[Archived] Paul Robinson

[bedlum]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiice move by his agent getting him that gig.

Could someone tell me where he got his tie from I need a similar blue one for my upcoming wedding

[Jonnolad]

Stick this post on the Andrews thread and you've hit the nail on the head.

Precisely.

But unsurprisingly no-one is then claiming Grella, Reid, Emerton etc who Andrews starts instead of (i.e. he's the best alternative) is the "worst player ever ever ever at the club" as the terminally dense constantly claim. Not to mention those players Andrews keeps out by playing out of position.

[Hughesy]

Precisely.

But unsurprisingly no-one is then claiming Grella, Reid, Emerton etc who Andrews starts instead of (i.e. he's the best alternative) is the "worst player ever ever ever at the club" as the terminally dense constantly claim. Not to mention those players Andrews keeps out by playing out of position.

Here go's Keefs brother again!!

[riverside returns]

I agree with big jack, Robinson is a confidence player and we should do all we can to support him. Keep chanting 'englands number one' and we may get just that. He is much better at clearing the ball than friedel, we were never going to see another shot stopper like friedel, he was immense. Robinson has got 8 years left at the very top so lets get behind him.

[den]

I agree with big jack, Robinson is a confidence player

All keepers are confidence players. You get confidence by not dropping clangers. Some drop clangers regularly, but the best keepers drop clangers very infrequently.

This confidence tag is garbage.

[dr_awol]

Does being a rovers fan mean we have to hate every player Paul Ince signed?

[den]

Does being a rovers fan mean we have to hate every player Paul Ince signed?

Who is that aimed at Doc?

[dr_awol]

Who is that aimed at Doc?

People who moan about Robinson, Grella and Andrews, all the time

Paul Robinson is a good GK with plenty of time to turn into a very good GK. Goalkeeping is mostly about confidence so picking up on every little thing that goes wrong will not help him, there arnt many keepers within are means i would replace him with.

(Andrews is a element squad player that can do a job when needed and was only a hand away from playing in the world cup next year)

[den]

People who moan about Robinson, Grella and Andrews, all the time

It's a m/b.

Glad you didn't mean me then, because I didn't mention Robinson in the post above your "Ince hating" comment.

I would also add that the best keepers recover from mistakes straight away. It doesn't affect them for any length of time.

[Pedderz0912]

I think Robbo has been good for us this season and towards the end of last season did as much as any1 to keep us up (remember the home game v wigan) and that is what he is capable of. I would have him ahead of James any day of the week and also for a keeper he still as at least 5 more years at the top level Ince best signing for me

Comparing him to friedal is harsh can you imagine comparing every midfielder to Tugay, Every defender to Hendry and every striker to Shearer come on give this lad some credit also in my top 4-5 players for player of year (Maybe 4th) lol.

But Keep it going robbo and get us some more of them clean sheets is it 8 in last 16 games or something now?

[riverside returns]

Tad defensive Den...

There is a large influence into how someone plays in how confident they feel. Also how well liked they feel. The mind has a great deal to do with sport. Tiger Woods is a man on his own with mental strength and most of the top football players have the same mental strenght but when you have been villified as much as |Robinson was for the mistake in Croatia, taking away the fact that coaches always tell defenders, 'never pass back directly towards the goal' therefore it was probably more the fault of Neville anyway. There is every chance that you become somewhat fragile of mind and confidence and need building back up!.

[Amo]

Does being a rovers fan mean we have to hate every player Paul Ince signed?

Maybe because Ince was a disastrous manager, most of his signings were duds? Makes sense, don't it.

For what it's worth, Grella would be a key player if he could keep fit. That's the chief criticism he receives.

[dr_awol]

Maybe because Ince was a disastrous manager, most of his signings were duds? Makes sense, don't it.

For what it's worth, Grella would be a key player if he could keep fit. That's the chief criticism he receives.

Ince was a mostly disastrous manager and needed to go, but his haven't been kicked out the door as fast as he was, Sam could have replaced Robinson bring the summer.

[den]

Tad defensive Den...

There is a large influence into how someone plays in how confident they feel.

Absolutely agree with that RR.

Strength of character counts for a lot in all sports. The positive one's win. I wasn't making a judgement of Robinson here - I'm talking generally. However, since it's a Paul Robinson thread and many people still say he's easily affected confidence wise [and I don't go along with this too much], then, if that's true, that has to be a big weakness, doesn't it?

[M2XLY]

I have always said it was Neville's fault against croatia!

Robbo is a fantastic keeper, who make the odd mistake now and again, who doesnt?

We need to support him and get behind him always.

Im sure when he came to us his little boy had been in hospital since birth and after a couple of months he came out and you could instantly see that Robbo has a massive weight lifter from his shoulders! Sometimes we all have other things on our minds.

Stop slaggin him and start supporting him, he is a ROVERS PLAYER after all.

[Amo]

Stop slaggin him and start supporting him, he is a ROVERS PLAYER after all.

We all want Robinson to do his best every time he pulls on the jersey, but that doesn't mean he is exempt from criticism, esp on a public forum. I don't feel confident with this guy as our goalkeeper. He's made a few decent stops this season, but he's a liability more often than not. I would be more forgiving if he was younger and had time to iron out his mistakes, but he's 30 now - the prime age for a goalkeeper. I don't think he should be the first out of the door, and Sam will be in no rush to sell him, but I hope we'll have some serious competition next season because it's an area that needs improvement.

[Jonnolad]

For what it's worth, Grella would be a key player if he could keep fit. That's the chief criticism he receives.

Not from me it isn't - my chief critism is he's simply not enough and was a complete waste of money at £4m plus respective wages.

Would we get £4m for Grella now? You'd have more chance of getting a blow job off the pope.

We need to support him and get behind him always.

Agree with that even though I think Robinson is a weak link in our team.

Anything other than supporting our players on the pitch is daft. Booing them is just moronic, literally.

[T4E]

Would we get £4m for Grella now? You'd have more chance of getting a blow job off the pope.

You've got a decent chance of one off Keith Andrews

[thenodrog]

Not from me it isn't - my chief critism is he's simply not enough and was a complete waste of money at £4m plus respective wages.

Would we get £4m for Grella now? You'd have more chance of getting a blow job off the pope.

Agree with that even though I think Robinson is a weak link in our team.

Anything other than supporting our players on the pitch is daft. Booing them is just moronic, literally.

Grella is a country mile in front of your hero as a footballer. He has a lot of quality whereas your man has very very little. I cannot defend Grella's injury record though. In fact no one could.

[tcj_jones]

You've got a decent chance of one off Keith Andrews

You even got him to pose for a photo after yours, didn't you?

[T4E]

It was after, I didnt want a milk moustache in the photo

[Majiball]

I wish we had an outfield player with 40+ England caps, regardless of their current standing in the squad.

[broadsword]

We're lucky to have gotten him and for such a cheap price we wouldn't have gotten better.

£3.5 mill is cheap????????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We paid well over the odds.

[Majiball]

£3.5 mill is cheap????????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We paid well over the odds.

For a 40 cap england international it most certainly is.

He's a credit to our team and for me one of our better players. Yes he makes mistakes, but so do half of our team the only difference is he's the last line of defence.

[broadsword]

They give England caps away with a box of Shreddies these days, 40 caps for England means nothing. Is he getting picked now we have a decent manager, and Robinson's late-20's? Didn't think so.

He sure does make mistakes because he has basic flaws to his game. £3.5 mill is a lot for a goalie, and we have no comparable outfield players for that money other than Grella and Kalinic, and that don't make that many mistakes.

For £3.5 mill, I'd expect a higher level of competence.