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Confirmed Signing Dele Alli

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Quality player, understand why people are worried this could be an Iwobi type signing but he has achieved unbelievably more than Iwobi has in a shorter time.

Think he genuinely just needs a fresh start, definite upgrade on attacking options we've had in recent years.

Here's hoping Lampard can get him playing his best footy again.
 

Hotspur said:
Hi, thanks for the warm welcome!

To be honest I don't think it was just one thing, it was an accumulation of things and some that aren't directly related to Dele. We were never the same as a team when Dembele left our midfield and then further more so when Eriksen wanted out and his level declined, even now we haven't been able to replace what they gave the side. I think Dele probably suffered just due to the once really good dynamic on the pitch being broken up. Then Poch left due to underperforming with a stale squad, Jose came in and the football was hard for certain attackers to flourish in, apart from Kane and Son as our whole game was tailored to those two really.

From him personally though he's had a few injuries which may not have helped, some think he'd lost focus and put too much of his energy on external things like clothing brands and such. It's impossible to know if that's true but like I've said in a previous post, he really does seem to work hard to try and perform better on the pitch but it just hasn't happened. On some tribute videos I've seen since he signed for you I'd really forgotten how sharp he used to be and he seems to have lost a bit of that.

Really looking forward to watching you guys now though. I think a lot of fans were happy to see him go but also want him to do well because of what he's given, and it's a bit sad when looking back at that and how it sort of ended up going a bit downhill. Also, what fans of a players previous team thinks can often be quite irrelevant. We signed the 2 lads from Juve where most of their fanbase seem delighted to have gotten rid of them and I know they haven't played yet but a lot of Spurs fans are happy and optimistic over the two, so how a player fits in one side can be completely different in another and hopefully that's the case with Dele and Everton.

Sorry for the long post! :D
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Weird us fans, we are happy about Alli and Donny but must Spurs and Utd fans would probably say.. I’ll drive them there myself lol… sure one day a fan base will be saying that about Iwobi
 
MrD said:
THIS IS JUST A DAFT POST, but may be interesting to some...

A few observations regarding his body language in this clip.
When he is asked what his motivation is to join Everton @46 seconds He Eye blocks on the words "Happy" and "Football" which tends to indicate he is uncomfortable with what he said.

Then when he mentions the great players Everton have got he rubs the back of his head/neck. That's called Self soothing which happens when we feel anxious or unsure.

There are more but it's an interesting interview when looking at his sub conscious body language. If anyone is interested watch the clip and look for eye blocking on supposedly positive words and the self soothing touches to his head/neck.

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I took it as the opposite, I haven’t seen him look as happy and relaxed in a long time.
 
MikeH72 said:
I remember watching that game and thinking he was terrible. That square pass to Kane when they were 2 on 1 with Allison was tragic.
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Almost everyone messes up against that lot though.

He’s quick which is a good bonus as we still need pace in the team. Hopefully he can dovetail with Gray DCL Richy and we can score some goals.
 

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