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CP backs Stephens to bounce back quickly after Villa move falls through

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  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 29,017
    Was saying to my old man on the way to the game that I was going to watch him closely today as up until now I hadn't really seen what all the fuss was about.

    Thought he played very well today.
  • bigstemarra
    bigstemarra Posts: 5,100
    Fellas on the commentary were singing his praises and said he was their MOM.

    Well done Dale.
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,131
    As I said in the player marks thread, this season I keep seem to be giving him lower marks than most other posters on here, not that I think he is bad but don't seem to rate him as the star others do.
    However he was outstanding today, I lost count how many times I said 'well done Dale' to myself in the first half alone, along with Green was the best player on the pitch. Long may it continue.
  • EdgeleyAddick
    EdgeleyAddick Posts: 939
    Thinking man's footballer. Real asset to Charlton. Don't understand the criticism he has got.
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,813
    Playing more games like that will mean the "big" clubs will come knocking again come January.
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,230
    EdgeleyAddick said:

    Thinking man's footballer. Real asset to Charlton. Don't understand the criticism he has got.

    My criticism has always been based around how careless he can sometimes be with relatively simple passes - see his disastrous back-pass vs Derby for a particularly costly example. Doesn't sound like he was doing much of that today though and that means the better parts of his game shone through. Well done Dale and long may it continue.

  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,057
    System helped him out today, with the five man midfield he was off the chain and could roam around to his heart's content and let JJ and Hollands do the nitty-gritty 'dirty work' (though Dale did get stuck in with surprising alacrity.) He could play deep but carry the ball forward knowing if he did lose the ball it would soon come back to him. Not to mention more men in midfield = more targets to aim at. Yes he gave/gives the ball away but for my money that is just as much the recipient not having the same vision as Dale doing poor passes!
  • EdgeleyAddick
    EdgeleyAddick Posts: 939
    Exiled_Addick said:

    EdgeleyAddick said:

    Thinking man's footballer. Real asset to Charlton. Don't understand the criticism he has got.

    My criticism has always been based around how careless he can sometimes be with relatively simple passes - see his disastrous back-pass vs Derby for a particularly costly example. Doesn't sound like he was doing much of that today though and that means the better parts of his game shone through. Well done Dale and long may it continue.

    Take your point and was not at Derby, so cannot comment on that, but always felt you can see his potential. Not surprising he shone today in a game where there was very little long ball play.
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,708
    Hope we're going to play the system we did today away from home a few more times , not sure we can get a win playing it at home all the time , but we were light on strikers today , so needs must.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,970
    bigstemarra said:

    Fellas on the commentary were singing his praises and said he was their MOM.


    Well done Dale.

    He ran the show today . Absolutely brilliant.?

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  • Mike
    Mike Posts: 6,183
    motm for me too
  • tricky
    tricky Posts: 1,291
    Big fan of Dale myself, and think he really benefited from not only having two other players in central positions alongside him, but having two out and out wide players stretching the game out more.
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,799
    I have found him frustrating. One minute he'll be playing a blinding pass that opens the oppositions defence up, the next he's playing a silly pass which breaks down the move, putting us immediately on the back-foot. This isn't down to a lack of ability, but a lack of concentration.

    However, Yesterday I thought he looked superb. Couldn't fault his performance and got my vote for MOTM. Got to thinking that this may have been down to us playing a 5 man midfield, which maybe suited his game more?
  • Fiiiiiish
    Fiiiiiish Posts: 1,671
    He was excellent yesterday. I thought when he came back from his injury last season he looked well off the quality he had shown at the beggining of the season. But this season he has been brilliant, stepped upto the plate to look one of our best players every game.
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,334
    His best game for us yesterday. Have always felt he is a bit over rated on this forum as I think he has more bad games than good (just my view). Couldn't fault him yesterday, thought he was excellent
  • covered_end_junior
    covered_end_junior Posts: 4,556
    Agree I thought it was possibly his best game for us yesterday he did very well and got stuck in much more than usual.
  • J BLOCK
    J BLOCK Posts: 8,355
    Ran that game yesterday
  • Redhenry
    Redhenry Posts: 5,365
    He seems to be showing more of the potential now that a lot of us on here thought/hoped he had.

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