Thetownend.com

http://www.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/news/headlines/4442706.Boss_reveals_Robinson__verbal_agreement_/

Verbal agreements. Not worth the paper they are written on.

Seriously though, happy with that. Seems to have pace and has scored a few. Filling Cox's boots is a big ask and I don't think we should expect it. But add a few more goalscorers in the team and we might do OK covering that department.

Guy on BBC 606 claims he is Theo's brother(looks genuine) seems to think it is a done deal.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A52951467

Interesting that somebody on that thread mentions Grant Holt. They may be on a wind up, but he has a decent record at L2 level. Not sure what he'd be like in L1 - he had a good season at Forest then seemed to fall out with Calderwood and lose his way. Oh, and he turned down Shitty too!

From the oracle:
[url width=800 height=600]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/jamiethon/theo.jpg[/url]

Presuming it's accurate those aren't bad stats for a L1 player. Lots of pace as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTkOkCN23aM

looks shit ;)

The person who posted about Holt posted his name on another thread as Ethan Gunton, who - when googled - seems to be quite a handy young table tennis player from the Swindon area.

Anyone know if he does work at the CG?

God I must be bored, I'm cyber-sleuthing...

Well if he did work at the club you have just got him sacked

Why's that DRS?

Im sure the club dont want people at the club saying who they see etc. Probably bollocks anyway.

he did use his own name in the first place, his own fault if there's anything to it

Ahhh sweet, he's proper black and big as well.

I was expecting him to look like Theo Walcott.

mate u covering any of the u21s with walcott and gibbs being involved? walcott was a disgrace vs sweden EDIT or finland whatever :)

What did he do? Was he just massively shit, as that isn't too much of a surprise.

Very poor, should not be starting for the full england team, hes still playing on the strength of the Croatia game, he should be behind Beckham Wright Phillips, Milner & A.Young

And on form, even Lennon

i class Lennon and Walcott the same, lightning quick fuck all end product

That's not completely inaccurate!

Jon Forte who floats round League One is the epitome of that, amazing athlete but about as much ability on the ball as I have.

I am sure Capello does not pick walcot on the basis of 1 game.

unless hes has a worldy every training session he must be, cos hes been shit in every england game since Croatia then was injured for about 4months and didnt do the business for Arsenal when he got back fit

He got an assist against Andorra...

Seems to be something strange going on with Walcott. Don't know what but he is nowhere near the player he was before he got injured, maybe he still isn't 100%? But then isn't this part of the reason for playing him in the under 21's?

Glen Johnson got 3, so I think we can rule that out as a yardstick ;)

On a Walcott note, i think i read somewhere that Wenger doesn't see him as a winger anyway, and will begin to move him back into the striker role.

Alright his form hasn't been great of late but harsh to say "no end product". There was 3 against Croatia i think you'll find.

Theo's strike record looks quite similar to Cox's before he had an even better (excellent!) season this time round. I don't think Theo's end product is lacking at all and would be pleased with this signing.

The plan for Theo has always been to get him playing through the middle as a centre forward. Wenger did this with Henry, Wiltord and even Carlos Vela and Jay Simpson.

He's class, but expectations were stupidly raised by the hat-trick, perhaps rightfully so, but he's still learning. Perhaps a regular England berth is a bit much at this stage but his pace is such a huge asset. I recon Capello's putting up with him at the moment because he knows that by the time South Africa swings around he'll be quality there.

I think both you and Capello are wrong. JPC is obviously a much better judge of players than some eyetie coach, I mean, what's Capello ever won?

Not the Anglo-Italian League Cup Winners Cup that's for sure :)

I expect that haunts him Rich.

Walcott's just done alright there.

thought Milner was quality tonight, still have him ahead of Theo

I wouldn't have Paul Robinson in goal

I missed the second half, but he must have improved dramatically, as his delivery was over-hit and his over all game poor, capped by a poor penalty. Mind you, both teams looked pretty wank in the first half.

Theo Walcott showed in his brief appearance tonight why he'll play lots more times at senior international football than James Milner will.

The 2nd half saw significant improvement too.

Udders fans on TFF are saying that he will be announced for them on Monday.

Yeah it's a done deal according to their fans.

If Robinson does sign for Hudders on monday,let's hope we can move on from this asap.

When OTJ joined Norwich there was a degree of navel gazing from Fitton, i hope it won't

happen this time,as things could degenerate from the 'I told you so' brigade.

