properly for their first (and not dived in in the box at the weekend) then Dunk probably wouldn't have felt so under pressure to win the ball when we were under the cosh, and in terms of the last two games we'd probably be 4 points better off overall. But let's overlook this.

If you had an extra man, defending that corner last night, where would you put him? Personally I'd be putting him in front of the danger man, Austin. So yes, it would have been prevented.

I think you are being very harsh on Greer, who has been our best defender this season. The ball fell very nicely for Austin, that ball could of gone anywhere. Austin finished very well. Not many strikers score that.

Your final point is just laughable.

 

[BensGrandad]

If you had an extra man, defending that corner last night, where would you put him? Personally I'd be putting him in front of the danger man, Austin. So yes, it would have been prevented.

I think you are being very harsh on Greer, who has been our best defender this season. The ball fell very nicely for Austin, that ball could of gone anywhere. Austin finished very well. Not many strikers score that.

Your final point is just laughable.

Exactly Austin would have been Dunks man at a corner not Bruno some 3 ins shorter than the best striker in the division.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

What most people seem to have overlooked is the fact that the 2nd yellow came asa result of LDs poor control of the ball that ran 5 yds in front of him instead of to his feet. Had he controlled it properly a big boot upfield would have been easy.

Quite.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

From the film that I saw , his first booking looked a tad harsh since their man seemed to run into him... No excuse for the second though, you would think that a pro would know to be careful in that situation .

We call him young but he is 24 with over 100 games under his belt..will he get better?

I have said all along that we should have taken the silly money that (reportedly) Fulham offered . At least we have Uwe who has not let us down. One thing, if we aspire the Prem. our current 2 centre backs are not up to it....

Short term memory loss. Uwe had to be substituted at Ipswich because he already had a yellow and was in danger of getting sent off. Dunk came on at half time. Uwe could also have conceded a penalty against Bristol but the ref felt that Freeman had dived even though there was contact.

 

[terryberry1]

Which is why you started a thread called "sell Dunk in January".

Brilliant.

Yes. I would sell him. Sometimes good players can be sold. I know, its amazing....... Who would have thought it. Dunk is a liability.

 

[The Albion Roar]

I hardly think you can call their statements knee jerk when it's about the
5/6th time at least over the last few seasons he has done this.

I think we need to cherish and celebrate someone who's only made five or six mistakes over the past few seasons. That sounds like an excellent return.

 

[BensGrandad]

Is It just me but since the flounce of TLO we have seen an increase in the number of posts attributed to The Albion Roar, is this a coincidence?