Robinho - what next?

[ross.mcfc]

Been working all night and been tuned into 5live and their World Football Phone-in. Tim Vickery, the South American football expert (who I have great respect for) repoted an answer Robbie gave to a comment about City being a funny club.
With a chance to be respectful, Robbie simply answered that "City were just a small club in a fortunate financial position"

Vickery commented that even though not a City fan, it annoyed him. He stated Robbie had the chance to state what City represented the 1st industrial City and had a great tradition. Vickery felt that Robbie was being very disrespectful.

I've heard him tell the same story but elsewhere and he claimed he had to switch the channel it made him so angry. There is very little interest in English football in Brazil apart from the obvious and it his chance to sell the club who pay his vast amount of wages.

Getting rid of him depends of what sort of World Cup he has. I suspect him and Brazil will disapoint.

I suspect he will end up in Turkey or Greece or one of the richer Eastern Europeans teams playing in a league where he will never be challenged with his mate Elano.

[JonnyAsh]

Unless he comes back after the summer with hunger and desire for us, which I can't see for one second, we should sell, for the most amount of money we can get. Why should another team benefit without paying, we are quids down on the deal, and whilst cash is not so important as it once was, there is a big principal here.

my other point is that whilst the other guys rolled their sleeves up in places like Burnley and Sunderland to get 4th, why should this guy who bottled it, walk back into the team. Get paid, get rid!

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

Stop deluding yourselves. He's precisely the kind of player your first season in CL requires.

And only the utterly foolish would let him deteriorate on the sidelines whilst getting someone else of the same abilities in at the same time.

He's one of the most skillful players your club has had in the last 25 years.

The difference between having a chance of progressing past Europa and getting to the knock out rounds.

Which is surely yr aspiration?

with all due respect mate, there's the difference of watching City week in week out. I agree that he is a highlight reel waiting to happen but when he isn't bothered, which happens very often, he does nothing. And I mean NOTHING. That's simply not good enough for team that has aspirations to move to really top.

Besides no matter what they bang on telly about games between top four being deciders, the truth is league titles are won and lost against 'lesser' teams in this league. Be prolific on those games and you have a chance, drop points on those and you are out. These are the kind of games where Robinho is usually absolutely useless. It's especially frustrating as you know he has the ability to destroy them on his own but simply isn't bothered. Unlike Carlos for example.

[btajim]

Stop deluding yourselves. He's precisely the kind of player your first season in CL requires.

And only the utterly foolish would let him deteriorate on the sidelines whilst getting someone else of the same abilities in at the same time.

He's one of the most skillful players your club has had in the last 25 years.

The difference between having a chance of progressing past Europa and getting to the knock out rounds.

Which is surely yr aspiration?

You're looking but not seeing. Robinho may have all the ability in the world - but he doesn't do anything with it. Mancini had the chance to work with Robinho but ended up letting him leave on loan.

We've got the money to sign another Robinho. We just need to find him.

[Ted Hughes]

Stop deluding yourselves. He's precisely the kind of player your first season in CL requires.

And only the utterly foolish would let him deteriorate on the sidelines whilst getting someone else of the same abilities in at the same time.

He's one of the most skillful players your club has had in the last 25 years.

The difference between having a chance of progressing past Europa and getting to the knock out rounds.

Which is surely yr aspiration?

with all due respect mate, there's the difference of watching City week in week out. I agree that he is a highlight reel waiting to happen but when he isn't bothered, which happens very often, he does nothing. And I mean NOTHING. That's simply not good enough for team that has aspirations to move to really top.

Besides no matter what they bang on telly about games between top four being deciders, the truth is league titles are won and lost against 'lesser' teams in this league. Be prolific on those games and you have a chance, drop points on those and you are out. These are the kind of games where Robinho is usually absolutely useless. It's especially frustrating as you know he has the ability to destroy them on his own but simply isn't bothered. Unlike Carlos for example.

If you got the feeling that when he struggles in a game & acheives nothing, he's learning what he did wrong in order to adapt & put it right, then it wouldn't be so bad. What he's actually doing most of the time though is thinking that it's everyone else's fault that he's been shit & wondering what THEY'RE going to do about it. I still wish I could see Robinho actually bothering to try hard & win games for City but his recent disrespectful comments suggest that he's got no intention of doing that.

[King Kev]

He is a supremely talented footballer but sometimes that's not enough. We saw at the Nou Camp the other night what a very talented footballer can do when they put the effort in.

It's disappointing when you see somebody with so much talent and such little work-rate. All the true greats in football have worked hard at their game, why do some players think that they don't need to??

I reckon we cut our losses, get rid, and move on to bigger and better things.

[brite blu sky]

He is a supremely talented footballer but sometimes that's not enough. We saw at the Nou Camp the other night what a very talented footballer can do when they put the effort in.

It's disappointing when you see somebody with so much talent and such little work-rate. All the true greats in football have worked hard at their game, why do some players think that they don't need to??

