Speaketh the Halfwit(robinho may have to return early)

[Lev Bronstein]

I refer the honorable members to my earlier comments on the matter:-

[border]Posted 17th Jan

I don't know enough about his earlier career. I know that Real Madrid kept telling him that he was the one that the team would be built around and felt betrayed when they were obviously saying the same stuff to Ronaldo. Is he one of those players who've been constantly flattered throughout their formative years - fawning sycophants going on about how he was the future of Real Madrid, Brazil etc?

Or was he constantly reminded of the need to keep working his bollocks off if he expected to be the best?

I mean this seriously, with us he has the chance to prove that he really is one of the worlds greats. But to do so he must adapt to the conditions and overcome them: not expect conditions to adapt to him. Should he fail with us he may well go to Barca or similar and be a great player for them. But he will always carry that shadow of being a great player in a great team, not a true great in himself.

At the moment he has problems. He may well be coming back from injury, he's not the first and won't be the last. It's a shame that he didn't take his chance today. A class goal to revive his team in a difficult situation might have been just the stimulus to kick-start his season and be seen as the turning point in the upward march of City: but it didn't happen and became less and less effective and more easily bullied as the game went on.

Mancini has an interesting problem. He could well decide that the solution is to show faith when all else are losing it, confident that in the end it'll work out and the rewards will see City climb to a higher plane. However, show too much faith, to the detriment of the team and results, and Mancini loses his job. Robhino would then be labelled as the man who got Mancini the sack - and then where would he be?

On the other hand - and this could be my dirty mind coming into play - Mancini could be building up to a conversation with the higher ups along the lines of "I've given him every chance, but, talented as the guy is, we'll win nothing with him -let's get rid."[/border]

[Beefymcfc]

I refer the honorable members to my earlier comments on the matter:-

[border]Posted 17th Jan

I don't know enough about his earlier career. I know that Real Madrid kept telling him that he was the one that the team would be built around and felt betrayed when they were obviously saying the same stuff to Ronaldo. Is he one of those players who've been constantly flattered throughout their formative years - fawning sycophants going on about how he was the future of Real Madrid, Brazil etc?

Or was he constantly reminded of the need to keep working his bollocks off if he expected to be the best?

I mean this seriously, with us he has the chance to prove that he really is one of the worlds greats. But to do so he must adapt to the conditions and overcome them: not expect conditions to adapt to him. Should he fail with us he may well go to Barca or similar and be a great player for them. But he will always carry that shadow of being a great player in a great team, not a true great in himself.

At the moment he has problems. He may well be coming back from injury, he's not the first and won't be the last. It's a shame that he didn't take his chance today. A class goal to revive his team in a difficult situation might have been just the stimulus to kick-start his season and be seen as the turning point in the upward march of City: but it didn't happen and became less and less effective and more easily bullied as the game went on.

Mancini has an interesting problem. He could well decide that the solution is to show faith when all else are losing it, confident that in the end it'll work out and the rewards will see City climb to a higher plane. However, show too much faith, to the detriment of the team and results, and Mancini loses his job. Robhino would then be labelled as the man who got Mancini the sack - and then where would he be?

On the other hand - and this could be my dirty mind coming into play - Mancini could be building up to a conversation with the higher ups along the lines of "I've given him every chance, but, talented as the guy is, we'll win nothing with him -let's get rid."[/border]

Are you sure you didn't steal that from me mate, but mine was just 2 lines long?

I still think Robinho can do a job, if Mancini can utilise him.
I still think Robinho can do a job, if Mancini can utilise him.

Yes, I used to have to right out the Yellow Pages when in detention every night ;-)

[dikdik]

I'd use the devil himself if he got us into fourth place.

[Wooders]

he's pissed on his chips here by not taking the club seriously. It will be something he will look back on as a mistake in his career

[Pretty Boy Lee]

Would fucking love him back. Still my fav player and nobody excites like this boy on form.

Yeah he's been a pussy and moaned, but some of the brilliance he delivered last season would sure liven up the dross we've been seeing recently.

[Esky]

I say we get Lil Ze to sort his soft arse out...

No dice.
(See what I did there?)

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

Would fucking love him back. Still my fav player and nobody excites like this boy on form.

Yeah he's been a pussy and moaned, but some of the brilliance he delivered last season would sure liven up the dross we've been seeing recently.

We are on course to at least top six finish. Last year we finished fookin 10th with "his brilliance".

[Pretty Boy Lee]

Would fucking love him back. Still my fav player and nobody excites like this boy on form.

