has been much sung of late but what does it mean?
Old gits like me remember third division football and Premiership football so which particular Charlton do people want?
Mid table Premiership football antagonised a lot of people for instance to the extent that they wanted Curbishley's head on a platter! One assumes therefore that they don't want THAT Charlton back!?
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groan..........still depressed :-(
Seems the same old Charlton to me apart from the last bit :-)
However, the whole J block of youngsters couldnt keep up with the 20 or so L block massive at the Norwich game.
"We are the L block..."
never understood that one either, since i was in the north for most of our premiership years I only remeber watchin us being a piss poor almost team, who were just proud we had our own ground back.
You want to go back to Selhurst?! ;-)
I want a Charlton which has these components:
Players - footballers who care about the significance of the team, work for the team,might not always succeed but always put in an honest 100% performance - Robinson, Kinsella, Rufus, Brown etc.
Manager - who can wheel and deal within tight financial constraints and get the best out of hat he has - Lawrence
Directors - who have a vision and within their financial abilty support that vision,the team and the manager
Supporters - who give the team their support on the field but aren't afraid to criticise when the game is over.
We won't win every game, in fact who knows when the next win will come, but whatever level we play at we all are all committed together to give 110% for Charlton, be that as a Supporter, Director, Manager or Player.
No, but I'd love a little bit of that '87 St Andrews play-off final replay spirit...but I'd settle for the Wembley '98 play-off spirit, too...
My girlfriend went to the Norwich game, and she commented on how the support changed quickly once Norwich scored.
I noticed and was annoyed by that too and mentioned it on another thread after the match.
It's very easy to call it brainless, yes in the case of the Norwich match it may have been song a bit willy nilly as with Jonjo on the pitch the performance was a bit more like what I expect from a Charlton team then it has been for a while.
The fact is the spirit and spark of the team is not what it was 15-20 years ago and we are a poorer side because of it.
some of us are, Inspector, some of us already are!
The Charlton I want back, is the one that doesn't throw the towel in when they concede a 2nd half goal.
C'mon you bastards, FIGHT!
If we're a goal down with 15mins to go, fight for a result or at least make us proud of you by trying!
Sumed up pretty well.
I judge the team on attitude and effort, not league position.
The Charlton of our first couple of seasons back in the Premiership is the one I want to see again. Not because we were in the premisership but for the attitude and commitment shown by the likes of Kinsella, Rufus, Brown and Robinson to name a few.
IMHO that Charlton disapperaed long before curbishley departed or we were relagated.
The Spirit and quality that kept the club afloat from the 817 in the Full Members cup against Bradford City to the 75,000+ at Wembley in 98, the clean sheets of Sasa in the same year.
The balls and the blood and guts of the guys that gave their all in 1998-99 despite the outcome, who never knew when they were beaten.
The Kind of Charlton that brings a lump to your throat and a tear to the eye when the intro movie is played on the screen to the music of Romeo and Juliet culminating with Don Welsh and Mark Kinsella.
The kind of performances that would make the statue of Sam Bartram smile outside the west stand.
Running out onto the sacred Valley turf against Liverpool and feeling like you had a fair chance of beating them.
The sheer joy of playing for our club displayed by legends like Chris Powell.
That is our Charlton and I want that back!