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Just how woeful must Dibling be

Posted by westy <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=westy' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 24, 2026, 9:56 pm

that he can't get even a 60 second 97th minute appearance bonus after the utter dross of the last few months?

I've no doubt the lad will be mustard for some club in 18 months, and he's clearly a bit of a coward, but is it not a manager's job to MANAGE an asset (who cost £45 million) like that and get him playing and contributing? Moyes seems to not consider this to be his job. It very much fucking is.

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Posted by Tonytaxi1970 <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Tonytaxi1970' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 26, 2026, 1:07 pm, in reply to "Just how woeful must Dibling be"

It smells of "not MY signing, Guvnor"

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Posted by betosneck <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=betosneck' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 26, 2026, 3:37 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

Moyes has said several times that he's in charge of this.

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Posted by Spart <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Spart' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 12:20 pm, in reply to "Just how woeful must Dibling be"

Destroying the confidence of a £40m asset is another reason the owners need to be sacking the manager.

If they are going to invest heavily in the squad they need the fella in charge of them to be busting a gut to get those players delivering a return whether it's in the form of getting results on the pitch or resale value.

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Posted by betosneck <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=betosneck' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 12:48 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

Yeah, that's the thing that's flipped me tbh. I could accept him pragmatically going for Europe but I didn't like him doing that at the expense of bedding in players for future seasons. He went for Europe, fucked it up and now we have wasted a yesr of development.

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Posted by Mr OW Bol <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Mr+OW+Bol' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 1:28 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

Tbf, it wasn't a binary choice. Both could/should have been achieved with relative ease.

Still, we know what he is like as a coach. Such is life.

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Posted by betosneck <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=betosneck' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 5:24 am, in reply to "Just how woeful must Dibling be"

Needs game time to settle in and players around him that will give him time and space to do his shit. O'Brien is a nice lad but he shouldn't be playing on the right. Barry and Beto offer very little in terms of being able to play forward intelligently.

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Posted by No_One_Ever_Replies <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=No_One_Ever_Replies' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 24, 2026, 10:42 pm, in reply to "Just how woeful must Dibling be"

I think he’s a good young player who’s just a kid really and needed sone time ri settle.

Reckon he’ll be sound for us in the end personally

It’s top quality stuff this!

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Posted by Bertram_Wooster <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Bertram_Wooster' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 10:26 am, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

He's 20.

Fucks me off, all this "Oh it must be hard living away from home" when tens of thousands of 18 year olds do it every year and have a fucking whale of a time while living on Pot Noodles and vodka.

Possibly the worst signing in Everton's history and someone didn't do their research on him: reeks of being signed because his agent put it about that loads of clubs were after him.

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Posted by Twainy <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Twainy' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 26, 2026, 6:06 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

Possibly the worst signing in Everton's history and someone didn't do their research on him

Ahem, Per Koldrup?

God created Autism to offset the excessive number of boring people on earth.

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Posted by Bertram_Wooster <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Bertram_Wooster' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 26, 2026, 6:31 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

£5m vs £35m.

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Posted by KS_Blue <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=KS_Blue' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 2:48 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

I agree. An opportunity of a lifetime to come up here and no doubt earn ludicrous money whilst making a name for himself. Ok, moves don’t always work out and there’s homesick history regarding his stint at Chelsea but he was given game time early on and looked completely lost. I think he was probably pressured into leaving Southampton by the club/his agent/family and it’s gone teets up. Hopefully he’ll get a loan move, be successful and we can all shake hands after paying him several million to do Fook all for nine months

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Posted by Fazak_Blue <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Fazak_Blue' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 2:37 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

Hes 20 now mate. Majority of his minutes came at 19 and in either a disjointed side or one that had several key players missing. To add to that he got 45 minutes or more on the pitch all whopping six times. He hasn't been allowed to even sink or swim by the horrendous goblin we have in charge.

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Posted by SuperKev1878 <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=SuperKev1878' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 26, 2026, 1:12 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

A superb description of that cunt Moyes. He is a fucking horrible goblin

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Posted by Zuma <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Zuma' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 3:24 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

What gets me is loads of the senior players are allowed stinker after stinker and he sticks with them and refuses to drop them, but a kid struggles at first and he won’t give him a run to settle down, just bins him right away.

