Eric Dier rejects England U21 call because he wants win a place at centre back for Spurs

[elvis7754]

Dier to remain at Hotspur Way for the next fortnight in a bid to break into the Spurs team at centre half.

Read the full article at TheTottenhamWay

 

[spursram]

Comes across as an honest and mature decision and done in a way no one is upset. This lad has been a captain at every level he has played in in Portugal, not bad considering Portugese was not his first language. I have liked this lad from day one. He has made a couple of mistakes, which he knows, but when you consider the excuses rolled out for last years incoming magnificent 7 and the need for them to be given time in the PL and time to gel, this young man has been thrown in at the deep end, rolled his sleeves up and got on with it. I would like to see Dier at CB and Kaboul RB, as the author suggests.

 

[teok]

Good decision from both parties and a very professional statement from southgate spelling everything out.

You can imagine all the morons drawing all the wrong conclusions from this if he didn't.

 

[whitechina]

Good decision from both parties and a very professional statement from southgate spelling everything out.

You can imagine all the morons drawing all the wrong conclusions from this if he didn't.

This is exactly what we need. All parties agreeing on a young players way forward and getting on with it. Southgate has had good PR advice in his statement- just a shame the club aren't so open about so many other things.

 

[DEFchenkOE]

Yet still Mr Jiggins from the rag decides to go with a sensationalist headline to try and cause a problem

 

[JAYSTAR]

Well, he'd play at cb next to Vertongen for me right now. Naughton will have to cover at rb until walker's back or yedlin arrives, but I think he's shown real composure and ability and can't be worse than Kaboul atm. I'd like to see all our hard workers in the first team, as per my signature.

 

[onthetwo]

i see where hes coming from but unless im mistaken, its 90% likely that he has to fill in at RB against Hull due to the Naughton suspension and Walker still being out so under the circs i fear this topic might not go away as quickly as we all might hope,

 

[teok]

i see where hes coming from but unless im mistaken, its 90% likely that he has to fill in at RB against Hull due to the Naughton suspension and Walker still being out so under the circs i fear this topic might not go away as quickly as we all might hope,

Him staying behind and training as a cb with poch is a sensible medium/long term career decision no matter where he plays against hull.

Walker is back in training and yedlin is coming in jan.

 

[mark87]

Yet still Mr Jiggins from the rag decides to go with a sensationalist headline to try and cause a problem

Why am I not surprised.

 

[bigspurs]

Yet still Mr Jiggins from the rag decides to go with a sensationalist headline to try and cause a problem

Fortunately intelligent fans don't take any notice of morons like him!

 

[JoeT]

I also think he (Dier) sees an opportunity to break in at C.B. at Spurs; if not now but very soon.

 

[wooderz]

The Sun have already twisted this completely..

 

[teok]

The Sun have already twisted this completely..

Yep, scumbags.

 

[eddiebailey]

Yet still Mr Jiggins from the rag decides to go with a sensationalist headline to try and cause a problem

To be fair it is not the journalist who writes the headline, that is the sub-editor's job.

Hang on, why am I being fair to Jiggins??

 

[14/04/91]

The way I interpret it, he's actually staying behind to work on his game as a right back.
This shows a good attitude; he wants to improve and knows he's got deficiencies.

 

[Shea]

He's actually the reason I am not overly disappointed that Fazio is basically Dawson with a latin sounding name

I think Kaboul and Fazio will make reasonable back up and this kid has shown enough already playing at right back to suggest to me that he deserves to be given a chance in his more natural position along side Vertonghen

If we can get a settled back four with those two and centre back, Walker or the American at right back and have our full backs working with the rest of the back for as a unit (being marshalled when to move up or drop deep together etc) I think we would instantly look more solid and settled

Add to that an upgrade on Capoue and we may actually have a solid base in front of our world class keeper with which to work upon

 

[db1]

Hopefully he stayed behind to chat with Poch to tell him that as the current defence is a shambles he feels he has the qualities to organise it better and then spends the break planning how to sort them out. Hopefully this then leads to great organisation in defence and an amazing turnaround in defensive performance from the whole team which inspires the attack to bust a gut to score and we win a few games.

 

[Lilywhites9]

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[onthetwo]

Him staying behind and training as a cb with poch is a sensible medium/long term career decision no matter where he plays against hull.

Walker is back in training and yedlin is coming in jan.

of course it is, but since when did the media give a cr*p about anything beyond netx week? Trust me, they will drag it up again in about another 10 days time when he lines up against Hull at RB.

 

[longtimespur]

I won't read the article because when I click on the link above my Norton security tells me it is a known malicious website. Weird