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sam of the south wrote: ↑Sun Sep 21, 2025 8:33 am Hahaha, the pier is well overrated tbh (although I’ve probably been on it at least 9000 times, including one of the kids’ birthday party last year and a fight broke out in the softplay)

It’s from this…

Toddacelli wrote: ↑Sun Sep 21, 2025 8:02 pm It’s from this…

We walk our dogs in the same park.

We’ve chatted loads about our music.

He’s a good lad is Paul.

sam of the south wrote: ↑Sun Sep 21, 2025 9:00 pm We walk our dogs in the same park.

We’ve chatted loads about our music.

He’s a good lad is Paul.

Sweet!

Bit concerned about what type of player he is. Really expected him to be constantly running at defenders and dribbling past them in a Grealish / Ndaiye sort of middle ground. Just doesn't seem like he's got any burst of acceleration or that determination to beat people.

Early days I know but was expecting a lot more from him tonight and at the very least some dangerous running with the ball.

Looked bright I thought. Got JOB, Tim, Garner, Barry and Alcaraz to link up with in his first real match for the club, so no surprise he didn't actually get anywhere.

I've got no worries about Dibling, he's an exceptional talent, very young. We could have spent some of the money on whatever mediocre fullbacks were available, but I'm glad we've invested it in Dibling instead.

Needs to play with our full strength team more often.

I actually thought he was one of the few positives last night, few nice touches from him and as has been said he will be even better with good players around him. He’s got lots of potential and is one for the future. Look forward to seeing more of him as the season goes on

Man we need new fullbacks though

Yeah, not worried about him. I think we need to find ways to get him in to space to run at defenders and then we'll see more of that ball-carrying ability that he's definitely got.

At the moment it looks more like he's having to come short and receive the ball in to his feet with his back to goal, usually with a defender already on him so he's having to lay the ball off more often than be progressive with it.

He still managed that lovely little bit of footwork to get out of a tight space with 2 or 3 defenders around him right on the touchline though, you can see the ability that's there.

Is a bit mad that we've been screaming for a right winger for years, so we go and buy this kid for a big big fee

And it ends up being actually our left winger is our RW?

brap2 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 24, 2025 7:52 am Is a bit mad that we've been screaming for a right winger for years, so we go and buy this kid for a big big fee

And it ends up being actually our left winger is our RW?

The result of having 2 top quality LWs, one of which can play RW.

Don't think it'll necessarily be a bad thing to bed Dibling in, especially as there's a high chance that in 12 months time at least one of those LWs you refer to will not be here and we'll be needing a RW.

He definitely should’ve been kept on with Grealish and KDH last night.

I also would’ve preferred Barry to stay on at that point, too.

sam of the south wrote: ↑Wed Sep 24, 2025 8:02 am He definitely should’ve been kept on with Grealish and KDH last night.

I also would’ve preferred Barry to stay on at that point, too.

Barry fucked it with his yellow card, and you can't really not bring on your top scorer (Ndiaye) if you're losing with half an hour to go.

The Doc wrote: ↑Wed Sep 24, 2025 8:44 am Barry fucked it with his yellow card, and you can't really not bring on your top scorer (Ndiaye) if you're losing with half an hour to go.

Yeah, forgot about the yellow.

Touch and go on the Ndiaye thing.

In retrospect, leaving KDH on the bench, keeping Dibling on the right, and having Grealish and Ndiaye on in the centre and the left would’ve been my preference.

He is very young and has lovely attributes. It’s going to take him a while to settle in and become accustomed to what Moyes and the side need.

I certainly want to see him being a bit quicker in terms of tempo and also be busier. Whether that means getting fitter and / or sharper I’m not sure. But lots to work on. He will need to do more defensively in a Moyes team - quite a few times he lost his man down the flank and didn’t keep up with play.

I also think he lacked confidence to take his man on. When he did, he looked great, but he just held back when he received the ball one on one versus the fullback which is the opposite of what he should be doing in their final third.

The great thing is that we can take our time with him as we have two fantastic wide players at the club.

I was a bit disappointed by his performance as he seems a few seasons off really challenging for the starting RW slot. You can see the talent we’ve paid for in the few flashes of brilliance but his defending, determination, and decision making are all very poor atm. I think it’ll be worth the wait and fee if he does really meet his potential but there’s a lot to improve on.