Robins Mount Rushmore - 28th June 2026

Patch, Matt and Ceej with a breakdown of the weeks events at City and more Mount Rushmore lists! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N107yaCRMg - 4m:45s - David Noble v Palace 2007/8 is the definition of a technical finish with the volume turned up. It’s late in a play-off semi-final, away from home, the pressure is ridiculous, and he just has this moment of calm where everyone else is panicking. He shifts it onto his right foot and strikes one from well outside the box into the top corner. It’s not just a hit-and-hope screamer, it’s measured, it’s clean, it’s curling, it’s rising and it has that beautiful split second where the whole stadium can see it travelling before it nestles in. Proper mouth-into-profanity-machine stuff.   Technically Brilliant - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx3VT2ADAx0 - Joe Bryan v Man United 2017/18 goal of the season. The technicality of Joe Bryan’s goal is massively underrated because the occasion almost swallows it. Everyone remembers Manchester United, Ashton Gate, the limbs, the night itself — but the finish is absolutely elite. He’s coming onto the ball at pace, from a tight angle, on his left foot, with barely any time to set himself. He opens his body just enough, gets the connection clean, and instead of snatching at it, he lifts it across the keeper into the far side of the net. That is such a hard finish because he has to generate power, control the height, beat the keeper and not drag it wide — all in one movement. It’s not just a big goal. It’s a technically ridiculous finish.   Technical Filth - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZCq3e38ALA - 2m08s Lee Tomlin v Huddersfield 2016 season. Lee Tomlin against Huddersfield is the one where technique becomes disrespectful. It’s not a worldie in the traditional sense where someone’s lashed it from 30 yards — it’s more subtle and arguably more filthy. He’s in the box, everything’s tight, and instead of rushing it he almost pauses the whole game. The technicality is in the disguise: the body shape, the little delay, the way he makes the keeper and defenders think one thing is coming before doing another. It’s close-control arrogance, basically. No massive backlift, no panic, just a player completely in charge of the moment. It’s less “what a hit” and more “you can’t be doing that to grown men.”   Instinctive Execution - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p59qSfr1pPE - 2m48s - Nicky Maynard v QPR 2009. The Execution Pick - Nicky Maynard against QPR is probably the purest technical finish of the lot. It’s not just the strike, it’s everything before it. The ball drops out of the sky, he cushions it, keeps it alive, adjusts his feet, and somehow never lets the moment get away from him. Most players there are either taking a hopeful swing or waiting for it to come down properly. Maynard does neither. He almost choreographs the chaos — touch, adjustment, bang — and then pulls out this ridiculous scissor-kick volley while his body is moving away from goal. That’s the technical brilliance: balance, improvisation, timing, coordination and instinct all happening in about two seconds. It’s the sort of finish where your brain needs three replays just to understand what his feet have already done.