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Everyone at the club likes the lad, his personal situation fecked his head which is a crying shame, but since he got himself straight he's been putting in the work, first with the kids, and then finally back with the first team. Not sure he's done enough to stay, with only a year left on his contract it's sell or re-sign this summer. He's still only 24 and on a 2016 salary, why not keep him?
After the rebirth of Sissoko into what he is now (after me slagging him off multiple times and being proven VERY wrong) im willing to give anyone a chance. TBH I support any of our players that put the shirt on, never booed one of our own - if hes worked hard enough for Poch to give him a chance then its all down to him
But Llorente did nothing in 90.
For me, my view on Janssen was formed when Kane was injured and he had to be our main striker for almost 10 games.
He tried so damn hard but things didn’t go smoothly. When a player struggles like that, I really focus on their (on field) attitude, rather than output. From my point of view, he always kept trying and didn’t give up.
Poch did treat him very harsh afterwards, but we don’t know the full extent of what happened behind the scenes.
The fact that he’s back in the squad and subbed on in a crucial moment will mean so much to him and I want to believe Poch put his trust back in him. And trust has to be earned, especially with Poch.
When I saw this at the time, I just thought Dier was having a laugh at something else. I still think the same.
1 game, 3 points
I get what you are saying, but there’s nobody on the bench that looks to be cracking jokes with Eric. Ben Davies looks very serene (perhaps as he always does)
Not sure we are watching the same clip.
I don't see it as the manager trusting him - there was no-one else to bring on! Unless you wanted to play Sanchez/Dier up front?
I believe Poch is ruthless enough to not even include him in the squad if he doesn’t trust him, even in times like this.
Do you think he’s joking with Davies then?
He's here because we couldn't flog him, and we couldn't flog him because he's shit.
He's like a potato sandwich no one wants and you can't give it away, so it's just a case of rather than throw it away might as well take a bite . We had a bite tonight. Not very good. May as well throw it away after all.
Manager pragmatism. The injury crisis forced his hand - i.e without dipping into the Acdemy, there was no-one else.
Didn't he declare Janssen a non-person earlier this season?
Or he was talking to himself.
I fully believe that Poch thought that Janssen would add something to our game that our Academy lads would not. If Poch is sure about an Academy player, he will bring him to the squad no question (see Skipp). I'm genuinely happy that Vincent got his chance, and I'll support him as long as he will continue to wear our shirt, even if that period will be extremely short. He obviously has weaknesses, but so has Llorente and Sissoko, and look at how pivotal they are to us at certain times. I believe that there is a good player somewhere in Vincent, maybe not a superstar, but a decent player nonetheless.
