Bryan Robson
Bryan Robson
Bryan Robson OBEis an English football manager and a former player. He began his career with West Bromwich Albion in 1972 before moving to Manchester United in 1981 where he became the longest serving captain in the club's history...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth11 January 1957
few injury looks missing settles
We'll see how the injury settles down, but it looks like a strained hamstring so he could be missing for a few games.
battling goal great lads martin playing spirit terrific
The spirit of the lads was terrific. It was a great goal from Martin and Tomasz has been playing terrifically well recently. It was a terrific battling performance.
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The team shouldn't miss one player. Kieran Richardson was a great influence on us because he had a lot of pace and was an aggressive lad, ... But I should be able to find one player in my squad who can match his qualities even if maybe they are not as good.
goals looks sharp works
Geoff works hard, looks very sharp and he has scored some important goals for us,
delighted deserved goals looks sharp signed works
Geoff deserved a new contract. He works hard, looks very sharp and has scored some very important goals. I'm delighted he has signed for another two years.
age age-and-aging contract deserved gone job since
Geoff deserved a new contract and this will take him up to the age of 33. The way he has gone about his job since I've been here has been very good.
changes competition mean
I'll make changes but that doesn't mean I'm underestimating Bradford or dismissing the competition.
breaks deserved few good performance result today
That's a good result for us. We got a few breaks today which we deserved for our second-half performance.
acceptable defensive far finished games lads last matches three
The lads have kidded me because in the first two games we started the way we finished last season, but the last three matches are just not acceptable as far as our defensive play is concerned,
attempt pitch players reading
I'm not going to make excuses. Reading did well and I think they'll make it to the Premiership, and we had injuries, but the players I had on the pitch should have done better after going two up. Our only consolation is that nothing will now get in the way of our attempt at Premiership safety.
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In the end, a small section of the crowd, maybe 2,000 to 3,000, turned against me. And that was it. Inside the club they know your best intentions, but the minority shout louder than the rest.
against game raise week
But he has to do it week in, week out and not just against the big teams. He has to raise his game against everyone.
permanent situation
But I'll probably only look at that in January. It'd have to be a permanent situation if I make any decision.
afford cannot concern
The big concern for me is that we are conceding too many goals, and you cannot afford to do that at this level. It is about two a game.