Whilst I do agree with some of your points Greggs, like the fact Robins’ managerial career has few highlights in it and he’s never before been anywhere near the sort of money we spent this year, I do think it would have been odd to take out the manager who got us to one kick away from the premier league. Over the past 5 season it’s been a steady rise year on year with Robins and so I think Doug saw no reason to ditch Robins, especially as all of the players and coaching staff know his style and how he wants everything to work.
I personally just don’t think we spent enough in the transfer window, or spent it wisely at the least, we sold £35 million worth of players and bought £20 million worth. It terms of quality on a monetary basis we’re down on the deal. We should have bought a quality midfielder (or a decent one at least) and thrown some serious money in almost every position rather than relying on free agents and cheap signings (they’ve been good but not electric). The one thing I do blame Robins for though is not being quick enough to change it up, whether it’s late subs or formations or players, I’ve been calling for 4 at the back on here for around 2 months now and only now have we gone for it. Robins seems reluctant to try new ideas when it’s clear the old style doesn’t work.
I think we should give him until at least January/February, see who we sign and if it’s still not working after 5-7 games or so of the new players bedding in then, yeah, I think maybe Robins would have to go, but certainly no sooner than that in my view.
