This has been the big difference for me.

He's always been the absolute definition of a luxury player. Absolute silky on the ball, but not quite getting on it enough, and frankly a little lazy defensively. And you need some really good grafters to do the extra work created by players such as this.

What DW has so far added to his game is a lot more work. He has been part of an effective press, second half vs Cov in particular he worked hard out of possession to get back and cover. And rather than slowly moving to position to get the ball, he was moving with urgency, finding space and demanding the ball.

It's been a really impressive couple of displays from him. Excellent in fact.

Posted By: Under soil heating on January 23rd 2023 at 11:32:13

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Keiran Dowell (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jan 23, 11:00:38
- Dow Dow Dow Dowell (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 23, 14:06:34
- With time and space he looks great... (NCFC) - Brom, Jan 23, 12:32:12
  - I’m solely commenting on the last two games (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jan 23, 12:47:05
- To be honest, in our last promotion campaign he did the same for a run of games (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 23, 11:19:45
  - Difficult to see him as an effective PL player (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Jan 23, 11:36:10
  - I do think you're underpaying how he missed months due to injury! (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Jan 23, 11:32:41
    - I'm not blaming Dowell. I'm saying its the managers not using him properly (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 23, 12:21:48
    - Bears obviously FFS (n/m) (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Jan 23, 11:33:04
      - One side effect of having huge squads is often being to tempted (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jan 23, 12:11:53
        
        Yep (NCFC) - jamesward, Jan 23, 12:51:59
        
        Yup. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jan 23, 13:05:08
      - Has gone midday. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Jan 23, 12:07:06
      - I don't think you can absolve him of all responsibility (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jan 23, 11:49:38
        
        I'm a huge fan of Dowell (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Jan 23, 12:11:50
      - I think you mean poomers, obvs. (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Jan 23, 11:35:42
  - Yes - are you thinking of the period around the Derby / Forest games? (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jan 23, 11:22:37
    - This has been the big difference for me. (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Jan 23, 11:32:13
      - I think he showed signs, under Farke, of being our most intelligent presser (NCFC) - jAC, Jan 23, 12:23:58

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