Ex-Player Watch Player Watch: Mousa Dembele

coopsieyid said:

Umm, no! But kudos for editing your post after I'd responded.

You literally said,

"The only point I have made is that if Dembele and Poch had a crystal ball and knew we would have ended up in a CL final, I have no doubt both would have come to conclusion that they could nurse him through an extra few months in order to play in the biggest game of his career and our recent history."

To which I responded thus




But, yeah. I said Dembele is shit & Sissoko is twice the player, even though I never mentioned Sissoko or his unquestionable footballing ability.

You're a bit strange.

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Coneilly said:

You have completely made up an argument that I am angry at levy/the club/the board that they didn't foresee us getting to a CL final, and then proceeded to argue against it. You are essentially, arguing with yourself here.

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coopsieyid said:

Again, no!

Read the posts. It's really not that difficult. Then again, even after I quoted you, and quoted my response to your quote. You still somehow seem to think you didn't say what you said.

Don't know what more a person can do than quote the actual words used. I guess this forum lark is more complicated than I figured.

Edit: Now, if you'll excuse me, I have meds to take & laying down to do.

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bubble07 said:

With Walker it felt like we were pushing him out which was ridiculous

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Snarfalicious said:

Our downfall really started with the Walker sale, then the slow, injury-riddled decline of Dembele and was capped off with the general stagnation of the squad. It was like watching a train wreck at 5 mph. Slow, obvious and all we could do was watch it happen helplessly.

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Snarfalicious said:

Our downfall really started with the Walker sale, then the slow, injury-riddled decline of Dembele and was capped off with the general stagnation of the squad. It was like watching a train wreck at 5 mph. Slow, obvious and all we could do was watch it happen helplessly.

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dontcallme said:

I'm trying to work it out.

Vertonghen and Dier spoke of their team mate leaving and praised him as to how good he was in his prime.

The player himself said he couldn't physically handle the Prem anymore and readily moved to China.

But some want to criticise ENIC for this sale. Beggars belief to be honest.

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fortworthspur said:

walker was always leaving and a replacement of equal quality is a very tall order. Not promptly replenishing the midfield for 18 months killed us. Water under the bridge now.

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dontcallme said:

No one doubts how good Dembele was at his best.

But Dembele had only played 10 games in his last half season with us. He'd just had another ankle injury which had kept him out for 2 months. He also spoke publicly about how he was struggling and couldn't handle the Prem anymore.

But by all means quote a different player. Why you think that is valid as to where Dembele was by the stage he left us is truly beyond me. The lengths some go to in order to criticise the board.

There are plenty of valid reasons to criticise Levy and ENIC. You don't need to rewrite history.

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slartibartfast said:

Yep, bit of rewriting history for some here I think. The Dembele we let go was a shadow of what he was.
Thats why he didn't leave for a bigger club. World beaters dont leave and head for China.
Nobody can deny he was top drawer in his day and we haven't replaced him quality wise yet.... or have we? We'll see.

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offside_ruel_fox said:

Officially retired. Age 34.

Such a great midfielder and as others have pointed out his sale really did start a decline after so much great promise at the club!

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