Comments on: Robinho is a fraud

By: edwRdO

edwRdO — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:05:18 +0000

I’m curious to know if any of you guys miss Elano. I was extremely dissapoointed to see him go, and felt he was very useful for the team. Even with all the talent that came in this year I thought he would still be there. Great touch, great striker and passer of the ball, didnt miss PKs…Iknow he cant last 70+ mins, but he helped the team a lot and i loved seeing the combination of him, ireland, and petrov 2 seasons ago.
I dont blame mark hughes, i just question his selection. We’ve all seen the kind of football he likes his teams to play: the hard nosed 4-4-2…but playing robbie as a covering left-midfielder to help stop a mercurial aaron lennon (or even a sleepy bentley) was always an ill-fated move. I understand questioning his workrate in rainy away games, but i couldnt believe hes was subbed off with 30mins to go against spurs in that miserable night. He was as involved in the game as his team allowed him to be. They couldnt carry the ball out of their own side, apart form the first 15. sorry for the rant…cheers!

By: Karl

Karl — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:00:58 +0000

Firstly, yes Robinho like Ronaldo shouldn’t have to do too much defending. However Ronaldo combined sublime skill with a phenomenal work rate and a winners mentality. Robinho on the other hand is lazy, petulant and more often than not, a liability. You can’t blame Hughes’ tactics. The man is earning £160,000 a week. If he is picked as a full back he should be trying to earn his money and win games. Not sulking and flouncing off down the tunnel when he is substituted.

By: robiiee

robiiee — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:23:03 +0000

some of guys need to realise the fact that robinho is extraordinary talent whos not used properly…and yes brazilian are best in football i think only a fool can argue…this…england….another 100yrs to reach brazil.

By: Ujjal

Ujjal — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:37:45 +0000

Problem is Mark Hughes…hes not the right man for the Job. His tactics, player selection are not upto the mark. WIth the money power he has…ManCitys performance is poor.

And Robinho is an exceptional talent…look at the way he performs for Brazil. But the coach need to know how to use the talent.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:01:12 +0000

Robinho is heavily overrated.

And saying something like comparing him to the lesser talented Luka Modric is laughable. But then again Modric isn’t Brazillian so he cant be as good.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:51:28 +0000

I AGREE WITH JOHN NEAR THE TOP HE GOT IT ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. ROBINHO DOES WORK HARD BUT OBVIOUSLY HE IS USELESS AT DEFENDING, HE IS BRAZILIAN HE HAS NEVER BEEN SHOWN PROPERLY HOW TO DEFEND JUST ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK. WE SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH DEFENSIVE PLAYERS TO BE ABLE TO LET ROBINHO PLAY HIS GAME IN THE OPPOSITION HALF. PERSONALLY, I THINK HIM AND ADE UPFRONT WOULD BE CLASS THEN TEVEZ BEHIND THEM DOING WHAT HE DOES ANYWAY, BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME TEVEZ COMES DEEPER THAN THE MIDFIELD.

By: Nilay

Nilay — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:45:31 +0000

Im a fan of Robinho, and after watching the mid week game, my perception of him is still the same. He is definitely very very talented.
Friends, football is a TEAM sport and blaming one or 2 people for a loss is being a little too harsh.Mancitys midweek loss to Tottenham is a result of a few collective points.
Firstly, Mark Hughes should not have played Sylvinho to defend Lennon
Secondly, I think De Jong and Barry could have done a better job
Thirdly, Onuhua and Toure should have commanded the airel threat of Tottenham better.
Also, Tottemham played a wonderful game of football, lets not discount that
Blaming Robinho and Mark Hughes for the loss is not justified. The team of 11 players plus coach put up a bad performance. Its as simple as that.
Coming to this article: Robinho is not a fraud, hes a player trying to find his calling. He might not have backtracked as much as expected, but that does not put his character to question. Calling him a fraud is a little childish and comes across as a reaction of a city fan whos just upset.
@ whats goin on here – Please do not compare Modric and Robinho. I think you need to watch more football if u say hes twice the player Robinho is.

By: CiTyBlUe

CiTyBlUe — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:10:05 +0000

F,n Selective reading arguing everyone elses comment accept mine because you know im right and agreeing is no fun aye sigh.

Mark Hughes is the problem, Not Robinho.

By: Skitz

Skitz — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:13:23 +0000

I would be shocked if even if he got a free to Barca if they played him, with a forward line like Henry, Ibra, Messi, he would be lucky if he could warm the bench. Also Barca like forwards who defend from the front, if he loses the ball, he just orders another latte and waits till he gets perfect service again, and if it is anything less than perfect then he will curl into a ball rocking himself to sleep saying, “its not your fault, its not your fault”.

The biggest problem with top class brazilian players, is they get complacent when they know they are getting paid twice the rest of the clubs budget, just look at Ronaldinhio.

I bet if they got paid 1/20 of there current wages, they would work much harder, because the focus wouldn’t be on the money, it would be on the football.

By: Mattzo

Mattzo — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:44:14 +0000

completely agree with ollie. hughes has hung robinho out to dry for what was a tactical nightmare on wednesday. hughes hasn’t formulated a single tactical plan that is reliable or understandable this year, with the exception of the chelsea game, where our high pressing line up and constant pressure on the flanks was tailor made to stop them playing. even then we relied on drogba’s profligacy and lampards penalty miss. don’t be fooled by the arsenal league game, it was bezerk, either team could have scored 7. we are shipping goals left right and centre, and the team are at each others throats because hughes is making a mess out of things and leaving them to pick up the pieces. his tactics on wednesday were completely unsuited to the game, as soon as lennon ran at sylvinho once, the game was up and the heads went down. tottenham didn’t have to change anything to remain in complete control of the game. yet afterwards, hughes put the blame squarely on the players, despite the world and his dog being able to see he picked the wrong line-up. now watch last years unattributed stories of ‘poor mentality’ amongst the players being recycled to deflect the blame from him.

as far as I am concerned, he is finished, goodbye… a lot of city fans agree with what I have said, but many others still have hope in him. I hope the sheik understands we are going out of our mind fighting each other constantly. His critics can’t deny what they see and what they feel in their bones… this is groundhog day, another season slipping away, another round of infighting amongst the players and fans.