| Dembele 08:17 - Oct 1 with 1649 views | EalingHoop81 |
There is a really interesting piece in the Athletic on him for anyone who has a subscription. Talks about his incredible potential that had him up there with Bellingham and Musiala in the England youth teams and the challenges of trying to find his potential. |  | | |  |
| Dembele on 08:29 - Oct 1 with 1576 views | MrSheen |
Didn’t Celtic get permission for him to play in their Under 18s when he was 13, or something? Imagine how diddy he was then. |  | | |
| Dembele on 09:26 - Oct 1 with 1390 views | Lblock |
Is this the England youth teams that engaged in the sport of Hide n Seek?
Apart from his debut against Plymouth (?), and maybe a half against a woeful Leicester team, he's done the square root of f'all for me.
Looks like another utter waste of money at this moment in time. |  |
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| Dembele on 09:43 - Oct 1 with 1325 views | bosh67 |
| Dembele on 09:26 - Oct 1 by Lblock |
Is this the England youth teams that engaged in the sport of Hide n Seek?
Apart from his debut against Plymouth (?), and maybe a half against a woeful Leicester team, he's done the square root of f'all for me.
Looks like another utter waste of money at this moment in time. |
With a lot of young talented players their biggest problems are confidence, belief and picking up a succession of injuries.
If you look at clips of him as a kid he's got everything, speed, trickery, footwork and a football brain. Certainly a player that would never be destined to play here.
We've seen flashes of it but it's been regularly interrupted with fairly dreadful injuries. So my feeling is that if we can get the kid fit and injury free, and gaining a bit of confidence, even if he ever only shows half of his childhood potential that he'll be an asset to us.
But it does depend on his belief in himself and his body not to keep breaking down. We're seeing a little bit of that with Kone and his knee. |  |
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| Dembele on 12:19 - Oct 1 with 1057 views | francisbowles |
| Dembele on 09:43 - Oct 1 by bosh67 |
With a lot of young talented players their biggest problems are confidence, belief and picking up a succession of injuries.
If you look at clips of him as a kid he's got everything, speed, trickery, footwork and a football brain. Certainly a player that would never be destined to play here.
We've seen flashes of it but it's been regularly interrupted with fairly dreadful injuries. So my feeling is that if we can get the kid fit and injury free, and gaining a bit of confidence, even if he ever only shows half of his childhood potential that he'll be an asset to us.
But it does depend on his belief in himself and his body not to keep breaking down. We're seeing a little bit of that with Kone and his knee. |
Problem is even if they're all playing well, I don't think you can be competitive in the Championship with many little guys.
Chair, Lamptey and Smyth do ok but Saito and Dembele struggle with the physicality.
Having too many small players on the pitch makes you weaker at set pieces, especially as one of our taller players, Madsen takes most of them. Jimmy is the only other really big player that we've got; opponents concentrate on trying to stop him and we are usually left hoping that Ronnie, JCS etc are out smarting and out jumping taller markers. [Post edited 1 Oct 12:20]
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| Dembele on 12:23 - Oct 1 with 1032 views | Match82 |
| Dembele on 12:19 - Oct 1 by francisbowles |
Problem is even if they're all playing well, I don't think you can be competitive in the Championship with many little guys.
Chair, Lamptey and Smyth do ok but Saito and Dembele struggle with the physicality.
Having too many small players on the pitch makes you weaker at set pieces, especially as one of our taller players, Madsen takes most of them. Jimmy is the only other really big player that we've got; opponents concentrate on trying to stop him and we are usually left hoping that Ronnie, JCS etc are out smarting and out jumping taller markers. [Post edited 1 Oct 12:20]
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As frustrating as it is I think this is one reason why we have Chair taking a lot of the corners instead of Madsen |  | | |
| Dembele on 12:31 - Oct 1 with 984 views | LazyFan |
He's had the worst injury one can have even though he is only 23, but hits 24 this season.
He has the skill, but his best position in my view is a 10 and not a winger. On the wing he has ahead of him Vale, Smyth and, of course, Poku. As 10, Chair, Kone and possibly Madsen are ahead of him.
He does not play right wing, where Saito and sometimes Chair or Smyth are ahead of him again.
Therefore, when he returns, he's really gonna have to start delivering from the subs bench to then get into the team.
He has the skill, not only in dribbling or crossing but also in through balls and shooting. But now, there are no more off games; he has to deliver, or he's out. What Saito has taught us is that we can get just the same average elsewhere, and that's not gonna be good enough.
Smyth has upped his game with 6 goals last season and two already this one, and at 29.
So, there are no excuses for the rest of them. You can improve, but you have to stay at it. The squad has improved, so there are no more free rides, and we have too many wingers.
Dembele will have to deliver once he's fit enough to play, or we should get rid. |  |
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| Dembele on 12:35 - Oct 1 with 962 views | Logman |
| Dembele on 12:23 - Oct 1 by Match82 |
As frustrating as it is I think this is one reason why we have Chair taking a lot of the corners instead of Madsen |
I think you can have small players out wide which is where he plays. You only need 4 tall players if you do zonal marking at corners. Two tall CB's, a CDM and a CF and Mbengue and Kemper at full backs and you should be able to cope with any aerial threat. | | | |
| Dembele on 13:35 - Oct 1 with 787 views | Wilkinswatercarrier |
Doesn't want to work hard off the ball summed up by his shrug of the shoulders when Burnley scored their third or fourth against us at home 18 months ago. Disgraceful.
I was so angry I had to leave the ground.
Compare his attitude to Lloyd or Adamson. I know which one I'd want on my team. | |
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| Dembele on 14:15 - Oct 1 with 673 views | wombat |
| Dembele on 13:35 - Oct 1 by Wilkinswatercarrier |
Doesn't want to work hard off the ball summed up by his shrug of the shoulders when Burnley scored their third or fourth against us at home 18 months ago. Disgraceful.
I was so angry I had to leave the ground.
Compare his attitude to Lloyd or Adamson. I know which one I'd want on my team. |
feel sorry for him with the inuury but gut feeling is we would have looked to move him this summer if he hadnt been injured his lack of work rate being the main issue of his. |  |
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| Dembele on 17:14 - Oct 1 with 320 views | TheChef |
| Dembele on 13:35 - Oct 1 by Wilkinswatercarrier |
Doesn't want to work hard off the ball summed up by his shrug of the shoulders when Burnley scored their third or fourth against us at home 18 months ago. Disgraceful.
I was so angry I had to leave the ground.
Compare his attitude to Lloyd or Adamson. I know which one I'd want on my team. |
Yeah I'm not a fan either unfortunately.
Has the right attributes to do well, but picks and chooses when he wants to perform.
If his not for his bad injury I'd have sold him on ages ago. |  |
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| Dembele on 17:56 - Oct 1 with 237 views | BklynRanger |
Not to be a snowflake, but should we be kicking a man when he's down?
He's got a lot to work on no doubt, but he does have a lot of quality too.
Combined quite naturally with Illy for those 28 minutes they were both fit. I could see him doing similar with some of that squad now. |  | | |
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