Pierre Sage yana fuskantar babban jarrabawa tun ya zama manajan Crystal Palace, inda matsin lamba ke karuwa bayan kashi 2-0 a gida daga Newcastle United ya bar ƙungiyar ta Kudu London a yankin ficewa daga Premier League.

Magoya bayan gida sun mayar da martani da ihu marasa tagomashi a lokacin wasan da kuma ƙarshen sa — yanayi mai zafi ga manaja wanda ya sanya hannu kan kwantiragi na shekaru uku watanni huɗu da suka wuce. Wannan shi ne kashi na biyar na Crystal Palace a wasanni takwas na gasar a wannan kakar, kuma magoya bayan da suka zo suna fatan ganin canjin hali bayan kunya ta 5-0 mako guda da ya wuce a hannun Brighton sun koma gida cikin fari.

«Kuyi bushi abu ne na dabi'a domin ba mu sami sakamakon ba,» Sage ya gaya wa 'yan jarida a taron jarida bayan wasan wanda ya kai minti 20. «A ciki, mun mai da hankali sosai kan nemo mafita. Yadda za a inganta, yadda za a ƙirƙiri yanayin yin gogayya — za mu ci gaba da aikinmu. Babu hayaniya a ciki.»

Da aka tambaye shi game da makomar sa, Bafaranshe ɗin da yake da shekara 47 ya nuna ƙarfin gwiwa. «Ba dole in gamsar da mutanen da ke kewaye da ƙungiyar ba. Kawai dole in gamsar da 'yan wasa su yi iyakarsu wajen yin gogayya da ci gaba da ingantawa. Bayan haka, wannan irin shawara tana hannun shugaban ƙungiya, masu ita.»

Jadawalin wasanni mai wahala

Rikodin maki bakwai daga wasanni takwas na gasar a zamanin bayan Oliver Glasner yana da bakin karatu. Kakar ta fara da kashi a hannun Everton da Manchester City, kafin nasara a Fulham ta kawo ɗan bege. Wannan bege ya wargaje da wuri bayan kashi a gida daga ƙungiyar da aka ɗaukaka Ipswich.

Jaka-kashi da Leeds United ya biyo baya da nasara akan Nottingham Forest a Selhurst Park ranar 11 ga Oktoba — nasararsu ta ƙarshe a gasar. Tun daga lokacin, Crystal Palace sun sha kashi a Lyon, tsohon kulob ɗin Sage, a UEFA Europa League, sun sha ƙarfi a Brighton, kuma suka samu draw ɗin 2-2 da Besiktas a Istanbul.

Bayanan tsaron su shine mafi muni a Premier League, inda suka ci kwallaye 19 a wasanni takwas. Wasanni masu zuwa da Tottenham Hotspur da Liverpool kafin hutun ƙungiyar ƙasa ba su kawo ta'aziyya ba. Wasansu na farko bayan hutun zai kasance da Coventry City wanda ma yana fama da matsala a ranar 21 ga Nuwamba.

'Mai kauna sosai wasu lokuta'

Ƙwararren ƙwallon ƙafa na Faransa Julien Laurens, yana magana a BBC Radio 5 Live, ya yi tambaya kan ko ɗabi'ar Sage ta dace da buƙatun ƙwallon ƙafa na mafi girman matakin Ingila. «Mutumin da ke da kyau — watakila mai kauna sosai wasu lokuta,» Laurens ya ce. «Da Crystal Palace suka ci Fulham a farkon kakar, ya yi baƙin ciki saboda Fulham. Ba a yi baƙin ciki a wannan gasar ba. Premier League tana da tsanani.»

Ƙungiyar Lens ta Sage tana da suna wajen danna kwallo da ƙarfi da kuma kai hari da sauri — Opta ke nuna cewa sun yi turnovers 426 a yankunan da ke sama a kakar 2025-26, suna canza su zuwa harbe-harbe 69 da kwallaye bakwai. Wannan tsanani bai bayyana a Crystal Palace ba tukuna.

Tsohon ɗan wasan Manchester United da ƙungiyar England Dion Dublin ya goyi bayan wannan ra'ayi a BBC Radio 5 Live. «Ba amfani wajen zama mai kauna da komai. Ba za a iya zama mai kauna ba sai dai ka rasa wasanni ka kuma kora.» Tsohiyar ɗan wasan Leeds United Lucy Ward ta ƙara da cewa: «Ya tabbatar da kansa a Lyon da Lens. Zama mai kauna sosai ba ya taimakawa.»

Sage ya zo Selhurst Park yana ɗauke da suna mai kyau, bayan an zaɓe shi a matsayin mafi kyawun manaja a Ligue 1 bayan ya jagoranci Lens zuwa matsayi na biyu da nasara a Kofin Faransa. Magabacin sa Oliver Glasner ya lashe FA Cup da kofin Turai da Community Shield cikin shekaru biyu a mukamin. Matsin lamba da ke kan Sage don ya samu irin wannan gagarumar nasara yana ƙaruwa mako bayan mako.