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procdoc

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #281
Boosh said:
In the last week alone, Paul Cook and Danny Cowley have got jobs in league one.
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Are they any better than Robins though?
 

Hutch11

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #282
Grendel said:
No it shouldn’t and again same applies to slade and thorn
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You seriously comparing Robins to Slade and Thorn , some of your points are right on the money but some are more like that dope cc84
 

David O'Day

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #283
Boosh said:
Didn’t we pay £100k+ for Reid? It all adds up.
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Yes but he's a teenage left back who sadly got injured just after arriving. How is that the managers fault?
 
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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #284
procdoc said:
Are they any better than Robins though?
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It’s impossible to know whether they would do better. I’m just saying that’s 2 this week who have similar track records to Robins and were available.

I don’t want Robins sacked but it’s naive to think that there’s no one available that could feasibly do better.
 
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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #285
David O'Day said:
Yes but he's a teenage left back who sadly got injured just after arriving. How is that the managers fault?
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Was spending our finite resources on a teenage left back, a holding midfielder and 2 strikers nowhere near the first team the best we could do in January?
 

Grendel

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #286
procdoc said:
Slade and Thorn were abominations that achieved nothing at the club. Again, name me viable replacements for Robins instead of your usual deflection tactics
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It isn’t deflection in these league robins has a worse record than Peter Reid doesn’t he?
 
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PVA

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #287
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
I was in the camp before yesterday. We’ve got 9 games left of the season. Yesterday at home to the worst team in the league we started 3 defensive midfielders and 1 striker... the excuse bandied about his height. There was no intent to win the the game and when we fluffed the chances we had we reverted to nothing.

we’re sleep Walking to relegation and the manager has no idea how to stop it

the budget argument is stupid, whilst there’s merit to it, last season Luton stayed up at a canter. Their budget is not going to a mid table budget
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If you think Luton stayed up at a canter then you must think we're staying up at a canter too because they survived by 3 points and we're clear by 4 points. Your argument makes no sense.

And 5 teams have worse form than us over the last 6 games, including 4 of our relegation rivals so again your argument makes no sense.
 

cc84cov

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #288
Boosh said:
It’s impossible to know whether they would do better. I’m just saying that’s 2 this week who have similar track records to Robins and were available.

I don’t want Robins sacked but it’s naive to think that there’s no one available that could feasibly do better.
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@Barnsley said it “he shits himself at this level” we see it games are there to be win he doesn’t twist it’s all too cautious at times this season set up more positive more positive changes in certain we would be higher in the league...he’s not at this level tactically he’s not tactically efficient loved what he’s done it can’t be ignored but questions are now being asked,I don’t have a name of a manager I want to come in either I just want us to stay in this division...Robins needs to find it from somewhere the players need to stand up to this battle embrace it and get this by the scruff of its neck
 

Otis

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #289
Sick Boy said:
Just a hypothetical question - those who are fiercely loyal to Robins, if it was guaranteed a new manager would keep us up, would you choose loyalty or survival?
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Survival.

I really rate Robins, but we have to stay in the Championship I feel.
 
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cc84cov

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #290
procdoc said:
Slade and Thorn were abominations that achieved nothing at the club. Again, name me viable replacements for Robins instead of your usual deflection tactics
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There isn’t a glaringly obviously one who’s done it at this level these types of managers also cost money and want a budget
 
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procdoc

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #291
Grendel said:
It isn’t deflection in these league robins has a worse record than Peter Reid doesn’t he?
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With far less resources than Peter Reid. You are insufferable at times
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #292
procdoc said:
Again name a replacement. I bet you can’t. Luton finished three points outside of the bottom three. Clown
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luton lost one of the last 12 after sacking their manager and pulled themselves at of the bottom 3

I’ve already name Gary Monk as a short term option. He’s twice pulled teams out of the shit in both the premier league and championship.

Neil Harris did a great job at Millwall. I’d back him to be a good fire fighter aswell
 
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cc84cov

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #293
Otis said:
Survival.

