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  • Charlton and on
    Charlton and on Posts: 964
    killerandflash said:
    Poor

    He's been a major disappointment at Burnley anyway, when compared to how he played at Brighton
    He might be homesick
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,231
    edited April 2022
    Dale Stephens made a poor decision to drive home after drinking and why was he heading in the wrong direction ?  I took my Dale Stephens satnav back and replaced with Stephen Kelly (Irish Accent) and good getting on the motorways even if it's not so good at getting off.
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,459
    Not a massive surprise given that story about a lifer bumping into him in Venue who said he was a complete dick.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,770
    Has retired at 33 after being unable to find a club following his release from Burnley.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,770
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,855
    Odd why he couldn't get another club. Plenty of teams in the northwest if he didn't want to move
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,449
    Copied from other thread: 

    Last two seasons been on Premier League money but not really playing. 

    Imagine he sees himself as a Championship player and is used to the Premier League wage. Got enough money to happily retire than slum it in League One for a few years and move around the country again. 

    Probably settled in the area near Manchester too so really it's only the likes of Accrington Stanley or Bolton that he'd be looking at. 
  • Gary Poole
    Gary Poole Posts: 1,874
    SELR_addicks said:A
    Copied from other thread: 

    Last two seasons been on Premier League money but not really playing. 

    Imagine he sees himself as a Championship player and is used to the Premier League wage. Got enough money to happily retire than slum it in League One for a few years and move around the country again. 

    Probably settled in the area near Manchester too so really it's only the likes of Accrington Stanley or Bolton that he'd be looking at. 
    Accrington Stanley, Bolton, Wigan, Blackpool, Salford, Barnsley, Fleetwood, Morecambe, Blackburn, Preston, Tranmere, Huddersfield, Bradford, Stoke, Stockport, Port Vale, Burton all within an hour from Manchester
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,449
    Gary Poole said:
    SELR_addicks said:A
    Copied from other thread: 

    Last two seasons been on Premier League money but not really playing. 

    Imagine he sees himself as a Championship player and is used to the Premier League wage. Got enough money to happily retire than slum it in League One for a few years and move around the country again. 

    Probably settled in the area near Manchester too so really it's only the likes of Accrington Stanley or Bolton that he'd be looking at. 
    Accrington Stanley, Bolton, Wigan, Blackpool, Salford, Barnsley, Fleetwood, Morecambe, Blackburn, Preston, Tranmere, Huddersfield, Bradford, Stoke, Stockport, Port Vale, Burton all within an hour from Manchester
    The Championship clubs wouldn't want him and it seems Stephens doesn't want to play for anyone lower, otherwise he would have done. 
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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,855
    SELR_addicks said:
    Gary Poole said:
    SELR_addicks said:A
    Copied from other thread: 

    Last two seasons been on Premier League money but not really playing. 

    Imagine he sees himself as a Championship player and is used to the Premier League wage. Got enough money to happily retire than slum it in League One for a few years and move around the country again. 

    Probably settled in the area near Manchester too so really it's only the likes of Accrington Stanley or Bolton that he'd be looking at. 
    Accrington Stanley, Bolton, Wigan, Blackpool, Salford, Barnsley, Fleetwood, Morecambe, Blackburn, Preston, Tranmere, Huddersfield, Bradford, Stoke, Stockport, Port Vale, Burton all within an hour from Manchester
    The Championship clubs wouldn't want him and it seems Stephens doesn't want to play for anyone lower, otherwise he would have done. 
    Hunger is clearly the issue, unless he's got some major injury issue. He was very good at Brighton, but not the same when he went to Burnley. If he still had the drive, I'd be amazed if a lower Championship team like Blackpool or Wigan didn't fancy him.
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,345
    Can he come here and coach?
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Dazzler21 said:
    Can he come here and coach?
    As long as he isn't driving the coach.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,481
    It’s strange that I never really rated him that much….obviously there’s plenty that did and he went on to play for many seasons at a much higher level than with us.
    Just one of those players that for some reason didn’t rock my boat, I found his style somewhat uninspiring and rather drab.

  • JohnfromNorfolk
    JohnfromNorfolk Posts: 1,324
    I maybe wrong, but I think I read sometime ago that he had some  off- field issues.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,380
    SoundAsa£ said:
    It’s strange that I never really rated him that much….obviously there’s plenty that did and he went on to play for many seasons at a much higher level than with us.
    Just one of those players that for some reason didn’t rock my boat, I found his style somewhat uninspiring and rather drab.

