IJN":2llye3uc said:
I absolutely adore the man when he's 'doing his thing' but anyone else really disappointed with what we're getting from him?
To me he's nowhere near what Carey or Ruben gave us.
I do wonder whether his legs or going because he certainly nowhere near as dangerous as he was last season according to some reporters of the game.
You read my mind, Ian. When I got up this morning I was toying with the idea of introducing an almost identical thread about DM but then realised that my tin hat was at the cleaners and I bottled it!
Mirroring the two sides of the argument so far, I totally agree that he is a very talented footballer who provides flashes of talent fully deserving of a far higher level than the Fourth Division. Sadly, these have so far been few and far between and he is in danger of falling way below expectation level, if he hasn’t already done so. As has been noted here, that level of expectation was fuelled by far more pre-season hype than has proved to be justified. Not DM’s fault, but a heavy burden to bear all the same. It's a bit like a mate recommending a film as the best that he has ever seen and urging you to view it. Totally underwhelmed, you come out after your trip to the cinema and think, ‘Really?’
As an eternal optimist, my hope is that DM is a Home Park slow-burner and will suddenly burst into life, attaining legendary status. In that regard I am taken back to the arrival of a certain Tommy Tynan in August 1983. We paid (what was for Argyle) a fair amount of money for him (£50,000?) and although his goal-machine credentials were loudly trumpeted he only managed 3 in the first 15 games. I was living in London at the time and had not had the opportunity of seeing him play until Argyle visited Arsenal for a 2nd Leg League Cup Tie. They lost 1-0 and I remember coming away from Highbury feeling really depressed that my first glimpse of Tynan in action was so disappointing. Well, we all know what happened over the subsequent years. If DM can turn things around the way that Tommy did it would make me a very happy camper indeed.