I really hope DJT plays well and scores and we win well.
If we don’t and DJ just warms the bench then serious questions need to asked
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He’s athletic. Has pace to stretch the game a little more. He is reasonably good in the air. He will press from the front. He will occupy the centre backs physically.
I’m don’t think he’s the player some are making out.
We have a terrible habit of deciding what we think of a player and then searching for evidence which proves us right….
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Think that just confirms to us DJ will be gone on january all because of MS. First time we had a striker in years who could easily get us 20-25 goals in a season and hes been ruined. Partnered in the right formation and tactics together with Draper they can easily score 40 goals between them this season.
Whether you have a rift , grievance personal agenda against them etc you still pick the best person for the job on your team whether you on a football field , a warehouse , garage or retail.
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I don’t wanna turn a match thread into a DJ thread but there’s absolutely no evidence whatsoever to suggest either of these two statements could be true let alone “easy”.
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Sadler does not do himself any favours with that lineup.
DJT for DJ is the obvious joke - but that midfield is disgustingly pessimistic.
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Assuming Matt is injured. To have DJT start over both Matt and DJ would be peculiar but it’s on Sadler. The situation is a bit sad considering the affinity DJ has with the fans.
Look at the bench. What are his other options?
Not turning ut into a dj thread im commenting on the harrogate game and lineup which includes DJ.
No evidence last season he scored 12 in 22 i aint no carol vorderman but thats just over 1 goal a game at what he does best goal poaching. Over a 46 game season that could be 25 in 46 ?
But there’s no way he continues in that vein….you may ask why not…and I’d say because he’s in his 30s and never done it once in his career!!
Look at how we played last season and look at he biggest criticism of this side….we do t create enough chances to turn a players who’s never scored 20 goals in a season I to a 20 goal a season man 
I usually agree with 95% of what you put but this is the 5%
I’m sorry but DJT offers very little to our forward line
Last week in my opinion was the proof , he didn’t bully anyone , his touch was poor , his hold up play was poor .
Dj is simply walsalls new mascot
A more expensive version of swifty
He was never signed to be a player
FML 
yeah ok 
Last week isn’t a gauge at all. Either in how we played in terms of style or the individuals. It was a kick about.
But Sadler clearly favours an energetic athletic front end and with draper and Tierney injured he didn’t fancy DJ in there as well as a defensive midfield 3….
I like DJ and I’d have played him today but also there’s been as much evidence to play him this season as there has DJT….
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Wild speculation but …
Matt and Tierney both out when no sign of any issues last week. If they’re both training ground injuries (on top of all the others we have) then we have serious bad luck. More likely it’s a bug - which could have affected others but they are above the fitness threshold to play. Maybe DJ too but he’s still affected enough to make DJT the better choice to start.
Whatever the reason, maybe wait until after the game to decide to see whether it was the right one?
You actually think in football you can extrapolate a snapshot of the season and pro rata it into meaningful figures even though those figures are contrary to the evidence?
Maher, DJ. Even Griffiths.
And he could also not build a squad with gaping holes in it.
Gaping holes that have appeared due to extensive injuries….
Like having one out and out winger in the squad despite switching to 4231 after a handful of games?
Sadler can’t get the best out of ALL players, even ones hes signed.
… good to know…
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A switch to a formation needing wingers due to injuries preventing you from playing your preferred system you mean?
Injury to Oteh has t helped that either.