| Dykes 21:39 - Nov 4 with 51751 views | stainrods_elbow |
Really hope we can move him on in Jan and bring in one or two players who can really help the reshaped project, starting with breaking with years of tradition and actually investing in a striker who scores goals. He's going nowhere at QPR and just doesn't, and never will, cut the mustard. I'm afraid. He's a ram that doesn't batter, his buckle doesn't swash, and his goalscoring instincts are not so much predatory as borderline nugatory. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if Millwall, say, came back in for him, he'd miraculously metamorphose into a 1 in 3 merchant who plays every week, but hopefully we'd by then be past caring. I don't want a player leading our line who scores the odd header from an occasional Chair cross but who seems mainly to care about playing for Scotland.
All being well, MC will have sussed this out in double-quick time and will be reshaping our attacking line with Smyth, Willock and Chair, and a new pivot. [Post edited 4 Nov 2023 21:43]
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| Dykes on 10:51 - Nov 6 with 3975 views | TheChef |
| Dykes on 08:45 - Nov 5 by gazza1 |
Come on PRR......he has been pretty poor this season, weak, poor to get into goalscoring positions, controlling the ball and much more. We must sign a forward who is better in the next transfer window. Easy to keep blaming Chair or whoever but Dykes has got to help himself.
As someone has said - why we never sold him for £2 million I will never be able to work out or understand. |
Errrrrrrr, when did Millwall offer two million for him?? |  |
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| Dykes on 11:27 - Nov 6 with 3885 views | gazza1 |
| Dykes on 10:51 - Nov 6 by TheChef |
Errrrrrrr, when did Millwall offer two million for him?? |
Well, that was the 'chat' on here as far as I recall.......confirmed by W12 Chef. [Post edited 6 Nov 2023 11:27]
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| Dykes on 11:46 - Nov 6 with 3826 views | TheChef |
| Dykes on 11:27 - Nov 6 by gazza1 |
Well, that was the 'chat' on here as far as I recall.......confirmed by W12 Chef. [Post edited 6 Nov 2023 11:27]
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OK well "potentially worth up to £3 million" - no clarity on how that deal is structured. | |
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| Dykes on 12:22 - Nov 6 with 3797 views | Silverfoxqpr |
| Dykes on 12:33 - Nov 5 by paulparker |
Apart from sheff wed & Rotherham can you name a club that is going to go on a QPR esq bad run and drop because looking at that table I can’t see it |
Coventry are giving it a good go to be fair. |  | | |
| Dykes on 13:24 - Nov 6 with 3678 views | TGRRRSSS |
Plymouth I reckon thereabouts |  | | |
| Dykes on 16:13 - Nov 6 with 3526 views | Northolt_Rs |
| Dykes on 11:37 - Nov 5 by Rs_Holy |
I wasn’t at the game yesterday but watched a live stream. We all know Lyndon is not a prolific striker and isn’t a bull in china shop type of striker either. He will however run all day and covers a lot of ground and is also a good header of the ball in and around the penalty spot.
One thing I think he absolutely must add to his game is the ability to hold onto the ball and allow other players to support him from midfield. There is a tendency for the ball to just bounce off of him, giving possession straight back to the oppo. |
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| Dykes on 16:13 - Nov 6 with 3523 views | QPunkR |
| Dykes on 16:13 - Nov 6 by Northolt_Rs |
My dog runs all day…. |
So does my fridge |  |
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| Dykes on 08:08 - Nov 8 with 3262 views | Hooping_Mad |
If he served as understudy of a conman like Hugill I think he could learn the dark arts, but as I can't shake the image of him at Blackpool away on wet November night after recovering from pneumonia so have a soft spot for him even if he is a bit useless. | |
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| Dykes on 08:57 - Nov 8 with 3186 views | Rs_Holy |
| Dykes on 08:08 - Nov 8 by Hooping_Mad |
If he served as understudy of a conman like Hugill I think he could learn the dark arts, but as I can't shake the image of him at Blackpool away on wet November night after recovering from pneumonia so have a soft spot for him even if he is a bit useless. |
'a soft spot for him even if he is a bit useless' ... I think a lot of us feel the same.
