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Ravens must evolve to match recent rise - Robinson

Bromley boss Karl Robinson says they need to evolve to catch up with the club's meteoric rise.

The Ravens have jumped from the National League into League One in the space of three seasons, though they have endured a difficult start to life in the third tier, which saw Andy Woodman leave Hayes Lane after guiding them to the most successful period in their history,

Former Oxford United and MK Dons boss Robinson took over last week with the Ravens bottom having picked up nine points from their first 13 games.

In his first five days in the job, Bromley exited the FA Cup in the first round to Rotherham before they were defeated 2-1 by his former club MK Dons in the EFL Trophy on Tuesday.

Robinson told BBC Radio London he was looking forward to making his mark in training with Saturday's scheduled league game against Notts County postponed due to international call-ups.

"It's been an interesting seven days. It's been so busy. I'm so lucky to have had (games). I've seen it as a real blessing," he said.

"Now a few days training with no game at the weekend and I can go into next week with real clarity looking forward to the Reading game (away on 21 November)."

Robinson praised the job done by Woodman in taking the Ravens from the National League to the third tier of English football for the first time in their history and added: "The last manager did an incredible job (but) we've got an opportunity to evolve. We need to evolve.

"We need to catch up with the league in structure, in so many aspects. We have to find the structure that supports the meteoric rise of the football club."

In addition to off-field improvements in sports science to improve player availability, Robinson said the club needs to rediscover their identity.

He said: "We've got to make sure we all stick together. The most important thing is we need to start winning.

"We've got to make sure we have a strong sense of who we are, a clear identity and make sure we believe and give everything. If you don't believe in anything and you're not optimistic it's a pointless challenge."

After departing Hayes Lane, Woodman said challenges in the transfer market left the Ravens playing catch-up and Robinson said the squad have time to highlight themselves before the next transfer window opens in January.

"I know January is not far away but we can't be disconnected by the time it comes around. There's a lot of football (before then)," he continued.

"The players get the right to show they are way more capable than what they currently are. If we can't do that I don't think anybody has an excuse.

"I know we haven't won the two games but territorially we're dominating possession and creating more opportunities. We're seeing in the first two games the numbers are turning around very quickly.

"It's nothing to do with me, it's down to the players. We'll keep improving day in, day out."

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