I watched he first half. Jedi has not been as influential since he came back. I think this is partly that Iwobi is now on the opposite side of the field. He and Jedi did nice combinations up the field. Chukwueze is a good player but goes 1-1 a lot and isnt so much into combinations with Jedi.
This whole past year has been really hard to understand for Robinson. It's always tricky to discuss injuries since not all the data is public. But last year Robinson was playing well but we later heard he was playing injured. Then Pochettino said some ominous stuff that Robinson was only playing, not training. He was also saying that Robinson was seeing various specialists to get a handle on what was going on and that it wasn't easy. Then there was surgery and an announcement that he'd be ready for preseason. Then he wasn't ready. Then he played briefly and was shelved. Then there were rumors another surgery was needed. Then it wasn't. Pochettino said he was "worried" and then three weeks later Robinson is training regularly. Then all of a sudden, with no practices games with the second team or brief sub appearances with the first team to ease back in, Robinson begins playing an enormous amount. He goes the soccer equivalent of going 0-60mph in 3 seconds. He made six straight full 90 appearances from December 13 through January 4 (22 days). Then 3 days after that, he goes 73 minutes against Chelsea (613 minutes in 26 days!). Then his performances start to fade quickly and then he is benched. None of that is easy to understand. Did the first surgery fail? Was a second surgery needed? Why was it tough to understand what was going on? Did Fulham push him too much last season where he was playing and not training? Should he have been shelved the second half of last season? When he came back, did Fulham not feel it was necessary to ease him back in or manage his minutes? Is that playing a role with his current struggles? Is his current benching just his minutes being managed, or is he really now behind? For the USMNT, it just feels like it will be a close call to getting a good version of Robinson this summer.
Yes. Yes. It wasn't. Yes. Yes. Obviously not. Yes. He's behind, and unfortunately, he still needs that additional surgery. Pain/load management was not the way to go, last season or this one.
You can see why Fulham took a gamble and played him. He plays, they don't allow many goals, they win a lot. Sess plays, they allow more goals (score more, but not nearly enough more) and lose. Today aside - Fulham were never going to win away at City.
Fulham won most importantly, Robinson went 90 I still think from the USMNT perspective, it is best Robinson’s minutes are managed from here to the summer
We are probably going to need to start thinking about the real possibility of a World Cup without Jedi.
Perhaps, but we are a week away from March and this dude ain't been fit and healthy for like 10 months now. And it was supposed to be just a "minor surgery". He's not even making the bench for Prem games now.
The guy is obviously dealing with continuing issues stemming from the knee, but we have no idea what's really going on. He's been in and out of late. The issue could resolve next week for all we know (which, again, is nothing specific and current--if it ever was). Or not. There are at least 12 games left in the season he can play in. If he's in the same boat with 6 games left then I'd say you've got a point.
If he had any chance to play today, he'd be on the bench, even as a last option. If he has to take a game off after doing 90' the game before (which he didn't in his first games back, played 6 90' in a row, which in retrospect was probably a bad idea...) then he's at best a spot starter for the national team
This has been going on for nearly a year now. What makes you think 6 more games will make a huge difference atp?
He played 9 in a row from mid-December until 3 weeks ago. He was on the bench for the next 2 and not on the roster for the latest.