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Post by taffyewe on May 2, 2017 20:20:32 GMT
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Post by Gary Baldi on May 2, 2017 20:26:18 GMT
It was first rumoured in the Sun a few weeks back. No idea if its true
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Post by socrates on May 2, 2017 21:36:40 GMT
His agent's nose will be very long indeed.
Probably getting anxious that no one has come in for him or that he's desperate to get a Lge 2 deal over the line.
As for rejecting a contract, he would have been lucky to have been offered one
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Post by bazzer9461 on May 2, 2017 22:00:02 GMT
If it was for either Notts forest or Birmingham to bolster their defence in the championship, you have to ask is he good enough for the championship, I don't think so
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Post by oldabingdonian on May 2, 2017 22:50:13 GMT
I lke Dunkley as a whole-hearted player, and one who has improved massively since he first arrived. I think most fans would agree.
However, he is accident-prone, and finds himself out of position too often (second goal against Fleetwood). We have not missed him in the last three games. I would be very surprised if a Championship side took a serious interest, unless they are looking for a player on the cheap, and Birmingham have done that before (Matt Green, I think). Like socrates, I would be surprised if he had been offered a contract.
Don't you just hate agents?
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Post by jimmycarterxi on May 2, 2017 22:54:59 GMT
Was he left out the final few weeks of the season because Mapp knew he wouldn't sign new contract or has he rejected new deal because Mapp wouldn't guarantee a starter place??
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Post by oufcwaffle on May 2, 2017 23:01:14 GMT
Whatever happens we have to be grateful for his contributions to the team and the goal vs wycombe!
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Post by jimmycarterxi on May 2, 2017 23:28:48 GMT
Too true, we had to get an early strike in second half
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Post by bigfella72 on May 3, 2017 2:31:30 GMT
Apart from Millwall the other two games were against Vale & Shrews at home! And if not for POTS Eastwood we wouldn't have had two clean sheets. Raglan was awful last game and I for one think Dunks will play at a higher level or a bigger team next season if he's gone.
Nelson gets away with so much on here, not saying he's worse than dunks but makes mistakes too.
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Post by grenobleroad on May 3, 2017 5:24:19 GMT
Apart from Millwall the other two games were against Vale & Shrews at home! And if not for POTS Eastwood we wouldn't have had two clean sheets. Raglan was awful last game and I for one think Dunks will play at a higher level or a bigger team next season if he's gone. Nelson gets away with so much on here, not saying he's worse than dunks but makes mistakes too. Maybe it was you who leaked the story! In all seriousness best of luck to him if it's true. I think we have helped him progress well over the last 18 months, if he thinks his future is best off elsewhere then so be it. Felt more comfortable with Nelson and raglan at the back recenty.
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Post by bigfella72 on May 3, 2017 6:48:09 GMT
Apart from Millwall the other two games were against Vale & Shrews at home! And if not for POTS Eastwood we wouldn't have had two clean sheets. Raglan was awful last game and I for one think Dunks will play at a higher level or a bigger team next season if he's gone. Nelson gets away with so much on here, not saying he's worse than dunks but makes mistakes too. Maybe it was you who leaked the story! In all seriousness best of luck to him if it's true. I think we have helped him progress well over the last 18 months, if he thinks his future is best off elsewhere then so be it. Felt more comfortable with Nelson and raglan at the back recenty. Not me!
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Post by foley on May 3, 2017 8:05:29 GMT
It appears that the club started talking to Dunkley a few weeks ago. I can only assume that he indicated that he could well be off. If that happened then it is no surprise that MAPP tried Raglan and Nelson which certainly seemed to work in the past few games.
I have really liked Dunkley. He adds something extra especially when we have free kicks/ corners, and also when the opposition has a big lump uipfront.
Having said that the worry with Dunkley (and MAPP has said so much himself) is that when Dunkley makes a mistake or seems to be struggling, he tends to lose his head for a while.
Personally I would like to keep Dunkley. If he gets a move to the Championship fair play to him.
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Post by Young Money on May 3, 2017 8:25:54 GMT
People moaned that we got rid of too many players last season and then had to bring in loads, the team wasn't settled and we started slowly - yet now want to get rid of perfectly solid performers like Dunkley! If we sign a better CB so be it (just like if we sign better players in literally any position) but we should focus on areas we need first like LB and ST/CF.
