Manager/Coach KREXIT: The 'Robbo Out' thread.

[Joey]

Kelvin Thomas once abseiled down a children’s hospital.

Step up, Karl.

Robbo's thrown a kettle over a pub, what have you done?

 

[Pieman]

Moore and Taylor I get, big losses without question.

Baldock we will see for a few games and then he will be out injured again, that’s just what has happened to him since he was 28 and it’s hard to see that changing at his age now. The games he will play are the bit that is the outlier, not the time he is injured.

Murphy is the other one coming back (not counting Jones as he doesn’t play him) and who knows what he is, good pedigree but another who has had problems and isn’t a player to be relied on.

Wildschutt is out for ages and Robinsons season will probably be sorted one way or another without him.

So it’s not as if the cavalry is riding over the hill to save him, just a couple of lads who will still have to fit into a team/squad that doesn’t make any sense.

This pretty much echos my thoughts, KR keeps banging the injured drum but it’s plainly obvious those players won’t be enough to change our fortunes drastically as ultimately they don’t address our major flaws.

We started the season with Moore and Taylor and still struggled, as good as those 2 are, we will still be exposed at full back and therefore concede goals regularly. We are also not creating much in the way of goal scoring opportunities, therefore I fear the return of Taylor will not see much impact either.

Then there’s Baldock, who has to be expected will be out more than he is available and therefore he will just be a bonus when he can play.

That leaves Murphy and Wildschut, now I am absolutely convinced the major thing missing from our game at the minute is pacey wingers to offer an outlet when we are playing out from the back (athletic full backs would also go along way to helping this but that has been an issue done to death at this point). Whilst Murphy and Wildschut may be the type of players we are missing, I still hold major concerns that Wildschut will not be back anytime soon and therefore we do not have the players still to deploy a 433 effectively (neither do we have the players for 532). On top of this, one injury to either of those players and we are back in lurch again.

Lack of balance is the squad is simply criminal & I think it will cost KR his job. As others have said, no sympathy for him without knowledge of any external factors, I’m afraid all I see is a man failing miserably at his job currently.

As for the board, it is also time the communication was levelled up significantly, to me we feel like a faceless cooperation at the moment, no idea who makes the decisions at the top. More importantly I have no idea where my season ticket money has gone. I buy one every year to support the club even if I can not make every home game. However my expectation is that the money is benefitting our football club not some faceless cooperation. Fans have been miss-sold this year with talk of top 30 and aggressive transfer business, this has not been delivered and feels more like it was a PR push to sell season tickets with every game I watch.

If the reality is that the board want to focus on the stadium before pushing for promotion I am behind that, I just wish it would have been communicated. I understand the club won’t say “we won’t be trying this season” but just refrain from pushing the top 30 stuff and building up expectations if it is not going to be backed up by actions.

I’m not privy to any inside knowledge on who is to blame for these downfalls but as a fan in this position I must say the club to me fells very disorganised & pretty shambolic in terms of structure right from the top through to the bottom. Even the match day experience (the atmosphere and general feel at home games) feels for me, the worst it has been in a long time. I know it’s always been bad at the Kassam but never have I considered staying in the pub for a game until this season.

Something (or a lot of things) need to change and fast or I can see us sleep walking towards League 2 and I genuinely fear that at the minute, we have struggled against some very very poor teams so far this year and the fixture list ahead from now makes for pretty grim reading to be frank and I am seriously concerned.

 

[oufcbenjyp]

I don’t blame KR entirely for this situation. I think the owners must take responsibility for not creating a management structure for OUFC the business. Right or wrong, KR has stepped into many aspects of the business; some because he’s had to, some because he’s probably liked the idea of being the main man. That’s not his fault, that’s the owners fault. I’m reminded of when Tiger took over the business. His first press conference was a shocker. Firstly, he was late. Second, he delivered no plan. I think he’s largely flown by the seat of his pants through this whole period. I believe KR is a good coach but he shouldn’t be anywhere near other aspects of the club which would include player recruitment.

 

[BeechRoadBokelberg]

We could be in a very poor place by the end of October we have no back up squad .Any more injuries and if any of those coming back get injured it won't be we might be in the bottom 4 we will be in the bottom 4. Henry and Bodin should be playing odd games not all the games I really don't know what has happened to the planning but it's going to be a very tough few weeks .I feel sorry for Karl but that's why you need help from his Staff, ,something has happened whether is head got turned at QPR fc and he lost the plot who knows But we are in the s##t I think we would all take staying up at the minute it feels that bad.

We could even be in the relegation zone as early as this time next week due to not having a game, that’s if the few teams below us pick up points

 

[Chippy]

There is a lot more than meets the eye going on at the moment. I'm going to leave it at that, albeit, very cryptic, but let's just say we need to cut Karl some slack at least in the immediate future and over the past few weeks.

Interesting and very cryptic post, which strangely isn’t then necessarily backed up in some of your other later posts.

Please try and explain to us simple supporters with no ITK knowledge some more detail.

Please don’t tell me KR has a small ownership holding in the club?.

As someone else has said if he has personal issues then that shouldn’t be allowed to get in the way of the performances on the pitch? I’m assuming it might be financial/bigger ownership issues?, but if you come out with such a strong and cryptic statement and genuinely know more about what’s going on then please explain more or don’t say anything at all, it’s so frustrating being “teased”.

Personally I think KR did well for a long period of time and genuinely cares, but has shown his lack of ability tactically, and repeatedly squad building wise. Now if a fair chunk of the latter isn’t down to him, then what is going on? We have an appalling squad in terms of balance, strength, pace, power, height, robustness etc… How can we cut the manager any slack?

