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Post by Stanley75 on Nov 11, 2023 19:42:20 GMT
The subbing of our only senior striker when we were desperate for a goal at home suggests our new manager has decided Dykes is not up to it. Hey, here's hoping. Said when the team was announced thought this was final chance to prove himself to the new manager. |
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Post by Greg1882 on Nov 11, 2023 19:50:57 GMT
Proper joke of a striker. Just got nothing about him other than the odd decent game in 10. No intelligence, no anticipation, no effort, no decent runs off the ball, no composure in front of it, shit in the air, shit at linking up play. I do understand the contract renewal in the sense that some boring agricultural team might fancy him ie Millwalls interest in the summer and some mug might pay a fee. Was probably kept on only because on paper he suited ainsworths hoofball. No way on this planet he’s a marti type forward and it won’t be long before the long streak of piss isn’t getting game time.
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Post by Bill on Nov 11, 2023 19:58:35 GMT
Great player,super today,pace,tenacity and brilliant in the air.
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Post by Shania on Nov 11, 2023 19:58:38 GMT
If only he could replicate the form we saw when CA was here.
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Post by Timmy Doc on Nov 11, 2023 20:01:59 GMT
Last season he scored one or two beautiful headed goals but now it seems that he doesn't even want to win any ball.
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Post by Corbray on Nov 11, 2023 20:06:37 GMT
he was shit all game. i can think of only one thing that he did which was good which was during the second half when he ran for a loose high ball and forced the defender to head it out.
the best touch he had was that wayward pass that he made off his belly as he was slipping over. wasn't the only time he slipped either.
there was another occassion when we were on the counter and he was on the edge of the box being closed down by 3 different players. he had a good 5 seconds to pass it out to an unmarked willock but instead decided that he was the next ronaldinho and so tried to take the 3 bristol players ... it went about as well as you'd expect!
he's woeful. he's always been shit except for a good purple patch 2 and a half seasons ago where he scored 6 in 9 or something having gone over 20 games without a goal.
we were shit under ainsworth but SOME players did step it up and not look as shit, dozzell for example. dykes finally had a style of play that should suit him yet as witnessed so many times before and now since he was still shit.
he was way off the pace today and stuck out like a sore thumb. with how we were set up to play his job was relatively simple. menace the backline, spearhead the attack and open up space for everyone else and most importantly get into the box. he was useless at all of it.
thats why i do genuinely believe he's our worst ever striker. is he as individually bad as stefan moore, the postman or a slightly before my time brett angell? probably not. but he's played more games than they ever did and been a large part of why we've struggled and suffered in recent years. he is WOEFUL.
the other false 9 thread highlights how shit dykes is and how desparate our situation has become up top. i'd rather play 3 attacking midfielders than have dykes anywhere near that front line.
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Post by hal9thou on Nov 11, 2023 20:22:10 GMT
I suspect some are looking for confirmation bias to be honest. Like you, maybe? I note that when Sparks recently put up some discouraging Dykes stats you dismissed them, yet here you are today producing.... Dykes stats, to suit your own argument. Hence my suspicion that in fact you are suffering from a degree of preconceived bias. Even the Bristol commentary team found themselves trying and failing to see the point of him. He is as poor a striker at this level as Thing was a manager. Interestingly, his stats before we picked him were also very average. As I've said it was an awful piece of business by us, made many times worse by our utter failure to replace him. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2023 20:58:46 GMT
I suspect some are looking for confirmation bias to be honest. Like you, maybe? I note that when Sparks recently put up some discouraging Dykes stats you dismissed them, yet here you are today producing.... Dykes stats, to suit your own argument. Hence my suspicion that in fact you are suffering from a degree of preconceived bias. Even the Bristol commentary team found themselves trying and failing to see the point of him. He is as poor a striker at this level as Thing was a manager. Interestingly, his stats before we picked him were also very average. As I've said it was an awful piece of business by us, made many times worse by our utter failure to replace him. 5 I haven't seen any stats from Sparks with which he has disproved anything I've argued to be honest. The use of stats has primarily been me showing that no matter which ones you use Dykes comes out better than Armstrong on everything regarding goalscoring. Both are shit but even in a 2 horse race and all that. Was I looking for a confirmation bias today? You're expecting this but I don't think so. I acknowledge he was poor today but when others give him a standing ovation and others raise the point about what he did do in the first half I'd argue that that paints a very different picture to the one painted by some on here. |
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Post by alanwycombe on Nov 11, 2023 20:58:52 GMT
