"I'm not good enough to get in the team yet. I'm honest with myself in every performance and that was rubbish - I looked like a pub team player."
Sounds like they are quoting the player himself...
Think it takes a bit of a leap to go from a quote that he played like a pub team player in one game, to actually describing him in the headline as a "pub team player".
Somewhat lacking in context. Or factual accuracy.