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Is McClaren right to get rid of Robinson?Euro 2008 England by Jonathan Stevenson - BBC Sport (U1987325) 21 November 2007   Finally, Paul Robinson's luck has run out – and in spectacular fashion. For my money, McClaren has got this decision wrong He had the chance to drop Robinson for the double-header against Estonia and Russia last month, but he turned the opportunity down. Even after Robinson's blunders against Villa and Liverpool, with the country baying for blood, McClaren continued to back his number one. When asked before the Estonia game if he could entrust Robinson with England's qualification for Euro 2008 and his own job, McClaren gave the following answer. "You have to have belief, faith and trust in your players and with this squad the history of them says they perform well," said McClaren. "Yeah, I trust Paul. I wouldn't play him otherwise." Bear in mind Robinson has conceded just one goal in four games since his Kremlin calamity, and just a month later McClaren has lost all faith in the former Leeds custodian. Has McClaren made the right decision and should he be praised for having the guts to relegate Robinson to the stands? Or should the England manager have stuck by the man who has guarded England's net for every single minute so far of their fight to reach Austria and Switzerland and conceded just four goals in 11 games? For my money, McClaren has got this one wrong. Quite simply, I don't think either Carson or James are better than Robinson and it feels as though he has been dropped for the sake of it. But let us know your thoughts. Latest 10 commentsRead members' comments or add your own
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Steve_HMFC_CF (U1668201) posted Nov 21, 2007 YES!!!
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Jonboy12 (U9344495) posted Nov 21, 2007 Personally I would've started with Green 3 games ago. However, before kick off tonight I reckon about 95% of people were happy with the decision to drop Robinson. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, the fact is that despite obvious management failings over the last 8 years (ish) the common denominator with the "Golden Generation's" failure is a number of players. It is no coincidence that the most over-rated players in the Premier League are English - are this generation of players really any better (or worse) than those of 86 onwards? I don't really think so.........
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ChrisParkerrr (U10459298) posted Nov 21, 2007 If McClaren ever blames the pitch in the interview. I will most proberly cry.
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doug316 (U8097695) posted Nov 21, 2007 only twopeople played positively after the equaliser, beckham and crouch, unfortunately beckham needs the ball to be passed to him otherwise hes way to deep to produce killer crosses, akin to the one that set up crouch, who was absolutely knackered and just couldnt go on after 70 minutes, a real shame that the rest of the lads didnt care about killing the game, because croatia did. thanks for the memories macca
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threelionsluke (U10425987) posted Nov 21, 2007 macca i hear burnley are looking for a new manager....
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islandpalm (U9562197) posted Nov 21, 2007 a reflection...how can such persons as Bush and McLaren make it to the top of thier profession when they are from the outset so obviuosly incompetent. Bull takes you to the top and keeps you there fcr a while too...
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Spursben7 (U10460571) posted Nov 21, 2007 A disaster for English football tonight,in my opinion the FA have got what they deserve..Mclaren should never have been appointed manager in the first place!And the decision to drop Robbo (who has an outstanding record in the qualifiers),was the icing on the cake for a shambolic qualifying campaign
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RicksWords (U7574432) posted Nov 22, 2007 Hindsight is a fine thing but.... My previous post said this was a mistake and risky, James has played in these matches before. I know he's only 1 player but it could have made a difference.
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oh twadi! (U10293096) posted Nov 22, 2007 chrisparkerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr is that my friend Chirspakerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr? Comment on this article
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