Failure Robson taking Thai football to 'the abyss'

Robson: Not justifying lucrative salary

Bryan Robson is shocking everyone with the job he is doing with the Thailand national team - he is doing even worse than expected!

The man formerly known as "captain marvel" may be enduring a torrid time at the helm of 'The War Elephants' but he has already pulled off one, spellbinding achievement which many thought was previously impossible. He's actually made his predecessor Peter Reid look competent!

The haste in which Robson is singlehandedly dismantling the reputation of this proud footballing nation is quickly making him the least popular British export to the country since one Paul Francis Gadd!

In just over a year since becoming the highest paid manager in Thailand's history, Robson has transformed the side formerly known as 'the Brazil of South East Asia' into a laughing stock.

Not only did Robson suffer the indignity of being the first Thai manager to fail to qualify for the Asian Cup, but he endured a dismal Asian Games campaign before this week watching his side crash out in the qualifying stage of the recent Suzuki Cup - a biennial competition contested by Asia's weaker South East division of which Thailand are normally red-hot favourites and routine winners!

The latest embarrassment even had the normally conservative Bangkok Post screaming: "Thai football sinks into the abyss" and it seems Robson's 'king Midas in reverse' propensity has even afflicted the country's traditionally dominant Under 23 side who have recently suffered a heavy fall from grace too!

Robson hasn't exactly endeared himself to the Thai media or soccer-crazy public either with his penchant for uttering the same monosyllabic excuses, the most recent ones being that his side are "tired" and were "not very good!"

But should any of this really come as a surprise?

Any self-respecting football fan in the UK knows that Robson's managerial CV can be summed up in two words. "Abject failure".

Even the mighty chequebook of chemical haulage magnate Steve Gibson couldn't prevent Robbo eventually relegating a star-laden Middlesbrough side before he went on the accelerate Bradford City's free fall...presiding over 21 losses in only 27 games!

Despite overseeing a £15 million spending spree, Robson then took his former club, West Brom, from the Premiership to the lower reaches of the Championship in little over 18 months and then won just nine games with Sheffield Utd where the chorus of "Robson out" chants could be heard long before his miserable 32-game tenure came to an end!

 

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