mammutly said:
Robinho is an exceptionally gifted footballer. His close control,touch and vision are better than most other players, and occasionally just fantastic. It is a shame that he does not often translate that potential into great games, except perhaps for Brazil. But, I'd love to see him put in 100% effort performances for City. Then he would be a great player.
Maybe he is. But I'm convinced he will never make a lasting impression on English football, no matter what club he plays for. As you know, English football is very unforgiving when it comes to sub-100% performances. And we're not in a situation too change the way an entire league plays its football. He won't make it and I'm glad we now have a manager who will stand up to that fact. I don't take any pleasure in his inability to make an impression, I'm just glad that we don't have to keep pretending anymore.