Bobby Robson

Not sure if this has been touched on before on this forum but should we start looking for a successor to Bobby Robson considering his recent illness ? Maybe i’m jumping the gun and should wait til the outcome of the operation etc but we don’t have too much time considering the important qualifiers coming up. in my opinion the appointment of stan and bobby suited, however stan alone doesn’t work,as is evidenced by our drubbing by the dutch.

should we look for a replacement to bobby, ie an older wiser type who’s seen it all and whom stan can learn off? mclaren with england has done so in appointing venables and i think that’s a wise move.

I’m not and never have been a fan of this arrangement with Stan and Robson. I wonder with this recent news about Keane did the FAI ever think about trying to intice him into the fold

I think its a joke of an arrangemet in the first place. Not that there’s anything wrong with Robson, obviously a smart and experienced character with a flair for tying himself in verbal knots. No matter what Stan says I don’t think Robson could be just an assistant and he must undermine his authority. I think its different with McClaren and El Tel as he has been seen as manager in his own right with Boro.

Surely an international manager should pick someone he knows and trusts as his assistant rather than a guy he has admired from afar? Would be different if Stan was a complete foreigner but that said Sven had that Vice Grip fella.

Bobby Robson absolute legend, lets hope he recovers in time for more press conferences.

Robbed from [url=http://www.dangerhere.com] http://www.dangerhere.com (which hasnt been updated for the new season yet)

We put some good subs on to hang onto the fort."

“Tottenham have impressed me - they haven’t thrown in the towel even though they?ve been under the gun.”

“When Gazza was dribbling, he used to go through a minefield with his arm, a bit like you go through a supermarket.”

“We’ve voodooed the hoodoo!”

“We need to get that point as soon as possible. The tooter the sweeter.”

“Manchester United dropped points, Liverpool dropped points, Chelsea dropped points, Everton dropped points, so in a way we haven’t lost anything at all really, although we dropped all three…”

“They’ve probably played better than they’ve ever done for a few weeks.”

“Ray Wilkins’ day will come one night.”

“I’m not going to look beyond the semi-final - but I would love to lead Newcastle out at the final.”

"He never fails to hit the target. But that was a miss.?

“Maybe not goodbye, but farewell.”

“We didn’t underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought.”

“Eighteen months ago Sweden were arguably one of the best three teams in Europe, and that would include Germany, Holland, Russia and anybody else if you like.”

“Home advantage gives you an advantage.”

“In a year’s time, he’s a year older.”

“The margin is very marginal.”

“Their football was exceptionally good - and they played some good football.”

“Nobby Solano discharged himself from hospital after the Tottenham game and he’s driving, living the life and aware of who he is.”

“We can’t replace Gary Speed. Where do you get an experienced player like him with a left foot and a head?”

“Gary Speed has never played better, never looked fitter, never been older.”

“They’ve never really allowed the Germans have a free head.”

“Everton will want to sedate Wayne Rooney and keep the boy calm, and that is the right thing to do.”

“If you count your chickens before they’ve hatched, they won’t lay an egg.”

“Alan Shearer has done very well for us, considering his age. We have introduced some movement into his game because he has got two good legs now. Last season he played with one leg.”

“He has four lungs and two hearts ? no doubt about it.”

Bobby doesn?t let his professional life interfere with his domestic life. If anything, it?s the other way around:

“Newcastle have always had a poor pitch in winter. We don’t have the better weather. My lawn up here isn’t as good as my lawn in Ipswich.”

“I’ve just lost my house. I don’t know where I’m going to sleep tonight.”

“Football’s like a big market place, and people go to the market every day to buy their vegetables.”

“People want success. It’s like coffee, they want instant.”

“No team won anything without a dodgy keeper.”

“The first ninety minutes of a football match are the most important.”

“Well, we got nine and you can’t score more than that.”

“Anything from 1-0 to 2-0 would be a nice result.”

“We haven?t had a strategic free kick all night. No one?s knocked over attackers ad lib.”

“I do want to play the short ball and I do want to play the long ball. I think long and short balls is what football is all about.”

“He’s very fast and if he gets a yard ahead of himself nobody will catch him.”

“We are all in the same bucket.”

“I’ve had to come out of the dressing room because I don’t want to get too excited.”

“We’ve dropped two points against Ipswich and I mean that sincerely.”

“Some of the goals were good, some of the goals were sceptical.”

“I’d say he’s the best in Europe, if you put me on the fence.”

“We’re flying on Concorde. That’ll shorten the distance. That’s self-explanatory.”

Bobby Robson has cancer again - not operable according to the news. Starting chemo next week.