Not Roy out hut if something was to happen I would happily accept him

The young lads came off the bench and were the only bright spot against Toon...Roy says they had nothing to be happy about. They come off the bench against Spurs and don't seem to have any clear instruction about what they're supposed to be doing. Roy focuses on how bad they were. If it's all stick and no carrot is that really a good strategy? Franca came off the bench against Toon looking like he was brimming with confidence and played like it. He looked like a nervous boy when he came on on Friday and played like it; why is that? JRS was similar.

I was surprised at how well Roy got us playing last season but in the 10 games so far I would argue we've only really played that well in two, Sheffield Utd (who were awful) and United away (who have been toothless). These next three games will give us a better idea of where we're at, but Roy seems really agitated at the moment (he's given a few stroppy interviews of late). Talk of getting rid of him is mad, but he needs to pull his head out of his ar$e.

In my opinion he is like all of us very very frustrated. Possibly his last season in management and he had high hopes of a decent finish with possibly push for Europe and now he has seen his already weak squad destroyed with injuries and the lack of quality replacement is shocking at this level.

Highly likely.
When one takes a step back and takes an honest look at the starting line ups of the last few games one has to openly concede that, barring the keeper, centre backs, and one midfielder, we are as lacking in quality as in any other season we have spent during this period of our history in the PL, and arguably this side that Roy has to manage is inferior to most of them. Given what the club has spent on transfer fees and wages during this period the end result is abysmal. But we'll still finish 12th and that's ok then.

Edited by southnorwoodhill (30 Oct 2023 9.01am)

I'm a big Roy fan on the whole, but think he got it wrong to call out the youngsters publicly. This sort of thing should be said behind closed doors. I don't see how it would benefit anyone, especially Franca who is new to the county and language.

Can understand his frustration but its a bit of freak scenario to have so many injuries to key players. The squad is a bit thin, but I feel the club are doing their best with a limited budget. The silver lining is we'd likely have lost the last two games even with our strongest side.

With Eze and Olise likely returning over the next two weeks coinciding with a run of winnable games, we'll hopefully be back in the top half with everyone feeling more positive. We're close to being a very good side, just missing full backs and a striker.

Talksport have accused Roy of throwing the youngsters '' under the bus ''.

It's just possible that having seen the club spunk £40m on a goalkeeper and unknown teenager, he feels that he has been.

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