Milano
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He chose it over a full pre-season here, after being out for a full year. So yeah I'd say it was. If he was fully fit then fair enough, but he wasn't, then he got injured again, probably because he wasn't fully fit. Then he misses the the end of pre-season and season start. He now finds 2 or 3 players way ahead of him.Wanting to represent your country at the Olympics isn't 'giving it billy big bollox'...
His biggest problem now is he isn't going to get the match minutes here now to change it. Rutter walks back into the 11 on Saturday; Pedro is close now too, and with Ferguson now showing signs he's getting sharper and Welbeck on fire then where do Ensico's minutes come from? He's basically waiting for injuries.
Gruda contributed more last night than he did, Lamptey contributed more attacking wise than he did. It's not effort, he shows effort but there's no real end result, he doesn't influence the match enough, he doesn't tackle, he doesn't really take anyone on, he doesn't hold it up, what does he actually do? That was a big chance last night to get in the manager's thoughts, give him a selection dillema, he didn't take it. A 33 year old came on and contributed more actual tangible output in 15 minutes than he had in 75.
He's finished here IMO unless he changes his attitude, and was the moment he opened his mouth in public on Bloom and the Olympics (an event that pro football shouldn't even be in and that his country had very little chance of winning), great career choice.