100% yes. He is better than Carson and half the price. Get the Yankee in as an understudy too!

Definately has to get him, he's made a few mistakes but so had calamity and he's englands no.1 now.I really want him in nets,sidwell,bentley,a pacy right back,guzak or boruc,and a decent striker,I'd like gudjonsson or henry.Bring them in Messiah!!!!!!!!
Top 4 finish if we do even if whats his name leaves for the 2nd best team on merseyside.
UTV

Absolutely, 5mil would be good business for a keeper who is a decent. He's no world beater but i think he is up there as being one of the best in the country when he is confident. All keepers go through crisis of confidence, it's possible Cech may go through one soon.

He would be a very good signing. He's been rather unfairly treated considering the major mistake that gets replayed time and time again wasn't even his fault, it was just a bobble on the pitch. He's got something to prove, so he ticks the boxes, and has the ability to play for the top clubs. He's got ages left in the game, and European and international experience. For £5m, that'd be a steal.

I think that this transfer was on the cards as soon as he fell out with Ramos. Robbo had a poor season due to a rubbish defence. But with the keepers we have been linked with I think Robinson is a safe bet and for £5m is a steal. With a good defence in front of them he is a solid keeper

At least if Robbo does come I would welcome him and I could give him a shout getting the England number 1 shirt back.

Goalkeeping is all about confidence imo and Robbo certainly has had his destroyed since the last World Cup. However, if MoN can rebuild it for him and he has a good season with us then I dont see why he shouldn't be back in the England frame pretty soon. He could be the next David James (or even Robert Green) or the next Richard Wright - worth a punt tho'

Robinson is a shocking keeper. Can't believe everyone here wants him. There must be at least 10 better keepers in the prem league, probably more

Absolutely not. Robinson is terrible. He will lose us more than one game next year.

Let's hope so, as some of you guys have mentioned it's all about confidence and I'm sure with the mighty Laursen in front of him, he will be bang on form in no time, then Liverpool will offer stupid money.........

I think Robinson is Rubbish, long before he was making mistakes in Englands Euro 2008 campaign, I just think he is really very average. I have been wrong before though, so its up to you Mr O'Neill. Boruc for me though all the way!

i think he would be a good signing for us but i would still prefer Artur Boruc from celtic to replace Carson and Sorenson

I think robinson would be a good aquisition for Us, after all the stick he gets at spurs, he would flourish under Martins cracking man amnagement.

is it my imagination or was the American we have been linked with avtually play really well in the second half against us a month or so ago?

Sign Him Up!
I'd welcome him anyday. Hes English, better than Carson, half the price and scored a goal a season :P haha
Hope to see him next season!

Robinson is a class goalkeeper. anybody who has been watching premierleague football for the last few years will have seen that. Goal keepers always get stick if they make mistakes, then that stick lowers their confidance equaling more mistakes...All robbo needs is a fresh start, new team around him, new challenge and you will see the best of him again.
I also think he will jump at the chance for playing for villa, especialy with the chance to be watched by Capelo alot the time with all of our english talent in the team.

Get him MON!!!!!!

Get him, would be good business, but excite me more please

Robinson is a great goalie low on confidence. The messiah will fill the lad full of confidence and he will be back in the England team in no time.

Robinson has had a house in solihull for four years and i have a feeling he may be a villa fan..... who aint!

I was hoping the first signing would be announced today or friday (mon in austria/swiz tomorrow) but it looks like were a way off that so now im now resigned to the fact that we will have to wait til next week when the lads are back in training and the messiah is in his office on the blower!!!

Up the villa!

Gosh. Assuming the rumor is true, I still can't believe that we are seriously considering Robinson.

He is absolutely SHOCKING.

Cheap and easy solution as per usual. He was crap before that goal and he is worse now. And to all saying that MON can improve his confidence why didnt he improve Carson's confidence after his blunders? If Boruc is available then he should be the no1 choice.

Villan from Texas - how many games did Carson lose for us last season? What chances of Guzan, untried in the PL, losing us a few games next season. Robbo is quality, we need a couple of goalkeepers and Mon will give him all the confidence (and hopefully a diet not involving pies!!) he needs. Its also a cheap bet too. Robbo & Sidwell - good start! Confirmed by Friday i hope!

wudnt mind him here. wud prefer boruc but robbo certainly isnt as bad as sum ppl r makin him out to be

Damian - You keep banging on about how players such as Barry are not good enough if we are want to get in the top 4. If so then how is Robinson??

It seems to me that you always think a transfer is imminent, last summer, Jan transfer window, immediately at the end of the season, last week with Sidwell. None of them seem to materialise.

