Hughesy Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Dyer played the most games out of all of them ironically. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 According the Premier League stats, Dyer played more league games than all of them. Edit: He actually made the joint most appearances that season excluding Given. Interesting that his most injury free season is the season we get our highest league finish of the Bobby era. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 People should never mention any two players within the same sentence, no matter how different. It just makes baby Jesus cry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest je85 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Kieron Dyer vs Zidane vs Xavi? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Kieron Dyer vs Zidane vs Xavi? Joe Cole is better than all of them combined. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Dyer played the most games out of all of them ironically. How is that irony? We were brilliant that season. We were also brilliant the season before, most notably when Dyer was in the side. Away from home we relied primarily on Bellamy, Dyer and Robert. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest je85 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Dyer played the most games out of all of them ironically. How is that irony? We were brilliant that season. We were also brilliant the season before, most notably when Dyer was in the side. Away from home we relied primarily on Bellamy, Dyer and Robert. Reminded me of this, which I like any excuse to post. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Dyer and Bellamy were the explosive influence that cleared up space for Robert, Solano, and Shearer to be at their most potent. People talk in cliched terms about teams being one dimensional, but we were genuinely 4 or 5 dimensional back then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Dyer and Bellamy were the explosive influence that cleared up space for Robert, Solano, and Shearer to be at their most potent. People talk in cliched terms about teams being one dimensional, but we were genuinely 4 or 5 dimensional back then. I'm not laughing at you, I'm just laughing at the concept of a team being so good that they can control the 4th and 5th dimensions. Dr. Who and Sam from Quantum Leap up front. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Dyer played the most games out of all of them ironically. How is that irony? We were brilliant that season. We were also brilliant the season before, most notably when Dyer was in the side. Away from home we relied primarily on Bellamy, Dyer and Robert. It's ironic because he was usually injured, but during that season played more than any of the other midfielders (yet still had a woeful statistical return despite his large number of appearances). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 You really need to take Dyer for what he was. His ability to break at pace from midfield beyond the opposition defence made him at times unplayable. In a team set up for that type of play he was the best there was. He had something that couldn't be defended against and you couldn't set up a team to nullify him, he could see space and some of the runs he made were simply fantastic. He couldn't finish, couldn't cross, at times couldn't see a 5 yard goal scoring pass and was a knob but in SBR's team a fit Dyer could make all the difference for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 I thought Dyer was canny. Just a c**t. Probably been mentioned 47 times but that cup game against Southampton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 I really don't know about Joe Cole he seems to live off a few explosive moments. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 He is almost Ron Jeremy-esque in that respect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Liam Liam O Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 I thought Dyer was canny. Just a c**t. Probably been mentioned 47 times but that cup game against Southampton All the people telling us what a terrible player he was will no doubt have a long list of attacking central midfielders we've had who were better than him in the last 20 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 I thought Dyer was canny. Just a c**t. Probably been mentioned 47 times but that cup game against Southampton All the people telling us what a terrible player he was will no doubt have a long list of attacking central midfielders we've had who were better than him in the last 20 years. He was very good for us at times, can't quite get my head around some of the criticism of his ability. Injury proneness and attitude, then fair enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Rob Lee Peter Beardsley Gavin Peacock (Lee Clark) Nicky Papavasalou Paul Gascoigne Suppose its not that long, but then, I don't mind Dyer when he tries. Was just a total waster off the field (Hi, Gazza). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Liam Liam O Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Rob Lee Peter Beardsley Gavin Peacock (Lee Clark) Nicky Papavasalou Paul Gascoigne Suppose its not that long, but then, I don't mind Dyer when he tries. Was just a total waster off the field (Hi, Gazza). Tidied. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Rob Lee Peter Beardsley Gavin Peacock (Lee Clark) Nicky Papavasalou Paul Gascoigne Suppose its not that long, but then, I don't mind Dyer when he tries. Was just a total waster off the field (Hi, Gazza). Tidied. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 I thought Dyer was very good at what he did. The amount of times he was able to pick up the ball in his own half and run with it to relieve the pressure, winning free-kicks, corners, giving the ball to those around him was crucial for us at that time, and complemented Speed's brain, Robert & Solano's set-piece delivery and crossing ability, Bellamy's pace to join him on the counter-attack and Shearer's ability to hold the ball up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Dyer was class when fit and playing in the right position which I believe was just off the front man, he didn't do that very often but was class then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 That front 6 was absolutely fantastic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 That front 6 was absolutely fantastic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 That front 6 was absolutely fantastic. You have to ask yourself is it better than that of Keegan? I think it probably is but we'll never know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 I liked Speed, but I think if we'd had a better & younger box-to-box/holding midfielder at the time, we'd have been even better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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