Dominic Calvert-Lewin (playing for Leeds United)

[AyeDubbleYoo]

I would have taken him as a punt for a backup option, but I don't think he's that good. I don't think he played particularly well last night. It was Leeds energy and press plus our mistakes that did us. 

[Tisd09]

26 minutes ago, KennyUtd said:

I think so. The yellow completely threw him. He looked totally dazed and never recovered. Still awesome though.

His standards have been so high that his mistakes probably stood out even more. Hopefully that one is out of his systems and he'll be back to his usual next game. Thankfully ultimately it didn't cost us either.

[The Prophet]

He had a good game. Was pulling the CBs out of position all game and had Thiaw absolutely rattled. 

 

He always had that in his locker though, he's just a bit of a sick note.

[Lush Vlad]

38 minutes ago, joeyt said:

I thought he was a right handful like

 

Seemed to spook Thiaw

 

He was playing like as spooked horse.

 

Reminiscent of Boumsong last night.  Unlike Boumsong, he already has a back catalogue of being absolutely class in just half a season here. 

[KaKa]

1 hour ago, joeyt said:

I thought he was a right handful like

 

Seemed to spook Thiaw

 

He was a handful. He usually is. It's his finishing that can sometimes let him down, that's it.

 

However certain people's "ego", won't let them admit he was a threat last night.

 

Apparently he did "absolutely fuck all". Just so pathetic 

 

 

Edited January 8 by KaKa

[Doctor Zaius]

5 minutes ago, KaKa said:

 

He was a handful. He usually is. It's his finishing that can sometimes let him down, that's it.

 

However certain people's "ego", won't let them admit he was a threat last night.

 

Apparently he did "absolutely fuck all". Just so pathetic 

 

 

 

 

You arsed about Newcastle or just bothered about (very occasionally) being proved right? 

[lovejoy]

I thought he was excellent. I watched him against Man Utd at the weekend and he was good then, too.

 

He’d have been a great fit for us imo, or based on recent evidence anyway.

[joeyt]

He looks really fit and agile which will be based on him playing so many minutes consistently for Leeds

 

I guess we'll never know but I'm not sure he'd have got those minutes consistently here, even if we are in multiple competitions

[trx345]

Aye - playing regularly, and in a new environment does wonders.

 

It made Elliot Anderson England's starting 6 and a £100M midfielder.

 

Happy DCL is scoring goals, good for him. Same I'm happy Longstaff is going well at Leeds too.

 

I think Sesko or Gorkeyes would have scored under Howe though. I would have been dead against us signing DCL. 

[The College Dropout]

10 minutes ago, joeyt said:

He looks really fit and agile which will be based on him playing so many minutes consistently for Leeds

 

I guess we'll never know but I'm not sure he'd have got those minutes consistently here, even if we are in multiple competitions

And he’s full of confidence. 
 

I had him in my FPL team for about 10 GWs last season. Watched him closely 4-5 times because of FPL and the constant links. He was awful man. He scored maybe 2 in the opening 6 so I brought him in.  The first few games he was decent and was missing chances (a good thing). But as time went he lost confidence, his game shrunk and he was no longer getting chances and missing the few he did get. He ended up losing his place in the starting line up he looked done.  Which is why he ended up at a promoted side and not us atleast a midtable side like Fulham.  
 

But he’s back to close to his best. He’s getting chances again making sure he’s there on the centre circle to get big chances. Looking big, strong, quick, agile etc. watched Leeds a few times and been impressed with the lot of them tbh.  Including DCL.  He was great last night and killed Thiaw. 
 

I don’t think I or the club were wrong though.  At Leeds he’s been given an opportunity to rebuild his career an he’s taken it with both hands. The pressure here would’ve been too much for him. The signing would’ve got negative reaction and he would be on the back foot immediately.  
 

His profile really suits Howe in terms is the over powered physicality and penalty box focus.  

[lovejoy]

6 minutes ago, trx345 said:

Aye - playing regularly, and in a new environment does wonders.

 

It made Elliot Anderson England's starting 6 and a £100M midfielder.

 

Happy DCL is scoring goals, good for him. Same I'm happy Longstaff is going well at Leeds too.

 

I think Sesko or Gorkeyes would have scored under Howe though. I would have been dead against us signing DCL. 

 

I think everyone would have been dead against it in the summer tbh, hindsight is a wonderful thing.

