QuoteHe's sorting out his passport but will probably be waiting awhile giving the back log because of Covid.
Did I read somewhere else that Taylor Gardiner-Hickman was potentially one of ours too?
He's sorting out his passport but will probably be waiting awhile giving the back log because of Covid.
Probably because the goals he did score were so iconic, you'd assume he'd scored a bunch of more mundane goals. Also, at least half his goals seem to have been scored in slow-motion - against England, Italy and BelgiumOriginally Posted by SkStu
watched the second half, Derby lads all came out of it well. Ebosele and Knight both showed really good ability. Ebosele is incredibly raw, it seemed every pass he hit was intercepted (maybe a little down to tiredness) but showed a great ability to carry the ball up the pitch when Derby were under pressure and camped in their box and win a throw in 40 yards further down the line than he picked it up. tackling was decent as well. overall, great work rate and contributed to the win. Knight, similarly important contribution. Negatives would be at times he's still a little lightweight and shows a lack of experience on occasion both with and without the ball. there was a situation late on where he picked up the ball on the side line near the corner flag, two west brom players were closing him down and instead of turning towards the corner flag where he would have passed the players and either won a corner, a freekick a throw or beaten everyone, he turned back inside, where he had two lads tackling him and ultimately lost the ball. it felt like perhaps it was also tiredness, when you compared his attacking instincts for Ireland recently. equally, he was being asked to mark probably west brom's most dangerous player at set pieces but he lost his man once and didn't challenge for a header another time. nonetheless, a good performance. Cashin came on playing centre-half as an extra defender for the last 10 minutes including stoppages and made three really important blocks and clearing headers. only tested one part of his game but he did well.
Robinson was dangerous but not exceptional both in the centre and out wide left but there were very few opportunities and he didn't really get much service at all. apparently he had a decent chance in the first half but i didn't see it. felt a bit sad for molumby, not sure if this will make sense to other people but it felt like watching the bad jordan henderson, as opposed to the good one. not sure whether he's bereft of confidence or whether the manager has him reigned in but it's all really safe. he's playing deeper than you'd expect, just receiving the ball and feeding decent passes out to overlapping full backs. it's not that he's playing bad, it's just that he doesn't seem himself or some of the qualities that made him so special are missing. he's stopped carrying the ball and driving with it, he's not getting into positions where he can really impact the game. it'll probably comfortably turn him into a regular championship starter but far less likely to be a player that will make a difference in an irish shirt... Taylor Garner-Hickman did very well when coming on, he was quick, composed, technically comfortable and the decision making was good, not a lot of time to influence the game but in the 4 or 5 times he was involved, he did well...
A good day for our more established strikers - no goals for Robinson today but came on for the last fifteen minutes and contributed two assists in that time: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/60005717
According to LancsLive.com, Steve Bruce will be happy to move Robinson out on loan and he is being linked with Preston NE; he has had 3 previous spells at Preston and is fond of Deepdale.
Signs for Cardiff today. Bit of an enigma, Robinson, shows flashes of real quality, but never seems to sustain the confidence of managers.
Just sent off after 6 minutes against Swansea,really silly stuff….
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
Idiotic is what it was.
Sneaky one in to the back of Robinson by the defender ( the one Robinson threw the ball at ) ~ ~ But obviously Robinson’s response is a sending off ~ ~ I hope the Swansea defender got a booking for the sly dig.
No country allegiances from Obafemi either,front and centre asking for the red card!!
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
I always wonder about irish players interacting in the league and at first I thought Michael was looking for a throw and then when the red card is produced he nods in a firm way as if he approves.. no cordial reach out to his fellow Irish international.
The obafemi competitive spirt accounts for some of that but there must be some degree of apathy there too..
Fascinating.
Can't imagine they know each other very well. Age difference and no overlapping clubs.
It's not the parrott, idah, connelly,plumby bond borne of u21 duty
He(Robinson )was very silly though but I imagine he is very frustrated generally. He's not having a very good 18 months. Assuming Cardiff doesn't work out he only has one more significant move in him
First game back tonight and gets on the score sheet. Three goals and three assists in his ten games since joining Cardiff.
Assists their second goal so that's seven goal contributions in his ten games for them so far.
Two goals today against Leeds in the FA Cup. Would be nice to see him get in proper form ahead of qualifiers.
Robinson out of action until April with a grade 2 hamstring tear. (BBC Football, 23 Feb).
It was initially thought the hamstring injury which occurred in a game v Reading (17 Feb) would keep Robinson out until after the international break, but he was ruled out of the Swansea City game last week and further doubts have emerged over his availability for the rest of the Championship campaign. Manager Lamouchi commented "We have a lot of games in April and in one month everything will be finished. When you stop for one month, you need a minimum of one month to come back. .....He is doing his best to come back as soon as possible, he is working morning and afternoon, twice a day, but it will probably not be enough."
Lamouchi did say, though, that in his most optimistic view, Robinson might make it back for the last three games of the campaign, but didn't appear to hold out too much hope. (Wales Online, 6 April)
Scored in the 3-1 pre-season friendly win against The New Saints on 4 July.
https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news...3-1-new-saints
Cardiff's manager, Errol Balut, quite critical of Robinson here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67156814
Also says that O'Dowda is set to be out until late December.
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