2025/26 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

[scd-94]

He got 12 goals for Leicester in the Championship a couple of years back. I know that's a lower level, but you have to have an appetite for goals to get double digits. Where has that gone? Fella will do anything he can to not shoot, it seems.

 

[Vaughan]

he’s a good player but moyes is holding him in too high esteem

he wasnt playing well enough to not come off for charly (iroegbunam should have been on for gana)

 

[OlDirtyBluenose]

He's an 8, not a 10 imo.

I think you get the best out of him in a MF 3.

 

[TheBigIguana]

I wish we would stop playing with a 10 altogether. It's the most pointless position in football and not necessary.

We can’t do that until we get real fullbacks

 

[TheBigIguana]

He got 12 goals for Leicester in the Championship a couple of years back. I know that's a lower level, but you have to have an appetite for goals to get double digits. Where has that gone? Fella will do anything he can to not shoot, it seems.

That Summerville lad at West Ham now had 20 goals in that same season

 

[N0L1M1TK]

Moyes is starting to really piss me off.

KDH - Garner - Rohl/Charly

Play a proper midfield 3. Garner in a 6, KDH & Rohl or Charly as 8s.

 

[JJK]

He’s crap.

 

[roy vernon]

If we must play with a number 10, Dewsbury Hall is not that player. I've no objections to him playing further back, but not as a 10. Our 'starman' Jack Grealish wants an age on the ball before making a decisive pass and that's fine, as long as he is the only attacking midfielder who plays that way. With Dewsbury Hall as a 10 our build up is just too slow. With the players we currently have our no. 10 should be Alcaraz or Rohl.

 

[Charles Plastusz]

Do you think it could be because the quality of the irish team isnt where it used to be? Maybe he would have thought differently back when they had the keanes, damien duff, richard dunne, given etc

Ya that’s not a ridiculous suggestion, who knows really? Other than the player himself of course

 

[Efcjake]

I am very ready to see Gana go off for AFCON and have him go deeper with Garner letting Alcaraz play the 10.

Link up play with little actual threat is what he offers. Alcaraz can shoot and play a final ball there.

I don't think he's useless but he's not doing anything in that 10 position.

 

[HalfTimeSayers]

Moyes is starting to really piss me off.

KDH - Garner - Rohl/Charly

Play a proper midfield 3. Garner in a 6, KDH & Rohl or Charly as 8s.

Bbbbut Gana . He is still great at some things, but the way we play him now, he’s the one that the ball drops to in space 20 yards out. I’d rather it was Pickford taking those shots. Interceptions stats are one thing. But if he is breaking up passes into areas that we should have already closed down then it’s meaningless.

Issue for me is for our last few managers our 10s job is to move forward and be part of the initial 2-man defensive line with Dom/Beto. Doucs did it now it’s KDH. Once we get the ball they vanish into thin air, or at least have no clue where to go. Certainly don’t get close enough or beyond the striker. Doucs just waited for the ball to come to him so he could fall over it, and KDH drifts into deep areas that we should already have players, leaving Beto against 2 CBs. It’s like we think of every position from the viewpoint of when the other team have the ball. As soon as we have it, it’s like they have been told to just “pass it around lads. Take him on Ili, go on lad” Proper kids football stuff.

The reason Rohl looks decent in his cameos is that he runs around a lot and hasn’t been told to be a 6, 8, false 10, tentative 11 etc. One minute he’s in the box, pops up wide, helping us play out from our half. We haven’t yet ruined him. And it’s not Moyes, it’s been like this for years.

 

[WilliamBoo]

He's an 8, not a 10 imo.

I think you get the best out of him in a MF 3.

In Leicester 22/23 season ( before relegation) the starter 10 was Madison .

Was starting in championship at 8 and 10.

In Chelsea (same coach)24/25 was sub of Caicedo, Enzo or even Lavia. And the starter 10 was Palmer

Only Moyes thinks he's better at 10 position and essential starter

 

[GoldenToffee]

He's only 10 games in, let's hope he settles in and starts showing his ability.

Right now we need someone who can get us up the pitch much quicker than we are now.

In transition Alcaraz can do that much better than KDH. He carries the ball much better and braver on the ball.

The 10 has to be willing to take a risk, to do something unpredictable.

Moyes prefers KDH over Alcaraz. I can't see why (stubbornness, justify the fee whatever) but it's all so predictable.

Frank worked us out pretty easily.

In fairness there's not an awful lot to work out, is there?

We will rarely score goals this season apart from penalties if we're lucky to get into the area in the first place, individual efforts from Ndiaye or Grealish, or total flukes out of nowhere.

Any manager would be smart to simply prevent Grealish and Ndiaye from dribbling into the box, and they will also know they can very easily double up on them because the players that would normally need to track back for our overlapping full backs can be utilised on our wingers instead as there's no point in wasting players on Mykolenko and O'Brien in attacking positions.

I'd literally be telling players "Don't worry about who they've got up front, just don't let Grealish or Ndiaye dribble into the area. They can have as much of the ball as they want anywhere else on the field." That would prevent 99% of Everton attacks alone.

 

[TheBigIguana]

In fairness there's not an awful lot to work out, is there?

We will rarely score goals this season apart from penalties if we're lucky to get into the area in the first place, individual efforts from Ndiaye or Grealish, or total flukes out of nowhere.

Any manager would be smart to simply prevent Grealish and Ndiaye from dribbling into the box, and they will also know they can very easily double up on them because the players that would normally need to track back for our overlapping full backs can be utilised on our wingers instead as there's no point in wasting players on Mykolenko and O'Brien in attacking positions.

I'd literally be telling players "Don't worry about who they've got up front, just don't let Grealish or Ndiaye dribble into the area. They can have as much of the ball as they want anywhere else on the field." That would prevent 99% of Everton attacks alone.

The lack of attacking play from the fullbacks is precisely why the #10 has to be productive

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

I like him as a player but the fact he's been a ghost (like, hardcore) for two games in row is alarming. Think he's caught out with not having a defined role so is running in circles and taking himself out of the game. I've not lost the faith with him, unlike Beto.