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TomRad85

TomRad85

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Brighton Sky Blue said:
We need more strength in other parts of the pitch.
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I wouldn't say no to another AM tbf. Depends how much we actually have left in the kitty, they keep surprising us so no one knows in reality.

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Gint11

Gint11

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Doesn’t robins live in derby? Might just be taking in a local game?
 
Balli001

Balli001

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Deity said:
I’d be disappointed if he simply went to watch a mates team at this point in the season. Very unlike Robins I would suggest.
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Why? He has a whole recruitment team to do his scouting for him. Maybe he just wanted to meet up with a mate and catch a local game.
 
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Deity

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Balli001 said:
Why? He has a whole recruitment team to do his scouting for him. Maybe he just wanted to meet up with a mate and catch a local game.
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If I were King and he didn’t watch an upcoming opponent or a transfer target in favour of meeting up with a mate I’d kick his arse. Robins has been backed for the first time in his tenure with us, I’m sure he’s not returned that commitment by not using a rare Saturday off in the window productively.
 
Balli001

Balli001

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Deity said:
If I were King and he didn’t watch an upcoming opponent or a transfer target in favour of meeting up with a mate I’d kick his arse. Robins has been backed for the first time in his tenure with us, I’m sure he’s not returned that commitment by not using a rare Saturday off in the window productively.
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So he cant take the day off to catch a game? Do you seriously think he has been to watch all of our summer signings in person before signing them? Some teams dont even give their manager a say in transfers let alone demand they go and watch them like you want.
 
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Deity

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Balli001 said:
So he cant take the day off to catch a game? Do you seriously think he has been to watch all of our summer signings in person before signing them? Some teams dont even give their manager a say in transfers let alone demand they go and watch them like you want.
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A day off ? On the opening weekend of the season. Are you being serious ?

I suspect Robins had the players in yesterday morning going through the approach to todays match and then chose a match with some relevance to go to in the afternoon .

I doubt very much he did “the big shop” and then met a mate 😂
 
Balli001

Balli001

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Deity said:
A day off ? On the opening weekend of the season. Are you being serious ?

I suspect Robins had the players in yesterday morning going through the approach to todays match and then chose a match with some relevance to go to in the afternoon .

I doubt very much he did “the big shop” and then met a mate 😂
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By day off i meant free time in his local area to watch a game. Of course they trained yesterday but he is allowed to do other things. Maybe he was using the opportunity to look at players but you seem to think King should demand he go to games and personally watch players. You would have had us bankrupt on travel fares alone this summer with that logic.
 
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Deity

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Balli001 said:
By day off i meant free time in his local area to watch a game. Of course they trained yesterday but he is allowed to do other things. Maybe he was using the opportunity to look at players but you seem to think King should demand he go to games and personally watch players. You would have had us bankrupt on travel fares alone this summer with that logic.
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We clearly have different expectations and experience levels which is fine.

If you are suggesting that we have broken our transfer record and Robins hasn’t flown to watch Wright then you may be right but I would be hugely disappointed in Robins. He has a responsibility to ensure that the clubs money is invested as wisely as possible.

whether he has or hasn’t watched any / many of our targets the issue would not have been his travel expenses.

I expect that he has watched Simms, Wright and Milan and possibly Thomas.
 
ccfc1234

ccfc1234

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Deity said:
We clearly have different expectations and experience levels which is fine.

If you are suggesting that we have broken our transfer record and Robins hasn’t flown to watch Wright then you may be right but I would be hugely disappointed in Robins. He has a responsibility to ensure that the clubs money is invested as wisely as possible.

whether he has or hasn’t watched any / many of our targets the issue would not have been his travel expenses.

I expect that he has watched Simms, Wright and Milan and possibly Thomas.
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Be curious to know which of the signings Robins has seen live before.
 
Balli001

Balli001

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Deity said:
We clearly have different expectations and experience levels which is fine.

If you are suggesting that we have broken our transfer record and Robins hasn’t flown to watch Wright then you may be right but I would be hugely disappointed in Robins. He has a responsibility to ensure that the clubs money is invested as wisely as possible.

whether he has or hasn’t watched any / many of our targets the issue would not have been his travel expenses.

I expect that he has watched Simms, Wright and Milan and possibly Thomas.
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He himself said he had spent a summer on zoom. Don't know how you would cope supporting a team where the manager has zero input in to transfers. From what we hear it's Austin and the recruitment team who provide names to Robins after watching them extensively. If you think robins flys around watching them all I think you are deluded.
 
Grendel

Grendel

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Balli001 said:
He himself said he had spent a summer on zoom. Don't know how you would cope supporting a team where the manager has zero input in to transfers. From what we hear it's Austin and the recruitment team who provide names to Robins after watching them extensively. If you think robins flys around watching them all I think you are deluded.
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Given their seasons ended about the same time as the Play Off Final I doubt he’s seen the overseas signings at all
 
Nick

Nick

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Deity said:
We clearly have different expectations and experience levels which is fine.

If you are suggesting that we have broken our transfer record and Robins hasn’t flown to watch Wright then you may be right but I would be hugely disappointed in Robins. He has a responsibility to ensure that the clubs money is invested as wisely as possible.

whether he has or hasn’t watched any / many of our targets the issue would not have been his travel expenses.

I expect that he has watched Simms, Wright and Milan and possibly Thomas.
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That would be the scouts job surely?
 
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Deity

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Nick said:
That would be the scouts job surely?
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A Scouts job is to provide a shortlist of players matching the attributes the manager / club have identified as being important to the proposed style of play.

In bigger clubs the Sporting Director,Head of recruitment and the manager then discuss and agree the rank order of that shortlist.

in clubs like ours it’s also usual for the CEO to be part of those meetings.
 
San Francisco

San Francisco

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CF/AM player on loan because no way can our only back up striker be Godden
An LCB
Another CM, someone in the same mold as Hamer

Get those in and we're good to go.
 
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