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Posted by betosneck <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=betosneck' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 11:34 am, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

You're a teacher. You know that people develop in maturity at different times. He's clearly struggled with it all. I was living with my mates at 20 and suffered my first bout of depression at that time. Didn't really have anyone to look after me and it was fucking horrible. Nobody on here has any idea of the state of his mental health.

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Posted by Bertram_Wooster <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Bertram_Wooster' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 11:49 am, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

He shouldn't have taken the move if that was the issue, and surely the clubs now have liaison teams in place to support them. He failed at Chelsea because he was homesick, so moving up North seems a fucking bizarre choice if he's fragile.

People are looking for excuses when the reality is most likely that he's just not very good.

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Posted by Fazak_Blue <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Fazak_Blue' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 2:40 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

He was 16 though when he joined Chelsea mate. Not everyone has the mindset of the Crocky Manc at that age.

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Posted by Bertram_Wooster <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Bertram_Wooster' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 3:42 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

I know, but he surely has some sense of his own mind at 19 and could sense that that big a relocation would be another upheaval.

Sometimes, players are just shite.

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Posted by Fazak_Blue <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Fazak_Blue' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 3:55 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

I hope he stays and we see a lot more of him see if he can actually improve to the levels people have said he can.

BOUNCE BALL!

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Posted by Bertram_Wooster <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Bertram_Wooster' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 4:36 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

Always the risk: at what point does potential become "Oh, that's all they have?"?

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Posted by betosneck <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=betosneck' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 12:37 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

I think it's much more likely that rather than not being very good he just doesn't fit into a Moyes team, and I'd say some of that is that there is no fullback to go past him on the inside or outside and there is no striker of any capability to work with. But, you're right, he might just be crap of course. I personally think he just needs some game time and a better more rounded team to play in

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Posted by Bertram_Wooster <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Bertram_Wooster' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 3:46 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

Most of his appearances (most doing a lot of work on such a small sample), he looks like he's never played senior football before.

People forget he's had a season in the Barclays (20 starts + 13 as sub), so he should have some sense of the standard.

He may be a late bloomer, like Lookman, but so far it looks a very poor signing.

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Posted by McConville1 <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=McConville1' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 3:22 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

I still suspect he was bought as a medium term replacement for Ndiaye.

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Posted by rookwood <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=rookwood' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 12:02 am, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

According to Andy Dunn on the Royal Blue he is deeply unhappy at the club and the club are looking to move him on.

Dunno if there's anything in that but Croll didn't dispute it when he said it, and it was very 'everyone knows this' chat.

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Posted by Blueskiesahead <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Blueskiesahead' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 6:05 am, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

Of course he’s deeply unhappy having this absolute dinosaur as manager.

'The time I've spent - but never feels wasted. Always something to make me arf'

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Posted by McConville1 <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=McConville1' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 2:52 am, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

He's a footballer who isn't playing. If he wasn't unhappy there'd be a problem

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Posted by aj79 <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=aj79' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 1:19 am, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

Either he is completely crap and doesn’t belong anywhere near a premier league team, or he has been very badly used by Moyes. Either way, massive questions to be answered. If it’s the former, and he is crap, then fair enough. But he didn’t buy himself. To waste weeks (was it months? Certainly felt like it) and £45m was something a club in our shoes could ill afford.

Chelsea can afford to piss that up the wall on Garnacho, but we can’t. No doubt Moyes will be looking to foist the responsibility for that one on to the transfer committee. Along with Aznou, Barry, Rohl etc. I’m sure he had personal responsibility for KDH though!

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Posted by ste <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=ste' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 8:19 am, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

He’s a great example of Everton still being badly run. Whoever bought him and spent so much on him and he’s not capable of playing games when we’ve got gaping holes elsewhere.

The only thing that changed last summer was the ground, everything else has been extremely similar to before. And just as shit and boring.

