The Newcastle manager came out with all guns blazing when he saw his team knocked out of Europe by AZ Alkmaar, after his side had seen a three goal cushion blown away.
He says the season is not over ... they can still qualify for the UEFA Cup. We qualify for the League Cup, FA Cup and Premiership ... SUCCESS is WINNING THEM ... not PLAYING in them!
Qualifying For Europe Is NOT Success!
Last night he rejected any suggestions Newcastle United's season could be considered a failure as the club's last remaining chance of silverware disappeared in Holland. United were missing only four first-team players at the DSB Stadion - in Michael Owen, Shola Ameobi, Celestine Babayaro and Stephen Carr.
Roeder: "It's too easy just to say it's another season of failure for Newcastle. I can see why you want to go down that line. But you follow us and you know the problems we have had. The squad has been decimated by injuries for six months and, at times, I have had to pick up points without a dozen senior players. Even the supporters understand the problems we have had.
"I'm not talking about three or four injuries, I'm talking about a whole team being out. I have never complained about it, I have tried to accept it and move forward and do the best we can.
"Only Michael Owen? He's a world-class striker. And there's Shola, who scored a goal every two games for me last season. You know where I'm coming from.
"We've only just got some of these senior players back fit in the last couple of weeks. We have just got Stephen Carr back after his injuries, he has played one game and he is injured again.
"It was a question of players who I might have expected to perform better not doing it. We had too many players off form, experienced players. I'm hugely disappointed, I can't sit here and explain how disappointed I am personally.
"Players I expected to perform played poorly. We trained well (on Wednesday) and it gave me a lot of confidence that the boys were in good shape. It's not everybody, there were some decent performances and I don't want to tar them all with the same brush. But we needed everyone to play well.
"We can only try to win the next three points (at Charlton on Sunday), see what the other results around us are and keep moving forward. The challenge for the players is to try to win the next game.
"It will be a hell of a battle but they have to go there and do themselves and this club proud and pick up three points. It (the season) will not fizzle out.
"There are plenty of points to play for to make sure we have a good finish to the season. There are nine games left and we have to finish as high in the Premiership as we can, certainly in the top half of the table and, although we don't like it, accept that the injury crisis we have had has cost us."