I give up, it would be better having no keeper than Robinson. Let Taylor be number1 if its between himself and Robinson. You can try put a positive spin on it, but he has never been near top class, and he's been awful the last 2 years

he cant be that bad if he was england number one for ages, i think he would be a good signing for villa, i think he has just got a lack in confidence. bring him to the villa where he has a new challenge and mon will work his magic on the lad and he will be back as the england number one. better than carson and cheaper i think he would be a good signing for us

Robinson is very talented and will improve. The man has the ability to make great saves that can win you matches.

At times his concentration is poor, but he is very good.

Name me a keeper or for that matter player who has never made mistakes???

As for the bobble, has anyone asked Neville why he made a back pass aimed at the goal when he knew the state of the pitch??

Very good keeper,He needs to get himself in better shape and he can get back to the robbo of old.5 million for a young english keeper with serious international and premier league experience,Bring it on.

Taddy

What do you want me to say? I've said above something like 'if you believe the reports' - I'm not saying he's going to sign, but I'm allowed to hope surely?

re. Barry - I'm not discussing that anymore but I am saying Robinson is a fairly decent keeper and that we all have an opinion. None of us know for sure if he's good enough to get us top four (it is also about more than an individual player) but it's my opinion that him or Boruc could help us.

I dont really like robbo, villa are taking the piss, getting deperate & signin anyone, if he is so good we would have signed him b4 when we had the chance

who's it gonna be next

These fools up here^^^ are saying that robbo is class hes alrite but nuthing special i would prefer taylor as n1

Its a big world out there people and it seems villa are going to settle for a SPURS REJECT

4th dont make me laugh more like 14th

I can't believe people are so enthusiastic about Robinson! He's decent but not a top keeper anymore and was probably best when at Leeds. To anyone raving about him coming I have one question. What makes you think he is either good enough now, or will improve in the future?

I have to laugh at some people on here. They are arrogant enough to think that they know more about signing players than MON. Yes its very easy to turn around and say get Boruc for the nets, Miguel for right back etc. We can't spend a fortune in each position (we are not Chelsea). Ill put it to you like this, if we signed Robbo and used the extra money saved from signing a bigger goalie (Boruc/Carson etc) then used that to test blackburn for Bentley and ended up getting him, would you not be happy. MON has a plan and im sure he'll stick to it. Let him do his job and if we are seriously lacking come the start of the league then you can critisise. jeeeeesssss!

Pete2222:

Your point seems to be that because he had a keeper last season who cost us points, we can afford a keeper this season who may cost us points. I thought we were trying to improve. And I never said that we should sign Carson. But even if we did sign him, he would inspure more confidence than Robinson. Carson was never as shocking for us last season as Robinson was when he played against us. Do you remember when he literally dropped a cross at his feet that allowed us to tap in?

My goodness. Let's throw Titus Bramble into the back line while we're at it.

I dont think he is a key player at spurs, and thats why we will probley get him. man city have hart,pompy have james,blackburn have friedel ,and so on, in fact all the top eight clubs have good goalies so there is only one place he will go in england and thats villa.
boric and the yank for me

yes, i'd say so, he seems to be quite cheap too, he just needs a new club and he will become the keeper he was a couple of seasons ago.

Shame carson is so much, cause lets not forget he is young, and he was the keeper who we finished 6th with

SIGN HIM UP!! would be great for us and a bargin much better than carson :)

they want us to buy robinson...i say,no no no

As a solid number 1, it's got to be Boruc. An absolute top class keeper who would be worth every penny.

I'd pick Robinson over Carson though!

But...considering that we finished 6th with Carson in between the sticks, is he worth another go?

Sign him up asap.

Still in with a shout to be englands number 1.

Has good relationship with holte enders already the way he reacted positively the abuse we gave him after his england howler.

Alternatively Ben foster on loan.

Damian - I just think that you (like most of us) are so desparate for new signings that anyone on the radar you seem to want. I have witnessed you on this blog saying we should go for about 8 keepers now, including: Carson, Jaskaleinen, Lehmann, Hart, Hennesey and now Robinson.

Oh well at least you aint so angry this week, I thought you had turned into Taglor or Peter for a while there!

Anyway keep it up mate - its a fantastic website - one of the best in the world in my opinion.

Der der der Nigel reo Coker, der der der ball across the floor

we have had a lot worse keepers thats for sure bring him on

Definately sign him up... Miles better than calamity Carson... We nearly signed him from Leeds under O'Dreary but Deadly Dough wouldnt pay his wages....

He'd be great for us, very vocal and commanding keeper. They all make mistakes, he'll bounce back and hopefully he'll be wearing the Villa #1 shirt when he does...

Also, he could challenge Gabby's goal tally each season!

