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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,844
    cantersaddick said:

    The Red Robin said:

    dickplumb said:

    Kevin Nugent is no longer at the Training Ground. I don't know if he is on gardening leave or has left completely.

    I thought he'd been sent to Coventry.
    Shame they haven't at least thanked him in the OS.
    Not officially left yet, I guess
  • Redvalleyeast
    Redvalleyeast Posts: 4,689
    2-3 injuries and a suspension to key players and our squad is looking short on quality again. Going to be a tough game on saturday.
  • Tunwellsaddick
    Tunwellsaddick Posts: 2,452
    seth plum said:

    Ah well. Who would want Kevin Nugent when you can have Chris O'Loughlin?

    Yes, particularly when you look at his record when he was in charge.
  • EveshamAddick
    EveshamAddick Posts: 7,014
    All this talk about injuries gives me a feeling of dejavue - we had all this last season. Do we have more injuries than other teams? Or do we have less resiliance due to Roland's insistence on low squad numbers.
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,168
    Redvalleyeast said:

    2-3 injuries and a suspension to key players and our squad is looking short on quality again. Going to be a tough game on saturday.

    Johnson may not be everyone's cup of tea, but he is ex-premier league and very experienced. Not bad for a 5th or 6th choice centre back in League 1. Konsa hasn't let anyone else down when he has played at centre back this season and is an exciting prospect.

    To replace Konsa in midfield we have Ulvestad (on loan from the Premier League) and JFC (just signed from the team top of the division above ours).

    Magennis is probably one of the best all-round forwards in the division, not realistic to expect we have a like for like replacement on the bench, because there are just not many players in his mould out there that would be available to us. We have a top scorer from last season and Tony Watt to choose from though and maybe Novak, who is a decent, experienced player too. KR will need to earn his money and adapt our style to manage without Big Mag.

    What more do you expect us to be able to bring in? There's definitely not another side in this division that could lose 4 centre backs and still have players as good as Johnson and Konsa available to them.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,220
    Charlton Athletic FC ‏@CAFCofficial 2h2 hours ago
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    PRESS DAY | Karl Robinson will sit down with the local media at around 11am this morning to preview Saturday's game at Bolton #cafc
  • dickplumb
    dickplumb Posts: 4,835
    I have seen the video and Robinson doesn't seem his chipper best. What we can say is that there will be no Marquee signing. Patrick Baeur has just started training today, doubt he will play Saturday. There is a lot of not answering questions.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,220
    dickplumb said:

    I have seen the video and Robinson doesn't seem his chipper best. What we can say is that there will be no Marquee signing. Patrick Baeur has just started training today, doubt he will play Saturday. There is a lot of not answering questions.

    Where is the video available @dickplumb ?
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,070
    edited January 2017
    Henry Irving said:

    dickplumb said:

    I have seen the video and Robinson doesn't seem his chipper best. What we can say is that there will be no Marquee signing. Patrick Baeur has just started training today, doubt he will play Saturday. There is a lot of not answering questions.

    Where is the video available @dickplumb ?
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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,220
    https://www.facebook.com/OfficialCAFC/

    See what you mean @dickplumb

    Very much downbeat by his standards, talking about next season, silly window, maybe one player in but maybe not, working with the players he has.

    Arms crossed throughout as well.

    Anyone think he's been given £4m of the Lookman and Fox money to spend that some claimed or the £400k that was rumoured?
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  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,559
    ^^this
  • Southbank
    Southbank Posts: 5,252
    'Nobody's thrown the towel in yet'. He means promotion.
    I fear with losing our two topscorers, one gone and one to medium length injury, and not replacing either that is exactly what the club has done.
  • Nug
    Nug Posts: 4,623
    Southbank said:

    'Nobody's thrown the towel in yet'. He means promotion.
    I fear with losing our two topscorers, one gone and one to medium length injury, and not replacing either that is exactly what the club has done.

    They threw the towel in with Slade in the last transfer window. We didn't go into the season with a squad capable of an attack on promotion. Doesn't look likely it's going to be addressed even now. I wish it indicated they were off, but this is par for the course for the regime. We can only hope something gives.
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,255
    After we signed Byrne this is what I posted

    cabbles
    January 9
    I'm gonna stick my neck on the line and say that's it for incomings now. Unless anyone else leaves

    Did Paige come in after Byrne?

    Roland's Charlton everyone, Roland's Charlton
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,273
    Just as we were told in the Championship but a division lower. We will wait for a season where we are near the auto spaces come January and that will be the year we splash the cash to get over the line. Unfortunately as we never have the right squad going into the season it will never happen. It's Roland's way and if you don't like it, tough.
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,296
    called it from the start that he was gonna be another failure, and hes proving it were sitting 14th and admittedly not all his fault but have a bit of respect to the fans of the club and don't play a weekly game of bullshit bingo, and he was warned but no this was going to be different its a sad state of affairs at charlton, but have no sympathy with any manager that comes in as they are told before. in a way it might do us a favour for him to fail and then he seems like a bloke that wont keep his gob shut so hopefully can give a lot more info away after his departure.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    Don't know why anyone expects anything different. I guess some just want to be positive that it'll somehow be different this time.

