Robinson on Saturday

[true99blade]

Wouldn’t say lazy, but definitely looked lost and out of his depth. “Just needs a goal”... his only decent showing for us saw him score a goal and assist another. Since then he’s been utter garbage.

 

[orlandoblade]

Wouldn’t say lazy, but definitely looked lost and out of his depth. “Just needs a goal”... his only decent showing for us saw him score a goal and assist another. Since then he’s been utter garbage.

Agree with this. He seems a really nice lad and all that, but the fact is so far he appears well out of his depth and ineffective.
The difference is quite clear when we have Sharp and/ or Mousset on with Didzy and/ or Mc B, more happens at the top of the pitch. whether it be chances, tackles. The last 2 games have had more goal mouth action when Robinson not been on. Its not a slant on him as a person, but perhaps he just is not good enough.
Many times he is not in the box where the ball will likely come. It truly seems he is more a wide player than a traditionl/positional type striker

 

[TCsLoveChild]

I think that’s the first time under Wilder that I’ve seen a lazy performance from someone. I’m being charitable excluding some of Madine’s efforts and Clarke often looked languid, but that’s just his style.

But Robinson simply was not putting the effort in on Saturday and he was lucky to make it past half time. We’re not a team that can take passengers effort-wise unless they score a lot of goals.

Looks low on confidence and I feel for the lad, but he has some talent. He just needed to cover more ground, put some tackles in and look more up for it. He was easy to deal with for them and rightly hooked.

Tin hat on. No I’m not writing him off/furthering an agenda/getting on his back for the sake of it

I hate it when people write him off so soon. Cant help thinking you have an agenda here. Get off his back, you are just criticizing him for the sake of it. UTB

 

[Maidenhead]

I’ve had the same thought about his current work rate.
Wonder whether it’s just a confidence issue that could be sorted by him finding the back of the net again?.
One thing is certain- wilder will have his eye on the situation. UTB

Doesn't matter what we think of his work rate or how we perceive it.

Every movement is tracked by the management team and they will know with certainty how far and how fast he ran, how many times he touched the ball, how many decoy runs he made etc etc.

If his stats aren't good enough they'll talk to him and make decisions based on the stats and his attitude.

 

[CarlMcBlade]

We simply can’t afford to carry passengers, with our limited resources. Every player needs to bring something to the table.

 

[robbiez666]

I'd say lazy. Closing down often seems an afterthought for him and there's no way he's giving more than 75% in effort. As a team which relies on everyone giving 120%, that's simply not good enough. He trots around making no real effort to win the ball back. Just a cursory effort to look like he is.

 

[Bennyand the Blades]

He may well come good, who knows, but on his present form we do have better sitting it out on the bench, but I don't think we have to tell Mr Wilder & co that......

 

[wavy-blade]

This is why Robinson is probably getting picked , cus I training he does this

 

[Bruce Wayne]

He's the closest player we have to Moose to play alongside Didzy so Wilder picks him because Moose aint yet 100% fit. I think Callum has done OK at times but is looking at some bench time. He was shocking Saturday.

 

[stringer]

This is why Robinson is probably getting picked , cus I training he does this

Top finish from the Moose

 

[wavy-blade]

Top finish from the Moose

I wasn't sure myself , but I think it is Robinson blonde hair on top . PS In training , its meant to say .

 

[Harry's Game]

If he only wants to play on the wing then he isn’t going to fit into our system, he’s not strong enough for Wing back cover.

 

[JayGreen17]

Billy on the pitch is worth about 2 Robinson’s with Robinson’s current form...

 

[Ginger Gnome]

When I was about 14, I was a winger who scored plenty of goals, occasionally I'd play in the middle just off the striker and still score and create stuff. When I was about 15, my manager decided to stick me up front as the main striker. I was crap, didn't really know how to play the role or get involved in the game. I could still bang in goals in training when the ball was in front of me to run on to, but stick me in a match with my back to goal and I was hopeless.

Robinson is having the same problem at an infinitely higher level, playing with McGoldrick means he has to be the most advanced striker, but it's just not his position. Stick him with a proper striker like Sharp or Mousset and he'd probably do better as his role would be slightly different, but as long as McGoldrick is in the side, Robinson isn't a good fit to partner him at all.

 

[Revolution]

I don't think it's a positional thing, and I don't think it's a laziness thing. I just don't think he's a good enough player to cut it at this level. He isn't making the step up. He can't hold the ball up, he can't find space, and his finishing is poor.

It happens. When we came up in 1990 Stancliffe and Mark Morris weren't good enough. In 2006 Paul Ifill and Steve Kabba weren't good enough.

Could he improve? Sure. But at the moment, he looks out of his depth.

 

[Nicolaus_Copernicus]

I don't think it's a positional thing, and I don't think it's a laziness thing. I just don't think he's a good enough player to cut it at this level. He isn't making the step up. He can't hold the ball up, he can't find space, and his finishing is poor.

It happens. When we came up in 1990 Stancliffe and Mark Morris weren't good enough. In 2006 Paul Ifill and Steve Kabba weren't good enough.

Could he improve? Sure. But at the moment, he looks out of his depth.

In ‘Stan, Stan, Stan the man’’s defence, he was 32, had been a great servant to the club for 7 years, wasn’t quick enough and was moving up through the divisions. Bassett basically played him a couple of times as a ‘thank you’ (can’t remember whether it was only once v. Liverpool).

