The Bobby Robson RIP Thread

[itszamora]

Agreed, although to be fair as much as I hate him, even Sir Alex's comments on Sir Bobby were the kindest, most deserving words of praise I've ever heard him utter.


"I was never too big or proud to ask him for advice which he gave freely and unconditionally. And I'm sure I am speaking for a lot of people when I say that.

Nobody had Robson's passion - Ferguson

"In my 23 years working in England there is not a person I would put an inch above Bobby Robson. I mourn the passing of a great friend, a wonderful individual, a tremendous football man and somebody with passion and knowledge of the game that was unsurpassed.

"His character was hewn out of the coal face, developed by the Durham mining background that he came from. His parents instilled in him the discipline and standards which forged the character of a genuinely colossal human being. He added his own qualities to that which then he passed on to his sons.

"The strength and courage he showed over the past couple of years when battling against his fifth bout of cancer was indescribable. Always a smile, always a friendly word with never a mention of his own problems.

"The world, not just the football world, will miss him. Let's hope it won't be long before another like him turns up because we could never get enough of them."

Ferguson seems to have mellowed quite a lot in recent years, he even said the best team won after the Champions League final. Maybe it's because he was being outdone in the t**t stakes by Mourinho when he was in charge of Chelsea, I don't know. Although Mourinho has also had very kind words to say about Sir Bobby's passing.

 

[NMH]

Sometimes a 'legend' doesn't walk or talk in a legendary way, speaks on the same level you can understand, and wears humility on the same sleeve as his heart.

Bobby, thankyou very much, and may you indeed rest in the peace a legend like you deserves.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

It could be argued that Bobby Robson deserved more of a tribute than Jade Goody. I agree some people do get maudling over "celebrity" deaths, but Robson was a giant of football and a manager probably everyone at any level of the game have a lasting respect for. On a football forum you would expect some kind of tribute, the club is irrelevant.

On another note, I'm watching Sky News and seeing Robson being hijacked (I can't think of a better word, sorry) by NUFC, he wasn't a Geordie and didn't go there until 1999. He was at Ipswich from 1969 to 82/83 I think. He won the UEFA and FA cup with them and made a backwater club regular top six for years. If I was a tractor boy I would be more than a bit miffed by the typically maudling Toon reaction.

I don't know which club's fans irritate me more in the maudling stakes - Liverpool or Newcastle.

Sorry if this sounds a bit harsh, but I'll always remember Sir Bob as England first, Ipswich second.

Excellent points. His achievements at Ipswich Town were incredible. Whatever team they support, there are many people who have a huge soft spot for that Ipswich team he created, the beautiful way they played football in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The fact they were chasing a treble in 1980/81 is incredible. I was chatting to an Ipswich fan at a party last Saturday and he said he could go into many pubs abroad and if he got talking and mentioned he was from Ipswich, people will hark back fondly to the team Bobby built. Quite right too!

 

[Gerbil]