It's as if people forget that spending well beyond our means is what got us in this situation in the first place.
Robins spent nothing (apart from wages) in gaining promotion to League one, he brought in players such as Mcnulty, Hyam, Biamou, Kelly on free transfers who now hold a value or have been sold. He took probably the worst team this club has seen (the squad that got relegate to L2) and transformed it into a team good enough for promotion without spending a penny on transfers.
By doing that he has gained the owners trust and support, that is why they are happy to reinvest (not financially back) him. He then made us a competitive L1 side after reinvesting a portion of the McNulty sale in Chaplin whilst continuing to develop frees/youth players.
Anyone trying to say we are where we are simply because "Robins has been backed" needs to sit down and take a breath or two.
We aren’t comparing us to other teams, we are comparing Robins to previous managers.
As you have been repeatedly told, he has been given more funds from the player sales than any other manager of recent times. How many other managers were given £750k to sign a striker?
No one is critiquing the job Robins has done but you cannot deny he has been supported with funds. Maybe that is a credit to the confidence the board have in him.
Perhaps if Presley got £2m rather than a bunch of a free transfers he may still be in the job or left for a bigger clubYes, and how well have they done with that compared to how Robins is doing?
Good post but literally no one is saying that.
I can deny it- its a fact. Chaplin & Bayliss- must be 3m between them, we spent 750k. And when you're third with a game in hand you earn that- who would have given Pressley the bones of a million to spend? He didn't have the ability, as his subsequent career has proven.
Erm Chaplin cost 500,000 to start withI can deny it- its a fact. Chaplin & Bayliss- must be 3m between them, we spent 750k. And when you're third with a game in hand you earn that- who would have given Pressley the bones of a million to spend? He didn't have the ability, as his subsequent career has proven.
Yes, and how well have they done with that compared to how Robins is doing?
You kind of are though aren't you. Every positive about Robins, you have a comeback on it to make out its not down to managerial ability as opposed to "being backed in the transfer market".
Perhaps if Presley got £2m rather than a bunch of a free transfers he may still be in the job or left for a bigger club
It’s slightly easier to succeed when you can sign Matt Godden rather than Josh McQuiod
Enough whataboutery- had Pressley developed his players and generated funds then he would have had that opportunity, but he didn't and he didn't. And look at him since- proof is all around- Robins is our best manager since John Sillett and cold hard facts say that if he takes us up he goes straight to the all time number 3.
Would never have happened because Pressley wasn't a good enough manager or coach to develop any of his players into someone that would sell for funds.Perhaps if Presley got £2m rather than a bunch of a free transfers he may still be in the job or left for a bigger club
Would never have happened because Pressley wasn't a good enough manager or coach to develop any of his players into someone that would sell for funds.
Who had been at the club since 2009- nurtured and coached for 4 years before Pressley arrived.Are you trolling? Pressley played Callum Wilson..
Would never have happened because Pressley wasn't a good enough manager or coach to develop any of his players into someone that would sell for funds.
Who had been at the club since 2009- nurtured and coached for 4 years before Pressley arrived.
Callum Wilson was sold for 3m...
Pressley coached Wilson from a reserve striker into the best striker in the league
Also Christie and also Maddison praise him
Pressley coached Wilson from a reserve striker into the best striker in the league
Also Christie and also Maddison praise him
Pressley coached Wilson from a reserve striker into the best striker in the league
Also Christie and also Maddison praise him
Robins spent nothing (apart from wages) in gaining promotion to League one, he brought in players such as Mcnulty, Hyam, Biamou, Kelly on free transfers who now hold a value or have been sold. He took probably the worst team this club has seen (the squad that got relegate to L2) and transformed it into a team good enough for promotion without spending a penny on transfers.
By doing that he has gained the owners trust and support, that is why they are happy to reinvest (not financially back) him. He then made us a competitive L1 side after reinvesting a portion of the McNulty sale in Chaplin whilst continuing to develop frees/youth players.
Anyone trying to say we are where we are simply because "Robins has been backed" needs to sit down and take a breath or two.
Nothing to do with Pressley, he had him for one season when we played our kamikaze/ brainless attacking style of football. Wilson shone at the expense of any attempt to defend.
He spent £125,000 on Clarke Harris
Enough whataboutery- had Pressley developed his players and generated funds then he would have had that opportunity, but he didn't and he didn't. And look at him since- proof is all around- Robins is our best manager since John Sillett and cold hard facts say that if he takes us up he goes straight to the all time number 3.
I believe we spent similar on Bakayoko the following season as well
Utter drivel
The sign of a good/ great manager is what they can do with what they've got plus maybe one addition here & there, and to self fund by sales of players you found & brought on. Pressley didn't have it, Mowbray didn't have it- nobody has had it apart from Robins.
Nothing to do with Pressley, he had him for one season when we played our kamikaze/ brainless attacking style of football. Wilson shone at the expense of any attempt to defend.
Interesting that Leon Clarke has been brought up and its been asked why Presley wasn't given any of the Clarke sale to reinvest. Clarke was another of Robins' free transfers who turned into a profit. This is why they allow him to reinvest, they trust in his judgement, they clearly didn't trust Pressley's.
Not in the L2 promotion season he didn't, loanHe spent £125,000 on Clarke Harris
He then says the form of Chaplin is a product of Robins’ development of players which is odd as Robins couldn’t get him to scoreClueless
I don't see your issue then, you want to know why Pressley wasn't "backed" in the same way that Robins has been?Again, no one is disputing that.
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