From: louis@aie.nl (Louis Kossen)
Subject: Re: Foggia and Roy (was Re: Sao Paulo beats Barca. YEEEEEEEEHAAA!!!!)
Organization: AI Engineering BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 17:45:30 GMT

In article <1992Dec18.134304.9593@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu> marco@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (Marco Petroni) writes:
>In article <1992Dec15.124156.28482@fwi.uva.nl> bronstri@fwi.uva.nl (Mischa Bronstring) writes:
>>niese@fwi.uva.nl (Eddie Niese) writes:
>>>
>>>       Eddie.
>>>       (AJAX-supporter & Brian Roy-fan!)
>>>       (Brian: ieder doelpunt dat je maakt is er een tegen Louis!!!!)
>>
>>This is not a true Follow-up about Sao Paolo against Barcelona. I didn't
>>even watch the game. I'm more interested in the signature of Eddie,
>>considering Brian Roy. 
>>
>>A few weeks ago, when Roy was transferred from Ajax to Foggia, I wrote on
>>r.s.s. that Foggia hadn't got a great deal, that Roy was a bad player, and  
>>so on.
>>But now, only four weeks later, we see three wins and one draw for Foggia!
>>How is it possible? Could it be Brian Roy? Or just coincidence? Any Italians
>>out there who know?
>
>Well, I'll start with quoting the "old" rec.sport.soccer adage:
>	"One player does not a team make!"
>
>:-)
>
> [deleted the reasons why Foggia is doing so well last weeks]
>
>Regarding Roy, he's played reasonably well, but he hasn't been spectacular
>nor has he played up to expectations, according to the reports that I've
>heard. Perhaps the arrival of Roy has added some experience to the
>otherwise "green" (i.e., inexperienced, not the color of their jerseys ;-),
>which BTW are red and black) side, but Roy certainly hasn't made the
>difference on the team.
>
>There's still 21 games left to play in the Serie A season, so Foggia
>aren't out of the woods yet...
>
>
>Marco...

I have seen Roy play a lot of times for Ajax now and I think Ajax did well
to sell him. Although a lot of dutch people on the net seem to have a lot
of reasons to blame the Ajax coach I think he made a right decision. One 
might have questions on the way van Gaal, the Ajax coach, did it. It's 
without any doubt that Roy is a very skillful player but he misses something
to make it in Ajax.  I can't feel sorry for him, he earns well and if you
play for on of the European top teams you can expect to be sold if you
don't function well. Ajax is a team which hasn't the ability to buy the
best players in the world but the system they play seems to function very
well and if a player doesn't function well he has to be sold. The dutch
paperazzi seem to have chosen the side of Bryan Roy, not for him but only
to be against the Ajax coach van Gaal because he should be arrogant. In
my opinion this is absolute false but if you are not prepared to cooperate
with the media-mafia in the way they want it you will have a bad time. 
At this moment Edgar Davids is new left wing player. He is less skillful
than Roy but he has scored some very important goals thus far. However
I expect that Marc Overmars, the revalation of Ajax and dutch football this
year, will replace him quite soon. Dan Pedersen will be the new right wing
player. He is injured at the moment but next year I expect he will be back.
Pedersen is from Danmark and he is an extremely talented player who can score
as well. This is something they have a lot of problems with. 

Louis Kossen