Wonder how KR will spin that one. Had nothing all game. Their second was well taken but how did they not get a single tackle in? Most of them looked completely uninterested.
I fear they probably are - just like we are.
Foley's contract is up at Xmas, Teixeira is waiting to be sold, Lookman (and Konsa?) can't wait to get to Everton, Botaka and Ulverstad are wondering how long before they can get back to Leeds and Burnley respectively. And Ajose probably dreaming of those happy days he had at Swindon last year.
What a mess.
Still, no doubt KR will be able to put a positive spin on it.
Managed to get Player up & running by kick off so listened to the whole match......I feel ten times worse now !
What sticks in my mind were the comments by Terry & his co-presenter which I usually miss being at the match in person.
The fact that we kept giving the ball away, playing it too far in front of the receiver or sometimes, too far behind ; the lack of any attacking midfielders supporting the strikers when the ball is in the box ; and the inability to hit the target when we DID manage to get on top for a few minutes at the start of the second half.
So, the questions remain.....is KR the man to take us onwards & upwards , even if it's only in L1 or is the make up of the squad so poor/uneven that Mourinho would struggle to turn things around ?
With no goals scored in 3 of the last 4 games, is it JUST the midfield that needs an overhaul /
And finally, will RD/KM give the gaffer ample funds to replace a shed load of the current bunch ?
Anyone able to answer in the affirmative to all of the above gets a kiss from Fanny at Millwall with the addition of a humbug and a few germs.
At present we don't have the consistency levels to launch a play off challenge but looking at performances in the games leading up we have too much to get involved in a relegation dog fight.
My bet about wearing Islamic clothing like a burka and posting a photo on Charlton Life still stands.
We have to face it we are just a league one mid table mediocre team
You honestly think we will end up mid table with these dire performances
We are prone to these dire performances but we have shown a few decent ones as well. We will have quite a few of each between now and the of the season. But we certainly won't go down. I will wear a burka and post it on Charlton Life if we do.
9 shots on target, over the course of (nearly) 4 games under Robinson. One goal scored.
10 shots on target, in 3 games under Nugent. 8 goals scored.
Go figure.
Nugent was a striker wasn't he! If I remember rightly he was, Robinson?
Striker in non league Robinson was born in Liverpool, Merseyside.He played for Caernarfon Town, Bamber Bridge, Marine, Oswestry Town, Rhyl, Kidsgrove Athletic, Prescot Cables, St Helens Town, Alsager Town and Warrington Town and later in his career played as a midfielder.
Plenty of old chat before the game, the team he picked unable to back it up and no sympathy for him whatsoever after dropping Chicksen. I said it would be a joke and we were.
We have to face it we are just a league one mid table mediocre team
You honestly think we will end up mid table with these dire performances
We'll pick up enough wins to stay up with ease but not enough to mount a serious challenge for the play-offs. And Meire will spin that as a good season of consolidation before the 2017-18 push for promotion blah blah ...
So many poor performances today. We cannot get in the play offs with that team. I expect promotion at the minimum from our owners after what they have put us through.
Can't see that happening bar 5/6 really good players coming in, which won't happen, so probably another tick in that failure column that RD famously doesn't do
Not picking him out as everyone was poor today yet Lookman is barely worth £1m!!
A Premier League side tracking him at the moment is EVERYTHING wrong with Football... Oh look an 18-year old can play First-Team football lets sign him... If a Premier League side sign him yet dont loan him back for the season then they're bloody bonkers; he'd be another version of Joe Pigott against Millwall if he left us in January and went straight into a Premier League side, they'll murder him!!
Not picking him out as everyone was poor today yet Lookman is barely worth £1m!!
A Premier League side tracking him at the moment is EVERYTHING wrong with Football... Oh look an 18-year old can play First-Team football lets sign him... If a Premier League side sign him yet dont loan him back for the season then they're bloody bonkers; he'd be another version of Joe Pigott against Millwall if he left us in January and went straight into a Premier League side, they'll murder him!!
