When talking about Dier, Lamela, Rose and Dele there's for me an overlooked factor about. Then again it's just my own personal theory based on how Poch is and how he talks about our players.
When Poch has talked about that infamous match at Chelsea, his focus has more been on us losing our heads than us being over the top and too dirty. Whenever Dele has lost his cool and done something outright nasty, Poch has always refused to critisise him. Just as the two most clear examples.
The dirty - no pun intended - little secret is that Poch in all likelyhood wants at least some of his players to have a nasty streak. He's just too smart to it out loud, especially in England. It wouldn't play well.
Looking on from the outside nearly all our players are "nice guys" and I'm convinced Poch, aside from liking a bit of a nasty player, is the kind of coach who wants balance in the squad in all aspects, also this one.
I'm sure that's part of the reason why Dele has kept being picked when out of form, and Rose has played the vast majority of key matches, given that Dier and Lamela has been so much on the fringes.
I cannot see us selling any of the four unless it means a very, very serious step up in quality in other ways.