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Post by gorilla on May 3, 2017 8:35:03 GMT
It appears that the club started talking to Dunkley a few weeks ago. I can only assume that he indicated that he could well be off. If that happened then it is no surprise that MAPP tried Raglan and Nelson which certainly seemed to work in the past few games. I have really liked Dunkley. He adds something extra especially when we have free kicks/ corners, and also when the opposition has a big lump uipfront. Having said that the worry with Dunkley (and MAPP has said so much himself) is that when Dunkley makes a mistake or seems to be struggling, he tends to lose his head for a while. Personally I would like to keep Dunkley. If he gets a move to the Championship fair play to him. I agree with this completely. If we can keep Dunkley then we should. He's, strong, solid and good in the air, at both ends of the pitch. For the most part I thought him and Nelson had a very good partnership going. He is prone to the occasional silly mistake, and perhaps needs to work on his positional discipline, but overall I thought he had a good season for us. Well done to him and his agent if he gets a move to a Championship club, although I think that might prove to be a standard too high for him.
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Post by perryman on May 3, 2017 8:48:39 GMT
I thought Dunks had a decent season and would be happy for him to stay. Don't think he's good enough for the Championship yet, although he has potential if he could cut out the occasional silly mistake and lapses in concentration.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2017 8:55:28 GMT
He took a while to make the step up which he has. He's a lot of supporters favourite player. Key strengths he's good at corners and can defend. He used to pick up bookings often but now seems more solid. I think we are yet to see him at his best and I'd love to see him here next year
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Post by essexyellows on May 3, 2017 9:10:35 GMT
Forest or Birmingham could be League 1 next season so its hardly a step up.
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Post by saddletramp on May 3, 2017 9:12:24 GMT
He took a while to make the step up which he has. He's a lot of supporters favourite player. Key strengths he's good at corners and can defend. He used to pick up bookings often but now seems more solid. I think we are yet to see him at his best and I'd love to see him here next year "He's a lot of peoples favourite player" A bit of a sweeping statement. "I think we are yet to see the best of him" This is a guy 25 years old with 200 professional games under his belt. Why do you think "we are yet to see the best of him" ? I would keep him as a squad player,but makes to many mistakes for a regular staring spot IMO.
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Post by mcf86 on May 3, 2017 9:24:03 GMT
One of those players who can be consistently inconsistent! He looks top notch at times, and an ungainly lump at other times. For a central defender he's still learning his trade, and should reach his true potential in 2/3 years or so. So if we have ambitions to reach the Championship (I've no doubt we have) sooner rather than later, he might be better off serving his apprenticeship elsewhere.
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Post by bazzer9461 on May 3, 2017 9:25:20 GMT
Apart from Millwall the other two games were against Vale & Shrews at home! And if not for POTS Eastwood we wouldn't have had two clean sheets. Raglan was awful last game and I for one think Dunks will play at a higher level or a bigger team next season if he's gone. Nelson gets away with so much on here, not saying he's worse than dunks but makes mistakes too. League 2 is Dunks level
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Post by iambungle on May 3, 2017 9:37:17 GMT
I assumed he would be off (Rotherham rumours etc) but then he tweeted a new profile pic yesterday which had a lot of OUFC in it. Not sure he would have bothered to do that if he was off?
Personally, if he stays that's fine with me but if he doesn't then meh, we'll get someone else in.
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Post by Denissmithswig on May 3, 2017 9:43:32 GMT
I personally think we can do a lot better than Dunkley if we want to progress. His level is L2 or lower half L1. He isn't comfortable on the ball, he gets dragged about all over the place and makes too many mistakes.
He was great for us last season but this year he has been found out. I am also not having that it is because he is on the left side. A professional footballer at this level who is a CB should be able to play either side. We saw on Sunday Long play left back in the first half with no problems when he is right footed and then Carroll play left back in the centre back. These are 2 inexperienced players who did not look out of place (Canice did show inexperience at times with certain actions at times).
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Post by neville60 on May 3, 2017 9:47:14 GMT
I thought Dunks had a decent season and would be happy for him to stay. Don't think he's good enough for the Championship yet, although he has potential if he could cut out the occasional silly mistake and lapses in concentration. He does annoy me,sometime with predictable passing out of defence, he mostly just kicks it out to Skars so he can pass it on. He puts himself in trouble by not thinking ahead of the game. But he is still young and learning,he IMO does remind me of Mark Wright,and look what he achieved playing. I would like him to stay another season, I think he has learnt alot,and will improve.
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Post by saddletramp on May 3, 2017 9:47:53 GMT
One of those players who can be consistently inconsistent! He looks top notch at times, and an ungainly lump at other times. For a central defender he's still learning his trade, and should reach his true potential in 2/3 years or so. So if we have ambitions to reach the Championship (I've no doubt we have) sooner rather than later, he might be better off serving his apprenticeship elsewhere. I'm sorry i really don't understand "should reach his true potential in 2/3 years time" If he was a regular starter for the next 3 years he will be 28 with 400+ games under his belt. Why does it take so long to "reach your true potential?" Michael Keane made his England debut last month,he is a year younger than Dunkley and played a lot less games. John Stones 22. I know some players develop quicker than others and it takes time to adapt to a higher standard of football,but surely you should be talking 3 Months and twenty games,rather than 3 years and 200 games. Dunkley is a good player playing at the right level,no better no worse,i cant believe we will be talking about him in 3 years time as being anything different.