If a club is going to buy Lookman then it won't be based on any one game, he'll have been scouted for weeks/months. And a major factor of them buying him will be his potential. Let's not forget he always seems to do well when he's away with his national team age group and he's only just turned 19. No one is saying he's the finished article, far from it.
Not picking him out as everyone was poor today yet Lookman is barely worth £1m!!
A Premier League side tracking him at the moment is EVERYTHING wrong with Football... Oh look an 18-year old can play First-Team football lets sign him... If a Premier League side sign him yet dont loan him back for the season then they're bloody bonkers; he'd be another version of Joe Pigott against Millwall if he left us in January and went straight into a Premier League side, they'll murder him!!
If a club is going to buy Lookman then it won't be based on any one game, he'll have been scouted for weeks/months. And a major factor of them buying him will be his potential. Let's not forget he always seems to do well when he's away with his national team age group and he's only just turned 19. No one is saying he's the finished article, far from it.
Then leave him with us... Leave him where he can get the experience of playing against seasoned professionals every week (isn't that why the Academy teams joined the JPT?)
Instead he'll be signed by a Premier League side; thrown back into the U23s because he isn't ready yet will score constantly because he'll be better than the kids around him (hence why he plays for England U19s), he might then get a run out every so often in a Cup or League match which isnt massively important and then next season will be potentially loaned out to a Championship side.
At the moment I see him treading almost the exact same path as Jonjo Shelvey when he left us
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Foley's contract is up at Xmas, Teixeira is waiting to be sold, Lookman (and Konsa?) can't wait to get to Everton, Botaka and Ulverstad are wondering how long before they can get back to Leeds and Burnley respectively. And Ajose probably dreaming of those happy days he had at Swindon last year.
What a mess.
Still, no doubt KR will be able to put a positive spin on it.
What sticks in my mind were the comments by Terry & his co-presenter which I usually miss being at the match in person.
The fact that we kept giving the ball away, playing it too far in front of the receiver or sometimes, too far behind ; the lack of any attacking midfielders supporting the strikers when the ball is in the box ; and the inability to hit the target when we DID manage to get on top for a few minutes at the start of the second half.
So, the questions remain.....is KR the man to take us onwards & upwards , even if it's only in L1 or is the make up of the squad so poor/uneven that Mourinho would struggle to turn things around ?
With no goals scored in 3 of the last 4 games, is it JUST the midfield that needs an overhaul /
And finally, will RD/KM give the gaffer ample funds to replace a shed load of the current bunch ?
Anyone able to answer in the affirmative to all of the above gets a kiss from Fanny at Millwall with the addition of a humbug and a few germs.
( Thanks for the good wishes, guys )
My bet about wearing Islamic clothing like a burka and posting a photo on Charlton Life still stands.
Plenty of old chat before the game, the team he picked unable to back it up and no sympathy for him whatsoever after dropping Chicksen. I said it would be a joke and we were.
Can't see that happening bar 5/6 really good players coming in, which won't happen, so probably another tick in that failure column that RD famously doesn't do
A Premier League side tracking him at the moment is EVERYTHING wrong with Football... Oh look an 18-year old can play First-Team football lets sign him... If a Premier League side sign him yet dont loan him back for the season then they're bloody bonkers; he'd be another version of Joe Pigott against Millwall if he left us in January and went straight into a Premier League side, they'll murder him!!
Glad I didn't waste my money on that pile of ... it's going to be a long winter. Mid table mediocrity 50% Into the abyss 50%
Instead he'll be signed by a Premier League side; thrown back into the U23s because he isn't ready yet will score constantly because he'll be better than the kids around him (hence why he plays for England U19s), he might then get a run out every so often in a Cup or League match which isnt massively important and then next season will be potentially loaned out to a Championship side.
At the moment I see him treading almost the exact same path as Jonjo Shelvey when he left us