Ex-Staff Karl Robinson

[Colin B]

One benefit of covid was we didn’t have to be there to witness their late winner at our place .

There is no way they would have won that game with a crowd in. No way.

 

[West Oxon U’s]

Here is the YouTube version of Robbo’s performative nonsense

 

[Morris Oxford]

When theTV cameras were on him for a mid week evening cup tie against higher league opposition he could get the team up for it, I’ll give him that. It’s because of this I actually think he’s a good fit for Salford, basking in the limelight and media attention of ex Man U players suits him.

But in the end as far as OUFC are concerned he failed to get us promoted despite a very, very competitive budget. Lacked the tactical nous to outwit the likes of Ainsworth at Wycombe.

The last 18 months of his time here was a car crash, and quite frankly in that time he became extremely lazy, stealing a wage. Not helped by the failure of Ferguson and Williams to make the change that was desperately needed at the time, we even had John Mousiniho waiting in the wings. Plenty on here said so at the time.

If he had stayed we would’ve been relegated that final season Im convinced of that, we were in free fall and the players were in a bad place, Brannigan finally said what needed to be said and suddenly he was gone, fortunately Manning was brought in, stabilised us, helped build a promotion winning side and the rest is history.

Robinson’s post match interviews were embarrassing gobbledygook incoherent rambles.

Guff he came out with about being ever so ‘umble and respectful was always particularly nauseating.

 

[Thomas/Brock/Jones]

If anyone is tech enough there is footage on Salfords ' channel ' of KR bollocking the team in the dressing room ....he says respect a few times !
Of course I'm sure KR is acting completely natural .

 

[ECYellow]

Here is the YouTube version of Robbo’s performative nonsense

Embarrassing

 

[Thomas/Brock/Jones]

That's a different one ( I didn’t/ couldn't listen to all of it ) but the bit I saw was worse

 

[Yellowmania]

Ex-MK Dons boss considered suicide just weeks after securing promotion

The ex-MK Dons manager, sacked nine years ago today (Thursday), spoke of the lowest moment of his life

www.miltonkeynes.co.uk

 

[PottersRightBoot]

I’d like to see a Salford dressing room when they lose.Does Robbo spontaneously combust?

 

[West Oxon U’s]

Robbo loses at StadiumMK and blames the referee:

 

[QR]

Robbo loses at StadiumMK and blames the referee:

In a world where are so many things you can't rely on I find this so reassuring. 'You know where your are with Karl'. That might become mantra for life.

 

[Emilio]

In a world where are so many things you can't rely on I find this so reassuring. 'You know where your are with Karl'. That might become mantra for life.

As a wildlife videographer, it's very common to see animals behaving in an interesting way, only to stop when I press Record. It's sod's law.

With Robbo, you get the opposite. You know exactly what you're going to get each time the cameras are on him. Another type of sod.

 

[gofish2]

I was impressed

 

[Londox]

As a wildlife videographer, it's very common to see animals behaving in an interesting way, only to stop when I press Record. It's sod's law.

With Robbo, you get the opposite. You know exactly what you're going to get each time the cameras are on him. Another type of sod.

Karl's law.

 

[werthersoriginal]

As a wildlife videographer, it's very common to see animals behaving in an interesting way, only to stop when I press Record. It's sod's law.

With Robbo, you get the opposite. You know exactly what you're going to get each time the cameras are on him. Another type of sod.

Yes I get that when I’m trying to take pictures of my cats. I guess you could say when I’m being a wildlife videographer (cool job!).

 

[Emilio]

Yes I get that when I’m trying to take pictures of my cats. I guess you could say when I’m being a wildlife videographer (cool job!).

I was recently out filming in Kenya. Cheetahs are just big cats. They behave in just the same way. One second they're playful and the next they are grumpy as sin.

Also quite a KR trait.

 

[MJB]

Karl's law.

 

[Colin B]

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Cole (Palmer)'s Law, Shirley???

 

[Steve Gilbert]

Excellent podcast with behind the badge. Is very open about his last year in charge and the struggles he was having including drinking too much due to his divorce. Sounded like he felt a little down by the club with lack of support a bit by saying 2 days before he was sacked that he will have the rest of the season and a chance to get control of his life again and go again in the next season. I think he accepts though that his sacking was the right thing.
Also clearly still has a lot of love for the club.

 

[WE Yellow]

No hard feelings towards Robbo. A fiery and passionate manager who wore his heart on his sleeve and just lost his way at the end. 2019-early 2022 was an exciting period with some unbelievable results.

 

[90syeIlow]

Part of me is very curious to see what he could do in this league with this squad, providing he is in a much better headspace and is much more professional than the end of his last tenure.

