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Jack Robinson: a Wolves loan opinion

I’ll cut to the chase was Jack Robinson any good during his time on loan at Wolves? and the answer would be a resounding yes after getting in the team less than 24 hours after signing he was thrown straight into the fire away to Barnsley, Jack has played nearly every game since missing just the one, including in that time a MOTM award vs Middlesborough.

The pros of Jack Robinson are certainly his decision making and timing, knowing when to drop off or go and meet the ball this is extremely impressive of somebody at 19 years old, from an offensive point of view with is extremely prevalent of fullbacks in the modern game I liked how when he was in the final third he would nearly always find a player with the cutback rather than an aimless ball into the box, again this comes down to making the correct decision with and without the ball, this in my opinion separates top footballers from average footballers, his passion, desire and no nonsense tackling ability was good to see and made him a firm fans favorite during his time at Molineux.

The cons that i picked up on Jack are he may lack a touch of dymatism that you would see from an J Enrique or Glen Johnsen (from my limited viewing of the players mentioned) the ability to get up and down to support the attack from fullback, I am not saying this wont improve in the future I am speaking how i saw it in the present, while i noted it as a positive his passion and desire were close to boiling over on a few occasions with a risky challenges he didn’t have to make whilst on a yellow card, but i don’t see that as much of an issue when you take a young players instinct away from them you are limiting them as a person and a footballer.

In my opinion do I think he could play 1st team football for Liverpool Football club in the upcoming 2013/2014 season? Answer would be yes, no doubt but not on a regular basis just yet, maybe a few games in and out, in the cups and against the smaller teams in the division where the pressure is not as great and he can develop at his own pace.

Another option is another loan I would say this is only suitable if its to a team where he will start week in week out if he can get this at a smaller Premiership team then ideal but if he has to drop to the top to the top end of the Championship i wouldn’t be against that providing he plays week in week out, i am just gutted its not with Wolves.
To conclude having Jack Robinson at Wolves was an absolute pleasure and you wont have any Wolves fans that would say a bad word about him you can be reassured Liverpool fans Jack Robinson will be your left back and possibly center back for years to come.

this was from a wolves fan

Loan out seems the best option for him to progress. Probably no mileage in him carrying on playing in our u21's when he is above that level. Top half of Championship in front of 15 - 20,000 each week playing against more experienced attacking wingers/strikers must be better for him.

When I have seen him play he looks a more solid option than his right back colleague Flanagan who has to oust both Johnson and Kelly to get near the first team bench.

i like robinson but i really cant see anything in flannagan. he is very limited. good for a team that intends on defending and holding out for a draw. similar to spearing, all heart but not enough talent

I think that we have a whole group of young players that would benefit from a good half season to full season loan next season.

Players like Adorjan, Flanno, Robinson, Sama, Ngoo and Morgan need time in gritty meaningful competition.

They are getting to old to not be playing in some kind of competition that counts, not the under 21's.

you can add my self, sterling, johnjo, mc man to that list

ps morgan will never make it with us

One thing I thought about earlier today, but didn't deem it worthy of a new thread...

Players bringing out autobiographies. Does this bug the sh*t out of anyone else? It used to be that players released one at the end of a long successful/eventful career, and that was it. Now you have every nothing footballer bringing one out after a season or two in top flight football, it's gotten ridiculous!!

What got me thinking this was, I was in a book shop today and I caught a glimpse of an autobiography of Chicarito. I mean, for f*cksake!!!

A thought that I had was....if we did sell Suarez, who could we realistically get? I mean if Real come in and offer 50 mil, it'll be pretty hard to turn down. I'd go for Bony, Lukaku or Benteke, think that they had the makings of great players.

Exactly! Benteke and Lukaku for 25 M each then!