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
disaster draw send team
A draw wouldn't be a disaster for us but no way would I ever send my team out to draw a game.
chances created football played terrific
I thought we outplayed Norwich, played some terrific football and created a lot of chances -- but didn't take them,
arsenal beat last prove records since
I think the records prove that it is 32 years since we last beat Arsenal at home,
squad steve
Jonathan's been in the squad before when Steve McLaren had him,
break crossed hard liable mind second
It had crossed my mind for a second to take him off, ... He had a long, hard summer, he didn't get much of a break and hasn't been at his sharpest. But you also know he's always liable to do something like that.
ask ourselves performance questions
We have to ask questions about ourselves after this performance,
best frustrated game paul plan player soon switched
Paul was part of our game plan and he was probably our best player today. We switched off as soon as he went off. Just before that I could tell that Rooney was getting frustrated because Paul was getting to him.
boys contract high kept paul signed
Paul Robinson's been terrific, he's just signed a new contract as well so he's on a high and he's kept all the boys on a high because of getting that goal,
chance details good sorted
There are still some details that have to be sorted out with Coventry and it would only be a one-month loan. There's a good chance it will happen.
team wound
He hasn't wound me up today, my team wound me up!
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.
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,