Robinson's post-match interview

[Wallop]

'We were the better team' - no and again I say no we absolutely were not.

'We didn't have a cutting edge' - this from the man who has overseen two transfer windows and failed to sign a striker.

'We worked on things all week and did the opposite of these' - ineffective training regime then.

'Jordan wanted too many touches and didn't get enough crosses in' - latest player to be publicly thrown under the bus.

The man is deluded and I really fear we are going to get relegated.

 

[westyorkshireexile]

Same old, same old from KR. The only change in the tune is his choice of player to criticise.

 

[Sarge]

Sounded like a cross between a rabbit caught in headlights and something akin to a dead man walking in that one.

 

[westyorkshireexile]

Pity the 'dead man walking' bit isn't true.

 

[unification]

Funny the analytics of KRs words are never given their own thread after a good result.

I’m annoyed as anyone but have learned to take KRs words with a pinch of salt. Some fair comments in there, some OTT.

I’m annoyed he didn’t start Mackie over Sinclair mostly.

 

[milburn]

Pity the 'dead man walking' bit isn't true.

They need to have another go at convincing him to walk!

 

[Sarge]

Funny the analytics of KRs words are never given their own thread after a good result.

I’m annoyed as anyone but have learned to take KRs words with a pinch of salt. Some fair comments in there, some OTT.

I’m annoyed he didn’t start Mackie over Sinclair mostly.

me too

 

[westyorkshireexile]

Funny the analytics of KRs words are never given their own thread after a good result.

I’m annoyed as anyone but have learned to take KRs words with a pinch of salt. Some fair comments in there, some OTT.

I’m annoyed he didn’t start Mackie over Sinclair mostly.

Because really good results are few and far between. How do you think JG will feel after playing his heart out. Agree about Mackie though,Sinclair is not the answer to our problems. Why not play Jonte Smith, surely he's worth a punt after the frantic efforts to sign him.

 

[yellowbow]

But the real issue here is that he appears to have brought in yet another ‘striker’ who unfortunately, although admittedly early days, appears to be not what we really required. We needed ‘experience’ and ‘knows where the goal is’ but maybe that was out of our price range.

 

[Sarge]

Because really good results are few and far between. How do you think JG will feel after playing his heart out. Agree about Mackie though,Sinclair is not the answer to our problems. Why not play Jonte Smith, surely he's worth a punt after the frantic efforts to sign him.

judging him by his u23 appearance on tues eve, he needs to get a bit fitter n quicker yet, WIP at the moment.... fingers crossed he'll be 'ready' soon

 

[westyorkshireexile]

But the real issue here is that he appears to have brought in yet another ‘striker’ who unfortunately, although admittedly early days, appears to be not what we really required. We needed ‘experience’ and ‘knows where the goal is’ but maybe that was out of our price range.

Precisely. KR has wasted both transfer windows waiting for his choice to become available and neither are the answer to our prayers. Sinclair's 'early days' are rapidly coming to an end.

 

[Mellowyellow]

Funny the analytics of KRs words are never given their own thread after a good result.

I’m annoyed as anyone but have learned to take KRs words with a pinch of salt. Some fair comments in there, some OTT.

I’m annoyed he didn’t start Mackie over Sinclair mostly.

Even if there was a fair comment, which didn't hear, it would be eliminated 10 fold by the ones blaming everyone else.
It's simply the same drivel, ref to blame, their not doing what we practice in training....But when he criticises one of the few shining lights today, Graham, you can see how players would turn and not want to play for him.
I wonder if he really does believe the sh*te he actually comes out with.

 

[horseman]

Even if there was a fair comment, which didn't hear, it would be eliminated 10 fold by the ones blaming everyone else.
It's simply the same drivel, ref to blame, their not doing what we practice in training....But when he criticises one of the few shining lights today, Graham, you can see how players would turn and not want to play for him.
I wonder if he really does believe the sh*te he actually comes out with.

did they also not want to play for him against Barnsley, Pompey and Sunderland

same old same old on here after a loss

 

[Mellowyellow]

did they also not want to play for him against Barnsley, Pompey and Sunderland

same old same old on here after a loss

Read carefully, I said would turn, not had. Mind you, you list three teams, what about against Bury, Brentford, Plymouth, Bristol Rovers, Bradford, Southend, Luton, Wimbledon, Walsall, Portsmouth, Accrington, Burton, Fleetwood, Barnsley.

 

[yellowbow]

Read carefully, I said would turn, not had. Mind you, you list three teams, what about against Bury, Brentford, Plymouth, Bristol Rovers, Bradford, Southend, Luton, Wimbledon, Walsall, Portsmouth, Accrington, Burton, Fleetwood, Barnsley.

We’d do quite a bit better if we could avoid playing teams beginning with B...

 

[YellowShark]

In his favour I think that KR is genuine even if he is a bit useless, unlike our current owner. If I had the choice to get rid of one of them, KR's job would be safe.

 

[Bigfella72]

'We were the better team' - no and again I say no we absolutely were not.

'We didn't have a cutting edge' - this from the man who has overseen two transfer windows and failed to sign a striker.

'We worked on things all week and did the opposite of these' - ineffective training regime then.

'Jordan wanted too many touches and didn't get enough crosses in' - latest player to be publicly thrown under the bus.

