2021/22 Dele Alli

[Goat]

Just cancel the loan Kev.

 

[nsno-chris]

You didn't really read or understand his whole post did you? ?

Yes, he’s making the statement that we should have loaned him.

 

[TheNinja]

Yes, he’s making the statement that we should have loaned him.

So why did you need to state yet again that we bought him, if you understood the posters comments? Confused.

 

[chippy1722]

This lad was some player a few years ago

Its unbelievable how his career has completely tailed off

His appetite for the game looks gone once that's gone its over (insert ross barkley)

The difference being when Barkley plays he has about 100 times more touches and involvement in the game than Dele.
You’d question why he is happy sitting on a bench but definitely more influential when he gets minutes.

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

The difference being when Barkley plays he has about 100 times more touches and involvement in the game than Dele.
You’d question why he is happy sitting on a bench but definitely more influential when he gets minutes.

You could also question why Villa didn’t take him on after the loan and the answer would be he wasn’t good enough.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

I'd actually be kinda surprised if he was sold. By all accounts Lampard wanted him and, regardless of his form, he'll still be seen at the club as a quality player with loads of top level experience.

 

[Northeastblue]

Can all of you (I think it was about 50%) who wanted this player make yourselves known. Are you the same people that want the rat back?

Shall we put them in re-education camps ? Or just straight to the murder pits ?

 

[degsy]

I still do wonder what we're considering his best position to be...

If He hits a high % of his early spurs form - it'll be where ever he wants

 

[Shibbywiggles]

Can all of you (I think it was about 50%) who wanted this player make yourselves known. Are you the same people that want the rat back?

I don’t understand why you and some others are getting so adamant this gamble has already failed?

Firstly, it’s a gamble where we don’t pay spurs any money for him unless we play him for 20 games and I don’t think he even had ten appearances last season so plenty of room there.

So that means we bought one of the premier leagues best players a few years ago for free unless we like him enough to play him 20+ times, only having to pay his wage.

Secondly we knew he was unfit last season which was why Frank didn’t rely on him. I thought he looked decent but unfit when he came on so I’m interested to see how he gets on next season as apparently he’s back at peak fitness.

Finally, all reports lead to Dele not being a player who works his arse off in training or friendlies so why are people getting their knickers in a twist about a few meaningless games in America? All that matters is fitness and game time right now and I’m glad he’s getting both.

If he’s crap and does nothing against Chelsea in a couple weeks I’m ready to start to doubt. After that game though we’ve got Villa, Forest, Brentford and Leeds and a player of Dele’s quality should be putting teams like that to the sword.

Time will tell, but calling people out as idiots already for backing the gamble is a bit stupid.

 

[dannyboy]

I don’t understand why you and some others are getting so adamant this gamble has already failed?

Firstly, it’s a gamble where we don’t pay spurs any money for him unless we play him for 20 games and I don’t think he even had ten appearances last season so plenty of room there.

So that means we bought one of the premier leagues best players a few years ago for free unless we like him enough to play him 20+ times, only having to pay his wage.

Secondly we knew he was unfit last season which was why Frank didn’t rely on him. I thought he looked decent but unfit when he came on so I’m interested to see how he gets on next season as apparently he’s back at peak fitness.

Finally, all reports lead to Dele not being a player who works his arse off in training or friendlies so why are people getting their knickers in a twist about a few meaningless games in America? All that matters is fitness and game time right now and I’m glad he’s getting both.

If he’s crap and does nothing against Chelsea in a couple weeks I’m ready to start to doubt. After that game though we’ve got Villa, Forest, Brentford and Leeds and a player of Dele’s quality should be putting teams like that to the sword.

Time will tell, but calling people out as idiots already for backing the gamble is a bit stupid.

It could easily be it's his attitude in training and friendlies that prevent him from reaching the levels he once did. Could also be that he just isn't the player he was regardless of the effort he puts in.

The biggest worry is that it's been so long since he played well consistently. Opening few weeks are make or break for the rest of his career.

 

[witchdoc187]

I don’t understand why you and some others are getting so adamant this gamble has already failed?

Firstly, it’s a gamble where we don’t pay spurs any money for him unless we play him for 20 games and I don’t think he even had ten appearances last season so plenty of room there.

So that means we bought one of the premier leagues best players a few years ago for free unless we like him enough to play him 20+ times, only having to pay his wage.

