Robbo

[EmperorKabir]

Notice nowadays that keepers like Lehmann, James and van der Sar only really got good when they hit their early 30s. Different players peak and crash and different times, but with keepers, it tends to be late.

Is anyone else worried that we might be selling Robbo too soon and then he could end up being really awesome? Granted this does mean he still has another 1 or 2 rubbish seasons yet to play, but after that could well become one of the best in the world if he picks up when he hits his early 30s. It would be a shame to lose him, and what's more worrying, is that Gomes is in the same boat, though obviously hasn't just played an awful season or 2.

Thoughts?

 

[robbiesavagehasbreasts]

So we are just to wait until Robinson finds his form again? Maybe for a couple of years? I don't know about you, but that's a bad idea.

He doesn't deserve to be ahead of Gomes and I doubt he will find his form sitting on the bench.

Next season he's either gonna be our no.2 or playing for another club.

 

[dougie]

I would hardly say Van Der Sar has only recently come good and I don't know enough about Lehmann pre-Arsenal mainly because of Oliver Kahn in the German goal.

The thing with those goalkeepers is that they are still fairly agile whereas Robinson arguably isn't now let alone in his 30;s.

 

[EmperorKabir]

i wasn't suggesting we keep robbo in goal, but if he is happy to be a benchwarmer, then i would say keep hold of him.

also i reckon the age thing works more for positioning etc as oppose to the more youthful attributes such as reaction time.... then again, robbo's strength always really lay in lightening quick saves, without which he is pretty much nothing.

 

[rez9000]

In my opinion, Robbo's days as a Spurs player are pretty much numbered.

His confidence is shot and I don't see a way in which he can regain his form at Spurs for a couple of reasons (this is all speculation of course): One is the expectation that Gomes will be handed the number 1 shirt, which will prevent Robbo from playing regularly enough.

Another reason is more complex and has to do with his mental state. I think that perhaps psychologically he's reached a point where it doesn't matter how good a goalie he may or may not be, he's not going to be one whilst at White Hart Lane. I think he's had such a torrid time of it in the last season and a bit that for him to get back to something approaching the goalie he was will need a fresh start at a new club.

A final reason to consider also is that fact that I doubt he'd be very happy playing second goalie.

For all those reasons, I believe that he won't be a Spurs player for much longer.

 

[yiddotilidie]

:adios:

 

[Shanks]

As a player I do actually like, he has to leave. For his own sake.

I still felt he could do a good job for us, and I also felt that there were more important positions to sort out first, rather than the number 1 slot.

However, if rumours are true (as I dont know) then |Gomes is an improvement.

Good luck Robbo, I truely hope you get back your England No1 spot in the future.

 

[SlunkSoma]

I think a move will do him the world of good, need a kick up the arse attitude wise by all accounts with his training something a new club would be able to do, he is to set in his ways here. Still think he'll regain some of what we saw however think we did have the best of him IMO

 

[PLTuck]

In my opinion, Robbo's days as a Spurs player are pretty much numbered.

His confidence is shot and I don't see a way in which he can regain his form at Spurs for a couple of reasons (this is all speculation of course): One is the expectation that Gomes will be handed the number 1 shirt, which will prevent Robbo from playing regularly enough.

Another reason is more complex and has to do with his mental state. I think that perhaps psychologically he's reached a point where it doesn't matter how good a goalie he may or may not be, he's not going to be one whilst at White Hart Lane. I think he's had such a torrid time of it in the last season and a bit that for him to get back to something approaching the goalie he was will need a fresh start at a new club.

A final reason to consider also is that fact that I doubt he'd be very happy playing second goalie.

For all those reasons, I believe that he won't be a Spurs player for much longer.

Pretty much my view too (Wow, We CAN agree! :razz. I'll be sad to see him go but I think both he and club need a fresh start.

 

[Bronno]

We need to be competing for top four, and at the moment he isn't in that bracket. True, like many of our other players he may eventually come up to that standard but in the meantime would he be happy on the bench? Everything suggests this would not be acceptable to him so its probably for the best if he moves on, amicably, so that when we are a force again and so is he, we can buy him back!

Does anyone know anything more about the Robbo situation? A friend of mine heard about 18 months ago that there was more to this than has been reported, that perhaps there was something in his private life which affected him, that has been kept out of the public domain. I've often thought about it, and was reminded by a forum post a couple of weeks back from someone who seemed to be suggesting something similar...

