Dale Stephens made a poor decision to drive home after drinking and why was he heading in the wrong direction ? I took my Dale Stephens satnav back and replaced with Stephen Kelly (Irish Accent) and good getting on the motorways even if it's not so good at getting off.
Last two seasons been on Premier League money but not really playing.
Imagine he sees himself as a Championship player and is used to the Premier League wage. Got enough money to happily retire than slum it in League One for a few years and move around the country again.
Probably settled in the area near Manchester too so really it's only the likes of Accrington Stanley or Bolton that he'd be looking at.
Last two seasons been on Premier League money but not really playing.
Imagine he sees himself as a Championship player and is used to the Premier League wage. Got enough money to happily retire than slum it in League One for a few years and move around the country again.
Probably settled in the area near Manchester too so really it's only the likes of Accrington Stanley or Bolton that he'd be looking at.
Accrington Stanley, Bolton, Wigan, Blackpool, Salford, Barnsley, Fleetwood, Morecambe, Blackburn, Preston, Tranmere, Huddersfield, Bradford, Stoke, Stockport, Port Vale, Burton all within an hour from Manchester
Last two seasons been on Premier League money but not really playing.
Imagine he sees himself as a Championship player and is used to the Premier League wage. Got enough money to happily retire than slum it in League One for a few years and move around the country again.
Probably settled in the area near Manchester too so really it's only the likes of Accrington Stanley or Bolton that he'd be looking at.
Accrington Stanley, Bolton, Wigan, Blackpool, Salford, Barnsley, Fleetwood, Morecambe, Blackburn, Preston, Tranmere, Huddersfield, Bradford, Stoke, Stockport, Port Vale, Burton all within an hour from Manchester
The Championship clubs wouldn't want him and it seems Stephens doesn't want to play for anyone lower, otherwise he would have done.
Last two seasons been on Premier League money but not really playing.
Imagine he sees himself as a Championship player and is used to the Premier League wage. Got enough money to happily retire than slum it in League One for a few years and move around the country again.
Probably settled in the area near Manchester too so really it's only the likes of Accrington Stanley or Bolton that he'd be looking at.
given he's currently banned from driving, he'd need a club in walking distance
Last two seasons been on Premier League money but not really playing.
Imagine he sees himself as a Championship player and is used to the Premier League wage. Got enough money to happily retire than slum it in League One for a few years and move around the country again.
Probably settled in the area near Manchester too so really it's only the likes of Accrington Stanley or Bolton that he'd be looking at.
Accrington Stanley, Bolton, Wigan, Blackpool, Salford, Barnsley, Fleetwood, Morecambe, Blackburn, Preston, Tranmere, Huddersfield, Bradford, Stoke, Stockport, Port Vale, Burton all within an hour from Manchester
The Championship clubs wouldn't want him and it seems Stephens doesn't want to play for anyone lower, otherwise he would have done.
Hunger is clearly the issue, unless he's got some major injury issue. He was very good at Brighton, but not the same when he went to Burnley. If he still had the drive, I'd be amazed if a lower Championship team like Blackpool or Wigan didn't fancy him.
It’s strange that I never really rated him that much….obviously there’s plenty that did and he went on to play for many seasons at a much higher level than with us. Just one of those players that for some reason didn’t rock my boat, I found his style somewhat uninspiring and rather drab.
It’s strange that I never really rated him that much….obviously there’s plenty that did and he went on to play for many seasons at a much higher level than with us. Just one of those players that for some reason didn’t rock my boat, I found his style somewhat uninspiring and rather drab.
I don’t think we ever saw the best of him. He added more consistency and aggression to his game in his last 6 months here, and then benefited from joining a well run club and fitting their style.
Hollands was the more reliable of the two in the title winning season, but Stephens had more ability and being younger had time on his side.
