Daryl Dike at West Bromwich Albion

Only thing is, that’s what Dike is. He’s a bruiser. Not a silky smooth striker.

 

I dislike some of Greg's choices but nothing about his past makes me think he'd play Dike if it was genuinely endangering his health to continue.

Many guys on the team were playing with knocks so i think Dike's shoulder not being at 100% messed with his head and prevented him from keeping elite focus on the games.

It ended up being a more mental than physical problem...but the result was the same.

 

Eh, it didn't risk further injury but it was pretty clear he couldn't do any of the things that make him effective. When he wasn't even challenging for headers it was clear something was hurting him. I don't thing Greg should have played him just because it was pretty obvious he wasn't going to be effective with the soreness.

 

i think dike probably downplayed how much pain he was in pre qatar start, but after gregg saw what he saw he wasnt about to get fooled a second time in the final

 

C'mon. If you're an amputee, your limb isn't 100%. That standard is meaningless. His limb was probably 30-40%. It was barely of any use. The thing was hanging down & immobile.

To boot the injury was causing him serious pain, so it may have been worse than not having an arm at all at that moment. The pain was the distraction. That's physical, not mental.

I don't think Gregg would have played him if it could cause further damage, but that doesn't mean it wasn't already damaged to the point it would almost inevitably render him ineffective. Ultimately that wasn't beneficial to anyone. They should have seen it was too much of an impediment in practice, & given it rest.

 

no argument here!

the more i think about it the more silly it seems...just play Zardes (or my preference, actually give Hoppe & Gioacchini minutes at 9)

 

uhhhh

 

It shouldn't... I understand for people who didn't catch his stint at Barnsley that the GC was his supposed to be his coming out party in a way. I'd argue the run he had @Barn with that anemic offense was the actual party. My guess is the top clubs that were keeping tabs on him probably balked at Orlando's asking price on top of the fact that he's still a raw talent with only a season and a half of professional experience.

As much cheerleading as I've done for him if he comes back heatlhy and doesn't produce right away and it's between him and Pefok for qualifying... I'm probably taking Pefok at this point.

 

I wish you had posted this in whatever thread I'd argued that it looked like one of the two collarbone injuries (a break or, more commonly, a "shoulder separation). I got some shit from several people who then showed evidence that he was still training and, so, I must be an idiot.

 

I never played futsal but I did play a lot in small-sided (3v3 or 4v4) on small courts in Mexico City, and my game improved immensely because of it, very quickly.

 

Since Dike is no longer a Yank Abroad, doesn't this thread need to be closed at this point? @bungadiri

 

I’m sure he wasn’t comfortable but nothing like 30%-40%. When he got subbed off in his last match, he gave Berhalter a two handed high five (chin high). Nothing about it showed struggle. This isn’t diagnosis of course but he didn’t look like he was protecting something. His club says tendonitis and a knock. That isn’t a tear or separation.

 

He’s still getting transfer rumors. Wouldnt make sense to close his thread.

 

https://www.hammers.news/transfer-n...ngs-claim-as-west-ham-striker-search-goes-on/

*paging Dike's agent*

 

Crystal Palace big admirers of one of Championship’s top attackers last season https://t.co/EOVNG2ej8z

— South London Press (@SthLondonPress) August 20, 2021

The sports editor for the South London Press (which as far as I can tell is a fairly old local newspaper) is reporting interest in Dike from Crystal Palace.

On the other hand, I'm not sure how reliable they are given that they seem to think that Crystal Palace will have to wait until the winter to acquire him because the MLS summer transfer window has now closed.

 

I'm curious if you can still SELL players outside the MLS transfer window ?

 

I don't think any league prevents clubs from selling players outside of the league/association after their transfer window has closed. Transfer windows generally only apply to incoming or intra-league transfers. Which is what makes that article kind of baffling to me.

 

Although some teams are hesitant to sell when they don't have the opportunity to buy a replacement.

 

Is he really a murderball type player? Would be an odd fit IMO if true

 

Is he still injured

 

I think so. He was unavailable again for Orlando's most recent match this weekend, and hasn't played a minute now in approximately a month.