I just think this season the changes have been a bit flat, I suppose we’ve had a fair few injuries but generally this season I felt the changes were lacking of a bit dynamism (for want of a better word), lots of like for like changes, whereas yesterday I thought we tried something different with our subs and it definitely kept the tempo going.
I think Robins signed players as they became available, I’m sure he had midfielders and strikers in his sights but for whatever reason didn’t happen.
5 centre backs who are all first Teamers is too many especially now we are crippled in midfield
Yeah, on the surface he seems conservative with substitutions, but the amount of times we finish games strongly suggests actually... he isn't, and he does choose right more often than not.
And yet Allen, Ayari, Sheaf, Kelly, Eccles, Palmer is too few first team midfielders, apparently.
So what should he have done then numbers wise , five leave replace them with three, good job you’re not manager.
How do you know he didn’t try to sign another midfielder, I believe he tried.
I call it a waste of resource
What was Panzo then a centre-forward ?
It never ceases to amaze me how many can't grasp that one injury, one suspension, and any fit centre back we own is playing regardless of form.
Like for like matches against the same teams (assuming Burnley = Leicester) we are 3 points down on last year. Played a lot of away matches early on last year. Still think we are a job in progress and missing the injured players.
Usually the players coming on are not as good as the ones going off. Just fresh legs. Yesterday the players who came on were usually in our first choice team. They had been rested due to 3 games in a week. You would expect them to make a difference and they did.
He changed our entire way of playing midway through last season to respond to the lack of squad depth, and took us to the play-off final.
Yeah exactly, I thought the subs actually made a big difference yesterday, the depth we’ll have when O’Hare, Sheaf and Tavares are all back will be pretty special.
Not sure. How often over many years have we seen City try to hold onto a win, only to be pegged back late on. There is also an argument to say that Robins bringing subs on during added time cost us the win against Huddersfield, as their goal came during ‘added’ added time. Rather we attacked and kept the ball in their half.
Why? Do you not recognise a sensible post, expressing an opinion?
A bit to go yet, he has potential but top end of the championship is a big ask. I actually think he might have got loaned out but with only three strikers and Taveres still injured Robins had to keep him here.
I'm not sure why people want to change it , it's given us year on year improvement.
