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Briles

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  • Yesterday at 8:28 PM
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Finish it off Frank

 
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covcity4life

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  • Yesterday at 8:29 PM
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Briles said:
Finish it off Frank

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Now that's what I call a short corner
 
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Wyken Sky Blue

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  • Today at 4:06 AM
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Does anyone remember Mark Robins as a player and what he was like?

He was in the Norwich team that finished 3rd in 1993 so must have had something about him!

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TomRad85

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  • Today at 6:45 AM
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Wyken Sky Blue said:
Does anyone remember Mark Robins as a player and what he was like?

He was in the Norwich team that finished 3rd in 1993 so must have had something about him!

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I do actually remember him playing for Rotherham. I have no memory of his top flight career at all. Some older posters will have seen him I'm sure.
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Today at 6:50 AM
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I like how we're beating Leeds in that photo. Hopefully that's a Premier League fixture next season.
 

Evo1883

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  • Today at 6:50 AM
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As much as i love Robins and as much as ive given Lampard shit since hes been here i hope he gets all the credit For this season .

Yes Robins Helped build this team and yes robins got us to this division but frank was appointed with a job to do and if he wins us the league that is probably above and beyond even dougs expectations

Its his achievement , Robins is already rightly given the hero status for his own achievements

I get the meaning behind it btw and its nice


Its frank and Joe
 
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covcity4life

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  • Today at 6:54 AM
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Evo1883 said:
As much as i love Robins and as much as ive given Lampard shit since hes been here i hope he gets all the credit For this season .

Yes Robins Helped build this team and yes robins got us to this division but frank was appointed with a job to do and if he wins us the league that is probably above and beyond even dougs expectations

Its his achievement , Robins is already rightly given the hero status for his own achievements
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As an overall journey over last 9 years it's definitely robins with a huge assist to lampard though. I like the analogy. I mean OP ripped off my original AI pic after all!

 
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Evo1883

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  • Today at 6:56 AM
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covcity4life said:
As an overall journey over last 9 years it's definitely robins with a huge assist to lampard though. I like the analogy. I mean OP ripped off my original AI pic after all!

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Ofcourse robins helped set the foundations but all the managerial and coaching side of things frank and joe should be credited with , its a huge deal to be promoted and an even bigger deal to win the championship it would be unfair if it was constantly labelled like he was aided by our previous coach
 
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covcity4life

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  • Today at 7:18 AM
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Evo1883 said:
Ofcourse robins helped set the foundations but all the managerial and coaching side of things frank and joe should be credited with , its a huge deal to be promoted and an even bigger deal to win the championship it would be unfair if it was constantly labelled like he was aided by our previous coach
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Yeah I agree. Im saying overall journey not this season.

Yes Robins and Austin put majority of team together but coaching has been the main factor

I'm just glad it's worked out way it has.
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Today at 7:38 AM
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Evo1883 said:
As much as i love Robins and as much as ive given Lampard shit since hes been here i hope he gets all the credit For this season .

Yes Robins Helped build this team and yes robins got us to this division but frank was appointed with a job to do and if he wins us the league that is probably above and beyond even dougs expectations

Its his achievement , Robins is already rightly given the hero status for his own achievements

I get the meaning behind it btw and its nice


Its frank and Joe
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Frank Lampard has took the team to higher levels that I just don’t think Robins could have. It’s 100% his achievement and don’t see how, for example, we’d hit a 75%+ win record at home over 33 games under MR.

No disrespect to Robins career because he is a club legend, but he’s actually not had much success elsewhere. He’s done good jobs at place like Barnsley and Rotherham, nothing like the job he has in either of his spells with us.
 
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clint van damme

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  • Today at 7:39 AM
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Evo1883 said:
As much as i love Robins and as much as ive given Lampard shit since hes been here i hope he gets all the credit For this season .

