I feel it is a shame what has happened with regard to him. I can't work out if he isn't capable of learning or no one has been able to coach him right but it just seems there was so much potential there for him to be a top notch striker for us or even in the division above but for whatever reason that ability hasn't been realised.
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Jake Robinson
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Lucky_C
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I agree - he's got potential but just doesn't show it.
Might be worth shipping him out on loan for a season to a League 2 club if anyone would take him - I think some experience would do him the world of good and he could return to us a top class player
Might be worth shipping him out on loan for a season to a League 2 club if anyone would take him - I think some experience would do him the world of good and he could return to us a top class player
The Truth
Banned
Loan him out, give him a chance some where else, if that fails then Robinson fails.
His problem is confidence not ability!
clippedgull
Hotdogs, extra onions
The Aldershot fans would have him back, but would the club?
He certainly needs a fresh start somewhere.
He certainly needs a fresh start somewhere.
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I'm talking more mental ability. He has the pace, touch and goalscoring ability to play just off defenders shoulders but never does. He just seems to want to pick the ball up and run at people. Also in all the time he has been in the squad he doesn't seemed to have toughened up more or even bothered working on his left foot.
His number is up in terms of his Albion career one would feel, he's had many chances, in fact far more than most players would have got, he's not unproven anymore, he's had plenty of time and chances to deliver and hasn't grasped them, the ''he's young and can improve'' excuse doesn't wash with me anymore, I'd be disappointed if he wasn't released at the end of the season.
Da Man Clay
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- Dec 16, 2004
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Totally agree. Has been in the first team squad for a number of years now and just hasn't improved. Shame as I imagine he will end up making a brilliant free transfer for a league two side.
If we released him, we'd only end up not replacing him, or replacing him with rubbish.
He isn't costing us much, and I see no point not keeping him.
He gets a rough deal from many on here, partly due to the high expectations on him from an early stage. He's not going to develop into the world beater we were hoping for, but he IS capable of an effective role as a squad / impact player.
He isn't costing us much, and I see no point not keeping him.
He gets a rough deal from many on here, partly due to the high expectations on him from an early stage. He's not going to develop into the world beater we were hoping for, but he IS capable of an effective role as a squad / impact player.
He's not going to develop any more than he has, christ, how many chances has he had?! If we can't find any better than him then I'd suggest we're not really serious about making our way up the football league ladder.
Uncle Buck
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- Jul 7, 2003
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That covers it.
Silent Bob
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- Dec 6, 2004
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This is the approach that kept Mayo and Hart at the club!
Robinson has useful attributes, and he DOES still have the potential to be a good player. However he will need to do something tangible this season in order to stay.
Mayo and Hart though, had contributed precisely NOTHING in the previous season, and are considerably older, thus only ever going to get WORSE.
I'm not trying to paint Robinson as MESSI ffs. Its just about value. If he's on the kind of coin that I imagine, then he's worth his place in the SQUAD. He is quick, something that is horribly rare in our squad, and whatever his detractors say, he IS capable of an effective role late in games.
Silent Bob
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Neither am I saying he would be as useless to keep as Mayo and Hart. But there are always players out there in the close season. Even now he's been pushed well down the pecking order (I doubt Adams will EVER use him up front).
Last season he was on the fringes of the first team, but only impressed very sporadically. The year before it looked like he'd made the break through before he went on a dry spell lasting months...
I like him, I think he could be a very good player, but he hasn't even shown a little bit of consistency, ever, and I think with Adams now in charge he will need to do more than he did last year to be kept on. And sadly I can no longer see him doing that.
Last season he was on the fringes of the first team, but only impressed very sporadically. The year before it looked like he'd made the break through before he went on a dry spell lasting months...
I like him, I think he could be a very good player, but he hasn't even shown a little bit of consistency, ever, and I think with Adams now in charge he will need to do more than he did last year to be kept on. And sadly I can no longer see him doing that.
John Dorian
Glass Case of EMOTION
Send him to Eastbourne Borough for the rest of the season, just along the coast, still a good level of football and it would help out both parties involved.
Agreed. Getting him out on loan, to play a good run of 20 odd first-team games - see what he can do.
Scotty Mac
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- Jul 13, 2003
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not consistent enough - that period he had towards the end of the year mcghee kept us up he looked absolute mint
since then though, what exactly has he done? its a shame as he has showed glimpses that he could be a good player, and the likelihood is he will go else well and fullfill that potential
since then though, what exactly has he done? its a shame as he has showed glimpses that he could be a good player, and the likelihood is he will go else well and fullfill that potential
NMH
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Dunno what you peeps are on about really.
Coming on last Saturday, he still changed the game for the better - even though we still failed to score. So, he's no worse than what we already have - you just want him to expand on this potential you imagined for him.
"he's not the new Michael Owen or Peter Ward like we hoped, so let's get rid".
Coming on last Saturday, he still changed the game for the better - even though we still failed to score. So, he's no worse than what we already have - you just want him to expand on this potential you imagined for him.
"he's not the new Michael Owen or Peter Ward like we hoped, so let's get rid".
Just my kind of thread. I'm afraid I don't think JR will ever be a competent striker in the football league. He has always shown potential but never fulfilled it and has been surpassed by the likes of Cox and Elphick as maturing youth team players.
I don't know what it is but suspect he has always had ability that has carried him through the various levels and has never had to think about it. The league is tougher than that and I genuinely don't think he has any clue as to how to progress. As for an impact player, I struggle to recall any game when he has come on and changed it for us, unless you consider changing a 4-0 home defeat to a 4-1 home defeat ( I would add I only see the Home games so cannot comment on away ones). To be an impact substitute, you must be able to come on and change games regularly as did David Fairclough for Liverpool.
He is never going to make it for Brighton so ship him out. If he suceeds somewhere else then good luck to him but I doubt it.
I don't know what it is but suspect he has always had ability that has carried him through the various levels and has never had to think about it. The league is tougher than that and I genuinely don't think he has any clue as to how to progress. As for an impact player, I struggle to recall any game when he has come on and changed it for us, unless you consider changing a 4-0 home defeat to a 4-1 home defeat ( I would add I only see the Home games so cannot comment on away ones). To be an impact substitute, you must be able to come on and change games regularly as did David Fairclough for Liverpool.
He is never going to make it for Brighton so ship him out. If he suceeds somewhere else then good luck to him but I doubt it.
John Byrne
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He's had too many chances....he's simply not good enough....kick him out asap