Might be because he was laughing with the ex-gooner that banged in 4 against us on the pitch after the game.
that certainly didn’t help his cause
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Might be because he was laughing with the ex-gooner that banged in 4 against us on the pitch after the game.
He said after the game "We know how good we are, we just have to start showing it on the pitch."
That's Dele's problem in a nutshell. He thinks he's a better player than he really is. He probably cannot understand why he didn't make the England team last match. Needs a reality check and a wake up call.
I'm not saying he's the only one with that attitude but this thread is relative to him in particular, not the team and I feel that is his problem at present.I think that's harsh specifically to Dele.
I think it's a better representation of the entire team's performance.
Even before we started this awful run, i always felt we were a team lacking a player who can take control when times got difficult.
Too many players are happy to be passengers and hope that someone else steps up when the going get tough. No one is looking to grab the game by the balls and take it to the other team.
And the last 10-15 mins of play showed that. He looked like he wanted to play. What were you doing when you were 23? Let's give him a bit of space to get back to where we think he should be.Remember the old Dele who was arrogant, brash, impetuous, sometimes petulant but always doing something original on the pitch and entertaining the fans ... let's have him back pronto !
He said after the game "We know how good we are, we just have to start showing it on the pitch."
That's Dele's problem in a nutshell. He thinks he's a better player than he really is. He probably cannot understand why he didn't make the England team last match. Needs a reality check and a wake up call.
Hoping he fulfils his potential...
My point was raised in reference to the quote "We know how good we are " which I posted, and not the one you did so, with all due respect, in that case I do not consider it 'off target' at all. A difference of opinions maybe.I think that the quote " “I have got to keep working hard. I don’t want to be back to where I was, I want to be better." Kind of shows that he actually acknowlodges that he is off pace, and not as good right now.
So your point of he "thinks he's a better player than he really is" seems off-target here.
My point was raised in reference to the quote "We know how good we are " which I posted, and not the one you did so, with all due respect, in that case I do not consider it 'off target' at all. A difference of opinions maybe.
I understand that yours was based on a different quote.
I just pointed out that Dele himself admits that he is off-form. Which kind of proves that he is not somewhere in clouds with his self-evaluation like you were suggesting before.
I think we all can agree, that our team actually IS better than last-place-holding Watford. Saying this does is not some kind of delusion or too high self esteem.
I think that the quote " “I have got to keep working hard. I don’t want to be back to where I was, I want to be better." Kind of shows that he actually acknowlodges that he is off pace, and not as good right now.
So your point of he "thinks he's a better player than he really is" seems off-target here.