But if that's the case, how has he got any opportunity to compete for a place?
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For what is a man, what has he got?
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When people get tight he invariably has to pass it square or backwards and you can nullify him - he has not got a trick and he is not someone who is going to go past a defender.
He has still got the ability but now he has also learned the game.
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"As he has got older, he has lost a bit of his early speed, " said Janiak.
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He has scored six goals in seven games, so he has still got a lot to offer.
You can't help but look at Joy and wonder, has he still got it?
Only in the last few months has he really got his form back for the Parisian aristocrats.
He has got the Bridgestone tyres he wanted and has had Yamaha working hard in testing and we have seen increased horse power as a result.
Let's see what he has got to offer and how he fronts up against us.
He has not got the tax cut deal he wanted, and there is now little prospect of him getting it.
"The reason why I say that is because of course he has got a lot of balls he's juggling, " he said.
"I think that the British public will be very disappointed that this is all he has got to say, " he said.
We know he has got a big boot and he is a class player, but I am sure we can move him around a bit.
General Musharraf has promised to restore democracy once he has got to grips with the country's perilous economy, corruption and communal violence, but for now all marches and protest rallies are strictly banned.
He's still only a boy, but physically he has got stronger this last year and he's looking as good as any left-sided player in the country.
Stories are swapped and whiskies are distributed by a doggedly chipper bar steward who has the look of someone who knows he has got a late night ahead.
However a scan revealed the 30-year-old has not broken a bone, but he has got bruising and has been advised by Toulon to avoid contact work for two weeks.
"He has got a frightening talent - I think he might be a bit better than I was, " Gascoigne said.
Gerrard has had big games for Liverpool this season and he has got more to come, including the Europa League semi-final against Atletico Madrid, so only once the season is over can he start thinking about the World Cup.
"He has got his rewards for the high level of performances that he has produced, week in, week out, " said Coyle.
"I do believe he has got to keep training at 100% and I think he has a lot to give on the training ground and I think he knows that, " added Duffen.
He has got away with it, thanks largely to his rustic pugnacity, which he uses to needle the upper castes and charm the lower ones.
He has not always got it right: he was the most important architect of the original bail-out of American International Group, an insurer, which in time has proved flawed, requiring significant amendment.
David Mellor, the former heritage secretary and presenter at BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM, admits that recently he has "got a bit of a reputation for telling people who talk in the opera to stop" after he attracted headlines for remonstrating with fellow audience members.
"I believe he has proven that he's got a coalition that doesn't serve him well, " Eskew says.
It might be a concentration thing, in which case he has got to sort that out.
"He has got great potential and wants to do well, " Sturrock told the Argyle website.
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