Dwight Gayle (now playing for Derby County)

[Decky]

Even with his goal scoring record i really don't think he's premier league quality, always bottles it at tough games like today, its very easy to score at this division at a team like ours when we are battering shit sides.

 

He scored a hatrick against Norwich when they were our team to catch, scored away to Leeds, got a brace against Reading and was solely responsible for our away wins at Barnsley and Bristol City and he's a bottler in the tough games?

[Happinesstan]

Definitely got enough quality to deserve a chance in the Prem (if we go up) next year.

 

 

[Ronaldo]

Definitely got enough quality to deserve a chance in the Prem (if we go up) next year.

 

 

 

I think he's absolutely immense at this level but given that we'd hypothetically play with one striker in the PL it'd be foolish not to buy someone of greater quality.

[mrmojorisin75]

Definitely got enough quality to deserve a chance in the Prem (if we go up) next year.

 

 

 

I think he's absolutely immense at this level but given that we'd hypothetically play with one striker in the PL it'd be foolish not to buy someone of greater quality.

 

correct - gayle would have to push for his place when given a chance against a better quality upgrade you'd hope

[Happinesstan]

Definitely got enough quality to deserve a chance in the Prem (if we go up) next year.

 

 

 

I think he's absolutely immense at this level but given that we'd hypothetically play with one striker in the PL it'd be foolish not to buy someone of greater quality.

 

correct - gayle would have to push for his place when given a chance against a better quality upgrade you'd hope

 

Of course. Every player needs to perform to retain their place, and I think Gayle is the one player who has done that this season. You could say Shelvey too, but he has let us down big time.

 

I reckon Gayle is good for 15-20 goals in the prem. We replace him with what a 25-30 striker and we gain 10 goals, provided the new striker hits the ground running. So we improve by 10 goals.

 

Better to get a couple of midfielders who can get 8-12 goals, and vastly improve the service to Gayle, who could benefit with an extra 5.

 

 

 

 

[Happinesstan]

Out of interest, how many goals do people think we need to score, as a team, to succeed in the prem?

[triggs]

Definitely got enough quality to deserve a chance in the Prem (if we go up) next year.

 

 

 

I think he's absolutely immense at this level but given that we'd hypothetically play with one striker in the PL it'd be foolish not to buy someone of greater quality.

 

correct - gayle would have to push for his place when given a chance against a better quality upgrade you'd hope

 

Of course. Every player needs to perform to retain their place, and I think Gayle is the one player who has done that this season. You could say Shelvey too, but he has let us down big time.

 

I reckon Gayle is good for 15-20 goals in the prem. We replace him with what a 25-30 striker and we gain 10 goals, provided the new striker hits the ground running. So we improve by 10 goals.

 

Better to get a couple of midfielders who can get 8-12 goals, and vastly improve the service to Gayle, who could benefit with an extra 5.

Why would we need to replace Gayle if you think he's good for 15-20 goals?

[mrmojorisin75]

Definitely got enough quality to deserve a chance in the Prem (if we go up) next year.

 

 

 

I think he's absolutely immense at this level but given that we'd hypothetically play with one striker in the PL it'd be foolish not to buy someone of greater quality.

 

correct - gayle would have to push for his place when given a chance against a better quality upgrade you'd hope

 

Of course. Every player needs to perform to retain their place, and I think Gayle is the one player who has done that this season. You could say Shelvey too, but he has let us down big time.

 

I reckon Gayle is good for 15-20 goals in the prem. We replace him with what a 25-30 striker and we gain 10 goals, provided the new striker hits the ground running. So we improve by 10 goals.

 

Better to get a couple of midfielders who can get 8-12 goals, and vastly improve the service to Gayle, who could benefit with an extra 5.

Why would we need to replace Gayle if you think he's good for 15-20 goals?

 

fwiw i meant upgrade gayle and then he's got to prove himself to get back in the team

 

gayle is a 15 goal striker at absolute best in the PL like, i.e. the season of his life

[triggs]

Definitely got enough quality to deserve a chance in the Prem (if we go up) next year.

 

 

 

I think he's absolutely immense at this level but given that we'd hypothetically play with one striker in the PL it'd be foolish not to buy someone of greater quality.

 

correct - gayle would have to push for his place when given a chance against a better quality upgrade you'd hope

 

Of course. Every player needs to perform to retain their place, and I think Gayle is the one player who has done that this season. You could say Shelvey too, but he has let us down big time.

 

I reckon Gayle is good for 15-20 goals in the prem. We replace him with what a 25-30 striker and we gain 10 goals, provided the new striker hits the ground running. So we improve by 10 goals.

 

Better to get a couple of midfielders who can get 8-12 goals, and vastly improve the service to Gayle, who could benefit with an extra 5.

Why would we need to replace Gayle if you think he's good for 15-20 goals?

 

fwiw i meant upgrade gayle and then he's got to prove himself to get back in the team

 

gayle is a 15 goal striker at absolute best in the PL like, i.e. the season of his life

Yeah I agree actually. Sorry, I hadn't read any of the conversation up to that post. Just ignore what I said

[54]

Nominated for player of the month for December 

[Paullow]

Quite interesting seeing the contrast of his goal stats in Sky games vs non Sky games

 

He has 19 goals in 20 league games overall

 

On Sky, he missed the Brighton game but has scored 2 goals in our other 8 live games, both against Leeds. So in the other 12 games (not on TV) he has 17 goals.

 

 

[Hanshithispantz]

We've been shite in just about every game Sky has shown tbh.

[Kanji]

let's ban sky

[HaydnNUFC]

We've been s**** in just about every game Sky has shown tbh.

We were alreet against Leeds and Brighton. Forest was a farce but we played well. Average against Wigan and Villa, although we should have wrapped up the latter in the first half. The rest were shit, like.

[xLiaaamx]

Thought we played well down at Derby.

[Parsley]

We've been s**** in just about every game Sky has shown tbh.

We were alreet against Leeds and Brighton. Forest was a farce but we played well. Average against Wigan and Villa, although we should have wrapped up the latter in the first half. The rest were s***, like.

Thought we were very decent against Villa until the 70 minute mark or so.

[Guest Howaythetoon]

He will score goals in the Premier League, but Rafa's way of playing will require an upgrade on Gayle for his way to be more effective.

[Chris Banaloona]

He will score goals in the Premier League, but Rafa's way of playing will require an upgrade on Gayle for his way to be more effective.

 

If we get there.

[Guest reefatoon]

He will score goals in the Premier League, but Rafa's way of playing will require an upgrade on Gayle for his way to be more effective.

 

Not so sure this is true. I think Gayle will do fine with an upgrade on the people around him.

[Sho Time]

He will score goals in the Premier League, but Rafa's way of playing will require an upgrade on Gayle for his way to be more effective.

 

Not so sure this is true. I think Gayle will do fine with an upgrade on the people around him.

 

Agree with this but I do feel he'd also benefit more having a strike partner alongside him.

[Optimistic Nut]

I don't. I think he could get Defoe-like figures as it stands.

[jackyboy]

Gets his shot on target most of the time, always a good sign.  Think he'll score goals with the right support around him

[STM]

Scores goals 90% of the time, all the time.

[Greg]

20 up.

[cp40]

Shit this bloke