Duff & Matt reccomended Robin to take over as lead, so without there reccomendation he might never have getten the job.
Didn't Matt want Robin to replace Izzy/Gilby, and play with Slash?
Yes, that seems to be the way I recall things too.
I think Matt said to Axl something along the lines of, "Robin will be great sharing lead with Slash" and Axl instead said, "Robin wont share lead, he'll play lead..."
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