Doukara is still young and does have good aspects of his game. He has more to offer than say Sharp has shown imo. and is probably more suited to that lone striker role than anyone else barring probably Morison (although Morison scores **** all).
If he could head a ball, you might be right - but he can't, knows it, & doesn't even try most of the time. I would say that he's more effective in a 4-3-3, as he's got blistering pace and can even play left wing.
Rodgers wont be there much longer, and victimpool are on the downward spiral, watching Villa outplay them was good to see.
It was better than good WID, it was highlight of my weekend.Son in law a Villa fan so I have a soft spot for them
He's got the power in him to jump, you can teach a player to get better at heading. You can't teach that pace and power he has and he ain't too bad at beating a player either. He's also shown good finishing on a number of occasions when you wouldn't expect him to score. Of the strikers we have at the club, he is the only one which I would be disappointed to see leave.
Personally I wouldn't sell any of the youngsters at any cost. Build around them for the future, we shouldn't have to sell with the money this club can generate and taking in to account the money we received from the sale of Ross McCormack. Keep the youth, add power, pace & goals.
If he could head a ball, you might be right - but he can't, knows it, & doesn't even try most of the time. I would say that he's more effective in a 4-3-3, as he's got blistering pace and can even play left wing. ------------------------------ Who has blistering pace? Doukara? No chance.
Different position, Dawson is Attacking Mid. He was going out on loan for a full season loan and Cellino stopped it
Fair point, but he could've juggled the midfield around to accommodate Dawson instead of Phillips, but he chose not to. Redfearn and everyone at Leeds speak well of Dawson, as does virtually everybody who's seen him play, but he's been on the periphery for a long time now. I know he's had injuries, but maybe he's not progressed as much as he should have. A loan should definitely have happened a long time ago - why Cellino would stop him leaving on loan is beyond me.
I agree mate, the lad is getting mixed messages. Redders told him if he leaves he wants to take him wherever he goes. He broke his leg as a youngster and then had a shoulder injury but he's arguably as fit as he has ever been but extremely frustrated. 1 minute told he is starting the next he's not even in the 19
Kissa what I don't get is why would Redders tell him that, unless it was well known at the club that Redders is on his way out? He must be a bit of a gobshyte in reality. Would anyone employ Redders as a manager - I don't think so. Yes he's been great for the kids but he's demonstrated he has favourites. He never got results when he was caretaker the first time. he got a couple of decent results this time, but that soon stopped until he got a sidekick and sine Tommo went he's lost everything. So he's shyte really and especially alone. Yes a lower league outfit maybe or even a coaching role at someone's academy
I agree with him being a bit of a gobshite although If backed I'm not sure he would be. Not sure his gobshite of a missus helps, churping on twitter 24/7 I also think Cellino is trying to turn the fans on him so we don't mind him sacking him
I don't get the whole "he's **** without an assistant manager" bollocks. Is there any other team in English Football operating without one? It's a ridiculous situation for a manager to be put in. Think he's get a job at low end league 1 or mid table league 2 when he leaves us.
Exactly, and by the sounds of it he's the only one coaching! Assistants are so much more important than people realise - Mourinho has three of them
Seems strange for Redfearn to say that and yet give Phillips his chance before Dawson. From what I've heard Phillips was tearing the U21 league apart so rightly deserved his chance, but Dawson's proven himself in that league for a while so logically would've been next in line. Ah well, hopefully he'll get his chance over the next two games. Hopefully if Redders goes, we keep Dawson around long enough to see what he's got, at any rate.
