TalkSPORT pundit cannot believe what Palace man did after Friday’s 2-1 defeat
Gabriel Agbonlahor has now ripped into Roy Hodgson after Crystal Palace suffered a 2-1 defeat to Tottenham on Friday.
The 37-year-old took aim at the 76-year-old while speaking on talkSPORT.
So, what did Gabriel Agbonlahor say about Roy Hodgson? Let’s take a look…
What’s the story?
Well, the talkSPORT pundit was not happy after Matheus Franca, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi and Naouirou Ahamada were criticised by the Croydon-born tactician after Friday’s defeat at Selhurst Park.
As quoted by the Evening Standard, Hodgson said: “There was no disappointment today. Although, maybe the young substitutes — who we like to think we can believe in and help us to a different level — didn’t show that. They didn’t do anything for us at all, really. We became much weaker when I made the substitutions.”
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Discussing these comments, Agbonlahor said: “I don’t like it one bit. I was watching the game as well. I was watching Will Hughes and I’m seeing nothing. I was watching Edouard, who’s been decent this season, didn’t show anything. To hammer three young lads who have come on… they’re inexperienced. You can’t blame that result on those three young lads who come on. 17 appearances between them. They’re still new to this big time football.
“What about the players you had on? Your experienced players? They done nothing all game. Spurs found it easy for me. Roy Hodgson, it’s a major blunder hammering these three young lads. In this game now, you’ve got to support these young lads. He should apologise to all three. If I’m their agents, I’m going in to the owner Steve Parish and saying, what’s going on here? You don’t batter young players like that.”
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The Eagles have a rich history of encouraging exciting young talent and spurring them on, with gems such as Victor Moses and Wilfried Zaha benefitting from such support in the past.
What we don’t do at Selhurst Park is kick our own when they are down – Hodgson will be treading on very thin ice if he takes aim at our young talent again.
