OFFICIAL: Mark Robins has been sacked (4 Viewers)

[napolimp]

Whoever is brought in, it's going to be a long journey considering this club is built in Robins image. You'd think it will take at least a full season for a new "head coach" to stamp their own identity on the club.

Or we go back to the 2000's carousel of total garbage year upon year.

 

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[skyblueiom]

feel like setting up a gofundme page to take a full page add in the times, to say a thank you to MR.
For the way he stood by the club through SISU and the success he's brought, he gets handed his P45. And we havent had the chance to say goodbye!

Fuck me this is genuinely shit.

 

[False9]

This is devastating and so premature.

Underlying data suggests we are a decent team but not had any luck. Didn't give him the time he deserved to turn it around properly. Very strange timing considering yesterday was a freak result after wins.

I forsee new manager comes in, team picks up for a bit and finishes top ten. Optimism in the summer and then we start badly. New manager sacked. Cycle continues like the old championship times.

 

[SeaSeeEffCee]

I’d be interested to see statistic on how teams tend to do after a long term manager leaves.

 

[DazzleTommyDazzle]

Feel for a new manager. Will have the fans against the club before a balls kicked. As a business man DK ain't half short sighted whilst pretending to have vision

I was thinking the same.

If the new "Head Coach" gets off to a slow start, it could all get a bit nasty.

 

[Macca]

Something was going to give and unfortunately we can't get rid of the players

 

[mmttww]

Did those things make those clubs elite or the other way around?

Dunno. I suppose I'm pointing out that it's not exactly weird if DK looks at clubs with that kind of structure and copies some or all of it. If the alternative is 'give the keys to MR until he decides to leave' then I'm comfortable with the way DK is trying to do it.

 

[KenilworthSkyBlue]

Terrible decision - players still very much playing for him, as anyone who went to Boro will know. We're top 6 - 10 in terms of important data & stats. I'm very fucked off.

I don't think it's that the players weren't playing for him. Some of the tactical decisions - such as last night - were becoming quite bizarre. I doubt that helped in swaying DK's decision.

 

[djr8369]

This has been planned for months.
The new coaching set up wasn't put in place by or for Robins.
Though there's still dildos on here who think it was

Isn’t he on record saying he asked for most of it as everyone had too many jobs?

What would be Kings motivation to do that when everything good came from the old setup?

 

[clint van damme]

I think deep down a lot wanted a change

I think that's bollocks to be honest.
The reaction I've had on WhatsApp, by text, at work and on here says very different.

 

[Nick]

feel like setting up a gofundme page to take a full page add in the times, to say a thank you to MR.
For the way he stood by the club through SISU and the success he's brought, he gets handed his P45. And we havent had the chance to say goodbye!

Fuck me this is genuinely shit.

Let's not forget when he left us to go to Huddersfield.

He hasn't been volunteering with us and will be getting his contract paid up. Wasn't there about 3 years left?

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

Robins hasn't been himself all season, something seemed off from the start

 

[False9]

I understand the players weren't in training and found out by the social media posts

 

[djr8369]

Did those things make those clubs elite or the other way around?

Who knows but is the argument that it’s better to have a L1/2 coaching structure??

 

[chiefdave]

Wonder if King has been hearing the shouts of the vocal minority and assuming the represent the wider fanbase. He might be getting a bit of a shock seeing the response to this not just from our fans but across football in general.

Unlike fucking up the family zone etc this is not going to be so easy to walk back when he realise the error he's made.

 

[Nick]

I think that's bollocks to be honest.
The reaction I've had on WhatsApp, by text, at work and on here says very different.

I think a lot of it is shock, I expected the wins had brought more time.

 

[Ashdown]

I’m genuinely shocked, can’t quite believe it. I want to know who was responsible for a clutch of recent bang average signings. If it was King, looking to purely turn a profit rather than build a balanced team , then the future is bleak. Didn’t this individual work in an office with those wankers SISU ?! Those types can never be trusted to run sports clubs.

 

[fernandopartridge]

It's also a team that concedes looney toon type goals and has zero identity.

Looney toon type goals are player errors not tactical issues. As for 'identity', not sure what you're talking about really, it's quite nebulous.

 

[skybluecam]

The Wolves & Man Utd comebacks probably stopped him from getting the boot over the summer.

Obviously.

Our league form hasn’t been good enough since Jan

 

[itsabuzzard]

Time for a who wants Robins back poll??

Fucking idiot.

 

[Nick]

If the alternative is 'give the keys to MR until he decides to leave' then I'm comfortable with the way DK is trying to do it.

