It's been a tough time for him here and at Bournemouth, can't help feeling he would have done better at a less pressing type club. There's a school of thought that high pressing British football plays A fair part in stifling the development of young skilful and or creative players.
It's been happening since the 60s. Kids are taught Fitness, speed, strength and endurance is what it takes to make it.
Spending the majority of the week focusing on those things comes at a cost. Flair, vision, confidence(arrogance even) on the ball to try something unexpected, It can get trained out of players through lack of encouragement to develop those attributes. They have trackers on theirs backs sending how far and fast they ran to be judged after the game... If that's the highest bar that a club or league measures, that's all we will develop in players. Imagine if talents like Currie, Best, Greaves etc were not strong enough characters to, at the time they played, have the belief in their abilities to not run constantly for the 90 mins, stand still, read the game, save their energy for the right moment.
I find news, reports and social media of Moose not eating the right... well what ever we're imaging professional players are supposed to eat... is that really so bad compared with Currie , Best, Fowler, Gazza, the list could go on. Do we know his injuries are down to diet and laziness any more than over training?
