Robinson must be Dropped!
Tottenham keeper Paul Robinson has had another weekend to forget after his side drew with Liverpool but Robinson caused one of the goals but should he get the chop from McClaren from the England squad. We all know that Paul Robinson can be one of Europe's top keepers on his day but unfortunately for him and his club he has rarely had one of those days in a long time. Last week Tottenham played Aston Villa, Robinson made several major errors, most of which led to goals, but why hasn't he been dropped by Martin Jol?
Well quite simply they have no one much better than him. They have got Radek Cerny, but he has failed to show any stand out ability on the rare occasions he has been given a go. They played him against Famagusta in the UEFA Cup but he failed to keep a clean sheet though. I think Jol is scared that if he drops Robinson for one match then he may lose his confidence even further and end up never coming back to what he is capable of.
So if Jol isn't going to drop him, will McClaren? Well I think he should. He has David James from Pompey who has been in fine form but is also prone to a cock-up. They have a terrific shot stopper in Robert Green at West Ham but he seldom gets picked. But the one who I feel deserves a chance and has done noting wrong so far this season is Scott Carson.
He is on loan at Aston Villa this season after spending last season at Charlton were he put in a string of fantastic displays in what was quite simply, a poor side. He is on loan from Liverpool were he has never really been given a full chance. Since he has joined Villa he has in my view been the best keeper in the Premier League this season.
I personally don't think that McClaren has the balls to drop Robinson because he is too cautious in every thing he does. He is afraid to try new things. He failed to give Carson or any other England keeper a chance in the friendlies England have played over the last couple of months. I think England risk being beaten by Russia if they play Robinson because he is so low on confidence he's bound to make a mistake.