Bryan Robson

[J R Hartley]

Just watched the Robbo documentary, obviously missed it when it was released in 2021.

What a ****ing player. Didn’t realise / remember how good he was.

Really enjoyed it. Recommended to anyone else who hasn’t seen it.

[Harry Bosch]

Re: Bryan Robson

Just watched the Robbo documentary, obviously missed it when it was released in 2021.

What a ****ing player. Didn’t realise / remember how good he was.

Really enjoyed it. Recommended to anyone else who hasn’t seen it.

Easily my favourite footballer. I was always Robbo on Heath Park when we knocked it about as kids!

[bluesp]

Re: Bryan Robson

Just watched the Robbo documentary, obviously missed it when it was released in 2021.

What a ****ing player. Didn’t realise / remember how good he was.

Really enjoyed it. Recommended to anyone else who hasn’t seen it.

I was born up near Manchester and went to Old Trafford a lot as a kid so saw him play live many times. Outstanding and inspirational player and captain who constantly put his body on the line. Met him once and was rather star struck!

[Grangenders]

Re: Bryan Robson

He was a midfielder in the truest sense that he could do anything in the middle third of the park, along with most things in the other two thirds! Too many players these days are classed as holding, sitting or attacking midfielders. He was all of these in one.

Had he not been injured in 1986 and 1990, England could have won either of those world cups.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Bryan Robson

Thought he was over rated myself - it was a standing joke in our house how you knew he was going to be nominated as man of the match before a ball was kicked.

[Hilts]

Re: Bryan Robson

Absolutely brilliant world class midfielder. Far too brave for his own good.

[blue matt]

Re: Bryan Robson

its been mentioned above, wasnt afraid to put his body on the line, always got stuck in, lets be honest, we love a player who does that

[Mario Miethig]

Re: Bryan Robson

I always look at that Maradona second goal v England and notice how Peter Reid just let Diego go away from him. Reid was Robson’s replacement, after he done his shoulder in the group stage. No way Robson would have let Diego do that to him.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: Bryan Robson

Gazza was a step up

[splott parker]

Re: Bryan Robson

I’ve said this before on a recent thread re. Robson..too brave/daft for his own good, so many, perhaps, unnecessary injuries from flying into lost causes. Bit of a couple of flippant/cruel questions....Did the drink have something to do with mistiming recklessness? Was Ferguson wary of moving him on due to his undenied ‘Captain Marvel’ status? He was certainly a main member of the Old Trafford Social Society that Fergie was keen to dismantle yet hung on a few seasons more than others.

[Moodybluebird]

Re: Bryan Robson

My abiding memory of Robson is him being withdrawn with a dislocated shoulder a few minutes into England's first World Cup game in 1986 against Morocco. Having suffered the same injury myself playing Sunday League football I couldn't understand why he was picked for the England squad, especially as he'd had a recurrence of the injury in one of their warm up games just before the tournament began. Unless the shoulder is pinned and allowed time for the ligaments to heal, it is always likely to 'pop out'.

A very good domestic player but world class ? Not for me.

[sneggyblubird]

Re: Bryan Robson

I could be wrong but I thought the phrase "box to box midfielder" was coined after him.

[MOZZER2]

Re: Bryan Robson

Just watched the Robbo documentary, obviously missed it when it was released in 2021.

What a ****ing player. Didn’t realise / remember how good he was.

Really enjoyed it. Recommended to anyone else who hasn’t seen it.

where;s the best place to find this documentary ?

[Wash DC Blue]

Re: Bryan Robson

He was my favourite player as a kid.

[Jordi Culé]

Re: Bryan Robson

where;s the best place to find this documentary ?

Amazon Prime free if you're a subscriber.

Great player, world class. Better than Gerrard, Keane or Lampard.