On form today mate
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Player Cristian Romero
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On form today mate
Porro same level, VDV same level (a very fucking quick level). Can't say that anyone has got better so far this season compared to last. I guess Madisson has been a little better for the 1st few games this season than the last 10 of last season, but still no where near the level he showed for the 1st 8 or 9 at the start of last season.
This is a specific response to someone singling Romero out.
That doesn't mean he should be exempt from criticism though. Just because we have failed to score doesn't mean his terrible defending should get a pass.
TeflonRom indeed.
No, he wasn't at fault at all of them but on one he was daydreaming and that cost us the game.
If you find one player who game after game is costing us goals, you probably want to do something about it.
I'd start giving Drag real game time.
real madrid?
He was at fault for all goals conceded so far this season!
Yea he was. Has to be dropped for Dragu. If Ange doesn't do something about it he has to go.
That cunt Levy is underpaying him. Would Liverpool, City, Chelsea or Woolwich pay him as little as us? No
So Romero is terrible and also that is Levy's fault?
All the teams you mentioned have better defenders than Romero in their starting 11.
Maybe he is already checked out on moving to Madrid? maybe it's because Ange is failing to get the best out of the players? The latter is certainly true.
However, let's be honest Romero has been utter shit this season. And also let's be honest, he is so overrated by our fans. He's not even in the same conversation for best CBs alongside King, Toby and Jan. With them you genuinely always felt secure and they were so reliable. Magestic in defence. Romero is a complete clown in comparison.
He is so overrated because of his exploits with Argentina, but to me for us he's rarely ever been consistently at a high level. You can't be such a top CB yet make so many mistakes so often. It's very possible he just struggles with the high intensity of English football and would manage more in Spain where his mistakes would be covered by Madrid's riches in attack.
He's typical of Spurs where we are right now. Reputation proceeds us but when you properly analyse, we are poor. No consistency, no reliability. Just so erratic and naive.
I would genuinely have no qualms about selling for 80 million to Madrid next summer, Id bite their hands off. Shame we won't spend the money on good players but it is what it is.
However, let's be honest Romero has been utter shit this season. And also let's be honest, he is so overrated by our fans. He's not even in the same conversation for best CBs alongside King, Toby and Jan. With them you genuinely always felt secure and they were so reliable. Magestic in defence. Romero is a complete clown in comparison.
He is so overrated because of his exploits with Argentina, but to me for us he's rarely ever been consistently at a high level. You can't be such a top CB yet make so many mistakes so often. It's very possible he just struggles with the high intensity of English football and would manage more in Spain where his mistakes would be covered by Madrid's riches in attack.
He's typical of Spurs where we are right now. Reputation proceeds us but when you properly analyse, we are poor. No consistency, no reliability. Just so erratic and naive.
I would genuinely have no qualms about selling for 80 million to Madrid next summer, Id bite their hands off. Shame we won't spend the money on good players but it is what it is.
No. I’m saying he’s good and we underpay him.
The dreaded “I’m a clever bald cunt with a highly punchable face, and I can beat the system. I’m right. You’re all wrong” approach of little Daniel
I don't disagree that our wage structure is shit but it's quite the statement to infer that his ooor performances are because he feels undervalued and underpaid. That's incredibly unprofessional.
He's not getting paid hundreds of thousands to turn out for his country and seldom puts a foot wrong.
It's not just about being underpaid.
It's about being asked to do the work of 2 or 3 men every game, getting flack from fans and seeing yourself blamed for the teams dismal results
Oh I don't disagree, but it's not healthy to attribute blame on one player. He's made brain farts, which have directly led to goals. What of the players than conceded the corners? That gave up possession further up the pitch that left him exposed in those situations? Who should have covered when he pushed forward? Why do we play a system that requires us to score two goals to ensure a positive result? It's more than just Romero. It's just easy to look for someone to blame for the shite.
Romero definitely isn't the only one getting the blame. The reason he is getting pelters though is because he's one of our best players, regularly called a world class centre back, yet has cost us 4 goals in 4 games...
Our offensive players are blamed every single week for not being able to do the offensive stuff. They're the ones preventing us from outright winning.
And sadly, Romero is also at hand for costing us plenty of points early on. If our offence could do their job, it means we'd have to rely on Romero less but we're not giving up chances so it's sad that the rare time we do give them up, Romero is costing us.
Luckily, neither of those are system related. They're personnel issues. Romero will sort it out. He's too good not to. But he shouldn't be exempt from the criticism when he's pretty much at hand for directly costing us goals and points. That's silly
I haven’t said his performances are a direct result of that. However it is an exhibition of lack of ambition (despite what little Daniel thinks) and that will surely at some point affect some players negatively ?