DELE HAS TO PLAY BALL...OR HE’S OUT ON HIS EAR
IF Gareth Southgate was unimpressed with the attitude of Dele Alli and other substitutes during the game against Holland last week, good for him. Tournament football is intense and highly pressured. It requires enormous levels of focus and commitment. Alli is one of this country’s outstanding players, but he has to be switched on during matches. If not, Southgate will have to find someone who is. He may already have located an alternate in Jesse Lingard. There is very little time to make an impression in international football. To play yourself in only takes a match; likewise, out.