Karl Robinson

[Dick Swiveller]

'The Bear' in temporary charge!

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Reckon so....

"Robinson was the third longest-serving manager in all four divisions, with only Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger and Exeter manager Paul Tisdale having been in post longer."

Tisdale is skating on very thin ice too.

 

[BensGrandad]

Sky Bet make Steve Evans favourite for the job but I think that they may look at Steve Cotterell or Nigel Adkins both proven in that division or the horrible little man Billy Davis.

 

[Hillian1]

I hope they put a complete tosser in charge then get relegated.

Cannot abide the franchise club, should be wiped from the records that they ever even existed.

 

[BensGrandad]

Some chairman will put their faith in Karl Robinson within a couple of months so he wont be out of work for long.

 

[Ernest]

It's a shame as he was doing a DECENT job there apart from LOSING a lot of matches

 

[Sheebo]

Gutted. But must check out MK Dons Fan TV for yesterday's edition

 

[atfc village]

Poor mansEddie Howe

 

[Murray 17]

Richie Barker to take over or will he be on his way as well i wonder. Robinson plays football the way it should be played. He's up there with Pep in most peoples minds. The Arsenal job might be available this coming summer. Karl might want to spend some time in New York mulling over that possibility.

[emoji38]

 

[Murray 17]

Gus Poyet took league one apart. We were promoted in April playing some of the best football I've seen at that level, all without a proper training ground and a non league "stadium" and similar sums of money to Robinson has had.

I'm not saying Robinson is a terrible manager, I'm saying he has always been vastly overrated. What has he done? One promotion at a bigger than average league one club in however many seasons he's had. Not brilliant tbh.

This completely.

GP was found out in the end, and KR has had a relatively long time at MK Dons. I guess they are in a lower position now than when he took over.

 

[BensGrandad]

6 years at a club is a long time in modern times.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Gus Poyet took league one apart. We were promoted in April playing some of the best football I've seen at that level, all without a proper training ground and a non league "stadium" and similar sums of money to Robinson has had.

I'm not saying Robinson is a terrible manager, I'm saying he has always been vastly overrated. What has he done? One promotion at a bigger than average league one club in however many seasons he's had. Not brilliant tbh.

Couldn't agree more. The whinging he did last year when we beat them was as bad as Cotterill.

 

[Paris]

Karl Robinson will spend the next few months on various Sky Sports channels, covering the football league coverage. Giving his opinion on the way football should be played(on the floor). Ian Holloway and Peter Beagrie hynotised by Robinson's vision for the beautiful game. David Icke part II. 'The second coming...and it's LIVE!'.

 

[Tooting Gull]

I think more than anything he will be annoyed that he didn't cash in when his stock was high to get a decent top-of-the-Championship job with a big club. That may now never come along again.

It is a tough one for managers in that situation - loyalty, or making hay, they are conflicting forces and you just have to get it right for the sake of your own career. He hasn't.

 

[NooBHA]

We have a very good one. But I wouldn't necessarily say THE best.

I'm going to get clobbered for saying this, but the likes of Eddie Howe and Alan Pardew both manage sides in the Premier League. That alone has to say something for them.

CH also managed in the Premiership. Took Norwich to 11th and was 12th with Newcastle when sacked and was 16th when sacked by Norwich when 5 points clear of the bottom 3 with only 4 games to go.

I don't say he is any better than the others you mention but his record is comparable and if he had been given the budgets that those Managers have had the he would have eclipsed their achievements. His buys at Norwich in people like Howson, Snodgrass, Tettey and Redmond, Fer, Olsson would all sell or have been sold for at least 3 times what he paid for them. The only blip in his copy book was Ricky Van Wolfswinkel but even Ricky is a very good player, his style of play just wasn't suited to a struggling Premiership side.

He also brought the Murphy twins into the first team at age 17 and they are regulars in the Norwich first team now.

 

[Eeyore]

CH also managed in the Premiership. Took Norwich to 11th and was 12th with Newcastle when sacked and was 16th when sacked by Norwich when 5 points clear of the bottom 3 with only 4 games to go.

I don't say he is any better than the others you mention but his record is comparable and if he had been given the budgets that those Managers have had the he would have eclipsed their achievements. His buys at Norwich in people like Howson, Snodgrass, Tettey and Redmond, Fer, Olsson would all sell or have been sold for at least 3 times what he paid for them. The only blip in his copy book was Ricky Van Wolfswinkel but even Ricky is a very good player, his style of play just wasn't suited to a struggling Premiership side.

He also brought the Murphy twins into the first team at age 17 and they are regulars in the Norwich first team now.

In fairness to his successor, those matches were Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal.

 

[NooBHA]

In fairness to his successor, those matches were Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal.

One was actually against Fulham and you are correct they were tough games but why would you put in a Manager who had been managing the U18s with those matches coming up and Man Utd were in freefall that year and Arsenal were not at their best either. 3 or 4 points would actually have kept them up with the cushion they already had