Is Roy Hodgson on Twitter?
Hodgson is frustrated that one of his highest-paid, senior players is “unwilling” to play.
“He feels, in his own words, scared that something’s going to happen if he plays and he’s unwilling to take the risk,” the Palace manager said.
To be honest, most clubs couldn't afford to have a player who refuses to play because he's scared.
We're certainly happy to stick with players who can be arsed all of the time, not just when it suits.
The only people that the OG stat matters to is Palace fans.
For years they've been deriding him as some accident-prone calamitous defender yet here he is, in the Premier League, looking every bit as classy as we've always said, and being recognised as such by impartial neutral observers.
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