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Post by hal9thou on Mar 23, 2023 18:31:25 GMT
Cost 2.2m. Made well over 100 appearances. No sign of improvement, piss poor mpg. In which context voting for him makes more sense than many of the other geniuses on the list, several of whom made <10 appearances for us. Quite the opposite imo. If he was as shit as you think he wouldn't have got that many appearances. Simple as that. Not that simple. He was being played in a vain effort to try and boost his market value for a sell on - pressure from above is the only explanation as to why successive managers kept playing him - and that plus the Les / Warbs striker recruitment disaster is exactly why he's had so many opportunities. People should remember Beale dropped him, we started playing football, but injuries elsewhere meant he had to bring him back. I thought he was shit when we were top of the league and long before that, so I'm not voting for him solely because we're making our way to the bottom.... |
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Post by alanwycombe on Mar 23, 2023 21:43:38 GMT
Cost 2.2m. Made well over 100 appearances. No sign of improvement, piss poor mpg. In which context voting for him makes more sense than many of the other geniuses on the list, several of whom made <10 appearances for us. Quite the opposite imo. If he was as shit as you think he wouldn't have got that many appearances. Simple as that. I can’t think he’d have got so many chances at another club of our level. |
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Post by West Acton on Mar 24, 2023 7:15:58 GMT
Not really got involved in this thread. Whilst Dykes is frustrating he’s not the worst striker we’ve had probably not even in the top five worst.
Rather we had a better striker then him but my god would have him ahead of some of the other names on that list.
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Post by James1979 on Mar 24, 2023 7:28:05 GMT
Not really got involved in this thread. Whilst Dykes is frustrating he’s not the worst striker we’ve had probably not even in the top five worst. Rather we had a better striker then him but my god would have him ahead of some of the other names on that list. 100% mate. At least he has had good games. Some of the names on that list couldn’t run, pass, head or shoot. |
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Post by West Acton on Mar 24, 2023 7:32:54 GMT
I would be interested to see who given the choice between Brett Angel we had and Dykes would choose Angel against Wigan first game back.
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Post by coneysboots on Mar 24, 2023 9:09:12 GMT
Also some of the strikers on the list played in the top division against better quality defenders. Dykes, is playing, for what has turned out to be a fairly poor championship team, and not performed against bang average defenders.
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Post by hal9thou on Mar 24, 2023 10:07:00 GMT
I would be interested to see who given the choice between Brett Angel we had and Dykes would choose Angel against Wigan first game back. Brett Angel's mpg ratio was better than Dykes are now throughout his long career. 41 of his goals were in the top tier. He come to us ageing and on a free, ie shot away like a few others on the list. He didn't cost 2.2m. Dykes should be in his prime and he's just awful. Almost all the strikers were statistically better than Dykes at the age Dykes is now, but of course at that point they weren't ours.... So to answer the question, if it was a choice between a 27 year old Angel and 27 year old Dykes - there would be no question. |
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Post by West Acton on Mar 24, 2023 10:54:48 GMT
The thread is not about Stats Hal or the 27 year old versions it’s about the worst striker that has played for QPR. My point is based on performances in hooped shirts, I would be amazed if given the choice anyone would select Angel or some of the others over Dykes if they had to this Saturday.
If it’s based on stats and career performances then you can probably remove quite a few names such as Hateley.
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Post by hal9thou on Mar 24, 2023 11:17:13 GMT
The thread is not about Stats Hal or the 27 year old versions it’s about the worst striker that has played for QPR. My point is based on performances in hooped shirts, I would be amazed if given the choice anyone would select Angel or some of the others over Dykes if they had to this Saturday. If it’s based on stats and career performances then you can probably remove quite a few names such as Hateley. Fair points. Problem for us is that Dykes is already 27, doesn't have the form in the book and shows no sign of improvement. |
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Post by Timmy Doc on Mar 25, 2023 21:13:50 GMT
Worst ever striker got fourth best reviews for Scotland.
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Post by alanwycombe on Mar 25, 2023 21:23:08 GMT
Let’s hope he turns up at Wigan then
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Post by hubble on Mar 29, 2023 7:47:16 GMT
Stains has taken his gripe about this poll over to LFW, he's getting a more appreciative response over there 😂
Let's be clear, the question of who is 'the worst QPR striker in living memory' can never provide a definitive answer. In truth Dykes is probably not the worst, but this is a poll, and these are the results. It seems people are unhappy with democracy. Who'd a thought it!
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Post by croydoncaptainjack on Mar 29, 2023 8:35:39 GMT
Stains has taken his gripe about this poll over to LFW, he's getting a more appreciative response over there 😂 Let's be clear, the question of who is 'the worst QPR striker in living memory' can never provide a definitive answer. In truth Dykes is probably not the worst, but this is a poll, and these are the results. It seems people are unhappy with democracy. Who'd a thought it! To be fair to Stains there was an existing thread on LFW about Dykes and he mentioned this on there. I 100% agree with him. It is sod all to do with democracy, more about 10 people being wrong  |
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Post by alanwycombe on Mar 29, 2023 8:43:26 GMT
Simple question - what does he do well?
