I'd somewhat swallowed this gloom notion without question. So, assuming the club can survive and that we end the season safely, albeit unspectacularly, Parky ends his tenure and we get a new manager. A lot of folks seem to believe that a new manager can't get us out of this League at the first ask? So I want to ask why not, and are there any stats on this scenario please?
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Also what new manager would do better? Is there a really good one sitting there just waiting for the phone call from Charlton? I dont think there is.
List of all League One summer transfers.
We are right up there but it's hard to really tell how mug everyone has spent, so many deals are undisclosed. And of course someone like Sheff Wed might be spending a fair bit on wages but nothing on fees.
We just need to be playing McCormack or Jackson in the middle with Semedo. Racon can come in to a midfield 5, or against teams as shit as Gillingham were last season.
As with all our managers he's had to sell players worth a lot more than those he's brought in?
So in ten games what would be success and equally what would be failure?
Oh and do JPT and FA Cup count, for me not.
As many have posted on here before, everything around the club seems flat at the minute. The question is, what can be done to change it.
As Tel rightly said, it's bums on seats that count. The "bring a friend to Yeovil" campaign and Airman's efforts to bring in thousands of schoolkids from around the areas of our support are both initiatives to be applauded . But we all know that it's what happens ON the pitch that makes the difference between a wavering fan coming along to a match , or deciding to give it a miss. And with the colder months approaching, the latter will inevitably be the winner....
...unless the football is a "must see".
I believe that we, the fans can do little more than encourage our friends & family to join us - unless Airman comes up with another cunning plan ! It has to be down to management & players to produce consistently good performances - set out their wares - then we might witness an increase of support on the terraces , however slow that may be. It's not going to happen overnight but the ball is well & truly in Parky and the players' court.
I think at least half the missing fans will come back once we hit a run and that must make the club attractive to new investment - I suspect it would be reasonably cheap to transform this club back into mid-table championship... as long as it is done carefully. The key must be to find new money and ensure that the youth set up brings us players and sales
So how many years? Depends if we can be transformed into a team that can win big matches... we are not going to finish in the top two so must be able to win the playoffs... 3 decent signings at Christmas might do it!
For to long now Charlton have failed to perform. Players come and go and still there is no improvement. Parkinson picks the team, and the team play to Parkinson's tactics. The failure to beat teams that any team with aspirations of promotion should be winning is down to Parkinson and the coaching staff.
I am afraid that all the time that Murray supports Parkinson then promotion is beyond Charlton. Our only hope is for a new manager to come in and freshen up the way that the club is run. The manager, backroom and coaching staffs all need replacing. Otherwise we are going to be in this division for a few years.
There will always be a core of hard line supporters at any club, and at Charlton probably more than most. Quite a few of my friends and football fans have not renewed this year. I know of a couple that may claim they will not if we are in this division next year!.That remains to be seen....... and although the financial question is probably the overriding factor for a ot of fans, It is not the only consideration. The time and emotional enjoyment has to be part of the package. I am not too sure at present that we deliver that. Being third tier football, we are playing third division football, our results confirm this. The question regarding wether we will be in this division for years, overrides the position that will we be around for years!.
A very uncomfortable and I am sure hostile view to float on here, but it is a real issue!.
This is going to take time, money and good management as well as a much higher level of football skills in this division to rise above the mediocre football we are playing at present.
I do not mean that we sack Parky, and drop half the players, but we have to raise our game, an easy thing to say, but we do seem to be floundering, and are not an attractive club at present. Sorry to speak like this but if you speak to non Charlton supporters, or ex ones that seems to be the views that I get coming back to me.
Not unreasonable at all Ken.
It is a concern when you read threads and people like Telnotinoz and Goonerhater, committed longterm fans through thick and thin for 40 years or more, are seriously conremplating giving up on it.
We can't hide our heads under the duvet all the time even if we'd like to!
Some entertaining players such as Jonjo were not given an opportunity to do so. Others such as Reid, Wagstaff, or Martin either don't have a licence to do so or are prevented from doing so due to poor tactics and a lack ambition in our style of play.
We are gripped by a fear of failure that is preventing the team from performing to the best of it's ability.
For too long we have worried about what the opposition can do to us, rather than what we can do to the opposition. This is the third division, we are not up against Man u or Arsenal. We should have enough belief in our own ability to attack teams and break them down. We should be creating chances and scoring plenty of goals.
If the fans don't start receiving some entertainment soon I fear that they will leave in their droves. Disposable income has been cut to the bare bones and people can no longer waste it doing something that gives them no satisfaction.
Parky will never get this team playing good football because he is so sh*t scared of losing his job.
Dowie, Reed, Pardew.
They could do worse.
Last rerm we got to the playoffs. We are just off the playoffs now. We need the stability of a manager who isn't looking over his shoulder.
Only four clubs seem to be spending significantly, ourselves, Saints, Huddersfield and Swindon - pretty much as expected. I'd guess we are 3rd in the wages table so we really should be achieving more than mid-table. For me though I agree with our friend down under, the lack of entertainment over the last few years is key. We really shouldn't be relying on moments of brilliance from players like Reid to lift the fans. When did we last steam-roller a side? We can't even thrash lower league sides in the cup. Saturday two down and we still got everyone back at corners. When did we last have a clever free kick or corner?