He's the Morris Marina of the strikers in with a Talbot Solara, Chrysler Alpine and a Vauxhall Chevette. |  | | |
| Dykes on 18:35 - Nov 8 with 3000 views | Paddyhoops |
Sadly he hasn’t got any better . I remember Hugill was a figure of fun for some our fans but I loved him. He was an absolute f**king nuisance to defenders and he’s goals per game record was very very decent.
Dykes on his day can’t be a handful but he doesn’t score near enough goals to be of any effect for the team. | | | |
| Dykes on 18:49 - Nov 8 with 2946 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
Didn't one of those Swedish Rs say that MC likes a Dykes type striker up front?
Same as with a lot of our managers, we are looking at it the wrong way. If they are successful elsewhere then the problem lies with us not them and the 'get rid' mentality will never deliver for us. |  | | |
| Dykes on 19:31 - Nov 8 with 2877 views | ParkRoyalR |
| Dykes on 18:35 - Nov 8 by Paddyhoops |
Sadly he hasn’t got any better . I remember Hugill was a figure of fun for some our fans but I loved him. He was an absolute f**king nuisance to defenders and he’s goals per game record was very very decent.
Dykes on his day can’t be a handful but he doesn’t score near enough goals to be of any effect for the team. |
Big fan of Jordan Hugill as an industrial championship level forward but if he was a figure of fun at ours, I think Northern invented the phrase 'the full Hugill', it was his unerring ability to clear the Upper Loft from a goal-scoring chance in the penalty area,
Scored 1 in 3 at ours but played in a very creative team with Eze when he was getting a good few chances every game so when he missed its not like the current gnashing of teeth and waling as we only create 2 or 3 chances per game,
For a player who went for a reported £10m fee and £20k+ p/wk in wages, his scoring record outside of Eze's QPR has been at best 1 in 4, which very few of our fans would consider very very decent and is very similar if not slightly inferior to Dykes. | | | |
| Dykes on 19:38 - Nov 8 with 2850 views | flynnbo |
| Dykes on 18:35 - Nov 8 by Paddyhoops |
Sadly he hasn’t got any better . I remember Hugill was a figure of fun for some our fans but I loved him. He was an absolute f**king nuisance to defenders and he’s goals per game record was very very decent.
Dykes on his day can’t be a handful but he doesn’t score near enough goals to be of any effect for the team. |
Is this the same Hugill who WHU paid a reported £10 million? Can you imagine the reaction if he was also guilty of missing gilt edged chances? Hmm, he never missed so it’s a moot point 😇. Wasn’t he also playing with better players and yet some claim, perhaps correctly, that Dykes somehow plays better for Scotland? I’m sure there’s a link there. Dykes isn’t the best, I agree, but he’s all we have and let’s start saving our ire for the opposition and get behind our own players. |  | | |
| Dykes on 19:39 - Nov 8 with 2842 views | themodfather |
dykes seems to be rated by scotland, yeah right, he is not an out and out scorer, he holds it up, takes a god penalty, when did we last get one? can header well but needs to be paired, like ferdinand/wegerle allen/stainrod , for all i know he is integral to the squad, much loved and rated. we need goals as goals win games. he is not a 20 a season man. | | | |
| Dykes on 19:45 - Nov 8 with 2822 views | hubble |
No, but he is a 20 thread a season man. |  |
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| Dykes on 20:05 - Nov 8 with 2767 views | T_Block |
How about we have some patience let him develop score lots of goals and then sell him for £10million plus | | | |
| Dykes on 20:59 - Nov 8 with 2686 views | derbyhoop |
| Dykes on 10:01 - Nov 5 by Loyalitat |
Plymouth are managing to score goals regularly, 26 to date, with players who have hardly played at this level before this season. Their centre forward, Ryan Hardie with 6 goals already, is a case in point.