Yes Robins Helped build this team and yes robins got us to this division but frank was appointed with a job to do and if he wins us the league that is probably above and beyond even dougs expectations

Its his achievement , Robins is already rightly given the hero status for his own achievements

I get the meaning behind it btw and its nice


Its frank and Joe
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100 percent agree. This season all on Lampard.

Though I wish the anti Robins brigade would give him credit for saving the club. While they don't, they can't moan when people begrudge acknowledging Lampard, they're just as bad as each other.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Today at 7:42 AM
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Mucca Mad Boys said:
Frank Lampard has took the team to higher levels that I just don’t think Robins could have. It’s 100% his achievement and don’t see how, for example, we’d hit a 75%+ win record at home over 33 games under MR.

No disrespect to Robins career because he is a club legend, but he’s actually not had much success elsewhere. He’s done good jobs at place like Barnsley and Rotherham, nothing like the job he has in either of his spells with us.
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I only care about his work here which is more than many managers achieve in their EFL careers tbh .. but i generally agree with your post
 
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clint van damme

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  • Today at 7:44 AM
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Evo1883 said:
I only care about his work here which is more than many managers achieve in their EFL careers tbh .. but i generally agree with your post
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I'm the same, don't care what either man did before or after their time with us, just what they do here.
 
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Sick Boy

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  • Today at 7:44 AM
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None of it would have been possible without Tim Fisher persuading Robins to come back. Get the statue built!


 
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ptr

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  • Today at 7:49 AM
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covcity4life said:
As an overall journey over last 9 years it's definitely robins with a huge assist to lampard though. I like the analogy. I mean OP ripped off my original AI pic after all!

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Waghorn cocking it up in front of goal. Shock.
 

ovduk78

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  • Today at 7:53 AM
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Wyken Sky Blue said:
Does anyone remember Mark Robins as a player and what he was like?

He was in the Norwich team that finished 3rd in 1993 so must have had something about him!

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He was a very good player but not good enough for where Man Utd were heading under Ferguson hence his move to Norwich. It's hard to compare him to current players as formations have evolved but he was a better version of Conor Chaplin, he could get onto knock ons from a target man or drop deep and hit decent passes through defences. I don't think he had a lot of pace which may have stopped him going to a higher level.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Today at 7:56 AM
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If we win the league though what a decade its been for supporters

2 x titles
1 x playoff win
Checkatrade trophy win

2x championship playoffs
Fa cup semi final
 
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Shannerz

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  • Today at 8:05 AM
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Wyken Sky Blue said:
Does anyone remember Mark Robins as a player and what he was like?
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Saw him score against us at Old Trafford.

Controlled it with his hand before finishing, the git. We were (undeservedly) 2-0 down and it was about the 85th minute, though, so it didn't really matter.

He was a sort of a fox in the box type striker, good reactions and intelligence, but not with great pace or strength.
 

Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Today at 8:06 AM
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Evo1883 said:
I only care about his work here which is more than many managers achieve in their EFL careers tbh .. but i generally agree with your post
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clint van damme said:
I'm the same, don't care what either man did before or after their time with us, just what they do here.
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100% agree. It’s all that matters and in that respect, he’s a legend that embodies our turnaround as a club.

With the benefit of hindsight, I think he took us as far as he could.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Today at 8:11 AM
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Mucca Mad Boys said:
100% agree. It’s all that matters and in that respect, he’s a legend that embodies our turnaround as a club.

With the benefit of hindsight, I think he took us as far as he could.
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Agreed
 
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Cally Fedora

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  • Today at 8:16 AM
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Robins was a good player. I would describe him as a poacher but his all round play was prem level at the time
 
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Mercian In Anglia

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  • Today at 8:16 AM
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Evo1883 said:
If we win the league though what a decade its been for supporters

2 x titles
1 x playoff win
Checkatrade trophy win

2x championship playoffs
Fa cup semi final
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Compared to the 2 decades before that:

3 x relegation
2 x FA Cup QF
1 x EFL Trophy Semi

Craig Bellamy
Lee Hughes

Don't know they're born, the young 'uns!
 
