Afternoon folks, well is this the start of a new era or more of the same old same old!!. With no new manager announced as yet Kevin Nugent will take care of team proceedings for today's match. New coach Chris O'Loughlin, one of RD's network guys arrived during the week, did we really need a new coach? The cinic in me says no, I reckon he might well be promoted to 'Head Coach' or even 'interim manager' sometime before Christmas, oh how I really want to be wrong on that, as I see last season happening all over again.
No team news as yet, but we know we are missing Mcgennis and Holmes for certain. I cant see beyond a 1-1 draw, but I alwayd live in hope I'll be proved wrong. So in the meantime COYR's!!!
I'll bring you team news as soon as I can.
NB I think attendance will be circa 5500.
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Addicks owner Roland Duchatelet dismissed Slade on Monday, the seventh firing since he bought the club just under three years ago.
Assistant-boss Nugent, brought in by Slade from Luton Town, is in caretaker charge.
He told the club’s matchday programme: “It has been a difficult week for everyone involved at the club, but our focus over the last few days has very much been on today’s game and making sure we do everything we can to secure all three points.
“It was a shock for all of us to see Russell go on Monday evening, but footballers are very resilient characters, none more so than our group of players. We know they are fully equipped to move forward and concentrate on the task at hand in a professional way.”
Managed to lie in the first sentence.
'The 7th most productive Club in the country at developing players' - #1 at hindering their development by exposing them too early.
They're bragging about pissing millions away on bad players/ones we can't use and then having to rely on kids to play instead.
They'll still playing the line about investing £30m+. They must think we're all brain dead. It's been lumped into the clubs debt.
Isn't this same drivel they always spout.
Let the customers and football world decide whether it was £33m+ well spent ... or should I say borrowed
Note the Slade legacy of 3 centre backs on the bench lives on.
Shouldn't even be on the bench if he's never gonna play. Just wasting a space.
When was the 35th?
Good to see the "we will improve Communications line" in there too, cant be having a statement without that comment...
It's been mooted that Slade lost the dressing room. The best I can hope for is that the "shackles will be off" now that he gone. But frankly, I can't quite see it.
Make sure you behave today chaps!
Secondly, either you are the seventh most productive club in the country (by a consistently applied objective measure) or you're not, no-one has a reputation as the 'seventh most productive club in the country'.
Thirdly, it is shit like this statement that drives a further wedge between supporters and the club. Full of spin, half truths and bullshit.