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da bwin： Speaking to Football Insider, Danny Mills has suggested that Manuel Pellegrini should stick with Roberto as West Ham United’s goalkeeper.
What did he say?
Roberto struggled once again on Saturday, as West Ham United lost 3-2 against Newcastle United, with his worst moment coming for the Magpies’ second goal.
This can be added to a growing list of moments that have seen the Spaniard fail to cover himself in glory since the 4-0 loss against Oxford United.
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However, when speaking to Football Insider, Danny Mills suggested that Manuel Pellegrini should stick by Roberto: “Sometimes, if you drop the goalkeeper because of one bad game, sometimes there needs to be [patience]. You can damage confidence very, very quickly and he might not come back from that.
“Sometimes you just need to bite your tongue and through gritted teeth go: ‘He’s had a bad game, it’s not happening, work hard in training.’ Sometimes when things aren’t going your way you need a goalkeeper with experience. It happens, it happens to the best of them.”
This could be detrimental
It was expected that the 33-year-old would not be able to reach the level of Lukasz Fabianski, who is out injured for the rest of the year, but his performances have still left many underwhelmed and concerned.
But Mills is absolutely right to suggest that this could impact the confidence of Roberto, as this has been the Spaniard’s big opportunity to show that he can help the Hammers, so switching him out would mean he had ultimately failed.
While Roberto has not been overly impressive in Fabianski’s absence, there’s no doubt it could be damaging if he was dropped from the first team.
It will be interesting to see how Pellegrini approaches an emerging dilemma in the coming weeks.