I really rate Robins, but we have to stay in the Championship I feel.
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Exactly this
 
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cc84cov

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #294
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
Solksjear is another C

luton lost one of the last 12 after sacking their manager and pulled themselves at of the bottom 3

I’ve already name Gary Monk as a short term option. He’s twice pulled teams out of the shit in both the premier league and championship.

Neil Harris did a great job at Millwall. I’d back him to be a good fire fighter aswell
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If it was gonna be done it would of been in January if we had owners who cared it might of been
 
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PVA

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #295
Boosh said:
Was spending our finite resources on a teenage left back, a holding midfielder and 2 strikers nowhere near the first team the best we could do in January?
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Well we needed a left back as we only have one at the club and will have zero next year.

We needed a midfielder as otherwise Shipley/Allen would have had to play a number of games there.

We needed a striker as we had only one fully fit striker at the time.

Would it have been nice to go out and buy 3 or 4 championship level players? Yes. Was it possible to do that? No. Get in the real world, this isn't Football Manager.
 
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procdoc

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #296
Otis said:
Survival.

I really rate Robins, but we have to stay in the Championship I feel.
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And as it stands we are staying in the championship
 

Grendel

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #297
procdoc said:
With far less resources than Peter Reid. You are insufferable at times
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Not really. Reid took the job on an explicit understanding a player wasn’t sold. He was then sold without even being told and had a terrible squad with zero funds to spend
 

cc84cov

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #298
PVA said:
Well we needed a left back as we only have one at the club and will have zero next year.

We needed a midfielder as otherwise Shipley/Allen would have had to play a number of games there.

We needed a striker as we had only one fully fit striker at the time.

Would it have been nice to go out and buy 3 or 4 championship level players? Yes. Was it possible to do that? No. Get in the real world, this isn't Football Manager.
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If the Ricoh deal was pretty much done I think it was able to be done £1m on the right striker is peanuts if it meant we stayed up we lose £3-4m just in TV if we go down
 
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procdoc

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #299
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
luton lost one of the last 12 after sacking their manager and pulled themselves at of the bottom 3

I’ve already name Gary Monk as a short term option. He’s twice pulled teams out of the shit in both the premier league and championship.

Neil Harris did a great job at Millwall. I’d back him to be a good fire fighter aswell
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They are not better managers than Mark Robins. Have the last five years been erased from your memory?
 
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Deleted member 11652

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #300
PVA said:
Well we needed a left back as we only have one at the club and will have zero next year.

We needed a midfielder as otherwise Shipley/Allen would have had to play a number of games there.

We needed a striker as we had only one fully fit striker at the time.

Would it have been nice to go out and buy 3 or 4 championship level players? Yes. Was it possible to do that? No. Get in the real world, this isn't Football Manager.
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At the time we bid for Reid, the plan was for him to go back to Ross County on loan. As it happened, we did need him because Giles was recalled.

Sheaf and Hamer were both available we would not have needed to play Allen and Shipley holding midfield.

Gyokeres has barely been used anyway so we didn’t need him did we?

We needed options going forward, whether that be an attacking midfielder or a striker. We did not need 2 kids, a holding midfielder and a striker worse than biamou
 
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Otis

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #301
procdoc said:
And as it stands we are staying in the championship
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Yup. And I think we will.

I don't think being at the Ricoh in League One does us any favours.

The big crowds will be here in the Championship.

I still feel we will stay up.
 
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PVA

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #302
cc84cov said:
If the Ricoh deal was pretty much done I think it was able to be done £1m on the right striker is peanuts if it meant we stayed up we lose £3-4m just in TV if we go down
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Name this mythical striker we could have signed for £1m in January who is better than Godden/Walker...
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #303
procdoc said:
They are not better managers than Mark Robins. Have the last five years been erased from your memory?
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Gary Monk has done well at Premier League level and championship level. Neil Harris has a league one promotion and then led Milwall to mid table

Robins has historically struggled at this level. Great league one and league two manager.