Secondly we knew he was unfit last season which was why Frank didn’t rely on him. I thought he looked decent but unfit when he came on so I’m interested to see how he gets on next season as apparently he’s back at peak fitness.

Finally, all reports lead to Dele not being a player who works his arse off in training or friendlies so why are people getting their knickers in a twist about a few meaningless games in America? All that matters is fitness and game time right now and I’m glad he’s getting both.

If he’s crap and does nothing against Chelsea in a couple weeks I’m ready to start to doubt. After that game though we’ve got Villa, Forest, Brentford and Leeds and a player of Dele’s quality should be putting teams like that to the sword.

Time will tell, but calling people out as idiots already for backing the gamble is a bit stupid.

Because he's crap

 

[BigDuncTributeBand]

We had already loaned El Ghazi (!!!!!!!) and VDB, so a loan wasn't an option

True, forgot that. Then we shouldn’t have done the deal at all. What he contributed was negligible. Far too risky, what was the likelihood he’d become the Alli of 2017/18? Just when we were getting some underperforming high earners off the books as their contracts ended, we add him.

 

[arch stanton]

I don’t understand why you and some others are getting so adamant this gamble has already failed?

Firstly, it’s a gamble where we don’t pay spurs any money for him unless we play him for 20 games and I don’t think he even had ten appearances last season so plenty of room there.

So that means we bought one of the premier leagues best players a few years ago for free unless we like him enough to play him 20+ times, only having to pay his wage.

Secondly we knew he was unfit last season which was why Frank didn’t rely on him. I thought he looked decent but unfit when he came on so I’m interested to see how he gets on next season as apparently he’s back at peak fitness.

Finally, all reports lead to Dele not being a player who works his arse off in training or friendlies so why are people getting their knickers in a twist about a few meaningless games in America? All that matters is fitness and game time right now and I’m glad he’s getting both.

If he’s crap and does nothing against Chelsea in a couple weeks I’m ready to start to doubt. After that game though we’ve got Villa, Forest, Brentford and Leeds and a player of Dele’s quality should be putting teams like that to the sword.

Time will tell, but calling people out as idiots already for backing the gamble is a bit stupid.

It is in effect, a buy as he plays deal, he was Rondonly unfit last season and looks trim now. I'll give him the first third to half of next season before judging him. If hewasnt that arsed about it, he wouldn't have made the effort to get trim, he has so lets see what we get out of him. I'd have a half fit Dele than a fully fit Barkley.

 

[jonnyboy316]

I don’t understand why you and some others are getting so adamant this gamble has already failed?

Firstly, it’s a gamble where we don’t pay spurs any money for him unless we play him for 20 games and I don’t think he even had ten appearances last season so plenty of room there.

So that means we bought one of the premier leagues best players a few years ago for free unless we like him enough to play him 20+ times, only having to pay his wage.

Secondly we knew he was unfit last season which was why Frank didn’t rely on him. I thought he looked decent but unfit when he came on so I’m interested to see how he gets on next season as apparently he’s back at peak fitness.

Finally, all reports lead to Dele not being a player who works his arse off in training or friendlies so why are people getting their knickers in a twist about a few meaningless games in America? All that matters is fitness and game time right now and I’m glad he’s getting both.

If he’s crap and does nothing against Chelsea in a couple weeks I’m ready to start to doubt. After that game though we’ve got Villa, Forest, Brentford and Leeds and a player of Dele’s quality should be putting teams like that to the sword.

Time will tell, but calling people out as idiots already for backing the gamble is a bit stupid.

Bless you. I will happily eat humble pie if I am wrong. My Dad for his sins is a Spurs fan. The theory with Dele is that he never recovered from a series of hamstring injuries 3 years ago. He was never the quickest but he lost a yard of pace. Then when he realised he could not be what he was his mentality suffered

 

[BigDuncTributeBand]

Bless you. I will happily eat humble pie if I am wrong. My Dad for his sins is a Spurs fan. The theory with Dele is that he never recovered from a series of hamstring injuries 3 years ago. He was never the quickest but he lost a yard of pace. Then when he realised he could not be what he was his mentality suffered

My Spurs supporting pals say the same. Never the same after the hamstring injuries - for whatever reason. We didn’t get the Alli of 2017/18, wild optimism to hope he’ll be that player again or even close for us.