CHEER UP, PLUMS

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Posted by hilary_briss <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=hilary_briss' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 24, 2026, 10:24 pm, in reply to "Just how woeful must Dibling be"

Why have you got no doubt he'll be mustard for some other club? He looked absolutely shite. The wicked combination of turning like Michael Keane with the heart of schneiderlin

I think Moyes was conservative with his use of George and Armstrong but but they have both been involved and you can see why (want to see more of them).

I obviously hope I'm wrong. Like that Aznou in the under 21s looking like the worst player in the team.

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Posted by Blueskiesahead <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Blueskiesahead' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 6:06 am, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

Armstrong barely had a sniff and even today George only gets cameos, the fella is absolutely clueless when it comes to young players.

'The time I've spent - but never feels wasted. Always something to make me arf'

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Posted by Essy <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Essy' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 12:06 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

He always has been ,he doesn't trust young players he'd rather play a old hand out of position

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Posted by Zuma <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Zuma' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 2:24 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

Yup, he was slow and cautious introducing Rooney, who was twice as good as anyone else in our squad at 16.

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Posted by KentBlue81 <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=KentBlue81' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 24, 2026, 10:23 pm, in reply to "Just how woeful must Dibling be"

He has looked woeful in the games he played, but I guarantee iraola or glasner would have got a tune out of him.

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Posted by Mr OW Bol <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Mr+OW+Bol' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 24, 2026, 10:22 pm, in reply to "Just how woeful must Dibling be"

A coward?

How do you work that out?

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Posted by westy <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=westy' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 24, 2026, 11:42 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

Because I've watched him in the few games he's played wearing an Everton shirt.

He looks utterly spineless. A lad of his ability should be looking to come on and make his mark.

He wilted. Didn't show. On the few occasions he received the ball he passed it back.

No one was expecting him to become peak Kanchelskis from day one but fucking hell... He's woeful and very much a coward. Not prepared to step up and be brave. Take risks.

How do you define a coward?

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Posted by Mr OW Bol <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Mr+OW+Bol' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 9:08 am, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

Amazed anyone can give half an opinion on him, given he's barely played the equivalent of, is it 6 full games?

"...one who shows disgraceful fear or timidity"

I personally reckon if someone was an actual real coward, they wouldn't set foot in the changies let alone walk out onto the pitch and play.

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Posted by Fazak_Blue <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Fazak_Blue' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 2:44 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

Ha exactly. Fellas in their wotsit stained vests calling a young lad whose moved half the country away to play in front of 50 odd thousand other wotsit stained vested moaning cunts a coward.

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Posted by KS_Blue <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=KS_Blue' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 2:57 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

Rayan from Bournemouth is younger, moved halfway across the world and looks everything Dibberz ain’t

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Posted by Fazak_Blue <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Fazak_Blue' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 3:07 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

He does but that doesnt mean Dibling is a coward.

He also played virtually 90 mins every game for Vasco De Game until their league ended in December, had a break, then virtually 80 mins or more under a progressive manger who likes to encourage his team to have a go.

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Posted by KS_Blue <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=KS_Blue' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 3:32 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

I don’t agree with the coward thing but from his brief run outs he does look very timid. Could be management or maybe he just doesn’t fit in, have a suitable personality, or even just doesn’t like being up North. I hope it works out for him but his performance in the cup against Sunderland tells me he’s not cut out for it, at least not yet anyway

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Posted by Fazak_Blue <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Fazak_Blue' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 3:52 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

Again though that was a team that had 5 starters that had hardly played all season, nevermind as a starting 11 together. I wouldn't be writing him off over a few iffy performances at his age.

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Posted by KS_Blue <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=KS_Blue' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 4:38 pm, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

I’m not writing him off, it’s just that ive seen absolutely nothing that tells me he’s going to be a player for us. The price tag doesn’t help, of course.

Anyway, Moyes out!

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Posted by McConville1 <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=McConville1' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 25, 2026, 12:44 am, in reply to "Re: Just how woeful must Dibling be"

He looked to me like he was under strict orders to not get caught in possession or try anything that might give the ball away by our dour leader

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Posted by Toffeenation23 <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Toffeenation23' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 24, 2026, 10:15 pm, in reply to "Just how woeful must Dibling be"

In the games he started he was fucking rank like

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