| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? 17:27 - Jan 1 with 13028 views | Jules4367 |
Watched him all game-he tracks and stays on shoulders of the central defender rather than trying to lose him; he doesn’t run into space or move, wins 30% headers-
So please can someone look for the receipt and see if we can return him 🤬 |  | | |  |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 12:24 - Mar 3 with 2822 views | QPR_Hibs |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 11:52 - Mar 3 by ParkRoyalR |
Could have resurrected numerous threads denigrating Dykes,
Very very few posts noting how his intelligent on his toes run and head up superb cross led to yesterday's all important first goal,
Gave us something to fight for and defend and his superb play yesterday is hopefully key come the end of the season. |
The Leicester co-comms (who he?) was much more complimentary about Dykes than Tony Thorpe was against Bristol City.
I thought Dykes did well to look up and pick out Illy yesterday as initially I thought he was just going to hit it with power at the keeper. |  |
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| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 12:28 - Mar 3 with 2782 views | ParkRoyalR |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 12:24 - Mar 3 by QPR_Hibs |
The Leicester co-comms (who he?) was much more complimentary about Dykes than Tony Thorpe was against Bristol City.
I thought Dykes did well to look up and pick out Illy yesterday as initially I thought he was just going to hit it with power at the keeper. |
No coincidence a fit again head-up Willock is back in the team and immediately sees these early runs which Dykes has been doing all season without getting such a simple quality early ball. | | | |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 12:33 - Mar 3 with 2748 views | dmm |
Lyndon Dykes will be one of those players Rs fans will disagree over long after he's gone. He's either a useless striker who doesn't score enough goals or a useful forward who works hard for the team.
For me he can be both but Cifuentes has found positive ways to employ his abilities. There's no doubt he had a good game yesterday but never looked like scoring. |  | | |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 12:44 - Mar 3 with 2689 views | Rangersw12 |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 12:16 - Mar 3 by ParkRoyalR |
As has Armstrong (numerous times) Chair + Willock.
1st goal as we know was key yesterday and to create than option for Willock and square that for Chair to finish was game-changing and key to winning those 3 points.
Hopefully with Andersen + Willock playing head-up early balls into the box Dykes can start getting back amongst the goals as without these two he's had a difficult season.
A good goal-scoring run will keep us up and enhance his sell-out value, surely we all want this? |
A good goal scoring run would help but he hasn't managed that in what 150 game he's played so I can't see it happening now
Love the fact you seem to think it's everyone else's fault that Dykes is a terrible goalscorer
Really hope he scores a couple of goals off the bench at the Euros ( he won't start ) so someone mad enough will take him off our hands
Ps you're never going to change my mind on him so don't bother trying mate . I'm probably too critical and your way over the top in your defence of him so we will never agree 🤷 [Post edited 3 Mar 12:47]
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| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 12:51 - Mar 3 with 2658 views | rbee |
Lyndon had a good Lyndon game yesterday, battling, making runs, defending from the front, isolated for the majority of the time. I especially liked the way he would quickly drop back to cover Willock’s or Chair’s positions when required.
He is an important part of our current set up but Marti’s team will evolve as will the style of play and hopefully we won’t have an isolated centre forward. |  | | |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 12:53 - Mar 3 with 2659 views | enfieldargh |
As a team we dont really score that many so any striker in our price range is going to struggle.
He can be a handful at times and hinderence to us as well as the oppo.
He's ours for the time being & I expect to see improvment in his game as we are seeing with most of our players |  |
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| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 12:53 - Mar 3 with 2648 views | Watford_Ranger |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 12:33 - Mar 3 by dmm |
Lyndon Dykes will be one of those players Rs fans will disagree over long after he's gone. He's either a useless striker who doesn't score enough goals or a useful forward who works hard for the team.
For me he can be both but Cifuentes has found positive ways to employ his abilities. There's no doubt he had a good game yesterday but never looked like scoring. |
Think we need to accept his role is helping get our best players into the game. When Chair and Willock are on it we’ll win more than we lose and Dykes helps them more than Armstrong I’d argue until Sinclair, who I really rate, develops. Dykes will never be a 15-20 a season striker. It is what it is. | | | |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 15:06 - Mar 3 with 2340 views | gazza1 |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 12:24 - Mar 3 by QPR_Hibs |
The Leicester co-comms (who he?) was much more complimentary about Dykes than Tony Thorpe was against Bristol City.
I thought Dykes did well to look up and pick out Illy yesterday as initially I thought he was just going to hit it with power at the keeper. |
Lets not overplay the role that Dykes played in the first goal.....
.....straight forward run to get to the ball, unmarked, had time to look up (plus check that his tattoos were still looking good), and pass a simple ball across to the on running Chair.
....well done to LD (& Chair) but no more than I would have expected from a pro footballer and I would expect the Leicester manager would be saying where the fxxk were the markers and the defence. | | | |
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| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 16:01 - Mar 3 with 2197 views | lassel |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 11:52 - Mar 3 by ParkRoyalR |
Could have resurrected numerous threads denigrating Dykes,
Very very few posts noting how his intelligent on his toes run and head up superb cross led to yesterday's all important first goal,
Gave us something to fight for and defend and his superb play yesterday is hopefully key come the end of the season. |
In fairness the threads were deserved, he played awfully for a lot of this season.
