All About Attitude

1) It's good to see that Daws didn't want to go to QPR, but don't be surprised if we lose him in the summer anyway, only to a bigger and better club than QPR.

2) It's good to see that AVB can admit he got it totally wrong

3) What's wrong (exactly) with Ade's 'attitude?' (be specific?!) unlike many footballers today, he puts his country and his countrymen above playing for his club - shock! Horror! A player who loves his country!! - why are fans so blinded by this typr of genuine natonal committment? I heard the same things being said about Parkers 'attitude' when he insisted in playing for England at the Euro's rather than having his achilles operation or resting an injury he knew he had - hence why he missed so much of the early part of the season - has Parker got an 'attitude' problem as well?

Spursex - Unfortunately Ade is only judged on goals by most. If he scores every week all is great, if he doesn't score then he has an attitude problem. Last week against Lyon I could name at least 8 players that were worse than Ade on the night. Funny how nobody mentions these guys as people with 'attitude'

jod,
Who said he 'lounged' about? He led his country, his country's football organisation was a mess; he took the decision to lead/look after his fellow players and pay for their accomodation out of his own pocket and then got them organised to get on planes - he then quite rightly said that as what they had achieved was momentus that he would see the President.

Please bear in mind this is a player that pays half his salary to support a kids charity at home - by my standards that sets his priorities and standards as well as his 'attitude' way above some others. Yes, he is guilty of putting country and fellow players above club. Shock horror, shame a few more don't in this day and age.

don't think its particularly valid to compare dawson's attitude with modric's. both did what was necessary to get what they wanted, and since one wanted to stay and the other wanted to leave it would be pretty strange if they reacted in the same way. modric gave 100% for many years and said all the right things about the club right up to the point when he decided it was time to move on. pretty much exactly what bale has done to date. lets see what happens when his heart is no longer with us and levy plays hardball. levy does what he must to stall the move and get top dollar, but it also means the player has to kick up a fuss too. modric was world class for us and was always going to move on and I don't really understand the resentment. As for dawson, yes he has shown a great attitude but what else could he have done? The real credit goes to AVB, firstly he never excluded dawson, the player has rightly commended his treatment throughout - he has been treated with respect and honesty, AVB has created a sense of meritocracy where dawson knows that if he shows enough in training he will get a chance and finally AVB has had the courage to publicly say I was wrong about dawson and it is lucky that we didn't sell him... wow, compare all of that to how harry would have treated a player he announced was surplus to requirements - he would have been frozen out, ostracised, and on principal harry would never admit to a mistake so no matter what the player showed in training he would never get a chance. yet again AVB showing who the great man manager is

wonder what our thinking of Adebayor will be if he grabs winners against West Ham and Arsenal in the next six days? Fans are fickle and always need a pantomine villain and at the moment EA is the perfect candidate. saying that he doesnt help himself

Dawson's attitude and the subsequent decision to retain his services are both excellent. He's never going to be a truly great defender, but he is very good and certainly no liability. Just what we need to allow us to rotate our centre backs to get the most out of all of them for the entire season, while saving our best for the most demanding encounters. He also serves as an example to other players of what is possible, if they knuckle down and try hard.

I remember Adebayor getting slated plenty last season, even when he was banging them in for fun or setting others up to do so. It's funny how some players rub fans up the wrong way while others don't.

I've always though our attitude was mental.

Spursex - You appear to be rewriting history, he didn't get anyone on a plane, not even himself. If a player has other priorities and only sees his club as a convenient cash cow then that may work very well for the player but it certainly won't for the club. Its not even about being mercenary, BAE says he plays for pay but he would never have behaved like Adebeyor.

jod - You are clearly biased against Ade and won't let the facts get in the way of your negativity towards Ade. Waste of time trying to discuss with those that don't want to see.

jod - You are clearly biased against Ade and won't let the facts get in the way of your negativity towards Ade. Waste of time trying to discuss with those that don't want to see.

You need more than attitude though. At least with Adebayor if he had a great attitude you'd have a very good player. With Dawson, with a great attitude you'd still get an average player as his talents are limited. Berbatov was the best example. With a great attitude we'd have probably had a world class player but instead he let that hold him back his whole career. On paper, having Bale, Holtby and Lennon in behind Ade looks like our best bet but it will depend on Ade to lead the line and make it work.

Ade is awesome. We are lucky to have him. I love Ade.

We don't really know what players attitude is really like all we do is assume re how they perform and through their body language and effort on the pitch. Re Dawson credit to him for getting on with it and getting back into the team. Personally we have a good player who of course is not world class and who has limitations but he has done well for us. He works better with certain pairings but overall I think he is a valuable player. Yes we are progressing and he will not be our first choice but he is a good back up and will always push for a starting place when we have so many games. I prefer him to Gallas and he has more experience than Caulker. He is a top guy from what I observe. AVB if he has admitted he made a mistake then that is a good sign, shows his humble side and flexibility. I agree with the comments made re HR if he had made a mistake he would never admitted it and the player would have been excluded, he did that with various players - so well done AVB.

Re Modric attitude - he did what most players/people do who heart goes out of their job - he kicked up a fuss. I think he could have dealt with it better as he was under contract but we don't know what really went off with him and Levy so may be he felt he had a real gripe with Levy and decided to kick up a fuss - again we don't know. I think he seemed like a decent guy but we don't know. I think he was like Keane and Berby - always thought Berby was a good guy and still do I think he kicked up a fuss because he felt let down by change of managers and lack of signings - ambition from club. However, Keane never struck me as a decent guy - his attitude on the pitch was often childlike so it didn't surprise me caused trouble to get his own way - look at how many clubs he left.

