King Kev wrote:Firstly I would like to say that it was definately the right decision to take him off and I admire Mancini for having the bottle to do what many other managers would have been too afraid to do.
I wonder what the long-term ramifications of this will be. Have we seen the last of our most expensive ever import? Has Mancini reached the end of his tether with Robi? Has Robi been royally pissed off at being replaced? Will we see him play for us again?
Crossie wrote:You know what Kev, if thats all he is going to offer us, then I hope he doesnt play for us again.
Gifted wonder boy or passenger, id far far rather have about 4/5 of our other attacking players on the pitch instead of Robinho, and I include Benjani in that 4/5
After today's 'performance' I can't imagine too many people will be laying in to you for saying that.Original Dub wrote:Its a rarity in the modern game.
Its unique in a record signing as far as I know, so you're damn right this will have massive repurcusions... one way or the other.
He hasn't actually given us ANYTHING all season. No goals and one or two assists when we were already out of sight in a couple of games.
I know he's been injured for a chunk of the season, but he is the all time british record transfer. All time. I don't think he's in the top five players for manchester city and I think its because his heart is not in it.
Bash away folks and call me a Robinho hater. I don't hate the lad, he just shows my club a lack of commitment on several different levels and I'm starting to think I don't want him here anymore, because him playing actually makes us worse.
ruralblue wrote:I have a feeling we may see him one more time in the derby this week and he will show that he doesn't have the grit to compete in this league once more. At times a maverick, a show man and a class player but this is the premiership and just to show glimpses of his full potential is not enough. However now I question who will come in for him, Barca have been tracking him but I don't think they will offer anywhere near to 32 mil. So do we carry him and possibly lose more by him starting on the bench and not doing the business when he comes on.
Right substitution and credit to Mancini for taking him back off.
Ted Hughes wrote:We don't gain anything by making a scapegoat out of Robinho, we only lose. Some of the people on here who demanded he played every game & called him the answer to all our problems are just plain fucking stupid, he's never been that player. He could still be a fantastic player for us though, not to make a good team great but to add something special WHEN we have a great team that's good enough to carry him.
Ted Hughes wrote:We don't gain anything by making a scapegoat out of Robinho, we only lose. Some of the people on here who demanded he played every game & called him the answer to all our problems are just plain fucking stupid, he's never been that player. He could still be a fantastic player for us though, not to make a good team great but to add something special WHEN we have a great team that's good enough to carry him.
Kladze wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:We don't gain anything by making a scapegoat out of Robinho, we only lose. Some of the people on here who demanded he played every game & called him the answer to all our problems are just plain fucking stupid, he's never been that player. He could still be a fantastic player for us though, not to make a good team great but to add something special WHEN we have a great team that's good enough to carry him.
Why would a great team want to carry a passenger? You really have me confused there.
A great team in modern football is eleven players all pulling in the same direction - not ten players serving the whims of the eleventh.
Original Dub wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:We don't gain anything by making a scapegoat out of Robinho, we only lose. Some of the people on here who demanded he played every game & called him the answer to all our problems are just plain fucking stupid, he's never been that player. He could still be a fantastic player for us though, not to make a good team great but to add something special WHEN we have a great team that's good enough to carry him.
We certainly don't gain anything, but on that note we don't gain anything by posting anything on a message forum mate!
He's a luxury piece of a quality jigsaw.
That is what I can see, whether I stand to gain anything from saying so or not...
Ted Hughes wrote:Kladze wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:We don't gain anything by making a scapegoat out of Robinho, we only lose. Some of the people on here who demanded he played every game & called him the answer to all our problems are just plain fucking stupid, he's never been that player. He could still be a fantastic player for us though, not to make a good team great but to add something special WHEN we have a great team that's good enough to carry him.
Why would a great team want to carry a passenger? You really have me confused there.
A great team in modern football is eleven players all pulling in the same direction - not ten players serving the whims of the eleventh.
By carry him I mean a team that can win the ball pass, move & give it him in areas where he can do damage & make runs that he can pick out rather than expecting him to win tackles & set up attacks on his own which he can't do. He can run around after the ball & hurry people up which he did today but he'll never be a Tevez or Bellamy.
Lots of great teams have carried a player who only creates, sometimes more than one, so it's not anything new.
feedthegreek wrote:ruralblue wrote:I have a feeling we may see him one more time in the derby this week and he will show that he doesn't have the grit to compete in this league once more. At times a maverick, a show man and a class player but this is the premiership and just to show glimpses of his full potential is not enough. However now I question who will come in for him, Barca have been tracking him but I don't think they will offer anywhere near to 32 mil. So do we carry him and possibly lose more by him starting on the bench and not doing the business when he comes on.
Right substitution and credit to Mancini for taking him back off.
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it was obvious it was the wrong substitution otherwise he wouldnt have taken him off ffs
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Ted Hughes wrote:We don't gain anything by making a scapegoat out of Robinho, we only lose. Some of the people on here who demanded he played every game & called him the answer to all our problems are just plain fucking stupid, he's never been that player. He could still be a fantastic player for us though, not to make a good team great but to add something special WHEN we have a great team that's good enough to carry him.
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