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Cristian Romero

thfcsteff said:
Wow.
What a pile on!

If someone can explain to me what he should've done differently here I am all eyes. I mean, I suppose he is guilty of winning the ball and trying to pass it as Casimero comes in to challenge????

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Hardly a pile on Steff, half a page since the sending off and some of those posts are defending him.
 
thfcsteff said:
Wow.
What a pile on!

If someone can explain to me what he should've done differently here I am all eyes. I mean, I suppose he is guilty of winning the ball and trying to pass it as Casimero comes in to challenge????

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Adapt his game to the current game.
The number of Reds he's got don't lie.

Twenty years ago he gets away with most of them - we aren't playing twenty years ago.
 
You can be a world class F1 driver, but its ultimately not of much use if you crash every other race.

Romero is an absolutely brilliant defender on his day, but there are just too many brainfarts in him. You need to be able to rely on your CB (not to mention captain). With him making a lot of unnecessary noise off the pitch as well, I think we should replace him come summer.
 
Gutter Boy said:
Do what deliberately? Dare to make a clearance at Old Trafford?
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If an opponent had done that "clearance" to one of our players, and not get sent off, we would be livid!!! And rightly so!

What is with this blind groupie mentality??!! FFS, don't debase yourself trying to justify the unjustifiable. The guy is a walking nutcase and has a brainfart in him every playing minute.... he has been sent off more than any of our players have been in the premiership, and - for all his ability - has let us down and cost us games and points, more times that I can remember!
 
That's a red for one reason only: Because it was Romero.

IMO it wasn't even reckless. He went for the ball, Casemiro got in his way after Romero cleared it, made a big meal of the unavoidable contact from the situation he chased himself into, and voila - there's the narrative sorted.

I know many won’t agree with me, but especially in the context of all other decisions in the game, that's never a red.

But hey, Romero bad. 🤷‍♂️
 
I know the Romero haters will be out in force today.
And I'm being clear that I'm not talking about people being critical about what happened today.

But he's gone in low and hard for the tackle outside the box. The ball is there to be challenged for.... what do you expect any Spurs player to do, in that situation?

If he pulls out and Cassimero wins the ball and utd score a goal, would we criticise him for pulling out of the original tackle?

I would expect all our players to always go in fully committed to try and win the ball. Sometimes the other man gets there a split second before you, that's football, it's a foul and a yellow card.

It wasn't what I call a late challenge, or a high challenge or even a cynical challenge.

We've seen for the past 4 games how passionate he has been and how determined he's been for the team to try and win or get a point from losing positions, today it's gone against him.

Now if we are going to write him off for being far too passionate, and being far too committed in challenges then, I'm sorry but that's just rubbish.

I know sometimes people lose the plot when they get too syked up, but I don't think he was playing like that today.

I'd rather have players like this in our squad.
 
clownfoot said:
Brobbey for Sunderland made a challenge against Arsenal today. Foot over the ball, studs showing, high up opponents leg. Yellow card. Out of the two challenges Romero’s was less dangerous
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No no, Romero is a thick, brainless, cheating, mouthy clown shoe remember!!! Please! Don't trust your eyes!
 
totalspurs said:
I know the Romero haters will be out in force today.
And I'm being clear that I'm not talking about people being critical about what happened today.

But he's gone in low and hard for the tackle outside the box. The ball is there to be challenged for.... what do you expect any Spurs player to do, in that situation?

If he pulls out and Cassimero wins the ball and utd score a goal, would we criticise him for pulling out of the original tackle?

I would expect all our players to always go in fully committed to try and win the ball. Sometimes the other man gets there a split second before you, that's football, it's a foul and a yellow card.

It wasn't what I call a late challenge, or a high challenge or even a cynical challenge.

We've seen for the past 4 games how passionate he has been and how determined he's been for the team to try and win or get a point from losing positions, today it's gone against him.

Now if we are going to write him off for being far too passionate, and being far too committed in challenges then, I'm sorry but that's just rubbish.

I know sometimes people lose the plot when they get too syked up, but I don't think he was playing like that today.

I'd rather have players like this in our squad.
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Absolutely. He and Richy are the one two im sure actually care.
 
totalspurs said:
I know the Romero haters will be out in force today.
And I'm being clear that I'm not talking about people being critical about what happened today.

But he's gone in low and hard for the tackle outside the box. The ball is there to be challenged for.... what do you expect any Spurs player to do, in that situation?

If he pulls out and Cassimero wins the ball and utd score a goal, would we criticise him for pulling out of the original tackle?

I would expect all our players to always go in fully committed to try and win the ball. Sometimes the other man gets there a split second before you, that's football, it's a foul and a yellow card.

It wasn't what I call a late challenge, or a high challenge or even a cynical challenge.

We've seen for the past 4 games how passionate he has been and how determined he's been for the team to try and win or get a point from losing positions, today it's gone against him.

Now if we are going to write him off for being far too passionate, and being far too committed in challenges then, I'm sorry but that's just rubbish.