Paying supporters who are longstanding fans and paid thousands and thousands to watch over the years, have a right to know what is going on in all aspects of ”our” OUFC.

 

[Gold and Black]

Some of us knockers have stepped back for the sake of our club, but how much more can we take!!!

 

[Oufccraig45]

This pretty much echos my thoughts, KR keeps banging the injured drum but it’s plainly obvious those players won’t be enough to change our fortunes drastically as ultimately they don’t address our major flaws.

We started the season with Moore and Taylor and still struggled, as good as those 2 are, we will still be exposed at full back and therefore concede goals regularly. We are also not creating much in the way of goal scoring opportunities, therefore I fear the return of Taylor will not see much impact either.

That leaves Baldock, who has to be expected will be out more than he is available and therefore he will just be a bonus when he can play.

That leaves Murphy and Wildschut, now I am absolutely convinced the major thing missing from our game at the minute is pacey wingers to offer an outlet when we are playing out from the back (athletic full backs would also go along way to helping this but that has been an issue done to death at this point). Whilst Murphy and Wildschut may be the type of players we are missing, I still hold major concerns that Wildschut will not be back anytime soon and therefore we do not have the players still to deploy a 433 effectively (neither do we have the players for 532). On top of this, one injury to either of those players and we are back in lurch again.

Lack of balance is the squad is simply criminal & I think it will cost KR his job. As others have said, no sympathy for him without knowledge of any external factors, I’m afraid all I see is a man failing miserably at his job currently.

As for the board, it is also time the communication was levelled up significantly, to me we feel like a faceless cooperation at the moment, no idea who makes the decisions at the top. More importantly I have no idea where my season ticket money has gone. I buy one every year to support the club even if I can not make every home game. However my expectation is that the money is benefitting our football club not some faceless cooperation. Fans have been miss-sold this year with talk of top 30 and aggressive transfer business, this has not been delivered and feels more like it was a PR push to sell season tickets with every game I watch.

If the reality is that the board want to focus on the stadium before pushing for promotion I am behind that, I just wish it would have been communicated. I understand the club won’t say “we won’t be trying this season” but just refrain from pushing the top 30 stuff and building up expectations if it is not going to be backed up by actions.

I’m not privy to any inside knowledge on who is to blame for these downfalls but as a fan in this position I must say the club to me fells very disorganised & pretty shambolic in terms of structure right from the top through to the bottom. Even the match day experience (the atmosphere and general feel at home games) feels for me, the worst it’s in a long time. I know it’s always been bad at the Kassam but never have I considered staying in the pub for a game until this season.

Something (or a lot of things) need to change and fast or I can see us sleep walking towards League 2 and I genuinely fear that at the minute, we have struggled against some v

ery very poor teams so far this year and the fixture list ahead from now makes for prett

y grim reading to be frank and I am seriously

Sleep walking in to league 2 doesn't seem the board care at the minute who ever they are and thier interests into the club need looking at because something isn't right it stinks to me

 

[unification]

Some of us knockers have stepped back for the sake of our club, but how much more can we take!!!

I bet you’re feeling a right tit.

 

[bdodwell]

I like KR but so many bad decisions recently I doubt the financial backers will stand for this much longer. I really wanted us to show signs of previous 3 or 4 seasons, but we seem miles away. Maybe KR could be DOF with a new manager?

 

[holdsteady]

I like KR but so many bad decisions recently I doubt the financial backers will stand for this much longer. I really wanted us to show signs of previous 3 or 4 seasons, but we seem miles away. Maybe KR could be DOF with a new manager?

Or we don’t let the architect of the shittest transfer window in history (which isn’t that long admittedly) be in charge of transfers as director of football and we just have a clean break.

 

[Paul Cannell]

Robbo's thrown a kettle over a pub, what have you done?

I threw a fridge/freezer over a cathedral. Without unplugging it.

 

[Fat bloke]

Would be good if they held a question and answer session to address currents failings?.
But they won't as they all hide and won't take responsibility for the shocking show that's week in week out.

 

[werthersoriginal]

Lots of anger and disappointment here, which I get. But where is the curiosity? The whole situation is totally bizarre. We’re only in September and have to play James Henry and the reserve centre back as wingbacks , whatever they are? WTF has gone on?

 

[North Wales Yellow]

Give him until Christmas. See where we are and assess the situation from there.

 

[bdodwell]

If we wait that long, the mountain could be too high to climb. 3 more games, need minimum 4 points.

 

[Mellowyellow]

Give him until Christmas. See where we are and assess the situation from there.

By which time, he will be expecting money to spend and any new manager will not have had time to see where it needs spending. Now it needs to be done, for the new manager to see where the squad needs strengthening.

 

[Mellowyellow]

If we wait that long, the mountain could be too high to climb. 3 more games, need minimum 4 points.

Never too high, never too high....

Climb every mountain, ford every stream
Follow every rainbow, till you find your dream
A dream that will need, all the love you can give
Everyday of your life, for as long as you live....

 

[Gold and Black]

I bet you’re feeling a right tit.

Perhaps I’m not the person you should be asking!!!!

 

[MJB]

I threw a fridge/freezer over a cathedral. Without unplugging it.

Why was the cathedral plugged in?

 

[Oxymoron]

Serious question - does anyone actually think that calling for Robinson to be given the bullet has any influence on the decision of the board?

I appreciate it's cathartic, but do people actually believe that typing a list of obvious failings (over and over again in some cases) will actually spur on his dismissal?