eddie Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 So in summary, Dawkins is rubbish because he doesn't hoof it forward all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclej Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I'd go back and check the context of your comment, but since the refurb, I cannot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlsonDerby Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 A player's form isn't solely dependent on how fans treat him. Fans will always groan when a player is not playing well, it's up to the player to dust himself off and go again.I do hope Dawkins can find some form again but if Lingard and Ince continue in their current veins of form, it's hard to see Dawkins getting a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Just think about it for a minute, who is better than Bucko?Keogh? No wayChristie? NopeForsyth? God, no.Shotton? Maybe.Back to Dawkins. Is he the most skillful player in this league? I'm struggling to find better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammieib Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 We won't change our style away from home, but the opposition will. They are not top of the league. Most teams would take a point from the iPro and be over the moon with it, but at their own grounds they will have a go at us, they will have more possession, and we will spend more spells of the game under pressure than we do at home. Ince or Dawkins is an odd example to give, given that they seem to come as a package. One to retain the ball, one to be more direct. That has a balance to it. Two Inces and the defence may struggle to find an outlet. Two Dawkins and there is very little attacking threat. At the moment it is Ward/Lindgard or Dawkins. Away from home I would pick Dawkins, and at home I would pick Lindgard. I fail to see where Ward fits in at the minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammieib Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Just think about it for a minute, who is better than Bucko?Keogh? No wayChristie? NopeForsyth? God, no.Shotton? Maybe.Back to Dawkins. Is he the most skillful player in this league? I'm struggling to find better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Oh sweet Jesus, did you just call Dawkins the best player in the Championship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Anyone who releases the ball to a better player without taking 30 seconds to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Anyone who releases the ball to a better player without taking 30 seconds to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VulcanRam Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Anyone who releases the ball to a better player without taking 30 seconds to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I might be getting mixed up here, but weren't you Dawkins biggest fan who wouldn't hear a bad word said about him? If so and if you've changed your mind that gives me great hope when it comes to Mascarell and Mostyn/Curtains..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duracell Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I get so bored with these discussions sometimes. It's fine discussing players and talk about performances and pros and cons and all those sorts of things where we've all got a right to an opinion. I just don't get why we all "need to move on" from Jake Buxton. Wtf? Okay, so we all accept Jake Buxton unanimously for what he is - a slow, ponderous lower-league thug who holds back the way we play (that's right, isn't it?). Then what? What does that actually achieve? Will that get him dropped? Will that cause this idiotic management team to FINALLY notice what is clear as day to some members on here?One of my favourite posts in a long time is this one from @Alpha Signia in the Charlton match-day thread.We'll get smashed 0-3. The back 5 are rubbish. If Omar starts that's another one. Hendrick has dodgy moments so that's 7 players you can't rely on. Then if donkey Dawkins starts...my teamMitchellShotton, Whitbread,Albentosa, NaylorThorne,Guy,HughesInce,Bent,LingardMcClaren won't do that. He'll more or less keep the same struggling team and we'll be 2-0 at HT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I'd go back and check the context of your comment, but since the refurb, I cannot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanRam Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Imo Dawkins is valuable very much so while Crissy is out and that is in regard to ball retention and other aspects.Is Dawks prem league material? Probably not but he is perfect for our current team imo.He is what he is and no one should expect anything more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VulcanRam Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I'm still an advocate of Omar Mascarell so give up on that one Vulcan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VulcanRam Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I get so bored with these discussions sometimes. It's fine discussing players and talk about performances and pros and cons and all those sorts of things where we've all got a right to an opinion. I just don't get why we all "need to move on" from Jake Buxton. Wtf? Okay, so we all accept Jake Buxton unanimously for what he is - a slow, ponderous lower-league thug who holds back the way we play (that's right, isn't it?). Then what? What does that actually achieve? Will that get him dropped? Will that cause this idiotic management team to FINALLY notice what is clear as day to some members on here?One of my favourite posts in a long time is this one from @Alpha Signia in the Charlton match-day thread.Can't really sum it up much better than that. Isn't it incredible how we're top of the league despite our management team deliberately choosing weak sides based on sentimentality?We're all allowed our favourite players and we don't have to like them all. But when we're top of the league and posters are suggesting it would be better if we all disliked some players, or finally accepted they were rubbish as a collective, it's obvious that things are going too far. What would that achieve? What would it prove? It's like some people would rather be proved right than letting everyone just enjoy us having a bloody fantastic season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duracell Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I don't like to speak on behalf of anyone, but I believe @Alpha Signia was being a tad ironic/sarcastic/facetious?@Alpha Sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Never. Never, I say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Ram Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Dawkins does a job, but I don't think he'll get many chances once Russell's fit. I do find it odd how he never seems to last more than 60/65 mins if he starts before he's subbed - can't remember the last time he lasted anywhere near a full match. a bit off subject, but once Russell's fit, assuming him and Ince start, which two out of Lingard, dawkins and Ward do we put on the bench? I can't remember Mac having three wide players on the bench before, so I'd guess one of them will be missing out and that's a toss up between Ward and Dawkins for me. I'd probably leave Ward out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VulcanRam Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Erm. Yes. As was I? What? You've confused me now. I thought I was agreeing with him, no? Isn't that obvious?Please don't tell me you read my whole post literally... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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