I know sometimes people lose the plot when they get too syked up, but I don't think he was playing like that today.

I'd rather have players like this in our squad.
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He wasn't but people are 'gone' these days. A narrative is a narrative. Again, the guardian described it as a 'loose ball' that Romero crunched Casimero on. It's like Minnefukkingapolis!!!!
 
totalspurs said:
I know the Romero haters will be out in force today.
And I'm being clear that I'm not talking about people being critical about what happened today.

But he's gone in low and hard for the tackle outside the box. The ball is there to be challenged for.... what do you expect any Spurs player to do, in that situation?

If he pulls out and Cassimero wins the ball and utd score a goal, would we criticise him for pulling out of the original tackle?

I would expect all our players to always go in fully committed to try and win the ball. Sometimes the other man gets there a split second before you, that's football, it's a foul and a yellow card.

It wasn't what I call a late challenge, or a high challenge or even a cynical challenge.

We've seen for the past 4 games how passionate he has been and how determined he's been for the team to try and win or get a point from losing positions, today it's gone against him.

Now if we are going to write him off for being far too passionate, and being far too committed in challenges then, I'm sorry but that's just rubbish.

I know sometimes people lose the plot when they get too syked up, but I don't think he was playing like that today.

I'd rather have players like this in our squad.
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And I know that the Romero defenders will be out in force.
The defenders who ignore him losing his man in the box (like he did with Bruno today), try and spin him charging up field as being "a winner", the ones who point to his one good pass a game while forgetting his three poor ones and that's before we get to his discipline record.
I'd rather have players that did their job and stayed on the pitch.
 
totalspurs said:
I know the Romero haters will be out in force today.
And I'm being clear that I'm not talking about people being critical about what happened today.

But he's gone in low and hard for the tackle outside the box. The ball is there to be challenged for.... what do you expect any Spurs player to do, in that situation?

If he pulls out and Cassimero wins the ball and utd score a goal, would we criticise him for pulling out of the original tackle?

I would expect all our players to always go in fully committed to try and win the ball. Sometimes the other man gets there a split second before you, that's football, it's a foul and a yellow card.

It wasn't what I call a late challenge, or a high challenge or even a cynical challenge.

We've seen for the past 4 games how passionate he has been and how determined he's been for the team to try and win or get a point from losing positions, today it's gone against him.

Now if we are going to write him off for being far too passionate, and being far too committed in challenges then, I'm sorry but that's just rubbish.

I know sometimes people lose the plot when they get too syked up, but I don't think he was playing like that today.

I'd rather have players like this in our squad.
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And in today's football you have to win the ball when doing that - that's the bottom line, that's the game as it is.
A professional footballer has to adapt to that.
Romero is a good footballer, he is not professional.

Defending that situation - when you turn half blind, you don't go in for the tackle unless you are 100% certain of winning it. If he gets there first, Casimero probably gets a red - he didn't, he got there second.
Not certain = assess risk.
Assess risk = don't make the tackle, and position to win the ball back in the next phase.
 
glasgowspur said:
And I know that the Romero defenders will be out in force.
The defenders who ignore him losing his man in the box (like he did with Bruno today), try and spin him charging up field as being "a winner", the ones who point to his one good pass a game while forgetting his three poor ones and that's before we get to his discipline record.
I'd rather have players that did their job and stayed on the pitch.
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Since Romero arrived at Spurs, he's got the most red cards of anyone in the Premier League....
 
It was a foul but I don't think it was the stone wall, immediate red card that Oliver had probably had in his hand since kick off. He definitely gets treated differently because he's him. It wasn't as bad as that one Dalot (I think) got nothing for against City.
 
monkeybarry said:
And in today's football you have to win the ball when doing that - that's the bottom line, that's the game as it is.
A professional footballer has to adapt to that.
Romero is a good footballer, he is not professional.

Defending that situation - when you turn half blind, you don't go in for the tackle unless you are 100% certain of winning it. If he gets there first, Casimero probably gets a red - he didn't, he got there second.
Not certain = assess risk.
Assess risk = don't make the tackle, and position to win the ball back in the next phase.
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He did get their first. He did win the ball. The collision came with the momentum after the clearance
 
harr1984 said:
First and foremost he is a central defender and our captain. In such a position a minimum requirement is that he is reliable, and quite simply he is not. We have the same discussions every few games with him and his ways - why do you think that is?

You can love his passion, aggression and the fact he is good on the ball but that doesn't detract from him constantly making mistakes and costly ones.

When he first arrived a few years ago he was no different, I figured he would eradicate the mistakes he was making as he matured but the fact he is making the very same ones he was five years ago is telling....
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Mon capitaine 🟨🟥

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That is an awful record for a club captain, it's just not acceptable.
At least we know Palhinha can do a reasonable job at CB if needed, not sure why he got a yellow today he clearly won the ball and the follow through wasn't particulary dangerous.

Romero out for four PL matches , he will be very fresh for the 1st leg of round of 16 in the CL on 9/11 March, love to see us to be undefeated four in a row without him and then see what Frank does.
 
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