Huddersfield are being linked to all sorts of names but are having to settle for League One 'standard'.

L1 appears to be split into several financial groups. Under Danny Wilson we can compete adequately with teams like Southend and Brighton for players (something MM appeared to have struggled with) but we can't compete with the next level of L1 club which Huddersfield currently reside in.

We shouldn't break the bank for Theo Robinson but it sure would be nice to win one of these transfer pursuits :)

Rich, that's an excellent summary of our current situation in the Transfer market.

I fully understand that Huddersfield have been looking at up and coming young players,
but with their spending power,i'm just surprised that Robinson seems to be a player that
they want.They seem to be linked with loads and loads of players on a daily basis.

I just hope that we can make some quality signings that would reinvigorate the fanbase
and improve the team.I'm probably way too optimistic  ::)

Apparently according to his brother on 606.

posted yesterday.

robo_brum (U14034667)

Well as i said the only way 2 stop a player from joining another team is to make a bid and better the last one or even match.....so were my bro goes or speaks to i wont know til after....muppet....plus i aint his agent i go on what im told he aint signed nothing so he free too talk 2 whom he likes aint he...?

and

Hiya hudds fans.....Theo Brother ere he will give a 100percent effort and will score goals just wait and see.....always done good were his gone... I believe he will score 20 plus this season if given the chance.....!

Sorry lads maybe i am doing the wrong things and speaking before anything is concrete but ay I'm excited for my Lil bro as he as tried hard too get were he is...hard...all i can say he loves football and who ever takes the opportunity to sign him he will do a great job....!


Show him the money it seems.  :bye:

Or at least pay for his brother to have English lessons

THEO DEAL DEAD! As we all thought

http://www.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/news/headlines/4465038.Chairman_Fitton_slams__agents_and_greed__as_Theo_deal_breaks_down/

I think its fair to say that Huddersfield are starting to piss me (and probably many others) off. I look forward to their implosion in the not too distant future.

Could have been a good signing, but I'll not lose any sleep over his decision to be swayed by a fatter pay packet. Its grim oooppp north Theo, and enjoy your visit to the CG later in the season (if indeed the inevitable happens).

Huddersfield seem to rate everyone at 500k , cheeky fuckers. They haven;'t really set the world alight with their signings apart from Pilkington to be fair.

Disappointed that he's gone to Huddersfield, does Lee Clark just monitor other team sites for transfer inspiration?

"Swindon, Brighton and Southend are after this player, he must be good, lets buy him as well"

Probably explain the reason why they dropped their interest in Danny Graham, because no other club was rumoured to want him.....

Just read the article regarding this on the adver site and inadvertently noticed the first post in the comments section. Fucking hell that site and our "fans" from the thick as fuck set of the woods annoy me.


Fuck off miserable single brain celled cock.

Oh yeah, I saw that too, I almost put my foot through my monitor.... what a prick...

Huddersfield are the Man City of the 3rd division.

If all he thinks about is the money, Huddersfield can have him.

I heard on another site that his signing for udders is at risk because of a dodgy medical or something. Could be BS though.

I've seen that somewhere as well BR, we'll soon see.

why dont we say that several Lge 1 clubs are after Casal then we could get some decent cash for him??

Genius idea!

Udders are apparently after Lambert for £1mill according to some paper today as well.

Why not just Huddersfield that he is a decent player.

the more clubs that we say are intrested in Casal would mean that Huddersfield will bid more to sign him.

And the reason he never plays is that he's too good and causes everyone else to become complacent; he can single handedly win a game.

yeah, cant risk injuring him aswell

can we change the subject to: the bastard isnt coming and Fitton reckons he is greedy.

There are plenty of better players out there, we have probably been done a favour.

Fuck him, if he doesn't want to join us he can go stick his head in a pig.

Graham went to Watford
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11686_5412399,00.html

seems it must be tough to get Robinson signed no matter which club it is.  See Walsall are about to lose Gerrard and Leeds pulled out on buying Feeney.  Has anyone signed anyone decent yet in our league?  not sure how good Simpson is for Huddersfield.

Bar Huddersfield sounds like market forces are coming in, agents are trying to keep the wages high, most clubs dont want to pay. I would hope to see dozens of agents round metal braziers in a few months when they are all skint.

This whole Robinson to Huddersfield milarky is taking a while isn't it. Dodgy knees?

Perhaps he's having second thoughts cos he's realised theres about fifty million other strikers at the club.

