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Player Cristian Romero

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AberdeenYid said:
I can see why people would want him gone, but I’m not having the last two games as us showing we don’t need him. If that is the case, get rid of Maddison, Kudus and Kulu too. Don’t need them and they can’t be relied upon.

Danso has been better the last two matches, but he’s not the player Romero is.

Our upturn in form has so many elements to it and Romero not playing is way behind the manager getting his ideas across, Gallagher playing well in the correct position, Palhinha being on the pitch, Villa rotating, Wolves being shite, back to back inverted wing backs, a policy of attacking. All come before Romero not playing.
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Romero is not a reliable player, He has a flimsy mentality, picking and choosing which games to turn up for. He is rash and often loses concentration, he is a poor leader on the pitch. We need to move on from him.

The point is not that we are better without him but that we do not need him. And we don't. We don't need to rely on him anymore because as you say, the structure and balance of the team is better now. So lets grant his wish to leave and move on. He's not the right person to captain this club.
 
StripiestPilot said:
Romero is not a reliable player, He has a flimsy mentality, picking and choosing which games to turn up for. He is rash and often loses concentration, he is a poor leader on the pitch. We need to move on from him.

The point is not that we are better without him but that we do not need him. And we don't. We don't need to rely on him anymore because as you say, the structure and balance of the team is better now. So lets grant his wish to leave and move on. He's not the right person to captain this club.
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I do agree he can be improved upon. I would also like to see him playing in a front foot team again, as I think he’d thrive once more. Don’t want to be that guy, but his mentality seemed fine before jug-lugs turned up as manager. Injury problems, sure, but mentally fine.
 
TheSpurEst said:
Last game where Romero played and we won was on 6th of December 2025.
One before that?
4th of October 2025!!!

After 04.10.2025 we have racked up 5 wins. And out of those 5 wins 4 were the games where our fearless leader, role model and world class CB was missing!

After 04.10.2025:
- games with Romero starting: 1 win, 6 draws, 8 losses. 0,6 ppg.
- games without Romero starting: 4 wins, 2 daws, 7 losses. 1,1 ppg.

Hope that the injury issue is giving him lot of time to have negotiations with potential buyers in the summer.
Hope he never plays for Spurs again.
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TheSpurEst said:
Last game where Romero played and we won was on 6th of December 2025.
One before that?
4th of October 2025!!!

After 04.10.2025 we have racked up 5 wins. And out of those 5 wins 4 were the games where our fearless leader, role model and world class CB was missing!

After 04.10.2025:
- games with Romero starting: 1 win, 6 draws, 8 losses. 0,6 ppg.
- games without Romero starting: 4 wins, 2 daws, 7 losses. 1,1 ppg.

Hope that the injury issue is giving him lot of time to have negotiations with potential buyers in the summer.
Hope he never plays for Spurs again.
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100%. Then there are games like against City. We were losing until he went off the pitch. After he went off, we managed to come back and draw. Should really be registered as a loss with Romero on the pitch and a win without him.

Just on that game alone, it's more like 1w 5d 9 loss with him.

Without him 5 wins, 1 d, 7 l.

Could be adjusted much more to show the true negative effect this clown has, but I think this is clear enough, except for a few clowns here, who btw are VERY QUIET now.

Captain clownshoe has been well and truly exposed as a fraud, the worst tottenham captain ever, and almost singlehandedly leading the club to relegation.
 
AberdeenYid said:
I do agree he can be improved upon. I would also like to see him playing in a front foot team again, as I think he’d thrive once more. Don’t want to be that guy, but his mentality seemed fine before jug-lugs turned up as manager. Injury problems, sure, but mentally fine.
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The usual suspects are going to be very annoyed when they realise that De Zerbi loves Romero because he's very good at football - especially De Zerbi football.

I don't think Romero's going anywhere and that's probably for the best because De Zerbi is probably the best possible manager for him to work with.
 
Another of the fake leadership group that didn't deserve that position.

The team spirit looks better without him. I don't care how good he can be on his day, because he's always on the edge of a red card. And people say that's what makes him a good player. Bollocks, it does.

Sell. Move on.
 
Phomesy said:
The usual suspects are going to be very annoyed when they realise that De Zerbi loves Romero because he's very good at football - especially De Zerbi football.

I don't think Romero's going anywhere and that's probably for the best because De Zerbi is probably the best possible manager for him to work with.
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He’s good but he’s so replaceable when you consider his disciplinary record and rep. Officials hate him. He’s never getting away from this.

Guehi isn’t as flashy going forward but is a much better CB.
 
spursfan76 said:
100%. Then there are games like against City. We were losing until he went off the pitch. After he went off, we managed to come back and draw. Should really be registered as a loss with Romero on the pitch and a win without him.

