Player Watch Player Watch: Cristian Romero

[muppetman]

Depends how serious our aspirations are. You simply can’t afford to have players who are prone to this kind of thing in big matches. You can’t rely on them.

Disagree, I'd rather have a 9/10 player with occasional brain farts than a 7/10 player who looks sensible but still costs more goals over a season.

Not sure who we are going to get that's as good as Romero but without the cards, maybe the scouting team can find another VDV but didn't City spend roughly £47 billion over several years trying to get decent CBs?

 

[Colonel_Klinck]

If the ref had control of the game he wouldn't have gone. He's been unreal this season. My CB

We all want derby games to be allowed to be a little more spicy, and the ref to let a bit more go, its a derby.

For me the only person to blame for Romero was Romero. He has a nutter on his shoulder and unfortunately he sometimes listens to him whispering in his ear and does stupid shit.

 

[thebenjamin]

Someone really should've got hold of him. He's clearly lost his head

 

[arunspurs]

Firstly, you are well within your rights to be disappointed in Romero. Most fans would be.

Secondly, you sound like a nonsensical arsenal twitter fan when you blame him for Udogie's red and two unrelated Spurs injuries.

Whether you like it or not, or compare me being a Chelsea or Arsenal fan, I will stick by my views.

Its not the red offsense of him fouling Enzo I am pissed about.

Its Romero, kicking out Collwill for no apparent reason. NO APPARENT REASON.

This is not a vice captain should do or a responsible PL level player should do.

I get it, he is world class talent - but doesnt matter to me, when he has no intention to play the game in usual sense. He rather wants a fight than play the ball.

 

[ultimateloner]

I just accept him for who he is. It's part of his game. He's still young for a CB and is heading towards the world-class bracket. The pros far outweigh the cons.

 

[cjbyid]

Ha, just realised it was Fernandez he went through.

His international teammate, Argentinians are nuts.

 

[sundanceyid10]

There can’t be a single one of us on here that doesn’t think he is capable of going over the top and loosing his senses at times. It’s not like we haven’t seen it before. He is super aggressive and very close to the edge that’s the player he is. You either want that in your side or you don’t. He is probably the player id least like to go into a tackle with in the whole league.

The guy can clearly play im not sure quite what exactly happened with him tonight but you could see it coming, every tackle, the atmosphere and the fact it was a battle out there seemed to bring out even more of his aggressive side, he could well have been sent off before he actually was..

 

[sundanceyid10]

I think he was too fired up. He also played the loose ball in to midfield which set Chelsea on top of us which caused the whole incident of goal/disallowed/foul/penalty/red card.

I think so it was a battle atmosphere out there from the word go, could feel it in the crowd, there is no love lost between us and them. In that atmosphere Romero’s ultra aggressive game went over the top, he was wild and inevitably going to be sent off of some point.

 

[spurs9]

I am done with this idiot.

He will never learn. No hope for him. He will always be this idiot who ruins games & fellow mates.

His naughty kickout on Colwill played into this. Had he not done that earlier, may be VAR would have had some sympathy towards him getting the ball first

World class talent & a world class idiot.

I would sell him in summer to La Liga and get more calmer efficient CB like Tapsoba.

This is not new for Romero. His red was reason for us to go out of CL last season. Now today, we lost 3 players - 1 to suspension, 2 to injuries because Romero thought he is meant to kick opponent rather than playing with them

Absolute BS. We were 1-0 down and there was only 13 minutes of the 2nd leg left when he got sent off and we hadn't looked like scoring all game.

 

[sundanceyid10]

Looks like I'm in the minority, but it's his aggression and desire that make him who he is.

He got it wrong today for (I think) the first time this season but I still think his positives vastly outweigh moments like today.

I agree he is the player he is, he plays close to the edge and sometimes (tonight) over the edge. I wouldn’t like to play (or in particular tackle him) if I was an opposition player. But take that out of his game is he the same player, probably not.

 

[XIIIMPC]

Blaming Romero for us losing in the CL last year when it was one of the most insipid attacking displays I've ever seen and we were being managed by Conte (is that a tautology?) is some kind of narrative.

 

[chas vs dave]

He lost his head. I'm quite certain Palmer deliberately racked his studs on his knee before the kick out.

 

[arunspurs]

Absolute BS. We were 1-0 down and there was only 13 minutes of the 2nd leg left when he got sent off and we hadn't looked like scoring all game.

Lets not rewrite history now.

We were not 1-0 down on day. We were 0-0 on the day.


Game 0-0 77minutes at home. We need a goal to equalise the tie to 1-1 and hopefully take it to ET at home. Milan were not playing well too. And game was on balance.

Romero makes a utterly reckless challenge on Hernandez on side touch line. It wasnt a challenge where he was going to win the ball and keep in play. Moments before Hernandez got the better of Romero and he couldnt keep himself in check .

 

[arunspurs]

Blaming Romero for us losing in the CL last year when it was one of the most insipid attacking displays I've ever seen and we were being managed by Conte (is that a tautology?) is some kind of narrative.

Yep !

So much 'Narrative' that people here have forgotten how the real game was

If we were bad with Conte on that day, Milan were TERRIBLE

Spurs had more possession & passess (when did that happen with Conte ?)...and us with 10 men for some portion
Spurs had 6 corners to 0 from Milan

Fact was Milan were there for taking. We missed the chance. Romero was One of the reason we couldnt see it through.

 

[Finchyid]

He lost his head. I'm quite certain Palmer deliberately racked his studs on his knee before the kick out.

I said that…after that incident i just thought something would happen and it did.

I have no issue with it as it’s how he plays, just wish he could learn a bit from it.

what I did think though is it shows we don’t have a leader on the pitch. Sonny is great but he too gets carried away. We needed a calm head….we didn’t have one

 

[DCSPUR64]

Yep !

So much 'Narrative' that people here have forgotten how the real game was

If we were bad with Conte on that day, Milan were TERRIBLE

Spurs had more possession & passess (when did that happen with Conte ?)...and us with 10 men for some portion
Spurs had 6 corners to 0 from Milan

Fact was Milan were there for taking. We missed the chance. Romero was One of the reason we couldnt see it through.



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And Conte brought on Sanchez for us to get a goal
Bad day today for Romero but I am glad he plays for us.

 

[Jlimbac0]

Balbuena got his red card rescinded after catching a Chelsea player on a follow through when clearing the ball. Is this different?

 

[arunspurs]

I will be villain here for the day for calling out Romero. I have no problems with this unpopular opinion
For sake of his career, Romero should learn from days like today. I bloody hope Ange can speak some sense into him

I dont trust him in big games. Thing, his reputation is so tarnished, more & more 50-50 will go against him from here

 

[Kirito]

Yep !

So much 'Narrative' that people here have forgotten how the real game was

If we were bad with Conte on that day, Milan were TERRIBLE

Spurs had more possession & passess (when did that happen with Conte ?)...and us with 10 men for some portion
Spurs had 6 corners to 0 from Milan

Fact was Milan were there for taking. We missed the chance. Romero was One of the reason we couldnt see it through.



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Sorry mate, you have lost the plot trying to pin us going out of the CL on Romero. We were horrible in that game, we would never have scored no matter how long the game went on.

 

[Armstrong_11]

his red card today.... i admit.... i would have done the same thing and dived in. he needed to win the ball. it was a dangerous area.

unlucky.