We need a goalscorer, havent seen anything bar the un-buyable in the Euros.... (Ibrahimovic)

Ive been saying it on a few posts, sell Barry for £18-£20m and buy Andrei Arshavin who quite frankly pisses all over him!

would prefer boruc... but robbo's cheaper and MON could get the best out of him

Goldie 7
The reason we didn't sign Robinson before was because Ellis wouldn't match the wages he was on at Leeds. And we ended up with Sorenson.

Carson made far fewer mistakes than Robinson last season and most of you could not wait to get him out the door.
Now it seems the first sniff of a mediocre signing and ye are getting the ticker tape ready for his welcome parade!
I would rather Tommy stays than Robinson arriving!

I goota admit Robinson made a few howlers last season, but playing behind Billy Smarts Clowns he had a lot more shots to deal with. From a negative view he is suffering froma lack of confidence at moment and who knows how long it will take him to recover? On a positive note, on his day he is as good as any other keeper in the premiership...I would take a punt if i had the money (WHICH I DONT COS GORDON BROWN HAS KNICKED IT ALL!!)

Hmmmmm. Not convinced I'm afraid, and certinaly not one to make Barry think twice about the Redneck move. jaaskelainen should have been the one, can't believe he's stayed at Bolton - they'll go down next season.

DON'T LET KEEPERS' MISTAKES FOOL YOU INTO THINKING THAT THEY AREN'T ANY GOOD ANYMORE! CECH HAS MADE LOADS OF MISTAKES RECENTLY AND MOST PEOPLE STILL THINK HE IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD!

Darragh, We have been linked with a few keepers this year but Robinson is truly the worst. Not a fan of Carson either who many people wanted out, and he is a vastly superior keeper to Robinson. Everyone seems to think MON is a magician, but i believe this signing would be a huge mistake. There is a lot of keepers in the premierships better than him and a lot more internationally who Robinson couldn't lace up boots for. Why do Spurs want rid of him if he's any good? A good keeper should be priority number 1, and Robinson is not it
I hated him even when he was being a clown costing a team I don't like(Spurs) points as he was so clearly hopeless in goal, and always talked like a superstar

If you'd had asked me two years ago if i'd like Robbo then i'd had bitten half your arm off! But now? I don't know!

I think he has enough ability to be good! But he seems to have moree bad days than good! His confidence is shattered and in my opinion is borderlining irrepairable! Every time he takes the field he looks like hes thinking of Croatia in Zagreb (when he did an Enckelman)

He reckons he's over it but, he trys too hard to not make a mistake and ends up dropping a clanger! He doesn't command his area with enough presence! He flaps at crosses or corners and he doesn't do particularily well in 1 on 1 situations!

He'd be my back up!

I'd much prefer boruc or someone who's not robbo

We have allways given him stick when he comes to VP and he has delt with it very well and has allways had a joke with the Holte.So yes i would welcome him.

I think it may be worth trying him out on loan anybody??/

Robinson would make a great signing for us. Fair enough he has fallen out of sorts at Spurs and Ramos has dented his confidence but if any can get this back and get him playing to his true potenital it will be Martin O'Neill.
I'd also like to see Anton Ferdinand, Bentley & Sidwell at the Villa. They all fit the MON bill, as in young english talent.
Break cheque book out Martin and show we have a BILLIONAIRRE onwer! If we're to belive the stories about getting into the top 4 then we needs to spend £40 million before the start of this season.
In MON We trust!!!

People are saying that spurs have got a rubbish defence! But in all honesty, apart from Laursen and BOOOOOOOOOOuma, our defence is rubbish!!!!!!!!

And evidence suggests that MON only wants a right back and is relying on davies being back! Then we're stuck with Knight! Fan-bloody-tastic! We're really gonna improve with that donkey as a back up!

Back ups shouldn't be half-rate! They have to be half decent! or we're going nowhere! Like Max and Paddy and that other dude from that other telly show!

robinson would be an aewsome signing..... not sure about this all england theory though.... at the mo we seem to be linked with every available englishman in the country.... is this a good thing? aint the foreigners just as good, if not better for less money?

i think this would be a good start as we need 2 goalies. if you dont agree then stick him on the bench or reserves.

UTV ;D

just make a signing MON

same old villa transfer story, we will buy robinson, spurs will replace him with the 10-12mil keeper that we should have targeted in the first place (no doubt boruc, but more likely the excellent kameni)

MON will try and make him something that he's not and it will fail, i agree that he's a loan signing, at best, with guzan gaining experience as back up

When we nearly signed him from Leeds with O'Drear in charge eveyone was happy enough to take him personally i think he's still a quality keeper with plenty to offer. Sign him and Isaakson maybe from city give him a bash he looked alright in the Euros.

