Mark Robins makes clear point on Stoke City style in snub to ‘boring football’

Mark Robins makes clear point on Stoke City style in snub to ‘boring football.

The football style that Mark Robins wants Stoke City to play is very obvious.
Over the past few years, Stoke has experimented with many approaches in an attempt to develop a fresh identity that

may also result in long-term progress.

But Robins has a good idea of what supporters want to see at the bet365 Stadium and has a vision of quick, attacking

football even if he is aware it might take time to really make everything click exactly how he is dreaming.

“I wouldn’t want to watch boring football,” he said. “I wouldn’t want to watch ponderous football. Sometimes you’ve

got to understand if you want to try to control the ball it has to be a certain way but I don’t want to watch ponderous

football. I want to watch attacking, fast football.

“I know exactly how I see it and how it can be accomplished, but it takes time to develop.” Players must have the necessary confidence and comprehension at that point, which takes time.

“We’re going to do this now, guys, here we go,” isn’t enough. It’s very challenging. The decision-making procedures

must be modified, as must the body positioning, ball speed, and placements on the field.

“There are so many things you’ve got to do and we’ve got to train it or recruit it. That’s the reason it takes the time it

takes and that’s why I say we have to have that time to be able to deliver it.

“I know exactly what we want to do, we both do, we all do. We’ve all got an understanding about what we want to do

and how we want to play. You’ve got to have an understanding of what we’ve got and the current moment looks like

and what you can do in that moment without wrecking it.

“As long as they are Stoke City players, and hopefully for a long time, you have to give them every opportunity and

help them become the best they can be.”

To undo a move Stoke made under then-technical director Ricky Martin a year ago when Steven Schumacher took

Alex Neil’s position, Robins is joining as manager instead of head coach.

Sporting director Jon Walters said, “Mark looks to me like a manager, doesn’t he? Neither the manager nor the head

coach, in my opinion, alter the organisation of the club. On the inside, it doesn’t change. I think Mark is a manager

based on his experience, abilities, and everything he has to offer, but it’s probably just a wordplay that people can

read too much.Walters acknowledges that Pelach, whom he brought in to replace Schumacher in September, was not

the right fit for Stoke, and that if the team was slipping further away from the level of energy expected of a Stoke

club, he saw it again during the past week under Ryan Shawcross’s leadership.

He said: “Decisions get made that sometimes you can’t elaborate too much on in public and at times perhaps I’ve

been a little bit quiet on things but I’m trying to get the balance right between being too vocal and not vocal. That’s

difficult because you feel like you have a connection and you fear you might lose it a little bit.

When Narcis was appointed, I raised my hands. He is a fantastic coach and a wonderful person, but after watching

Ryan lead the team in the last two games and watching Stoke City perform for the past two, I believe the supporters

have sensed that a little bit too—well, they have felt it.

“When you talk about the fans, I felt like they truly supported Ryan and the team, and the players responded when

we saw a team on the pitch that represented the club.” I believe that atmosphere will likely reappear against

Plymouth. The players are a little more confident now, and we want to perform well here on Saturday.

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