Capoue bleats show his problem
Here we have again the I didn't get a chance rubbish from a former player. Every player gets a chance every day, it's called training.
What you do on a training field determines whether you are improving your chances of selection. You have to train in such a fashion that you are busting a gut to get picked, if you are not then why should a coach select you above someone else? All these fans who say so and so wasn't given a chance are the same fans who would moan why did we play XYZ if their inclusion drops us points regularly. Then the argument we were only giving him a chance wouldn't wash.
It's a bit like politics, Labour tradition is charity, take from someone earning and give to everyone else. Conservatism is basically go out, make a difference and keep the earnings. new Labour, now just Labour again has tried to shed that image by trying to be more like Conservatives.
Étienne Capoue has trotted out the same charity line. He has always been guaranteed a place he tells us, he is not used to having to actually work to gain one, no, it should be handed on a plate. This charity approach is to the detriment of the team, besides which he was given plenty of opportunities and didn't perform as required, he performed slowly and at his pace.
Well if you have failed to impress three managers then you need to be looking in the mirror not for excuses, losers look for excuses, winners look at themselves and what they could have done better, they learn from it. Go talk to the coach, get his opinion, ask him what you need to do to progress in his eyes, what can you do to push yourself nearer the side. Analyse everything yourself, determine how to achieve that goal and out it into practice.
Simply doing what you do every other day isn't good enough so you need to change it or improve it. More effort, more energy, better interpretation of instructions, speeding up your game, improve your vision, the list goes on and on of the little things you can improve so why aren't you doing it? Get off your backside and make something happen, don't go through the motions and wait for charity, bleating when it doesn't come.
He is a decent player, he'll do well at Watford I would think but in football you don't rest on your laurels, you look to continually improve and we only need players at the club with that mentality.
Further Reading
Harry Kane's mental approach sts him apart
How to improve Dembele, Lamela, Townsend
What you do on a training field determines whether you are improving your chances of selection. You have to train in such a fashion that you are busting a gut to get picked, if you are not then why should a coach select you above someone else? All these fans who say so and so wasn't given a chance are the same fans who would moan why did we play XYZ if their inclusion drops us points regularly. Then the argument we were only giving him a chance wouldn't wash.
It's a bit like politics, Labour tradition is charity, take from someone earning and give to everyone else. Conservatism is basically go out, make a difference and keep the earnings. new Labour, now just Labour again has tried to shed that image by trying to be more like Conservatives.
Étienne Capoue has trotted out the same charity line. He has always been guaranteed a place he tells us, he is not used to having to actually work to gain one, no, it should be handed on a plate. This charity approach is to the detriment of the team, besides which he was given plenty of opportunities and didn't perform as required, he performed slowly and at his pace.
"It was a difficult situation [at Tottenham]. In two years we changed the coach three times. I wasn’t in the plans of two of those coaches, it felt like a very long time for me [without playing regularly]."
Well if you have failed to impress three managers then you need to be looking in the mirror not for excuses, losers look for excuses, winners look at themselves and what they could have done better, they learn from it. Go talk to the coach, get his opinion, ask him what you need to do to progress in his eyes, what can you do to push yourself nearer the side. Analyse everything yourself, determine how to achieve that goal and out it into practice.
Simply doing what you do every other day isn't good enough so you need to change it or improve it. More effort, more energy, better interpretation of instructions, speeding up your game, improve your vision, the list goes on and on of the little things you can improve so why aren't you doing it? Get off your backside and make something happen, don't go through the motions and wait for charity, bleating when it doesn't come.
He is a decent player, he'll do well at Watford I would think but in football you don't rest on your laurels, you look to continually improve and we only need players at the club with that mentality.
Further Reading
Harry Kane's mental approach sts him apart
How to improve Dembele, Lamela, Townsend
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