I havent forgot the last 5 years but it doesn’t me an I should be happy with being relegated playing 3 DMs against Wycombe
 
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Deleted member 11652

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #304
PVA said:
Name this mythical striker we could have signed for £1m in January who is better than Godden/Walker...
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Elijah Adebayo.

Ched Evans on a free would have been worthwhile whilst we waited for Godden to return to fitness.

And that’s just off the top of my head without access to a scouting system. We didn’t need a striker better than Godden or Walker, we needed one better than Biamou as he’s been the constant since January
 
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procdoc

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #305
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
Gary Monk has done well at Premier League level and championship level. Neil Harris has a league one promotion and then led Milwall to mid table

Robins has historically struggled at this level. Great league one and league two manager.

I havent forgot the last 5 years but it doesn’t me an I should be happy with being relegated playing 3 DMs against Wycombe
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we haven’t been relegated
 

Hobo

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #306
Sick Boy said:
Yes but we didn’t, it’s the story of the season.
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It is. But our squad refects the fact it is our first season at a higher level (much higher), we have limited resources for this level and we have had lengthy injuries to key players.

We are where I expected us to be. But it is still in our own hands. At this stage Blackburn down are still in the dog fight.
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #307
procdoc said:
we haven’t been relegated
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Not yet, but the way we’re playing it’s not going to be long. We’ve got 9 games to turn our season around. At the moment we’re sinking without a trace

there’s no fight in the team, and the manager is happy playing a plank up front who struggles to score in a brothel
 
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SkyBlueDom26

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #308
Boosh said:
Elijah Adebayo.

Ched Evans on a free would have been worthwhile whilst we waited for Godden to return to fitness.

And that’s just off the top of my head without access to a scouting system. We didn’t need a striker better than Godden or Walker, we needed one better than Biamou as he’s been the constant since January
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Ched evans would have been perfect, shocking that we didn’t sign him
 
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procdoc

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #309
Elijah Adebayo, the player that has scored three times since signing for Luton. Hasn’t Max scored the same amount?
 
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PVA

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #310
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
Not yet, but the way we’re playing it’s not going to be long. We’ve got 9 games to turn our season around. At the moment we’re sinking without a trace
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5 teams are in worse form than us including Forest, Wednesday, Derby and Wycombe.

If we're sinking without a trace what are they doing?
 
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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #311
procdoc said:
Elijah Adebayo, the player that has scored three times since signing for Luton. Hasn’t Max scored the same amount?
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No Biamou has about 2 in 25 I think? How about Daryl Dike.
 
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procdoc

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #312
Boosh said:
No Biamou has about 2 in 25 I think? How about Daryl Dike.
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We would not have got him for a million quid. Anyway what makes you think we had a spare million for a striker in January?
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #313
PVA said:
5 teams are in worse form than us including Forest, Wednesday, Derby and Wycombe.

If we're sinking without a trace what are they doing?
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2 of them have more points than us and the other two are going down. There’s one place left and the other 2 teams competing for it are fighting. One even sacked their manager

but yeah let’s be happy about a 0-0 at one of those teams playing 3DMs
 
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Otis

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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #314
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
Not yet, but the way we’re playing it’s not going to be long. We’ve got 9 games to turn our season around. At the moment we’re sinking without a trace
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Don't think we are sinking without a trace. We are 5th from bottom. Yes, we haven't won in 2 but won the game before that. A win, a draw and a defeat from the last 3 matches. I hardly call that sinking.

If we had taken half our chances in the last two games we would have had at least 4 more points. You have to remember Godden should be back now too.


The chances have been falling to Biamou, who is no goalscorer by any stretch of the imagination.
 
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  • Mar 21, 2021
  • #315
procdoc said:
We would not have got him for a million quid
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He’s on loan at Barnsley isn’t he? So there’s 3 off the top of my head
 
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