One of my best mates supports Wimbledon and said they actually played better than Wimbledon on sat. Doesn’t bode well for KR if they had the better of it and they couldn’t pick up the win. Confidence will be low
Pray for KR. He’s not ready for Northampton just yet. The Oxford faithful need to be treated to one more deadline day transfer warbling
We played some nice football under Robinson at times. The problem is opponents have a plan to stop a couple of players scoring and we become toothless. Under Robinson it was only a couple of players you had to stop.
Give me strength! Karl, the players do not need a psychologist. You urgently need to see a psychiatrist, preferably one that specialises in the treatment of the delusional, verbally incontinent and those who demonstrate symptoms of intense obsession (with 4-2-3-1).
We played some nice football under Robinson at times. The problem is opponents have a plan to stop a couple of players scoring and we become toothless. Under Robinson it was only a couple of players you had to stop.
Always my feelings. Would have worked great as long as we agreed in advance with our opponents not to mess it up.
I see from SSN that he's done his old trick of bringing in a "name" to help his players. This time its Ian Wright to help his strikers score.
I wonder how look it will take Mr Wright to find out that there is only 1 player to deal with as KR sticks to his rigid formation.
He's brought in Ian Wright everywhere to help his Strikers score... Did it at MK Dons and swear he was brought in at Charlton for a few training sessions
I think Robinson suggested it might happen but I dont think it did.
For those who cant face clicking on the newsshopper site heres the gist:
The Valley boss had Wright as part of his backroom team at MK Dons.
Now he may turn to the former England and Crystal Palace striker again to help his forwards Josh Magennis and Leon Best.
Woolwich-born Wright, 54, knows Charlton well after his son Bradley Wright-Phillips was a major part of the Addicks’ League One title-winning squad in 2012.
Robinson told News Shopper: “Let me tell you, if it’s going to help my players, he’ll definitely do it.
“He’s got a very busy schedule, he’s a workaholic. He’s got an amazing family who he doesn't see enough anyway.
“But he’s got very fond memories of Charlton Athletic because of Bradley’s time here.
“When Bradley was here, he loved playing for Charlton so it’s certainly something he [Wright] looks back on very fondly.”
Wright, who scored 185 goals for Arsenal, retired 17 years ago.
He worked as a first-team coach under Robinson for just one season before leaving in 2013.
And the pair still keep in touch.
Robinson added: “Wrighty was my first-team coach at MK Dons. He’s a personal, good friend of mine.
“He’s someone who I speak to most weeks, and is one of the nicest people I’ve met in my life.”
I see from SSN that he's done his old trick of bringing in a "name" to help his players. This time its Ian Wright to help his strikers score.
I wonder how look it will take Mr Wright to find out that there is only 1 player to deal with as KR sticks to his rigid formation.
He's brought in Ian Wright everywhere to help his Strikers score... Did it at MK Dons and swear he was brought in at Charlton for a few training sessions
Think it was Robbie Fowler that he brought in for us. Seem to remember reading that Fowler had told Robinson that Tony Watt was the only striker he met in his career that didn't care if he scored.
Edit:
I can't find any reference to Fowler anywhere, so perhaps I'm making things up.
I see from SSN that he's done his old trick of bringing in a "name" to help his players. This time its Ian Wright to help his strikers score.
I wonder how look it will take Mr Wright to find out that there is only 1 player to deal with as KR sticks to his rigid formation.
He's brought in Ian Wright everywhere to help his Strikers score... Did it at MK Dons and swear he was brought in at Charlton for a few training sessions
Think it was Robbie Fowler that he brought in for us. Seem to remember reading that Fowler had told Robinson that Tony Watt was the only striker he met in his career that didn't care if he scored.
Edit:
I can't find any reference to Fowler anywhere, so perhaps I'm making things up.
I see from SSN that he's done his old trick of bringing in a "name" to help his players. This time its Ian Wright to help his strikers score.
I wonder how look it will take Mr Wright to find out that there is only 1 player to deal with as KR sticks to his rigid formation.
