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
goal capable
Paolo di Canio is capable of scoring the goal he scored.
good hopefully last signs turned year
We showed signs of what we were good at last year and, by not getting beat, hopefully we may have turned the corner.
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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I spoke to the chairman before the Reading game and we were very close to signing Ugo. I had to leave it in the hands of our administration because of the game so I don't know anymore at the moment.
delighted job reward
The way he's done his job is very good. This is the reward for that and I'm delighted he's signed.
asked barry lads rule seemed team time wait whistle
Every time we had free-kicks the lads said they had to wait for the whistle but, when Gareth Barry asked to take it quickly, he could, so there seemed to be one rule for one team and one rule for the other.
aggressive great influence match maybe miss pace player qualities squad team
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.
actual ball brings coming defenders difficult hard join midfield nice people physical runners sees strings touch
I've always thought Geoff was a hard worker, someone who makes it difficult for defenders because of his physical presence. But he has got other strings to his bow. His actual link-up play is very good. He sees midfield runners coming up to join him and he has got a nice touch on the ball where he brings people into the game.
difficult maybe players six stage
At some stage I'll maybe have to do something about it because it is very difficult to keep six players happy,
midfield players
Coventry have made an enquiry about him because of all the midfield players I've got,
bit english-athlete hardened obviously praise rather wee
You get a wee bit hardened to it. But obviously you would rather have praise than the other stuff. Everyone, we should all remember, is human.
couple hopeful iron personal player regarding
We have still got a couple of things to iron out regarding personal terms. But we are hopeful that Ugo will be an Albion player very soon.
games hope last sure win
We have to make sure we win our last two games and hope the other games go for us on Saturday.
either front guarantee players
I can't guarantee that to either of them because I've got other players in front of them in the squad.