2024/25 Dominic Calvert-Lewin

[pfim]

You only have to watch the game on Saturday v Chelsea to see what he offers the team. Yes he doesn't score enough and misses big chances but the balls that were going into Beto on Saturday and coming straight back (including their goal), would have been held up by DCL and playing other players in. Get a couple of quick wingers next season that can run off him and whip a cross in and we will see his game raise. Injuries are unfortunate but as long as we dont go into the season with him as our first choice striker, he is an asset to have in the squad and a loss to lose on a free.

Beto can't do the absolute basics, but that's no reason to keep DCL around. You only keep DCL around if you truly believe he can stay healthy and score goals, and there's very little reason to believe, at this point, he'll do either.

 

[EFC_FRANCIS]

Keeping DCL at least allows you to sell Beto and then bring in an actual striker. For a club that's been trying to replace DCL for 3 years it's probably not the worst thing to keep him round for if it goes wrong again

 

[Bryan+]

 

[Efcjake]

Mate the difference between them is an actual chasm.

But it doesnt matter at this point.

Beto is plop and Dom cant be relied on.

It really, really isn't but go off chief.

Beto had his purple patch and showed that if given service he can score goals as well as Dom.

 

[Efcjake]

exactly, this lad has given nearly 8 years to this club only 3 less than coleman and yet our fans want him signed up on another contract because he does a few fist pumps and says he loves the club, who has hardly played the last 3 years and when has, he is the weakest link in the team.

its not DCL fault he has had awful service and played under some bad managers, yes he has his problems as all strikers do, but is clearly the best striker at the club at present, this lad will score in a footballing team

Do you even support Everton pal?

You clearly don't know your history from that post. I don't see many clamouring for Coleman to be signed right now so this post is bizarre.

 

[Username.]

The sad thing is if Dom is half fit he walks back in the team.

 

[Goat]

It really, really isn't but go off chief.

Beto had his purple patch and showed that if given service he can score goals as well as Dom.

Betos purple patch lasted 6 games, DCLs lasted 18months.

But sure bro, not a chasm.

 

[Curtis]

Keeping DCL at least allows you to sell Beto and then bring in an actual striker. For a club that's been trying to replace DCL for 3 years it's probably not the worst thing to keep him round for if it goes wrong again

For your plan to be effective, dcl would have to be available and even though he went a stretch of time before disappearing for several months , he's way too injury prone and lackluster on the break to keep around at least in my opinion. Beto almost died on the pitch and he's more fit than dcl

 

[Curtis]

It really, really isn't but go off chief.

Beto had his purple patch and showed that if given service he can score goals as well as Dom.

I don't agree with goat but dom even when he doesn't score can hold up the ball where Beto if he gets a through ball it's a 50/50 chance , dcl is like a 1 in ten ratio so they're both flawed in their own unique ways..

 

[pfim]

I don't agree with goat but dom even when he doesn't score can hold up the ball where Beto if he gets a through ball it's a 50/50 chance , dcl is like a 1 in ten ratio so they're both flawed in their own unique ways..

Ghosts can't hold the ball up, but then again neither can Beto.

We'll need two new forwards in the summer.

 

[MACCA75]

Betos purple patch lasted 6 games, DCLs lasted 18months.

But sure bro, not a chasm.

Dom actually had 2 bursts of goals when you look at it. Was like 10 goals in 12 games one season and 10 goals in 10 games the next.

Before, in between and after, for the entirety of his decade long career, he’s not prolific at all.

 

[Neiler]

Signing him up (if possible) is the clever play, wouldn’t be a massive fan though.

 

[evertony]

Keeping DCL at least allows you to sell Beto and then bring in an actual striker. For a club that's been trying to replace DCL for 3 years it's probably not the worst thing to keep him round for if it goes wrong again

Wheres the logic in keeping somebody who we've been trying to replace for three years?

 

[DanB90]

Wheres the logic in keeping somebody who we've been trying to replace for three years?

Keep and buy another striker to play ahead of him.

If he’s still starting every week he’s fit, then we’ve once again failed to upgrade on him.

 

[EFC_FRANCIS]

Wheres the logic in keeping somebody who we've been trying to replace for three years?

That he keeps being better than whoever we try to replace him with. Chermiti, Broja, Maupay, Beto, Rondon. All been signed post Richarlison, none of them are as good as Calvert Lewin. Thankfully it's now came out Dan Purdy is leaving but I would've had no faith in him picking a better striker than Dom, so id want him for when it goes pear shaped.