“The end of Last year was tough”
For Andreas Robinson it has been a dream start to the new campaign having made the place in the starting line-up his own. A man of the match winning performance against Dartford on Saturday was a “bonus” for a man who’s ambition for the season ahead is as level headed as his character.
When we asked the man who’s affectionately known as ‘Robbo’ about the start of his season he said that he “wanted to start off as best as possible. I did that and these (Man of the match awards) are just bonuses really, I just want to help the team out.”
Following the conclusion of last year’s title winning campaign his ambition was for this year to play a key role in the Hawks’ 2017/18 story and I asked him whether that is the case so far. “I suppose, yes. Last year was tough at the end for me personally but with the team winning, hopefully I can take my chance this year, I’ve managed to get into the team although some of the lads have been unlucky with injuries but from an individual point of view you have to take your chance if it’s given to you.”
After keeping a clean sheet against Dartford I asked him the importance of those shut-outs this season and how it puts the side in a good stead: “Definitely, at this level you always going to have problems both ways, attacking and defensively, where teams are going to be in your box, you have to be there and clear your lines. As defenders, our first job is to defend and make sure we get the clean sheet.”
Robbo was then asked about the trip to Wealdstone on the back of this positive start to the season. “Wealdstone is a tough place to go. We had some bad memories the last time we went there, it was a tough defeat, it is a tough place, especially midweek, so we’ll go there and try and win like we do every game.”
Robinson also explains that the Hawks have moved on from their last escapade in this division and relishes the tests put in front of them. “They were bad memories but we’ve moved on we’ve got momentum from last year, we go into games positive and that is the main thing, we are really together as a group and I think we’ll be ok.”
Andreas Robinson spoke to us as part of the coverage on Hawks Radio after receiving his Man of the Match award after his display against the Darts on Saturday. He has certainly struck a convincing case for August’s player of the Month and his season being closely tracked by many fans to be one of success.
Henry Deacon
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