Has any other player in living memory gone very being so good to being so bad in such a short space of time. It had been known for a while that the offspring of Gus erstwhile Chelsea Tottenham star was coming through the academy at the Valley. He was the next diamond to be unearthed polished and plunged into our first team the next Scotty Parker. So when first under CP then regularly in Rigas first spell he burst onto the scene a lot was expected of him. He didn't disappoint a lot has been made of Riga keeping us up that year. Others have said the character in Powells team saw us through. For me it was young Diego who kept us up.A 17 year old as composed as any centre mid player I'd seen at cafc for many a year. His tackle that lead indirectly to Jackos famous winner V QPR epitomised his talent. Tackled like a train never misplaced a pass ,brilliant. Deservedly won our player of the year that season then head turned buggered off to West Ham. Rumours abound as to why he left was he about to be loaned out to SL the following season maybe maybe not but he didn't sign a contract and with an up yours to us all left. At West Ham he played a couple of league cup nothing games was ok then loaned out first to join old mucker Powell at Huddersfield then later MK both had mixed reports . Huddersfield sent him back early MK he started well then goth dropped as they felt they had better players than him... . Charlton legend Karel Fraeye signed him up on loan to mixed feelings from Cafc fans not because of his talent but due to The circumstances in which he left us first time round. I myself was blocked on Twitter for saying he should stay gain experience before goin off to sit on a premier league bench.when he left. He didn't even bench warm at the hammers that's often ! Any way back at the valley and....USELESS UNINTERESTED RUBBISH. I have never seen a player go from so good to so bad wether it's attitude or what there is no denying he is every bit as bad as Naby Sar or even Roger Johnson these days . The boy has lost it from being destined for glory he ain't even good enough for our bench What happened
It's sad being honest - he's a shadow of his former self. There is a player there though, but it might take a lot longer to reach the top, similar to Harry Arter. He needs to get his head down, and his next decision is probably his biggest - those he go i search of first team football, or is he happy to remain at a big club and sit it out. More interestingly - would you sign him back on a perm for League One?
Confidence shot. Doesn't want the ball, and when he gets it he passes it back to the back 4 and trots up the field out of the way. Now that Diarra's probably out we really could do with the old Poyet, Pity.
That's the sad thing we know how good he can be ...confidence probably hit by being about 6th choice at West Ham now can't see him staying there. He wouldn't drop down to league 1 I doubt and reckon he can't wait to leave us anyway. His lack of effort is what gets to me most against MK he started and made 1 that's ONE tackle in 90 mins .
Christian Dailly, PoTY one season absolute pants the next... Christian had the excuse that his legs suddenly went that summer!
he's sh1t now. he'll get released from west ham this year. they're going to finish 5th or 6th, possibly higher. why would they keep him when he cant do a job for 2 of the teams in the bottom 4 of the championship. west ham only signed him because of hype around him. He'd struggle in L1. doesnt have the build for it and his passing wont get him out of it.
I honestly don't know if he'd be worth keeping for league 1. He may feel as a Premiership star it's way beneath him, but he's flunked twice in the Championship this season, and I genuinely don't know if he'll turn this around. I can't see him making it at the Hampsters now though. If I was manager, I would think very hard about offering him a contract. He needs to get his head down but there seems no sign of that, and a player of his previous standards should be leading in the middle, not hiding from the ball. I remember watching him the day Burnley stuffed us 3-0 at the Valley and thinking he looked the best player on the pitch by a wide margen. I was desperately looking for him to sign a contract extension, but he chose the quick buck. Very sad but it was his decision, and no acrimony from me. But what have West Ham done to him? Real mystery for me.
Totally in the head - I think the Harry Arter comparison is a good one (not that Arter ever lost it, he just took time to develop). He has no choice but to start gain in the third tier.
Diego Poyet is the David Bentley of 2016. A classic case of too much, too soon, and his career is going down the pan as a result. The writing was on the wall for those who saw his performance at Colchester away in the FA Cup in January, not only was he a passenger against bottom of League 1 opponents, he was a statue who barely jogged around the park. Riga could not have been more supportive in his public pronouncements 'I know this boy well and he was incredible for me last time' etc, but it seems like even JR has lost faith. For Poyet not even to make the 18 in a squad as poor as ours really says something - and with a manager who likes him. A sad tale, but Diego needs to look at himself and those who (badly) advised him.
Very sad, maybe a comparison with John Bostock is appropriate. Both players went to a big club as a very good player and came out an empty shell. The same could have happened to Gomez if he'd gone to Man. City who were after him and offered huge bucks, but he had the sense to choose a club where he had a chance of first-team action. Let's hope Lookman is equally well advised, because some of these big clubs have a lot to answer for.
Well that's the problem. £30k a week is peanuts to Wham. The rich clubs can afford to hoover up the youngsters with stars in their eyes (and pushy agents).
£30K a week is a lot more than he got with us ...gone to his head. Can forgive loss of form but to me his effort was non existant.
The journey he has gone through, from us to today, is directly it. That would do it to him, simple as that in my eyes. Confidence chipped away at, mentally all over the place... Himself, his father, his agent, coaches.. has all led to going in the wrong direction. It can be recaptured though, but it requires starting at the bottom, will he ever accept that though.
So waster Poyet has come out today wingeing about his lack of game time since he's been back eh...useless greedy waste of space ,wonder where this muppet will pitch up next robbing them blind .
He didn't get any game time at Wham, not much at Udders and not much at MKD. Wonder if he went crying to the local press at these places?
Reports he was a`passenger at Colchester, didn't do much at other games he got on the pitch, and seems he now thinks he should be an automatic choice. Sorry Diego, now those days are gone. Come back next season if you fancy it - renegotiating the pay packet, obviously.
Poyet played well when he started at OT - and the Hammers fans seemed really big on him. The loan spells have been pretty disastrous - I think he needs to regain stability and he'll bounce back. If he doesn't, then it will be a wasted career - and that would be a shame.
I seem to remember that when he was at Wham and not getting any game time he tweeted about how happy he was there, patiently waiting for his chance. Maybe he just doesn't fit in here any more and he knows it, in which case the loan should be terminated by mutual consent. I wouldn't say he made a mistake leaving the Belgian Circus, just made a mistake in the club he chose.
Completely agree, FHB. Leaving us has proved to be the right decision, but the wrong move. We are a club going nowhere, but Poyet can still change his future. He just needs to be more cautious with his next move. Hopefully he's humbled by this.
