Stuart Dallas

[LUFC 1966]

never underestimate the Cookstown Cafu

[1964white]

never underestimate the Cookstown Cafu

Born in Leeds

[LUFC 1966]

Norn Iron born and bread 64

[1964white]

Norn Iron born and bread 64

One of the SKY or BT commentators actually proclaimed Stuart was born & bred in Leeds

[billysboots]

[The Subhuman]

Maybe the best utility player in the prem.... yet he still gets called Championship

[Irish Ian]

Maybe the best utility player in the prem.... yet he still gets called Championship

I think the modern term is confirmation bias.

[mentalcase]

Stuart Dallas is a fantastic player, wasnt rated by many 4 yrs ago, season after season he improves, he sticks with the task in hand and relishes a hard taskmaster, he has energy left in the tank, a proper Bielsa type.
He's not the most technically gifted, but gives his all, every game, a modern day Paul Madeley (rolls royce) can lake in any position asked.

[Carrick Dave]

See we're now looking at another young lad from NI to follow the Leeds path after Charlie Allen, hopefully Stuarty can offer him a bit of support if he signs. Apparently Wet Sham & Everton are also keen but we have him on trial:

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... st-3356459

[Cjay]

Hope everything is OK.

[1964white]

Must be quite serious for Stuart to withdraw from Northern Ireland's squad.

[Irish Ian]

I saw that earlier.

Leeds have a policy of not mentioning failing the covid tests so perhaps it is that.

Hope it is and he is Ok

[Carrick Dave]

Strange thing to say but I agree, hope it’s COVID.

How far have we come in 18 months?

[Cjay]

I do wonder what is up with Dallas.

His decision making today was absolutely appalling and his end product and quality on the ball non existent.

A really poor season so far and have to wonder what exactly these issues are?

[Lumiukko]

Yes, one of the best finishers on the team last season (in terms of conversion rate). This year I don't think he's hit one on target yet, and just looks like his head isn't right. Of course if we had bought a centre midfielder this last summer (ahem) then we could afford to give him the time he needs to sort things out.

[1964white]

I knew Stuart was heavily involved in the game, drove us forward to keep Wolves under pressure in the 2nd half, back to his very best. Pleased for Stuart after having a rough time personally after losing his father, I'm led to believe.

Inspirational

Stuart Dallas vs. Wolves:

90 mins played
90% pass accuracy
81 touches
46/51 succ. passes
13/16 final third passes
10 duels won
5 tackles won
5 ball recoveries
4 interceptions
4/6 long passes
2 chances created
2 clearances
2 times fouled
2/3 acc. crosses
1/1 succ. take-ons
1 shot

[Finnatic]

I knew Stuart was heavily involved in the game, drove us forward to keep Wolves under pressure in the 2nd half, back to his very best. Pleased for Stuart after having a rough time personally after losing his father, I'm led to believe.

Inspirational

Stuart Dallas vs. Wolves:

90 mins played
90% pass accuracy
81 touches
46/51 succ. passes
13/16 final third passes
10 duels won
5 tackles won
5 ball recoveries
4 interceptions
4/6 long passes
2 chances created
2 clearances
2 times fouled
2/3 acc. crosses
1/1 succ. take-ons
1 shot


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I was surprised more didn’t vote for him in the MOM poll.
Saying that, there were some very good performances v some poor ones on Saturday. There’s usually more of a middle ground.

[1964white]

Poor Stuart, this explains it all

Stuart Dallas has said that the death of a close friend and contracting Covid-19 at the same time in September "impacted on me a lot".

Dallas, 30, pulled out of the Northern Ireland squad for their World Cup qualifiers in early September.

At the time, the Leeds man's absence was attributed to personal reasons but he has now elaborated on the issue.

"It's been a challenging couple of months," he told BBC West Yorkshire.

"I lost one of my best pals, one of my closest friends back during the international break in September. I had Covid in among that as well. It's been a difficult time.

"Thankfully I have a good family, my wife and kids around me and good team-mates and a good club to help me through these challenging times.

"It's part and parcel of life. Everybody goes through these [difficult times]. I've just got to crack on."

Dallas couldn't attend friend's funeral

As well as missing Northern Ireland's qualifiers against Lithuania and Switzerland plus the friendly in Estonia, Dallas' Covid diagnosis meant that he was unable to attend the funeral of his close friend which made the situation "even more difficult".

"I was in an hotel and locked away from everybody which I found very challenging. It was tough, I'm not going to lie. It was really hard," Dallas told BBC Sport West Yorkshire's Sport Daily.

Dallas recovered to return to Leeds duty but admitted that the events of September took a mental and physical toll.

"Of course it has affected me because in football you don't get time to grieve when something like that happens.

"We're here to do a job. I represent a lot of people when I play for this football club and I don't want to let anybody down so it's important that I continue to crack on and play through it."

After missing Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifiers in September, Dallas was available again for the defeats by Switzerland and Bulgaria which ended their hopes of reaching the finals in Qatar

Leeds have not so far hit the heights of last season as they sit 17th in the Premier League after nine games but Dallas says he will "not shy away from any challenge no matter what's affecting me personally".

"I'll just crack on and maybe look back on it in years to come that it was maybe the wrong thing to do.

"For me at the minute, I feel it's the right thing, to not use anything as an excuse.

"I set myself very high standards especially with the standards I set last year. I know this year I just haven't touched them yet."

The county Tyrone man does believe that the effects of Covid have affected his energy levels since his return although he is loath to use that as any excuse.

"I wasn't suffering from any symptoms but looking back it definitely took from my energy levels and hopefully I'm over the worst of it now.

"My game is based a lot on getting up and down the pitch. I think that has affected me [but] I felt in the last couple of games and certainly in the Wolves game that I was getting back to myself," added Dallas, whose 240 Leeds appearances make him the most experienced member of the club's current squad.

[1964white]

I always knew there were good reasons for Stuart's dip in form after his fantastic performances last season.

Is it any wonder why he had lost some energy plus his head all over the place?

Top man in my mind

[Boo Radley]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/av/northern-ireland/59081751

The actual BBC interview.

That’s really tough on him and was bound to impact on his performances. If we had a bigger squad he would have been given time out. Another example of psychological damage not being classed as serious as average physical damage.