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Solly March and Lewis Dunk
- Thread starter Mellotron
- Start date
I look at defenders in the same way you do goalkeepers, in terms of performance. Is a Centre Back's job easier at Man City or Brighton, clearly the former. That said selections come from the big clubs because they are deemed to be better players or concede fewer goals. However, someone like Dunk is exposed to pressure for virtually 90 minutes week in week out, whereas at City / United / Chelsea etc you have a £200m+ strike force attacking at the other end occupying most of the oppositions midfield. I'd give the pressure players a go to be honest (no bias there of course!)
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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given the dearth of talent at centre back, i'd expect it to be Dunk, but having not made impact at u-21 i expect he'll be overlooked. March will make it first, once there is a injury or two, i cant see the current players being dropped (maybe Delph, does he even play any more?)
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
The sooner they play for England, the sooner they are poached.
GreersElbow
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Especially when some on here deem him as dangerous like "one challenge a game"
Nixonator
Well-known member
The 500 or so fans screaming 'NO' as he made his sprint might have helped.
Nixonator
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Tell that to the pundits.
Was not Was
Loitering with intent
- Jul 31, 2003
- 1,607
We were thinking it, though - not shouting it. Do you think Lewis might be psychic?
His never give in commitment is something that I think doesn't always get picked up on. Of course his many fans here know he's committed, but he has such an inbuilt desire to stop that ball he carries on fighting when others would stand and watch (because it's away from them and no longer in their zone etc).
Nixonator
Well-known member
More than a few shouts of it in my section, but no, he's obviously learnt from prior mistakes and will hopefully learn from a couple short passes so far this season and be the complete centre half.
At that point though I would worry that we might not get to watch him anymore.
shaolinpunk
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After the ease which which they've taken to the Premier League I've already resigned myself to the fact it seems unlikely that both will be here this time next year. Frankly I'll be delighted if only one leaves.
Dunk seems like an obvious option that Liverpool would be looking at; a reasonably young English centrehalf that can play the ball but, crucially, is also defensively sound.
Dunk seems like an obvious option that Liverpool would be looking at; a reasonably young English centrehalf that can play the ball but, crucially, is also defensively sound.
Finchley Seagull
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Got to give a huge amount of credit to Solly March. Two serious injuries in the space of under a year is a major obstacle to overcome but he looked a different player when he came back last season and has gone up another level this season.
Ignoring injuries, my main two concerns with him pre injury were he did not offer much defensively and was too lightweight. However they have worked on him, it has worked. He looks much stronger, a classic example yesterday being late in the first half when he went shoulder to shoulder with Sanchez and won the battle leaving Sanchez rolling around on the floor asking for a free kick. He also offers a huge amount more defensively now and works really hard. He looks a Premier League player and I think is probably first choice winger now with Knockaert and Izquierdo competing for the other side.
As for Lewis Dunk, hard to keep coming up with superlatives for him. He has been superb all season and has hardly committed a foul. What a turn around from this time last season when, despite playing really well, he already had a number of bookings.
Ignoring injuries, my main two concerns with him pre injury were he did not offer much defensively and was too lightweight. However they have worked on him, it has worked. He looks much stronger, a classic example yesterday being late in the first half when he went shoulder to shoulder with Sanchez and won the battle leaving Sanchez rolling around on the floor asking for a free kick. He also offers a huge amount more defensively now and works really hard. He looks a Premier League player and I think is probably first choice winger now with Knockaert and Izquierdo competing for the other side.
As for Lewis Dunk, hard to keep coming up with superlatives for him. He has been superb all season and has hardly committed a foul. What a turn around from this time last season when, despite playing really well, he already had a number of bookings.
Caveman
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- Jul 14, 2003
- 9,926
Yellow card coming up then!
Watching Brighton away at Cambridge etc several years back, who would have thought we would be talking about little old Albion and potentially future England capped players.
Of course not, Paul Merson hasn't heard of either of them.
shaolinpunk
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His first action in Premier League football was to outmuscle Man City's £26m fullback Danilo and he hasn't looked back since. In the metaphorical sense anyway.
nicko31
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March's rise in the past year has been incredible
Finchley Seagull
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Indeed. Beating Juanfran and crossing for Sidwell's goal against Atletico probably helped too
BensGrandad
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I believe that Dunk is better than Keane but all the time he is at Brighton he will not get caleld up for England but when he goes to Arsenal or Liverpool if they dont get Virgil Van Dyke in January he will get called up fairly soon after. The same for March to get called up he will need to move to a big club but niot sure that he is ready for the big multi million move yet. Or more to the point I dont think any club will offer multi millions yet. Just as a comparison is he better than Theo Walcott?
- Apr 5, 2014
- 25,994
This.
My belief is that both may get full honours. But only when they leave us in the summer....