Karel Fraeye and Hendo were due to attend. For obvious reasons, Karel was no longer attending and Hendo is now unable to attend. The club tried to find a replacement (I was tasked with this alongside our Player Liaison Officer) but others, understandably, aren't exactly queing up to take his place. Jon Fortune attended the U21 fixture this afternoon and he was asked by the club if he would be up for it. Thankfully, he agreed! That's the long and the short of it folks.
I'd still like an evening with KF. We never got his thoughts post H'field. I need closure on his time here. Be like a missing piece of an ancient religious script people are searching for for years to come
We still haven't got the full thoughts of Luzon! he still lives in the UK?
I don't blame him or any of the players for not wanting to come either. Now is not the time to be sending them out and firing questions at them, most of which they won't be able to answer, when their confidence is shot.
I completely agree with this.
There seems to be a block on Twitter too - I've hardly seen anything of the players.
It is for the best - they need to get their heads down and get some results. This isn't the time for "peacocking" about their amazing lifestyles and celebrity friends. This is a time to knuckle down and sort their shit out. The fans forum would be an absolute disaster
Karel Fraeye and Hendo were due to attend. For obvious reasons, Karel was no longer attending and Hendo is now unable to attend. The club tried to find a replacement (I was tasked with this alongside our Player Liaison Officer) but others, understandably, aren't exactly queing up to take his place. Jon Fortune attended the U21 fixture this afternoon and he was asked by the club if he would be up for it. Thankfully, he agreed! That's the long and the short of it folks.
I'd still like an evening with KF. We never got his thoughts post H'field. I need closure on his time here. Be like a missing piece of an ancient religious script people are searching for for years to come
We still haven't got the full thoughts of Luzon! he still lives in the UK?
Guy and his wife, came across as a really nice couple.
Could Mrs Luzon answer the questions thou as most of us struggled to understand what he was on about. I include the players in that remark !
I don't blame him or any of the players for not wanting to come either. Now is not the time to be sending them out and firing questions at them, most of which they won't be able to answer, when their confidence is shot.
I completely agree with this.
There seems to be a block on Twitter too - I've hardly seen anything of the players.
It is for the best - they need to get their heads down and get some results. This isn't the time for "peacocking" about their amazing lifestyles and celebrity friends. This is a time to knuckle down and sort their shit out. The fans forum would be an absolute disaster
Agreed. Similarly, tweets about how the players are upset and hurting, and will resolve to put things right next game get a bit repetitive after a while...
At the moment I think its a good idea that the manager and players dont have anything to take their focus off trying to get us out of the dog turd we are currently stood in.
I'd personally prefer Riga and the players to concentrate on training, preparing for games and the relegation battle rather than Twitter and supporters' branch meetings.
When RM talked/ wrote about communication a couple of weeks ago I am sure he didn't mean the Left Back's thoughts on proceedings and I only hope that's not what Spell It Out meant either.
I'd personally prefer Riga and the players to concentrate on training, preparing for games and the relegation battle rather than Twitter and supporters' branch meetings.
When RM talked/ wrote about communication a couple of weeks ago I am sure he didn't mean the Left Back's thoughts on proceedings and I only hope that's not what Spell It Out meant either.
I don't disagree with the need to concentrate on the relegation battle but it's not as though the players are going to be on lock down is it? It's not as though we are taking players out of training or asking them to miss games to attend these events is it?
I don't have a problem with the player not fancying it, under the circumstances, all be it that I doubt his stock could, or ever will be, as high with the Charlton fans as it is right now. I was going to go just because it was Henderson coming, and not to give him a tough time.
It wasn't helpful that it was cancelled four days before the event, specially when it was, actually, booked last year.
There is something more sinister that has pi$$ed me off but, without breaking confidences, I can't disclose it, but needless to say I'm not very impressed, although that's nothing new with how the club is run recently!
I'd personally prefer Riga and the players to concentrate on training, preparing for games and the relegation battle rather than Twitter and supporters' branch meetings.
When RM talked/ wrote about communication a couple of weeks ago I am sure he didn't mean the Left Back's thoughts on proceedings and I only hope that's not what Spell It Out meant either.