He’s been much much better the past few games though, quite possibly Frey coming in and a few games on the bench has sharpened his mind. | | | |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 16:01 - Mar 3 with 2174 views | davman |
He did well yesterday, but it was telling that he did not look at the keeper or the goal for our first and was always going to square it. That is what any good player would have done from there. A great striker though would have had one thing in mind. I am not for one minute suggesting that he fckd up as clearly he didn't, but maybe he is a good footballer, but not a striker....
Similar to Armstrong's 2 on 1 with Chair. A great striker would have burst into the area on his right foot outside Faes instead of an early ball to Chair. Great strikers are generally selfish; maybe there's something in that... |  |
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| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 16:18 - Mar 3 with 2119 views | ParkRoyalR |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 16:01 - Mar 3 by lassel |
In fairness the threads were deserved, he played awfully for a lot of this season.
He’s been much much better the past few games though, quite possibly Frey coming in and a few games on the bench has sharpened his mind. |
All down to playing with better players who see and play the early pass, althou Dykes run across the line to beat the high defensive line and stay onside made for an easy run and great pass to Chair for an easy finish. | | | |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 16:33 - Mar 3 with 2061 views | NorrisGreen |
Dykes was very good yesterday, virtually on his Todd against two CBs. The guy did really well receiving the ball, holding it up and laying it off several times. BUT.... on ONE occasion his touch was a bit heavy and cue a load of muttering about "bloody useless Dykes"..... Really arbitrary, selective and unfair but probably a good indicator that too many just won't get behind him and choose only to see the odd bit of slackness from him. | | | |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 17:08 - Mar 3 with 1970 views | ParkRoyalR |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 16:33 - Mar 3 by NorrisGreen |
Dykes was very good yesterday, virtually on his Todd against two CBs. The guy did really well receiving the ball, holding it up and laying it off several times. BUT.... on ONE occasion his touch was a bit heavy and cue a load of muttering about "bloody useless Dykes"..... Really arbitrary, selective and unfair but probably a good indicator that too many just won't get behind him and choose only to see the odd bit of slackness from him. |
Unlike the Bristol City fans on their Forum who totally Got what he brings to our team, we have a lot of clueless fans, who mainly, but not exclusively reside on Twitter. | | | |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 17:18 - Mar 3 with 1943 views | Northernr |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 16:33 - Mar 3 by NorrisGreen |
Dykes was very good yesterday, virtually on his Todd against two CBs. The guy did really well receiving the ball, holding it up and laying it off several times. BUT.... on ONE occasion his touch was a bit heavy and cue a load of muttering about "bloody useless Dykes"..... Really arbitrary, selective and unfair but probably a good indicator that too many just won't get behind him and choose only to see the odd bit of slackness from him. |
Thought Dykes was ok yesterday, nice assist. A 6 probably.
On this point of grumbles and people with preconceived ideas or what have you, there was a fairly well oiled bloke near us yesterday was castigating Dykes for not 'doing more' and 'got to hold it up there Lyndon' ten minutes after he'd gone off.
I mean Dykes doesn't hold the ball up very well when he's on the pitch, it's a bit much to expect him to do it from the showers  |  | | |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 17:39 - Mar 3 with 1849 views | stevenagehoop |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 15:06 - Mar 3 by gazza1 |
Lets not overplay the role that Dykes played in the first goal.....
.....straight forward run to get to the ball, unmarked, had time to look up (plus check that his tattoos were still looking good), and pass a simple ball across to the on running Chair.
....well done to LD (& Chair) but no more than I would have expected from a pro footballer and I would expect the Leicester manager would be saying where the fxxk were the markers and the defence. |
True but how many times have our players mucked up that simple cross/pass. |  |
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| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 17:47 - Mar 3 with 1796 views | jtuck |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 15:06 - Mar 3 by gazza1 |
Lets not overplay the role that Dykes played in the first goal.....
.....straight forward run to get to the ball, unmarked, had time to look up (plus check that his tattoos were still looking good), and pass a simple ball across to the on running Chair.
....well done to LD (& Chair) but no more than I would have expected from a pro footballer and I would expect the Leicester manager would be saying where the fxxk were the markers and the defence. |
Let's not underplay the role he played in the goal either: he made the early run, pointed to Willock where he wanted the ball, and looked up to see Chair, before delivering the perfect ball. He showed in those moments the kind of mobility, intelligence and skill he is always slagged off for not having. What makes him so frustrating and divisive is the fact he can't deliver that kind of play on a consistent basis. Credit also to the manager who is doing centre forward by committee by mixing and matching Frey, Dykes and Armstrong in the last two games. | |
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| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 17:48 - Mar 3 with 1787 views | gazza1 |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 17:18 - Mar 3 by Northernr |
Thought Dykes was ok yesterday, nice assist. A 6 probably.
