I think bradshaw has proved himself as championship quality got a good return for Millwall last season and 17 this season.
Apparently Sunderland have a bit of a crisis with injuries. They’ve been down to a makeshift back 4 before the last game & then both centre backs limped off. You really don’t want to have full backs or midfielders at centre back against Morris & Adebayo. I think Luton get through & Coventry - Middlesbrough is 50-50. I hope it’s a Luton - Coventry final & then I don’t mind who goes up. Both would be brilliant achievements. How many years in a row now has Mark Robins exceeded expectations? There can’t be another manager in the country who’s had the success he’s had & seemingly so little credit. You can think of loads of managers over the years who’ve been flavour of the month at times - Appleton, Cowley’s, our old friend Lee Johnson etc who get far more credit for doing far less.
Completely agree about Robins, he's so underrated in my opinion. Never see him linked with 'bigger' jobs, i.e Southampton when Nathan Jones got the nod.
If he gets Coventry promoted he will have taken them from league 2 to the Premier league on a shoe string budget in comparison to most other Championship clubs. Like said I can't believe a bigger club hasn't come for him.
Hi all, I still visit regularly to see how you are getting on, had problems logging in but all sorted now. Goes without saying that I wish you all the very best against Bolton and hope you beat them and then do the biz at Wembley. Hopefully the Will Grigg days are long gone for us. We have a completely new set up now and it's really paying dividends, we were happy just staying up and anything beyond that was a bonus but we've done a Withnail and I and ended up in the playoffs by accident almost! Honestly im not even that bothered about the Premier League, I hate VAR and clubs owned by countries who just skip around the rules. Another year or two in the championship building on the model we have would be fine so when/if we do go up we are better prepared to try and compete. This team and group of players that we have are a joy to watch and this season has been one of the best I've experienced in many years. Good luck for Saturday!
One of their young loanees was bought by manure for 20 million I believe. I always rated Tony Mowbray, a lot of Sunderland fans were calling him a dinosaur but I think he's won them round!
If he was French, German or Spanish & done the same in one of their leagues big clubs would be desperate to take him on
Thought he was a brilliant manager for us, after that final game v Millwall it's was the only time I've felt confident about the following season in the Championship for years. Then he had a meeting with Cryne and was gone.
Massive shame, mate. When I watched red all over best managers video, the younger ones were obviously mentioning stendal, Ismael etc. Even Lee Johnson... couldn't believe they never mentioned him until people commented in the comment section. Is he just forgettable..?
I would love Luton to go up , I like fairy stories & I see a similarity with luton to us when we went up plus of course I would love all our ex players to have a crack at the big time especially Morris , Clarke & Woodrow .
Just seen as a bit unfashionable I think, comes across as a bit dour. Probably needs to sell himself & be on Sky & on podcasts every week if he wants to get noticed
I agree, based on a somewhat subjective view point - I've known a couple of Sunderland fans - sound guys, knew one Luton fan - complete d*ck.
Mark Robins' time here is tinged with irony. He was on the verge of something but Cryne panicked and started penny pinching a year too early. The irony being it cost him more in the long run with Woods, Hunt, McLaughlin, Frimpong, Lawrence, Proschwitz having to try and save a desperate situation he brought on himself. Should have just backed Robins.
The issue was Cryne was facing trial and a possible prison sentence so thought the club had to be in a position to survive without him which meant that costs had to be cut. Without that maybe things would have been different. Also whilst Robins had a successful way of playing it wasnt exactly a joy to watch. Not sure things would have improved if he had stayed on, though I dont know now how entertaining Coventry fans find his style - maybe its become more watchable?
Seen them a few times very much like the way he had us playing. Not looking like they'll get beat unless they make errors. Playing in the right areas and getting rid of it at the back.
I’ll be rooting for Coventry Mark Robins. A great manager, who should have been with us longer. Keiran Trippier to Scott Wiseman in the space of a month. Massive mistake. Met him in Spain that summer the day before we visited the team training in the Spanish mountains, Jim O’Brien & Steve Foster spoke very highly of him when we told them we had met him.
I'm surprised Mark Robins hasn't been offered a Premier League opportunity as yet when the likes of Lampard has a few failures on hs cv but still keeps getting PL opportunities. He does seem happy at Coventry and has done a cracking job and it looks like he has loyalty and respect for the club, good on him as its been very difficult for him at times with the ownership and pitch issues.
