Pierre Sage ya mayar da martani kan hasashe mai ƙaruwa game da makominsa a Crystal Palace, yana jaddada cewa 'yan wasansa da kuma manajojin kulob din suna da shi — ko da yake Kashewar 2-0 a gida da Newcastle ta ƙara jerin wasanni huɗu ba tare da nasara ba a Premier League.
An ci Palace da kyau a Selhurst Park a ranar Lahadi, ba tare da sun sami damar rama bayan an doke su da ci 5-0 a hannun Brighton satin da ya gabata ba. Newcastle sun kai hari mai tsanani da ƙwallaye biyu a cikin mintoci 11 bayan rabin lokaci don tabbatar da sakamakon.
Rauni a farkon kashi, damuwa mai ƙaruwa
Lokacin da ƙwallaye suka shiga ya ta da hankulan kowa. Na farko ya zo bayan mintaci ɗaya kawai bayan magana ta rabin lokaci ta Sage, yana bayyana rauni da ya zama abin da ke aukuwa a kai a kai — Crystal Palace sun karɓi biyar cikin ɗari na ƙwallayen da aka zira musu wannan kakar a cikin mintoci 10 na farko na rabi-rabi, ciki har da uku a dagewar Amex Stadium.
"Al'ada ce a kasance karkashin matsi saboda ba mu sami sakamako ba," in ji Sage. "Hayaniyar da ke kewaye da ƙungiyar da kulob din hayaniya ce kawai. A ciki, muna mai da hankali sosai kan mafita — yadda za mu yi kyau da yadda za mu samar da yanayi don yin gasa."
Shugaban kocin Crystal Palace ya tabbatar da cewa ya yi magana da shugaban kulob din a mako, amma tattaunawar ta mai da hankali gaba ɗaya kan dabarun wasa da shirye-shiryen ƙungiyar, ba kan amincin aikinsa ba.
"Ina raba dabarata da shi da ma'aikatan fasaha," in ji Sage. "Bayan wannan, wannan nau'in yanke shawara yana hannun shugaban da masu shi. Ba sai na tabbatar da mutanen da ke kewaye da kulob din ba — na tabbatar da 'yan wasa kawai su yi duk ƙoƙarinsu su ci gaba da ci gaban su."
Mawuyacin fara aiki a Premier League
Sage ya zo Ingila bayan kakar da ya yi aiki sosai da Lens a kakar da ta gabata, yana jagorantar kulob din zuwa gasar Coupe de France ta farko a tarihinsu da matsayi na biyu a Ligue 1. Duk da haka, hawa zuwa Premier League ya tabbatar da wahala. Palace suna nisan tsalle ɗaya na maki biyu kawai sama da Sunderland da ke ƙasan tebur bayan wasanni takwas, kuma sun karɓi ƙwallaye 19 — fiye da kowace ƙungiya a gasar.
"Koyaushe ina tsammanin yin mafi kyau," Sage ya yarda. "Ƙwallon ƙafa wasa ne maras kamala — akwai kurakurai kullum daga 'yan wasa da kococi. Koyaushe takaici ne idan ba ka cimma kamala ba."
Ya bambance tsakanin hasarar yau da ta Brighton, yana cewa Crystal Palace an ci su kawai a mintoci 15 a kan Newcastle maimakon faɗuwar gaba ɗaya.
Mallakan ƙwallon shine mabuɗin, a ra'ayin Sage
Dan Faransa ya nuna rashin ikon riƙe ƙwallon a matsayin tushen matsalar kare gida ta Crystal Palace, ko da yake kulob din yana nuna ɗaya daga cikin ƙananan matsakaicin mallakan ƙwallon a Premier League wannan kakar.
"Ra'ayina shi ne mafi kyawun hanyar kare ita ce a mallaki ƙwallon — idan kana da shi, ba za ka iya karɓar ƙwallo ba," in ji shi. "Yau ba matsalar dabaru ce ba, matsalar hankali ce. Da muka dawo daga ɗakin tufafi, mun bar abokin hamayya ya yi abubuwa da yawa."
Sage ya yarda da girman ƙalubalen da ke gabansu amma ya kasance mai ƙarfi, yana bayyana matsalolin Crystal Palace a matsayin abubuwa masu sauƙin gyarawa na mai da hankali da sarrafa ƙwallon, ba lahani na asali a tsarinsa ba.
