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I watched Roy’s press conference and felt he was unduly harsh on the young players who came on. What was evident to me yesterday was the lack of speed and energy in our team. With regard to Roy, he’s fine in terms of setting up a structure to contain teams , but once we fall behind he struggles.
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Originally posted by PatrickA
I watched Roy’s press conference and felt he was unduly harsh on the young players who came on. What was evident to me yesterday was the lack of speed and energy in our team. With regard to Roy, he’s fine in terms of setting up a structure to contain teams , but once we fall behind he struggles. Agreed. At least we gave it a go for some of the game unlike last week where we just didn’t turn up. Desperately need a few positives like Olise &/or Eze coming back.
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Originally posted by PatrickA
I watched Roy’s press conference and felt he was unduly harsh on the young players who came on. What was evident to me yesterday was the lack of speed and energy in our team. With regard to Roy, he’s fine in terms of setting up a structure to contain teams , but once we fall behind he struggles. Thoughtful and fair analysis Patrick. For my part I really worry that what Roy said about the youngsters actually represents an underlying distrust of youth and also what message it sends them. If he - or the club generally - can't work out how to integrate promising but raw young talent into the squad what an earth is the point of the academy or buying in someone like Franca? They should be the future of the club and they need nurturing and support, not unconstructive criticism. I hope Roy sits down with them on Monday and makes good any damage or otherwise we could lose them.
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Disgraceful undermining any player it leads to disharmony in the squad & tends to ‘rollercoaster’.
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All teams have injuries.
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I wonder how many of the posters who in the run-up to the match said that they'd "bite your arm off for 0-0" are the same who are now bitterly compaining that Roy set the team up for a 0-0 draw, lacks ambition, etc., etc. I'm certainly one of those arm biters, and I'm disappointed we didn't get the 0-0, but we gave it a very good go in the first half. Nobody has mentioned what seemed clear to me, that the Spurs players looked after the interval as if they'd had something unpleasant rammed up their posteriors. Son in particular was racing about like the proverbial blue-arsed fly. Under pressure from a very classy side, own goals happen.
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We did our best, need Eze and Olise back. OG killed us
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I think it is very hard for any player to make an impact as an attacking player, and even harder for the younger players, JRS, Franca and Ahamada should start against start against Burnley, so we can see if when everyone is starting cold they perform ------Ayew We are not losing much dropping Hughes, Schlupp and Edouard, they will be on the bench if needed.
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Lots of .Roy this, Roy that , Roy should have talk. But personally I don’t think he has any reason to feel overly excited by the young players on our bench. I get the feeling he knows this is his swan song, so why not confirm what he actually thinks.
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It doesn't take long for the mob to start whining about Roy Hodgson. He was right about our subs. Rak Saki is lightweight and I hope Franca was suffering first night nerves because he was appalling.
Our forwards are bang average, Joel Ward is 5 seasons past the point where we should have replaced him, we have no proper cover for Mitchell, and without Olise and Eze we are incapable of producing sustained pressure or have any pace or creativity at all in the midfield. The squad cannot cope with injuries to key players, and Roy cannot be blamed for that. I do feel that he should have made substitutions after we went behind, but judging by the contribution from the subs, it would have made no difference anyway.
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I agree with Roy, rak sakyi is terrible, I dont know what people see when they watch him but he's nowhere near this level, send him on loan to the championship to continue to develop.
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Originally posted by Putitout
Lots of .Roy this, Roy that , Roy should have talk. But personally I don’t think he has any reason to feel overly excited by the young players on our bench. I get the feeling he knows this is his swan song, so why not confirm what he actually thinks. If this is the case why then did the club spend up to £25m on a relatively untried young Brazilian? How does the club expect Franca to exhibit his potential? I was thinking that Franca would be a starter pretty soon, but Roy has always shown preference to his favourites, and increasingly favourite duffers. Certainly Schlupp no longer brings anything to the party , and as for Ward, he's been Championship material for at least two seasons. Both are guaranteed starters under Roy. Up front Roy still gives Mateta the occasional game, despite him being total pony poo. Edited by southnorwoodhill (28 Oct 2023 10.47am)
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