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Dele Alli

Game never progressed. He doesn't do the fundamentals well enough to ever sustain a top players form. His game is based on things 'coming off'. You can't build a career around that.

The closest player to him positional wise is Muller. Who gets dropped and keeps forcing his way back cause he does things consistently well, and then adds defining moments on top of them, while again not being the greatest footballer.

Fergie probably saw the raw potential and thought he'd add the layers to his game.
 
metalgear said:
Luxury player... Has always, been counting others to do the grafting so he can think about worldies.

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Simply untrue.
Under Poch he was a very hard worker and smart with the positions he took up both in attack and defense.
When Southgate played him deep in 2018 to accommodate an extra forward, I believe it fudged with him and us.
 
Bedfordspurs said:
I agree
I don’t think his work rate is in doubt
Or the impact he can have when playing well
He was very good last weekend
Woeful midweek. Like chalk and cheese
But the guys not played much at all so that may be part or the issue
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And even in a woeful performance I thought he was probably in our best 3 players in midweek (with an incredibly low bar set admittedly).
 
Finney Is Back said:
And even in a woeful performance I thought he was probably in our best 3 players in midweek (with an incredibly low bar set admittedly).
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I really dont agree on that. He gave the ball away 7 times in the first half for example
But it was a poor all round team performance
But dele wasn’t the reason or the cause of it. It was spineless as a team
 
billyiddo said:
He was very frustrating giving the ball away so often but I'd rather have players like him wanting to get on the ball and make things happen than others in attack who hide all game for weeks on end
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He did the same today
Passes to short or not quick
And then disappeared second half
Hopefully with an invested manager next season he could come good ahain
 
Bedfordspurs said:
He did the same today
Passes to short or not quick
And then disappeared second half
Hopefully with an invested manager next season he could come good again
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Again I think the issue was movement around him i.e. lack of drop and link. So often he'd receive the ball and have no close, quick options; his game thrives on that.
 
thfcsteff said:
Again I think the issue was movement around him i.e. lack of drop and link. So often he'd receive the ball and have no close, quick options; his game thrives on that.
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Disagree
He had options
His passing was off though
I’ve always said when he has time and looks he struggles
When he okays instinctively it suits him
Although I’ll add he did two balls swinging in from left to right in the first half
One went to son who should have done better
Second time, same ball... out for a GK and near no one
The guy needs the pre season now to get fit and show us that he wants to be here
His comments on his Instagram allude to that and fair play to him
 
Different Dele after peak Eriksen. In the past few games Son ran back to defend more and faster than Dele. The will to play is different now.
thfcsteff said:
Simply untrue.
Under Poch he was a very hard worker and smart with the positions he took up both in attack and defense.
When Southgate played him deep in 2018 to accommodate an extra forward, I believe it fudged with him and us.
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Bedfordspurs said:
Disagree
He had options
His passing was off though
I’ve always said when he has time and looks he struggles
When he okays instinctively it suits him
Although I’ll add he did two balls swinging in from left to right in the first half
One went to son who should have done better
Second time, same ball... out for a GK and near no one
The guy needs the pre season now to get fit and show us that he wants to be here
His comments on his Instagram allude to that and fair play to him
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The second ball also looked a good one, but (I think it was) Kane started to make the run and then came back inside just as Dele delivered the ball.
 
Bedfordspurs said:
Maybe because he saw how short his passes were for the rest of the game
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No, I don’t think so. The ball into Son was perfect. This one was also into a good area beyond Leicester’s full back. Had Kane continued his run I think he either could’ve had a first time shot or a ball back across goal, either way it was a very good pass to pick the lock of a deep set defence.
 
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