 

 

 

 

[lovejoy]

1 minute ago, The College Dropout said:

And he’s full of confidence. 
 

I had him in my FPL team for about 10 GWs last season. Watched him closely 4-5 times because of FPL and the constant links. He was awful man. He scored maybe 2 in the opening 6 so I brought him in.  The first few games he was decent and was missing chances (a good thing). But as time went he lost confidence, his game shrunk and he was no longer getting chances and missing the few he did get. He ended up losing his place in the starting line up he looked done.  Which is why he ended up at a promoted side and not us atleast a midtable side like Fulham.  
 

But he’s back to close to his best. He’s getting chances again making sure he’s there on the centre circle to get big chances. Looking big, strong, quick, agile etc. watched Leeds a few times and been impressed with the lot of them tbh.  Including DCL.  He was great last night and killed Thiaw. 
 

I don’t think I or the club were wrong though.  At Leeds he’s been given an opportunity to rebuild his career an he’s taken it with both hands. The pressure here would’ve been too much for him. The signing would’ve got negative reaction and he would be on the back foot immediately.  
 

His profile really suits Howe in terms is the over powered physicality and penalty box focus.  

 

Agree with all of this.

[trx345]

3 minutes ago, lovejoy said:

 

I think everyone would have been dead against it in the summer tbh, hindsight is a wonderful thing.

 

 

 

 

I was dead against the DCL idea when it started in Ashley era, fuck Howe having a sniff for him. Howe had Chris Wood, that's his mulligan.

 

Happy that DCL has found a club that likes him and he's succeeding at. In my mind he was towering headers for Carlo Ancellotti's Everton - and been just injured/turbo shite since..

 

 

 

 

[Crimson Cardigan]

DCL was an absolute menace last night, he caused all sorts of problems. He’s been very good for Leeds and is up there with the signings of the season given he was for free. 
 

Anyway, it’s just another note against the irritating recency bias and hyperbole with which footballers in general are discussed, absolute mint or absolutely shite with nothing in between and zero wider context applied.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

I was never massively a DCL hater but I don’t think he was particularly good last night. Good at battling CBs for high balls obviously, but otherwise I don’t remember much. 
 

Leeds are a high energy team and pressed us well generally. That was where most of their joy came from. 

 

 

Edited January 8 by AyeDubbleYoo

[Cookie1892]

he was excellent last night, proper centre forward getting stuck into centre backs and creating space for that aaronson to do the rest of it.

 

Thought Leeds played some great football in general tbh

[SteV]

https://x.com/theathleticfc/status/2015737982540521655?s=46&t=OQLMckSuatbpqWF13Al4mQ

[r0cafella]

4 minutes ago, SteV said:

https://x.com/theathleticfc/status/2015737982540521655?s=46&t=OQLMckSuatbpqWF13Al4mQ

Yup that's why we passed on him a year ago. 

[SteV]

24 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

Yup that's why we passed on him a year ago. 

Sounds like he passed on us, according to that.

 

Although I suppose you could argue us not being prepared to go to the wages he wanted, was effectively us passing on him.

[r0cafella]

Just now, SteV said:

Sounds like he passed on us, according to that.

 

Although I suppose you could argue us not being prepared to go to the wages he wanted, was effectively us passing on him.

Absolutely aye, would have been absolutely mad to pay him that kind of wage for the type of role we needed him for. I know he's having a good season and all the best to him but it's not a deal which made sense for us. 

[Menace]

One deal, which would have involved Yankuba Minteh moving the other way, was thwarted when Calvert-Lewin rejected the switch to Tyneside. Another swap involving Scott McTominay was mooted, but never got over the line.

 

 

 

[Sibierski]

I remember the Minteh links coming out in 2024 and people were not having it.
 

Not sure what that would’ve had on Anderson staying. Could it have been then looking to move on Wilson for a fee that summer on back of his stock being in the last sellable window? 

[The College Dropout]

21 minutes ago, Sibierski said:

I remember the Minteh links coming out in 2024 and people were not having it.
 

Not sure what that would’ve had on Anderson staying. Could it have been then looking to move on Wilson for a fee that summer on back of his stock being in the last sellable window? 

The Minteh sale would be always be circa £35m. It just meant we would get a player for £20m that might actually be worth it.  
 

Also shows we were going about the whole thing the wrong way.  We sold Minteh for his Market value.  But we’re looking to overspend in a swap deal. That’s dumb. 

[KaKa]

[Nine]

Very clever finish