WTF Happened To Robbo

[double0]

The question is not why are we backing him so much, it's why the hell do Spurs fans feel the need to criticize someone who clearly loves the club and the fans.

If someone was to say they think we should get in Gomes because he's a better keeper, I have no problem with that. I have no problem with people that say he's been playing poorly for 2 years now.

My problem is with comments such as 'Good riddance', and people who are totally unwilling to accept any 'excuse' for why his form may have dipped. It's simply 'he's shit lets get rid'.

I feel the same way towards the idiots that came out saying we should sell Berbatov when he hadn't scored for a few games, and then his 'flaws' are what he is as a player. Lazy, arrogant, doesn't care etc. Not that he's a brilliant striker not in form.:roll:

To be fair I used to be like it with players like Atouba. The thing Spurs fans should remember is that nothing good comes from getting on players backs and slagging them off. I'm tired of players being used as scapegoats. We didn't finish 11th because we had Paul Robinson in goal, or because Aaron Lennon can't cross, or because Jemaine Jenas can't pass. We finished in that position because collectively we weren't good enough as a team.

Paul Robinson has been given enough chances to redeem himself for both Club and Country and hasn't taken it. Unfortunately his gone backwards in technique and allowed Cerny the opportunity to over take him as No.1

Many Yids had been sucked into the belief of having a British spine while that mob down the road continually went aboard for talent. We also loved the England's No.1 chants and kept on signing even though IMO it wasn't deserved most of the time... it got to a silly stage when other fans with English goal keepers believed it to be fair game in claiming they had England's No.1 (Newcastle..Harper)

Robbo has played up superbly to Park Lane and Paxton Rd at the lane, giving away his gloves, balls, tops etc and for that he still gets a warm welcome but IMO he hasn't produced the goods and has conceded far to many goals-which isn't totally his fault but IMO has to take alot of the blame for poor positional play, poor shot to save ratio, poor command of box, poor fitness, poor mental strength (his lows are low and long)

At last Ramos thinks so to...I wish Robbo the best at his new club as I don't think he'll except being a No.2 IF we get another (top class) goal keeper.

 

[TommyW]

My main issue with Robinson is he doesn't learn from his mistakes. He repeats them again and again. The freekick against Newcastle was a carbon copy of the Drogba freekick in the Cup Final. Hid behind the wall on both occassions.

 

[SpurSince57]

Not exactly hiding. He took a gamble that Drogba and Geremi would try and curl it over the wall to his right, gambled wrong, and made himself look an arse.

But against Birmingham, there were complaints that he didn't position himself further to his right for Larsson's kick, from the same people who were complaining that he did that for Drogba's.

Some folks really need to make up their minds.

 

[Michey]

Paul Robinson has been given enough chances to redeem himself for both Club and Country and hasn't taken it. Unfortunately his gone backwards in technique and allowed Cerny the opportunity to over take him as No.1

Many Yids had been sucked into the belief of having a British spine while that mob down the road continually went aboard for talent. We also loved the England's No.1 chants and kept on signing even though IMO it wasn't deserved most of the time... it got to a silly stage when other fans with English goal keepers believed it to be fair game in claiming they had England's No.1 (Newcastle..Harper)

Robbo has played up superbly to Park Lane and Paxton Rd at the lane, giving away his gloves, balls, tops etc and for that he still gets a warm welcome but IMO he hasn't produced the goods and has conceded far to many goals-which isn't totally his fault but IMO has to take alot of the blame for poor positional play, poor shot to save ratio, poor command of box, poor fitness, poor mental strength (his lows are low and long)

At last Ramos thinks so to...I wish Robbo the best at his new club as I don't think he'll except being a No.2 IF we get another (top class) goal keeper.

Excellent post!! :clap:

 

[TommyW]

Not exactly hiding. He took a gamble that Drogba and Geremi would try and curl it over the wall to his right, gambled wrong, and made himself look an arse.

What's the point having a wall if you don't trust them to do their job though. A keepers responsibility should always be to cover the area the wall isn't covering. Drogba tried to put the ball in exactly the same place 5 minutes earlier too which made it even worse.

 

[That Guy]

Are you people even reading the points we're making?

 

[PT]

Are you people even reading the points we're making?

Seems not.

It's great that there's polarisation of opinion though, otherwise where would we be?

I just hope any new keeper we potentially get doesn't get the same "black / white treatment.

