I havent dived into this thread until now and it seems despite his performance yesterday he still wants out and to be honest im gutted.
Yes he has had some monumentally disappointing games for us but there are several factors that I think have more than contributed.
The guy exploded on his arrival in this country, 15 goals in 18?? But the away problem had started to become a factor around Christmas last year and fans and in particular the press started to look for a scapegoat for our away day woes. It was scientifically proven that it was in fact all down to Robinho that the team as a collective couldnt perform and in their incredible efforts to only focus on supporting the "uninterested" Robinho lost sight of winning the actual game.
The Christmas inquisition then coincided with the rape allegation and him bunking back to Brazil amid the growing animosity in the press. When he came back he had elevated himself to public enemy number one in our football press and the focus on his every move was intensified. Mark Hughes seemed hell bent on forcing the guy to learn English and with what seemed to be an alarming pattern with certain players upon Marks arrival, players seemed to go backwards under his management style and continued to do so under his leadership right until he was sacked.
I seem to remember Robbie picking up a thigh injury and struggling with fitness for a while and during the Portsmouth game having a shocker, (like the rest of the team) then the dogging, woman beating cunt that is Stan Collymore went to town on him, saying it was the worst performance by a professional footballer he had ever seen in any division (Blatantly forgetting some of his horror showings throughout his career..)
As the scientific facts began to mount up in the press Robinhos performances dipped and it took him an age to score again that season but when he did he hit form again and I remember his masterful performance against the blue dippers, the press then decided that when Robinho can be bothered to play, so does the team. Another scientific fact. You see it is all down to Robinho, every game, if only he had bothered to play in every away game that season, nevermind the other 10 under performing shits on the pitch who couldnt string a pass together, Robinho should of been passing to himself whilst tackling like Maldini and volunteering to be the penalty stopper.
This season he has had a broken ankle and hasnt been fit, The Robinho that Mancini has inherited has repeatedly been told he is shit by our press, by our fans, and you know what, I think he believes it now. Every fan around the country chants "What a waste of money" at him and even after yesterday he is still getting battered by the press and our own fans, who until recently i didnt believe the phrase "you are only happy unless (said player) scores a hatrick and assists at least three." Now I do. Some of the reactions to yesterday have proved that to me, the guy has so much expectation on him to be a talisman every game, and every game that passes without a goal, the pressure intensifies for next time. the focus and spotlight on him must be burning a hole through the shirt on his back at times.
I dont blame him for bailing back home. He needs the comfort and the love again. All I can say is thankyou Robinho. Without you players like Tevez wouldnt have looked twice at us. I will always remember the first goal against Chelsea and that was the start of the new City, lobbing Almunia, tearing Hull, Stoke, Pompey to shreds single handidly and then yesterday. The relief of him signing off with a fucking great goal. His movement yesterday was stunning and thats what we will be missing. See ya Robbie, I appreciated you and thanks for playing at our club and giving me the pleasure of seeing you play.
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