we all know that Robinho is a class act, he was most peoples hero last season... at home he ran riot and bagged many goals and assists... pretty good for his 1st season in the Premiership... away from home was a different story altogether, our away record was abysmal anyway, and robinho was pretty much non-existant in most of those away games... when we were chasing the ball/game we needed a tevez or bellamy to put the graft in and make that 11th man count....
robinho is a very gifted and unique player, and he has a big place in our team, however a regular starting place he is not guarenteed (as with most players these days).... he offers a superb option to hughes' plans whether its from kick off or off the bench...
i personally think he is a difficult player to fit into a starting lineup week-in week-out, i think he should be used as a "super-sub" type role for turning games when his magic is needed, and started from kick-off when the time or fixture is right for him.... however i dont think he'll be happy with this, as we've already seen when he was at Madrid...
there is definitely more to come from him, he's not even played a game yet in his 2nd season due to injury... if he falls out of favour then there is no doubt in my mind that he'll be on his way out... i personally can see this happening... and if it does well it would be a shame to see such a class-act leave city, but he is definitely replaceable in my opinion...