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One question for Roeder...

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Why sign Lupoli in the first place?

If, as he suggests in his latest interview, that Lupoli''s involvement has been restricted due to his physique, then why sign him in the first place? Surely GR knew when he signed him that he wasn''t in the Iwan Roberts mold? In that case, why bother with him? (although personally from what I''ve seen Lupoli has been a good investment, but has just been criminally under-used).

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Honey, I shrunk the Lups!Rodent accidently shot him with his shrinking gun just after he arrived i guess.Roeder is an A-grade idiot. Signed him and then (obviously) didn''t like him personally, therefore making up some cr*p about him being smallRoeder Out!

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Remember what Glenn said - "Who does he even play for?", the idiot pretended he didn''t know who he was, brought him in, called him light-weight, didn''t play him despite him currently being our top scorer whilst paying him a good wage.

Glenn Roeder - Grade A twit

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One question for Roeder the header says

Mine would be, can I help you pack?

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I''d ask is do you need a lift back to the London overspill area you come from!!

 

I''d happily drive him back there in the knowledge he''d never be able to ruin our great club again, though I suspect we''ll be suffering from Roeders mistakes for a while after hes gone!

 

Roeder OUT!

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Roeder say''s Lupoli has never played many games for any club he has been at! He played over 30 games for Derby in their promotion season.

Question Glenn, if you are right and Lupoli has never played many games at any club, how come he is going to be good enough to play for us. And if he is too light weight and not strong enough why didn''t you check this out?

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I thought the same VotTA. GR says it''s in his hands but it''s not - what is he supposed to do, grow a bit more? It''s like saying Michael Owen is too short but it''s in his hands to change that!!

Sure Lupo can beef up a bit but Roeder knew his general physique when he signed him and he can''t change that. God he''s such a n*b!

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Maybe the photograph he had of Lupoli was a bit misleading a bit like the report he had on Archi-henry.

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I have to say it is all getting very peculiar.I generally give managers the benefit of the doubt - it''s bordering on an impossible job - but :small players have less energy reserves than big ones?? Really?? I mean, this is a general observation we can all verify (or not). It is simply patently not true.Lupoli is not physical enough. One of the beauties of football is that size really doesn''t matter; remember Wright - Phillips standing next to Peter Crouch when they were England subs.?OK so he sees something in training that tells him Lupoli has lost it, isn''t up for it any more.. Circumstances force Roeder to bring him on, so what does he do? Bloody well scores! As he has done pretty consistently before. So it''s beginning to look like Roeder is not playing a genuine goalscorer, which is unforgiveable.Fotheringham as captain? Well ........I''m trying really, really hard not to think it, but it''s starting to look like he''s lost the plot.

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part of ron obvious post; 

small players have less energy reserves than big ones?? Really?? I mean, this is a general observation we can all verify (or not). It is simply patently not true.

 

One of Roeders problems is that he doesn''t really engage the brain before speaking what about Gordon Strachan or Stuart McCall (and there must be countless others) two small players that covered just about every blade of grass every game without problem. I had to laugh when Roeder said Bell was tired because he had no pre season training he has only played a few games and certainly hasn''t put a lot of energy into those games he has played.

It seems we are saddled with another poor manager for some time to come.  

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I''m sure i mentioned this very point to the other day thorpey!, but yes; it is baffling!!!

Roeder makes out that it''s his physique that is the problem; it just makes him look even more stupid!

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I think that after digesting Roeder''s comments this weekend he is clearly not a well man. Apart from making totally demotivating observations about Lupoli he then criticices the man''s physical attributes. Surely Roeder noticed he was only a small chap when he signed him a few months ago !!!

Then explains Bell''s absence that he needed a rest because he missed some pre-season training. Actually Bell does not seem to be an energetic type of player. Compared with Croft he only expends about a third of the energy he does in a match. Has no pace. Again he is that sort of player and again why did Roeder fail to notice this before he signed him. At this stage of the season Bell should be rarin to go - why not !!!

Roeder has clearly lost the dressing room and I would have thought most of the players just do not understand the man. No wonder 2/3rds of supporters say time to go - before its too late in more senses than just one.

 

 

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Two of the GREAT 66 side Alan Ball and Nobby Stiles, covered every blade of grass several times and both giants in stature.

Still it was Alf Ramsey not me who was England manager so I can''t possibly pass comment!

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[quote user="Lrrr"]Roeder: “The game is very much about power and pace and strength.”

So, putting the ball in the net is not an issue if you have no power, pace or strength?

Would his ideal front three be Usain Bolt, Mariusz Pudzianowski and Arnold Schwarzenegger?
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Spot on Lrrr. Roeder has lost the plot when it comes to Lupoli. Roeder clearly prefers playing Russell up front to Lupoli presumably because Russell has more "power and pace and strength" than Lupoli. Shame that Russell is a midfielder without the specialised knowledge to play centre forward. How many intelligent runs off the ball does Russell make in behind the opposition defence? How many chances does he take in the box to get on the end of something? The answers are none and none. And Russell however hard he tries up top, simply cannot get near the ball half the time. Darel Russell is not a striker, and never will be at this level, and playing him there does our team no favours (or him). Lupoli in contrast, whilst small physically and as a consequence won''t be winning any headers ever, he does make intelligent runs, has good movement and control and takes risks in the box. It is because he is a striker - and he will score goals. This point is clearly lost on Roeder who has become obsessed, like many other managers, on the physical side of the game, to the detriment of the technical side. Quality technical players will ALWAYS beat sides which are purely strong on the physical front. It is true, that at the highest levels, the top players posess both technical quality and physical qualities such as strength and pace. But realistically we''re not going to get players like that. So come on Roeder, start picking our best team. That means playing the best 11 players in their best positions. Was Gary Lineker (48 goals in 80 games for England) full of power, pace and strength? Or was he an intelligent striker who made clever runs? Roeder clearly hasn''t got a clue when it comes to appraising strikers.

Take the Charlton match. If Lupoli hadn''t come on, I don''t think we''d have scored in a month of sundays. Russell couldn''t get near the ball, and wasn''t anticipating any of Sibiski''s flick ons (which he won a lot of late in the first half and throughout the second half) and none of the midfielders were getting in the box. In effect we were relying on a set piece or a long range effort. Pathetic really.

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