shmmeee
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100% win ratio
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100% win ratio
PUSB-We_are_going_up
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Very true
PUSB-We_are_going_up
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Buuutt...
It doesnt mean it will stay that way
shmmeee
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You’re throwing away a steady job for a lottery ticket. Managers who outperform their wage bracket to the extent you’re expecting are like hens teeth. We’ve found exactly one in twenty years and you want to sack him.
Aside from anything else, if you can’t allow a manager a poor run of less than 10 games at a significantly higher level after three years of continual success, when they hell can you? If you ran the club it’s be Richardson and his paying off five managers at a time all over again.
As much as you wish it were true to save your face, Robins isn’t the problem anything like as much as the fact we’ve got a L1 squad in the Championship.
shmmeee
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Im fairly confident @Sky_Blue_Dreamer’s record in professional football won’t change in his lifetime.
Grendel
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I haven’t even said sack him anyway but it’s ridiculous to pretend relegation is an achievement
Leicester sacked a manager who won the premier league a few months before
I know who I would try and recruit if we were starting to fall adrift but there is no point in debating it
Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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Marosi
Dabo - Leo - McFadzean/Hyam - McCallum
Hamer - Kelly - Sheaf
O'Hare
Walker - Godden
Godden up front on his own isn't working and the AM roles have been consistently shite.
Not sure exactly what formation you would put them in, but they are probably our best 11 players give or take.
Dabo - Leo - McFadzean/Hyam - McCallum
Hamer - Kelly - Sheaf
O'Hare
Walker - Godden
Godden up front on his own isn't working and the AM roles have been consistently shite.
Not sure exactly what formation you would put them in, but they are probably our best 11 players give or take.
SlowerThanPlatt
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If I was Robins/Boddy I’d be concerned about whwre the next sellable asset is. If no one goes out then it’s hard to see anyone worthwhile coming in and if the squad is as poor as some think that sounds like trouble
It’s why sadly I agree with Fisher that the club cannot compete at Championship level with this business model
It’s why sadly I agree with Fisher that the club cannot compete at Championship level with this business model
shepardo01
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Expect to see Bapaga involved in the very near future.
Brighton Sky Blue
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Also seen in an episode of Fresh Meat from 2014
chiefdave
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Is it as simple as getting rid of Robins? The whole club has been set up to play the same way, do we scrap the whole lot and start again?
And what about Viveash's role, are we getting rid of him as well? It was only a couple of months ago we had players speaking to the press about the coaching here being the best they'd received anywhere.
Not saying Robins is untouchable but 8 games into a season playing at our highest level in nearly 10 years with a tiny budget compared to pretty much every other club in the division seems very early to be talking about pulling the trigger.
And what about Viveash's role, are we getting rid of him as well? It was only a couple of months ago we had players speaking to the press about the coaching here being the best they'd received anywhere.
Not saying Robins is untouchable but 8 games into a season playing at our highest level in nearly 10 years with a tiny budget compared to pretty much every other club in the division seems very early to be talking about pulling the trigger.
Brighton Sky Blue
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If Walker and Hamer have good seasons you could argue them.
SlowerThanPlatt
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I mean in January. The club is getting no more outside money from the likes of Maddison and Wilson so it relies on the current squad
Brighton Sky Blue
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Right, yeah there’s nobody. Might need to go to Joy and make the case that the consequences of relegation would be worse than an immediate injection of cash.
Skybluebeliever
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I would think 3/4 to go in January ( that’s if we can get rid of them ) this could free up enough cash to bring in one player
Brighton Sky Blue
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Looking at how they play and what Robins has said it seems some have
skyblueinBaku
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It seems to me that the players' confidence is low and getting lower with each defeat. They seem to be beaten before the game kicks off. I can't see anything other than another loss against Reading unless they start to believe in themselves.
cc84cov
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I can’t stress it enough this is why Liam Kelly cannot be sat on the bench he’s out captain and leader we need him out there not sat with kasta on the bloody bench !!!
The Reverend Skyblue
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I liked Robin's comments post match especially regarding when are we going to have a go.