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Post by Corbray on Mar 29, 2023 9:17:42 GMT
Simple question - what does he do well? steal his bosses wife |
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Post by hubble on Mar 29, 2023 9:30:35 GMT
Expect some incoming traffic from LFWorders interested in looking at their previously unknown poor cousin. So backs straight, straighten your ties and please mind your Ps and Qs for once.
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Post by croydoncaptainjack on Mar 29, 2023 9:38:32 GMT
Simple question - what does he do well? Not the point is it Al? My beef is naming him the worst striker in living memory. And ten of you have decided that. His work rate alone puts him above loads of those named. |
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Post by hal9thou on Mar 29, 2023 9:45:44 GMT
So when can we crown him? When does the poll close? Are we waiting for the others to catch up?
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Post by hubble on Mar 29, 2023 10:00:44 GMT
Simple question - what does he do well? Not the point is it Al? My beef is naming him the worst striker in living memory. And ten of you have decided that. His work rate alone puts him above loads of those named.
He just wouldn't let it lie!
😂
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Post by hal9thou on Mar 29, 2023 10:14:21 GMT
Simple question - what does he do well? His work rate alone puts him above loads of those named. 9s - I'm only interested in end product: goals and assists. I don't care of he sits down and sparks up for five minutes as long as he can do the job when push comes to shove. C.Wash also ran around all afternoon. If anything he was more energetic than the golden boy / tattooed whore and still didn't make any difference at all. Cheers for those two Les you useless fuck. |
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Post by alanwycombe on Mar 29, 2023 11:47:55 GMT
Simple question - what does he do well? Not the point is it Al? My beef is naming him the worst striker in living memory. And ten of you have decided that. His work rate alone puts him above loads of those named. Respect your opinion but yes, it is the point given how long he’s been here and all the chances he’s had. Running around a lot but achieving next to nothing doesn’t make him a footballer. We’ve brought in a sluggish journeyman who is past it but in no time has given opposing defenders more problems than Dykes has in three years. Not to mention two goals where, it could easily be argued, Dykes would have been nowhere near in position to score. Mine wasn’t a protest vote, I genuinely think he’s useless. |
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Post by hal9thou on Mar 29, 2023 16:29:12 GMT
Not the point is it Al? My beef is naming him the worst striker in living memory. And ten of you have decided that. His work rate alone puts him above loads of those named. Respect your opinion but yes, it is the point given how long he’s been here and all the chances he’s had. Running around a lot but achieving next to nothing doesn’t make him a footballer. We’ve brought in a sluggish journeyman who is past it but in no time has given opposing defenders more problems than Dykes has in three years. Not to mention two goals where, it could easily be argued, Dykes would have been nowhere near in position to score. Mine wasn’t a protest vote, I genuinely think he’s useless. Nailed. |
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Post by West Acton on Mar 29, 2023 16:32:25 GMT
But running around and achieving nothing has made him a footballer as regardless of what we think he is an international footballer.
Can question his ability but you can’t say he’s not a footballer as he is.
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Post by Rangers77 on Mar 29, 2023 17:16:15 GMT
I think he's useless and I also cast a protest vote.
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Post by Stanley75 on Mar 30, 2023 8:41:03 GMT
So when can we crown him? He can be crowned now if that's what people wish. But with 10 votes it's hardly representative of the fanbase. On here, it appears so. However I'd never have posted the poll in the first place had I known that some would vote politically or out of protest which, going by responses, appears to be what's happened. I have made abundantly clear that was never the intention of the poll and that it was posted in all good faith in the interests of recording authentic views in response to the question. Many members, for whatever reason, have also chosen to abstain completely from voting. The poll is no longer pinned but for the above reasons there now seems no strong reason to close it. |
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Post by alanwycombe on Mar 30, 2023 8:54:27 GMT
It’s been an interesting thread - why not leave it as that?
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Post by Stanley75 on Mar 30, 2023 11:30:11 GMT
It’s been an interesting thread That's for sure. Then Stains stirring it up further, taking it over to LFW. Cheeky so and so lol 😅 |
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Post by alanwycombe on Mar 30, 2023 13:31:48 GMT
What I don’t get about the Dykes debate is how come the likes of Dieng, Kakay, Dickiedunne - all of whom are worth the shirt before Dykes IMO - get pelters for a couple of dodgy performances in a row yet Dykes gets people queuing up making excuses for nearly three seasons of crap. The point is made that we have no one else - really? Bonne, no worse, never got a look in and there is even a video on this board of Kargbo scoring a goal that the best keeper around wouldn’t have stopped and with technique that Dykes could only dream about. It has to be wrong that no young player even gets a few minutes off the bench. Armstrong, no world beater, makes things happen with a bit of pace. Why do we never try anything?
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Post by West Acton on Mar 30, 2023 17:57:24 GMT
Think the Dykes thread suggests not many making excuses for him.
Personally on what I’ve seen Armstrong as bad as Dykes just younger. Can hand on heart not think of anything Armstrong has made happen no goals from him nor assists I can recall? Plenty of effort I give him that but that’s surely expected anyway. Non scoring striker we’ve had a few of them.
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Mar 30, 2023 18:21:40 GMT
If bill is dead he can’t have his vote counted as it’s living memory!
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