Just on that game alone, it's more like 1w 5d 9 loss with him.

Without him 5 wins, 1 d, 7 l.

Could be adjusted much more to show the true negative effect this clown has, but I think this is clear enough, except for a few clowns here, who btw are VERY QUIET now.

Captain clownshoe has been well and truly exposed as a fraud, the worst tottenham captain ever, and almost singlehandedly leading the club to relegation.
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Im amazed there are people still with an appetite to litigate this most obvious issue. Romero under all the right conditions is an asset...but I say its obvious it isn't in the EPL, he is a good international tournament footballer but a very average one in this league. Sell replace with a committed experienced centerback.

I watched Jonathan Tah for Bayern the other day, he is an old school dominant head it block pass the ball calmly centerback. Nothing special but so much better than what we have got out of our so called world class players. We can easily replace Romero or VDV Spurs fans criminally over rate our players. Tapsoba, Sensei, Van Heke, Lecroix they are all as good and more reliable than the two we have. I recall saying for years Mark Guehi was a much better EPL centerback than our two total denial.Spurs fanbase is really irrational
 
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Deuterz said:
He’s good but he’s so replaceable when you consider his disciplinary record and rep. Officials hate him. He’s never getting away from this.

Guehi isn’t as flashy going forward but is a much better CB.
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Don't disagree with any of that tbh. Problem is we didn't sign Guehi when we should have so it's kinda moot point.

I guess it might depend on our plans for Vuscovic but I don't see Romero going anywhere especially while De Zerbi is here.

All depends on us staying up as well I guess.
 
Phomesy said:
The usual suspects are going to be very annoyed when they realise that De Zerbi loves Romero because he's very good at football - especially De Zerbi football.

I don't think Romero's going anywhere and that's probably for the best because De Zerbi is probably the best possible manager for him to work with.
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You’re wrong and it’s comical you can’t see it!

Romero has proven himself to be a skilled but unprofessional, selfish, and disrespectful twerp who has been bringing this club mentality down for the past 18 months.
 
AberdeenYid said:
I can see why people would want him gone, but I’m not having the last two games as us showing we don’t need him. If that is the case, get rid of Maddison, Kudus and Kulu too. Don’t need them and they can’t be relied upon.

Danso has been better the last two matches, but he’s not the player Romero is.

Our upturn in form has so many elements to it and Romero not playing is way behind the manager getting his ideas across, Gallagher playing well in the correct position, Palhinha being on the pitch, Villa rotating, Wolves being shite, back to back inverted wing backs, a policy of attacking. All come before Romero not playing.
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Well one cannot seriously be that stupid, right?

First of all, there is no such comparison with Madders and Kulu - they have missed whole of this season.
Then reagarding Kudus - we were racking up way more points with him than without. With him being fit for whole year (and currently playing instead of Kolo Muani) we would not be in relegation battle, it is clear as day.

But more importantly - Romero is not just a player like any other. He is captain of the club.
Yet he clearly lets the team down much more often than many of his teammates. Take just the games he has missed due to suspensions this season. And don't get me started of his blatant mistakes and lapses of concentration.

He absolutely can be a good addition and front foot defender. But for a CB you need consistency and stable level of displays. With Romero you can and will get 2/10 one day and 10/10 the following. That is not a leader to guide the team through rough and tricky relegation fight where every mistake could prove fatal.
 
Lickher said:
You’re wrong and it’s comical you can’t see it!

Romero has proven himself to be a skilled but unprofessional, selfish, and disrespectful twerp who has been bringing this club mentality down for the past 18 months.
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I struggle to see how any Spurs fan could even argue that.
He is a captain... so he has overseen the side that have set absurd amount of anti-records.
Of a side that got first EPL victory on 25th of April for fuck sake. Does really more have to be said on the matter?

Might be a different story if he would have had Bale-in-AVB-era performance levels - where everything around him is dross but he constantly delivers. But that in not the case at all, his performances been filled with errors.
 
Lickher said:
That he offers any value to this club in the long term, he needs to be sold and we all need to move on.
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Well you'll have to take it up with De Zerbi not me so... Whatever.

I will just pick you up on one small thing though. When you said this:

Lickher said:
Romero has proven himself to be a skilled but unprofessional, selfish, and disrespectful twerp who has been bringing this club mentality down for the past 18 months.
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We're coming up on the one year anniversary of Bilbao. That's when we won our first European Trophy for 40 years.

Christian Romero was the Player of that Tournament and Man of the Match in the final. So I disagree that he's "been bringing this club's mentality down for the past 18 months". I would level that charge at the incompetent people in charge of our club who replaced a trophy winning manager with a pragmatist whose first promise was that we'd lose games.

But maybe that's just me. 🤷‍♂️
 
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