[Albion] Dale Stephens? Really??

Gilliver's Travels

Peripatetic

Jul 5, 2003

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Brighton Marina Village

• Dec 16, 2018

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• #121

Well? Anyone care to comment on how our Dale did today?

 

Blackadder

Brighton Bhuna Boy

Jul 6, 2003

16,077

Haywards Heath

• Dec 16, 2018

• #122

Gilliver's Travels said:

Well? Anyone care to comment on how our Dale did today?

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Do you only post on your own threads? There is massive thread on the subject just below yours.

 

neilbard

Hedging up

Oct 8, 2013

6,245

Tyringham

• Dec 16, 2018

• #123

albionfan37 said:

1 he controls the tempo of the game
2 he bridges play between defending and attacking
3 he plays more forward balls than gets credit for he might also give the ball away with those passes but not as often as you clearly think
4 his game management is fantastic
5 has a fabulous understanding with the 2 cbs and the more attacking players
6plays selflessly to the benefit of the team

I suspect there’s plenty more to his game but you get the point I hope

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Greg Bobkin

Silver Seagull

May 22, 2012

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• Dec 16, 2018

• #124

Gilliver's Travels said:

Well? Anyone care to comment on how our Dale did today?

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Sure, I will. He wasn't very good. Not very good at all. Mind you, he's coming back from three games out so, in some, ways, my expectations were low.

Does this mean I suddenly think he's not a good player or doesn't deserve a place in the side? No, not really. There were plenty of players who didn't turn up today - for the first half at least.

I don't understand slagging off players in the squad - they are there for a reason and go through patches of good and bad form.

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Gilliver's Travels

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Blackadder said:

Do you only post on your own threads? There is massive thread on the subject just below yours.

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My thread was started in September. Three months on, more people seem to be concluding that Mr Stephens is, actually, a bit of a liability.

To put things in context... A while back, just one Premier League club was said to be contemplating a big-money bid for Dale Stephens.

The club concerned? Burnley. 'Nuff said.