last season I think we could not believe we landed robinho. The full extent of the takeover hadn't quite sunk in with us all.
I think a lot of the fans, players, manager and even owners were somewhat pandering to robinho. I also feel there was an arrogance on his behalf of doing us a favour by gracing us with his presence. Now before you tear me limb from limb hear me out.
He was the star attraction, the figure head of the takeover and to a manager under pressure clearly undropable. He didn't preform well in many away games but was outstanding at home. It reminded me of kinkladze in that he became bigger than the club and the focus of everyones attention on match day.
The kinkladze situation ended in relegation and the loss of a fans hero. Now here's the good bit. This season we have signed so many good players the focus on robinho will diminish this giving the lad more breathing space while at the same time providing the pressure on him to play well every game. He says he wants to be the best player in the world now he has the teamates and platform to prove it.
So his mate elano has gone. So what we have replaced him with quality premier league players. For me I would not start robinho against Blackburn as I think our squad has better options in tackling a fat Sam team. That does not mean I don't rate him, but I think Hughes must be ruthless and pick a team to win each game. Robinho would be the first name on the team sheet against wolves at home cos he will destroy them, but for me we now have options for certain games and Blackburn, Stoke and Bolton away are the games to bench him.
For the record I love watching him play but the time for walking on egg shells around him has gone. His time to show the world what he can do in the toughest league on the planet has arrived.
Come on city!
I think a lot of the fans, players, manager and even owners were somewhat pandering to robinho. I also feel there was an arrogance on his behalf of doing us a favour by gracing us with his presence. Now before you tear me limb from limb hear me out.
He was the star attraction, the figure head of the takeover and to a manager under pressure clearly undropable. He didn't preform well in many away games but was outstanding at home. It reminded me of kinkladze in that he became bigger than the club and the focus of everyones attention on match day.
The kinkladze situation ended in relegation and the loss of a fans hero. Now here's the good bit. This season we have signed so many good players the focus on robinho will diminish this giving the lad more breathing space while at the same time providing the pressure on him to play well every game. He says he wants to be the best player in the world now he has the teamates and platform to prove it.
So his mate elano has gone. So what we have replaced him with quality premier league players. For me I would not start robinho against Blackburn as I think our squad has better options in tackling a fat Sam team. That does not mean I don't rate him, but I think Hughes must be ruthless and pick a team to win each game. Robinho would be the first name on the team sheet against wolves at home cos he will destroy them, but for me we now have options for certain games and Blackburn, Stoke and Bolton away are the games to bench him.
For the record I love watching him play but the time for walking on egg shells around him has gone. His time to show the world what he can do in the toughest league on the planet has arrived.
Come on city!