People were saying on here that he shouldn't be sacked even if we were relegated.

 

[djr8369]

Robins hasn't been himself all season, something seemed off from the start

Yes then he lost a parent didn’t he? Everyone is blaming the players and new staff but is it as simple as he’s had personal issues and hasn’t got back on track?

 

[Major Tom]

TBH the form littered with a few good results from the back half of last year has not been good .. absolutely we all wanted Robins to be the person to turn it around.. but last night was a poor again.. One good result against Luton and win against Middlesborough where in honesty we didn't look good for a fair part of the game was better but not good enough.

Football is ruthless Robins knows that and will be gutted he didn't pull us through. With a new manager let's see if the players are good enough or it really was a Robins motivation issue.

 

[Terry_dactyl]

Who saw this coming at the start of the season. We ain’t been good but it felt like we would be ok.

 

[clint van damme]

TBH the form littered with a few good results from the back half of last year has not been good .. absolutely we all wanted Robins to be the person to turn it around.. but last night was a poor again.. One good result against Luton and win against Middlesborough where in honesty we didn't look good for a fair part of the game was better but not good enough.

Football is ruthless Robins knows that and will be gutted he didn't pull us through. With a new manager let's see if the players are good enough or it really was a Robins motivation issue.

We're not getting a new manager.
Those days,are over.

 

[Skyblueweeman]

Proper gutted. Had the pleasure of meeting him a few times and he was genuinely a top bloke.

What he did for the club is nothing short of extraordinary. Brought stability to a club close potentially heading out of the league.

Brought us a trophy.
Brought us a divisional title.
Brought us an FA Cup SF where we lost by the length of a toe nail.
Brought us within a couple of penalty kicks of the EPL.
Brought us stability.
Brought us some good attacking football for the majority of his time.
Brought us entertainment.
Brought us belief.

Most importantly, he helped bring us together during the tumultuous SISU years.

He'll rightly be regarded as a legend in these parts (well Cov, not down here in Pompey) - he's earned that. I'm proper gutted he's gone and worried about how any new manager will settle in.

 

[Ccfc_Addy]

The key part of the statement is that whoever comes in has to be happy to be "head coach" within our existing structure, ie working with our four coaches rather than bringing their own people in, which would rule out more or less 100% of the people I would ever want to replace MR

 

[nicksar]

Very sad to see Mark Robins lose his job,felt exactly the same when Adi Viveash was sacked.....both gave brilliant service to the football club.
Just hope the Club appoint a decent head coach who can turn things around.

 

[RoboCCFC90]

This can't have been an easy decision for the owner to make, I ain't envious of the position he's put himself in and the fact he's stated is going to do a "Fans Forum" to answer any question is f***ing brave!

Coming back to Mark, results haven't been good enough recently and there are lots of potential reasons/excuses for this, but ultimately football is a results business and we've lost 15 or so of the last 22? Any other manager in the league would be sacked with that record.

I appreciate and thank you Mark, from where you took the club in essentially League 2, four Wembley trips later, back in the Championship and a kick from the Premier League, you deserve a statue outside the ground for all you've done and had to put up with.

 

[AOM]

I think that's bollocks to be honest.
The reaction I've had on WhatsApp, by text, at work and on here says very different.

The reaction on the Facebook and Instagram official pages has also been similar outrage

 

[shmmeee]

Give it Dr Claire until the end of the season. Let her put her money where her mouth is.

 

[Nobbie_67]

Wonder if King has been hearing the shouts of the vocal minority and assuming the represent the wider fanbase. He might be getting a bit of a shock seeing the response to this not just from our fans but across football in general.

Unlike fucking up the family zone etc this is not going to be so easy to walk back when he realise the error he's made.

Spot on. There’s clearly been something going on behind the scenes for a while. Too many cooks. Robins & Adi reuniting somewhere soon perhaps?


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[Sick Boy]

Who saw this coming at the start of the season. We ain’t been good but it felt like we would be ok.

King's aim is 100% working towards getting promoted within the next few seasons; we're a long way from that at the moment, so it's not a surprise. Personally, I have little faith in King finding the right replacement though.

 

[Saddlebrains]

Robins hasn't been himself all season, something seemed off from the start

His mum dying and getting no backing from the club other than select players is probably why

 

[Major Tom]

Obviously.

Our league form hasn’t been good enough since Jan

agree there has been issues going back a while , I think there was a hope change in staff and model would help but it hasn't. On the players and new 'head coach' now.