I didn’t say he isn’t up to much defensively, on the whole he’s good, but not as good as some make out. The nature of his position is he can have a good game but if he switches off or he makes a mistake you just can’t have that, it was the same for Dier when he had good games under Jose but made too many errors. He’s largely cut those out of his game. I said Royal has been at fault for a number of goals recently. I stand by my original point that he offers very little in an attacking sense. He creates virtually nothing. For all the criticism of Sessegnon, at least he’s managed to bag a couple of goals this season, important goals too, not the fourth goal in a 4-0 rout. All managers get things wrong. It’s only natural to ask questions of their judgement when there is an area in the team that we could improve on.
