Pierre Sage yana kara matsin lamba a Crystal Palace, inda shugaban kwamitin Steve Parish ya ba shi wasa biyu ne kawai — da Besiktas da Newcastle United, dukansu ana watsa su kai tsaye a Sky Sports — don nuna ingantaccen sakamako da, mafi muhimmanci, ingantaccen wasa.

Crystal Palace sun ci wasa biyu ne kawai a Premier League wannan kakar, kuma rikodin tsaronsu shi ne mafi muni a gasar : an ci su kwallaye 17 a wasa bakwai. Ƙungiyar ta yi sauƙin fafatawa da ita, tana da wuya ta sarrafa wasanni, kuma makomar Sage ta yi doguwar tambaya.

Yanayi mai wahala, amma haƙuri ya ƙare

Wasu magoya baya suna jin tausayin Sage, suna cewa ya karɓi ƙungiya mai raunin gaske. Ba a maye gurbin tafiyar Maxence Lacroix da Marc Guehi yadda yakamata ba, kuma ɗan wasan da aka kawo don jagorantar tsaro, Axel Disasi, an dakatar da shi. Raunin Chadi Riad da Takehiro Tomiyasu ya tilasta sauye-sauye akai-akai a layin tsaro na uku — Sage ya tsaya kan layin tsaro ɗaya sau ɗaya kawai a duk kakar a duk gasa.

A tsakiyar filin, Adam Wharton bai kasance cikin mafi kyawun kansa ba, kuma wasan sa kan Brighton ya yi ƙasa da ƙima. Quinten Timber ya fara rayuwa a kudu London da ƙwarjin gaske, amma rauni a hamstring na iya sa ya zauna a gefe — lamari da zai iya tilasta Daichi Kamada ya sauka ya zama ƙarfin tsari na tsakiya, inda tsari ya zama na gaggawa.

Rashin Jean-Philippe Mateta da Ismaila Sarr a cikakken ƙarfinsu ya kuma raunata hari na Crystal Palace, ko da yake wasu ƴan lokuta a cikin wasannin suna nuna cewa ƙungiyar tana da inganci na gaske.

Masu hamayya suna jira

Halin Sage ya fi rashin ƙarfi saboda samun damar ɗaukan manyan masu horaswa da yawa. Crystal Palace sun duba zaɓar Thomas Frank, Gareth Southgate, da Domenico Tedesco kafin nada Sage a lokacin bazara. Frank Lampard da Kieran McKenna ma sun ja hankalin da gaske — ko da yake ɗaukar McKenna zai yi wa kowace kulob £8 miliyar kafin watan Yuni na shekara mai zuwa.

Sage ya zo bayan ya jagoranci Lens zuwa matsayi na biyu a Ligue 1 kuma ya kai ƙungiyar nasara a Kofin Faransa — rikodin da ya jawo kulob mai tarihin alfarma a gasar Kof. Har ila yau ya ƙi kwallon UEFA Champions League don yin aiki a Premier League. Duk da haka, farkon aikinsa ya faɗi ƙasa da tsammani.

'Yan wasa na tare da shi — a yanzu haka

Duk da rahotannin cewa akwai tashin hankali a cikin ɗakin sutura game da sadarwa, ana fahimtar cewa mafi yawan 'yan wasan Crystal Palace har yanzu suna goyon bayan kwachinsu. Timber, wanda ya yi magana a farkon wannan mako, ya bayyana amincewarsa cewa Sage zai iya muyar da yanayin.

Sage kansa ya fara bayyana damuwa a manhajar manema labarai, bayan ya nuna darajar farin ciki a farkon mukaminsa. Sakamakon kaɗai ba zai isar da shi ba — dole ne ya nuna shirye-shiryen sauya dabarunsa da kuma hanyarsa ta aiki, ko kuma za a yi canji a gun shugabancin ƙungiyar.