It’s a strange dynamic there. Hard to see who’s really calling the shots: Robinson or Giggs.
Ex-Staff Karl Robinson
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East Stand Fan
Level: Callum O'Dowda
(106 Apps, 14 Gls)
They are both very naughty boys so I hope they are behaving themselves!
uptheus
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
He’s so false.
Morris Oxford
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
Reminded me of the time when Robinson was desperate to get Robbie Fowler in dugout next himself at OUFC.
Benox
Level: Chris Maguire
(79 Apps, 22 Gls)
I met KR a couple of times. He comes across as very self confident, some might interpret it as a bit of arrogance, but there was no doubt he cared a lot about the club and fans. Shame we had that final season blip as it tarnished some fans view of him, when if you actually look back we were a great team to watch for a long time, regularly in the top 5 scorers across all the English leagues.
He’s had quite a remarkable amount of experience. He’s only 44, but if he stays employed regularly for the next 5 years he could feasibly hit 1000 games in management before he’s 50, which would put him on the brink of entering the top 100 managers of all time for professional games managed.
Des was 5 years younger, but has managed ~600 games less. Crazy really.
He’s had quite a remarkable amount of experience. He’s only 44, but if he stays employed regularly for the next 5 years he could feasibly hit 1000 games in management before he’s 50, which would put him on the brink of entering the top 100 managers of all time for professional games managed.
Des was 5 years younger, but has managed ~600 games less. Crazy really.
Belgium Yellow
Level: John Aldridge
(141 Apps, 90 Gls)
He's on a downward spiral though. As yellowbow says, having Giggs trying to take over yesterday must have been a bit humiliating for him.
Heavens! He really can fool some of the people all of the time.
notThisWayButThat
Level: Callum O'Dowda
(106 Apps, 14 Gls)
I find that he loves the limelight and the smell of his own farts.
He a C**t
God I’d forgotten the Fowler saga. A shameful episode.
Belgium Yellow
Level: John Aldridge
(141 Apps, 90 Gls)
Don't forget Sam Allardyce and Ian Wright
Osleroad
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
There's an interview out there with Simon Jordan and Fowler takes himself very seriously as a head coach but seems to be on a mission to tick off every league going. Except can't see him in ours anytime soon.
ECYellow
Level: Yemi Odubade
(158 Apps, 31 Gls)
Shame for who? I don’t recall the supporters being responsible for his antics in the last 12 months of his reign here, whereby he collected a substantial 6 figure salary in the process. Do you?
You reap what you sow.
For me he dropped well below the level of professionalism you can expect from any well paid, senior employee of a business, and for far to long. The messages and videos of him that circulated, the celebrity ex footballer hanger on that he openly flaunted in the dug out, he took the p**s for far to long at the end for me to look back on a time here that bought no promotions and left us where we were when he started all while being well backed. The only bit of football management that he could be bothered to do by the end was schmooze the owners and those above him at the club, which is the only reason he survived so long.
Manorlounger
Level: Phil Whitehead
(238 Apps)
I met him several times as well. Arrogant, self opinionated, misogynistic and, towards the end of his tenure, completely oblivious to criticism.
He was a bully and treated numerous players with contempt. He reduced some players to tears, others left to get away from his tyrannical outbursts.
He succeeded in getting away with this for so long due, in part, to his ability to play the part of "one of the lads" and his luck in achieving a few results on the pitch. In 5 years of his tenure, he achieved nothing in terms of league status.
There are more than a few examples of his character and behaviour. His post match ramblings are of legend.
Steve Gilbert
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
Latest ‘Class of 92’ are now on Sky which covers Robinson joining Salford and following the team with him as manager.
greatunclekip
Level: Steve Basham
(189 Apps, 51 Gls)
He’s certainly had a “glow up”
MarkG
Level: Steve Basham
(189 Apps, 51 Gls)
Didn't we get into the L1 play-offs twice?
If that counts as nothing you could say Wilder got us promoted from the Conference but no further or a play-off. Appleton got us promoted from L2 but no further or a play-off.
werthersoriginal
Level: James Constable
(280 Apps, 106 Gls)
It’s perfectly possible that he was a decent manager and also a t**t
SirAndyOfCrosby
Level: Dave Langan
(136 Apps, 3 Gls)
Poster 1: "KR failed to achieve a promotion".
Poster 2: "If you disregard their respective promotions, so did Wilder and Appleton".
I do love this place.
Basham Wonderland
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
Haha we were shite in both sets of playoffs and had mental runs of poor and good form in both seasons. He destroyed the balance of the team, ruined the profitable model Appleton set up, nearly got us relegated.
He was an OK manager at the best of times.
So two play offs and we failed in each.
If you disregard everything Jim Smith achieved is he really better than Robinson?
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Worse. Robinson was never in charge for a relegation.
You are making a strong case for a Robinson statue at the new ground.
As good as Clotet, then.
Ah. Sorry.
Because we fired his ass in the nick of time the season he decided to mail it in.......
MarkG
Level: Steve Basham
(189 Apps, 51 Gls)
Robinson got us into two league one play-offs.
Neither Appleton or Wilder did that.
What’s so difficult to understand ?
Very like Clotet, except he looked like he'd slept on a bench and staggered in. Clotet's linen was immaculate, always.
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