Think he did his 10 day isolation in greggsWas it only me who thought he looked a stone too heavy when he came on?
Still needs a proper ‘pre-season’ by the look of things. He appeared to be in pretty poor shape
Have you not been paying attention marvHe looked really poor when he came on. I had assumed that this season would be like last for KDB but he needs to kick on now. What is the problem? Underlying injury? Why can't he just get fit?
Stop blaming his international manager for his issues, the problem is the player.KDB needs a spell on the bench , his fitness levels are miles away thanks to injuries and thanks to Martinez flogging him to death , he even played him for 90 minutes in a dead rubber game against Wales recently , maybe Pep should have a quiet word with Martinez.
At 30 years old his fitnness / stamina will be on the decline for the rest of his contract , but if we can get him fully fit there is at least a couple more seasons of top level football in Kev , hopefully with players like Palmer & MAtee showing promise his replacement will come from our academy saving the £100m it will cost to replace KDB.
stop blaming international manager and then in the next sentence he may have to retire from internationals , slightly contradictory , but agree with your sentiment ,maybe the 2022 world cup should be his last for belgium and concentrate on prolonging his club career.Stop blaming his international manager for his issues, the problem is the player.
He is burnt out physically and mentally, from playing far too much, he is not and has never been a natural athlete.
If he wants to get back to world class levels he may well have to retire from Internationals, with a world cup on the horizon there is zero chance of that.
Fitness is his issue or lack of it, sadly I think we have seen the best of him as a box to box free roaming player.
Why, when everyone is blaming the International manager and not the player?stop blaming international manager and then in the next sentence he may have to retire from internationals , slightly contradictory , but agree with your sentiment ,maybe the 2022 world cup should be his last for belgium and concentrate on prolonging his club career.
The manager picks the team.Why, when everyone is blaming the International manager and not the player?
KDB is clearly a very proud Belgium, who clearly wants to play for his country, even when seriously injured and needing medication for pain, who's fault is that?
And if the player is unfit , he can refuse to playThe manager picks the team.