Theo Robinson - Signing Confirmed

Short term signing as a cheap backup, of an L2 journeyman.

Not the stuff to get supporters giddy, especially given all the hype that surrounds transfer deadline day.

Its a shame we dont look a bit longer term, but in all honesty i wasnt expecting much more, anyone decent doesnt want to play in L2 so most there are rough diamonds, lets hope Degsy is good at polishing!

 

Apparently you CAN polish a turd......

 

Complete waste of time signing. Scores on average 5 goals a season since 2013 that’s 32 years old
Get a grip for goodness sake

 

Calm down dear.

 

Just like the shortage of wagon drivers, and staff at four different pubs and restaurants we have been to in the last month. Two were left because they couldn’t put a starter on the table one hour after ordering. Every single one said they have insufficient or qualified staff.

That’s a fact of life we are all have to get used to. The excuse of Covid is utter crap!

 

I've said for a while that we just need to give the squad thats been assembled a chance. I stand by that - but on the face of it, our summer recruitment looks to have been largely done on the cheap and on the assumption that Adams can work his magic.

Its frustrating, because with just a little more, to have added a couple of quality players beyond what we've got, I'd have been confident of at least the top 7. Now, I think its far less certain.

 

But can name all these players who would be fantastic signings, who have gone to other clubs, yet have never ever seen play???

 

I'm OK with the Robinson signing given that we clearly couldn't pull in any of our primary targets. At least he's some experience of league football and has a reasonable pedigree of playing higher up the leagues.

When we compare it to the two lads we wasted loan signings on last year, at least for the short term, this looks a better signing.

 

Complete waste of time signing. Scores on average 5 goals a season since 2013 that’s 32 years old
Get a grip for goodness sake

 

No separate thread for Robinson @Administrative ?

Oh dear.

 

On the face of it, pretty underwhelming signing. It’s sometimes hard to accept the parameters the club is working within but they are there. Let’s just hope he performs at the better end of his record. I’m disappointed but suppose got to give him a chance.

 

Everyone is so underwhelmed, no one can be arsed starting one

 

Got to agree D. Many are far too slow in realising he’s just a short term backup .

 

Let’s not forget we have had a good start to the season despite injuries to key players. Obviously it would have been nice to have a bit more strength in depth but we have seen enough to suggest we have enough to be up there challenging
A good win that is coming on Saturday will make everyone feel a bit happier well almost everyone

 

Seen enough? We've seen 7 games?

At this point, with the inconsistent performances we're possibly as likely to finish bottom half as we are within the top 7.

 

Think Guthrie's record was better than that. Sure someone can answer that. Hope he is good in training>

 

Underwhelming but it's not the end of the world, he's a back up, 3rd choice forward at best and only one a one year deal. Let's just calm it a bit. Robinson, his record in L2 isn't too bad for a 3rd choice. Since the start of the 18/19 season he's had 73 games in this division scoring 21 goals. His overall record in L2 is a goal every 220 minutes, for someone who is a very last minute grab, just here to make up the numbers this season, more likely until January, it's not a bad move.

Seen someone mention he was on 2K a week at Port Vale, like it's a surprise or a high number. At the time of him signing his deal, it really wasn't. Manchester Evening News for the 19/20 season did a report against the EFL divisions to see the average earning of these players. The average wage in L2 was £2,191 per week. The one season salary cap meant lower wages were offered out, that has probably dropped the average slightly for the 21/22 campaign. But Theo Robinson had just scored 10 in 19 starts for Colchester at this level, so it really isn't a surprise that a team like Vale were offering out £2k a week, a very average salary at the time for this division, to a bloke who was just on a good scoring run.

 

For those slating the signing of Robinson, some names please of who would have been realistic alternatives.

So far we’ve only had Alex Jones put forward….

 

Finally got his own thread, bless him!!

Welcome to the club, Theo. Your record shows you probably won't get 20 goals this season but let's hope you get an important few here and there. Good luck fella.

 

Looks like last night was a long one, welcome onboard Theo.