My opinion on Robson is that he is an OK left back in this league. He is better in some areas than Calum Booth (for example) and weaker in others. Compare him to most other left backs in the Premiership and he is fairly similar. Can't think of many outside the top 4 that are miles ahead of him.

He has a number of areas he needs to improve on, thats a fact, no one can disagree with that, but he also has areas that he shows real promise in.

The reality is that nearly every player in our squad bar a small handful could be replaced for 'better', but what does that really mean?

If our squad stays the same in the summer (with out of contract players leaving) then there are number of positions we'll need to strengthen before a left back becomes a priority in my eyes. I feel we need:

1 winger (highest priority)
1 centre back (with Reynolds ageing and the youngsters not there yet, we need 1 more)
1 central midfielder (similar to Butcher/Fuchs)
1 attacking central midfielder who can link the play (basically not Harkes or Clark)

These are 4 areas I feel we need to strengthen before left back. You could say its more important that we sign a striker as McNulty will be away. If Shankland goes then a striker is a top priority, but right now we have Shankland, Appere and Clark for next season, so its further down the list in my eyes.

So yeah, we maybe could do with a new left back, but only if we have enough budget to get one on top of the areas above.