It’s one thing to score goals, but to do it in a variety of ways means he has way more to his game than a lot of people originally thought. He has to clean up some touches but it’s intriguing to see what he looks like at 22-23 years old. now, the whole key is, move to a club that will continue to use and develop you. Dike, Sargent, Weah, hoppe, ayo... the number 9 has some nice options. One or two have to hit
Sweet goal! Big man, light on his feet! Every goal adds a few zeros to his transfer fee. Love it! With that said... holy shit was that horrific defending. That defender gave that initial dribbler acres of space just outside and just inside the box and then two defenders let the ball bounce in the 6 year box—yes bounce! — in between them. They just looked at each other. Glad Dike punished them. He should!
Barnsley fans pondering Dike's rank as the club's greatest striker: http://barnsleyfc.org.uk/threads/better-than-dd.303846/
For those looking for (and struggling to find) streams, this website usually has Barnsley games (and pretty much any other game you might conceivably be interested in, for that matter). sports bay dot org. The first video box in each link is always junk. The second one is the real deal. You'll have to close a few pop up tabs (Command W is your friend on Mac) to get the volume on and go full screen but the quality is nearly always excellent and reliable.
lol! OVERHEAD SOCCER GOAL!!!!!!!!!! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/i0mdv2WkbN— Barnsley FC (@BarnsleyFC) April 21, 2021
You’d be hard pressed to find any Bundesliga club - not named Bayern - willing pay his reported transfer fee. I’d love to be proven wrong because I think he could have Wout Weghorst-like effect.
Were Leeds in the championship when Eddie Lewis played there? Regardless, I think you are right - Bonny Bobby Convey at Reading with @RichardL providing priceless Big Soccer commentary.
I got curious so I decided to see what Mitrovic did when he tore up the championship on loan a couple of years ago. He scored 12 goals in 17 league appearances. This at age 23 with a year at Serbia's top level, two years in the Belgian Pro League, and two years with Newcastle (one year in the Prem, one year in the Championship). It's nice when a loan couldn't have gone any better, Barnsley promotion or not.
True, and there's equally no way that Salzburg would pay what it would cost to buy him from Barnsley. He's already in England, where the highest transfer fees are paid, including for the top Championship players. Daryl's scored 9 goals in 16 league games so far. For comparison, after 10 goals every 40 games in his first two seasons in the Championship, Ollie Watkins scored 25 goals in 46 games last year and moved to Aston Villa for 30 million Euros. Salzburg will pay money for a player, but only if they think they can sell him on for a sizeable profit. Paying +20 million euros isn't where that is. This boy is good; very, very good but if a Premier League EL side is already eyeing him, Salzburg will pass rather than be outbid.
I'll be honest...if it's about my personal happiness, I'd like to see Barnsley win the playoffs and buy Dike. Next year he has a heroic campaign and they miraculously avoid relegation. At that point, he's sold to a bigger club in a league it's easy for me to watch, Barnsley uses two years of Prem money to stay up for a decade, and Dike is a Barnsley legend in just a year and a half.
I'd worry about the squad clearly out of their league in the Premier League and he scoring like 4 goals in such a season.
Don't worry, enjoy! Barnsley's like a finger pointing away to the moon. Do not concentrate on the finger or you will miss all of Dike's heavenly goalscoring.