Robins Summer Signings (8 Viewers)

[Stan 43]

Me too. He'd barely played for a year and was just starting to look sharp when he got that hamstring injury. Now he's just starting to look sharp again. Played well and scored at Luton before being brought down clean through on goal (should get an assist for Shipley's goal). Played well and should have had an assist for his defense splitting pass at Mansfield if Ponticelli hadn't fluffed his one on one and then got stifled in a defensive first half at Lincoln. To describe him as utterly dreadful is a disgrace.

you are right,against Mansfield, he played well. one chap was going over the top bashing him against forest green , and a few chaps told him to lay off the bashing. he moved seats! To give him a 4 is a joke

 

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[Londonccfcfan]

I agree, I think he will come good

You may still be saying that in February. That's the problem.

Hes lacking confidence, hes had opportunities to shoot recently and been afraid to and chooses the wrong option of passing.

 

[sw88]

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I’ll have you know it’s a receding hairline!

 

[Covstu]

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Nazon 9 - another Nazon 9 - another great find. Bit like Armstrong

That better?

 

[sw88]

Nazon 9 - another Nazon 9 - another great find. Bit like Armstrong

That better?

Ah, much Whittier than me

 

[Nick]

Ah, much Whittier than me

You been on the sun beds?

 

[sw88]

You been on the sun beds?

That’s just shit bants!

 

[stevefloyd]

Is that your spellcheck again? And should be pants?

 

[Captain Dart]

Good grief yes, currently 'starring' in team lying 11th of 12 in SPL.

It gets worse...

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

I think the dealings by Robins in the summer fell well short the midfield as an attacking force has been none existent and the forwards much the same. I do think some of problems of the second are caused by the first but having said that when the strikers get a chance i'm sure we miss the target more on average than other teams. Is our squad as a whole better than last? I'm not so sure.

 

[steve82]

I think the dealings by Robins in the summer fell well short the midfield as an attacking force has been none existent and the forwards much the same. I do think some of problems of the second are caused by the first but having said that when the strikers get a chance i'm sure we miss the target more on average than other teams. Is our squad as a whole better than last? I'm not so sure.

Man for man I think the majority of the side are better this season bar one or two from last year who maybe you could put in to a combined 16/17-17/18 side, but as a side it's still not working and falling short.

I do agree with if the midfield attacking play was solved or system changed come January it would help our strikers and there confidence rather than snatching at some chances or taking the wrong option at the crucial point. Things would flow better.

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

I think the dealings by Robins in the summer fell well short the midfield as an attacking force has been none existent and the forwards much the same. I do think some of problems of the second are caused by the first but having said that when the strikers get a chance i'm sure we miss the target more on average than other teams. Is our squad as a whole better than last? I'm not so sure.

Of course the squad is better than last year.

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

I think the dealings by Robins in the summer fell well short the midfield as an attacking force has been none existent and the forwards much the same. I do think some of problems of the second are caused by the first but having said that when the strikers get a chance i'm sure we miss the target more on average than other teams. Is our squad as a whole better than last? I'm not so sure.

Very harsh. Doyle and Kelly have proven to be good signings. Nazon is a good signing and McNulty is coming a long quite well now - he's on 7 goals compared to Nazon's 9 and both averaging 1 in 3 (Nazon slightly higher). I think Andreu was signed to be a main player for us, so we've been desperately unlucky to lose both him and Jones for the season. Biamou was signed as a 3rd/4th choice so 5+ goals would be a decent haul for him. As for the defence, recruitment can't be knocked - still the best defence in the league.

From our results against the better teams, we've clearly got a good enough team to compete with the best sides in this division. However, this has been countered by our seemingly inability to beat the teams we 'should' be beating. It should be glaringly obvious that if a team can beat a free-scoring Luton 3-0 away, but that same team losing to Morecambe 2-0 away - a team more hopeless than us at scoring - that our problems lie in the way we approach said games. Something clearly isn't clicking tactically in these games. Who is to blame is the million dollar question! Thankfully, I'm not the one paid to answer it.

Boils down to this for me: if we weren't good enough, the best sides in this division would put us away, but they're not.

 

[Adge]

Very harsh. Doyle and Kelly have proven to be good signings. Nazon is a good signing and McNulty is coming a long quite well now - he's on 7 goals compared to Nazon's 9 and both averaging 1 in 3 (Nazon slightly higher). I think Andreu was signed to be a main player for us, so we've been desperately unlucky to lose both him and Jones for the season. Biamou was signed as a 3rd/4th choice so 5+ goals would be a decent haul for him. As for the defence, recruitment can't be knocked - still the best defence in the league.

From our results against the better teams, we've clearly got a good enough team to compete with the best sides in this division. However, this has been countered by our seemingly inability to beat the teams we 'should' be beating. It should be glaringly obvious that if a team can beat a free-scoring Luton 3-0 away, but that same team losing to Morecambe 2-0 away - a team more hopeless than us at scoring - that our problems lie in the way we approach said games. Something clearly isn't clicking tactically in these games. Who is to blame is the million dollar question! Thankfully, I'm not the one paid to answer it.

Boils down to this for me: if we weren't good enough, the best sides in this division would put us away, but they're not.

I think they will when it's the return games against Notts County and Luton etc.

 

[Londonccfcfan]

Man for man I think the majority of the side are better this season bar one or two from last year who maybe you could put in to a combined 16/17-17/18 side, but as a side it's still not working and falling short.

I do agree with if the midfield attacking play was solved or system changed come January it would help our strikers and there confidence rather than snatching at some chances or taking the wrong option at the crucial point. Things would flow better.

Yes I agree also man for man they are better than last years team.

The huge problem with last years team was. We Lost the irreplaceable following: Armstrong, Murphy, Maddison, Kent, Fleck, Cole, Vincelot, Reda, Rickets, Stephens and Cargill. Admittedly a lot of these were loans.

Any team we put out last year was going to be weaker. The one signing we lost last year hard to stomach and understand was Vincelot ( still miffed why he went for a measly sum to another league one club). That’s when huge alarm bells rang before last season started.

 

[Londonccfcfan]

League one and two clubs have to rely on quality loan signings a department for that extra boost. Last year Mowbray completely messed it up. And this year it’s a huge area we haven’t fully utilised. (Nazon) has already been easily our best striker games to goals ratio and in my opinion a relative success.

I hope we get some good ones in on January.

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

I think they will when it's the return games against Notts County and Luton etc.

It would be typical of us to beat them, but lose to FGR the next week. We've not put together a real run of wins yet and it's always the 'lesser' sides that tend to beat us. How frustrating to see we've beaten all but 2 of the top 7 (excluding us and Wycombe), yet, we've only beaten two of the bottom 7.

 

[Grendel]

He has done well with his recruitment drive.
Much better than last time round.
McNulty was a big error, however he has got us so strong defensively that we can ride that till January.

As this fuckwit won’t pay up and he used to bump threads

 

[fernandopartridge]

As this fuckwit won’t pay up and he used to bump threads

Cheers Grendel I was thinking about his comments about McNulty. Clueless clown won't show his face here now

 

[fernandopartridge]

All pretty decent so far, I definitely think there is more to come from McNulty. Vincenti has been a bit disappointing, perhaps the injuries he has had have caught up on him, he looked better than this against us for Rochdale.

So many prescient comments....

 

[ccfcway]

Bump

Plenty of negative comments for McNulty in November !

 

[stevefloyd]

I still never rated him although he did grow on me