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Brighton - De Zerbi recognises things aren't quite working, makes a double change at half-time which changes the game. Chelsea - Pochettino makes a double change and a tactical adjustment which doesn't work and so makes another change which does. Roy - bring on a defensive player if we're winning/drawing. Bring on a forward player for the last 10 minutes if we're not. You can almost set your watch by Roy's subs they're so predictable. It was the case in his previous reign too. The new move is to only bring on the young guns against teams he expects us to lose against, when we're already losing and the game is seemingly lost. The game, by Roy's own admission (see his interview with the FYP podcast), has moved on a lot in the last few years. The question increasingly is has he been left behind?
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Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow
Yep, so many options to replace Eze yesterday - an argument can be made for any of Hughes, Schlupp, Ozoh or Franca, depending on what you’re trying to achieve, but to go with none is just poor game management. A more progressive manager absolutely finds solutions in our squad - Roy seems more interested in pointing out how bad our squad is. Chelsea were poor and definitely there for the taking. Eze off replaced by Schlupp, Richards off ( although thought he had a good game)replaced by Hughes and , if he had to come off, Ayew replaced by Franca
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the absence of Hughes at Stamford Bridge was painful. I reckon we could have got at least a Draw, had he played.
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Every ten minutes Franca has played he has been visible. Christ knows if he is any good and until he gets thrown in the deep end we will never know. He has sprinklings of stardust, but it would be nice to see what he can do over at least one half.
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Originally posted by dreamwaverider
Every ten minutes Franca has played he has been visible. Christ knows if he is any good and until he gets thrown in the deep end we will never know. He has sprinklings of stardust, but it would be nice to see what he can do over at least one half.
Obviously to an extent that's correct but, also, when a manager leaves then typically you'll see one or two of the players who weren't getting a look in suddenly thrive under their successor. Eze under Vieira / Roy as an example. I think there are a few players, Franca and Ahamada in particular, who should have played a more significant part in recent weeks. Have mentioned this elsewhere but you can't have a transfer strategy that revolves around procuring talented, expressive youngsters and a manager whose entire philosophy is centered on discipline and experience. It makes no sense. People seem wary of Cooper but I feel he'll be absolutely perfect for our transfer strategy.
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Originally posted by Canterbury Palace
yup. That Chelscum cv.nt who scored the second goal. We fired him yonks ago. Fired from the children's squad.
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87 minutes. Dear opposition manager, Palace are easy to play cos they are very predictable. In the last ten minutes of every game, they are exhausted. So, play a counter-attacking running game, tire them out and hey presto.......a late winner/equaliser. It seems to work every time. the most competitive league in the world ? even an overweight beer-swilling slob can see why our recent form has been rubbish. Edited by PalazioVecchio (30 Dec 2023 5.31pm)
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have done some research on subs made by other teams check out man city , pep does alot of late subs and not to key players he expects his key players to last 90 mins and so he should , and when you think about there bench its maybe 400m worth of talent sitting there , Roy cant go for broke because we dont have the strength , we need to spend 60 to 80m for cover and will they be another Olise or Eze doubt it , we had 3 play makers then a injured wilf went on a free should have sold him 2 season ago and spent the 40/50m on a couple of players , but can you image the uproar on here ,
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