Soccer: Dyer urged to 'have sense'
Kieron Dyer has been urged to ‘come to his senses’ by the man who first identified his potential at Ipswich.
Dyer was one of four Newcastle players fined and sent home from the club’s trip to Spain after failing to attend an official function.
It is not the first time the 22-year-old has been in trouble for off-the-field activities, newspaper revelations about his antics on holiday last year led to a dressing down by manager Bobby Robson.
And now Ken Goody, who has known Dyer since he was 10 years old at Ipswich’s academy, is urging the midfielder to make headlines for his performances on the field rather than off it.
‘‘From our personal point of view he was very quiet,’’ Goody said
‘‘He was a shy boy. At Ipswich he was fine. It’s probably the fame and the money that may have something to do with it.
‘‘Ipswich is not a big city club and he could go about his business like all the boys can but possibly in the big city lights there is more fame.
‘‘I think he has the character to bounce back. Football is very important to Kieron. I don’t know if it’s the company he keeps or what.
‘‘I would tell him to come to his senses and show the people of Newcastle and England what he can do and I hope he will be in the England set-up for the World Cup.
