Robins has been manager at Rotherham for 2 and bit seasons

Has the respect of their fans and has taken on the responsibility of managing a club in a really tricky position and has done a fantastic job in the process.

Easily keeping them up despite the huge points deduction was a great achievement. His managerial CV far outweigh Gunnys despite him only being in the job for a couple of years.

IMHO at least....

Posted By: nixon on May 13th 2009 at 14:37:03

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New manager (NCFC) - camcan, May 13, 14:24:21
- Robins has been manager at Rotherham for 2 and bit seasons (NCFC) - nixon, May 13, 14:37:03
  - You are right but Robins is more a Rotherham man than he is a Norwich man... (NCFC) - sheffieldcanary, May 13, 14:40:42
    - because managing Norwich is a fecking big job in football (n/m) (NCFC) - nixon, May 13, 14:49:20
      - division 3 club..... (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, May 13, 14:53:43
      - To us, yeah, but I'm not sure its seen as a really big deal otherwise. (n/m) (NCFC) - sheffieldcanary, May 13, 14:53:24
        
        A great platform for a up and coming manager to turn the club around (NCFC) - nixon, May 13, 15:02:15
  - If he'd take it, i think he's the best option. Some will still scoff, but he has SOME (NCFC) - megson, May 13, 14:40:23
    - So does Calderwood. (n/m) (NCFC) - sheffieldcanary, May 13, 14:42:01
      - No norwich connection. (NCFC) - megson, May 13, 14:46:23
        
        Norwich connection is the least important thing possible (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, May 13, 14:52:00
        
        Yes I know that, but others don't the point i'm making is that any manager will be (NCFC) - megson, May 13, 14:55:42
        
        true, but he's contracted so no chance I feel (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, May 13, 15:04:02
        
        agreed (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, May 13, 15:10:42
        
        Calderwood did well at nearby Northampton for a good while. (n/m) (NCFC) - sheffieldcanary, May 13, 14:48:17
  - I do think he's done a good job in difficult circumstances (NCFC) - camcan, May 13, 14:39:10
    - we are the Newcastle of the East (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, May 13, 14:49:22
    - oh i completely agree with that, (NCFC) - nixon, May 13, 14:47:33
    - Agreed. (NCFC) - sheffieldcanary, May 13, 14:41:40
    - SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh (NCFC) - megson, May 13, 14:41:08
- Depressing (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, May 13, 14:35:09
- THis is what worries me. Whoever we appoint will give someone a crushing sense of despair (NCFC) - megson, May 13, 14:32:30
  - That frustrated me about Roeder. People had decided that he failed in his second season (NCFC) - jafski, May 13, 14:38:23
    - there's a lot of truth in that (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, May 13, 14:42:41
      - For laying the foundations of our eventual relegation? High praise indeed. (n/m) (NCFC) - sheffieldcanary, May 13, 14:47:25
        
        have you forgotten THE great escape already? (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, May 13, 14:52:23
        
        Is that the one where an initial spark that took us within easy reach of the playoffs (NCFC) - sheffieldcanary, May 13, 14:55:11
        
        That's the one. That kept us up. When we were bottom. (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, May 13, 14:56:15
        
        But ultimately layed the foundations of our eventual relegation. (n/m) (NCFC) - sheffieldcanary, May 13, 15:03:21
        
        well we needed to stay up in order to go down this season (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, May 13, 15:20:28
    - Aye, that was my stance from the start. Happy to say i laregly changed that (NCFC) - megson, May 13, 14:42:37
    - shame he was a complete cunt eh (n/m) (NCFC) - nixon, May 13, 14:40:33
      - Not disputing that by the way. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, May 13, 14:43:23
  - I can't see us getting out of league 1 till next season at the earliest either. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, May 13, 14:34:09
    - lol (n/m) (NCFC) - malkybarkid, May 13, 14:36:37
    - 3-4 seasons is my reckoning (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, May 13, 14:35:42
    - *sigh* you KNOW what i mean, even Brom does, and he's not here. (NCFC) - megson, May 13, 14:35:24
    - I can (NCFC) - camcan, May 13, 14:34:45
      - lol (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, May 13, 14:36:54
- for that reason it makes Butterworth the logical appointment, he knows Div 1 (NCFC) - lovely old job, May 13, 14:31:54
  - how can you say Gunn isn't the answer (NCFC) - Charles21, May 13, 14:34:21
    - I don't know, Crook & Butterworh never had any real say in player acquisition (NCFC) - lovely old job, May 13, 14:38:56
      - David Carney. (n/m) (NCFC) - sheffieldcanary, May 13, 14:42:32
    - same would go fot Worthy and Hamilton (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, May 13, 14:36:48
      - that's my point (NCFC) - Charles21, May 13, 14:42:09
        
        so lets not ever discuss anything again. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, May 13, 14:46:23
        
        no, feel free to discuss (NCFC) - Charles21, May 13, 14:50:20
        
        insanely angry were does that come from, Bristol? (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, May 13, 14:52:14
        
        no, there are some angry people out there (NCFC) - Charles21, May 13, 14:54:19
    - Beat me to it! (n/m) (NCFC) - sheffieldcanary, May 13, 14:34:59
- They need to bust a gut to get a lucky one in, I reckon. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, May 13, 14:25:22
  - I don't buy this lucky thing though. (NCFC) - jafski, May 13, 14:34:21
    - Oh God! The refs are going to be even worse. (NCFC) - Small, May 13, 14:38:39
      - Gunn was still moaning about ref decisions this morning. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, May 13, 14:41:17
    - Gunn lost Wes and Croft to injury, Bertrand and Drury to injury before charlton. (NCFC) - megson, May 13, 14:36:43
      - Deal with it though, it's how they deal with it. Et unt. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, May 13, 14:39:33
        
        Well no, cause worthy never had to deal with it did he? (NCFC) - megson, May 13, 14:45:02
  - you see I reckon the second Ferguson might be lucky (NCFC) - camcan, May 13, 14:27:35
    - No guarantee Fergie would be a success (NCFC) - Charles21, May 13, 14:30:52
  - agreed, Worthington I always thought was a lucky manager, in the end it ran out though. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, May 13, 14:26:58
    - which happens (NCFC) - camcan, May 13, 14:28:03
      - YCNHTMM was not bad luck. Simon Charlton in the Makele role was not bad luck. (NCFC) - sheffieldcanary, May 13, 14:32:35
        
        You've done it (NCFC) - camcan, May 13, 14:34:14
        
        Its one of the ultimate trump cards. Any others? (n/m) (NCFC) - sheffieldcanary, May 13, 14:43:18

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