We’d not extensively scouted him, paid £8m for his services and were expecting/reliant upon him to be the lead contributor in our survival. It pains me to say, but we are a quarter of the way through this season, and he looks way off the required levels (for whatever reason/s).

 

[Revolution]

In ‘Stan, Stan, Stan the man’’s defence, he was 32, had been a great servant to the club for 7 years, wasn’t quick enough and was moving up through the divisions. Bassett basically played him a couple of times as a ‘thank you’ (can’t remember whether it was only once v. Liverpool).

We’d not extensively scouted him, paid £8m for his services and were expecting/reliant upon him to be the lead contributor in our survival. It pains me to say, but we are a quarter of the way through this season, and he looks way off the required levels (for whatever reason/s).

Stancliffe was to have been a first choice, and played the first 3 games, but his last appearance was in our 1-0 defeat at Palace where it was said that he and Bassett had a falling out at HT re the way the team was set up (I don't know whether that's true but it was widely rumoured at the time). He ended up on loan at Wolves I vaguely recall.

I'm not disparaging Stan. He had a fine career. 500+ league games, 4 promotions, more than half his time in the second tier. That's a great resume.

Agree re Robinson (sadly).

 

[wizadry]

Too early to write him off but he’s so flat footed at times it’s unbearable to watch. You can see what either one of our players or an opposition player is going to do but he’s that flat footed he’s too slow to react to it. This can be sorted but it needs sorting sharpish.

If Billy can’t get a game whilst Robbo is showing such poor form he’s never going to get a start, it’s getting a bit silly now!

 

[Akinbiyi]

Too early to write him off but he’s so flat footed at times it’s unbearable to watch. You can see what either one of our players or an opposition player is going to do but he’s that flat footed he’s too slow to react to it. This can be sorted but it needs sorting sharpish.

If Billy can’t get a game whilst Robbo is showing such poor form he’s never going to get a start, it’s getting a bit silly now!

Billy should’ve started on Saturday if Moose couldn’t.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

My first real up close (OK, it was West Ham bus ride away) look at Robinson on Saturday since pre-season. Has that hamstring issue been fully sorted? Because his movement strongly suggested to me that he was reluctant to power away when running and really explode those first 5 yards, a sure indicator of someone coming back from a hamstring problem. He wasn't great, but if the keeper didn't touch it we'd be celebrating a goal for him, fine margins and all that.

 

[Seanshoreham]

Reminds me a bit of David Brookes, he's got the skill and talent but is too easily knocked off the ball for my liking

 

[Cheesebored]

Reminds me a bit of David Brookes, he's got the skill and talent but is too easily knocked off the ball for my liking

Not a patch on Brookes I'm afraid. Brookes could drift past opponents with skill and a drop of the shoulder. I agree Robinson looked good pre season but he's not shown anything of note in the league. Sometimes players just aren't able to make the step up.

 

[sitwell]

That header on Saturday whether the keeper got a feint touch on it or not it’s incredible how he managed to actually head it clear.

These things do happen of course but I think overall it’s quite clear to see he is struggling in the role he has been given. If it persists then he could well be loaned out in January with a view to putting him in the window for a permanent move next year.

Lazy is not how I’d describe him but headless chicken is probably more correct from what I’ve seen. Runs around a lot and then looks very unsure what to do when he gets the ball.

Hands up if you thought that was in

 

[Nicolaus_Copernicus]

Hands up if you thought that was in

 

[Nicolaus_Copernicus]

Stancliffe was to have been a first choice, and played the first 3 games, but his last appearance was in our 1-0 defeat at Palace where it was said that he and Bassett had a falling out at HT re the way the team was set up (I don't know whether that's true but it was widely rumoured at the time). He ended up on loan at Wolves I vaguely recall.

I'm not disparaging Stan. He had a fine career. 500+ league games, 4 promotions, more than half his time in the second tier. That's a great resume.

Agree re Robinson (sadly).

5 promotions

In my view view a Blades legend that sorely gets overlooked when talking about Blades' legends.

 

[originaltrueblade]

Don’t like to say it but at present when Robinson is in the team it’s like we are playing with ten men

 

[Grappler]

When opposition players pass back to the keeper, I expect Blades strikers to chase the ball to last second, giving the keeper no time to think, Robbo is not doing that, which as SouthEssexBlade says, for someone with pace, seems like he is struggling with an injury.

He neshes 50/50 challenges a lot as well, which again is not the usual Blades way.

 

[originaltrueblade]

5 promotions

In my view view a Blades legend that sorely gets overlooked when talking about Blades' legends.

Stan held all the defence together i recall one away game at Gillingham I asked Gary Brazil if Stan was fit he said nope. I said to Gary not good and I could tell by the look on his face he feared the worst. They scored 4 and we lost 2-4. Stan was fit after that. And the defence had clean sheets

 

[Worksop II]

When opposition players pass back to the keeper, I expect Blades strikers to chase the ball to last second, giving the keeper no time to think, Robbo is not doing that, which as SouthEssexBlade says, for someone with pace, seems like he is struggling with an injury.

He neshes 50/50 challenges a lot as well, which again is not the usual Blades way.

I'm not sure he neshes tackles ......

He never makes contact, or gets involved attacking or defending ...... its like he thinks he is made of China

 

[bromtom]

Hope Robbo was paying attention earlier, Moose's performance v Burnley is exactly what he needs to add to his game, always running, making himself available, determined to be the first to the ball, and get it back if he loses it.

No easing off when closing down or having mini-tantrums when it doesn't get through.