Jack Cork - the new Dobson ?

[ClaretTony]

Hadn't he been released by Bolton before coming to Burnley?

Yes they’d released him. He was a free transfer when a free transfer was exactly that, a young player probably with no future. And his dad contacted Harry Potts and asked if he could have a trial. The rest is history.

[IanMcL]

It's Dobbo and you add a letter each time

D-O
D-O-B
D-O-B-O
DOBBO

The first song I taught my small daughter, when she first spoke sentences!
She used to shorten it somewhat to...
D O B DOBBO!

She is 37 now!

[duncandisorderly]

Having never seen Dobbo play, but knowing how much of a legend he is, which non burnley player is he like?
With the greatest respect to Jack Cork, Dobbo must be a class above, so who in modern memory fits the bill, players that the under 30's may have seen. Thinking of the great premier league midfielders like Xabi Alonso, Vieira, Scholes, Makelele, Ray Parlour, Lampard etc....which best describes?

[RalphCoatesComb]

She is 37 now!

Is she still singing it?

[IanMcL]

Is she still singing it?

She can!

[uwe]

Whilst primarily a first class midfielder, Dobbo never looked out of place as a First Division centre half or striker when called upon. I don't believe we will see anyone else with that level of adaptability ever again.

You obviously missed the DiBranchio years.

[duncandisorderly]

You obviously missed the DiBranchio years.

And Andy Farrell.

[ablueclaret]

He could be fun to watch as a sweeper.

[Sidney1st]

He could be fun to watch as a sweeper.

If you're on about Cork, just stop it right there.

It isn't going to happen, don't feel the need to bang that drum all season like you did with Tarks and Edgar when you wanted them moving.
Just go sit in the corner and shush.

[CnBtruntru]

It has to be DOBO not Dobbo. The song used to go: "'D O'; 'D O B'; 'D O B O', Dobo"

He's not a takeaway you know.

[ablueclaret]

Westwood for sweeper Sidney.
Dobson was what you might call a cultured defender who sometimes forgot just what was and was not possible in one's own penalty area but he always was a great watch alongside Phelan and Overson.

[Sidney1st]

Westwood?
Why would you want to play him as a sweeper?

You've never seen him ever play in defence, or as a sweeper, he's a midfielder and that's it.
You're just getting desperate in wanting someone moved again and it's hilarious.

"He doesn't play often, I think he'd be better in a different position and I'll pluck the choice out of my arse"

[tybfc]

Having never seen Dobbo play, but knowing how much of a legend he is, which non burnley player is he like?
With the greatest respect to Jack Cork, Dobbo must be a class above, so who in modern memory fits the bill, players that the under 30's may have seen. Thinking of the great premier league midfielders like Xabi Alonso, Vieira, Scholes, Makelele, Ray Parlour, Lampard etc....which best describes?

Probably Scholes but twice the player.

I've never seen anybody better at Burnley on or off the field.

[tybfc]

And I hope that Tony will send him this thread.

[Bop]

Cork is without doubt a great player. With time I think he could possibly manage to get close to Dobsons level of greatness.

[2 Bee Holed]

Having never seen Dobbo play, but knowing how much of a legend he is, which non burnley player is he like?
With the greatest respect to Jack Cork, Dobbo must be a class above, so who in modern memory fits the bill, players that the under 30's may have seen. Thinking of the great premier league midfielders like Xabi Alonso, Vieira, Scholes, Makelele, Ray Parlour, Lampard etc....which best describes?

I am trying to think here duncandisorderly. Maybe the Yaya Toure from a couple of years back?

[ablueclaret]

Unruffled smooth elegance, think the Tom Graveney of football, like Graveney lacked that killer touch which would have taken him to the next level, a sort of Zidane of British football

[houseboy]

Dobbo was Dobbo - please, no comparisons

Agreed. Pity he had to go to pay for Bob Lord's Folly (oops sorry - stand).

[houseboy]

The best player England never had (well hardly ever). He would have been a regular for England had it not been for Trevor Brooking - very similar players but Brooking had the advantage of playing for West Ham who for some reason in the 60's and early 70's seemed to provide half the England side (well it seemed like it) despite not being a particularly good side.
What exactly was it with England and West Ham back then?