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Viktor17

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  • Today at 8:19 AM
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TomRad85 said:
I do actually remember him playing for Rotherham. I have no memory of his top flight career at all. Some older posters will have seen him I'm sure.
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Tidy little striker, similar stature to Tony Cottee. Was a steadish type of player, all rounder type. - good squad player rather than nailed on 1st choice.

However played at top level to be fair, United and then Norwich were very strong at that time.
Quite profilic at Rotherham I think also.
 
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Mercian In Anglia

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  • Today at 8:22 AM
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Cally Fedora said:
Robins was a good player. I would describe him as a poacher but his all round play was prem level at the time
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Reckon in another era he'd have got senior caps, especially when at Man U/first season at Nodge.

Certainly no less deserving of a cap than Bamford, Bothroyd, Davies, Rodriguez, Nketiah, Ricketts, Nugent, Frazier Campbell, Jeffers (just to name some one cap wonder strikers).
 

standupforcity

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  • Today at 8:23 AM
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Where would we be today without Jimmy Hill! Where would the football league and world football be today without Hill's 3 points for a win innovation.. history makers.. that's our club!!
 

Flying Fokker

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  • Today at 8:26 AM
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standupforcity said:
Where would we be today without Jimmy Hill! Where would the football league and world football be today without Hill's 3 points for a win innovation.. history makers.. that's our club!!
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Top of the Championship?


 
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SIR ERNIE

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  • Today at 8:33 AM
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Wyken Sky Blue said:
Does anyone remember Mark Robins as a player and what he was like?

He was in the Norwich team that finished 3rd in 1993 so must have had something about him!

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Godden/McNulty-esque

No surprise that they both flourished under his guidance.
 
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standupforcity

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  • Today at 8:33 AM
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Flying Fokker said:
Top of the Championship?
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Without?
 

Sick Boy

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  • Today at 8:34 AM
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When did a non-parachute team last win the league?
 
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Evo1883

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  • Today at 8:36 AM
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Sick Boy said:
When did a non-parachute team last win the league?
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Looking at it possibly leeds 19/20
 
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Shannerz

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  • Today at 8:38 AM
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Mucca Mad Boys said:
With the benefit of hindsight, I think he took us as far as he could.
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I don't really know what that means, to be honest. If the lottery of a penalty shoot out had have gone our way, or if Hamer hadn't gone off in the play off final, he could have taken us further.

It looked as if it had run its course by the time he left, though. Is that saying the same thing?

Saying 'as far as he could' suggests a ceiling, which is obviously not the case.
 
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Potbellypig

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  • Today at 8:40 AM
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Mercian In Anglia said:
Compared to the 2 decades before that:

3 x relegation
2 x FA Cup QF
1 x EFL Trophy Semi

Craig Bellamy
Lee Hughes

Don't know they're born, the young 'uns!
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And yet you still had to queue for a beer at half time!
 

kapowaz

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  • Today at 9:42 AM
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covcity4life said:
As an overall journey over last 9 years it's definitely robins with a huge assist to lampard though. I like the analogy. I mean OP ripped off my original AI pic after all!

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Anyone who posts this stuff should have their internet access revoked. I seriously mean that.
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Today at 9:48 AM
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Evo1883 said:
If we win the league though what a decade its been for supporters

2 x titles
1 x playoff win
Checkatrade trophy win

2x championship playoffs
Fa cup semi final
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Unbelievable
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Today at 10:35 AM
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Shannerz said:
I don't really know what that means, to be honest. If the lottery of a penalty shoot out had have gone our way, or if Hamer hadn't gone off in the play off final, he could have taken us further.

It looked as if it had run its course by the time he left, though. Is that saying the same thing?

Saying 'as far as he could' suggests a ceiling, which is obviously not the case.
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That was a one-off. 23/24 we were well off the playoffs and in 24/25, we wouldn’t have made the playoffs with Robins.

Even in 2022/23, we failed to win a single game when conceding the first goal.
 
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