Sorry to sart another thread but need to express my feelings in a way that wont get lost among the numerous threads and posts. That may not mean much to anyone else but will make me feel better. The negativity surrounding this site about Roland/the network i feel is more damaging thann anything the owner is doing!
Fans bemoaning Katriens comment are so 'precious' its untrue. Please grow some balls
Fans bemoaning the Roland way of doing things should remember some of the dark times we've endured. This is hardly the same
Fans bemoaning the influx of 'jonny foreigners' are bordering on xenaphobic
Fans blathering on about "ripping the heart out of our club"...... really are starting to sound like the scousers!
Fans that seem to have an agenda against the owner quote only the negative whilst ignoring the positive
I could go on but to be honest i find it draining and can only think all this negativity is poisoning the atmosphere on here and at the Valley.
Since the takeover we had an upturn in form that saved us from what seemed a very likely relegation. We then in the summer strengthened the squad with some quality like TBH. Bikey, Igor, Hendo and JBG and consequently started thhe season well. The football was different, players happy to take possession and look for a pass, cool and composed at the back and had a threat in Igor up front.
Then as winter approached results started to go a bit wonky and we have slide down the table. The cause could be one or more of many things but im pretty damn sure its not anything RD is doing. Pro foootballers are rarely fazed by things going on in the boardroom but it is unversally accepted that confidence is key! Their confidence is very low, epitomised by our failure to hold the lead yesterday and those 2 points would have lifted us back into the top half of the table. Negaivity and lack of support WILL NOT help the situation!!!
We need to bring in a couple of players before deadline, ideally including a big man upfront ( as i feel much of or forward momentum is lost when we dont have the option of lumping it into the box).
I exepct this will fall on deaf ears but if those complaining could direct their energies into supporting and lifting the atmosphere, the team could find a win andbreak this awful run then things may eem a little brighter.
I may be in the minority but i am pleased to have a wealthy owner after years of being on the proverbial breadline and am happy to allow him to try and make his way of doing things work and judge him at the end. We are nowhere near that point yet and are simply a work in progress
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The majority, however, have had enough. Give it a few weeks and when the minority are scattered around the Valley watching yet another piss poor performance, from a load of players who can't be arsed to be there....they can do so happy in the knowledge they supported those individuals on the pitch ( I won't refer to them as a team), 100%.
I'm sure GL will appreciate that.
If this doesn't happen, what will you do?
We're being run into the ground and have turned into a joke. Players don't care. Management doesn't care. The only people who care are us fans.
Us fans who have been here longer than any player, manager, owner, director. Us fans who spend our money and our precious time following this club.
So bollocks to 'the negativity surrounded by the site and club is doing more harm than good'
If the morons running it wernt such a shower of shite and made a good decision every once in a while then there wouldn't be any negativity.
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Whether it does or doesn't happen won't bother me too much. My dad can't be bothered to go anymore, my sons have no interest in going and would rather go shopping with their mum than come with me and their grandad, and I've realised that football at my local club (southend) is much better than I thought. So that's where I'll be going until something changes. And if it doesn't, I'll just have to accept that move on, which at the moment, doesn't feel like it will be that hard to do.
The managers are not experienced enough.
The players are not good enough and show no enthusiasm or passion.
The valley is soulless.
Signings don't excite me.
Our few good players have been sold for toffee and most are doing very well for themselves elsewhere.
Our owner has no respect for the club. No understanding of it. No idea of what it means to the fans, no appreciation of the clubs history. No ambition. No vision.
What am I going to miss? Not much.
If fans cant support the club through thin times then......yes
If fans negativity transmits to the players then......yes
Stick behind the lads, get that win and start to turn things around
The problem is players playing for personal reasons, most of them couldn't give a toss if we got relegated - why!? Because they have back up clubs, of which they hold no more love or passion than for us. Loans and network players all included, and our own breeded players aren't happy with it. We're a million miles away from the League One title winning squad, and I'm not talking in quality.
People are worried because the team are playing crap football and there's not even an identity or a connection with the players. When you get those things together people get unsettled. Not quite sure what you think digging out the fans is going to achieve.
But like you say, judge it at the end. You let me know what 'the end' is though. Is 'the end' the end of last season when it became obvious that Network signings weren't the answer for this league? Or is it the end of the first half of the season, where it again became clear that the leftovers in the Network weren't good enough and we'd actually need to spend to get goals and points? Maybe it'll be two years down the line when we're still stubbornly making the same mistakes. Let us know, because I'm genuinely interested what you consider as the end of this project.
Like most seriously wealthy football club owners, Roland's a narcissist. I feel sorry for Katrien who, from what i've heard, is a very hard worker and has just got a horrible boss in Roland the douche Duchatelet.
I feel the same about charlton now as i did when pardew got sacked and replaced by parky. We have a team of players who mostly don't care strongly for the club, and those that do want out. As mentioned earlier, it's toxic, and will only result in relegation.
7-0 would help with the old goal difference.
So any advance on when 'the end' is?