Robins with the assist.... (3 Viewers)
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covcity4life
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Now that's what I call a short corner
Wyken Sky Blue
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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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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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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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I like how we're beating Leeds in that photo. Hopefully that's a Premier League fixture next season.
Evo1883
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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
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
covcity4life
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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!
Evo1883
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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
covcity4life
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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.
Mucca Mad Boys
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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.
clint van damme
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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.
Evo1883
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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
clint van damme
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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.
Waghorn cocking it up in front of goal. Shock.
ovduk78
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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.
Shannerz
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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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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.
Evo1883
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Agreed
Cally Fedora
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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
Mercian In Anglia
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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!
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.
Mercian In Anglia
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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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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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SIR ERNIE
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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.
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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Without?
Evo1883
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Looking at it possibly leeds 19/20
Shannerz
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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.
Potbellypig
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And yet you still had to queue for a beer at half time!
kapowaz
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Anyone who posts this stuff should have their internet access revoked. I seriously mean that.
Sky Blue Pete
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Unbelievable
Mucca Mad Boys
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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.