Re Ade I don't really take to him as I think he is lazy. He obviously has some talent even though he has limitations - his ball control is woeful at times and he also misses a lot of chances not that clinical. However, he has the ability to make things happen when he is on his game. His body language this season has appeared to be 'not interested' he has also been lazy. However, he didn't get the right start missing pre season, then injuries and when he was fit Defoe was on fire. Now I am not sure whether all this amounts to having a bad attitude. May be he is a confident player a player that needs to feel wanted a player that needs to be No 1. We all have different personalities. Some players if they are put in the lime light actually cannot cope with it they are quieter and more reserved and some players need to be in the lime light to function.

We don't know what went off pre season - the length of time it took him to arrive and we don't know what when off in ACN - he obviously looks after his Country people and friends and family so this shows he has a good warm side to him but regards football he does seem to go hot and cold and has had problems at previous clubs. I am not keen on keeping him and didn't want him to sign as I predicted he wouldn't be the player we needed but he is here now so I will support him. It makes no sense not supporting him as he and Defoe need support to get them scoring and contributing. Before Defoes injury he had gone several games without a goal and Ade hasn't and Ade has been woeful most of the season and we need that to change and being supporting is the only way I feel to help them - no point kicking someone when they are down. Everything could change in an instant with Ade - one good game and he could go on a run of games that bring us goals. I feel there will be changes in the summer any way I hope for the remainder of this season we get Ade and Defoe up and running again.

Its all about performances. The fact is, Dawsons Great "attitude" almost makes up for his lack of actual footballing quailities. If you look at Berbatovs lazy attitude on the pitch we would have torn him a new one if he wasnt banging goals in week in week out. If ADE starts scoring then his "attitude" will soon be skipped over. The fcat is Dawsons peformnaces and attitude has been above par this season, ADE's have been very below par. Like OX said, if he scored tonight and next sunday all would be forgotten. The fact is i cant see hom scoring again this season on current performances. Ekotto need a kick up the ass more than anyone. Not his usual self at the moemnt but im sure that will come with games.

People all credit Dawsons great Attitude. However i see it a bit differently. From reports i've read and they are quotes from AVB and Dawson. Dawson was made club captain and he had a meeting with AVB to discuss his role. In this meeting he was told he would be a squad player and played as and when and would not be first choice. With this he asked to leave and was then told he could leave if he wished. The only club who came in for him were QPR so he stayed as didn't want to play for a relegation candidate. If a team like everton or liverpool had come in do you think he would still be here. He stayed and the rest is history and he's performing. The problem is for the press its not an AVB bashing headline if its Dawson wants to leave for first team football. He has fought for his place and is playing well. But lets not give him too much credit for his attitude. He had no option but to stay and fight and he'd been told he would be used in rotation and when needed already. He got lucky Kaboul got lengthy lay off and then Benny got injuired as suddenly only had three fit CB as Verts covered LB. Anyways thats my 2pence worth. COYS win tonight and go 3rd.

Spursex

Should Adebayor not show the same commitment for the club that pays his wages as much as he does his country ? Not alot to ask .
Talk about defend the undefendable

Dawson does have a good attitude. He is. Fantastic back up to have. He really is probably just shading 3rd house right now... Caulker will be better long term. The first two cb at the club by a mile r Kabul and verts. If Dawson just stopped playing that long ball I would probably have a lot more appreciation for him. He's never say die defending makes up for hi lack of pace. Solid defender just stop that long ball and hopefully he's content at being 3rd or 4th choice long term.

Lol big c u could use ur exact argument against urself? Does Ade have an attitude problem or is Ade just being Ade? We all knew what we were getting before he signed 2 weeks into the season. Some people are simply acting like spoilt brats on here. The article would have been fair to criticize his form and rather focus on how or why he currently is not performing yet the author focuses on non footballing matters which he clearly has zero insight on. The club, the manager and the player have all discussed this pvt so where on earth anyone here has inside info to base their opinion on is actually hilarious.

Big C - as I said to Jod your view is as valid as anybody else's. My view is that you sound like a broken record - a sad old 78 at that - in your constant disparaging of current players. Not a great exhibition of support in my book. Strengths, weaknesses and preferences are one thing, downright character assassination is another.

Adebayor lick arses watching the West ham game ?

Big C, let's not forget we don't pay Adebayor's wages, only part of them, Man City pay the rest to get rid, that tells you something. This was probably the factor that persuaded Levy to sign him in the first place, as well as his form last year, when trying to get a contract, he is a shadow of that player now.

Mix26, that's precisely the point we didn't "know what we were getting" unless we believed the hype about his attitude at Arsenal, Man City, and Real Madrid. Some of us thought during his season on loan that here he was going to be different. He got his his megga bucks contract (with Man City chipping in) and he turned instantly to a waste of space, and has contributed next to nothing this season, he has been an expensive mistake. To think we could have signed a younger, quicker, keener, more committed and .more prolific striker than him, 3 goals is hardly prolific by the end of February, never mind the sob stories and excuses. He can give his wages to whatever charity he likes, but it is a pity he don't earn, rather than just get them, first. Somebody should sort him out, or blow him out, one or the other.

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