I reckon we cut our losses, get rid, and move on to bigger and better things.

have to agree with this. When he went of to Santos i was thinking that it was possible we might take him back and try him again after being 'refreshed' in Brazil. I based that thinking on the idea that City would improve to the point where we could have one lazy player.. but then watching the amount of effort that Messi put in off the ball, chasing and running back.. finally made me realise i was dreaming. If Barca are the benchmark that modern football is pursuing then there simply is no room for passengers.. however tricksy they are.
Swap deal with Benfica me thinks

[Ted Hughes]

He is a supremely talented footballer but sometimes that's not enough. We saw at the Nou Camp the other night what a very talented footballer can do when they put the effort in.

It's disappointing when you see somebody with so much talent and such little work-rate. All the true greats in football have worked hard at their game, why do some players think that they don't need to??

I reckon we cut our losses, get rid, and move on to bigger and better things.

That's what I can't get my head round. If you've got that much talent & are in the position to show everyone just how good you are, then you see the workrate Messi puts in, why wouldn't you be trying to do the same? Why would a player who can hit a ball as sweetly as Robinho not be working on thh training ground to perfect it from set pieces so he can do what Ronaldinho does?

Robinho just tells lies about wanting to be the best. In reality he's not that arsed.

[King Kev]

Robinho just tells lies about wanting to be the best. In reality he's not that arsed.

An interesting point of view - and a difficult one to argue against!

[TheGOAT]

I love the guy
Was the first to take the chance with us, made the footballing world take notice of Manchester City!!

But i dont think he is what he need. And i dont think he would get a game for us next season.
Would like to see us go all out for Ribery, so would Bayern want him????

[Slim]

Robinho just tells lies about wanting to be the best. In reality he's not that arsed.

An interesting point of view - and a difficult one to argue against!

I'd agree with it too, in retrospect he was lobbying for a move away after being here 4 months and when the window shut and it was obvious City weren't just gonna allow him to stepstone his way to Chelsea he faded and hasn't come back since. Swap move for Di Marie would be awesome as there is someone who will put in the work and can fill our central midfield spot behind the strikers very nicely. (Or to Juve for that other Brazilian central midfielder, can't rememeber the name.)

[Ted Hughes]

Robinho just tells lies about wanting to be the best. In reality he's not that arsed.

An interesting point of view - and a difficult one to argue against!

I'd agree with it too, in retrospect he was lobbying for a move away after being here 4 months and when the window shut and it was obvious City weren't just gonna allow him to stepstone his way to Chelsea he faded and hasn't come back since. Swap move for Di Marie would be awesome as there is someone who will put in the work and can fill our central midfield spot behind the strikers very nicely. (Or to Juve for that other Brazilian central midfielder, can't rememeber the name.)

Diego.

Still haven't made up my mind about him but I have become Brazilianophobic after our recent experiences & would rather buy an Argentinian.

[Wooders]

a swap move with players from AC Milan beckons I reckon, they'd snap him up and he would do very well in serie a

[Slim]

Robinho just tells lies about wanting to be the best. In reality he's not that arsed.

An interesting point of view - and a difficult one to argue against!

I'd agree with it too, in retrospect he was lobbying for a move away after being here 4 months and when the window shut and it was obvious City weren't just gonna allow him to stepstone his way to Chelsea he faded and hasn't come back since. Swap move for Di Marie would be awesome as there is someone who will put in the work and can fill our central midfield spot behind the strikers very nicely. (Or to Juve for that other Brazilian central midfielder, can't rememeber the name.)

Diego.

Still haven't made up my mind about him but I have become Brazilianophobic after our recent experiences & would rather buy an Argentinian.

Yeah, sometimes we walk into a set up that isn't even remotely clever....and here we go again.

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[Im_Spartacus]

I hope he comes back and shows the form he did first season. If he does that I'm sure everyone sayin he is shit will change that view.

He did well in his first few months, but was pretty abysmal in every away game barring perhaps Everton. He made a contribution to perhaps 30% of our games last year, and there is no reason to think that statistic will ever be any different given time.

[Slim]

a swap move with players from AC Milan beckons I reckon, they'd snap him up and he would do very well in serie a

Which 30yo+ are we gonna swap for?

[Vhero]

I think if he really doesn't want to stay then we could do a deal with Robson going the other way for another high profile player.

[Slim]

I hope he comes back and shows the form he did first season. If he does that I'm sure everyone sayin he is shit will change that view.

He did well in his first few months, but was pretty abysmal in every away game barring perhaps Everton. He made a contribution to perhaps 30% of our games last year, and there is no reason to think that statistic will ever be any different given time.

Wait wait wait, I don't think anyone is saying he is shit, he is an obviously very talented footballer. Problem is he can't be arsed for two thirds of his time here. Even if he comes back and does well for us, it doesn't make the fact that he has done fuckall for us in the last 12 months.

(lazy quoting, obviously reply to FtG, not you john)

[Vhero]

a swap move with players from AC Milan beckons I reckon, they'd snap him up and he would do very well in serie a

Which 30yo+ are we gonna swap for?

How about Pato? He's only 20... I think he has fantastic talent...

[carl_feedthegoat]

I think he has let us down big time...Im gutted he is no longer with us and probably wont be again. I had my 2 new shirts with his name on and I regret it badly as he embarrasses me with his constant lies.

He has treated us city fans as thick cunts .

I dont want to see him again as I dont believe a word that comes out of his mouth.