Weststander
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This.
Shields the back 4 and plays it simple to our creators, game after game. Preventing our CM being overrun.
Undervalued by just a few who bizarrely have never taken to DS.
[Albion] Where’s Dale
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This.
Shields the back 4 and plays it simple to our creators, game after game. Preventing our CM being overrun.
Undervalued by just a few who bizarrely have never taken to DS.
Horton's halftime iceberg
Blooming Marvellous
Don't forget he played 90 minutes at the Amex on Monday.
Johnny RoastBeef
These aren't the players you're looking for.
- Jan 11, 2016
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Kayal at fault for their first goal, stood off Bolasie allowing him loads of space to cross. Bong did his best to cover Walcott but ended up shinning it in.
Bladders
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Da Man Clay
T'Blades
- Dec 16, 2004
- 16,286
There were quite a few other candidates before Kayal at fault for that goal. Bong had a nightmare at the back post. If that’s his best he shouldn’t be at this level.
BensGrandad
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Glad somebody else saw this as that is my view. I though Kayal was very poor but we didnt have another midfielder on the bench.
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Weststander
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Bong was immense in all our recent games = PL class.
Johnny RoastBeef
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- Jan 11, 2016
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Walcott was not at his best, but still asked Bong more questions than he had answers. I still think Bong has done enough this season to forgive the odd below par performance. Kayal on the other hand hasn't had opprtunity to build the same amount of goodwill this season and looked well below the level needed today. Being kind I would say he was rusty.
seagulls4ever
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- Oct 2, 2003
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Very harsh to say he was at fault for the first. It all started with Knockaert, who when attacking, simply passed to ball straight to an Everton player in the middle of the pitch, allowing them to attack. Kayal could have done better to stop the ball going in, and Bong was really slow to react and made a complete hash of trying to deal with it. I'd say both Bong and Knockaert were more at fault there than Kayal.
Johnny RoastBeef
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Kayal was playing as DM and must do more to stop the cross. Players give the ball away, that's football, but Kayal didn't do his job and they scored.
seagulls4ever
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- Oct 2, 2003
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Players regularly are unable to prevent a cross, that's football.
Knockaert and Bong didn't do their jobs, and their errors were far more glaring than Kayal's. Knockaert didn't even attempt to win the ball back after giving it away.
Kayal was not to blame for that goal.
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The Large One
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Be under no illusions as to the worth and value of Dale Stephens in the Brighton side. He was sorely missed today.
Propper was reasonable, but clearly missing his buddy.
Propper was reasonable, but clearly missing his buddy.
Weststander
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This.
Incredible that any Albion fan thinks he's not worthy of being a starter.
Hughton, Dyche and his team mates rate DS ... that's good enough for me.
Nixonator
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Also anybody with some semblance of a football brain.
The Large One
Who's Next?
Mark Lawrenson was interviewed on the Albion Roar this week - and named Stephens as our most influential player.
Weststander
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Didn't CH or someone (not Mrs.Stephens or his Dad!) let it be known that DS was the player the other players wanted most in the team. "The player's player".
Nixonator
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Two players said it, one Calderon the other I forget.
The Large One
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Adam Virgo was one; there were others.
It's telling that when Kayal won Player of the Season among the fans in 2015/16, Stephens finished nowhere.
Among his fellow professionals though, Stephens was selected for the Team of the Division, having finished sixth in the players' poll (and Dunk about 14th), with surprise among some fans that Kayal was not in that list.
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
- 26,121
I was having the same conversation with El Pres and a few others recently about the no frills midfielders that have been a massive influence on the pitch and made their team-mates- who received all the plaudits - much better players: I offered Crofts, Hammond, Kishishev and El Pres added McNab, Horton and Grealish.