Plus Rickie Lambert, Craig Mackail Smith and Jason Price are all on their way ....alledgedly

Not a hope in hades that Craig Mackail Smith is going. Posh don't want or need to sell him.

I think Huddersfield make stupid bids for people like Craig MS because it makes them feel like the big kid in the playground...

Robinson has signed for 'uddersfield.

http://www.examiner.co.uk/huddersfield-town-fc/huddersfield-town-news/2009/07/03/huddersfield-town-sign-former-watford-southend-united-and-hereford-united-striker-theo-robinson-86081-24061947/

They can have him...

As long as the top two league 1 goal scorers next year arent -

Theo Robinson               31
Barry Corr                     28

Be lucky if either of them make that many starts let alone that many goals

They won't pay 1 million for Lambert so that won't happen.

Lennie Lawrence Rovers Director of Football,,

"I`m bored with this story.We have recieved no contact and no offers from Huddersfield.And we hav`nt recieved anything from anyone else and i hav`nt spoken to anyone about him.As far as i`m concerned he is with us for the rest of the season.You never know because someone from the Premier League might come in but there was interest from Huddersfield six months ago but not since then."

Hudders talking shit or Lawrence ?

Yup smug cunt signing for Uddersfield

http://www.htafc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10312~1700668,00.html

That's just a fucking stupid quote. I doubt there's much improvement to be had from a fat 27 year old, so baring in mind Keane is no longer at Sunderland and Dirty Sanchez got relieved of his amusing spending spree at Foolham, I can't imagine there being a Premiership manager stupid enough to take a £1m punt on him. Although i suppose it's always possible he's the next John Hartson...

Very true Barry.

No one in their right mind would gamble £1 million on a lower league striker at 27 who has never played at a hugher level than div 1.

Mandric maybe? :)

The Robinson thing was a fiasco waiting to happen.

Announcing a verbal agrrement was just asking for trouble.......

Ended up with egg on our face.

He does look smug as fuck signing for Udders.

I hope he breaks his leg in a friendly the greedy fucker.

how dare a player sign for a club with better prospects,and get paid more money,rather than swindon town.
the cheek!

spot on arriba. Words mean nothing and the club shouldn't have published it. he obviously feels huddersfield have better promotion prospects. Leave it be. Move on.

This is what you could have won

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdWuOizkJ2g&feature=player_embedded

Weve missed out on ricky shakes mark 2.

now now people lets not get all bitter, we was all buzzing over Robinson when we thought he was joining, hes a good player but we lost out, hopefully DW will bring in someone as good

The last thing we needed was more mercenaries like him.

spence he would have been a quality signing

Too much money. Too many injuries. Not enough sustained first team football. Bad attitude. Didnt want to sign for us anyway.

As soon as he said he was 'going on holiday' rather than signing any fool could see he wasnt interested in the club, just himself.

Need players who actually want to get us promoted. Not enough real men in the squad as it is.

I would have scored that. FACT!

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Need players who actually want to get us promoted. Not enough real men in the squad as it is.
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Players like this are extremely rare. To us mere supporters the job of a footballer is a massive privilage but to those that actually make it, its just a job and a way of making quick and easy money. Obviously the boys that play in the top flight and have a realistic chance of trophies do play for glory, but i think the players in the lower leagues are only in it to make as much cash as they can in a job that spans a short career. Who can blame them to be fair.

This is why we lose out on players like OTJ and Robinson.

Where is old ricky now

Fatbury Utd I think?

 
I dont think I would be able to motivate myself to go to football if I felt the same way as that. Maybe some day I will feel the same as that, and that day I wont go anymore.

Players who were ambitious and in it to win it, werent rare at all when I started watching football.

In fact its only been in the last 18 months where I have questioned the attitude and application of Swindon Town players. Never questioned it before as a team, been watching since 1992. Even in our worst ever teams I thought we had some real fighters and I could see a team spirit shine through.

But it is an issue now, so Wilson will have to sign more determined, more professional and more passionate players to improve the squad.

Greer has replaced Aljofree as captain and Ive got a lot more faith in him as a leader.

Given that Robinson went back on an agreement, albeit verbal, he did us a favour.  D.W. will have back-up plans, and will probably sign a striker that is not prone to missing at a high percentage.

If Huddersfield had done a U-turn at the last minute; would we have signed him anyway, I very much doubt it.

With Huddersfield splashing the cash, every team will want to raise their game against them.  If they have a bad start, there could be a rough time for their management.  The heat is on...........