Dobbie... where have we gone wrong?

TheDuke · Mar 18, 2013

I think we all thought he was a great signing but what happened? He's gone to the Palarse and is a regular and doing really well...or so we hear.

He never got a run at it here... a bit like Spanish Dave who looked really ordinary until he had some games under his belt... and see what happened then.

Is Dobbie clashing with Gus, is he not happy with the club and the city?

He's probably coming back... can he cut it with us... I really hope so because his montage (YouTube?) of goals and play for other clubs was bloody good.

Perish the thought if we let go a potentially tasty player especially to the Nigels. Any thoughts chaps?

stripeyshark · Mar 18, 2013

He's going. End of. See other threads.

Bakero · Mar 18, 2013

He won't be back. Forget him.

BensGrandad · Mar 18, 2013

Hasnt he all but signed for Palace permanently and no chance or desire for him to come back..

TheDuke · Mar 18, 2013

stripeyshark said:
He's going. End of. See other threads.

Not true..nothings settled

severnside gull · Mar 18, 2013

deal done
fee agreed - would have been done already if it hadnt been for palace being his third club of the season
no way back

couldnt fit in to our style of play....... it happens

Blackadder · Mar 18, 2013

Strange day to post this. We didn't seem to miss him yesterday.

TheDuke · Mar 18, 2013

severnside gull said:
deal done
fee agreed
no way back

couldnt fit in to ourcstyle of play....... it happens

Sauce?

BensGrandad · Mar 18, 2013

TheDuke said:
Not true..nothings settled

Thought it was said that he has signed on loan with agreement to make it permanent in the summer.

Munkfish · Mar 18, 2013

TheDuke said:
I think we all thought he was a great signing but what happened? He's gone to the Palarse and is a regular and doing really well...or so we hear.

He never got a run at it here... a bit like Spanish Dave who looked really ordinary until he had some games under his belt... and see what happened then.

Is Dobbie clashing with Gus, is he not happy with the club and the city?

He's probably coming back... can he cut it with us... I really hope so because his montage (YouTube?) of goals and play for other clubs was bloody good.

Perish the thought if we let go a potentially tasty player especially to the Nigels. Any thoughts chaps?

I thought he was a dire signing from the start, smacked of no other options for Gus. We needed a target man ULLOA and instead we got Dobbie.

Dobbie, Dobbie who the **** is Dobbie.

Pogue Mahone · Mar 18, 2013

TheDuke said:
Not true..nothings settled

It's settled. To compare Dobbie to Spanish Dave is ludicrous. Dobbie's attitude was wrong, and he didn't fit.

The only reason the deal had to wait until after the season is the 'Three clubs in one season rule'.

Do you really think that he'd be welcome back here? He's gone. Good riddance.

Springal · Mar 18, 2013

Highest earner, panic buy as we thought CMS was on the way.

Gone to Palace, and he hasn't done really well. Average at best.

severnside gull · Mar 18, 2013

TheDuke said:
Sauce?

widely quoted in the press that the intention was a permanent deal but could not be completed because you can't play for three clubs on a permanent contract in one season. A deal was therefore agreed based on a fee to be paid in the summer. The loan deal is in 2 stages to avoid the restriction (93days?) which would otherwise prevent him being available to Palace for the play offs. In theory therefore he returns to us during this week's international break and goes back to palace next week when the loan is renewed. In practice of course he stays training with palace throughout and after all that he still cant play against us if we meet in the play-offs.

HastingsSeagull · Mar 18, 2013

Munkfish said:
I thought he was a dire signing from the start, smacked of no other options for Gus. We needed a target man ULLOA and instead we got Dobbie.

THIS!

Some of us that had seen Dave before were really excited and said it was SIMILAR to the Vicente signing but that we might actually see him on the pitch regularly. I for one was extremely disappointed with his average start but had faith it was due to settling in and saw glimpses especially at right wing back. Now he's insane. Vicente was not a lightning winger now but a puller of the strings...... thought Dave was the same but seemd like Gus wanted to get him playing his old wing role from 5 years ago (possibly more to help him settle or enable others like Orlandi on the pitch together) but it didn't work. Now Dave's situation is

Dobbie I NEVER saw a GLIMPSE of and thought panic over-pay on the last day for a forward thinking player (not even a striker) who wasn't at all what we needed. Who do we off-load our unwanted, over-paid players to? The scummers up the road. I don't actually care if he's good for them, we REALLY needed his massive salery and lack of production for us off our books and they were the only ones interested he'd go to. Much rather we had Upson!

Yes we worry about what our biggest rivals do, but it's secondary to sorting our own stuff out!!!

portslade seagull · Mar 18, 2013

BensGrandad said:
Thought it was said that he has signed on loan with agreement to make it permanent in the summer.

This, he won't be coming back

seagullsovergrimsby · Mar 18, 2013

TheDuke said:
He's gone to the Palarse and is a regular and doing really well...or so we hear.

He is doing the same there as he was doing here. Excess baggage , at least we'll be getting our money back that was spent on the transfer fee and his wages.

Icy Gull · Mar 18, 2013

No doubt a useful player, but from what I saw of him he wasn't a team player. Gus won't poke up with anyone who doesn't fit into his game plan. Kazenga being a good example too, looks good in a run out late in the game, gets a starting berth and doesn't play like Gus wants him to so gets dropped for a month or two before he gets another chance. Maybe he has learned and after yesterday certainly deserves a run. Whether he gets one depends on how much tinkering Gus wants to do against Forest. To me Dobbie looked like he didn't give a shit in most of the games I saw him, maybe it's just his style but I very much doubt that he'll be back.

Barnes, for all his critics does exactly what is asked of him and nearly always makes the squad. Play the Gus way or wave your first team chances goodbye. Dobbie never fitted in and contrary to popular NSC opinions, he was given opportunities. Of the games I saw he was rubbish at Derby and you wouldn't have know he was on the pitch at Charlton.

driller · Mar 18, 2013

He will not be back

But what if Holloway goes to Reading though?!

BensGrandad · Mar 18, 2013

driller said:
He will not be back

But what if Holloway goes to Reading though?!

Dobbie will then go to Reading with him in the summer and we would get the money from them instead of Palace.

RexCathedra · Mar 18, 2013

I believe he can't go anywhere until Tony Bloom gives him an old sock.

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