Callum Robinson

Scores vs Birmingham, helps them out of the relegation zone.

BrendanD88 wrote: Roberto Baggio wrote: Can't have Robinson as a footballer at all. A total nothing player who adds zero to our team.  What you talking about? He’s quick, a good dribbler, good control, a creative passer and a decent finisher off either foot.

  But he has 5 goal involvements!

Let's be straight about his contributions.

Edited by SeaSharp - 19 Jan 2023 at 5:25pm

SeaSharp wrote: The O'Shea wrote: Mr. Snrub wrote: I never get the Robinson hatred, he's our only player consistently scoring goals the past 3 years. He's technically better than most of the current crop and is more than just a squad player. He's got us out of jail on a few occasions (Azerbaijan & Malta) Indeed, there's a very peculiar trend on here where it's our best performing players who get the most needle, simply because they aren't world class/were born in the wrong place/don't have the right age profile etc. Robinson has pretty consistently been the most creative attacking player on show under Kenny (even going back as far as the dark last days under MON, he was the one player who looked like he offered some invention in attack), and he's backed that up with 8 goals in 3 years for a team that has rarely been prolific. Gets scant appreciation for that good return though. He's been consistently muck aside from his Qatar/Azerbaijan purple patch. He's got pretty poor footballing intelligence. Always giving the ball away in the final third, usually due to making the wrong decision. One to play against the minnows but doesn't offer enough against good sides. As others have mentioned, what's he actually good at?

Mr. Snrub wrote: I never get the Robinson hatred, he's our only player consistently scoring goals the past 3 years. He's technically better than most of the current crop and is more than just a squad player. He's got us out of jail on a few occasions (Azerbaijan & Malta)

I never get the Robinson hatred, he's our only player consistently scoring goals the past 3 years.

He's technically better than most of the current crop and is more than just a squad player. He's got us out of jail on a few occasions (Azerbaijan & Malta)

Can't have Robinson as a footballer at all. A total nothing player who adds zero to our team. 

BrendanD88 wrote: HH is spot on, Ogbene, Obafemi and  Ferguson have so much more quality and have actual strong attributes, what is Robinson actually good at? He’s not quick, strong, good at dribbling and not a great finisher either. But he’s a fine player? How?

Yeah. In addition to that, his link-up play is generally abysmal, particularly in the last few games. Moves constantly breaking down whenever the ball came to him. For that reason, it's definitely worth giving the Parrott/Obafemi partnership time to thrive or seeing how Ferguson or Obafemi would work together or basically anything else. I wouldn't have him starting in any of the forward permutations. It's time we moved past this mediocrity. If it was someone like Long, Doyle or Walters who had a bit of presence, holdup play or leadership to pass on, fair enough, but I don't see what he offers at present or a pathway for him to improve. He's had plenty of chances at PL and International level and he's just not up to the standard. Give lads like Idah the pathway seeing as we're on a hiding to nothing in this group anyway.

For me CRob is one of the the less questionable squad picks.  I'm not even a fan really. He's no superstar and shouldn't be a starter but has better end product than many attacking players we have. I hope some more of our talented youngsters pass him but I think he still gets picked as a squad member easily for now.