He’s 29, one of the highest, if not the highest, paid GK’s in the world; he needs to be sat v West Ham. Not only does it send a message to him, the rest of the squad see it too. We should handle West Ham without him, anyway.
It’ll give Ole a chance to see how DDG reacts to adversity. Does he sulk, whine and try to cause drama or does he show up for practice early, put his head down and fight to get focused again?
I still think he’s one of the best in the world but his mistakes are not through lack of ability, they’re through lack of focus; to me it seems if he has a split second too long to think about it, he f*cks up... If he’s making instinctual dives he’s generally ok. That horror show v Chelsea was quite remarkable considering he made some decent saves, too.
His over reliance on using his feet/legs to save rather than his hands/arms is also concerning; really bad habit he’s gotten into.