 

[SpurSince57]

What's the point having a wall if you don't trust them to do their job though. A keepers responsibility should always be to cover the area the wall isn't covering. Drogba tried to put the ball in exactly the same place 5 minutes earlier too which made it even worse.

Yes. So maybe Robbo decided that the second time he would try and curl it.

You've also completely missed the point I was trying to make in a style Didier Zokora would envy.

 

[That Guy]

Seems not.

It's great that there's polarisation of opinion though, otherwise where would we be?

I just hope any new keeper we potentially get doesn't get the same "black / white treatment.

He's clearly not a 'shit' goalkeeper though, and thats what bothers me. I can understand people wanting him replaced with Gomes, because his lack of confidence is affecting us defensively but the treatment of him by some fans is a disgrace IMO.

Yes. So maybe Robbo decided that the second time he would try and curl it.

You've also completely missed the point I was trying to make in a style Didier Zokora would envy.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[PT]

He's clearly not a 'shit' goalkeeper though, and thats what bothers me. I can understand people wanting him replaced with Gomes, because his lack of confidence is affecting us defensively but the treatment of him by some fans is a disgrace IMO.



My thoughts exactly.

I have learnt that if someone else has a different opinion to mine regarding Robbo, they aint going to entertain mine, rather generically call me a muppet. I have my own ideas as to why Robbo now has competition for the first team keeper position but I've already aired them and there's no point in force feeding my opinion down anyone's throat. It's why this site works - polarised opinions of a player who play for the Club we love.

 

[That Guy]

I have learnt that if someone else has a different opinion to mine regarding Robbo, they aint going to entertain mine, rather generically call me a muppet. I have my own ideas as to why Robbo now has competition for the first team keeper position but I've already aired them and there's no point in force feeding my opinion down anyone's throat. It's why this site works - polarised opinions of a player who play for the Club we love.

See your point, main thing that annoys me is a lack of support for some players. Players playing well get the support while ones struggling get slagged off, which if people actually thought about it makes no sense.

 

[Bus-Conductor]

C'mon fellas, there's a difference between a good player going through a rough patch or a decent player being unfairly hammered (Lee, Zokora etc) than a player who is actually piss poor at the job he is supposed to be doing week in week out who is equally unfairly defended and idolised.

Robinson endeared himslef to the crowd and bought himself far more loyalty than he deserved. His skillset was never that good. His handling has always been poor, his shot stopping is record breakingly bad.

He's a great bloke but why apply a different set of principles to him than any other position on the park.

If we can do better we should-in all positions (includng board and management). FFS we pay enough, sweat enough, travel enough, bite our fingernails enough, make our families suffer enough, let it effect our lives enough, and they earn enough for that to be so.

We deserve the best entertainment possible. The best quality possible.

 

[SpurSince57]

The trouble is, B-C, I have no problem with people criticising Robbo or any other player when they have fucked up (and 'criticising' is being pretty euphemistic); it's when he's placed in a no-win situation that I get pissed off, hence my point about the free-kicks. You can't have a pop at him for moving to the right for Drogba's and Geremi's and then have another one when he doesn't move to the right. I've even seen him criticised for getting bundled into the back of the net by Rocha, on the grounds that he should have been chasing a cross right on the edge of the area—one of the occasions he should have stayed on his line.

 

[Johnspur]

When we signed him for 1.5m I thought we had a great steal. The first 2 seasons I thought I was right, I even remember when down the pub a few of my non-spurs mates were even saying that we had a great buy in Robbo. 05-06 he was superb and became the undisputed England number 1 and one of the reasons we were so close to champs league football was him.

Then....he had a shaky start to 06/07 and then came the Croatia game, where he kept England in it for long periods but of course people forget that because of THAT miss-kick. He soon became an easy target and went quickly downhill and it seemed long shot after long shot went in, he became a vampire (scared of crosses) and seemed to get worse each month the game with villa earlier this season was the last straw for me.

Maybe 3 and 1/2 years under Hans Segers took it's toll. I believe he can get his career back on track but it will definately not be with us. Good luck to him wherever he goes and at least he'll be leaving with a cup winners medal.

 

[james82mckay]

Well said Johnspur, I think people forget how good he was during the season we should have finished 4th. He made so many match winning saves I’m not sure we would have even qualified for Europe with an average keeper that year.

But the Croatia game destroyed him unfortunately. Hopefully he can go to a club (as I can’t see him staying) and rebuild his confidence and performance levels, which will see him playing for England again.

 

[alextheyid]

yeah id love to see us get foster..

 

[Delboy10]

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