Richard Dunne.

[Shrek]

I'm very worried by the Richard Dunne situation.

We did well again yesturday, but played the majority without Dunne.

Cueller was MOTM against Wolves, gets dropped for  Dunne against spurs an we lose.

Now I know results aren't directly linked to Dunne but I'm worried that he is a certain starter even though he is overweight and out of form.

What do you guys think

[bob]

I think it's too early in the new manager's reign to say that Dunne is a certain starter.

[Shrek]

I hope so

[olaftab]

I have been critical of Dunne this season. Fitness level  leading to not being tight on forwards and poor cover for his team mates. However yesterday  I thought he was sharp and pacey early on. He made a very good  interception  to our left and got injured in that process.  Having said that I was not that disappointed when he went off as I expected Carlos to come on ...Clarke was a surprise but the kid only made 1 mistake. We are good for centre backs.

[stevenjos]

he seems to be completely unfit as well. was shocked that carlos wasnt used!

[aevillain]

Cuellar would always be ahead of Dunne for me. Just think going forward we would be better off without Dunne.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Dunney looks like he's been on the piss all summer but I think its a bit early to write him off yet, he did well yesterday and he did get injured by throwing himself into a challenge.

He'll be ok I think

[villa `cross the mersey]

Any idea to the extent of the injury?

[eastie]

Dunne had a few dodgy games but I thought he played much better at spurs , I'm sure houllier will use all 4 central defenders often and rotate them a fair amount, dunne came back overweight but looks a bit trimmer now.I would be happy with any 2 from those 4 to be honest as they are all decent players.

[Pete3206]

If he gets fully fit, he'll be OK. We have Cueller and Clark as well, so I'm not too worried.

[Irish villain]

I've often wondered if there's a stipulation in Dunne's contract that he must be a first team starter every game?

I would drop him until he shifted the weight.

[djtbc]

To be fair, he injured himself yesterday putting a vital challenge.

[BILL DE VALL]

Dunne looks a bit overweight at the moment
BUT he is the type of barrel chested Irishman that almost always looks overweight
I watch him play for Ireland and he does seem to give it that little bit extra in the running department when in the green shirt( a la Cascarino)

when he does stop playing he will doubtless balloon to Neil "disposable razor" Ruddock size in a matter of months!

[Archie]

He's a nice guy but as central defender he's awful, mate, we are trying to pass from the long balls tactics of the MON's era to  an entertaining passing football, and it's not by chance that we obtained great results without him. Clark and Cuellar are the pair of CM of the future (a bright future).

[SoccerHQ]

Dunney was superb last season let's not forget.

He's having a bit of trouble so far this season, the ankle has been troubling him since the start but once he gets it sorted the consistant performances will return.

Centre half is far and away our strongest squad area so not too worried anyway.