Originally Posted by
SkyBlue_Taylor
I agree, I think Barton and Fleck, if given more game, will flourish.
You are of course joking aren't you? They will flourish? - At what? Certainly not football. Central midfield role is all about strength flair and leadership and effort. Fleck fails on all counts. I couldn't believe they signed him after his trial game against Hinckley. He was one of the worst if not the worst players on the pitch! The only reason I could see this being a good deal was if Rangers paid cov to take him off their hands.
And how on earth Robins isn't playing Garner I will never know. The lad is hungry, has pace, and most important of all vision. Yet he is being kept out by the likes of Fleck. I'm sure Fleck is a nice guy, but so was my nan - and I wouldn't pick her to play either.
There are an awful lot of questions Robins has been asked and has failed to answer. How can it be argued that he has turned the team around - yet they STILL cannot playfor 90 mins or hold on to a lead? How can it be claimed baker is an inspired choice as skipper, yet say it is a team effort when it comes to DM?
Every time DM has had a relatively poor performance (bar 1 game) cov have either lost outright or lost the lead! If it were 1 game this could be argued, but nearly 20 games? It CANNOT be a coincidence!
Even when they have managed to get points, it has been helped in no small part by generous refs or exceedingly poor performances from the opposing team.
It will be interesting to see if the run of results continue against teams in the upper end of the league. Cov have for the most part got points only from the bottom few clubs. Someone posted a few days ago and said cov are on track for a 14th-15th position. And he is probably about right if they continue this run.
But considering this team is supposedly one of the best teams inj this league on paper - surely 14th 15th is simply not good enough. If its true that the team is valued at around 4-5 mill (SiSU's values so take with a pinch of salt) then it is a pathetic return.
If the form holds on for a month or 2 after DM goes then the call that Robins has turned the team around would almost certainly have merit, but right now, Id say bar for DM - NOTHING has changed since he arrived - they have just played teams even worse - hardly a ringing endorsement!