Jake Robinson on Saturday

[harold robbins]

I couldnt help but feel sorry for poor Jake on Saturday. The rain jacket they gave him was absolutely huge and swamped him. He also had his shirt tucked into his shorts for presumably for the same reason. When he was warming up, it was the first time I had seen him up close and I had no idea how small he is - the QPR sub he was talking to looked more like his dad!.

But joking aside, I thought he gave a good account of himself. With a bit more height and weight hes got enormous potential.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

I couldnt help but feel sorry for poor Jake on Saturday. The rain jacket they gave him was absolutely huge and swamped him. He also had his shirt tucked into his shorts for presumably for the same reason. When he was warming up, it was the first time I had seen him up close and I had no idea how small he is - the QPR sub he was talking to looked more like his dad!.

But joking aside, I thought he gave a good account of himself. With a bit more height and weight hes got enormous potential.

he is not ready yet

 

[Gary Nelson]

.......and by giving him 15 or 20 minutes every other week he will get there. He will learn far more playing for 15 minutes in the first team than a full game in the reserves. Why do you think Yeates and Rehman were here and why Man Utd sent Beckham on loan to Preston

 

[dwayne]

It's a tough one but yes Nelson you have a point, he's not really ready but it can't do any harm to give him a few minutes here and there but what he really needs is 3 steaks a day and some creatine!

 

[Robot Chicken]

But joking aside, I thought he gave a good account of himself. With a bit more height and weight hes got enormous potential.

So how are we gonna make him taller? How much taller could he grow?

 

[Gary Nelson]

bar the steaks and creatine, that was my point!

 

[Wilko]

At one point he was battling for the ball in the corner right in front of where I was standing and he looked completley overwelmed by the occasion, must have been nervewracking coming on in front of such a huge noisy crowd against SHittu and Carlisle

As mentioned above though, it is all good practice. he should get 10-15 minutes at the end of a game to build him up to get used to full team games.

 

[harold robbins]

I was assuming that at his age he may still be growing. If not, I`d be worried....with a few exceptions (like Leon) very few strikers of that size make it.

 

[Marc]

As mentioned above though, it is all good practice. he should get 10-15 minutes at the end of a game to build him up to get used to full team games.

agreed, I always enjoy seeing the youth coming through the ranks, that goes for all the youth lot we have. Once our promotion battle is over (as in we miss the play offs! ) then I reckon play a good few youngsters to get them ready for next season.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

I was assuming that at his age he may still be growing. If not, I`d be worried....with a few exceptions (like Leon) very few strikers of that size make it.

owen

 

[albiongirl]

Wasn,t Zamora rejected by one club cos he was too small now look at him!! You never Jakey might have a few growth spurts to go yet.

 

[dwayne]

defoe
dickov
Lee Steele

 

[Yorkie]

Re: Re: Jake Robinson on Saturday

So how are we gonna make him taller? How much taller could he grow?

Males don't stop growing until they're 22.

Then they grow outwards

 

[Marc]

I stopped growing when I was 12

But I love being short...as Gandalf said in Lord Of The Rings:

"Short people have the power to change the future..."

I actually raised my fist and cheered in the cinema when he said that

 

[Yorkie]

Funnily enough so did I (stop growing when I was 12)
I am 5'6" so I was head and shoulders taller than all the other girls at the time and like a beanpole.

I hated it (although I was good at netball)

 

[Marshy]

You have to give him the chance I say.

I know its different but we have a 15yr old lad who plays with us on a saturday, its his first year in Mens football and hes an awesome player.

He got 4 more on saturday and has something like 20 odd goals in about 10 appearances.
Each week he gets better and better and will only improve with each game.

 

[Lush]

As I said on another thread, I'm sure he would get more chances if it wasn't for the fact that little Leon is such a regular in the side. You just can't play both short-arses for the whole game. Same goes for Marney.

 

[Budgie]

why not loan him out for a month - we've got enough cover as Benjamin's here

 

[fatboy]

why not loan him out for a month - we've got enough cover as Benjamin's here

No way, and no we haven't.

 

[fleet]

The sadest thing was when at half time he went in on a 50:50 and looked like he would break his leg and take off the head of our only other fit keeper! Didn't look like the most mature act of all time.