 

[ttg17]

Excellent podcast with behind the badge. Is very open about his last year in charge and the struggles he was having including drinking too much due to his divorce. Sounded like he felt a little down by the club with lack of support a bit by saying 2 days before he was sacked that he will have the rest of the season and a chance to get control of his life again and go again in the next season. I think he accepts though that his sacking was the right thing.
Also clearly still has a lot of love for the club.

Agreed, really enjoyed it. There were a couple of classic Robbo eye-roll counterfactuals (‘We would have won the league in 2019/20,’ ‘I knew Murphy would need a year and then be the best player in the division’) but as you say, his love for the club seems genuinely sincere. Because of the way it ended, it’s easy to forget some of the bloody good times we had with him and, as he says, and to his credit I think, he genuinely has always kept his silence on the end to his time at the club. Would presumably have been quite easy to lash out given the circumstances of his life at the time, and the u-turn from Tiger you highlight (although you have to say, what a silly thing to say from a chairman - it was pretty obvious by that point it was a matter of when not if he would be sacked).

It was also nice to hear that that core of the 2018-2022 era (Matty T, Henry, Brannagan, KR etc) are all seemingly still close off the field. Though I think there’s definitely more to the Taylor leaving on deadline day story than KR was letting on in the podcast.

 

[SirAndyOfCrosby]

Part of me is very curious to see what he could do in this league with this squad, providing he is in a much better headspace and is much more professional than the end of his last tenure.

I imagine something like this...

 

[OUFCGav]

I imagine something like this...

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the MK owners didn't really invest in staying up that year though in some fairness. Was all free transfers and loans (incl Josh Murphy).

 

[Ox4Eva]

Excellent interview with KR, things didn't work out in the end for various reasons. But i have no hard feelings against him and he's always welcome as far as I am concerned!

 

[unification]

Typically Karl. At times honest and open and an insight to being a football manager. At others, a definite opportunity to big up his achievements. I liked his joke about liking wingers near the beginning too. I enjoyed the football under him and it was never boring whilst he was manager.

Did we really have a budget that was 'no where near top six' in League One under him?

 

[Steve Gilbert]

Agreed, really enjoyed it. There were a couple of classic Robbo eye-roll counterfactuals (‘We would have won the league in 2019/20,’ ‘I knew Murphy would need a year and then be the best player in the division’) but as you say, his love for the club seems genuinely sincere. Because of the way it ended, it’s easy to forget some of the bloody good times we had with him and, as he says, and to his credit I think, he genuinely has always kept his silence on the end to his time at the club. Would presumably have been quite easy to lash out given the circumstances of his life at the time, and the u-turn from Tiger you highlight (although you have to say, what a silly thing to say from a chairman - it was pretty obvious by that point it was a matter of when not if he would be sacked).

It was also nice to hear that that core of the 2018-2022 era (Matty T, Henry, Brannagan, KR etc) are all seemingly still close off the field. Though I think there’s definitely more to the Taylor leaving on deadline day story than KR was letting on in the podcast.

It was very Karl Robinson to say we would have won the league that year but it has also been spoken a lot on here in the past that we had a very good chance of going up in the top 2 that season because of how good we were becoming and our run in.
Also to be fair to Robinson, he wasn't wrong on Murphy!

 

[unification]

It was very Karl Robinson to say we would have won the league that year but it has also been spoken a lot on here in the past that we had a very good chance of going up in the top 2 that season because of how good we were becoming and our run in.
Also to be fair to Robinson, he wasn't wrong on Murphy!

We had won our last five league fixtures (with the last one being the 3-2 win at Shrewsbury after being 0-2 down).

No one will really know how it would have panned out in the nine remaining games but momentum was with us.

Average attendance for that season (prior to the COVID stoppage) was only 7,460. It makes you realise the strides we've made in recent years with the numbers through the gates.

 

[holdsteady]

On we would have won the league because we were on a good run, it was Robinson team, they go on runs where everything goes well but none of them ever win leagues, not got it in him to build a 46 game team like that.

When it’s good under him it’s a pleasure to watch, but he is down in league two at Salford because when it’s bad it’s very bad, that’s what you get when you employ him.

Personally grateful for some good times that were fun, but glad it ended when it did, another month and we would have been relegated as it was very much over.

 

[m]

We had won our last five league fixtures (with the last one being the 3-2 win at Shrewsbury after being 0-2 down).

No one will really know how it would have panned out in the nine remaining games but momentum was with us.

Average attendance for that season (prior to the COVID stoppage) was only 7,460. It makes you realise the strides we've made in recent years with the numbers through the gates.

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Feels so recent but in that last 5 we have (to be) ex-PL Ipswich and non-league stalwarts Southend.

 

[Peterdev]

One thing that excited me was the big wins we had and number of goals scored. The two 6-0 wins come to mind. The 7-2 win at Gillingham with four penalties was probably unique at that level.