Football: Earnshaw Happy with Robson's Shrewd Tactics

Birmingham Post › November 22, 2004

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Such is the harmony at The Hawthorns since Bryan Robson took over as manager that Robert Earnshaw, the West Bromwich Albion striker, welcomed being relegated to the substitutes' bench for the match away to Arsenal on Saturday.

'It was a tactical thing,' Earnshaw said. 'And I did not mind because of that. The manager told all of the players he wanted to pack the midfield to make things difficult for Arsenal because we were not expected to get anything here.'

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Football: Earnshaw Happy with Robson's Shrewd Tactics

Those tactics helped Albion to secure a significant 1-1 draw at Highbury, although it was only when Earnshaw and Geoff Horsfield entered the field as second-half substitutes t...

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