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11 hours ago, Palfy said:

Am I missing something here can someone post the evidence that it’s a mental health issue that has.caused his football to become substandard in the last 4 years, because I’ve seen nothing, 

Thing with poor mental health is, people don't open up about it willingly. There's been massive progress in trying to encourage it and destigmatize it but at the end of the day, it's down to the individual to open up, which is grimly ironic because if you're in that place you don't want to accept it yourself, let alone broadcast it. 

Just look at his eyes and complexion. If he was out on the town all the time, the papers would be all over it. Something isn't right for him.

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6 hours ago, Palfy said:

Am I missing something here can someone post the evidence that it’s a mental health issue that has.caused his football to become substandard in the last 4 years, because I’ve seen nothing, 

What else would you think? Maybe not a mental health issues as such, but surely it’s something mental/emotional, or in between the ears as some put it. But you can’t see these things, so how would you? 

It’s not physical, because the lad is fit as a fiddle. 
Can’t be poor coaching, he’s had some of the best. 
 

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34 minutes ago, StevO said:

What else would you think? Maybe not a mental health issues as such, but surely it’s something mental/emotional, or in between the ears as some put it. But you can’t see these things, so how would you? 

It’s not physical, because the lad is fit as a fiddle. 
Can’t be poor coaching, he’s had some of the best. 
 

Having read Lampard’s honest interview where he completely opens up on Dele in particular in training time, he criticises the player and his attitude in the most frank and honest way, surely not something you would do in public if you thought someone had serious mental health issues, I don’t know I’m not a psychiatrist so googled and that would appear correct. Why if someone can’t be arsed does it always have to be a mental health issue why can’t it just be that it’s just not that important enough to him anymore to want to put the effort in anymore, we are all different and there is not one formula that fit's all. 

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he doesn’t have family as he spent time in different countries when his parents split up, and seemingly no longer speaks to his mum.  He changed the name on his shirt as he no longer wishes to be known as Alli, he lived with adoptive parents. This was all pretty recent. 
 

he has some emotional baggage and has done work for mental health charities. There were very strong rumours that he was addicted to computer games and has issues with sleeping tablets. 
 

all I can go on is his eyes, something not right.  Looks dead behind them, no sparkle. 

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We all know that there’s something not right, I just hope Dele is happy. 

When I was younger I quit an amazing job and career that I had to work so hard to earn. After a few years doing it I realised that though I loved the journey to get there, actually doing the job made me miserable; I hated it and I knew I had to leave.

So I quit and moved abroad doing far less well paid and boring jobs. But I was happy again.

So I sympathise with Dele and hope he finds his voice.

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1 hour ago, Goodison Glory said:

The opposition he scored against (bottom of the league) were probably on par with the goals he scored vs. Blackpool I think it was. I exaggerate but let's not read too much into him scoring against bottom of the Turkish league.

For his sake, small steps!

 

1 hour ago, Shukes said:

MoM performance on his first appearance, goal on his second. 
Im just happy for him.

I agree. Really he hope he can get back to enjoying his football

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On 05/01/2023 at 18:22, Bailey said:

We probably cant even play him otherwise we will need to pay Spurs!

Probably true tbh. Was it 10 games that triggers the 40m? Wiki says he's already played 13 😕

I imagine we'll find some chumps to loan him out to for the rest of the season. Maybe a triumphant return to MK Dons... 

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10 minutes ago, Hoof_It_Nev said:

Probably true tbh. Was it 10 games that triggers the 40m? Wiki says he's already played 13 😕

I imagine we'll find some chumps to loan him out to for the rest of the season. Maybe a triumphant return to MK Dons... 

Twenty games triggers a £10m payment; can't find the structure above that.

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7 minutes ago, MikeO said:

Twenty games triggers a £10m payment; can't find the structure above that.

Do they have to be games solely played for us, or a combination of teams whilst he is still an Everton player. 

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On 07/01/2023 at 13:39, Hoof_It_Nev said:

Probably true tbh. Was it 10 games that triggers the 40m? Wiki says he's already played 13 😕

I imagine we'll find some chumps to loan him out to for the rest of the season. Maybe a triumphant return to MK Dons... 

Nothing triggers £40m. 

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Just another self inflicted wound by poor management on the road to relegation, let's not let the money become a distraction on what has possibly been the worst signing in my memory. We won't be able to get rid of him now unless of course we pay him off, which I think we should do, and he would obviously like so he can get out of training and hang his boots up sooner, then he will soon be forgotten and we will have a bad smell out of the club. A shame really for him as a person, but football is a ruthless business and one decent 5 year contract on 5-6 million a year can if your are sensible set you up for life, so do I feel sorry for him um let me think about that. 

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On 09/01/2023 at 05:04, Palfy said:

Just another self inflicted wound by poor management on the road to relegation, let's not let the money become a distraction on what has possibly been the worst signing in my memory. We won't be able to get rid of him now unless of course we pay him off, which I think we should do, and he would obviously like so he can get out of training and hang his boots up sooner, then he will soon be forgotten and we will have a bad smell out of the club. A shame really for him as a person, but football is a ruthless business and one decent 5 year contract on 5-6 million a year can if your are sensible set you up for life, so do I feel sorry for him um let me think about that. 

Doing what I said should be done, 5.2 million to pay him off, or the threat of paying Spurs 10 million no brainer really. Hopefully as a club we learn that deals for players that appear to good to be true generally are. 

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22 hours ago, c1982 said:

Incredibly bargain thinking if Dyche could get him ‘back on it’ as StevO said - Alli ‘back on it’ is world class - won’t happen but as @StevO  said, “Wishful thinking.”

This needs be to moved. 😂

If he came back, maybe Dyche is the one who could finally get a tune out of Alli. But it would be an expensive mistake.

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He's not doing himself any favours, but I fail to see what the Basiktas manager has to gain by going public before he's had a chance to iron things out with Delli, and understand what problems there might be football or personal or otherwise. As much as I don't rate him a player at this moment in time career wise, I hope he's safe and well and no harm comes to him. 

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Agree with the concern/sentiment for Dele. However the manner in which the club (Besiktas) handled that seems appalling to me.

I have to consider the language barrier and possible translation issues but the comment about "It's raining so that is probably why we can't find him" seems a bit sarcastic. Perhaps it was genuine concern, given what they just went through as a country, however it didn't come across that way to me.

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