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[Albion] Who is our best player? (and why the difficulty of answering this question says so much)
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Dorset Seagull
Once Dolphin, Now Seagull
Stephens is a bit of an enigma. Brilliant one minute then can’t play a 5 yard pass the next. He lacks consistency for me and doesn’t always dictate games as he should. Dunk and Gross for me
When Stephens isn't in the team we don't function.
doogie004
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Lol wouldn’t call Stephens clueless just not the best we have lol
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Nixonator
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He's only an enigma in the eyes of fans who can't see his value.
For anyone who thinks all he can do is "pass sideways or backwards" or that he "gives the ball away alot" (two of the more frequent farcical statements on here) I would suggest you go and look at the cold hard facts, which show he has the highest pass completion rate of any of our players which are predominantly forward passes. He also has the highest interceptions of any player. He finds our wide players in space more frequently than any other player both short and long. He's up there with the most minutes played in the PL and still harries and motors on while a load of dense bellends critique him on taking a couple of extra touches now and then.
If you ask me what players would detrimentally affect us the most if taken out the side, it is without doubt Dunk and Stephens. Something leads me to believe our manager might think along the same lines.
MrSnuggles
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- Apr 29, 2016
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He's been in the team all season and there are plenty of times we haven't functioned! If you are saying the wheels would fall off if he wasn't in the side then you would be mistaken! If he added goals to his game or even assists or could at least hit the target if he dared shoot from outside the box when he has had numerous chances to do so, then he may be a candidate.
Richy_Seagull
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Hahahaha
Richy_Seagull
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He wasn’t in the team a fair few times last season, and it did not go well. At all.
MrSnuggles
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- Apr 29, 2016
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Errr didn't we get promoted or did l just dream it?
Richy_Seagull
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We did. Yet our record when Stephens was not playing was far inferior to when he was. Go and and look at the stats.
Before prices went even more mental than they already were, and before Dunk upped his game massively, and before he learned not to get booked every other game, we turned down a £5m ish bid from Fulham. The suggestion that he'd command £9m max is ridiculous.
MrSnuggles
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- Apr 29, 2016
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No goals in 2340 minutes! Pretty impressive
Stephens was vital in the Championship. We were not as good without him, although iirc he did miss the Sheff Wed away game. His partnership with Kayal was massive for us.
All that said, that was the Championship and pre-Pröpper. It's difficult to say if we'd struggle as much without him now. My hunch is Kayal and Pröpper or Gross and Pröpper could potentially work well together. That said, I'd rather not put it to the test.
All that said, that was the Championship and pre-Pröpper. It's difficult to say if we'd struggle as much without him now. My hunch is Kayal and Pröpper or Gross and Pröpper could potentially work well together. That said, I'd rather not put it to the test.
Since when were goals the best measure of the quality of a defensive midfielder? By that measure Claude Makalele was crap, and so is Ngolo Kante [they weren’t/aren’t].
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Where is the fecking poll?
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theboybilly
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Stephens all day long for me
Mental Lental
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I think dementia is starting to settle in to his addled old brain and he's forgotten what year it is and think's we're still in the Championship.