Better - much better than last year. Games more enjoyable to watch and we won't drop like a stone this year because we are a better team - we have a method of play now that we never had before - Robins just needs to get the players to play it right or get the right players to play it.
It will not be perfect for a year or so when Robins will have all his own men - do you really think he would choose a player like Gerrard to anchor a passing-style of football? He won't be centre back at the end of the season (or even after Xmas) guaranteed.
He's made some mistakes (Patterson) - all managers do - but surely this is better to watch than last season. Isn't that what we turn up for - to be entertained? I don't want to be 4th (like we were under Clark in League 1) and watching dull, aimless shte.
Of the players we have, I'm sure half the main squad wouldn't be his first choice if he was constructing a team from scratch - Norwood, Scannell & Clayton (workrate), Gerrard, Clarke & Woods (ability), Dixon (pace) wouldn't figure.
Better - much better - just hope Robins starts getting the results he deserves. I've never been as confident going into a Leeds game - we will out-think them, out-football them and alternatives to Vaughan will be queuing up to score.
Coventry City
games 33
wins... 17
Draws..6
Losses 10
% win 51.52%
Town..
games 31
wins....11
draws ...8
losses..12
win %...35.5%
barnsley
92 games..win% 31.5%
To be honest, I'm not sure how much of it is down to Robins...but he did bring in Stead, Paterson and Hogg...
He's probably wanting a couple or so more players in, but deano would have to fund that...and with falling gates he's unlikely to do that.
Positives -
Defence tightened up
negatives -
One win in last 8 games..
Sometimes the footy is attractive, other times, for me, it is just passing the ball around and getting nowhere...like a lot of teams do (incl England)...must be the latest FIFA coaching fad...
It's not Spain is it...but...
My biggest moan, apart from one win in 8 games and dropping like a stone down the table , 7th to 14th...is the continued slow play and lack of effort from midfield.. When we started the season we put a lot more effort in, closing down defenders, harrassing and winning the ball back....all that has gone now and it's us being harrassed and giving the ball away...
I'll put up with many things, but what appears to be lazy play ...no excuses...and it's become endemic...
when a 12 year old lass comes on and shows more effort in 20 minutes than the others do in 90, it says it all for me...
Robins is the manager, he keeps saying the things that need changing...but nowt happens...so are the players ignoring him, does he not have control over the changing room...or is he just a puppy ?
At the moment I give him 5/10...I'm not excited by our play..it's just aimless most of the time...forget his predecessors, he's had 31 games so far...12 this season...time for things to change..
Seeing as deano 'poached' him, after advertising and short listing the applicants...you'd have thought he was a Roberto Martinez....
He isn't.
I'm viewing this as many times as I can
Am with eggnob .
Jacko you've already been told not to listen to O Reagan on the radio . But saying that 5 out of 10 isn't bad to say you've never been to watch them this season .
In fact this article is pointless . Because apart from eggnob bob and me .none of you including the author hasn't been to see how there playing this season. So therefore can you give a valid opinion ?
I think its a lot better this year and one key proof in point is we are no collapsing against the better teams like we did last year. We are a more organised team but that in itself exposes the fact that some players are at the limit of their capabilities and sometimes we are being exposed because of them.
If we can replace a couple of them, like a new CB for a start, then I think it will improve more. The league position is meaningless right now, we were in the middle and still in the middle, any higher was a nice dream but not realistic when the top teams budgets (and that includes the team we just narrowly lost to) are up to 3 times ours! Thats just not sustainable and means they can have players (and depth of players) we can only dream of. We were a big fish in League ! but a small fish in the Championship and therefore I dont think we have done so bad.
I am concerned Vaughan is the only one who looks like scoring and so Im worried about his ban. However, I am trying to be positive and think it may just force another player to step up and do his part.
If we can get 2 or 3 players scoring regularily then we should be just outside the playoffs and thats a pretty respectable place to be, with the potential to flirt with the play offs.
I am certain we will win on Saturday and it will spur us on. Stead to get 2 goals I reckon!
QPR
Bournemouth
Barnsley
Doncaster
Blackpool
Watford
games I've attended...50%...
You may retract now, if you like...
Okay lovely. sorry jacko .
I was talking about Hyde and Champs jacko .
You was doing alright until you said stead would get 2 goals ha ha ha .
Ooh Darn - you are awful - but I like you !
So Eggknob - rather be 13th than 4th - personally I'll go for a sh 1te 4th, but then I have ambition. Hopefully Robins has too. Boring 1-0 wins for me every week thanks. Last thing we want is "entertaining" 15-14 losses every week. You need to get out more EK if HT is the ONLY buzz you get IN LIFE !
