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  • Thread starter fernandopartridge
  • Start date Feb 19, 2026
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fernandopartridge

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  • Feb 19, 2026
  • #1
Since Robins returned in 2017 I think we've probably more players reach 100 appearances for the club than in the previous 20 years prior to 2017.

I think this continuity has been a part of our success.
 
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torchomatic

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  • Feb 19, 2026
  • #2
Yes, totally agree. Hardly a week goes by where the club announce a player has made 100 appearances. Its great having such a settled squad.
 
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Razzle Dazzle Dean Gordon

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  • Feb 19, 2026
  • #3
A huge factor. Having to replace at least half the team virtually every summer was never going to produce success. The contract extensions signed today are yet another indicator we are a well run club these days.
 

clint van damme

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  • Feb 19, 2026
  • #4
Think continuity of manager helps as well.
Can't see Lampard being here as long as Robins but hopefully another good stint to keep the ship steady.
 
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Liquid Gold

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  • Feb 19, 2026
  • #5
It's partly due to spending so long in L1 & 2. Contracts at that level tend to be for 12 months because it's difficult to budget more than 12 months ahead.
 

shmmeee

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  • Feb 19, 2026
  • #6
clint van damme said:
Think continuity of manager helps as well.
Can't see Lampard being here as long as Robins but hopefully another good stint to keep the ship steady.
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One more year max I reckon. Either we don’t go up and he goes, or we do and stay up and he gets a better offer or we do and go down and he goes. Unless we do something mental like Europe and even then I’d expect one of the bigger PL clubs to poach him with their extra millions. Aren’t many in the PL with tenures over 2 years
 
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Dimi_Konstantflapalot

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  • Feb 19, 2026
  • #7
22 players since Robins returned in 2017 have made 100+ appearances

We had roughly the same number in the period since being relegated from the PL up to Robins 2nd stint (ie. 2001-2016 ish), so think that backs up your point about continuity in recent years

Surprising number in the mid/late 00s dire championship years, likes of Andy Whing, Isaac Osbourne, Jordan Clarke, Andy Morrell etc
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Feb 19, 2026
  • #8
Liquid Gold said:
It's partly due to spending so long in L1 & 2. Contracts at that level tend to be for 12 months because it's difficult to budget more than 12 months ahead.
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The 2001 to 2012 period in the Championship was just as bad
 

rob9872

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  • Feb 19, 2026
  • #9
It's partly why we've enjoyed such a connection between fans and players. Success of course helps too, but the environment and selecting players on character as an extra attribute rather than ability alone. Dean Austin and the team deserve some credit for that.
 
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bigfatronssba

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  • Feb 19, 2026
  • #10
clint van damme said:
Think continuity of manager helps as well.
Can't see Lampard being here as long as Robins but hopefully another good stint to keep the ship steady.
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By Championship standards he's already been here a long time!
 
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skybluelee

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  • Feb 19, 2026
  • #11
Not sure if this is 100% accurate but its pretty much there. Since relegation the following have made 180+ appearances:

Appearances split pre and post relegation - Richard Shaw, Marcus Hall, Gary McAllister
Post-relegation but before Robins (01-17) - Gary McSheffrey, Carl Baker, Dele Adebola, John Fleck
Appearances split pre and during 2017 Robins - Michael Doyle, Jordan Willis
Appearances since 2017 Robins (17-26) - Dom Hyam, Jamie Allen, Callum O'Hare, Liam Kelly, Josh Eccles

Loads of other recent players hit around the 150 mark. From memory Fadz, Shipley, Sheaf, Burge. Bidwell
 
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skybluelee

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  • Feb 19, 2026
  • #12
Since 1983/84 (football didn't exist before then in my world) 15 players have played 200 plus games.

Oggy, Borrows, Doyle, Shaw, Peake, Hall, Gynn, McSheff, Regis, McGrath, Telfer, Kilcline, Bennett, Willis and McAllister.

