Robson's rule remains as strong as ever

Bobby Robson has rightly earned his reputation as a disciplinarian.

Ever since the day he established his authority as a fledgling manager at Ipswich by going toe-to-toe with dressing room dissenters Tommy Carroll and Bill Baxter after Carroll ripped his team-sheet off the noticeboard and told him in no uncertain terms what he could do with it, he has been very much in charge wherever he has been.