    Every window starts promising, the manager talks about bringing in a few more and it never happens. I'm hoping for those final signings KR wants but I imagine only real chance of getting them is if we get rid of a few, Ba and Ajose perhaps.
  • EveshamAddick
    EveshamAddick Posts: 7,014
    Oh dear, he seems a bit pissed off. Players leaving, no sign of anyone else joining. No sign of players returning from injury before tomorrow, except maybe Novak. Who are these "big boys" he is talking about that we have played? I thought we had a top 6 budget, doesn't that make us one of the "big boys"?
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,126
    No sympathy for you Robinson. You knew what you were getting into, we warned you but you didn't want to know.

    I wonder if he's had a chat with his mate Chris Powell yet or still plans to have a beer with us mere fans.
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  • 3blokes
    3blokes Posts: 4,610
    He's probably just a bit fed up he just hasn't had time to meet up with fans yet...


  • Redhenry
    Redhenry Posts: 5,359
    Nicholas said:

    What a plum this bloke is. Like every manager before him he is finally seeing how shit this lot in charge are. I will be laughing when he is sacked in March after more poor form. He has no excuses for when it happens either, he was warned like all the other dickhead managers before him but he thought he could be the hero.

    I won't be laughing
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    Henry Irving said:

    https://www.facebook.com/OfficialCAFC/

    See what you mean @dickplumb

    Very much downbeat by his standards, talking about next season, silly window, maybe one player in but maybe not, working with the players he has.

    Arms crossed throughout as well.

    Anyone think he's been given £4m of the Lookman and Fox money to spend that some claimed or the £400k that was rumoured?

    I think Roland now despises Charlton, and doesn't care how he is thought of.

  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    palarsehater said:

    called it from the start that he was gonna be another failure, and hes proving it were sitting 14th and admittedly not all his fault but have a bit of respect to the fans of the club and don't play a weekly game of bullshit bingo, and he was warned but no this was going to be different its a sad state of affairs at charlton, but have no sympathy with any manager that comes in as they are told before. in a way it might do us a favour for him to fail and then he seems like a bloke that wont keep his gob shut so hopefully can give a lot more info away after his departure.

    Nope. All managers sign an NDA when they are sacked (if they want a payoff), and Katrien buys a new pair of shoes.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    We have the rest of today, then four days until the stark reality kicks in.
    It will either be a mad rush of spending and transfers to give the team a real boost for the final 20 games, in an attempt to achieve this season.
    or it will be more or less what we fans are used to.
    For Karl it will either be kiddie in a sweetshop, or a heavy dose of reality that he will like as not equivocate into what we were planning all along.
    Or there may be the unlikely scenario where Karl resigns declaring he was conned.
    We are now entering a season defining few days, and by this time next week there will be no distractions, it will be set in place.
    At that moment results will be the only thing that talks, not explanations, not excuses, not reasons.
  • EveshamAddick
    EveshamAddick Posts: 7,014
    edited January 2017
    seth plum said:

    We have the rest of today, then four days until the stark reality kicks in.
    It will either be a mad rush of spending and transfers to give the team a real boost for the final 20 games, in an attempt to achieve this season.
    or it will be more or less what we fans are used to.
    For Karl it will either be kiddie in a sweetshop, or a heavy dose of reality that he will like as not equivocate into what we were planning all along.
    Or there may be the unlikely scenario where Karl resigns declaring he was conned.
    We are now entering a season defining few days, and by this time next week there will be no distractions, it will be set in place.
    At that moment results will be the only thing that talks, not explanations, not excuses, not reasons.

    If this happens, I could well believe they have learned from their mistakes. I won't be holding my breath though. More likely, we will lose more players before the window closes.
  • Tunwellsaddick
    Tunwellsaddick Posts: 2,452
    The owner has said, more than once I think, that results do not matter so forget about any real attempts to construct a successful squad as it's not important when owning a football club and it costs money. The oracle and the squirrel say It's all about building a community and enjoying the matchday experience when you can meet up with old friends and have a dance afterwards.

    How has football survived for so long in this country and why are all the seats still facing the pitch? A mystery.

    Born before his time or utterly, utterly deluded? I think we all know.

    Do us a favour, go and count your money elsewhere and get out of football altogether.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,220
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    PRESS DAY | Karl Robinson will be arriving shortly to speak to the press ahead of Saturday's clash with @ftfc. #cafc
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    Henry Irving Posts: 85,220
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    PRESS DAY | The boss has arrived. You can watch his presser live in our Facebook page! #cafc
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    Henry Irving Posts: 85,220
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