Doesn’t help that at least 2 of the promoted sides look comfortable either. Good job Sunlun are so skint and useless
The dinosaur Pearson doing very well at Bristol City too
He's got a bench full of players he clearly doesn't trust and only 1 automatic starter to come back from injury.
Not sure he's OK with such a lack of resources.
The way they run the club is an embarrassment- we’re run as a plucky lower league club in the Championship - unfortunately relegation looks inevitable this season.
The same JH(who I revere btw for his feats when I was growing up)that bankrupt the club with the Detroit express/Sky Blue Connexion. We had to have fire sale on a scale not seen before or since and would make Sisu blush.Pete thanks to you for your efforts,as for boddy he's had an easy ride under robins stewardship,but the first sign of trouble ,of sisus own making ,the CBS fiasco followed by hyam and poor results he is a fish out of water ,out of his depth well n truly as is sisu being shown of how not run a club of such great history .
I'm sure JH is turning in his grave right at this moment.
Didn't he sign them all and I bet they are all on decent wages too.
It's not like the bench against Luton was full of kids.
Waghon
Walker
Palmer
Panzo
Moore
Then Eccles and Burroughs, they are youngsters. You would think when Kane is back fit he will replace Burroughs or Eccles on there.
Well Waghorn and Walker haven't worked out, not all signings do, but we simply haven't strengthened in the summer.
As AOM says, we simply won't survive many more seasons inthe Championship without investment.
Really??The sad thing is, is that there are actually posters on here who are now blind to the situation and think everything is going well.
Yeah we have posters who think 2 points from 6 games following on from our poor form from the second of last season is perfectly fine and speaking out about it are just doom merchants/bedwetters etc.Really??
That's the thing, they still get paid a fair whack and nobody else wanted them.
At what point can you keep signing players on decent wages without getting rid of the ones we have already?
I don't pay that much attention to other clubs tbh. How do they move players on, can't imagine there's a queue of clubs waiting to sign players who have 'failed' at a championship club.We can't, but other clubs move on failed signings.
Expecting every signing to work out and holding on to the ones that don't isn't the norm in football.
We can't, but other clubs move on failed signings.
Expecting every signing to work out and holding on to the ones that don't isn't the norm in football.
Especially when you're shopping in the bargain basement. Admittedly Robins has to take responsibility for Walker given how long he pursued him on top of dropping him on the back of him scoring 2 in 2 last season.
Thats the thing, how do they move them on but we can't?
I'd imagine they pay them off, which we won't do.
well we could but we can't spend the money twice so if we effectively pay one player the remainder of their contract to leave we can't also use that money to pay a replacement. much as we might want it to happen Seppalla isn't going to hand over money because we signed someone who turned out to be shit.I'd imagine they pay them off, which we won't do.
We gave Palmer a three year contract too, unsurprisingly. Get we’re working under tight constraints but we don’t help ourselves
It chimes with his remarks a few weeks back about honesty and clarity .Hmm…
Asked to expand on what he means by saying things have got to change, he seemed to suggest that things weren’t always as clear to him as they could have been, saying:
“Umm, I am not going to go too deep into it but things need to change in terms of, if you are going to make the best of a situation you have got to know what the situation is, 100 percent. So whilst you are trying to hold onto players, and rightly so, hold onto players that have done so well, they can’t do it on their own and they need a squad around them to help them.
Doesn't that point to bad scouting / purchases as well?
Especially players like Hilsner, Dacosta, Walker, Waghorn, Kane etc. Decent wages but not trusted to play and given contracts that other people wouldn't take on so can't get rid of them?
Not sure many clubs would just pay them all off and do the same again, would they?
Oh dear, he needs to listen to the experts on here more.“If we can stay in the division that’s a huge thing for us” there you go then
It’s just nonsense. Boddy is tying himself up in knots every time he opens his mouth. Does he think fans are just stupid.
The ambition, the excitement! Get down the cbs arena lads and lasses to watch us attempt to be less shit than 3 other teams. Are you not entertained?“If we can stay in the division that’s a huge thing for us” there you go then
He’s had a few snipes at them in fairness to the extent you might have to consider your Robins SISU lover stanceWe have in the past - if you care to admit it or not operationally Waggott and Anderson were far superior in dealing in this than Boddy - Robbins budget for transacting has virtually all been down to the deals they constructed with Wilson and Maddison - we’ve blown the Summer window with an amateur negotiating and ultimately selling no one but a fire sale at the end - and Robins clearly is pissed off
Thats the thing, how do they move them on but we can't?
Doesn’t seem very joined up manager/recruitment/CEO
“So to make the best of what you have you need to be in full view of everything that’s going on so that you can make the best decisions with the resources you have available to you. And if not then you have to make other resources available to you by selling people and making sure you have got the right balance, and using that situation to your own advantage.
Doesn't that point to bad scouting / purchases as well?
Especially players like Hilsner, Dacosta, Walker, Waghorn, Kane etc. Decent wages but not trusted to play and given contracts that other people wouldn't take on so can't get rid of them?
Not sure many clubs would just pay them all off and do the same again, would they?
Doesn't the fact they had a replacement lined up, albeit one that fell though, not indicate that they had some idea he was going?I'd imagine Dom Hyam was literally sold from beneath Robins's feet.
He was probably told the club are selling him and just to deal with it in whichever way he can
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