he was shit all game. i can think of only one thing that he did which was good which was during the second half when he ran for a loose high ball and forced the defender to head it out. the best touch he had was that wayward pass that he made off his belly as he was slipping over. wasn't the only time he slipped either. there was another occassion when we were on the counter and he was on the edge of the box being closed down by 3 different players. he had a good 5 seconds to pass it out to an unmarked willock but instead decided that he was the next ronaldinho and so tried to take the 3 bristol players ... it went about as well as you'd expect! he's woeful. he's always been shit except for a good purple patch 2 and a half seasons ago where he scored 6 in 9 or something having gone over 20 games without a goal. we were shit under ainsworth but SOME players did step it up and not look as shit, dozzell for example. dykes finally had a style of play that should suit him yet as witnessed so many times before and now since he was still shit. he was way off the pace today and stuck out like a sore thumb. with how we were set up to play his job was relatively simple. menace the backline, spearhead the attack and open up space for everyone else and most importantly get into the box. he was useless at all of it. thats why i do genuinely believe he's our worst ever striker. is he as individually bad as stefan moore, the postman or a slightly before my time brett angell? probably not. but he's played more games than they ever did and been a large part of why we've struggled and suffered in recent years. he is WOEFUL. the other false 9 thread highlights how shit dykes is and how desparate our situation has become up top. i'd rather play 3 attacking midfielders than have dykes anywhere near that front line. Top post, sadly. |
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Post by hal9thou on Nov 11, 2023 22:28:37 GMT
Like you, maybe? I note that when Sparks recently put up some discouraging Dykes stats you dismissed them, yet here you are today producing.... Dykes stats, to suit your own argument. Hence my suspicion that in fact you are suffering from a degree of preconceived bias. Even the Bristol commentary team found themselves trying and failing to see the point of him. He is as poor a striker at this level as Thing was a manager. Interestingly, his stats before we picked him were also very average. As I've said it was an awful piece of business by us, made many times worse by our utter failure to replace him. 5 I haven't seen any stats from Sparks with which he has disproved anything I've argued to be honest. The use of stats has primarily been me showing that no matter which ones you use Dykes comes out better than Armstrong on everything regarding goalscoring. Both are shit but even in a 2 horse race and all that. Was I looking for a confirmation bias today? You're expecting this but I don't think so. I acknowledge he was poor today but when others give him a standing ovation and others raise the point about what he did do in the first half I'd argue that that paints a very different picture to the one painted by some on here. Sure, but there were people giving Ainsworth a round of applause pretty much up to the end of his tenure. Never made him a decent manager. You'll always get your brainless happy clappers. More to the point, I think we have to revert to the system Beale used when he dropped Dykes and switched to an interchangeable front 3, ie no recognised striker. Its ridiculous to blame Dykes for everything, but the fact is when Beale had to recall him due to the spiralling injury list, he had to ditch the whole system. And we started slipping back down the table. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2023 23:40:25 GMT
I haven't seen any stats from Sparks with which he has disproved anything I've argued to be honest. The use of stats has primarily been me showing that no matter which ones you use Dykes comes out better than Armstrong on everything regarding goalscoring. Both are shit but even in a 2 horse race and all that. Was I looking for a confirmation bias today? You're expecting this but I don't think so. I acknowledge he was poor today but when others give him a standing ovation and others raise the point about what he did do in the first half I'd argue that that paints a very different picture to the one painted by some on here. Sure, but there were people giving Ainsworth a round of applause pretty much up to the end of his tenure. Never made him a decent manager. You'll always get your brainless happy clappers. More to the point, I think we have to revert to the system Beale used when he dropped Dykes and switched to an interchangeable front 3, ie no recognised striker. Its ridiculous to blame Dykes for everything, but the fact is when Beale had to recall him due to the spiralling injury list, he had to ditch the whole system. And we started slipping back down the table. It's imperative that we experiment with a formation with no forwards sooner rather than later. However, that will require our attacking midfielders to step up and that worries me. |
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Post by alanwycombe on Nov 12, 2023 9:27:48 GMT
Sure, but there were people giving Ainsworth a round of applause pretty much up to the end of his tenure. Never made him a decent manager. You'll always get your brainless happy clappers. More to the point, I think we have to revert to the system Beale used when he dropped Dykes and switched to an interchangeable front 3, ie no recognised striker. It’s ridiculous to blame Dykes for everything, but the fact is when Beale had to recall him due to the spiralling injury list, he had to ditch the whole system. And we started slipping back down the table. It's imperative that we experiment with a formation with no forwards sooner rather than later. However, that will require our attacking midfielders to step up and that worries me. ED-B has the potential to be our box to box man. |
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Post by Shania on Nov 12, 2023 9:55:46 GMT
We can also hope that Dykes will find his feet under the new regime. Miracle happens.
