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He has always been described as a wide attacking player or winger. He shouldn't be played as a defender.

So what's the conspiracy theory then? Why did Doug sink over a million quid into a 3 year deal?

Oo there's a conspiracy theory. Is it to do with exploiting Cov's huge potential for shirt sales in Japan or getting the 3 Japanese students in Cov up the CBS? That kind of thing...

Robins needs a rocket up his own arse tbh. Too defensive. Too much Palmer love. Too much chopping and changing e.g.. Thomas. Too late subs. No formation flexibility. Poor after match comments e.g. on Sakamoto.

If Robins made a mistake in bringing him in and is just going to mess the lad about and bad mouth him then just let him go. Personally I think he has talent, athleticism and is a gutsy committed player. He should be an asset if you just play him as an attacking player.

You would expect a manager to do a lot more than look at data for a multi million pound purchase. At least watch some full games played, have a report on local sports media views etc.

Obviously Doug has the final say because he controls the money. But responsibility for identifying which players to bring in lies with the manager.

I would expect Robins to personally spend a lot of time researching any scouting recommendation. it’s job on line stuff if you get it badly wrong.

There were problems everywhere. But having a front 3 who can't hold the ball, tackle back or offer an outlet puts huge pressure on the rest of the team.

I hate to break it to you but there's no way Robins will drop Palmer. I guess he will bring Allen and Kitching in and play the usual system. I guess he will also start with Wright.

Robins plays pretty much a 5 2 3. With wingbacks not getting forward much. The 3 contribute little to the work of the team. Don't hold the ball up, don't tackle back, often don't provide an outlet. It's a weird disjointed formation with those players and a thankless job for midfield. The main...

Not always. The point is Robins will pick them whatever.

The big problem is there's not many goals in this squad. Godden's scoring streak wont last forever and will eventually lead to defenders marking him more closely (If then can stay awake). I guess COH is a wildcard as usual in terms of goalscoring. Robins will want to play Godden, Palmer and...

He chose the crap starting line up. It's hard for new players to gel when Robins drops or hardly plays them and reverts to favourites.

A shite team Robins created at great expense.

What’s so frustrating is that we have a bit of a squad and 2 games in 4 days and Robins doesn’t use it. That team selection was dull as dishwater. No idea how he expected that team to deliver.

COH should make a big difference. But who is gonna score the goals? We can’t over rely on Matty ‘the ghost’ Godden. At the moment I guess we have to hope Simms comes good.

How far are we from ‘you don’t know what you’re doing’? Losing to Huddersfield and bringing a defender on in the last 10 mins might test it.

Simms needs to come in for Wright now. And Kitching for Fadz. Allen will likely come in as well. He will keep picking Palmer. he just has a complete favourites block.

Have a look at the interview video thread. Basically lots of emphasis on their third goal and Tatsu messing up. No need to name and shame with such a poor team performance. A team Robins put together that was never going to deliver.