Arrogant dick totally blanked a bunch of Addicks at a "meet the players" thing after Chris Powell's league winning season Played like he was halfway to retirement for most of that next season in the Championship too Undeniably talented but very much MIA when things get gritty and physical
I watch a different game , he was a rarity of a footballer to me as in he tried the incisive pass and always looked to get on the front foot and he wouldn't mind having a strike at goal , he had a decent ping on him , something we've lacked for years . He may be a bell end but to me I always wanted him in the team for the positiveness he gave us pushing forward
I watch a different game , he was a rarity of a footballer to me as in he tried the incisive pass and always looked to get on the front foot and he wouldn't mind having a strike at goal , he had a decent ping on him , something we've lacked for years . He may be a bell end but to me I always wanted him in the team for the positiveness he gave us pushing forward
Good assumption thought we had a great balanced midfield with him, Danny Hollands and Danny Green in the side. Always looked for that defence splitting pass and tried to keep possession where ever he could.
If he didn't have class, premier league teams would not have signed him
Alongside Kermorgant he was our best 'footballer.' Technically superior, particularly with his passing. Some of his goals were pretty special too. When he played in the Premiership as a more deep lying centre midfielder his stats were comparable with the best in that position in the league.
Just seen PV quoting DS's fee from Oldham as £400k! Two things: if the rumoured cost to assemble that squad of around £1M total, then the rest of the recruitment was genius level bargain hunting I know transfer fees inflate all the time but £400k for Dale Stephens 2011 - £300k Chuks Aneke 2022 - And Skintgaard still has no idea why his CAFC squad is nowhere nearly good enough
Arrogant dick totally blanked a bunch of Addicks at a "meet the players" thing after Chris Powell's league winning season Played like he was halfway to retirement for most of that next season in the Championship too Undeniably talented but very much MIA when things get gritty and physical
Friendly but reserved when I met him and a proud new dad. His new born was around that time so perhaps he wanted to get home. The Dale Stephens Satnav was crap but then Jayden Stockley told me last summer that he was so settled in the South he wouldn't take his wife and 3 kids up north; Fleetwood is further than Blackpool !
Chuks Aneke could have been the bargain buy of League 1 at 300k if he could have been available for 36 games out of 46 like he was before he left. Unfortunately his injury woes increased and his playing time has disappeared. The 5 minute cameo summed up the issues that Aneke has.
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Last two seasons been on Premier League money but not really playing.
Imagine he sees himself as a Championship player and is used to the Premier League wage. Got enough money to happily retire than slum it in League One for a few years and move around the country again.
Probably settled in the area near Manchester too so really it's only the likes of Accrington Stanley or Bolton that he'd be looking at.
Just one of those players that for some reason didn’t rock my boat, I found his style somewhat uninspiring and rather drab.
Hollands was the more reliable of the two in the title winning season, but Stephens had more ability and being younger had time on his side.
Played like he was halfway to retirement for most of that next season in the Championship too
Undeniably talented but very much MIA when things get gritty and physical
Used to drive me mad.
This doesn’t surprise me in the slightest.
He may be a bell end but to me I always wanted him in the team for the positiveness he gave us pushing forward
If he didn't have class, premier league teams would not have signed him
Two things: if the rumoured cost to assemble that squad of around £1M total, then the rest of the recruitment was genius level bargain hunting
I know transfer fees inflate all the time but £400k for Dale Stephens 2011 - £300k Chuks Aneke 2022 - And Skintgaard still has no idea why his CAFC squad is nowhere nearly good enough
Friendly but reserved when I met him and a proud new dad. His new born was around that time so perhaps he wanted to get home. The Dale Stephens Satnav was crap but then Jayden Stockley told me last summer that he was so settled in the South he wouldn't take his wife and 3 kids up north; Fleetwood is further than Blackpool !
Chuks Aneke could have been the bargain buy of League 1 at 300k if he could have been available for 36 games out of 46 like he was before he left. Unfortunately his injury woes increased and his playing time has disappeared. The 5 minute cameo summed up the issues that Aneke has.
Cafc gambled and lost.