Ogbonna tells us what’s required from here!
Well excuse me but I thought that was the case on every match day or indeed in any walk of life – that it is being stated only suggests we have a problem among some of those with a bit too much on their minds apart from winning football games.
Honestly, these things really shouldn’t be said!
Hopefully, after two quite horrible results, a quiet window which demonstrated that the manager is keeping faith with his squad the players will get the message.
We are trusting them to sort things out although I still maintain there really is no need for such things to be spoken publicly – it just causes doubt in the minds of the fans that everyone is being as professional as he should be.
Speaking ahead of the Liverpool game Ogbonna said: ““I think we have to do things step by step and we are now totally focused on this Premier League game with Liverpool
In this moment of the season, we have to concentrate 100 per cent on our jobs, as it is a really, really important game.
“We still want to achieve things this season in the Premier League so, if we want to do them, we need to do better, starting against Liverpool on Monday.”
Declan Rice will have a key role to play and Oggy is delighted with the player’s development saying: “Everybody knows that Dec has a lot of quality for his age and that he’s a good player and he’s a good lad.
When I see young players train hard and not complain because they want to reach the top level, it’s very, very good.
“The position Dec plays is very important for the defence, it makes your job easier. He has to read the game totally and keep the ball and try to give the defence an opportunity to play from the back.
“He is doing well.”