We have players who run forward 20 yards who then turn back and pass it back 30 yards, and they do this almost every time they get the ball. We have at least two players so terrified of a tackle that's it's embarrassing to watch them.
I hope Robins has now read them the riot act, as if we go on like this we'll be relegated by January, so I'm positive that they now know they have to get stuck in more and be more positive with the ball and actually try and create chances.
Hence I'm going for a 2-1 skyblue win, how many times in the past have we won when total underdogs, it's time this attitude returns and we start to fight for every inch on the pitch
We have players who run forward 20 yards who then turn back and pass it back 30 yards, and they do this almost every time they get the ball. We have at least two players so terrified of a tackle that's it's embarrassing to watch them.
I hope Robins has now read them the riot act, as if we go on like this we'll be relegated by January, so I'm positive that they now know they have to get stuck in more and be more positive with the ball and actually try and create chances.
Hence I'm going for a 2-1 skyblue win, how many times in the past have we won when total underdogs, it's time this attitude returns and we start to fight for every inch on the pitch
clint van damme
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I strongly suspect he will be but with at least 14 mid week games this season don't expect to see him starting every game.
fernandopartridge
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He's only 30 ffs
cc84cov
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Why ?
Frostie
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I'd be terrified defensively with that setup.
Hyam, Rose, McFadzean would all be exposed for pace in a back 4 plus you'd lose most of your attacks from wide.
I wouldn't mind seeing Sheaf, Hamer & Kelly together though but in more of a 3-5-2 or 3-4-1-1
Frostie
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Historically he picks up a lot of niggles & asking him to play 3 games in 6 days straight off the back of injury is too much for anyone.
Irish Sky Blue
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Rotherham kept faith with Warne which didn't work out too badly. If you have a good manager who has a plan, why would you want to ditch all of that?
We would appear to have a huge budget deficit over every team in this league apart from Wycombe. Anything above second bottom is over achieving therefore.
The target is still survival. We have played teams mainly in the top half of the table. We need to find 3 teams that are worse than us (or two teams and Sheff. Wed) and finish above them. That will be success for us this year.
clint van damme
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I think Robins will rotate him, I think that's why he was on the bench the other night. That may have ben more to do with the fact he's only back from injury but my feeling is that's how he'll proceed with him.
johnwillomagic
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Warne is going quietly about his job - I'm sure they have a lower budget than us so at this early stage of the season he certainly seems to be doing better than Robins so far,,,,,,,,however it is early days and we have had some tough fixtures,
Robins has done brilliantly for us so far but I think if anything his limitations are a little bit of stubbornness and unwillingness to try to alter things when things are not going entirely to plan - I think we need to try something different for Reading and would like to see two up top and
Sheaf, Hamer & Kelly all starting in centre of park with Hamer a little further up the park.....will MR do it though.
Robins has done brilliantly for us so far but I think if anything his limitations are a little bit of stubbornness and unwillingness to try to alter things when things are not going entirely to plan - I think we need to try something different for Reading and would like to see two up top and
Sheaf, Hamer & Kelly all starting in centre of park with Hamer a little further up the park.....will MR do it though.
Johhny Blue
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We could use the muscle up thereThere seems to be some posters on here who have him down as an extremely limited footballer, which I don't get.
He defo makes mistakes and has bad games, but I think he is technically more proficient than both Hyam and Rose and can pick a pass better too.
Makes me feel a bit sick when he tries clever little turns when being closed down by opposition forwards mind.
Basically what I'm saying is, just stick him up front.
Johhny Blue
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Isn’t debating it the whole point of a forum?
Anyone can say “I know who’s better but I’m not saying”
Throw out the name for discussion
He can't or he'll make himself look stupid again.
Last year he said he'd rather have Ainsworth.
Grendel
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Because there is some kind of nonsense belief that attractive football and losing football are some kind of acceptability - years ago I was arguing we should have moved heaven and earth to sign Warnock but most liked Chris Coleman’s coat
Brighton Sky Blue
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Don’t be shy G if they’re available now they’ll likely be available in a few months.