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Robins & His Band Of Merry Men (3 Viewers)

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  • Start date Aug 24, 2024
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Sick Boy

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  • Aug 24, 2024
  • #36
harvey098 said:
You didn’t but you’d would expect Doug to sack him… after 10 games (of better than average form btw)
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Yes, I think it would be naive to think that he wouldn’t have serious concerns. It’s hardly ‘out there’ for a team that’s supposed to be serious promotion contenders.
 
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sotvtoday

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 24, 2024
  • #37
Oh - and we're 8th by the way - 1 point outside the playoffs having been woeful apparently.
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Aug 24, 2024
  • #38
sotvtoday said:
Oh - and we're 8th by the way - 1 point outside the playoffs having been woeful apparently.
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The performances on the pitch have been poor.
 
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harvey098

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 24, 2024
  • #39
Clarkey_CCFC said:
Any team in this division that spends 40 million quid in 2 years shouldn't be struggling. Simple fact.
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We’ve played three games mate… and we won one of them ffs
 
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Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 24, 2024
  • #40
harvey098 said:
You didn’t but you’d would expect Doug to sack him… after 10 games (of better than average form btw)
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I think you are very naive to think king has any loyalty to Robins - he trusts him to do a job and has provided him with resources and a squad with depth. I know for a fact after the Rotherham defeat last season there was a heated discussion then and a warning to “sort it”
 

harvey098

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 24, 2024
  • #41
Grendel said:
I think you are very naive to think king has any loyalty to Robins - he trusts him to do a job and has provided him with resources and a squad with depth. I know for a fact after the Rotherham defeat last season there was a heated discussion then and a warning to “sort it”
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If we’re 8th after 10 games and Robins got sacked then to me it would be madness. If that makes me naive then I’m cool with that.
 
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Grendel

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  • Aug 24, 2024
  • #42
harvey098 said:
If we’re 8th after 10 games and Robins got sacked then to me it would be madness. If that makes me naive then I’m cool with that.
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If we are 8th clearly not but we have played 3 teams who will not be in the mix - so after 10 - 15 games will be the time when there is an analysis of performance. The point is though king wants success and couldn’t care less what’s gone before.
 
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harvey098

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  • Aug 24, 2024
  • #43
Grendel said:
If we are 8th clearly not but we have played 3 teams who will not be in the mix - so after 10 - 15 games will be the time when there is an analysis of performance. The point is though king wants success and couldn’t care less what’s gone before.
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Ok cool. I was arguing with someone that said if we were still 8th after 10-15 games “he’ll be gone”. I don’t think he will and sounds like you agree with me too
 

Mcbean

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  • Aug 24, 2024
  • #44
SHEAF !
 
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wingy

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  • Aug 24, 2024
  • #45
DrPoolittle said:
Under Bobby Gould, we used to get off to the flier. Then stall.

10 games in will give us a better insight
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Sorry thought that read friar for a minute!
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Aug 24, 2024
  • #46
harvey098 said:
Ok cool. I was arguing with someone that said if we were still 8th after 10-15 games “he’ll be gone”. I don’t think he will and sounds like you agree with me too
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Again, can you point out where I said he’d be sacked if we were 8th? Thanks.
 
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wingy

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 24, 2024
  • #47
Topical tangent here,Robin Hood is on Sky select later about midnight I think!!
 

harvey098

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 24, 2024
  • #48
Sick Boy said:
Again, can you point out where I said he’d be sacked if we were 8th? Thanks.
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Just below here bud. I assume “it” means the performances / form that have put us into 8th place. I’d love to know how this could mean anything else??
Sick Boy said:
If it continues for 10-15 games into the season he’ll be gone.
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Ashdown

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2024
  • #49
It was muted by the commentators and some fans that Robins looked a bit jaded today, sat down a lot, appeared tired and a bit spent Might just be that he was not feeling .
Some have suggested there have been a lot of managerial and coaching changes around him that may have been out of his hands
It can’t be an easy job and we have an ambitious chairman now who wants results rather than some disinterested scumbags who just about kept us on life support, whilst they explored their legal options.
Hopefully everything is tickety boo still and a couple of home wins now will settle some of the nerves
 
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Bad Boy

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2024
  • #50
Clarkey_CCFC said:
I think it was a Robin Hood reference fueled by alcohol.
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It was a reference to Robin Hood and it wasn’t fuelled by alcohol.

It was a tongue in cheek play on words offering fuelled by a DISAPPOINTED fan.

Jeez we all support the same team but have differing opinions on how we see a game good bad or indifferent, there’s no need for the abuse just because my opinion isn’t the same as others.
 

San Francisco

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2024
  • #51
Lots mentioning Sheaf and how we’re playing poorly due to him being out injured but ultimately, the team should be more than one man.

We shouldn’t be completely reliant on one player to get results. They all need to be pulling their own weight regardless of who’s out injured.
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2024
  • #52
tom88 said:
I love Robins to bits and would never want him to be sacked but I do wonder if we have evolved passed his tactical know how.

there are so many young managers coming into the game now and feel like we’re not evolving tactically under him.

it’s the same old

I know some won’t like this and I find it hard to type it but it’s just a gut feeling

I hope I’m wrong and I’m still confident as I’ve backed us to be promoted but why do we start so slow?
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Madness to come out with this just 4 games into the season. Our record for this season is 2 wins, a draw and a loss in 4 games.

It’s not even like we’ve got to a stinker like Luton who’ve picked up just 1 point.
 
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Perennial Lurker

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  • Aug 25, 2024
  • #53
Mucca Mad Boys said:
Madness to come out with this just 4 games into the season. Our record for this season is 2 wins, a draw and a loss in 4 games.

