[Albion] That clearance

[Munkfish]

He gets 80K “credits” a week and a 2 week break every now and again. I think he’ll survive.

Bollocks to that. Maybe not now but when he retires it will annoy him.

 

[Taybha]

Dunk could make that type of clearance every week up until Southgate names his final World Cup squad and he still wouldn't get the nod.

Dunky himself probably now feels this himself which is a bloody travesty considering players like Mings still are perceived better equipped to deal with tournament conditions, now how Southgate comes to that conclusion I do not know but he does.

Perhaps Brighton supporters see it slightly with blue and white specs but seriously I currently wouldn't take any other english CB over Dunk, and that's purely based on all the others I see on highlights reels but it's still a good indication of form.

Dunks unbelievable clearance will probably not have even been noticed by Southgate and even if it did he would file it as flukey.

 

[nickbrighton]

The possible reasons Dunk isn't in the England starting 11 have been done to death on other threads, suffice to say that unless Southgate comes out and tells us we will never really know.
Even in a bad game for him, he still matches the other CBs currently playing

I have seen on twitter the goal line technology video but cant find it now, showing that all of the ball didn't cross all of the line, it was mighty close though with only a couple of mm of the ball not over. The amount of the ball not over the line looked less than the amount the ball was over for the goal against Man Utd when we first beat them, and that was millimetres if I recall correctly

 

[herecomesaregular]

Love Dunk and makes me proud to have a Sussex lad play so well and so long for us. Superb clearance but the rest of his performance against the top, top players of City showed why, against popular opinion on here, he isn't just quite almost good enough for England and never has been I'm afraid. There I said it, it feels bad, dirty, disloyal but it's true imo. Same reason that despite bed shitting on here has any big team actually made a bid for him? Seems it's always rumours and wishful thinking. And while Potter loves to be able to play players in different positions he should also recognise that Dunk just isn't as good on the right so don't put him there. Yes, yes we know City could have roasted Duffy, and BDB played quite well, but the Dunk n Duffy partnership should have been retained imo.
Club legend, first on the team sheet for us but won't and actually probably shouldn't play for England again.

 

[DJ NOBO]

Dunk could make that type of clearance every week up until Southgate names his final World Cup squad and he still wouldn't get the nod.

Dunky himself probably now feels this himself which is a bloody travesty considering players like Mings still are perceived better equipped to deal with tournament conditions, now how Southgate comes to that conclusion I do not know but he does.

Perhaps Brighton supporters see it slightly with blue and white specs but seriously I currently wouldn't take any other english CB over Dunk, and that's purely based on all the others I see on highlights reels but it's still a good indication of form.

Dunks unbelievable clearance will probably not have even been noticed by Southgate and even if it did he would file it as flukey.

It’s like england look at dunk and can’t see beyond his weaknesses. And tbf at the top level he does have them - he’s not the quickest and is average on the ball.
But it seems with everyone else they look at their strengths and overlook their weaknesses - Maguire (slow), stones (accident waiting to happen), Mings (clumsy).
As long as Dunk keeps performing for Albion, that’s the main thing. It’s a shame for him though. And for England.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Magnificent defending ..it’s as simple as that

 

[Thunder Bolt]

The possible reasons Dunk isn't in the England starting 11 have been done to death on other threads, suffice to say that unless Southgate comes out and tells us we will never really know.
Even in a bad game for him, he still matches the other CBs currently playing

I have seen on twitter the goal line technology video but cant find it now, showing that all of the ball didn't cross all of the line, it was mighty close though with only a couple of mm of the ball not over. The amount of the ball not over the line looked less than the amount the ball was over for the goal against Man Utd when we first beat them, and that was millimetres if I recall correctly

I saw the still at half time and the ball wasn’t halfway over, let alone all the way over.
Our goal showed a strip of grass and not touching the line at all.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

The possible reasons Dunk isn't in the England starting 11 have been done to death on other threads, suffice to say that unless Southgate comes out and tells us we will never really know.
Even in a bad game for him, he still matches the other CBs currently playing

I have seen on twitter the goal line technology video but cant find it now, showing that all of the ball didn't cross all of the line, it was mighty close though with only a couple of mm of the ball not over. The amount of the ball not over the line looked less than the amount the ball was over for the goal against Man Utd when we first beat them, and that was millimetres if I recall correctly

Think you’ve seen a different event the ball was hardly on the line let alone over

 

[Silverhatch]

Love Dunk and makes me proud to have a Sussex lad play so well and so long for us. Superb clearance but the rest of his performance against the top, top players of City showed why, against popular opinion on here, he isn't just quite almost good enough for England and never has been I'm afraid. There I said it, it feels bad, dirty, disloyal but it's true imo. Same reason that despite bed shitting on here has any big team actually made a bid for him? Seems it's always rumours and wishful thinking. And while Potter loves to be able to play players in different positions he should also recognise that Dunk just isn't as good on the right so don't put him there. Yes, yes we know City could have roasted Duffy, and BDB played quite well, but the Dunk n Duffy partnership should have been retained imo.
Club legend, first on the team sheet for us but won't and actually probably shouldn't play for England again.

This is a reasoned summary of Dunk's situation - however, England's CB conundrum just doesn't weigh up when the manager and coaches continue to pick Maguire (horrendously out of form), Tyrone Mings (horrendously out of form) and Connor Coady who has every attribute of Dunk but is not as versatile as our skipper (back 2 vs 3). John Stones seldom has to defend, which is alright in qualifiers, but as soon as England come up against a decent team he's found wanting too. Also, to remove any striped specs, James Tarkowski and Ben Mee are at least the equal of all the players mentioned above but NEVER get a look in because they are tarred with the can't play football Burnley brush. Finally, this Dunk isn't quick enough applies to all the CBs mentioned - especially when they're against elite forwards. At this point, when the shit really hits the fan, you want players who can defend and play against the press; and Dunk is as good if not better than all the players mentioned because he plays in a Potter team. Imho like.

 

[dazzer6666]

The possible reasons Dunk isn't in the England starting 11 have been done to death on other threads, suffice to say that unless Southgate comes out and tells us we will never really know.
Even in a bad game for him, he still matches the other CBs currently playing

I have seen on twitter the goal line technology video but cant find it now, showing that all of the ball didn't cross all of the line, it was mighty close though with only a couple of mm of the ball not over. The amount of the ball not over the line looked less than the amount the ball was over for the goal against Man Utd when we first beat them, and that was millimetres if I recall correctly

Wasn’t anywhere near that close

 

[GJN1]

If I were Lewis Dunk (and, to be clear, I'm not), I'd go and play for another country. His lone cap was in a friendly against the USA so I'd go and fill my boots elsewhere.

 

[nickbrighton]

Wasn’t anywhere near that close

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i saw it on a phone over my husbands shoulder-looked a lot closer than it is on that!