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D J Campbell; what was that all about?
Topic Started: Apr 20 2006, 09:05 AM (687 Views)
Joe Black
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The board and SB were dreamimg when they bought DJ
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Apr 20 2006, 09:10 AM
Give him a pre-season to help him adjust to the different requirements of a higher grade of football. He was always going to be a gamble, but one that was worth taking. Under normal circumstances he wouldn't have played as many games as he has done because we knew that he would be very raw.

I still think he will make it, but we must be patient, and I'm sure he understands that he has still got a lot to learn.

Yeah....he'll 'make it' all right

Probably in League One which is about his barrel and the division he came from

Another Bruce 'DISASTER IMPORT' "no" "no"

Funny,this kid can't even make the bench anymore to compete with our THREE other strikers who have all scored less than 10 goals between them this season........Think that says it all for me
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The way we write players off before they have had an appropriate opportunity to prove themselves never fails to amaze me. :(
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Apr 21 2006, 06:59 AM
The way we write players off before they have had an appropriate opportunity to prove themselves never fails to amaze me. :(

You ain't seen him play then :blink:

The word Headless Chicken quickly springs to mind

If he's that good,how come he can't even make the bench (on top of all the injuries we have right now) ????
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Because he's made a huge step up and at the moment should only be considered in the same way as one of our youngsters in that he has a lot to learn. I'm willing to give players that opportunity? Are you?

Or should we always go for players who are already established but would cost a bomb rather than risk what amounts to peanuts on an unproven player who might eventually prove to be a good acquisition?

It would be nice if we were in Manchester United's or Chelsea's position of having the mega bucks to splash out on proven goalscorers, but even they take the occasional risk on 'unknowns and unprovens'.

Even when they sign the sort of player we could only dream about signing, they have the luxury of being able to put them into their reserves rather thasn straight into the first team.

Campbell was worth the risk. Whether he eventually makes it or not, I'm unsure, but he still does need time to turn his headless chicken approach into a more potent style.
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Far too many people are dismissing a lad who 18 months ago wasn't even playing as a professional! He's not going to dislodge 3 experienced prem professionals yet so give the kid a chance. He's obviously been bought for two reasons
1. If we do go down he would be able to hold his own in the lower div (sorry can't bring myself to call it 'championship' - far too pretentious!).
2. If we stay up we have the pre-season to get the lad adjusted to playing in, and with, prem players.

[/QUOTE]The word Headless Chicken quickly springs to mind
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Partisan he has at times but imagine you've just jumped two and a half divisions in one move, and in all honesty didn't expect to be anywhere near the premiership in the next 2-3 years, you'd have an adrenalin rush so high that you would probably play like a headless chicken - with the right coaching (which incedentally I still don't think Eric Black is capable of delivering, bring in Ian Wright for a short term pre-season to work with the strikers) I believe he's a better prospect than either Blake or Figeroa.

Far too early to know if he's going to make it - just remember when TF sold us Morrison and took AJ to Palace their fans were up in arms about it; give the lad the time and chance to prove what he can do.
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