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Post by saddletramp on May 3, 2017 9:52:05 GMT
I thought Dunks had a decent season and would be happy for him to stay. Don't think he's good enough for the Championship yet, although he has potential if he could cut out the occasional silly mistake and lapses in concentration. He does annoy me,sometime with predictable passing out of defence, he mostly just kicks it out to Skars so he can pass it on. He puts himself in trouble by not thinking ahead of the game. But he is still young and learning,he IMO does remind me of Mark Wright,and look what he achieved playing. I would like him to stay another season, I think he has learnt alot,and will improve. Mark Wright !!!!!!!!! Mark Wright played 10 games for Oxford,he was playing First division football(PL) at 18,made his England debut at 21. And you compare a journeyman 25 year old Division 3 player with a man with 45 England caps(and scored in the WC finals) ? They were also completely different type of players,Mark Wright was a footballing centre half,a poor mans Rio Ferdinand,Dunks is a lump.
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Post by tatabanya on May 3, 2017 9:57:04 GMT
Still think he is a player that will continue to improve the older he gets.
No reason why he won't hit career heights into his early 30s, when he irons out the naive mistakes and learns how to make the most of his natural talent.
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Post by outsidethebox on May 3, 2017 9:57:23 GMT
The pressing need is for a first choice left sided centre back. Whether it's Dunkley or Raglan providing the cover is a marginal choice though I'd prefer Dunkley as he gives us a bit more threat at set pieces.
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Post by tatabanya on May 3, 2017 9:58:39 GMT
One of those players who can be consistently inconsistent! He looks top notch at times, and an ungainly lump at other times. For a central defender he's still learning his trade, and should reach his true potential in 2/3 years or so. So if we have ambitions to reach the Championship (I've no doubt we have) sooner rather than later, he might be better off serving his apprenticeship elsewhere. I'm sorry i really don't understand "should reach his true potential in 2/3 years time" If he was a regular starter for the next 3 years he will be 28 with 400+ games under his belt. Why does it take so long to "reach your true potential?" Michael Keane made his England debut last month,he is a year younger than Dunkley and played a lot less games. John Stones 22. I know some players develop quicker than others and it takes time to adapt to a higher standard of football,but surely you should be talking 3 Months and twenty games,rather than 3 years and 200 games. Dunkley is a good player playing at the right level,no better no worse,i cant believe we will be talking about him in 3 years time as being anything different. There are plenty of centre-backs who improve well into the end of their careers. Dunks has come on huge amounts in the last two years, and would probably continue to do so.
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Post by mcf86 on May 3, 2017 10:44:49 GMT
One of those players who can be consistently inconsistent! He looks top notch at times, and an ungainly lump at other times. For a central defender he's still learning his trade, and should reach his true potential in 2/3 years or so. So if we have ambitions to reach the Championship (I've no doubt we have) sooner rather than later, he might be better off serving his apprenticeship elsewhere. I'm sorry i really don't understand "should reach his true potential in 2/3 years time" If he was a regular starter for the next 3 years he will be 28 with 400+ games under his belt. Why does it take so long to "reach your true potential?" Michael Keane made his England debut last month,he is a year younger than Dunkley and played a lot less games. John Stones 22. I know some players develop quicker than others and it takes time to adapt to a higher standard of football,but surely you should be talking 3 Months and twenty games,rather than 3 years and 200 games. Dunkley is a good player playing at the right level,no better no worse,i cant believe we will be talking about him in 3 years time as being anything different. Just that generally speaking centre half's tend to be at their peak around late twenties early thirties. Only time will tell if this will apply to 'Dunks' - but in any case if we realise our ambitions and reach the next level come the end of next season I don't think he'll be ready to play there.
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Post by saddletramp on May 3, 2017 10:56:55 GMT
Still think he is a player that will continue to improve the older he gets. No reason why he won't hit career heights into his early 30s, when he irons out the naive mistakes and learns how to make the most of his natural talent. Sorry,again i don't understand this statement ? Why would a footballer who these days gets picked up at 7 or 8,play football for 20/25 years,play 600/700 professional games,hit career heights in their early 30s? WTF have they been doing in training/matches for 12 or so years as a pro ? You say "when he irons out the naive mistakes" well he has been a pro footballer for 5 or so years,he is twenty five,why will it take another 5/6 years to iron out these mistakes ? DE and MApp in "who do we want to keep" talks, DE "Hmm not sure about Dunks?" MApp "Just you wait,give him 5 or 6 years and you will see the real Chey" DE "Ok, 7 year contract" "By the way Micky boy,what do you do in training ?"
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