Because there had to be something he was holding back that he'd let loose in the final.
I got that wrong...fortunately I had a tenner on Roberts and Ratchford for the accolade.

He was holding nothing back. That was it. We should have an unwritten forum rule never to refer to him again so we can forget the whole sorry saga.

Had you of said that before the GF rather than only tipping Roberts, it would have added a lot more credibility.

It was 14s I couldn't resist for Ratch plus the doubt that Roberts wasnt wasn't anything more than he's been all season.


I take some comfort in knowing he wasn't able to finish his Wire spell on the pitch.

Sandow had his failings but by god he gave everything he could. That's all I ask.

Perhaps Roberts did give everything, and our mistake was to pay a grossly inflated premium for him doing so.
Anyway, were done with him now and I agree with Wires71 that we close this chapter off.

RD asked for positive posts only on Roberts, the only positive I can come up with is that he has now played in PnB for the last time

File him away next to Asotasi under 'stealing a living'.

Never been so happy to see the back of a player.

IMO He was a lot better than Roy to be fair just not what was expected for a high roller in a pivotal position

Tosser

Roberts was signed at the last minute and he clearly rushed a decision, regretting it once he realised what life would be like over here. I suppose we bear some of that accountablity as it was always a risk under the circumstances. At the time I don't think we had much choice in the half back department - nothing available and persisting with Patton wouldn't have got us to two finals.

I don't get the same feeling with Austin and his family - they're already embracing the chance to spend a few years overseas (with their euro trip) and seem to be under no illusions as to the differences between here and home.

Kin ell. He wasn't decamped into some Russian Gulag. He was living (I assume, as most Aus imports do) rent free/cheap in one of the club's Appleton houses, on £250,000 or more.
Yeah, it's hell.


For all his performance level, he should be living in one of the less solubrious parts of the town, with a loan shark threatening to break his knee caps, daily.

Oh hell lefty you haven't got a clue have you? Have you ever lived in Appleton? It's tough.
The Primary school has has produced its fair share of malicious nutters.

Even Ray Winston won't go into the Appleton Dingle, without protection. Some of those squirrels can be nasty

Apparently Roberts received a fracture in the game.

The Dingle: I did once get involved in an extremely vigorous game of "kiss chase" there. It started off as "kick can lurky" but one thing leads to another. Yer know.

You cannot roll down piggy nut hill anymore. Things aren't what they used to be.

At least the headmaster of the primary school didn't murder his wife.

What does confuse me is Price said throughout the season he was happy with what he gives the team. Was this just a fib and he was secretly disappointed as he didn't need to say anything.

Coach offering public support to underperforming player is fairly standard, try and bolster his confidence. The alternative would be a Mourinho style public slating, I prefer the former.

Depends how much they're on.

If they are on big wages like Pogba, they won't take any slagging off from a coach who is paid less than them, they will just stir up a mutiny.

Yeah I don't agree with slating in public but was considering whether Roberts was playing to instruction.

It seems our game isn't structured enough for Mr Roberts.
Ah so that's what it was.
He wasn't lazy after all.

Reading back on this topic from the first page it's amazing how bang on those early posts were.
Flying biscuit nails it.

I can’t believe we’re still wasting out time talking about this flop/waster/wage thief... In the words of that great cultural luminary Ariana Grande, “thank u, next”.