Robinho

[vbr]

Let's be fair lads, if I saw Ched Evans upfront I'd pass backwards too.

 

[Marvin]

Was listening to the radio earlier and the 'experts' were saying good players very rarely get sold from Real Madrid in their prime. Also said no top 4 team would touch him, sadly I agree. He does not want to play for our club and it's clear from his lack of effort and average play (remember he cost 32m) it's time people stopped kidding themsleves.

mate have you got fucking amnesia!! was it not us who took him from under the nose of chelsea and last time i checked they were part of the top 4!

I bet they wouldn't after that 'performance' at the Bridge on sunday though. As I said I don't hate the guy and will not get on his back at games, I just feel he is taking the piss with his frewuent trips home, not learning english and lack of effort. I wish him no harm just don't think he's the player for us right now.

He was brilliant for the first 3 months, and then he picked up the ankle injury, and I don't think he's scored since. But he's still making things happen for us on the pitch.

By Robinho's standards he's not having a good spell, but he's better than the alternatives.

Remember we had to play 5th and 6th choice strikers tonight. If petrov was available, he'd have probably been rested weeks ago, and be on the way back to full fitness

 

[rastus]

He looked interested at the end talking to Given and the players before the shoot out! And a lot more interested after it!

I said a lot of things during the heat of that game about some players but I look back now and just think, fuck it. We're through. My mentality has changed yet again. I'm not going to moan about the performance, there's no point. Hughes will have words with the players no doubt.

I struggle to understand why so many of you wanted him to change it. Who do you bring on at 2-0? Etuhu? Gelson? Elano for Ireland maybe? Nobody on that bench would of made much of a difference. The performance, in relation to our recent away ones, wasn't too bad up until the last 10 minutes where obviously players switched off. It was a decent 'defensive' performance where we didn't let them have much chances.

But the thing is, they'll learn from this tonight, hopefully. Robinho will soon find form away from home, I don't understand why there's so much negativity towards the manager and some players after we went through. Of course the performance needs addressing, but the win makes it easier for Hughes to do that. We'll see how good a manager Hughes is on Sunday, and we see how these players react to that game.

Robinho wasn't the only underachiever tonight. He wasn't as bad as recent games. Ireland was poor. Evans was handy in the first half, faded in the second. Caicedo was given a huge task when he came on, didn't do much. Elano gave the ball away. If Robinho leaves our team for away games, we're not suddenly gonna start winning. There's other reasons why we don't win away. SWP doesn't perform away from home either. Ireland fails to reach his full potential as well.

We're through, fuck it.

Excellent post, I can now sleep in peace.

 

[allan harper]

Hughes one season
Robbie one season

Fuck me, some of you need to chill abit, just remember the cunts we had not so long ago. hes a fantastic player who will learn from his first season, just as trinaldo did.

 

[scousemanc]

It is plain to see that he plays badly in many games, mostly away. And it's not just a matter of effort, it's a lack of drive and creativity. Eveything slows down when he gets the ball. At home its different. I still think he's a fantastic player but there is a middle ground that is he doesn't get to play every game. Did you see the Villa game the other week? City were really good without him.

 

[Esteban de la Sexface]

you can tell after 10 mins if it's going to be robbies day or not. He's just one of those players you have to put up with when it goes wrong and stand back and admire when it goes right

the team I play on we have a winger like that... if he fucks up first 20 mins I used to be all over him.. what the fuck are you doing.. get the fucking ball back.. for fuck sake.

he came to me and said steve mate... you're not helping by saying that shite..

since then I haven't opened my mouth only to encourage the lad and i've realised what a cracking player he is.. he can win us games, whereas I can only help prevent us losing.

 

[mcfc_nick]

once again another useless thread!

1) im sure when i was watching the game that he wasnt the only player who didnt play well tonight
2) if he didnt have this price tag on him (which he couldnt do anything about) then there wouldnt be so many people having a go at him and instead would be loving that we have a player capable of what he can do in our team
3) he was one of the only players tonight who looked like he may create something (e.g. hitting the bar, skill on the edge of the area in first half to get behind the defence)
4) he is twice/three/four times better than caicedo who has got to be the slowest player i have seen in my life
5) everybody will be loving him once he turns out another performance where he shows what he can do
6) WE'RE THROUGH TO THE NEXT ROUND!!!

 

[drsqueggy]

Give the guy a break! Players often go through bad spells. Form is temporary, class is permanent. Get off his back and show him some support!

 

[Grand Master Ram Rod]

Reading some of the posts on here it seems some of you want robinho to run around doing what Zabaleta does, why?

He's clearly playing with no confidence, is playing out of position, and isn't sure where he fits in to the side at the moment. To say he's not arsed though is a bit tough on him I think.

If you want players like Robinho to go round tackling everything that moves, forget it cos it won't happen. Buy a defender instead.

We're not saying he has to win every challenge or be the worlds best tackler, but a few challenges wouldn't hurt, I understand you saying he's not that type of player, but neither was Stevie Ireland, yet this season he's bulked himself up and he's without doubt our player of the season because he now challenges for the ball, works his socks off and still has that flair that he always did have. If a little kid from Ireland can do it, then surely a 32 million pound superstar can.

 

[THEBLUEDONKEY]

He is defo a luxury player and im afraid at the minute its not time for carrying players!

agree with this to a degree he is a luxiry at the moment but surely in summer we are going to be looking to once again buy players of a much higher quality and therefore put ourselves in a position to get the best out of him with a bit of room to carry him, much like the scum can with berbawank, he also had a 30 mil price tag and offers little in the way of tracking back and im not certain but think he has scored less than beano and is a stiker (could be wrong but not many more if he has) beano will have to adjust to the prem and im sure he will and with some extra quality around him he will flourish and also with a deeper squad we can tailor our 11 to suit the needs of each game on its own merits . i think the boy does give a shit about our team and wants to be successful here he just needs to find his place ..