Dominic Calvert-Lewin watch

[Efcjake]

He was mulling over an offer in February. He wanted x amount, the club and him was off on that. Moyes and the club, had enough of the negotiations and basically walked away. They then re-started those contract talks again in May but both parties knew it was time to walk and part.

The club made him multiple offers that HE turned down. For the record I also wanted us to keep him. He jibbed us off.

I'm sorry but just because he's scoring now let's not ignore his pathetic goal return over FOUR seasons before he turned around after months of telling us he didn't want to know and was off to brighter and better things to learning a bit of humility and coming back to the negotiating table.

I'm not surprised we told him to do one. I found how he acted better than us and then only when he got injured and his prospects were clearly drying up did he deign to lower himself to come back to negotiate with us.

I am not going to listen to "We let him walk away".... We made him contract offers in the last 18 months of his contract and he wasn't entertaining us.

 

[Rich1878]

He missed loads of chances in the box. Can we stop pretending otherwise please.

He consistently was the worst performing striker in the league while he was here for the last four seasons.

A LOT of that is on him. These performances for Leeds are showing that.

Don't forget The one on ones also

 

[gonetomorrow]

It's about time he got injured again. Have Leeds got better physio staff than us, or what?

 

[Efcjake]

What it boi

Missed big chances aye but never looked like he’d stopped trying. he was playing for the worst everton team I’ve ever watched. People said he’d do better under a different manager but people weren’t having it.

He absolutely looked like he couldn't be arsed the first half of last season under Dyche.

 

[Efcjake]

Its all a cope on your part as hes making you look a bit daft.

Some of us could see the issue. Some of us repeatedly said he'll hit double figure league goals if he left Everton, like so;







... some of us, felt Beto was better and we'd easily replace him.

Yikes.

No, it's just a willful disregarding of the fact that he stank the place out for four years here because he finally pulled his finger out and started playing footy again instead of choosing to coast on his single 16 goal season here for the rest of his career.

He had a big wake up call this summer when every other club in footy besides a desperate Leeds told him he was mental asking for those wages with 16 league goals in 4 seasons.

 

[Efcjake]

They are getting more than Dom did under Dyche but still not enough imo

And I don't see anyone blaming the lack of chances, no it's all because they're both donkeys.

 

[Nymzee]

THE BOY

 

[Efcjake]

As if any of you would pull any other striker with 16 league goals in four years and DEMAND that the club lash 100k+ at them.

Not a single good faith argument to be had here.

 

[Toffeepot]

And I don't see anyone blaming the lack of chances, no it's all because they're both donkeys.

I am blaming lack of chances for Doms lack of goals and lack of confidence with us.
Beto was never as good and we're still hopeful Barry improves

 

[GrandOldTeam]

No, it's just a willful disregarding of the fact that he stank the place out for four years here because he finally pulled his finger out and started playing footy again instead of choosing to coast on his single 16 goal season here for the rest of his career.

He had a big wake up call this summer when every other club in footy besides a desperate Leeds told him he was mental asking for those wages with 16 league goals in 4 seasons.

Leeds picked up a player who I told anyone who'd listen, as I've just shown you, that he'd score double figure league goals in a team that plays to his strength. Not even that, just any strikers strength. No coincidence only Wolves have scored less than Everton.

He'll keep them up.

That'll be worth 100x what they're paying him.

Don't get the hate on him me when he was here, but I do get the cope as people try to justify hounding him out and slating him.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

He absolutely looked like he couldn't be arsed the first half of last season under Dyche.

Have to disagree there. Cut a frustrated figure for definite. He has a big season for us in his last year, he’s not going to Leeds.

Think people had made their minds up about him early. Lot of fans never took to him for whatever reason. Always knew he was a good player in a rank team.

 

[Blue peter]

I understand that we are comparing his current run of form to the strikers we have paid out on, but before tagging him as a prolific goal scorer, we probably need to revisit this thread at the season rather than knee jerking to a purple patch.

What is completely evident without the need for DCL however is our abysmal record of signing strikers.

 

[Efcjake]

I am blaming lack of chances for Doms lack of goals and lack of confidence with us.
Beto was never as good and we're still hopeful Barry improves

And that's the double standard here right on display.

 

[Toffeepot]

And that's the double standard here right on display.

No it isn't
It's called nuance and mitigating factors

 

[Efcjake]

Have to disagree there. Cut a frustrated figure for definite. He has a big season for us in his last year, he’s not going to Leeds.

Think people had made their minds up about him early. Lot of fans never took to him for whatever reason. Always knew he was a good player in a rank team.

He was going through the motions running his contract down.

He was happy to do so while he still believed he was off to bigger and better things.

He only considered re-signing with us when injury prevented him from putting himself in the shop window.


He was a crap player in crap teams for 4 years. 16 league goals in 4 years is horrific and a lot of it was down to him skying his chances.