He's brought in Ian Wright everywhere to help his Strikers score... Did it at MK Dons and swear he was brought in at Charlton for a few training sessions
Think it was Robbie Fowler that he brought in for us. Seem to remember reading that Fowler had told Robinson that Tony Watt was the only striker he met in his career that didn't care if he scored.
Edit:
I can't find any reference to Fowler anywhere, so perhaps I'm making things up.
I remember this occurring.
As do I, so at least we're coming up wit collective hallucinations instead of individual ones.
We played some nice football under Robinson at times. The problem is opponents have a plan to stop a couple of players scoring and we become toothless. Under Robinson it was only a couple of players you had to stop.
Yeah, this echos my feelings as well. He wanted to play good football, and at times we did. But it was around this time last year where the injuries started, and we really struggled to cope. Some of that was squad size/injuries to key players, for all the talk of going two up front this time last year we had an out of form KAG and Dodoo as options for Josh. But a lot of it was his inability to tweak things both in our approach, and in game. It took him until December to bring Aribo in. Now admittedly Aribo of today is a much better player than he was this time last year, but he definitely could have been a help running at teams or making those runs into the box when we were chasing games.
Ultimately Robinson just wasn't a good enough coach for the style of play he prefers. And it's hard, it's hard to break down packed defenses in League One. But that's what separates the sort of run of the mill League One managers from the ones who are capable of making the step up to the next level.
It's a shame because I think he's a decent coach. I don't think it's a coincidence that he seems to get young promising players on loan, it's clear that people within the game rate him. But (and this is the case with a lot of managers at this level), his ego is such that he's never going to get any better until he becomes more humble. And as such I think he's hit his ceiling, and it's down hill from here.
Yes Kyle. You have really coached the team well in passing the ball around the back before pinging it to Ricky Holmes so he can run into a void of defenders. So well in fact that it's all your team's do, so it becomes really easy to defend against.
The problem with Robinson's football is it too slow in attack. It's all well and good moving the ball side to side, trying to maintain possession, but it has to be slow slow slow quick quick. As you move the ball the players need to be alive to the slightest opening in the defence and you need midfielders capable of threading balls through those tiny gaps and forwards alive enough to be moving into those pockets of space to receive passes and get shots away quickly. It a very hard thing to get right at the top of the game, with the very best players, let alone at League One, so what happens in League One is you just get a team who looks on top because they have the ball, but are doing everything in front of the opposition defence, rarely penetrating and getting quality clear sights of goal which = hardly any goals scored.
There was an immediate improvement under Bowyer last year when he just told the forward players to move the ball quick and forwards more often. Sadly we couldn't maintain it with the personnel we had last year, but now we are much more direct with the focus of our attacking being to get in behind teams and get into shooting positions rather than just keeping the ball. The front two have made a huge difference with Grant's pace and movement in behind, and willingness to run at defenders and break the lines that way, and Taylor's ability to hold the ball up (best player we have had at this since Yann, and possibly beyond) and make clever layoffs to midfielders who are actually running beyond him rather than just standing in front of him.
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Pray for KR. He’s not ready for Northampton just yet. The Oxford faithful need to be treated to one more deadline day transfer warbling
Ian Wright to coach
Psychologists
Ever thought about trying a different formation Karl
Edit:
I can't find any reference to Fowler anywhere, so perhaps I'm making things up.
Ultimately Robinson just wasn't a good enough coach for the style of play he prefers. And it's hard, it's hard to break down packed defenses in League One. But that's what separates the sort of run of the mill League One managers from the ones who are capable of making the step up to the next level.
The blokes an idiot.
He truly is the most deluded person I have ever heard speak.
Good one Karl!
How I've missed your quirky ways
There was an immediate improvement under Bowyer last year when he just told the forward players to move the ball quick and forwards more often. Sadly we couldn't maintain it with the personnel we had last year, but now we are much more direct with the focus of our attacking being to get in behind teams and get into shooting positions rather than just keeping the ball. The front two have made a huge difference with Grant's pace and movement in behind, and willingness to run at defenders and break the lines that way, and Taylor's ability to hold the ball up (best player we have had at this since Yann, and possibly beyond) and make clever layoffs to midfielders who are actually running beyond him rather than just standing in front of him.