Daryl Dike Becomes A Tyke

[animallittle3]

It's true the lad is getting a lot of media hype. It's a puzzle we or anyone else in UK football had never heard his name until Dane chatted to friends in Orlando and agreed to give him some games over here in the MFL close season.

As you say Eths we will soon see for ourselves what all the hype is about. Most 20 year olds would be introduced to this level gradually but the pressure is on from Orlando to give him game time immediately and consistently or they will recall him. Is it too much pressure on the lad and how will other players and the Head Coach react to the expectation that Dike has to be selected regularly ?

Interesting times.

I think we dropped lucky SB , he was a player we knew about because his stats were off the scale apparently .

Nobody could bring him here until he was capped by the US national team because of immigration rules which only happened on sunday night when he came off the bench against Trinidad and Tobago .

I suspect Spud used his connections rapidly and he was our player within hours before anyone else could react .

[SBRed48]

I think we dropped lucky SB , he was a player we knew about because his stats were off the scale apparently .

Nobody could bring him here until he was capped by the US national team because of immigration rules which only happened on sunday night when he came off the bench against Trinidad and Tobago .

I suspect Spud used his connections rapidly and he was our player within hours before anyone else could react .

That's what I mean. If his stats were "off the scale" why didn't global football super powers know about him ?Are we saying only Billy Beane's stats package was good enough to spot him ?
Sounds a bit iffy to me.