PALACE IN SIGNS GOOD PLAYER SHOCK!
Typical ... Lucky escape for the lad he'd be playing for Darlington by now
Back then, the languid array of skills which have captivated the
Championship this season were Eze’s hindrance. He was a raw and addictive talent to scouts but lacked polish and was quickly pigeonholed by academy coaches as a luxury player. After Millwall, the maze grew tighter as second and third chances ground to dead ends –
first at Sunderland, then Bristol City and Swansea – with Eze’s work rate consistently cited as the sticking point. “The reason was always that it didn’t look like my desire was there,” he says. “The same thing again and again. All I could think was if you only you knew in my head how much I want this. It’s probably a bad thing but I didn’t think I needed to change [the type of player I was]. I probably should’ve tried to adapt, not play two different systems in one team, but I just wanted to get on the ball and enjoy myself.”