Also , last season was a good season on the whole , saying Robins couldn't manage a decent budget I'd wager that without that cup run we make the playoffs again last year .. but we finished 9th and got to a cup semi final , we were playing so many games in the end it fuxked us
I haven't said this - I've been consistent throughout. Robins was a big Austin fan also and backed his recommendations from all the information I've read. This is a major additional factor which I've always emphasised
Answered this about 6 million times
Robins trusted his judgement and the judgement of several other scouts who were putting players forward based off stat driven data that will be EXACTLY the same still going forward with frank lampard , what's the thing you're struggling with ?
Good old doug , could have paid cal his worth though , might have been a good thing to do looking back
David Thompson.The show on cwr had David Burrows on I think bigging up Frank and then revealed he'd just done masters in dof, when the told him a post was going here he asked to put his name forward!
How do you know ? May have been part of the agreement with Lampard that someone else comes in .
Well if somebody else comes in then sure , it won't be Dean
It's the summer arrivals that concern me most . Complete lack of squad requirements which Robins approved
Not necessarily. Maybe the replacement that Lampard wants won't be available for a while . That's the point we don't know.
I'd be very surprised if Dean Austin isn't here in 3 weeks when the window opens
May still be here but how much influence he has remains open to conjecture
Who was deciding tactics and player requirements then ? Surely that has to be Robins
Robins was one of several people involved in recruitment , last season alot of the new signings did quite well , this season we missed out on a couple players particularly midfielders , hopefully it's addressed in January .
True but he would have been fully aware of their attributes through watching countless online resources. Still can't believe the signing of BTA was sanctioned along with one of Raphael or Norman. Schoolboy error not spending that money on a midfielder and not pursuing that more diligently. Again we don't know why that happened.
2 midfielders turned us down tbh , marquee signings
Too many cooks and all that- the modern game. If the general team is shit the result is shit if the man in charge concurs. Ultimately I eoukd like to see an inkling with my own eyes as to where the power of selection lies within this club. If the quality of signings dramatically improves under Lsmpard with less funding we know the answer
Unless I'm mistaken we missed out on a quality midfielder because Robins pissed him off by prioritising the other
I wouldn't say good old Doug but if there is a wage cap then can see why he wouldn't break that wage structure but I would have offered cal a deal on a par with the top earners but did he not accept our deal because he wanted a Premier league move and wasn't willing to stay in the championship with us any longer?
No . Its what Cal's agent thought his worth was - massive difference.
I literally haven't attributed those players to anybody , that's you trying to be smart
Which one is this ? One lad went to forest / olympiacos on loan the other didn't want to leave ajax despite being surplus
You know who it is
Having a brain fart , remind me
Urgh don’t summon that Barnsley fan.