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Post by alanwycombe on Nov 12, 2023 10:12:56 GMT
We can also hope that Dykes will find his feet under the new regime. Miracle happens. He can’t find his feet under his own knees😁 |
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Post by Bill on Nov 12, 2023 11:31:26 GMT
Feel we have to talk him up so some numpty club comes in and pays big money for him🙏.
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Post by shepherdsmush on Nov 12, 2023 11:41:13 GMT
Haven't has so little confidence in a striker since Keane and Maiga.
Fair play he has had little to work with but I've never seen a striker shoot less and offer little threat than him.
Just doesn't worry any defence and that is why he is a waste of a shirt.
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Post by Rangers77 on Nov 12, 2023 11:50:12 GMT
We can also hope that Dykes will find his feet under the new regime. Miracle happens. Hasn't any feet to find. |
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Post by Rangers77 on Nov 12, 2023 11:57:49 GMT
Marti watching Dykes......
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2023 12:07:42 GMT
Feel we have to talk him up so some numpty club comes in and pays big money for him🙏. That's what I'm trying to do!!! 😉 |
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Post by 2Loftus on Nov 12, 2023 13:48:56 GMT
Sure, but there were people giving Ainsworth a round of applause pretty much up to the end of his tenure. Never made him a decent manager. You'll always get your brainless happy clappers. More to the point, I think we have to revert to the system Beale used when he dropped Dykes and switched to an interchangeable front 3, ie no recognised striker. Its ridiculous to blame Dykes for everything, but the fact is when Beale had to recall him due to the spiralling injury list, he had to ditch the whole system. And we started slipping back down the table. However, that will require our attacking midfielders to step up and that worries me. No, it’s imperative that Marti has the time to implement his way of playing and make the players understand what that is and to adapt to it. The international break will give everyone the opportunity to do just that. |
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Post by alanwycombe on Nov 12, 2023 16:23:35 GMT
It's imperative that we experiment with a formation with no forwards sooner rather than later.However, that will require our attacking midfielders to step up and that worries me. No, it’s imperative that Marti has the time to implement his way of playing and make the players understand what that is and to adapt to it. The international break will give everyone the opportunity to do just that. Think we’ve already seen that has started👍 |
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Post by Hitman34 on Nov 12, 2023 18:28:42 GMT
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Post by 1qprdk on Nov 12, 2023 18:43:57 GMT
Yep, that's what he said on the stream. He's spot on. |
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Post by West Acton on Nov 12, 2023 18:59:52 GMT
Used to like Tony Thorpe good finisher those were the days.
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Post by Ginger Ninja on Nov 12, 2023 19:49:31 GMT
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Post by alanwycombe on Nov 12, 2023 19:57:20 GMT
A professional’s opinion.
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Post by Corbray on Nov 12, 2023 21:25:48 GMT
he really is awful. the one thing dykes has going for him is his fitness, bloke has a lot more stamina than us regular folk but that doesn't mean he cuts it.
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Post by 1qprdk on Nov 13, 2023 0:08:09 GMT
he really is awful. the one thing dykes has going for him is his fitness, bloke has a lot more stamina than us regular folk but that doesn't mean he cuts it. If he has stamina, he should bloody well use it to chase and harry opposition defenders and goalkeepers. Hell, even that worn out lump of a coldplay singer scored a goal from chasing a lost cause. Fucking donkey never does anything, other than look smart for hellraiser fans. |
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Post by West Acton on Nov 13, 2023 6:54:27 GMT
he really is awful. the one thing dykes has going for him is his fitness, bloke has a lot more stamina than us regular folk but that doesn't mean he cuts it. when you don’t do anything your not going to gas out |
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Post by alanwycombe on Nov 13, 2023 7:57:45 GMT
Several football websites say he’s on about £20k a week with 3 years to go. Presumably that’s to boost his value. If so, how ill judged is that decision? Nearly another £3m to waste yet.
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