    I don’t think we ever saw the best of him. He added more consistency and aggression to his game in his last 6 months here, and then benefited from joining a well run club and fitting their style.

    Hollands was the more reliable of the two in the title winning season, but Stephens had more ability and being younger had time on his side.
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 6,674
    I was expecting him to move back north and join Kaiser Chiefs 
  • Billy_Mix
    Billy_Mix Posts: 2,707
    Arrogant dick totally blanked a bunch of Addicks at a "meet the players" thing after Chris Powell's league winning season
    Played like he was halfway to retirement for most of that next season in the Championship too
    Undeniably talented but very much MIA when things get gritty and physical
  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,607
    Pass back Stephens, very much a marmite player.
    Used to drive me mad.
    This doesn’t surprise me in the slightest.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Diego poyet really showed up stephens (although we all know what then happened there), but was a decent deep playmaker type midfielder. 

    I remember there being an odd moment with Chris solly in a goal celebration where he grabbed him and shoved him away. 
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  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,481
    kentaddick said:
    Diego poyet really showed up stephens (although we all know what then happened there), but was a decent deep playmaker type midfielder. 

    I remember there being an odd moment with Chris solly in a goal celebration where he grabbed him and shoved him away. 
    Who grabbed who and who pushed who away?
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,355
    Happy retirement back up north Dale in Truro.
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,154
    I watch a different game , he was a rarity of a footballer to me as in he tried the incisive pass and always looked to get on the front foot and he wouldn't mind having a strike at goal , he had a decent ping on him , something we've lacked for years .
    He may be a bell end but to me I always wanted him in the team for the positiveness he gave us pushing forward
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,150
    oohaahmortimer said:
    I watch a different game , he was a rarity of a footballer to me as in he tried the incisive pass and always looked to get on the front foot and he wouldn't mind having a strike at goal , he had a decent ping on him , something we've lacked for years .
    He may be a bell end but to me I always wanted him in the team for the positiveness he gave us pushing forward
    Good assumption thought we had a great balanced midfield with him, Danny Hollands and Danny Green in the side. Always looked for that defence splitting pass and tried to keep possession where ever he could.

    If he didn't have class, premier league teams would not have signed him
  • sirjohnhumphrey
    sirjohnhumphrey Posts: 1,859
    Alongside Kermorgant he was our best 'footballer.' Technically superior, particularly with his passing. Some of his goals were pretty special too. When he played in the Premiership as a more deep lying centre midfielder his stats were comparable with the best in that position in the league. 
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,372
    edited March 2023
    Powell era Dale Stephens is everything I wish Albie Morgan would be - but isn’t even close.
  • Billy_Mix
    Billy_Mix Posts: 2,707
    Just seen PV quoting DS's fee from Oldham as £400k!
    Two things:  if the rumoured cost to assemble that squad of around £1M total, then the rest of the recruitment was genius level bargain hunting
    I know transfer fees inflate all the time but £400k for Dale Stephens 2011 - £300k Chuks Aneke 2022 - And Skintgaard still has no idea why his CAFC squad is nowhere nearly good enough
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,231
    Billy_Mix said:
    Arrogant dick totally blanked a bunch of Addicks at a "meet the players" thing after Chris Powell's league winning season
    Played like he was halfway to retirement for most of that next season in the Championship too
    Undeniably talented but very much MIA when things get gritty and physical

    Friendly but reserved when I met him and a proud new dad. His new born was around that time so perhaps he wanted to get home. The Dale Stephens Satnav was crap but then Jayden Stockley told me last summer that he was so settled in the South he wouldn't take his wife and 3 kids up north; Fleetwood is further than Blackpool ! 

    Chuks Aneke could have been the bargain buy of League 1 at 300k if he could have been available for 36 games out of 46 like he was before he left. Unfortunately his injury woes increased and his playing time has disappeared. The 5 minute cameo summed up the issues that Aneke has.

    Cafc gambled and lost.
  • cafcsinger
    cafcsinger Posts: 5,548
    Was unreal in his debut v Bournemouth, but was hit and miss after that. Meh, bit overrated to be honest
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,380
    cafcsinger said:
    Was unreal in his debut v Bournemouth, but was hit and miss after that. Meh, bit overrated to be honest
    Wasn’t consistent for us but three seasons as a regular starter for Brighton in Prem shows he improved and was a very good player.

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