MB - only so far - yes we don't have the budget of some, but look at the Prem. - money only goes so far. It's all about teamwork and motivation and the way we progress is to excel at both, then we/anyone has a chance to be in the top 6.
Very much in the Mark Robins camp, BUT and it's a very BIG "IF" he tells a different story to his players than he does to the press. In fact he should be more bullish with the press. Better than Elsie with the press (who isn't), so so vs Grayson who always seemed positive but unfortunately delivered in a slightly downbeat way (ie for a Yorkshire audience fine - but we are talking to the whole of England here and not all would appreciate the nuances).
Big us up Mark at every opportunity, and all of you reader not contributors on here - it's infectious. AND and Big us up in the dressing room too Mark - The future is bright - the future is BLUE AND WHITE !
After 12 games....
last season W6 D2 L4 F18 Agnst 15 Pts 20 Pos 6th
this season W3 D5 L4 F14 Agnst 12 Pts 14 Pos 14th
I was talking about Hyde and Champs jacko
Guilty m'lud....
However, had I been attending games this season it would have meant that somewhere in Halifax, a 2-year old was being left home alone without supervision.
Whilst I can't speak for your parental skills Loui, I like to think I'm doing a pretty good job myself. If being there for my son means I'm a sh-t fan, then yeah, I'm a sh-t fan
As for picking on Hydy, the lad has a 3hr round trip for gawd sake!
He can't just crawl out from under a stone on the Colne like you
Just checked . And yes there is baby sitting services in Halifax .
And also checked cars now travel long distances .
In other words. that is a pisss poor excuse .
38 will be turning in his grave at that lot of excuses.
And don't you start darn . Your as bad .
Yeah I know...
You're right again Lou.. I might even be worse,
Worse than the LOT of 'em..
Planes are soooo fast these days..(Not as good as your contraption mind) & as you say..I have NO EXCUSE WHAT SO EVER... I should hang my head in sha......
hang on a minute,
You could pick me up !
In fact LV & me have both asked you before to fetch us from the Lighthouse darn at Fremantle harbour....
You 4 king good for nothing sheet
Gobbin' off about me being a Shiite fan - Ya Canute.
Lazy forker, that's all you are..Two potential regulars miss out coz of a Bar Stud like you.
All though that said..
If you did turn up last week & I wasn't there I apologize
'Her indoors' did a marvelous Lamb roast, & that overpaid, over rated Robins fella & his bunch of no good pre Madonnas can't compete with that.
In fact why did I write this at all ??????
Fork me Lou.
You're right again
Blimey Yorks - that's harsh - I like to be entertained at footy so I've nothing else in my life? Hey ho - if it makes you feel better.
I don't mind winning 1-0 but we all love goals and excitement on a Saturday. It was getting stupifying under Clark, even though we were steadily racking up points. No one can enjoy that surely.
btw....
Does Tez still bang Lorraine up the back doors every Saturday afternoon while you're at the match ?
What !
I'm only askin'
I tell you what though,
for what it's worth.
This Robins guy will turn things around given time
Just kiddin'..
Will he flippin 'Eckers like.
I'd like to hire some extra childcare Loui but unfortunately I've lost the PIN for my Swiss bank account. I'm sure I put it on top of my pile of Swarovski diamonds but its not there, nor is it in my box of Krugerrand. Hopefully I've written it on the back of my Veyron manual otherwise I'm really screwed
I'll be honest with you darn, and my opinion counts for shi te.
I just think he's doing ok, nowt special, just plodding along spouting the usual manager clichés.
Also on a different matter, James Vaughan, I said when he missed that penalty against Blackpool that I hope it doesn't mess with his head....... Well imo it has.
Ya lying get Champers !
Don't listen to him Lou..
He's darn The SHAY every other week now, & his lad 'leads' all the singers in the Skircoat end ..hasn't seen a baby sitter in years.
Anyway,
You can't blame him Lou. !
take this weekend for example.
Town at home to L666s in a local derby or...
the SHAYMEN away in a cup tie at Nuneaton..
See..
That's were the missing fans have gone
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posted on 21/10/13
Better - much better than last year. Games more enjoyable to watch and we won't drop like a stone this year because we are a better team - we have a method of play now that we never had before - Robins just needs to get the players to play it right or get the right players to play it.
