el punal
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I’m surprised the Palace mob haven’t blamed the pristine Amex pitch for their woes.I don't see this as Roy's fault at all. The medical team said he was fit to play 45 minutes so any blame should be attached to them.
I’m surprised the Palace mob haven’t blamed the pristine Amex pitch for their woes.I don't see this as Roy's fault at all. The medical team said he was fit to play 45 minutes so any blame should be attached to them.
Trust their medical expertise. Were they saying that he couldn’t aggravate the injury further by only play 50mins. ? It’s too vague that from medical professionals.Of course they'll have scans and do tests, consider load management etc, but even the most advanced sports scientists are limited to a degree by the information the athlete is giving them, ie does it hurt, does it feel tight etc.
If Olise is telling them it's all golden, what are they supposed to do?
Very much this.Palace fans would've no doubt been crying that Hodgson didn't bring him on at half time if he hadn't.
With you (as Rio F would say) 1 billion per cent#TeamRoy on this one.
The player and the medical staff must have had confidence that he was OK to return to match action, but not a full 90 minutes. We see it often enough with our own returnees.
So what does Roy do? If he had left him on the bench, he'd have got stick from some Palace fans for not putting him on. "We were three nil down to THEM, Olise was on the bench and he didn't even give him a go".
So, he did give him a go - based on being told he was ok for 45 minutes - and it didn't work. So he gets stick for that instead.
Hindsight is great, isn't it?
Well. You say that. It's well known that teams document far fewer injuries when they're playing well and on form. In that scenario, players are desperate to keep their place, so they play through niggles, and mentally they're in the right place to make correct decisions on the pitch (ie less likely to make a half arsed challenge).Players always overestimate their ability to play. The medical team do the opposite.
Pervis Estupinan, who was returning from a muscular problem, could also only manage just over 10 minutes after his reintroduction as a substitute before being withdrawn, and with Tariq Lamptey also out it has left De Zerbi short of options.Besides, Estupinan did exactly the same earlier this season didn't he?
Yeah, whatever happened to the old 'magic sponge'? In the old days if a player went down injured the 'trainer' went on with a sponge, and, voila! Broken leg fixed.I think you’re all being a bit harsh.
I for one, feel a bit sorry for the medical staff
I was going to say the same who knows what happens to the guys career from here on.They might of thought that he lacked general fitness and couldn’t do 90 mins of course,
Unlike a couple on here I didn’t take any delight in him limping oft
I agree with that - we know how nevry we were against Spurs....3-0 is not game over, no matter how bad a team was in the first half. Not when the team in the lead conceded 3 in one half earlier that week. Especially with added time now stretching to as much as 10mins in some games.
They pulled one back. They came close to pulling back a second before we got our 4th. Had that gone in and we were at 3-2 with effectively 10mins to play nerves settle in, Palace get momentum and who knows what happens.
We're only confidently proclaiming it game over because that didn't happen. But it could have, and the chances of it happen are improved if they have their better players on.
What would the fans' reaction be if Olise stays on the bench and Hogson admits he didn't bother making any changes because he felt the game was lost and he was just seeing out the last 45 until the final whistle?