Bear with me. I use to be married to John's wife's cousin, we use to visit them when they lived in a tiny terrace house in Plumstead, I know how much John loves Charlton, consequently, this statement, for me at least, is very worrying.
Bear with me. I use to be married to John's wife's cousin, we use to visit them when they lived in a tiny terrace house in Plumstead, I know how much John loves Charlton, consequently, this statement, for me at least, is very worrying.
Oh perleeeese. You either support Charlton or you don't. Managers,owners, and players come and go. Supporters are for life. Whoever gets the gig I will support the shirt.
What is the recognisable CAFC? A club that scrapes around for money, enjoys an early cup exit and just when it feels like a good season could happen, Christmas comes and we turn to crap?
Bear with me. I use to be married to John's wife's cousin, we use to visit them when they lived in a tiny terrace house in Plumstead, I know how much John loves Charlton, consequently, this statement, for me at least, is very worrying.
Oh perleeeese. You either support Charlton or you don't. Managers,owners, and players come and go. Supporters are for life. Whoever gets the gig I will support the shirt.
I would say that canceling sponsorship and therefore denying funds to someone who clearly doesn't have the clubs's interests at heart IS an act of support. Certainly more so than just turning up every week and blindly clapping whichever network rejects happen to be wearing the shirt this weekend.
Message to Roland. Hi Roland, I realise that you own this Club now, and I like a lot of things that you have done early on. However I would just like to remind you that we are Charlton Athletic in London England, a Club with terrific supporters, winning a political battle to regain the Valley, following the team around London when we had no Ground, winning prizes for our work in the community, in other words Roland we are a bit special. Make this next decision based upon the best person for the job, not for the convenience of your network. You may own us financially, but we own it in our hearts. Please give love a chance.
Bear with me. I use to be married to John's wife's cousin, we use to visit them when they lived in a tiny terrace house in Plumstead, I know how much John loves Charlton, consequently, this statement, for me at least, is very worrying.
Oh perleeeese. You either support Charlton or you don't. Managers,owners, and players come and go. Supporters are for life. Whoever gets the gig I will support the shirt.
I'm not doubting that John would stop supporting Charlton but he would definitely have more of an insight into the workings of the club, more than most of us anyway. He will always be a supporter.
All well and good withdrawing your support on what the face of it looks like unpopular decision, but if, as rumoured, that it may be with the consent of quite a few of the players, then it could be the correct one.
Trouble is season ticket / match day ticket / sponsorship money all this form a massive part of FFP now... the more income you can generate the more we'd be allowed to spend in the transfer market (i.e. allowing us to bring in more players like Vetokele who was around £2.5m), if people refuse to start going because Roland isn't investing on the squad its going to be made harder for the team to improve in the long run.
Roland could sell up but we cant do a Chelsea or Manchester City now and get a rich Russian in charge because if we try spending big then we'll be fined like hell... Of course with Manchester City, had their rich owners waited a few years wouldnt have been allowed to have built such a strong team on this ruling, them and PSG just managed to jump into the big spenders at the last minute
All well and good withdrawing your support on what the face of it looks like unpopular decision, but if, as rumoured, that it may be with the consent of quite a few of the players, then it could be the correct one.
Agreed, My issue is wider than that and is more to do with the running of the club and the "Bumpy Ride".
I generally dont think Roland has a clue how to run a successful football club and worry we will see a succession of yes men who will not be the right fit.
Its what leaks out in the coming days from the playing staff that will be interesting, was it as bad as rumoured, did they lose faith, who went directly to Roland and Katrien
Agree with you entirely, KLAddick. There is a litany of imposed failures: Thuram, Koc, Nego, Polish Pete, Reza, et al. Seriously good managers refuse to be mere coaches, their players bought and sold by the club owner. Duchatelet is aged 77.
One does have to give RD some credit for recognising his mistakes (Kermit, not listening to SCP on quality of players req, and now the appt of Bob), and then doing something to try and improve the situation.
Did he?! He certainly hasn't acknowledged any of those mistakes, he replaced Riga and now peeters so he clearly hasn't recognised the fault is in the inadequate playing squad more than any coach, and we have still seen several network misfits signed this season who have on the whole not been of a suitable standard -
bulot, tucudean- not good enough Buyens- mediocre and no improvement on previous / existing Keeper / watt - unknown Ben haim - satisfactory
Can anyone explain who actually does the sacking? Is it Roland, or Katrien as she ust surely have a say? As far as I am aware RD does not appear at The Valley very often whereas Katrien is 'in residence' an appears at ost home matches - I even got a smile from her on Saturday - well it was before the kick off! Unfortunately Bob has gone (to my regret personally) but he is hardly responsible for Chris Solly's screamer hitting the bar or some of the abysmal finishing and rubbish refereeing decisions (two of which resulted in Brighton's goal, which in itself was pathetic) Life goes on.
Bear with me. I use to be married to John's wife's cousin, we use to visit them when they lived in a tiny terrace house in Plumstead, I know how much John loves Charlton, consequently, this statement, for me at least, is very worrying.
Oh perleeeese. You either support Charlton or you don't. Managers,owners, and players come and go. Supporters are for life. Whoever gets the gig I will support the shirt.
