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We started well and were doing ok, but the equiliser knocked us and i could feel the lads were flat at half time! " I said we can't let that happen, we gotta go again"
Swindon showed more desire in both boxes.
Their defenders had too many free headers. "I didn't see enough desire for us to go and score a goal..."
After brighton game we wnt back to basics and worked hard as a tem, not tonight. "Maybe we started to believe we're a god side and have a devine right to be in that top 6"
"We're a decent side, we're a good side, we work hard for each other and do the basics well (??) and we certainly went away from that tonight.
Fry and Doc were dropped because Parky thought they looked jaded and needed a rest!
Was asked about Fry rumours but avoided question.
we owe the fans a performance against spurs.
He is sitting down with the new chairman tomorrow and will tell him what he needs. Has a list of players he woud like but doesn't know the money available so it's difficult.
Hears the players saying it''s difficult to play st home sometimes when we're getting beat, but they've gotta rise above that and we've gotta get players on the pitch hat can handle that expectation because that's what being at a big club is all about.
Ayinsah's "not a million miles away" from return.
Elliot's not injured, he just fell on his calf. "He was never not gonna play tonight"
Overall pretty honest but basically has admitted he couldn't pick the players up at half time (that's how i choose to hear it i s'pose), and to say we've been doing the basics well mystifies me.
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Daily was woeful throughout defensively and gave away a shocker then the crowd started to turn.
Everyone else's fault bar the idiot who couldn't raise his players in the changing room
However a "proper fan" would have greeted him by shouting "oi Elliot you fat pink shirted c*** why didn't you catch that f****** ball before half time?" They would also have thrown any convenient missile at him and possibly questioned his parentage to boot.
I apologise to my fellow fans for not assisting in generating a proper atmosphere to make Elliot perform to the best of his ability.
I am increasingly aware that people such as myself are becoming anachronisms at Charlton.
First post I've read on this site in the past 16 hours which I've agreed with.
agree with that. In my opinion there is a big difference between booing him off, which is acceptable if he is performing badly, and giving personal abuse and calling him a c**t etc etc. He doesn't deserve that. His only 'crime' is that he isn't very good. By all accounts a decent bloke and yes he is very hard working but he's out of his depth. I have nothing personal against him and wish him well when he goes.
I'm pretty sure Parky knows this and to be fair you have to give him the benefit due to injuries. What is the point Parky having a chat with the chairman about what he needs if he is not going to be given funds - If they are not great funds we need to look at a fast strong player like Akinfenwa at Gills. It won't work at a higher level but at League 1, it is a shortcut as most defences lack pace and don't cope well with powerful players. Get an attack that actually pulls defenders out of position and makes life hard and the transformation in the team will be miraculous- we do have some very good players if we can get the balance right to free them up.
But it's only taking us half way. I'd like to read a follow-up interview 48 hours later (if he's still here), after he's had time to reflect and talk to the players.
First home game under new owners and meant to be the start of a brave new era in Charlton history. Team sitting in a play-off place with everything to play for. New owners to impress. Big TV audience. Crowd up for it and ready to welcome the new dawn.
So why did we lack desire? Why was there no fight? Why didn't our players want it as much as Swindon's players?
Those are the questions Parkinson needs to address and I hope they are the questions Jiminez and Slater are demanding answers to right now.
Ditto
[quote][cite]Posted By: Rothko[/cite][quote][cite]Posted By: stilladdicted[/cite]Parky sounded utterly crushed - what else could he possibly have said? He's done his best, worked very hard and even thrown in some of his own money. Whatever his shortcomings, he does not deserve the vilification and bile that is getting thrown at him.[/quote]
First post I've read on this site in the past 16 hours which I've agreed with.[/quote]
Ditto
Yep, me too.
X4.
x6. There has been a vociferous anti Parky element amongst our "support" since the first day he was appointed.
They are now all delightedly gathering like flies round a dog turd.
x7
Well I would hope every decent Charlton supporter will agree that we don't won't to see him vilified personally or bile poured on him as an individual. So I'll happily say 8th or whatever it is to that.
But the ''shortcomings'' Stilladdicted so rightly mentioned are far too many and glaring to make it possible to support his continued retention in the job.
Thank you very much, Philip. No doubt you did your best. But this is the dawn of a new era in Charlton's history and you're not part of the future. Sadly your best wasn't good enough and it didn't quite work out. Thanks again and goodbye.
That should do it in terms of getting rid of him politely and courteously, eh?
*Edit* x6 too slow typing, make that x8!
Whether or not he's a truly competent manager is obviously pretty open to debate, but he is a genuine guy and I don't think he's ever tried to hide or shirk his responsibilities. If anyone genuinely believes these post match comments are bull shit excuses they should go back and read some of Pardew's pearls of wisdom after bad defeats. Wasn't it the acoustics of the Jimmy Seed Stand that were to blame at one point?
Agreed, Len.
Nothing to do with the fact our manager is tactically inept, or that our players can't seem to pass a ball 5feet. No no, it's all them pesky fans that bankroll the club.
However having been a supporter of the man in the past, I'm starting to believe that anymore performances like last night and he will have to go. As for a replacement, well we can all speculate and wish I suppose, so for me it would be Chris Houghton, but I doubt he would come here unless he knew what cash was available to strenghthen the squad and then it would have to be a tidy sum.