Me and my mate declined the opportunity to attend shithouse park to watch that match and had a bit of a job getting the (millwall supporting) landlord of our local to have the game on the pub telly, rather than some minor darts tournament. It's fair to say the local wasn't exactly teeming with eager addicks or nigels that afternoon, unlike most Sundays back then when it was brimming with plastic gooners, spurs, chelski, mancs, scouse, delete as applicable. The turgid display was only relieved so far by the steady intake of Guinness through the match, equally diverting was our other tottenham supporting friend's excitement as it looked more and more likely his bet on a draw was going to pay. The alcohol enhanced relief/surprise/joy when Dennis let fly lived long in the memory, highlighted as it was by the torrent of profanity from Sid as his £20 evaporated. Fortunately there were very few bystanders to witness 3 usually quiet and staid regulars comprehensively lose their respective cool, two in transports of delight, the third in regret. Mate & me took our delight to the curry house, Sid drenched his despondency in London Pride. It comes to something when nostalgia is the best part of following Charlton. Roly you really are the worst.
That Thurman error for the Middlesough goal cost the game. Thurman playing at Charlton really set the alarm bells ringing as he was useless in the air. In Belgium, you may be able to get away with a goalkeeper like that as much more football is played on the floor but definitely not in England. It shows the cluelessness of Duchatelet, Meire & all these useless behind the scenes scouts. With Alnwyck being shifted to Orient so Powell couldn't play him. The rot had really set in at the club. It started at the top of the organisation.
The taking down of the advent Thurman Middlesbrough blooper shows that the club want to control the message. They do not want any criticism or admit to specific mistakes. Thurman is a prime example of a poor goalkeeper with a terrible attitude & over inflated sense of their abilities. It does not evidence to me that when Kathrine Meire says that they have learned from mistakes, that they have, when they hurriedly try to clamp down on any illustration of one.
It would be better if they were able to hold their hand up & admit that the Thurman move was a mistake that they had learned from. That would involve Duchatelet admitting that he was wrong or mistaken & this is something that he is clearly incapable of doing.
It does not bode well for upcoming Robinson stint as manager that any key strategies have changed. The next transfer window & the one in the summer will evidence what is really happening under the PR polish applied by the New Pitch agency manager.
If the strategy from the turd at the top is turd then the PR polish applied does not change the fact that what's going on at the club is turd.
The attempt to clamp down on any criticism or refuse to hear it, makes me really sceptical about the new era. IMO the negative interventions of Duchatelet, Meire, Keohone & the rest of the SMT fatally undermines any positive PR that the new Pitch agency Head of Communications tries to apply. That is why Mel Baroni left. Good job it's only a temporary agency position for the new head of communications.
The taking down of the advent Thurman Middlesbrough blooper shows that the club want to control the message. They do not want any criticism or admit to specific mistakes. Thurman is a prime example of a poor goalkeeper with a terrible attitude & over inflated sense of their abilities. It does not evidence to me that when Kathrine Meire says that they have learned from mistakes, that they have, when they hurriedly try to clamp down on any illustration of one.
It would be better if they were able to hold their hand up & admit that the Thurman move was a mistake that they had learned from. That would involve Duchatelet admitting that he was wrong or mistaken & this is something that he is clearly incapable of doing.
It does not bode well for upcoming Robinson stint as manager that any key strategies have changed. The next transfer window & the one in the summer will evidence what is really happening under the PR polish applied by the New Pitch agency manager.
Did I miss this?
Seen Solly and Dennis score but no Thuram.
Busy with work & only had been a third following the Pitch agency manager positive PR Robinson blitz & the CARD advent calendar. I assumed that CARD had put up Thurams blooper for it to be taken down. You mean that a Solly goal got taken down, that's insanity why would the SMT at the club want to do that ?
As gifted as they come, probably the most naturally talented individual i've seen in a Charlton shirt in the last 30 years, sadly equally as troubled, 28 when he quit 43 when he died.
RIP David, I certainly dream of a Whyte Christmas once again.
I bought a 2016 calendar in December of last year....I can't remember where I bought it. It was a monthly sheet type that you can either turn over or tear off.....got to the end of October only to find November and December missing! I was, to say the least, gob-smacked.
I bought a 2016 calendar in December of last year....I can't remember where I bought it. It was a monthly sheet type that you can either turn over or tear off.....got to the end of October only to find November and December missing! I was, to say least, gob-smacked.
Lesson is don't buy a calendar from a guy with a "the end of the world is nigh" sign
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The turgid display was only relieved so far by the steady intake of Guinness through the match, equally diverting was our other tottenham supporting friend's excitement as it looked more and more likely his bet on a draw was going to pay.
The alcohol enhanced relief/surprise/joy when Dennis let fly lived long in the memory, highlighted as it was by the torrent of profanity from Sid as his £20 evaporated. Fortunately there were very few bystanders to witness 3 usually quiet and staid regulars comprehensively lose their respective cool, two in transports of delight, the third in regret. Mate & me took our delight to the curry house, Sid drenched his despondency in London Pride.
It comes to something when nostalgia is the best part of following Charlton.
Roly you really are the worst.
Love that word "pestiferous" !
With Alnwyck being shifted to Orient so Powell couldn't play him. The rot had really set in at the club. It started at the top of the organisation.
Seen Solly and Dennis score but no Thuram.
The attempt to clamp down on any criticism or refuse to hear it, makes me really sceptical about the new era. IMO the negative interventions of Duchatelet, Meire, Keohone & the rest of the SMT fatally undermines any positive PR that the new Pitch agency Head of Communications tries to apply. That is why Mel Baroni left. Good job it's only a temporary agency position for the new head of communications.
R.I.P.
RIP
RIP David, I certainly dream of a Whyte Christmas once again.
RIP David Whyte
It was a monthly sheet type that you can either turn over or tear off.....got to the end of October only to find November and December missing!
I was, to say the least, gob-smacked.