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Dale Stephens

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  • seriously_red
    seriously_red Posts: 5,741
    @Scoham‌ you could say the same about any of the new signings?! Similarly Tucudean not quite doing it...and many forming an opinion about Bikey and Ben Haim. After the next few games and certainly by end September we will have a good idea whether this team is mid-table (65 points) or whether we can dare to dream of 75+!
    Perhaps it will be the calibre and timing of the next few signings which determines how this pans out?
  • He finally started delivering in the month or 2 before he left us.

    Watch highlights of the 12/13 season, he was terrible and him giving away possession in midfield led to a lot of goals.
    No coincidence that he was not anywhere near the team when we went on our end of season winning run.

    Also felt in the 11/12 league one winning season that we were a better team without him.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,028
    Dale Stephens. Born: Bolton 12/06/89. Fact.
  • Dale was a £10 million pound player when he was with us, I'd say now he's left , his true value is about 500k.
  • Rizzo
    Rizzo Posts: 6,435

    Dale was a £10 million pound player when he was with us, I'd say now he's left , his true value is about 500k.

    £10 million? Have a word with yourself!!

  • Dale was a £10 million pound player when he was with us, I'd say now he's left , his true value is about 500k.

    Ther'se only ever been one player worth £10+ whilst he was with us and he was a lot lot better than Dale.
  • Dale was a £10 million pound player when he was with us, I'd say now he's left , his true value is about 500k.

    Ther'se only ever been one player worth £10+ whilst he was with us and he was a lot lot better than Dale.

    I know . i know , but we always seem to sell our 'star' players cheaply compared to other clubs , aka Southampton.
  • Back playing for Brighton on the weekend. Good luck to him. He's been another big loss.
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,491
    Move on.

    Just to stop someone else saying it first.
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,784
    Go back to the posts in August and many saying Buyens is far superior, so no loss. Wonder if those posters still think that?.................
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  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,196

    Dale was a £10 million pound player when he was with us, I'd say now he's left , his true value is about 500k.

    Ther'se only ever been one player worth £10+ whilst he was with us and he was a lot lot better than Dale.
    I can think of two who sold for way more than that, and at least two I wouldn't have sold for as little as that.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,382

    Go back to the posts in August and many saying Buyens is far superior, so no loss. Wonder if those posters still think that?.................

    The new player effect, the latest signing that has a good debut is much better than what we had before.
  • I really rated Dale. But the fact is we only saw the best of health when he was playing for a move elsewhere..
  • I really rated Dale. But the fact is we only saw the best of health when he was playing for a move elsewhere..

    And when Jordan Cousins played alongside him.
  • wmcf123
    wmcf123 Posts: 5,827
    Moved the ball too slowly and hid too much . We were better when he left and Poyet came in
  • O-Randy-Hunt
    O-Randy-Hunt Posts: 10,665
    buckshee said:

    Buyens is better than him.

    Hmmm
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,231
    wmcf123 said:

    Moved the ball too slowly and hid too much . We were better when he left and Poyet came in

    He played his best football in the last two months before his transfer.
    Was winning tackles and could crack a shot.
    I wanted Poyet in the team with him and Cousins.
    If he stays fit should keep Brighton up.

  • Viewfinder
    Viewfinder Posts: 4,911
    Was never really convinced about Stephens; in defensive midfield he would turn his back on his opponent and try to shield the ball, facing his own goal. Vulnerable. Saw him get dispossessed four times in the first 20 minutes of a pre-season friendly against League Two opposition, AFC Wimbledon.
  • Was never really convinced about Stephens; in defensive midfield he would turn his back on his opponent and try to shield the ball, facing his own goal. Vulnerable. Saw him get dispossessed four times in the first 20 minutes of a pre-season friendly against League Two opposition, AFC Wimbledon.

    zzzzzzzzzzzzz - Honestly, you have mentioned that Wimbledon game so many times it is a joke - beyond parody!

  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    It's the only game he can remember :-)
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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,779
    Dale Stephens has been rated, by the managers, as the 6th best player in the division this season.

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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,410
    edited April 2016
    Only two Englishmen ahead of him as well...

    When you see that Lewis Dunk is 14th in that list it looks laughable that we ever tried signing him last summer
  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,867
    That's a fix , no Nabby Sarr.
  • wmcf123
    wmcf123 Posts: 5,827
    Simon Francis is now a premier league defender, so anything is possible
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,863
    The 2 players that stand out are the ones not playing for a promotion chasing team

    Ross McCormack, who clearly should be in a better team than Fulham, and poor Alan Judge who sadly will miss the Euros after his broken leg
  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 51,001
    Why no Charlton players?
  • We have never really replaced Stephens, Kermogrant and to some extent Morrison since they all left.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,863

    We have never really replaced Stephens, Kermogrant and to some extent Morrison since they all left.

    Poyet (first time round) and Buyens both did a good job in a similar role to Dale. Indeed Dale only came good in his final season with us
  • We have never really replaced Stephens, Kermogrant and to some extent Morrison since they all left.

    Poyet (first time round) and Buyens both did a good job in a similar role to Dale. Indeed Dale only came good in his final season with us
    Dale came good because Jordan Cousins made his debut...

    Those two alongside each other meant that Dale could just concentrate on creating play