Mohammed Dikuiza

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Mohammed Dikuiza

Was just looking this guy up to see if he's gone on to have any sort of career. Was released by Bees at the end of 07/08 and joined Hayes. Left to join Beaconsfield SYCOB in December 2009. There's no record of when he left or where he moved to, which is surprising given he has a unique name.

I then found a news report at http://hayes.uxbridgegazette.co.uk/2012/03/lengthy-terms-for-cocaine-gang.html from earlier this year, which says a Mohammed Dikuiza (among others) has been banged up for drug running. His age is given as 22 - he was born in September 1989, the article was in March, he was living in Uxbridge, some of his accomplices are from Hayes, so do the sums.

THREE men from Hayes and one from Uxbridge were part of a gang of drug runners caught with high purity cocaine worth £100,000.

Dikuiza's precise role in the conspiracy was unclear, said the judge, though it was obvious he was at a lower level. He and Watson were both jailed for three years.

Dikuiza, 22 . . . convicted by a jury of conspiracy to supply cocaine.
 

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Naughty Boy :nono:
 

Mohammed Dikuiza

What a lot of Beat Poets posts prove is how easy it is for some players on the books of league clubs to fall from grace (obviously this example more so than most!)

It must be easy for a 17/18 year old at a pro club to think he has already made it, but looking at where most ex bees youth team players now are (and I am sure this is reflective of other teams) they will be lucky to carve out a decent semi-pro career in the conference south!

If anyone currently on our books is reading this, or knows anyone who is, remind yourself that getting to that stage is maybe the easiest step-so many talented players have fallen by the wayside (Charlie Ide anyone!?) and very few players get by on technique alone. From speaking to people who know professional footballers, Attitude and work rate are the attributes that the players who do get offered pro contracts posses. Its the players who stay late every training session to work on their weaknesses that will go on to have a career in the game, not the ones who maybe start out as the most obviously gifted.
 

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brighton bee said:
What a lot of Beat Poets posts prove is how easy it is for some players on the books of league clubs to fall from grace (obviously this example more so than most!)

It must be easy for a 17/18 year old at a pro club to think he has already made it, but looking at where most ex bees youth team players now are (and I am sure this is reflective of other teams) they will be lucky to carve out a decent semi-pro career in the conference south!

If anyone currently on our books is reading this, or knows anyone who is, remind yourself that getting to that stage is maybe the easiest step-so many talented players have fallen by the wayside (Charlie Ide anyone!?) and very few players get by on technique alone. From speaking to people who know professional footballers, Attitude and work rate are the attributes that the players who do get offered pro contracts posses. Its the players who stay late every training session to work on their weaknesses that will go on to have a career in the game, not the ones who maybe start out as the most obviously gifted.
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Good post :sorted:
 

Mohammed Dikuiza

brighton bee said:
From speaking to people who know professional footballers, Attitude and work rate are the attributes that the players who do get offered pro contracts posses. Its the players who stay late every training session to work on their weaknesses that will go on to have a career in the game, not the ones who maybe start out as the most obviously gifted
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Yeah I remember an interview with Marcus Gayle where he pretty much said the same thing. He said he was miles behind some of the kids in terms of technique, but they just didn't have the work ethic.
 

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Beat Poet said:
Yeah I remember an interview with Marcus Gayle where he pretty much said the same thing. He said he was miles behind some of the kids in terms of technique, but they just didn't have the work ethic.
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Agree, Kevin Gage was a decent player but not even one of the better players in a very strong local kids team back in the late 70's. He went to Wimbledon along with about 6 of that side for a summer of training and was the only one that was retained. He then went onto play over 400 games in the football league and many of them in the top 2 divisions. Same applied to a lad called Glyn Hodges who I played alongside, decent, always in the district side and county squad but at that time nowhere near as good as team mates who were at Chelsea and Tottenham at the time. It's a lot to do with attitude, work ethic, support, upbringing, development and a big slice of luck.
 
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