From this week's Flying Kiwis.
As others have said, wasn't his fault Huddo chucked him in so young.
At age 18, he was thrust into a New Zealand camp as an emergency call-up, and made his international debut in 2015.
Dyer was, and this is his quote, “really bad” during that first stint.
“Before this, I had only ever played in the National League in New Zealand, which is as professional as that level can be,” Dyer began. “I had never experienced such a top-level environment. I was in shock the whole time, even at the hotel when I got there.
“The coach somehow believed I wouldn’t get swooped up in it all. He knew I wouldn’t feel pressure training with some of these players, like Chris Wood. I didn’t feel the pressure… but I was so bad.
“The last training session went really well and I thought, ‘alright, at least I can take this.'”
The last thing Dyer expected was to be called in with 15 minutes to go in the match vs. South Korea.
“He calls me from the bench and my jaw drops. I almost replied, ‘but I had a s–t week.’ I got about 15 minutes, which was pretty good. I did relatively well,” Dyer said before pausing, only to recount “the” moment when he was nutmegged by ex-Swansea City, Sunderland, and Newcastle United midfielder Ki Sung-yueng.
“He put his foot on the ball and just rolls it through my legs so nonchalantly,” Dyer recalled.
“It was the way he ‘megged. He put his foot on the ball and waited about two seconds for me to run toward him. That’s all anyone wanted to talk about… me getting nutmegged. I was just this young guy trying so hard… and I got embarrassed on my debut.”