The man is deluded and I really fear we are going to get relegated.

Thought we were the better side tbh

 

[yellowbow]

In his favour I think that KR is genuine even if he is a bit useless, unlike our current owner. If I had the choice to get rid of one of them, KR's job would be safe.

Firstly I’m no fan of Tiger but I’d think the manager of Accrington would be more than happy to be able to bring in the calibre of player that Robinson has been allowed to. I get your point though.

 

[Shosho]

What did KR say out of turn!?

He said he was embarrassed. He said he laid in to the team...just as we all feel. He said we didn’t play with the intensity of previous matches...we didn’t.

He said we didn’t cross enough as trained...Graham wanted to beat his man 4 times.

I don’t see what was wrong with what he said

 

[West Oxon U’s]

What did KR say out of turn!

Nothing.

 

[Jason N]

JG may of beat his man 4 times but he still got the ball in the box. Problem was that no-one got on the end of those balls. Apart from the one striker, the only other player who pops up in the box is Henry and he was taken off.

From where I sit in the North Stand, Graham failed to get past his man once all game, the rest of the game, he tore the Posh defence a new one!.

 

[Shosho]

JG may of beat his man 4 times but he still got the ball in the box. Problem was that no-one got on the end of those balls. Apart from the one striker, the only other player who pops up in the box is Henry and he was taken off.

From where I sit in the North Stand, Graham failed to get past his man once all game, the rest of the game, he tore the Posh defence a new one!.

Graham was bobbing and weaving as he always does, but how many time outside of set pieces did he deliver?

Personally, I think we should focus on cut backs as that plays to our strengths, but you can hardly lambast KR if the players fail to act on his tactics.

I know there is an argument around coaching etc, however Graham has crossed plenty in previous matches

 

[Bigfella72]

From reading this thread, sounds as if KR's interpretation of Graham's contribution today was lamentable. How can a manager read a game so inaccurately? You do wonder whether KR's ability as a manager can be trusted, especially given his signing history here and his penchant for openly criticising individual players. Motivation? Hardly.

Think KR wanted the ball in the box quicker but JG got the ball in the box but too slowly which meant more defenders were back and more bodies in the way of shots etc

 

[Jason N]

KR is the first manager for years (although I wouldn't class Pep as a manager) that I'm finding difficult to give my full backing, he has done it before but I just cannot believe how he lays into players who have just busted a gut for his team, there were so many worst performances out there. Rather than looking internally at the appalling tactics, i.e. not having a focal point up front to feed off of these clearly talented tricky wingers. To pick on one player when to be fair the whole team was pretty mediocre at best, really bad management. Especially when that particular player was the best player on the pitch.

Message to KR and those posters who are criticising JG for not putting the ball in first time. If JG is only on the pitch to put crosses in then play him on the right wing not the left, he's right footed FFS!!

Edit: Just to add, how many times has Henry ballooned a shot or cross miles over when hitting it first time with his un-favoured foot? How many times does Hanson make a very simple pass down the line look incredibly difficult by launching it out for a goal kick (and that's with his favoured foot!! )

Oh! ..and when JG played for us under Mapp, how often did he get the ball into the box when playing on his correct side? I seem to remember him creating plenty, It's obvious KR doesn't know how to get the best out of these players. If Graham was a prolific goalscorer then I can understand him playing on the left and cutting in but he's not.

Occasionally it would be nice to see the wingers swapping sides.

 

[unification]

did they also not want to play for him against Barnsley, Pompey and Sunderland

same old same old on here after a loss

This was the point I was making.

Lose and the fans analyse every word and intonation of the manager’s post match comments down to finest detail. Win or at least pick up a commendable draw and suddenly nothing is said. Even with some of the verbal diarrhoea that KR comes out with even after good results, I find that a bit inconsistent from our fans.

As said, I think some of what he said was fair. We can gush over the forward play of Graham and Whyte all day long. They both have a great forward thinking, positive mindset but both are not exempt from criticism. If JG was instructed to deliver more into the box and didn’t do it, his positive forward play is being let down by the final delivery. I think KR deserves to call him out on that.

Against Sunderland JG was super but at times did hold the ball for too long too. Admittedly we do need to be creating options for him and that’s best deployed by Henry and Brannigan presenting themselves to shoot from the edge of the area and Mackie/Sinclair to be a target in the middle.

 

[Blox21]

You can knock the ball into the box all day long but there’s f**k all in there to finish the job , still waiting for the experienced front man
Of which failed to materialise in the last transfer window .

 

[westyorkshireexile]

Or the one before.

 

[Gary Baldi]

When I heard KRs post match interview, after some reflection, I did think he was right on Graham. It was a pleasure to see JG have the full back out skilled, but what end product did he produce after that?

 

[FalmouthOx]

The common message seems always to be that we aren't doing on Saturday what we are doing all week in training. We are so one dimensional - so many set pieces come to nothing but just keep trying the same things. Our goals to corner ratio has to be the worst in the football league? The "love train" worked well for England but we don't even try it. Bereft of new ideas - running around in circles beating the same man 4 times - the coaches clearly aren't having any impact. The players aren't buying it.

 

[West Oxon U’s]

We had everyone in their box - including Eastwood - for that corner at the death
Brannagan’s flag kick sailed over all of them - it just summed up our delivery all afternoon