Originally Posted by
tHeArAb
It wasn't so long ago that Robbie was being slated by the majority on here. His team selections, formations, they were different every single week. Players were being played out of position and all we wanted was round pegs in round holes. It's not ****ing rocket science. We have a striker who is far too good for this league and it's papered over a lot of cracks. We have however, finally started playing to our potential and it's coincided with players playing in the correct positions, playing formations that they know and are used to. He then goes and plays a 4-3-3, a formation that we never use, in our hardest game of the season, and whilst we got a draw, the team performance really wasn't very good. They didn't know how to play the formation. Why did he do this? Who knows but it seems like he didn't feel he could leave Harkes out whilst at the same time wanted to play Powers. He also brings Pawlett straight back into the reckoning. Why did he do this? No one actually knows because Pawlett is ****e. Appere should be starting. He's been fantastic all season.
So there is still that 'Tombola' element which was absolutely highlighted in the cup game. Robbie is doing a lot right, but he is also still capable of getting it bizarrely wrong for reasons only he could answer.
As for Harkes, he's split opinion on here and I've said more than enough on him but I'd echo Arabknights comments 100%.