Greggs
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Agree buddy. We had great team spirit and the side really seemed to have gelled by the end of the season! Fingers crossed he hasn't taken us back to square one
Agree buddy. We had great team spirit and the side really seemed to have gelled by the end of the season! Fingers crossed he hasn't taken us back to square oneAdmittedly I thought this but if the right players become available, Robins shouldn't sit back and settle for who we have. If they're better than what we currently have then there's no sense in resting on our laurels. I understand it's important to have a good team chemistry though.
Stokes would have made perfect back-upLeft back was one of the positions last season we seemed to struggle with and there was no real first choice between him and Haynes which made it look like he wasn't sure on any.
Agree buddy. We had great team spirit and the side really seemed to have gelled by the end of the season! Fingers crossed he hasn't taken us back to square one
Well, he was during Mowbray's time here.Yep like him but not good enough for top of league 1.
Personally, i prefer defenders that can defend!Personally I always liked Stokes, thought he could do a job in this division (as he has done in the past!) but Robins likes fullbacks that bomb forward, so it was always inevitable he'd go really.
One recovering from same injury that last full-back failed to recover from. One unproven 20 year old and one who seems to have a terrible attitude?! Stokes departure definitely made us weakerMason and brown. Camwell still on books. Position is covered
One recovering from same injury that last full-back failed to recover from. One unproven 20 year old and one who seems to have a terrible attitude?! Stokes departure definitely made us weaker
On what evidence? Say Brown doesn't recover to his potential, Mason is totally unproven with around 3 pro games under his belt....It's currently based on guess work, whereas Stokes can still do a job and can offer a lot at Cb tooDon't think it's making us weaker if the 3rd choice is going does it?
On what evidence? Say Brown doesn't recover to his potential, Mason is totally unproven with around 3 pro games under his belt....It's currently based on guess work, whereas Stokes can still do a job and can offer a lot at Cb too
Who is the geezer who has Mark Robins phone number? Because Greggs needs it to tell him how he's going wrong.On what evidence? Say Brown doesn't recover to his potential, Mason is totally unproven with around 3 pro games under his belt....It's currently based on guess work, whereas Stokes can still do a job and can offer a lot at Cb too
The GK reference makes no sense.What if all 3 of our goalies get injured at the same time?
Robins has obviously assessed the players he has brought in to think they can do a job before letting Stokes and Haynes both go.
The GK reference makes no sense.
Let's just hope signing a 29 year old, recovering from a major injury, doesn't backfire!
You have said that we should keep stokes in case of his injury and the number 2 LB being no good.
You would think Robins would have checked his state of recovery before signing him / getting rid of others also? Would be suicide for him to do it if Brown was struggling and Mason was shite.
I assume though Vincenti was impacted by his injury and we signed him
Him and Kelly both signed for us on the back of bad injuries. Vincenti obviously didn't recover well and most of this site hated Kelly before Christmas. I know Kelly came good in the end but I'm far from convinced by our recruitment and squad at the minute. If Jones, Andreu, Brown and Ogogo don't come back 100% we will struggle. Also worrying that we have a few injuries and international call ups already hampering our short pre season.
But we bought Brian King years ago, had never missed a game, then early on dislocated his knee. Every transfer is a risk. When we sold Willie Carr to Wolves they knocked the price down because of concerns over his knees, he played for them for years. We got cold feet on a small fee for Marsden...he went to Southampton...what a mistake...he could make a midfield tick like a watch:
Every new transfer and every new season is a risk. Nothing is a given in football.
He was on loan to us from Huddersfield, where he'd been banished to the reserves. IIRC, he had to choose between us and Wolves in the division below, and he chose them.Marsden is a real urban myth - he did go to Southampton 6 years after we released him!
But we bought Brian King years ago, had never missed a game, then early on dislocated his knee. Every transfer is a risk. When we sold Willie Carr to Wolves they knocked the price down because of concerns over his knees, he played for them for years. We got cold feet on a small fee for Marsden...he went to Southampton...what a mistake...he could make a midfield tick like a watch:
Every new transfer and every new season is a risk. Nothing is a given in football.
He was on loan to us from Huddersfield, where he'd been banished to the reserves. IIRC, he had to choose between us and Wolves in the division below, and he chose them.
Edit: I seem to recall there was a televised game for us where he ran the show, which alerted Wolves to his talent. Another example of TV ruining the game.
He was on loan to us from Huddersfield, where he'd been banished to the reserves. IIRC, he had to choose between us and Wolves in the division below, and he chose them.
Edit: I seem to recall there was a televised game for us where he ran the show, which alerted Wolves to his talent. Another example of TV ruining the game.
He was a regular for a Stockport side who reached the semi-finals of the league cup, and it was his performances there that encouraged Dave Jones to buy him for Southampton.He left wolves to play for the giants that were Notts county and Stockport and played second fiddle at both clubs
He was a regular for a Stockport side who reached the semi-finals of the league cup, and it was his performances there that encouraged Dave Jones to buy him for Southampton.
And however you look at it, he'd have been better than Sandy Robertson!
You are correct but are supporting the point that others are making, That is, players returning from injury are a gamble because they may take too long to recover their form, if at all.Stokes hasn't been the same since his injury unfortunately. Think Robins letting someone like this go is a good sign. Shows he is ensuring the squad is stronger rather than just settling for what we have.
Hope he makes a success of the move and doesn't end up drifting out the game.
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