It will not be perfect for a year or so when Robins will have all his own men - do you really think he would choose a player like Gerrard to anchor a passing-style of football? He won't be centre back at the end of the season (or even after Xmas) guaranteed.
He's made some mistakes (Patterson) - all managers do - but surely this is better to watch than last season. Isn't that what we turn up for - to be entertained? I don't want to be 4th (like we were under Clark in League 1) and watching dull, aimless shte.
Of the players we have, I'm sure half the main squad wouldn't be his first choice if he was constructing a team from scratch - Norwood, Scannell & Clayton (workrate), Gerrard, Clarke & Woods (ability), Dixon (pace) wouldn't figure.
Better - much better - just hope Robins starts getting the results he deserves. I've never been as confident going into a Leeds game - we will out-think them, out-football them and alternatives to Vaughan will be queuing up to score.
posted on 21/10/13
Coventry City
games 33
wins... 17
Draws..6
Losses 10
% win 51.52%
Town..
games 31
wins....11
draws ...8
losses..12
win %...35.5%
barnsley
92 games..win% 31.5%
posted on 21/10/13
To be honest, I'm not sure how much of it is down to Robins...but he did bring in Stead, Paterson and Hogg...
He's probably wanting a couple or so more players in, but deano would have to fund that...and with falling gates he's unlikely to do that.
Positives -
Defence tightened up
negatives -
One win in last 8 games..
Sometimes the footy is attractive, other times, for me, it is just passing the ball around and getting nowhere...like a lot of teams do (incl England)...must be the latest FIFA coaching fad...
It's not Spain is it...but...
My biggest moan, apart from one win in 8 games and dropping like a stone down the table , 7th to 14th...is the continued slow play and lack of effort from midfield.. When we started the season we put a lot more effort in, closing down defenders, harrassing and winning the ball back....all that has gone now and it's us being harrassed and giving the ball away...
I'll put up with many things, but what appears to be lazy play ...no excuses...and it's become endemic...
when a 12 year old lass comes on and shows more effort in 20 minutes than the others do in 90, it says it all for me...
Robins is the manager, he keeps saying the things that need changing...but nowt happens...so are the players ignoring him, does he not have control over the changing room...or is he just a puppy ?
At the moment I give him 5/10...I'm not excited by our play..it's just aimless most of the time...forget his predecessors, he's had 31 games so far...12 this season...time for things to change..
Seeing as deano 'poached' him, after advertising and short listing the applicants...you'd have thought he was a Roberto Martinez....
He isn't.
posted on 21/10/13
I'm viewing this as many times as I can
posted on 21/10/13
Am with eggnob .
Jacko you've already been told not to listen to O Reagan on the radio . But saying that 5 out of 10 isn't bad to say you've never been to watch them this season .
posted on 21/10/13
In fact this article is pointless . Because apart from eggnob bob and me .none of you including the author hasn't been to see how there playing this season. So therefore can you give a valid opinion ?
posted on 21/10/13
I think its a lot better this year and one key proof in point is we are no collapsing against the better teams like we did last year. We are a more organised team but that in itself exposes the fact that some players are at the limit of their capabilities and sometimes we are being exposed because of them.
If we can replace a couple of them, like a new CB for a start, then I think it will improve more. The league position is meaningless right now, we were in the middle and still in the middle, any higher was a nice dream but not realistic when the top teams budgets (and that includes the team we just narrowly lost to) are up to 3 times ours! Thats just not sustainable and means they can have players (and depth of players) we can only dream of. We were a big fish in League ! but a small fish in the Championship and therefore I dont think we have done so bad.
I am concerned Vaughan is the only one who looks like scoring and so Im worried about his ban. However, I am trying to be positive and think it may just force another player to step up and do his part.
If we can get 2 or 3 players scoring regularily then we should be just outside the playoffs and thats a pretty respectable place to be, with the potential to flirt with the play offs.
I am certain we will win on Saturday and it will spur us on. Stead to get 2 goals I reckon!
posted on 21/10/13
QPR
Bournemouth
Barnsley
Doncaster
Blackpool
Watford
games I've attended...50%...
You may retract now, if you like...
posted on 21/10/13
Okay lovely. sorry jacko .
posted on 21/10/13
I was talking about Hyde and Champs jacko .
posted on 21/10/13
You was doing alright until you said stead would get 2 goals ha ha ha .
posted on 21/10/13
Ooh Darn - you are awful - but I like you !
So Eggknob - rather be 13th than 4th - personally I'll go for a sh 1te 4th, but then I have ambition. Hopefully Robins has too. Boring 1-0 wins for me every week thanks. Last thing we want is "entertaining" 15-14 losses every week. You need to get out more EK if HT is the ONLY buzz you get IN LIFE !