I don't disagree with the need to concentrate on the relegation battle but it's not as though the players are going to be on lock down is it? It's not as though we are taking players out of training or asking them to miss games to attend these events is it?
I don't have a problem with the player not fancying it, under the circumstances, all be it that I doubt his stock could, or ever will be, as high with the Charlton fans as it is right now. I was going to go just because it was Henderson coming, and not to give him a tough time.
It wasn't helpful that it was cancelled four days before the event, specially when it was, actually, booked last year. There is something more sinister that has pi$$ed me off but, without breaking confidences, I can't disclose it, but needless to say I'm not very impressed, although that's nothing new with how the club is run recently!
I'd personally prefer Riga and the players to concentrate on training, preparing for games and the relegation battle rather than Twitter and supporters' branch meetings.
When RM talked/ wrote about communication a couple of weeks ago I am sure he didn't mean the Left Back's thoughts on proceedings and I only hope that's not what Spell It Out meant either.
I don't disagree with the need to concentrate on the relegation battle but it's not as though the players are going to be on lock down is it? It's not as though we are taking players out of training or asking them to miss games to attend these events is it?
I don't have a problem with the player not fancying it, under the circumstances, all be it that I doubt his stock could, or ever will be, as high with the Charlton fans as it is right now. I was going to go just because it was Henderson coming, and not to give him a tough time.
It wasn't helpful that it was cancelled four days before the event, specially when it was, actually, booked last year.
There is something more sinister that has pi$$ed me off but, without breaking confidences, I can't disclose it, but needless to say I'm not very impressed, although that's nothing new with how the club is run recently!
Come on, @kingshilladdick, that's a Sue Parkes-like tease. Give us a clue ...
POTY might be an opportunity for boycott, given that the club seems to have wrested control from Jean and Iain.
Struggling to pick out one player who deserves this award....Hendo probably just for talking to the press after Hudds game.
Ceballos for that corner!
Sunshine through the tears.
Ceballos must be the one player who's pleased that we're playing so shite as all the talk becomes about the results with the fans forgetting the corner now
In all honesty, any player who turns up is going to be in the spotlight and will get difficult questions shoved their way which they really will not be in any position to answer. We can't give them a conflict of interest here - just not fair.
Need to let Riga get on with fixing the team problems without us creating any more for him.
Looks like Riga has curtailed use of Twitter, may also have shut down player press talks.
I think this is a good idea. The players have to spend some time working out how to play with each other, for the club and win some games.
Their job is playing football and when they have shown they can do that, they may be allowed to become social media stars but surely loving your own social media profile comes second, especially now?
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There seems to be a block on Twitter too - I've hardly seen anything of the players.
It is for the best - they need to get their heads down and get some results. This isn't the time for "peacocking" about their amazing lifestyles and celebrity friends. This is a time to knuckle down and sort their shit out. The fans forum would be an absolute disaster
Could Mrs Luzon answer the questions thou as most of us struggled to understand what he was on about. I include the players in that remark !
When RM talked/ wrote about communication a couple of weeks ago I am sure he didn't mean the Left Back's thoughts on proceedings and I only hope that's not what Spell It Out meant either.
I don't have a problem with the player not fancying it, under the circumstances, all be it that I doubt his stock could, or ever will be, as high with the Charlton fans as it is right now. I was going to go just because it was Henderson coming, and not to give him a tough time.
It wasn't helpful that it was cancelled four days before the event, specially when it was, actually, booked last year.
There is something more sinister that has pi$$ed me off but, without breaking confidences, I can't disclose it, but needless to say I'm not very impressed, although that's nothing new with how the club is run recently!
Sunshine through the tears.
Need to let Riga get on with fixing the team problems without us creating any more for him.
It wasn't my intention to mislead anyone and I was, genuinely, angry about it but now it has been explained to me I am no longer angry.
Sorry!
I think this is a good idea. The players have to spend some time working out how to play with each other, for the club and win some games.
Their job is playing football and when they have shown they can do that, they may be allowed to become social media stars but surely loving your own social media profile comes second, especially now?