Recent content by robinbobbin

Have to say Ruben Bover would be my pick for LM, or Evina if he's match fit

I always thought Parker (if he was going to go) should have gone to Arsenal rather than Chelsea. His passing, tackling game was ideally suited to them even in 2004. Wenger for some reason didn't and still doesn't see it. Sven Goran Eriksson should have used him for the Euros in 2004 or the World...

What was good about the Kermogant appearance yesterday was that he improved the team - something I'm afraid Euell hasn't done when he's come on. That doesn't mean I think he should start yet, because for me Hayes works very well with BWP. Some of his touches didn't come off, but every time he...

Oddly I find myself defending a referee that I happily branded as 'not fit to referee'. Jackson booking - a clear booking professional foul Wiggins handball - clattered into his arm as he'd fallen to the floor from very close range - no pen Their penalty a clear penalty - the tumble by Waggy...

I guess Mambo can get himself back from Ebbsfleet if there's a crisis. I'll give him a lift if need be. If Smith and Benson were to be loaned out Popo might get some more game time, which I'd like to see

Francis got booked for diving in on their tricky left winger. I'm sure Yado was told to try to hold him up and not dive in, but it didn't work for their second goal. He is really not a right back. He can get real height in attack and defence which made it so disappointing we didn't get any dead...

Players who did really well against Reading were poor against PNE. The same midfield which had dominated could scarcely win a ball. Preston were very comfortable until Waggy came on in the second half and started to run at their central defenders, although Bover had a couple of good shots. We...

I agree with most that Solly was MoM; that BWP worked really hard; that Hayes' touch may have been off today but that the passes he's attempting are exactly right and are the centre of some of our best football. Waggy's motivation worries me. Why does it take 2 belting runs from the fullback...

I'm with SirJohn. I have no problem with CP picking the same starting team. He does seem to lack the courage to try to change the game. Megson is getting too much credit for outwitting CP on Monday. At least 2 of his subs were for injuries rather than tactical changes and C**ton Morrisson did...

I like to remind myself of that Progress Chart some numbskull put in the Valley Review in our Championship season. Its profile unfortunately never resembled a Valley. It started at the top than descended precipitously to the riverbed floor and bumped along the bottom for the rest of the season...

Two sides to this: we're rubbish on the telly; we play better against the better teams (worse against the strugglers). So that's about even. We may also get a 'wannabe more important' ref which will be bad news. Cort will probably play and I'm hoping he'll give us some steel at set pieces. So on...

The sound that sticks in my memory is that of the children snivelling as they dragged their shellshocked parents out of the ground from about 10 minutes into the 2nd half. After that the eerie silence....

I agree with some of that HB. I don't advocate a start for Bover but as cover for JJ I don't think he'd disgrace himself. I'm not as convinced about Evina. It seemed to me that he got out of position a few times and was also beaten a couple of times at the byline. He did remind me of a pre...

I'm puzzled about all the stick Ruben Bover is getting. He's not a left winger to skin people like Reidy, but then neither is JJ. I saw him make some excellent passes to keep the ball alive and a beautifully weighted one over the RB's head for Jason to run on to. Even more impressively when...

You don't make radical changes to a winning team. But then you don't make a substitution when you're defending a corner...