We should look at the positives (1 Viewer)

Tonylinc said:

I seem to recall a Barnsley fan telling us that MR would stabilise the club but no more than that just before he was announced as Manager. Did he know more than we gave him credit for at the time?

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Grendel said:

At the start of the season we looked in mess. Awful
Manager, accepted mediocrity, were unfit and had a squad unfit for purpose.

Without robins we'd be down in the depths. We still lose too many games but the collective spirit is much better Andover of the other issues have been addressed.

A new manager should slot in, hopefully improve the defence, and we will be ok.

As for robins he played us. Becoming manager of Coventry you know 2 things - we sack at will and there is no money. So lets be under no illusion - we were a stepping stone for him to re-establish himself. If we had still been in the JpT and in the top 6 he would have waited. With those opportunities in the balance there was a risk that the club would end upon table and no move would be forthcoming.

Huddersfield did not target the club as we are financially unstable. Someone will have tipped them off he wanted it. The same happened to Doncaster and Blackpool.

Robins has shown us what he is about. Short term personal gain is his goal. Lets not kid ourselves any different.

He has laid some foundations and was not perfect. The next manager may do even better.

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SkyBlue_Taylor said:

I had a slight paranoia that he'd feck off quickly, either over boardroom issues or a team wants him, but after his comments this season, this has been totally unexpected, my paranoia had gone, I've lost respect for him and I applaud the board for 'fighting to the death' but it was MR's will, so we begin this process again,melts get someone in quickly, a pro, not Oggy or Carsley.

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Grendel said:

At the start of the season we looked in mess. Awful
Manager, accepted mediocrity, were unfit and had a squad unfit for purpose.

Without robins we'd be down in the depths. We still lose too many games but the collective spirit is much better Andover of the other issues have been addressed.

A new manager should slot in, hopefully improve the defence, and we will be ok.

As for robins he played us. Becoming manager of Coventry you know 2 things - we sack at will and there is no money. So lets be under no illusion - we were a stepping stone for him to re-establish himself. If we had still been in the JpT and in the top 6 he would have waited. With those opportunities in the balance there was a risk that the club would end upon table and no move would be forthcoming.

Huddersfield did not target the club as we are financially unstable. Someone will have tipped them off he wanted it. The same happened to Doncaster and Blackpool.

Robins has shown us what he is about. Short term personal gain is his goal. Lets not kid ourselves any different.

He has laid some foundations and was not perfect. The next manager may do even better.

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Grendel said:

Mark robins managed us at a lower level. We are in budget terms a strong club at this level. Only a fool like thorn would really fail.

Robins has done well enough but as a manager in the big picture he is not established at all.

Managers can succeed or fail due to many factors. If you are a Northampton fan and were asked to choose boothroyd or Garry Johnstone they would choose AB every time.

Robins had failings. We still leaked goals. Compare his firm to Eddie Howe at Bournemouth.

He is very replaceable.

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