If Eccles features in all matches between now and August he'll make his 200th appearance on the first day of the next PL season.
 
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SkyBlueChris

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  • Feb 19, 2026
  • #13
skybluelee said:
Since 1983/84 (football didn't exist before then in my world) 15 players have played 200 plus games.

Oggy, Borrows, Doyle, Shaw, Peake, Hall, Gynn, McSheff, Regis, McGrath, Telfer, Kilcline, Bennett, Willis and McAllister.

If Eccles features in all matches between now and August he'll make his 200th appearance on the first day of the next PL season.
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Lets hope its not at Wembley....
 
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MusicDating

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  • Feb 19, 2026
  • #14
Still a cracking venue
 

hill83

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  • Feb 19, 2026
  • #15
Didn’t Robins fuck off to Huddersfield in and around this time of year in 2013?
 

Flying Fokker

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  • Feb 20, 2026
  • #16
hill83 said:
Didn’t Robins fuck off to Huddersfield in and around this time of year in 2013?
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Bump.
 

Monkeyface

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  • Feb 20, 2026
  • #17
That lack of continuity is one of the many concerns I have about getting promoted. It seems that as soon as you get promoted you have to buy shit loads of bang average overseas players, in the hope you get a superstar, and when things get tough they stop trying and you then jump on the manager-go-round.
 
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covcity4life

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  • Feb 20, 2026
  • #18
Monkeyface said:
That lack of continuity is one of the many concerns I have about getting promoted. It seems that as soon as you get promoted you have to buy shit loads of bang average overseas players, in the hope you get a superstar, and when things get tough they stop trying and you then jump on the manager-go-round.
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With that logic packing a team full of Brits will keep you up
 
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Hincha

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  • Feb 20, 2026
  • #19
shmmeee said:
One more year max I reckon. Either we don’t go up and he goes, or we do and stay up and he gets a better offer or we do and go down and he goes. Unless we do something mental like Europe and even then I’d expect one of the bigger PL clubs to poach him with their extra millions. Aren’t many in the PL with tenures over 2 years
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If we go up and come back down I think he'll be our manager for a few more years. We'd owe him another bite at the cherry with parachute payments and no Prem team would risk going for a relegated manager (see Mckenna at Ipswich or Dyche at Burnley)
 
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Liquid Gold

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  • Feb 20, 2026
  • #20
Hincha said:
If we go up and come back down I think he'll be our manager for a few more years. We'd owe him another bite at the cherry with parachute payments and no Prem team would risk going for a relegated manager (see Mckenna at Ipswich or Dyche at Burnley)
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If we did go up and came back down the narrative arond him would be that his level is the championship so I doubt we'd be in danger of losing him.
 
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PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Feb 20, 2026
  • #21
Allen is only 2 off 200
 
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skybluelee

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  • Feb 20, 2026
  • #22
PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
Allen is only 2 off 200
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I don't he'll get there though which is a shame. Not even in the matchday squads now.
 

PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Feb 20, 2026
  • #23
skybluelee said:
I don't he'll get there though which is a shame. Not even in the matchday squads now.
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We should know better by now than to count him out! I bet he’ll surpass it not by much though they’ll be sub appearances most likely
 
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wingy

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  • Feb 20, 2026
  • #24
skybluelee said:
I don't he'll get there though which is a shame. Not even in the matchday squads now.
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Not unless the team are home and dry.
 
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Hullinho87

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  • Feb 21, 2026
  • #25
Monkeyface said:
That lack of continuity is one of the many concerns I have about getting promoted. It seems that as soon as you get promoted you have to buy shit loads of bang average overseas players, in the hope you get a superstar, and when things get tough they stop trying and you then jump on the manager-go-round.
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There is always a team who changes the blueprint for a promoted team. Brighton, Fulham, Brentford are the obvious recent examples.

Sunderland have just written their own and have signed a shit load of overseas players, who are good enough for Prem level - that is a plan to follow.
 
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