Yeah he's been a pussy and moaned, but some of the brilliance he delivered last season would sure liven up the dross we've been seeing recently.

We are on course to at least top six finish. Last year we finished fookin 10th with "his brilliance".

Hmmm yeah all we did was dump robinho and instantly improve.

He may have underwhelmed this season but anyone doubting his ability is an idiot, the boy can obviously play. Whether he wants to you can question, but his ability you cannot.

We were relegated twice with kinky by the way.

[Fidel Castro]

Would fucking love him back. Still my fav player and nobody excites like this boy on form.

Yeah he's been a pussy and moaned, but some of the brilliance he delivered last season would sure liven up the dross we've been seeing recently.

We are on course to at least top six finish. Last year we finished fookin 10th with "his brilliance".

Poor attempt Antti. Very poor.
Robinho is still a twat btw, just don't think our current league position has anything whatsoever to do with fucking him off.

[Manx Blue]

Robini-Who?

[Kladze]

Would fucking love him back. Still my fav player and nobody excites like this boy on form.

Yeah he's been a pussy and moaned, but some of the brilliance he delivered last season would sure liven up the dross we've been seeing recently.

We are on course to at least top six finish. Last year we finished fookin 10th with "his brilliance".

Hmmm yeah all we did was dump robinho and instantly improve.

He may have underwhelmed this season but anyone doubting his ability is an idiot, the boy can obviously play. Whether he wants to you can question, but his ability you cannot.

We were relegated twice with kinky by the way.

More than a bit simplistic that.

Kinkladze had the excuse that he was playing with bloody awful team mates (in the main). Robinho can't offer the same excuse.

Royle also left Kinkladze out for the run in of our second relegation campaign, when he may have been the man to get us the few extra points we needed.

[Beeks]

He's now warning players against us...what a tit

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... elsea.html

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

Would fucking love him back. Still my fav player and nobody excites like this boy on form.

Yeah he's been a pussy and moaned, but some of the brilliance he delivered last season would sure liven up the dross we've been seeing recently.

We are on course to at least top six finish. Last year we finished fookin 10th with "his brilliance".

Poor attempt Antti. Very poor.
Robinho is still a twat btw, just don't think our current league position has anything whatsoever to do with fucking him off.

Looking at our wing options, Jinky, Amy Bell and Shaunie, I'm bloody delighted he isn't there and manager almost HAVING to throw him in at some stage. So yes, in a way I feel we are better off without him.

[Fidel Castro]

Would fucking love him back. Still my fav player and nobody excites like this boy on form.

Yeah he's been a pussy and moaned, but some of the brilliance he delivered last season would sure liven up the dross we've been seeing recently.

We are on course to at least top six finish. Last year we finished fookin 10th with "his brilliance".

Poor attempt Antti. Very poor.
Robinho is still a twat btw, just don't think our current league position has anything whatsoever to do with fucking him off.

Looking at our wing options, Jinky, Amy Bell and Shaunie, I'm bloody delighted he isn't there and manager almost HAVING to throw him in at some stage. So yes, in a way I feel we are better off without him.

Maybe we are. But I don't think you can blame him for finishing tenth last season.

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

Would fucking love him back. Still my fav player and nobody excites like this boy on form.

Yeah he's been a pussy and moaned, but some of the brilliance he delivered last season would sure liven up the dross we've been seeing recently.

We are on course to at least top six finish. Last year we finished fookin 10th with "his brilliance".

Poor attempt Antti. Very poor.
Robinho is still a twat btw, just don't think our current league position has anything whatsoever to do with fucking him off.

Looking at our wing options, Jinky, Amy Bell and Shaunie, I'm bloody delighted he isn't there and manager almost HAVING to throw him in at some stage. So yes, in a way I feel we are better off without him.

Maybe we are. But I don't think you can blame him for finishing tenth last season.

My point is that it's a bloody team game. And he is not a team player.

[ant london]

My point is that it's a bloody team game. And he is not a team player.

Good bloody anger

And I happen to bloody agree

[Blue Blood]

He's now warning players against us...what a tit

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... elsea.html

he does remember we are STILL his club right...and that he WILL have to come back to us again right....

*sigh*

what a twunt.

[Ted Hughes]

I really wish Robinho would produce his best, consistantly, with City but I agree that if he was here now, Mancini would feel he had to play him at some point & if he had one of his many off days, it could cost us the Chumps lg. Not only that, it would leave Mancini open to criticism for playing him & cause all manner of unrest, perhaps with Robinho getting it in the neck from fans for not trying.

Whatever the future brings for Robinho, getting him out of the way for now could have been Mancini's smartest move.