Deuce Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Quality once again and we're unbeaten since he returned from injury after losing pretty much every game without him. Poor footballer but he makes our defence much better. The vitriol needs to piss off. correlation ≠ causation Much better this week than last, but finding a starting-quality LB should be a top priority this summer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 It's a pretty fucking significant correlation, like. Get a proper defender at LB and you defend better and stop losing games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Also big that there's no Janmaat. We have a back four now committed to defending. Dummett and Lascelles help us so much from aerial threats. Rafa is building a strong base. IMO Dummett is much more of a Rafa fullback than a Janmaat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 It's a pretty fucking significant correlation, like. Get a proper defender at LB and you defend better and stop losing games. Agendas man. I think some people view a left back as a Roberto Carlos or Ashley Cole type. Yes that's lovely but players with forward flair and defensive nous are rarer than hens teeth. Most have one or the other. Dummett is an excellent defender and one of the few good attitudes in our squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 It's a pretty fucking significant correlation, like. Get a proper defender at LB and you defend better and stop losing games. Agendas man. I think some people view a left back as a Roberto Carlos or Ashley Cole type. Yes that's lovely but players with forward flair and defensive nous are rarer than hens teeth. Most have one or the other. Dummett is an excellent defender and one of the few good attitudes in our squad. And some of you absolutely love attacking this straw man. He put in a decent shift today, against a team not nearly as good as the one we played last week. He's decent enough putting the timely leg in, but he hurts us on the ball. I don't expect him to bomb forward like Ashley Cole, but I do expect that he doesn't hoof it downfield when under the slightest bit of pressure. He's got no confidence on the ball and that hurts us defensively just as much as in attack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varadi Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Quality once again and we're unbeaten since he returned from injury after losing pretty much every game without him. Poor footballer but he makes our defence much better. The vitriol needs to piss off. correlation ≠ causation Much better this week than last, but finding a starting-quality LB should be a top priority this summer Updated stats: 26 points from 21 games Dummett started 7 points from 15 he missed Pretty impressive tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 He's average still. If we stay up it's one of the areas in particular we need upgrading. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Was good today. Is very limited on the ball but I thought Colback was a good short passing option for him today so he didn't hoof it as much Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiston Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 He's poor considering he only defends, other fullbacks mostly have to do more then that. Hell his header set up one of Crystal Palaces best chances today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 He did really well to chase down the ball after Darlow had saved the penalty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Quality once again and we're unbeaten since he returned from injury after losing pretty much every game without him. Poor footballer but he makes our defence much better. The vitriol needs to p*ss off. correlation ≠ causation Much better this week than last, but finding a starting-quality LB should be a top priority this summer Nothing to do with McClaren or Rafa or any of that shit, we got Paully back from the sick bay. He's done alright defensively in some games during this little run, fair play to him. He's the first player that needs to be replaced if we stay up though. Premier League left back should know how to control and pass the ball. Other teams having shit fullbacks doesn't mean we should be one of those teams before someone brings up Bardsley and Dawson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Don't really see what's funny like, he's a solid left back. We were having to pull Sissoko back there the previous games as Anita and Colback were terrible, being blitzed by the likes of Jarvis and Borini. Our defence is sound across the board now and the reason we're picking up points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Don't really see what's funny like, he's a solid left back. We were having to pull Sissoko back there the previous games as Anita and Colback were terrible, being blitzed by the likes of Jarvis and Borini. Our defence is sound across the board now and the reason we're picking up points. Dummett is obviously part of the improvement but basically the whole line has been changed recently (as well as the manager). The line is getting some protection from the midfield too now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I think you're putting words into his mouth there mind, I'll let him respond himself though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 To be fair, Pata, I'd have to concede the lack of your best mate in the central defence has been equally important to us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I edited it before you saw the edit after reading his post again. Edit. To Hans ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 To be fair, Pata, I'd have to concede the lack of your best mate in the central defence has been equally important to us. And the lack of Janmaat, Taylor and whoever played as LB. Having a fit Tiote ahead of them is quite important too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 I tend not to worry when teams attack us down our left hand side when he's playing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 It's a pretty fucking significant correlation, like. Get a proper defender at LB and you defend better and stop losing games. Agendas man. I think some people view a left back as a Roberto Carlos or Ashley Cole type. Yes that's lovely but players with forward flair and defensive nous are rarer than hens teeth. Most have one or the other. Dummett is an excellent defender and one of the few good attitudes in our squad. Both. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayson Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 He was better yesterday, as said did superbly for the rebound on the penalty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayson Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 It's a pretty f***ing significant correlation, like. Get a proper defender at LB and you defend better and stop losing games. Agendas man. I think some people view a left back as a Roberto Carlos or Ashley Cole type. Yes that's lovely but players with forward flair and defensive nous are rarer than hens teeth. Most have one or the other. Dummett is an excellent defender and one of the few good attitudes in our squad. Its not agendas, you're both ignoring that the entire defense have been changed since he came back obviously. Lascelles has been key, Mbemba has been good & Anita has been top aswell. Dummett is decent generally, but chances fall his side. Thats my summation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 He still looks like the weak link in the defence and that is even with Anita at right back. He stands off far too much and allows players to run past him regularly. Good defender at a much lower level. He's okay, but he's nothing special. That said, he's performing well at the moment. I think people forget players' 6000 games prior to the one that we've just watched, it wasn't all that long ago that people thought he was a gash LB and better at CB. Now all of a sudden he's a world-beater LB and the sole reason we're winning games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Except nobody said he's a 'world-beater LB' and most of us have had pretty consistent opinions of him since he established himself in the side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 He stands off far too much and allows players to run past him regularly. I find its the opposite, usually he gets caught out when he presses too quickly, and the wingers dummy it and run past him, as his turning circle is quite slow. It happened with Barrow against Swansea and nearly happened with Sako yesterday. Think he's been really good defensively 99% of the time in the last few matches like and confident he can block crosses when wingers go down the outside Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 He's not an excellent defender, he's just not. He's the best we've had given our situation sand he has some good defensive moments. The sooner we see him as a CB the better and should look to upgrade. Like the bloke though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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