My God - I can't believe most of you think this is a good player. Robinson NO WAY !!!!! You lot seem to remember this is the guy who said Spurs were bigger than Villa and went there - I'd tell him to pi*s off just for that reason alone. He's not a good keeper and even the mighty???? MON wouldn't be able to turn his fortunes round.

I feel for Taylor - I don't think he's a no1 but I would rather him than PR - I think Villa could be in a real dilema with no Goalie's or Right Backs yet?

Villa seem to only want cast offs now .... I'm amazed that we can't attract much these days

boruc all the way. get migual and shorey at fullback and also adding competition. sidwell,wright philips, marcus senna and arshavin in for more comp in midfield. wouldnt mind gettin pavlyuchenko and another centre half. go for these to show at least abit of ambition

Suppose it is a little risky with his confidence and all, but I'm sure MON will be able to deal with that. Petr Cech has had his fair share of goalkeeping blunders this year but he's still one of the very best. Unfortunately any mistake Robbo makes now seems to get everyone on his back. The bottom line is he's a better Goalkeeper than Carson. Progress!

Well, if we had the defence we had last year any keeper we get will be letting in a stack load of goals. Robbo at £5 million seems ok to balance the books and spend the money saved elsewhere, such as Bentley or Van Der Vart etc... Do any other teams need a defender, because you can have Zat Knight for two bob and a bag'o'spice!

I see Stearman has just joined Wolves so another one gone - If we were looking at him - Oh well Martin knows best

Boruc or the Wolves goalkeeper for me.

I agree with Brett - a player who is deemed not good enough for one of our closest rivals is welcomed with open arms by villa fans. Where is our ambition?
All players that we are linked with are players sitting on the bench at other clubs, who are in a crises of confidence and who were good prospects a few years ago. It frustrates the hell out of me. Why can we not buy some genuine players who are allready good and not in need of the MoN treatment - we just finished sixth in the biggest league in the world FFS!

sign him up! he's lost his confiedence but MON will bring it back, he'll be back 2 be one of the best GK's in the premiership agen! Boruc's quality but i cant see him coming 2 villa. so yh, sign robbo up. i think he'll be a gr8 signing, especially for the price!

Big Fat Crap player what the F is going on.

goldie 7 - us fools KNOW robinson is class mate...its a proven fact!surely u must have watched him befor he started to lagg?
he was one of the best keepers in the league!...players can turn their carers around you know...look at david james, even the likes of van der sar hav had very average seasons...

i hope we sign robbo, i really do believe he could be successful here..

we are scraping the barrow now..Paul Robinson, he's only got one leg..

Who next...Harold Bishop at right back...

To be honest I would give Taylor a chance and spend the £5M on outfield players. I cannot wait for this poxy Euro 08 to finish so O'neill can get home and bloody sign some!!

He's not my first choice, but if he actually comes in and plays well, I'll resist the impulse to shout obscenities at him. Maybe we can pick up him and Guzan, and let whoever plays better have the job.

Why dont we test the water with a cheeky 5 million bid for shay given,He is a far better keeper than robinson,and surely hes fed up picking the ball out of the net with newcastle.

lets face it all players make errors but goal keeping errors are a sitting target he wasnt the england goal keeper for nowt and i think a change of club for him will mean a change of fortune he was upset with the management at spurs and this without a shadow of doubt must of played on is mind hes still only young for a keeper lets sign the lad and give him a try i think he will be first class and the england shirt will be his once more.

please get boruc!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mr. O'Neill, I personally recommend Sabri, the Turkish rightback.

sorry i'm late.right a keeper is better than no keeper.
Talyer is a great keeper in my views but what if he gets injured? Yes you got to think about that.

This wouldn't be a good signing for the Villa - The guy decided on going to Spurs ahead of us last time round. I really think this guys at an all time low. This signing wouldn't go down that well with the loyal Villians.
Hope its not true ...

Arrlui - Only if we were to play him in midfield. Defensively he's shite, going forward he is supreme!

Perhaps we should just buy some Germans, could do with some LUCK :P

i have been a villa fan all my life and a season ticket holder for 4 years and every time i see villa VS spurs robinson has a laugh with the holte end fans and the fans like him

I think he will be a good signing

we should also sign bently Class player and we need a right mid

not sure about robinson,cant see why we dont give taylor a chance with a good young number 2.and why do we insist on spurs rejects,is anyone concerned about a 3rd season without a RB.two players have caught MONS eye one is russian,but we cant afford him(and its not arshavin),and the other is croation i do believe.can we just sign 1 for the toto cup at least...

oneil needs to start signin players because he did this in january and we need a right bk and a golkeeper and a dew more players
so COME ON ONEILL
GET SIGNING