On this point of grumbles and people with preconceived ideas or what have you, there was a fairly well oiled bloke near us yesterday was castigating Dykes for not 'doing more' and 'got to hold it up there Lyndon' ten minutes after he'd gone off.
I mean Dykes doesn't hold the ball up very well when he's on the pitch, it's a bit much to expect him to do it from the showers |
I concur......he did OK, acceptable.
The first was such a poor goal to give away by Leicester. Done a few nice things(which is what he should do) but when the ball was played to him and he ran to collect down the line he rarely did any good and lost the ball to the marking CB. Never looked like scoring which is his main job. | | | |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 17:50 - Mar 3 with 1776 views | gazza1 |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 17:47 - Mar 3 by jtuck |
Let's not underplay the role he played in the goal either: he made the early run, pointed to Willock where he wanted the ball, and looked up to see Chair, before delivering the perfect ball. He showed in those moments the kind of mobility, intelligence and skill he is always slagged off for not having. What makes him so frustrating and divisive is the fact he can't deliver that kind of play on a consistent basis. Credit also to the manager who is doing centre forward by committee by mixing and matching Frey, Dykes and Armstrong in the last two games. |
No underplaying it.....it was a give away by Leicester, he must have had 20 yards of space and the cross was as simple as it gets. The skill was in Willocks pass. | | | |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 17:51 - Mar 3 with 1766 views | gazza1 |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 17:39 - Mar 3 by stevenagehoop |
True but how many times have our players mucked up that simple cross/pass. |
Too many times......and many by LD. | | | |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 18:00 - Mar 3 with 1736 views | flynnbo |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 17:18 - Mar 3 by Northernr |
Thought Dykes was ok yesterday, nice assist. A 6 probably.
On this point of grumbles and people with preconceived ideas or what have you, there was a fairly well oiled bloke near us yesterday was castigating Dykes for not 'doing more' and 'got to hold it up there Lyndon' ten minutes after he'd gone off.
I mean Dykes doesn't hold the ball up very well when he's on the pitch, it's a bit much to expect him to do it from the showers |
We have some really stupid supporters and they always seem to need to target someone. There's a group near me who constantly whine and moan out loud thinking they're funny. They're usually pissed up old men who can't sit down for 45 minutes of of football. Pathetic. |  | | |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 18:09 - Mar 3 with 1669 views | ParkRoyalR |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 17:18 - Mar 3 by Northernr |
Thought Dykes was ok yesterday, nice assist. A 6 probably.
On this point of grumbles and people with preconceived ideas or what have you, there was a fairly well oiled bloke near us yesterday was castigating Dykes for not 'doing more' and 'got to hold it up there Lyndon' ten minutes after he'd gone off.
I mean Dykes doesn't hold the ball up very well when he's on the pitch, it's a bit much to expect him to do it from the showers |
Fair play Northern, reading that post nearly thought you missed an opportunity for customary dig, but fair play managed to get it in, lol. | | | |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 18:12 - Mar 3 with 1664 views | Landshark |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 12:53 - Mar 3 by enfieldargh |
As a team we dont really score that many so any striker in our price range is going to struggle.
He can be a handful at times and hinderence to us as well as the oppo.
He's ours for the time being & I expect to see improvment in his game as we are seeing with most of our players |
This is precisely it. We're not a team that creates a huge amount of chances. I feel like some of our fans expect a striker in our price range to pick up the ball in his own half, beat a couple of players and score.
I feel Dykes is perfectly acceptable for our team and the players around him. | | | |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 18:33 - Mar 3 with 1593 views | Burnleyhoop |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 12:02 - Mar 3 by ParkRoyalR |
Seriously, a fortunate drop ball in front of you from 15 yards out, honestly I would have finished that, maybe not with such power, but come on, that's a straightforward finish. |
But it’s a superb pass across the box to Chair with no pressure on whatsoever. My 5 year old grandson could have made that pass. | | | |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 18:48 - Mar 3 with 1521 views | FredManRave |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 16:33 - Mar 3 by NorrisGreen |
Dykes was very good yesterday, virtually on his Todd against two CBs. The guy did really well receiving the ball, holding it up and laying it off several times. BUT.... on ONE occasion his touch was a bit heavy and cue a load of muttering about "bloody useless Dykes"..... Really arbitrary, selective and unfair but probably a good indicator that too many just won't get behind him and choose only to see the odd bit of slackness from him. |
No surprise you've got a chilled view of Dyke's performance yesterday, bearing in mind just how stoned you were at the game. |  |
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| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 18:57 - Mar 3 with 1476 views | ParkRoyalR |
| Dykes - WHAT and WHY?? on 18:33 - Mar 3 by Burnleyhoop |
But it’s a superb pass across the box to Chair with no pressure on whatsoever. My 5 year old grandson could have made that pass. |
Agree, my clumsy wording, cross has to take the keeper out but like putting your laces through a half volley that was easy,
It was actually being on his toes and making a very clever cross-field run to stay on site that was the very good bit, althou getting your head up and crossing has been game-changing for our season these last few weeks. | | | |
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