 

[sloth]

I hope he turns out to be world class. I know he has it in him because I've seen it. I'm just really sad that he had his crisis with us and not somehwre else. As Shanks said though, he has to move on for his own sake as much as anyone's.

I'm also delighted we've got in someone of the calibre of Gomes to replace him (best signing of the window in my opinion).

 

[PLTuck]

We need to be competing for top four, and at the moment he isn't in that bracket. True, like many of our other players he may eventually come up to that standard but in the meantime would he be happy on the bench? Everything suggests this would not be acceptable to him so its probably for the best if he moves on, amicably, so that when we are a force again and so is he, we can buy him back!

Does anyone know anything more about the Robbo situation? A friend of mine heard about 18 months ago that there was more to this than has been reported, that perhaps there was something in his private life which affected him, that has been kept out of the public domain. I've often thought about it, and was reminded by a forum post a couple of weeks back from someone who seemed to be suggesting something similar...

Well having a baby can play havoc with your concentration and motivation at work. Granted, that was in the public domain but still, I would not be surprised if it turned out that his baby was a bad sleeper, or his misses got a savage bout of PND, or any number of other reasons that would go with having a baby which could have distracted him. Afterall, despite all their wealth, footballers are not robots, and have the same problems or distractions at home as you or I.

 

[Shanks]

Which premiership playerss child was being sexually abused, did a name ever appear?

 

[milkman]

I think Robbo will say something like this:

"I am prepared to stay at Tottenham and fight for the first goalkeeper place. I am not prepared to leave Tottenham as I am very nicely settled here. I have many friends here and I love the fans who also give me great support....."

 

[truespur]

I think Robbo will say something like this:

"I am prepared to stay at Tottenham and fight for the first goalkeeper place. I am not prepared to leave Tottenham as I am very nicely settled here. I have many friends here and I love the fans who also give me great support....."

''untill the next time i try my superman impression(which always fails) and the fans then get on my back''

 

[Bronno]

Well having a baby can play havoc with your concentration and motivation at work. Granted, that was in the public domain but still, I would not be surprised if it turned out that his baby was a bad sleeper, or his misses got a savage bout of PND, or any number of other reasons that would go with having a baby which could have distracted him. Afterall, despite all their wealth, footballers are not robots, and have the same problems or distractions at home as you or I.

Possibly, the impression I was given is that it was particularly serious though (don't mean to underplay the gravity of PND - I mean comparatively more serious ). It is only my interpretation of what was said, and my friend was only doing the same from another source, all speculation.

 

[Shanks]

PND is as serious as it gets.
A friend of mine lost his wife a few months back. She woke up in the morning ran out into the motorway.

He was left with brand new baby twins... poor fucker.

It was in the news a lot a few months back, horrible stuff.

 

[PT]

Robbo is from Hull....

 

[Rocksuperstar]

I can nod in agreement about PND being just about as hard as it gets - it's losing control of every emotion, complete irrationality and violent/emotional mood swings like nothing else - all this at a time when you need your head together most of all, caring for newborns which, during times of clarity, breeds guilt and deep, deep depression and self-doubt.

A very good friend of mine has had a nightmare of it (not comparing to Shanks' experience) but after the first kid and her memories of what she went through then, she was on the verge of a breakdown just about as soon as she found out she was pregnant with the second, about 2 years later.

If Robbo's wife is suffering from it then i can't explain the amount of sympathy i have for them and, in a perfect world, would fully understand him asking to be released from his contract for a year or two out of the game entirely, if that's what he needs to do to be there for his family.

 

[TheChosenOne]

We need to be competing for top four, and at the moment he isn't in that bracket. True, like many of our other players he may eventually come up to that standard but in the meantime would he be happy on the bench? Everything suggests this would not be acceptable to him so its probably for the best if he moves on, amicably, so that when we are a force again and so is he, we can buy him back!

Does anyone know anything more about the Robbo situation? A friend of mine heard about 18 months ago that there was more to this than has been reported, that perhaps there was something in his private life which affected him, that has been kept out of the public domain. I've often thought about it, and was reminded by a forum post a couple of weeks back from someone who seemed to be suggesting something similar...

I came across this article last week. Might be a bit of a worry.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/wor...e-demolition-corruption-scandal.html?ITO=1490