It’s not even like we’ve got to a stinker like Luton who’ve picked up just 1 point.
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We have become a very entitled fan base over the past couple of seasons
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Aug 25, 2024
  • #54
Perennial Lurker said:
We have become a very entitled fan base over the past couple of seasons
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The expectations have majorly changed since a few years ago though, not just from the fans.
 
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mark82

Super Moderator
  • Aug 25, 2024
  • #55
San Francisco said:
Lots mentioning Sheaf and how we’re playing poorly due to him being out injured but ultimately, the team should be more than one man.

We shouldn’t be completely reliant on one player to get results. They all need to be pulling their own weight regardless of who’s out injured.
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Precisely. We have no-one else who can play that role.
 
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Perennial Lurker

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  • Aug 25, 2024
  • #56
Sick Boy said:
The expectations have majorly changed since a few years ago though, not just from the fans.
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I accept that fully but we haven't morphed into prime Barca or Man City in that time . We should be competing for promotion,whether automatically or playoffs , and I think we will be .
We will still throw in stinkers occasionally and we will recover from them but some of the stuff on here has been nonsensical
 
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Bad Boy

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2024
  • #57
Ashdown said:
It was muted by the commentators and some fans that Robins looked a bit jaded today, sat down a lot, appeared tired and a bit spent Might just be that he was not feeling .
Some have suggested there have been a lot of managerial and coaching changes around him that may have been out of his hands
It can’t be an easy job and we have an ambitious chairman now who wants results rather than some disinterested scumbags who just about kept us on life support, whilst they explored their legal options.
Hopefully everything is tickety boo still and a couple of home wins now will settle some of the nerves
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He appeared ok in his post match interview and as per usual gave an honest opinion of the game.
 
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wingy

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2024
  • #58
Bad Boy said:
He appeared ok in his post match interview and as per usual gave an honest opinion of the game.
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Thought he looked tired on Fridays video offering, like he'd had a few or a late night!
 

baldy

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2024
  • #59
wingy said:
Thought he looked tired on Fridays video offering, like he'd had a few or a late night!
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Who the fuck cares if he looks tired ffs? What desperate sad posts
 
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2024
  • #60
San Francisco said:
Lots mentioning Sheaf and how we’re playing poorly due to him being out injured but ultimately, the team should be more than one man.

We shouldn’t be completely reliant on one player to get results. They all need to be pulling their own weight regardless of who’s out injured.
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We also performed perfectly fine last season when he didn't play.

To me our biggest problem seems to be application at the moment. As other posters have said, we are too passive and soft. The midfield is a problem but for me you've got someone there (Torp) who isn't up to the defensive side of the job and goes missing. We should still be blowing teams away though, but we are stuttering to get going.
 
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wingy

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  • Aug 25, 2024
  • #61
baldy said:
Who the fuck cares if he looks tired ffs? What desperate sad posts
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Just an observation that's all mate, not at all sympathetic?!
 
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baldy

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2024
  • #62
wingy said:
Just an observation that's all mate, not at all sympathetic?!
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No - why? You gonna send him a Get Well Soon card?
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2024
  • #63
Clarkey_CCFC said:
Any team in this division that spends 40 million quid in 2 years shouldn't be struggling. Simple fact.
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we're fucking 9th mate
 

rhino1002

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2024
  • #64
Our record this season so far won 2 drawn 1 lost 1
It's worrying isn't it
 
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tom88

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2024
  • #65
Mucca Mad Boys said:
Madness to come out with this just 4 games into the season. Our record for this season is 2 wins, a draw and a loss in 4 games.

It’s not even like we’ve got to a stinker like Luton who’ve picked up just 1 point.
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It’s not just 2 games though…the back end of last season was shit too and we’ve spent more money and don’t look any more dangerous

the FA cup run just covered the cracks over last season
 
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shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2024
  • #66
tom88 said:
It’s not just 2 games though…the back end of last season was shit too and we’ve spent more money and don’t look any more dangerous

the FA cup run just covered the cracks over last season
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You can’t start stitching seasons together. After the Utd game we were on the beach.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Aug 25, 2024
  • #67
shmmeee said:
You can’t start stitching seasons together. After the Utd game we were on the beach.
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We were unimpressive from January onwards in truth
 
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shmmeee

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  • Aug 25, 2024
  • #68
Brighton Sky Blue said:
We were unimpressive from January onwards in truth
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I think we faltered when Saka got injured and our right side got messed up. But we collapsed when the Utd game came into view.

It’s a big season no doubt, but four games in having won two drawn one isn’t the time to start putting scare stories about us being terrible for months together. It’s a new coaching staff, we’ve seen the vision is a good one, it’s just a matter of getting the players consistently enacting it.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Aug 25, 2024
  • #69
shmmeee said:
I think we faltered when Saka got injured and our right side got messed up. But we collapsed when the Utd game came into view.

It’s a big season no doubt, but four games in having won two drawn one isn’t the time to start putting scare stories about us being terrible for months together. It’s a new coaching staff, we’ve seen the vision is a good one, it’s just a matter of getting the players consistently enacting it.
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I just see the manager paying way too much respect to opponents. Hopefully it’s just the players needing to be more confident playing how he wants as opposed to them carrying out his instructions.
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2024
  • #70
Brighton Sky Blue said:
I just see the manager paying way too much respect to opponents. Hopefully it’s just the players needing to be more confident playing how he wants as opposed to them carrying out his instructions.
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I think so, but I also think we’re lacking cock and balls generally, on and off the pitch, compared to last season.
 
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