Roberts


IanS

Midfield
Can you please explain why Roberts is in the team. Week in week out he gets the ball and runs, thus ends with him running into a defender, producing a pass that is so late because he realises he is about to run into a player or he just shoots nowhere near the goal. 17 games and he has zero goals, zero assists.
 
Does nothing for me like, don't see the obsession. He doesn't even pull 2 players away to mark him anymore, which was always my defense of him. He doesn't suit the style of play we play at all, snatches at chances, and games often pass him by. I'd rather Ba or Adil play, they've made far more of an impact than him across the limited play time they've had.
 
He's great to watch, love to see him play but no goals or assists in 17 games tells a story. Didn't Tony talk a couple of months ago about the other things he brings to the team? Pre assists and how he gets us up the pitch? That's probably not enough when we have alternatives.
 
Does nothing for me like, don't see the obsession. He doesn't even pull 2 players away to mark him anymore, which was always my defense of him. He doesn't suit the style of play we play at all, snatches at chances, and games often pass him by. I'd rather Ba or Adil play, they've made far more of an impact than him across the limited play time they've had.
Id certainly try Adil there
 
He's a quality footballer out of form. For me when someone has his level of quality it's worth keeping him in for a bit to play himself back into form.
Not indefinitely though. Time to bring someone else in.
 
If we had someone who would overlap on the right he would be much more effective.
At the moment all the fullback is doing is showing him the outside whilst someone is covering any move to the inside. The same is happening with Clarke, who has a bit more pace and strength than Roberts and can go wide successfully at times.
It was even more obvious than usual last night so why oh why don't they switch wings occasionally and aim to get to the byline and cross the ball?
 

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