There are players out there and Plymouth are playing to the strengths of their personnel and are playing in a similar manner to last season in division one. All being achieved on a minuscule budget compared to nearly every other team in the Championship. [Post edited 5 Nov 2023 10:18]
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Like i said there are some teams that seem to find a striker but it's a rarity.
It's all well and good looking to sell Dykes but you're looking for a replacement who can give us 10-15 per season. And we're looking at Harrods prices and a Shepherds Bush Market budget. |  |
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| Dykes on 22:47 - Nov 8 with 2553 views | baz_qpr |
From listening to the tactical podcast Cifuentes will play horses for courses upfront, so some games it might be Dykes others it might be Armstrong others it might be a false 9 so Kolli or maybe Chair. But if he changes the forward type he will also change the set up and the players around the forward to complement. The one thing I learnt from that podcast other than our new manager has a law degree and a masters in sports administration is how little I know about tactics and how we really need to give him time |  | | |
| Dykes on 10:04 - Nov 9 with 2419 views | Bluce_Ree |
How can good strikers be so rare? I mean fundamentally, playing football is about putting a ball where you want it to go. Whether it is getting it to a teammate or getting it in a goal.
It's like being a guitarist but not being any good at playing chords. |  |
| Stefan Moore, Stefan Moore running down the wing. Stefan Moore, Stefan Moore running down the wing. He runs like a cheetah, his crosses couldn't be sweeter. Stefan Moore. Stefan Moore. Stefan Moore. |
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| Dykes on 10:47 - Nov 9 with 2365 views | TheChef |
| Dykes on 10:04 - Nov 9 by Bluce_Ree |
How can good strikers be so rare? I mean fundamentally, playing football is about putting a ball where you want it to go. Whether it is getting it to a teammate or getting it in a goal.
It's like being a guitarist but not being any good at playing chords. |
You know what, when you put it like that, you're right! | |
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| Dykes on 11:00 - Nov 9 with 2342 views | Phil_i_P_Daddy |
Consistently brings NOTHING to the pitch.
Couldn't hit a cow's carcass with a double bass!
That said, it's not his fault he gets picked to play. Reflects badly on our other players who are supposedly vying for a shirt that is there for the taking. |  |
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| Dykes on 11:16 - Nov 9 with 2311 views | Northernr |
| Dykes on 10:04 - Nov 9 by Bluce_Ree |
How can good strikers be so rare? I mean fundamentally, playing football is about putting a ball where you want it to go. Whether it is getting it to a teammate or getting it in a goal.
It's like being a guitarist but not being any good at playing chords. |
It's because everybody wants to be a fcking "ten". |  | | |
| Dykes on 15:04 - Nov 9 with 2156 views | LazyFan |
| Dykes on 11:16 - Nov 9 by Northernr |
It's because everybody wants to be a fcking "ten". |
Also, since all teams moved tactics-wise from 4-4-2 to a 4-3-3 there is no big man to knock it down for little man to speedily run onto and smack it in the net. Or a predator who is just fed it from the big man who is a deadly finisher and bangs it in Clive Allen style.
Now they want the front three to rotate so they are all Mbappe types. Great if you actually have Mbappe, but not so good if your players are not lightning-quick (which is what they have to be). Or you have an even rarer asset ala Kane as your number 9 who can almost do it all.
I like the good old days of 4-4-2, big lumbering Falco/Ferdinand smashing everyone up. And little nippy Penrice or skilful Weggers smashing them in. Dykes it seems, can only do the former and only some of the time and not the latter. This means he cannot do either and he does not work well in a 4-3-3 unless one of those is called Mcginn and is a world-class passer of the ball.
If we get a world-class passer of the ball we are all good. No problem :P |  |
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| Dykes on 19:12 - Nov 9 with 2016 views | Hooping_Mad |
| Dykes on 08:57 - Nov 8 by Rs_Holy |
'a soft spot for him even if he is a bit useless' ... I think a lot of us feel the same.
He's the Morris Marina of the strikers in with a Talbot Solara, Chrysler Alpine and a Vauxhall Chevette. |
Strange aside, my first car was dad's old metallic blue Talbot Alpine. It was a bit Dykes like as well. | |
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