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Transfer Rumour Robins to Hull (3 Viewers)

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  • Start date Nov 27, 2024
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Ring Of Steel

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  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #211
Nick said:
I'm not too sure you realise what you are trying to jump in on, are you? Who is saying Hull are a bad club?

Just weird trying to post over and over without really saying anything.
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Again, stop following me around, you’re obsessed
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #212
Ring Of Steel said:
Again, stop following me around, you’re obsessed
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I'm not? I am replying to multiple threads.

You really do struggle without another certain member on here. You can't throw shit about and let somebody else try to explain for you.

You don't even realise what you're arguing about on this thread.
 
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SBT

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #213
Evo1883 said:
We finished 6 points worse off than the season before , in terms of league performance we practically stalled .. but the cup run was incredible .. it wasn't a bad season at all up until hull we were probably on a better trajectory than the playoff season
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Incredible is a good way to put it - we had one of the easiest roads to the semi-final you could ever imagine. It takes on outsize importance because of those Wolves and Man Utd games (one of which we still lost!) and we’ll all wear it as a badge of honour, but you can’t use it to say last season was a success or that it proved much about Robins’ abilities.
 
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Ring Of Steel

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #214
Nick said:
I'm not? I am replying to multiple threads.

You really do struggle without another certain member on here. You can't throw shit about and let somebody else try to explain for you.

You don't even realise what you're arguing about on this thread.
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Take a breath, and find someone else to stalk
 

Grendel

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  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #215
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Evo1883 said:
Hull finished 7th last season they're a good club
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Clearly better than us as we finished 9th
 

skybluecam

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #216
this place is quality these days, we’re never more than 2 posts away from an argument about how good Robins was
 
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Lamps

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #217
Evo1883 said:
We finished 6 points worse off than the season before , in terms of league performance we practically stalled .. but the cup run was incredible .. it wasn't a bad season at all up until hull we were probably on a better trajectory than the playoff season
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Very fine lines it seems.

If we had made it to only our second FA cup Final in our history nobody could have tried to make out the season was anything but a success. But our 4th goal was given offside by a very narrow margin with only seconds to go. Does that mean Robins is only suited to lower down sides?
 
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Grendel

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  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #218
Ring Of Steel said:
Again, stop following me around, you’re obsessed
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The irony
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #219
Grendel said:
M


Clearly better than us as we finished 9th
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They're a good club despite whatever mental aerobics you try and throw into it , they were premier league not too long ago
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #220
Nick said:
I'm not? I am replying to multiple threads.

You really do struggle without another certain member on here. You can't throw shit about and let somebody else try to explain for you.

You don't even realise what you're arguing about on this thread.
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Croatian internet will do that to a man.
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #221
Evo1883 said:
They're a good club despite whatever mental aerobics you try and throw into it , they were premier league not too long ago
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So we’re Wigan
 

Evo1883

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  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #222
Grendel said:
So we’re Wigan
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Like I literally just said , you'd throw some nonsense into it
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #223
Ring Of Steel said:
Take a breath, and find someone else to stalk
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Find another website to post pointless shit on?
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #224
Evo1883 said:
They're a good club despite whatever mental aerobics you try and throw into it , they were premier league not too long ago
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Not a club that will give him much time though. Bolton in L1 would be interesting for him, or a club like that he can rebuild
 

Evo1883

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  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #225
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Not a club that will give him much time though. Bolton in L1 would be interesting for him, or a club like that he can rebuild
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I agree he won't get the time
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #226
Evo1883 said:
I agree he won't get the time
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He thrives in the underdog role which Hull aren’t really. Good number of clubs further down who do fit that description and would allow him to build them up again.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #227
Brighton Sky Blue said:
He thrives in the underdog role which Hull aren’t really. Good number of clubs further down who do fit that description and would allow him to build them up again.
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We haven't been the underdog for about 3 seasons really have we ?
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #228
Evo1883 said:
We haven't been the underdog for about 3 seasons really have we ?
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We last were in summer 23. Then pissed a load of money up the wall
 

covcity4life

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  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #229
After everything robins has achieved I don't think he should drop a league personally. Championship job at the very least.

Not sure hull is right one though. Maybe a break be better for him
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #230
covcity4life said:
After everything robins has achieved I don't think he should drop a league personally. Championship job at the very least.

Not sure hull is right one though. Maybe a break be better for him
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His record on a shoestring budget is exceptional. His record with free rein and a bumper budget, not so.

Some managers do best when decision paralysis is removed from the equation. He is one
 

shmmeee

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  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #231
Brighton Sky Blue said:
His record on a shoestring budget is exceptional. His record with free rein and a bumper budget, not so.

Some managers do best when decision paralysis is removed from the equation. He is one
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This is bollocks really isn’t it. Could easily say his record with Badlan scouting is better than it is with Austin. He barely wasted a penny until then.
 

