Newcastle's Roeder: Boumsong mistakes can't continue - March 20, 2006
Newcastle boss Glenn Roeder admits time is running out for defender Jean Alain Boumsong.
Roeder saw the hapless French international defender give away a penalty and get sent off in yesterday's home defeat by Liverpool.
And he admitted: "The mistakes just cannot continue. He plays in a position where you are not allowed to make many errors."
Boumsong's latest howler came in the 51st minute. He missed his kick and hauled back Peter Crouch in the area.
Referee Mike Riley awarded the clear penalty, converted by Djibril Cisse to make it 3-1, and then dismissed Boumsong.
Roeder added: "I will speak to him and we'll view the evidence. We'll talk it through.
"If you disregard how much he cost and just look at the incident, you'd say it's a poor piece of defending.
"It ended up in a penalty. The referee got it right. Now he misses the game against Chelsea."
Roeder saw the hapless French international defender give away a penalty and get sent off in yesterday's home defeat by Liverpool.
And he admitted: "The mistakes just cannot continue. He plays in a position where you are not allowed to make many errors."
Boumsong's latest howler came in the 51st minute. He missed his kick and hauled back Peter Crouch in the area.
Referee Mike Riley awarded the clear penalty, converted by Djibril Cisse to make it 3-1, and then dismissed Boumsong.
Roeder added: "I will speak to him and we'll view the evidence. We'll talk it through.
"If you disregard how much he cost and just look at the incident, you'd say it's a poor piece of defending.
"It ended up in a penalty. The referee got it right. Now he misses the game against Chelsea."
