DCL

[Yan The Man]

Anyone know if there was a clause in the deal that took him to Everton about some pennies for us if he plays for England

 

[YES Blade]

I've heard it's £23.5m

 

[Pedro Verde]

I certainly wouldnt have put that in his contract when he left us
I cant believe how well he has developed as a player

 

[Mesut Özil's Lawnmower]

Anyone know the sell-on fee? Lad could be worth 80m this time next year

 

[Greg.]

Anyone know the sell-on fee? Lad could be worth 80m this time next year

20% I thought
Maybe we sold the clause to afford Brewster

 

[dazzlingblade]

Why the fuck we didn't insert a 1.8m buy back is beyond me

 

[CarlMcBlade]

We could activate our buy back clause.

 

[ChrisDysonHT]

Anyone know if there was a clause in the deal that took him to Everton about some pennies for us if he plays for England

I am still hoping Man U put in a panic £80m bid for him pre Monday .... be nice to get 20% of that

 

[Kanye]

I am still hoping Man U put in a panic £80m bid for him pre Monday .... be nice to get 20% of that

I'd sooner he carries on at Everton, scoring for fun and he's worth double this time next year!

 

[Robby Blade]

Anyone know the sell-on fee? Lad could be worth 80m this time next year

Maybe McCabe was so ecstatic at being offered a million for him he didn't want to risk the deal going tits up by asking for an sell on.

 

[LudlamBlade]

The Everton fans song about DCL is one of the best I've ever heard, fair play to them for that

 

[Houston_Blade]

We’ve got a buy back clause for £2m, we just lost the paperwork so no one knows about it.

 

[VictoryBlade]

The fax broke as confirmation was coming through about the sell on clause

 

[west_yorks_blade]

Looked like a lanky lightweight when he left us and wasn’t too bothered about him going.

He’s quite some player now though. Looks real quality and fabulous In the air too.

 

[Belvedere Blade]

 

[Sheffsteel]

Looked like a lanky lightweight when he left us and wasn’t too bothered about him going.

He’s quite some player now though. Looks real quality and fabulous In the air too.

Wasn’t he 5th or 6th choice striker.
The deal at the time was a no brainer for us....the bigger picture shows it was a fantastic deal because it helped contribute towards our promotion.
If he had stayed his developement would have been very different and DCL might now be plying his trade in the Championship.
I’m pleased for him....I’ve heard he’s a decent down to earth lad.

 

[stringjunior]

After seeing his performance in THAT Bury match, I'm still bemused he's developed how he has, because he was bloody awful that day.

 

[Bladeinleeds]

Nailed on to score against us I would say. Has everything we can’t deal with at the back - pace, power and finishing ability

wasn’t too sad when we let him go, didn’t think he looked like he could finish. BUT you could see he looked like a footballer and had all the raw attributes to succeed - had a top level players build. Credit to Everton and Dom himself for the development he’s shown.

 

[hidesbehindapseudonym]

Nailed on to score against us I would say. Has everything we can’t deal with at the back - pace, power and finishing ability

wasn’t too sad when we let him go, didn’t think he looked like he could finish. BUT you could see he looked like a footballer and had all the raw attributes to succeed - had a top level players build. Credit to Everton and Dom himself for the development he’s shown.

The list of quality players we have "given away" is endless.

 

[ancientblade]

The list of quality players we have "given away" is endless.

if we hadnt we wouldnt have reached the premier league but do see your point

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

March 2015. I went to the U18 Piglet Vs Piglet Derby in S6. Ramsdale & Brooks both played in that. Dominic had been promoted up to the First Team fringes in the weeks before & had been on the First Team bench. But, the loan signing of Steven Davies pushed Dom back down the pecking order & he "dropped" from the First Team to the U18s.

 

[Houston_Blade]

How many have triple captained him on FPL this week?!

 

[hidesbehindapseudonym]

if we hadnt we wouldnt have reached the premier league but do see your point

Not just talking about recent sales...it's been the same old story for me since the late 50's

 

[FriethBlade]

Wasn’t he 5th or 6th choice striker.
The deal at the time was a no brainer for us....the bigger picture shows it was a fantastic deal because it helped contribute towards our promotion.
If he had stayed his developement would have been very different and DCL might now be plying his trade in the Championship.
I’m pleased for him....I’ve heard he’s a decent down to earth lad.

In a recent interview with David Unsworth he stated he couldn't believe how cheaply Everton got him for.

I've never had a problem with us selling to 'survive' or 'reinvest' its the amount of money we have sold for thats the problem.

Has any club ever sold 3 players for a total of.less that 10m to see the said 3 be worth 200m at some point in the future?

It begs the question of how football savy the 'people' doing the negotiating were. If Unsworth could see the potential in DCL why couldnt anyone left at the Lane?

 

[Hartley Hare]

After seeing his performance in THAT Bury match, I'm still bemused he's developed how he has, because he was bloody awful that day.

Hard to fathom that with Adams in the line up as well we witnessed circa £75m of talent on that dreadful evening.

Just three shots in the match, none on target!

That was a low ebb, and puts our current plight in perspective. Less than five years ago.

HH

 

[stringjunior]

Hard to fathom that with Adams in the line up as well we witnessed circa £75m of talent on that dreadful evening.

Just three shots in the match, none on target!

That was a low ebb, and puts our current plight in perspective. Less than five years ago.

HH

A low ebb? HH, king of the understatement

 

[8lade]

In a recent interview with David Unsworth he stated he couldn't believe how cheaply Everton got him for.

Did he say anything at the time or is this just hindsight?
And how many times do players go for a fee which seems like good money when they turn out to be duffs? (Slew, Quinn W)
DCL has turned into a great goal poacher but I can't honestly see him going to Man U, City, Chelsea, Liverpool or even Arsenal who all seem to prefer the Galacticos type.

 

[bornablade]

I'd love to know how much Duncan Ferguson put in to make DCL the player he is today.

Could we unearth another? Is Tyler Smith the next DCL? Will it require a move to a club who recognises that talent and invests the time and effort into a young player that will end up becoming a full international?

Or do we have the coaching methods and personnel to do it ourselves?

 

[nopigfansintown]

Not at all surprised to see DCL or Ramsdale's rise. I predicted that we were giving them away at the time. Dom was already looking pretty special up top after only playing there for five minutes. How his body developed and how long that would take were always going to be pivotal. It took maybe a year longer than what I thought for him to fill out.
Ramsdale has a lot of growing to do and unfortunately in the same areas that he was lacking in when he left (command of area, aerial balls, kicking). I was happy for him to play in the first team from the start of the season when he left, but I can understand why CW/AK brought a more experienced keeper in. I was disappointed that we resigned him as I watched almost every Bournemouth game last season, and could see that he was a long chalk away from being a top premier league 'keeper. He could still develop into one though: a year or two in the Championship would probably benefit him - there's less pressure and more games..
Adams always looked like the physical archetype of a great modern striker in terms of his shape; it was more attitude and fitness that put the question marks on him. Would the penny ever drop? He was a different man in Birmingham so the move was very good for him..

 

[hidesbehindapseudonym]

In a recent interview with David Unsworth he stated he couldn't believe how cheaply Everton got him for.

I've never had a problem with us selling to 'survive' or 'reinvest' its the amount of money we have sold for thats the problem.

Has any club ever sold 3 players for a total of.less that 10m to see the said 3 be worth 200m at some point in the future?

It begs the question of how football savy the 'people' doing the negotiating were. If Unsworth could see the potential in DCL why couldnt anyone left at the Lane?

Because we've always been shit at negotiating. For me it started with Jones, Birchenall etc etc etc