MB - only so far - yes we don't have the budget of some, but look at the Prem. - money only goes so far. It's all about teamwork and motivation and the way we progress is to excel at both, then we/anyone has a chance to be in the top 6.
Very much in the Mark Robins camp, BUT and it's a very BIG "IF" he tells a different story to his players than he does to the press. In fact he should be more bullish with the press. Better than Elsie with the press (who isn't), so so vs Grayson who always seemed positive but unfortunately delivered in a slightly downbeat way (ie for a Yorkshire audience fine - but we are talking to the whole of England here and not all would appreciate the nuances).
Big us up Mark at every opportunity, and all of you reader not contributors on here - it's infectious. AND and Big us up in the dressing room too Mark - The future is bright - the future is BLUE AND WHITE !
posted on 21/10/13
After 12 games....
last season W6 D2 L4 F18 Agnst 15 Pts 20 Pos 6th
this season W3 D5 L4 F14 Agnst 12 Pts 14 Pos 14th
posted on 21/10/13
I was talking about Hyde and Champs jacko
Guilty m'lud....
However, had I been attending games this season it would have meant that somewhere in Halifax, a 2-year old was being left home alone without supervision.
Whilst I can't speak for your parental skills Loui, I like to think I'm doing a pretty good job myself. If being there for my son means I'm a sh-t fan, then yeah, I'm a sh-t fan
posted on 21/10/13
As for picking on Hydy, the lad has a 3hr round trip for gawd sake!
He can't just crawl out from under a stone on the Colne like you
posted on 21/10/13
Just checked . And yes there is baby sitting services in Halifax .
posted on 21/10/13
And also checked cars now travel long distances .
posted on 21/10/13
In other words. that is a pisss poor excuse .
38 will be turning in his grave at that lot of excuses.
posted on 21/10/13
And don't you start darn . Your as bad .
posted on 21/10/13
Yeah I know...
You're right again Lou.. I might even be worse,
Worse than the LOT of 'em..
Planes are soooo fast these days..(Not as good as your contraption mind) & as you say..I have NO EXCUSE WHAT SO EVER... I should hang my head in sha......
hang on a minute,
You could pick me up !
In fact LV & me have both asked you before to fetch us from the Lighthouse darn at Fremantle harbour....
You 4 king good for nothing sheet
Gobbin' off about me being a Shiite fan - Ya Canute.
Lazy forker, that's all you are..Two potential regulars miss out coz of a Bar Stud like you.
All though that said..
If you did turn up last week & I wasn't there I apologize
'Her indoors' did a marvelous Lamb roast, & that overpaid, over rated Robins fella & his bunch of no good pre Madonnas can't compete with that.
In fact why did I write this at all ??????
Fork me Lou.
You're right again
posted on 21/10/13
Blimey Yorks - that's harsh - I like to be entertained at footy so I've nothing else in my life? Hey ho - if it makes you feel better.
I don't mind winning 1-0 but we all love goals and excitement on a Saturday. It was getting stupifying under Clark, even though we were steadily racking up points. No one can enjoy that surely.
posted on 21/10/13
btw....
Does Tez still bang Lorraine up the back doors every Saturday afternoon while you're at the match ?
What !
I'm only askin'
I tell you what though,
for what it's worth.
This Robins guy will turn things around given time
Just kiddin'..
Will he flippin 'Eckers like.
posted on 21/10/13
I'd like to hire some extra childcare Loui but unfortunately I've lost the PIN for my Swiss bank account. I'm sure I put it on top of my pile of Swarovski diamonds but its not there, nor is it in my box of Krugerrand. Hopefully I've written it on the back of my Veyron manual otherwise I'm really screwed
posted on 21/10/13
I'll be honest with you darn, and my opinion counts for shi te.
I just think he's doing ok, nowt special, just plodding along spouting the usual manager clichés.
Also on a different matter, James Vaughan, I said when he missed that penalty against Blackpool that I hope it doesn't mess with his head....... Well imo it has.
posted on 21/10/13
Ya lying get Champers !
Don't listen to him Lou..
He's darn The SHAY every other week now, & his lad 'leads' all the singers in the Skircoat end ..hasn't seen a baby sitter in years.
Anyway,
You can't blame him Lou. !
take this weekend for example.
Town at home to L666s in a local derby or...
the SHAYMEN away in a cup tie at Nuneaton..
See..
That's were the missing fans have gone
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