Bryan Robson
Bryan Robson
Bryan Robson OBEis an English football manager and a former player. He began his career with West Bromwich Albion in 1972 before moving to Manchester United in 1981 where he became the longest serving captain in the club's history...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth11 January 1957
accepted english-athlete terry walked
Could I have walked out then? If I had, Terry wouldn't have accepted the job.
cost english-athlete fortune players
You can't let players do what they wish and be professional. That's a fact. As for the team, Boro had two internationals when I got there in 1995. Now they have more than 15. And they didn't cost the fortune some suggest.
cup deliver english-athlete history left major manager quite three took
I've left Boro in the Premiership, which was always what I wanted to do. Actually that's not quite true. I took them to three cup finals, where they'd never been before. But I had set my eyes on being the first manager in their history to deliver a major trophy.
english-athlete sacrificed terry
A lot of people, some of them close to me as well, have said that I sacrificed myself by doing what I did in bringing Terry on board. I didn't see it that way.
bobby english-athlete moore stopped trying
They wanted to jump on their own bandwagon. Bobby Charlton had never made it as a manager. Bobby Moore hadn't either. I think they never stopped trying to put me in the same category. That was the road they went down with me.
difficult maybe players six stage
At some stage I'll maybe have to do something about it because it is very difficult to keep six players happy,
coming games happy moment month national next papers time
What was in the national papers was nonsense, ... At this moment in time we have big games coming up over the next month and I'm happy with my squad.
central defenders developing game good neil understanding
Neil Clement and Curtis Davies are developing a good understanding as central defenders and getting to know each other's game well.
broken chelsea good night played
We were broken down not by Chelsea's good play but by our own mistakes. After that Chelsea played as well as they can and it was a long night for us.
anymore chairman close game hands leave reading signing spoke
I spoke to the chairman before the Reading game and we were very close to signing Ugo. I had to leave it in the hands of our administration because of the game so I don't know anymore at the moment.
battling goal great lads martin playing spirit terrific
The spirit of the lads was terrific. It was a great goal from Martin and Tomasz has been playing terrifically well recently. It was a terrific battling performance.
aggressive great influence match maybe miss pace player qualities squad team
The team shouldn't miss one player. Kieran Richardson was a great influence on us because he had a lot of pace and was an aggressive lad, ... But I should be able to find one player in my squad who can match his qualities even if maybe they are not as good.
midfield players
Coventry have made an enquiry about him because of all the midfield players I've got,
delighted job reward
The way he's done his job is very good. This is the reward for that and I'm delighted he's signed.