Jonnysking
Vital 1st Team Regular
Wonder why Cook goes missing from the touchline for long spells? He's in the dressing room on FM getting his instructions.
Probably goes for a swift half with Gary Roberts and the rest of his drinking crew.
Wonder why Cook goes missing from the touchline for long spells? He's in the dressing room on FM getting his instructions.
Maybe over the last 2 games we installed footie manager on a laptop and now Cook is a figure head and the computer game is picking the team, tactics, etc.
Wonder why Cook goes missing from the touchline for long spells? He's in the dressing room on FM getting his instructions.
I think that he's okay for us at Latics' level. I'm truly gobsmacked that any club at a higher level would even look at him twice let alone bid the £10mill that the deal with AC Milan was in total
At 22 he's old enough to have had his weaknesses worked on for years in the professional game & yet he still has them - Bolton fans will tell you what those weaknesses are, that was 3 seasons and we're still talking about them. You can argue that Parkinson & Cook aren't the world's greatest coaches but even they're not that blind to have not got him to work on things. There's been improvement but nothing drastic. Reece James on the other hand looked good when the season started & he just got better & better
I wish him all the best when he gets his big move in the summer but i can't help but feel that within 2 years he'll be back down at Championship level or foreign equivalent
Think you hot the nail on the head he's had poor coaches who haven’t fixed those weakness. If I was a coach who had faith in my ability I'd see Robinson as a rough diamond that I could make into a top player.
You don't get many players with the pace, strength and dribbling ability of Robinson. Get his concentration sorted at tracking runners and hammer crossing practice and you've got something special there. Power was dreadful at crossing but when he was frozen out he spent hours working on his delivery and by the time he got back in the side it was so much better he became a very good set piece taker. So it shows what can be done. Power took that initiative himself but a coach should be doing that type of thing.
Possibly but like I said, we can't just blame Cook & Co - he's had coaches at Everton for the last 7 years plus the guys at Bolton.
They can't all have been incompetent at seeing where his game needs improving.
In fairness to Latics and him his defending and tracking is now much better than when he first arrived so it's clearly something he's worked on but is still his achilles heel - can he improve it further? Probably but enough to compete well at a higher level? I don't think so
Time will tell I guess but I suspect that the rumoured interest from premier league clubs is either bs from his agent to keep AC Milan interested or these clubs immediately thinking if AC Milan wanted him he must be good. They were hardly beating a path to Everton's door in the summer and how much better has he really got in the last 6 months
When Leighton Baines was with us its fare to say most people thought he would be a top player and probably play for England. I don't think anyone here so far has been touting Jedi for the top in the same way
I understand what you are saying but look at the difference certain coaches can make to players - Kirkland and Bramble under the managers before and after Bruce for example - it was night and day. They were a decent age in their mid 20's had various coaches but suddenly showed more than ever before.
Some managers are just the right fit to bring more out of players - i think there will be plenty who'd fancy themselves to do that with Robinson.
Probably I fell asleep.....Why didn't you post the sleepy emoji to the post this joke was bouncing off regarding us getting 77 points based on the form of the last 2 games meaning we'll win 16 out of 16 in the remaining games and Darren Royle being right about footie manager? Why just this one but not the others jokes that preceeded it?
Latics boss Paul Cook has confirmed that Antonee Robinson will be out for two weeks due to a groin injury picked up in training,
Very strange.
Not what i heard on Tuesday night, i think it was TB on here that said he'd heard the same.
How often do we complain that the club don't communicate with the fans? Its like getting blood from a stone, now they can't wait to tell us news on Jedi, i smell a rat here, something being covered up by the club
Not what i heard on Tuesday night, i think it was TB on here that said he'd heard the same.
How often do we complain that the club don't communicate with the fans? Its like getting blood from a stone, now they can't wait to tell us news on Jedi, i smell a rat here, something being covered up by the club