Baylee Dipepa

[Warren]

Dipepa has scored a couple of goals at L1 level and 3 goals for England U18. This is not to be sniffed at in any way and looks very promising for Port Vale. But Dipepa on the bench for Man Utd next season as they try to get the Premier League title off Liverpool, Man City or Arsenal under their next manager? I need to see him score a few more goals for Port Vale and show he's a natural at that. Then maybe. 

Edited April 1 by Warren

[WV]

6 minutes ago, DaneValiant said:

Thank god Flitcroft has gone. I’m sure he’d be getting all the praise for this one otherwise - youth academy graduate, England, scoring goals, Prem teams (allegedly) interested. He’d be unsackable 

What a ridiculous post. Obviously if he was in charge of everything that touches a ball he should get some credit for this just like he got the mob after him for the first team failing. 

[Fosse69]

8 minutes ago, Warren said:

Dipepa has scored a couple of goals at L1 level and 3 goals for England U18. This is not to be sniffed at in any way and looks very promising for Port Vale. But Dipepa on the bench for Man Utd next season as they try to get the Premier League title off Liverpool, Man City or Arsenal under their next manager? I need to see him score a few more goals for Port Vale and show he's a natural at that. Then maybe. 

He has 7 L1 games and the U17 competition in Cyprus May/June to establish his breakthrough.

[Vale Ball]

Dipepa's problem will be when the opposition target him and try an rough him up, that goal won't have gone unnoticed and big ugly defenders will try and take lumps out of him.

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[ValeFanInBrum]

22 hours ago, Fosse69 said:

Sell on clause more important as a possible Bellingham?

If we do, can we retire his shirt number like the Blues did 🤣

[Trumpingtonvale]

15 minutes ago, Fosse69 said:

He has 7 L1 games and the U17 competition in Cyprus May/June to establish his breakthrough.

Let’s hope he breaks through (the opposition defence) and scores today and the next 3 or 4 games to keep us up 😁
 

What I liked about his goal on Friday was that he didn’t seem rushed at any point and it was an excellent/clever finish - wrong footing the keeper (did he give him the’ eye’) as well as the 2 or 3 defenders in the build up. I realise the BR defence weren’t exactly ‘at it’ on Friday but obviously the England set-up saw he had potential and if Baylee replicates that calmness in front of goal (and elsewhere on the pitch) on a regular basis then it’s no surprise that top clubs in England and Europe will be interested.

I don’t necessarily see it as a problem him/us being a ‘marked man’ and targeted by defenders/defensive midfielders.  Firstly they’ve got to be good enough to get close to him, secondly if teams concentrate on him that leaves space for others (similar to the Uche effect) and third he’s already come up against big ugly defenders throughout the season and seemed to have progressively dealt with the challenges (problems) put before him. No doubt there will be some defenders good enough to have him ‘in their pockets’ during a game but sometimes I think we give too much credit to how good the opposition teams in this league are (I realise we’re 4th bottom but mean not every team will have defenders good enough to cope with talented forwards).

[Bycarsbill]

I just hope the club isn't too short-sighted and that it won't be necessary to rush into a hasty sale just to balance the books! This lad is definitely a jewel to be cherished and the more experience he gains with us, not only will it help us in the shorter term, but surely the higher his sale value will become?

[matmat]

5 minutes ago, Bycarsbill said:

I just hope the club isn't too short-sighted and that it won't be necessary to rush into a hasty sale just to balance the books! This lad is definitely a jewel to be cherished and the more experience he gains with us, not only will it help us in the shorter term, but surely the higher his sale value will become?

The club won't have much choice if PL clubs come in for him. He will be offered life changing money, which can set him up for life. You can't blame the lad for taking that, football is a percarious career, you don't know if injuries are around the corner, or maybe he just doesn't develop as hoped. PL clubs can afford to take that gamble, we can't.

[Bycarsbill]

14 minutes ago, matmat said:

The club won't have much choice if PL clubs come in for him. He will be offered life changing money, which can set him up for life. You can't blame the lad for taking that, football is a percarious career, you don't know if injuries are around the corner, or maybe he just doesn't develop as hoped. PL clubs can afford to take that gamble, we can't.

I think we should.  If he develops the way I suspect he can, his transfer value and potential earnings will only rise! 

[Brian Johnson]

5 minutes ago, Bycarsbill said:

I think we should.  If he develops the way I suspect he can, his transfer value and potential earnings will only rise! 

You are living in cuckoo land if you believe that

[Guppys left peg]

It’s simply not realistic for us to take that gamble. Clubs like them can afford to give up decent sums on potential and who knows how Baylee ultimately turns out as a player. Could injury derail him or whatever? It’s not a position we are in. Looking at the article from Nixon United are keen to make it happen as I daresay the likes of Arsenal will no doubt start looking too so am pretty certain any deal would be beneficial to us too. Maybe they throw in a full season of Dan Gore on loan and see what he can really do as well to sweeten it for us.

[valiant_593]

If a decent bid comes in he has to go. Let’s be realistic he’s scored two goals and only just started looking like he can cope at this level. The reason England selected him was because he was getting game time and that was only because of Flitcrofts horrific transfer windows. 

He’s done well and always put a shift in, but if any decent offer comes in we should jump at it. Amazing for the lad as well even if it will be in some development side. 

[Fosse69]

3 minutes ago, Guppys left peg said:

It’s simply not realistic for us to take that gamble. Clubs like them can afford to give up decent sums on potential and who knows how Baylee ultimately turns out as a player. Could injury derail him or whatever? It’s not a position we are in. Looking at the article from Nixon United are keen to make it happen as I daresay the likes of Arsenal will no doubt start looking too so am pretty certain any deal would be beneficial to us too. Maybe they throw in a full season of Dan Gore on loan and see what he can really do as well to sweeten it for us.

Down to the player mainly, difficult with the Prem money and facilities available. All players are gambles, what will be offered in August is conjecture at present.

[jeffers]

2 hours ago, Vale Ball said:

Dipepa's problem will be when the opposition target him and try an rough him up, that goal won't have gone unnoticed and big ugly defenders will try and take lumps out of him.

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That ex-Sjoke superstar Connor Taylor couldn’t get near him. How the mighty have fallen, next stop Kidsgrove for you me old fruit.

[Phil500]

Personally would like to see him move in the summer. Would become a target for the “ physical” centre halves in the bottom two divisions.