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Ex-Spurs Player Eric Dier

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Spursidol said:



Wonder if/when we'll see this Eric Dier again !
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He only needs time to build his condition again. It can’t be overstated how important a proper pre-season is, the first day back last summer he had to be rushed into some mysterious operation after his physical tests and he missed the whole thing. That’s following on from 6 months of injuries, illnesses, surgeries and the resulting complications.

He hasn’t done his knees or anything that should prevent him reaching his best level again, as far as we know. I think he can earn a new contract here if he gets into shape ready for next season, he can still be a very good player for us.
 
StripiestPilot said:
He only needs time to build his condition again. It can’t be overstated how important a proper pre-season is, the first day back last summer he had to be rushed into some mysterious operation after his physical tests and he missed the whole thing. That’s following on from 6 months of injuries, illnesses, surgeries and the resulting complications.

He hasn’t done his knees or anything that should prevent him reaching his best level again, as far as we know. I think he can earn a new contract here if he gets into shape ready for next season, he can still be a very good player for us.
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Hope you're right.... Would love to see that player again.
 
StripiestPilot said:
He only needs time to build his condition again. It can’t be overstated how important a proper pre-season is, the first day back last summer he had to be rushed into some mysterious operation after his physical tests and he missed the whole thing. That’s following on from 6 months of injuries, illnesses, surgeries and the resulting complications.

He hasn’t done his knees or anything that should prevent him reaching his best level again, as far as we know. I think he can earn a new contract here if he gets into shape ready for next season, he can still be a very good player for us.
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I’d love to be proven wrong but I am not optimistic about Dier any more.

A permanent decline in form doesn’t have to be physical, it could be psychological too. It doesn’t have to be something so dramatic like Andy van der Meyde but it could be a loss of drive or confidence.

Whatever it is, he is a shadow of his former self. I watch him carefully during games and he just doesn’t make the same decisions that he used to. It’s almost as if he’s a totally different player.
 
We can't afford to write Dier off. He's 26. This isn't like Wanyama and Dembele, where there were irreversible physical issues. Get a good pre-season in and I think he's can get back to his best. Even now I think away from home he should be starting alongside GLC - although it isn't pretty he improves us defensively.
 
Belgrano said:
We can't afford to write Dier off. He's 26. This isn't like Wanyama and Dembele, where there were irreversible physical issues. Get a good pre-season in and I think he's can get back to his best. Even now I think away from home he should be starting alongside GLC - although it isn't pretty he improves us defensively.
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Don’t think it’s really our choice.

If he keeps playing this way we’d have no other option. I’d like to see Levy bring in a top quality DM over the summer instead of gambling on Dier to regain his form.
 
Belgrano said:
We can't afford to write Dier off. He's 26. This isn't like Wanyama and Dembele, where there were irreversible physical issues. Get a good pre-season in and I think he's can get back to his best. Even now I think away from home he should be starting alongside GLC - although it isn't pretty he improves us defensively.
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If he doesn't, how long do we wait though? We hung about thinking Danny would once again rule the wing and it never happened. There will be better players than Dier available in the summer. That said, sell him? Not so sure. He's still a useful squad player with a lot of big game experience. He was excellent in the air the other day.
 
TimothyAtouba said:
Don’t think it’s really our choice.

If he keeps playing this way we’d have no other option. I’d like to see Levy bring in a top quality DM over the summer instead of gambling on Dier to regain his form.
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Maybe wishful thinking on my part. Even Dier at his best was inferior to Wanyama in def midfield, and so I agree we should be looking for better if we can find it. But at worst he should be a valuable squad player who can cover both DM and CB.
 
dmulally said:
Not sure if that is a rhetorical question but his path back from the appendix surgery was marred with issues.

To me he just looks bigger. Let's have a look shall we...

2016 Eric

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2020 Eric

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Time to put down the weights and join Ndombele on the treadmill.
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He’d make an ace doorman these days though
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He needs to either suck it up and realise his future is at centre back or leave for the better of his career, in my view.
 
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