I agree, I hate the gamesmanship, but you have to be wise to it not get wound up by a teenager who you should be teaching the lessons to, not the other way around.
Wasn't it more like "Gus has...then he's tried to...and then he's...and then you run the risk" It was an exercise in fill-in-the-blanks. Robins clearly censored himself.
That's a fair point. I presume because he wants his best 11 players out there and doesn't want to piss off an already grumpy-and scoring-Godden? There's a case to be made that what we were doing before wasn't working away, even though Godden scored we lost. Maybe home will be different, if we...
It will of course be nearer to 10 playing this role. I bet he's spent more time on hold up play in training than usual and less on shooting! Not a role he's suited for but nobody else is so if we get a result it's OK.