Innit.... Same as those who mugged themselves off by branding PEH a "cheapo, clogger something something....." on or before match-day 1.
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Innit.... Same as those who mugged themselves off by branding PEH a "cheapo, clogger something something....." on or before match-day 1.
Poch naivety to believe he had enough quality to remain in starting XI after his subpar 2017/2018 season.
Fucking champo clogger that’s why!
By the time Poch figured out Dele and Eriksen were not at the level required to start weekly it was already too late.
England should be a 4-3-3 team as well, regardless of our doubts over Southgate. They to have moved beyond the need for Dele.
Is he better creatively than Foden, Maddison and Grealish? Jude Bellingham is on his way soon too.
He's not good enough to make you think he should dislodge, Sterling/Sancho/Rashford/Greenwood.
Mason Mount is kind of the Lamela of the national squad.
Dele is a phenomenal improvisor at his best BUT this doesn't mean he is more talented than others. He isn't... far from it. If he was as talented as people made out, then he'd always be there regardless of difficulties fitting him into a system.
He was always the biggest beneficiary of Poch's system. Between 2015-2019, whose standards dipped the most out of DESK when playing for their country? Was it not Dele?
He's not an extraordinary talent lacking motivation - he's simply not good enough to survive the philosophy shift of the team. Nothing more, nothing less. The rest is just noise.
I honestly thought it would be the kick up the arse he needed but he just seems to have gotten worse.
2016, 2017 and 2018 will always be windows of missed opportunities.
Reguilon, Højbjerg, Ndombele, Lo Celso and Bergwijn are the signings we should have made in 2017 and 2018, not 2019 and 2020.
I think we bought those players at the right time, its more the timing of non-sales that cost us.
Selling Dier in 2017, and Alderweireld and Eriksen in 2018 and That's another £150m minimum to reinvest. Should've sold Rose in summer 2019, should've sold Dele this past window. Let Wanyama stay half a season too long.
Really poor squad management by ENIC , they became so focused on the stadium project that they took their eye of the ball with the thing that drives this club more than any other.
Anyway what's done is done.
Yeah its a bit rich. He was one amoung many who cost Poch. The honest truth is that foremost of them was Pochettino himself. People need to come to terms with the fact the bloke god love him was emotionally spent. Like most of us he couldn't get over the ECL final defeat. He was shot.
He's can't , he's technically inconsistent, has poor ball retention, and has a limited range of passes.
These weaknesses were minimised playing him as close to Kane as possible 2015-19. He could be as wasteful as he wanted knowing that Dembele & Eriksen would always look after the ball and set the rhythm of the team, whilst Wanyama & Dembele (again!) could seal the pitch. Also, he had boundless energy back then which made up for his inefficiency. Physically he's not the same.
It was literally one of the first things we saw in all or nothing. Jose passive-aggressively asking if he was a party boy. I think we know the answer.
Few better than finding those pockets of space. I think(??) that's what Lamela brought to the game when he came on, but I'm fucked if I'm going to waste a second of my time rewatching that game to find out if this was the case,Something about tonight's game made me think that this is the type of performance that could have used Dele's contributions. And after his great performance in the EL game quite surprised he wasn't included. I imagine you agreeGuido 🇺🇦 ? Shame really.
Bumped this thread and changed the title to 'Next' window. Under the current circumstances regarding his team appearances the question would still seem to be a valid one.
Your views gentlemen/ladies ??
Your views gentlemen/ladies ??
As I said before, wait and see how he reacts to being dropped. If he reacts well keep him, if not shift him out.
Thing is mate does Jose plan on giving him enough opportunities to 'react' anymore ?. That last interview when he clearly indicated the problems lay with Dele and there was little more he could do to motivate the lad really brought it home just how serious this situation is.
Didn’t react to being dropped bu England...