MusicDating

Euro 2016 Prediction League Champion!!
  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #232
SBT said:
Incredible is a good way to put it - we had one of the easiest roads to the semi-final you could ever imagine. It takes on outsize importance because of those Wolves and Man Utd games (one of which we still lost!) and we’ll all wear it as a badge of honour, but you can’t use it to say last season was a success or that it proved much about Robins’ abilities.
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Our run to the Semis was almost identical to Sheff Utd's the year before...
 

shmmeee

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  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #233
MusicDating said:
Our run to the Semis was almost identical to Sheff Utd's the year before...
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None of it counts. We were awful for eight years. Worst years of being a CCFC fan. Thank you Doug for saving us.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #234
shmmeee said:
This is bollocks really isn’t it. Could easily say his record with Badlan scouting is better than it is with Austin. He barely wasted a penny until then.
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Well, no it isn’t. When you have less to spend you have to extract the most from what you’ve got and spend what you do have more wisely. Even then we still had the likes of Tyler Walker cost a fair wedge of our funds and not work out.
 

covcity4life

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  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #235
Brighton Sky Blue said:
His record on a shoestring budget is exceptional. His record with free rein and a bumper budget, not so.

Some managers do best when decision paralysis is removed from the equation. He is one
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Maybe but he may think he deserves a shot at better teams. God knows he has earnt that right

Some cov fans may think he's not suited to elite chasing teams he prob thinks different. After all he basically got us to a fa cup final last year
 

shmmeee

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  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #236
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Well, no it isn’t. When you have less to spend you have to extract the most from what you’ve got and spend what you do have more wisely. Even then we still had the likes of Tyler Walker cost a fair wedge of our funds and not work out.
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Literally only Tyler Walker out of all the signings over a nominal fee. And he was top scorer first year and did a job.
 
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SBT

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  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #237
MusicDating said:
Our run to the Semis was almost identical to Sheff Utd's the year before...
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Not really. We played the lowest-ranked team to ever make the Fifth Round, at home!

I was a huge Robins fan, but being able to beat Oxford (L1), Sheffield Wednesday (bottom of Championship) and Maidstone all at home, plus a stellar result against Wolves isn’t the reason why. Nor would it convince me that any manager was worth keeping on.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #238
shmmeee said:
Literally only Tyler Walker out of all the signings over a nominal fee. And he was top scorer first year and did a job.
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The point is, we had much fewer options and he had less to work with. Once the budget increased dramatically it went a bit kid in a sweet shop. That and the expectation levels soared in a short time.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #239
shmmeee said:
This is bollocks really isn’t it. Could easily say his record with Badlan scouting is better than it is with Austin. He barely wasted a penny until then.
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There was plenty wasted
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #240
Brighton Sky Blue said:
The point is, we had much fewer options and he had less to work with. Once the budget increased dramatically it went a bit kid in a sweet shop. That and the expectation levels soared in a short time.
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Did he? Because it seems the whole slate suddenly took a turn for the worse across the board. I think it makes far more sense that a change in recruitment staff was to blame than some idea you can be good with little money but poor with lots of it.
 

shmmeee

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  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #241
Nick said:
There was plenty wasted
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Go on. Who cost more than say £500k and was a failure other than Walker?
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #242
shmmeee said:
Did he? Because it seems the whole slate suddenly took a turn for the worse across the board. I think it makes far more sense that a change in recruitment staff was to blame than some idea you can be good with little money but poor with lots of it.
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Having fewer options makes management simpler in many ways, it’s not a bizarre idea.
 
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MusicDating

Euro 2016 Prediction League Champion!!
  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #243
SBT said:
Not really. We played the lowest-ranked team to ever make the Fifth Round, at home!

I was a huge Robins fan, but being able to beat Oxford (L1), Sheffield Wednesday (bottom of Championship) and Maidstone all at home, plus a stellar result against Wolves isn’t the reason why. Nor would it convince me that any manager was worth keeping on.
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Sheff Utd were 2 Champ, 1 NL and 1 Prem, so as I say, almost identical. Similar with Millwall 2014. Just saying an easy run isn't that rare.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #244
shmmeee said:
Go on. Who cost more than say £500k and was a failure other than Walker?
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Hilßner cost us £750k over his contract and we paid a fee.
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 2, 2024
  • #245
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Having fewer options makes management simpler in many ways, it’s not a bizarre idea.
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But he hasn’t had fewer options. He’s had a squad of about twenty the whole time. He’s not bought players that we dont need, the squad if anything is a little short. We’ve overpaid on a couple but are told that’s Doug’s domain. The problem is that as a whole they’ve not been up to scratch. Is your contention that Austin was presenting options and Robins was picking the wrong ones?
 
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