As soon as he came on he had a shooting chance in the D and with no conviction put a weak shot over the bar then he lost the ball and made no effort to regain possession,He is too laid back and offers us nothing.
Can't tackle,no pace,no goal threat what does he do to deserve a place in the team?
Agreed, at this level laziness gets found out.
He can call it a laid back or languid style all he wants but he’s a fair weather footballer who isn’t prepared to do any of the hard stuff or difficult stuff that marks out top class players.
People talk about Xavi, Pirlo etc as examples of the style working- these guys were absolutely world class on the ball and surrounded by brilliant players. Romaine is and has neither. I don’t recall ever thinking “what a pass that is†from him. If he wants to play this way he probably needs to have a look at (dare I say it) Neves at the Wolves or someone like that, who contributes set pieces, long range strikes and a variety of accurate passing.
He was important to us at the start of Slavs reign to earmark that we were moving back towards possession football and he gave us a tempo for that. However he has been found out now and appears unwilling to adapt his game to become a better player.
We looked a fragile team when he came on last night IMHO. I just can’t justify his poor work rate and lack of conviction in almost everything he does.