This "bumpy ride" that has now become the stuff of legends is starting to piss me off now... Because normally a bumpy ride can be tolerated as reaching your destination makes it worthwhile. Right now though none of us know where Roland is driving us to....
Bear with me. I use to be married to John's wife's cousin, we use to visit them when they lived in a tiny terrace house in Plumstead, I know how much John loves Charlton, consequently, this statement, for me at least, is very worrying.
Oh perleeeese. You either support Charlton or you don't. Managers,owners, and players come and go. Supporters are for life. Whoever gets the gig I will support the shirt.
I'm not doubting that John would stop supporting Charlton but he would definitely have more of an insight into the workings of the club, more than most of us anyway. He will always be a supporter.
obviously didn't bother him when the last owners were legging over small businesses left right and centre, dismissing long respected staff members/management.
RD is narrowly focussed on all things rational and mathematical. He doesn't understand football other than to realise it's a crazy business model. He is right in so many respects but for his ideas to flourish he needs the other owners around him to adopt the sme economic policies. I think that is what he expected would happen but FFP has blown his plan out of the windows and he is currently up the proverbial. He doesn't understand football, and he shows few, if any, signs of a willingness to listen and learn. That is not his personality but it is, sadly, our problem.
Well hope those who moan and groan are happy now! Thanks Bob for all you hage done.
Seriously, what has he done that will be remembered in a years time?
He kept us up in a season that really could have been a huge struggle for us.
The club was a shambles last summer, he came in and has managed to accumulate enough points to put us in a strong position for survival.
So I thank you Big Bob, and good luck in the future.
What?
Based on what I have seen in the last 4 or 5 home games, if BP had stayed we would be looking at league 1 football next year. We might still be, depending on who comes in.
I wish BP well as an individual but to seriously say his reign here as a manager is anything people will look back on in years to come as anything special surprises me.
Bear with me. I use to be married to John's wife's cousin, we use to visit them when they lived in a tiny terrace house in Plumstead, I know how much John loves Charlton, consequently, this statement, for me at least, is very worrying.
Oh perleeeese. You either support Charlton or you don't. Managers,owners, and players come and go. Supporters are for life. Whoever gets the gig I will support the shirt.
I would say that canceling sponsorship and therefore denying funds to someone who clearly doesn't have the clubs's interests at heart IS an act of support. Certainly more so than just turning up every week and blindly clapping whichever network rejects happen to be wearing the shirt this weekend.
Yep. Denying the clubyou love money? Will certainly help.
I Just tore my season ticket up, how about that for moving on. On a lighter note i have a bronze bust of Peeters i would like to donate to the museum , do you want it Henners as its taking up to much room in doors.
The disappointing thing here is not the loss of Bob but the fact that RD clearly thinks a far better job is achievable with what he has already provided. It hints at his delusion of what constitutes a competitive championship squad. Hopefully he'll prove me wrong over the next 18 days and bring in some desperately needed bodies, but I'm getting a bit worried that this is us now until next summer...
The thought of playing Scunthorpe and Crawley fills me with a mixture of dread and boredom
The disappointing thing here is not the loss of Bob but the fact that RD clearly thinks a far better job is achievable with what he has already provided. It hints at his delusion of what constitutes a competitive championship squad. Hopefully he'll prove me wrong over the next 18 days and bring in some desperately needed bodies, but I'm getting a bit worried that this is us now until next summer...
The thought of playing Scunthorpe and Crawley fills me with a mixture of dread and boredom
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What is the recognisable CAFC? A club that scrapes around for money, enjoys an early cup exit and just when it feels like a good season could happen, Christmas comes and we turn to crap?
Roland could sell up but we cant do a Chelsea or Manchester City now and get a rich Russian in charge because if we try spending big then we'll be fined like hell... Of course with Manchester City, had their rich owners waited a few years wouldnt have been allowed to have built such a strong team on this ruling, them and PSG just managed to jump into the big spenders at the last minute
I generally dont think Roland has a clue how to run a successful football club and worry we will see a succession of yes men who will not be the right fit.
Did he?! He certainly hasn't acknowledged any of those mistakes, he replaced Riga and now peeters so he clearly hasn't recognised the fault is in the inadequate playing squad more than any coach, and we have still seen several network misfits signed this season who have on the whole not been of a suitable standard -
bulot, tucudean- not good enough
Buyens- mediocre and no improvement on previous / existing
Keeper / watt - unknown
Ben haim - satisfactory
As far as I am aware RD does not appear at The Valley very often whereas Katrien is 'in residence' an appears at ost home matches - I even got a smile from her on Saturday - well it was before the kick off!
Unfortunately Bob has gone (to my regret personally) but he is hardly responsible for Chris Solly's screamer hitting the bar or some of the abysmal finishing and rubbish refereeing decisions (two of which resulted in Brighton's goal, which in itself was pathetic) Life goes on.
Stop your Peeters love in and man up FFS
Based on what I have seen in the last 4 or 5 home games, if BP had stayed we would be looking at league 1 football next year. We might still be, depending on who comes in.
I wish BP well as an individual but to seriously say his reign here as a manager is anything people will look back on in years to come as anything special surprises me.
On a lighter note i have a bronze bust of Peeters i would like to donate to the museum , do you want it Henners as its taking up to much room in doors.
The thought of playing Scunthorpe and Crawley fills me with a mixture of dread and boredom