If the players are worried about their futures, why aren't they performing to a level that might get them noticed by other clubs? Or at least by any potential future manager/owner.
I think he wants the sack and paid out because he knows when the takeover happens he will be let go so why not do all you can to get paid out sooner.
Especially if the Oxford rumours are correct (which I seriously doubt BTW). Double bubble!
No chance that Robinson is going to Oxford.
They have not had a manager for six weeks and it was an easy story to link him to Oxford(as well as Barnsley) given the problems here and his fragile position.
Quite rightly, Robinson will stay until he's booted out. Why walk out on a substantial pay off? Not many of us would if in his shoes.
If prospective purchasers are waiting on duche deciding when to sell (when we know the division) then why is their no evidence of them being around the club? By this i mean, watching games, analysing the first team etc.
Don’t panic. The information must have come from Murray, so probably means nothing. It might have just been an aside which Karl has latched on to (successfully) deflect attention away from a poor performance.
Ok I’m clutching at straws here.
Anyway, the good news is there are plenty of July and August dates available in the prediction thread.
If prospective purchasers are waiting on duche deciding when to sell (when we know the division) then why is their no evidence of them being around the club? By this i mean, watching games, analysing the first team etc.
There are any number of scouts at games. You wouldn't know who they are or who they represent.
Don’t panic. The information must have come from Murray, so probably means nothing. It might have just been an aside which Karl has latched on to (successfully) deflect attention away from a poor performance.
Ok I’m clutching at straws here.
Anyway, the good news is there are plenty of July and August dates available in the prediction thread.
Statement from Murray required now.
He’ll only say what he thinks the fans want to hear. He’s just another cog in the bullshit brigade.
Don’t panic. The information must have come from Murray, so probably means nothing. It might have just been an aside which Karl has latched on to (successfully) deflect attention away from a poor performance.
Ok I’m clutching at straws here.
Anyway, the good news is there are plenty of July and August dates available in the prediction thread.
Statement from Murray required now.
He’ll only say what he thinks the fans want to hear. He’s just another cog in the bullshit brigade.
This this this
Nothing he says holds weight or value it’s exactly what West ham done the other week
Pacify and make people feel like they are achieving something by getting information from them
Fooling some of the people some of the time but In the end you can’t fool all of the people all of the time
Quite an amazing statement, and at the same time thoroughly depressing. We just have to find a way to up the ante. I think the ROT party is a great idea. I also think we need more protests here and in Belgium (he's had it too bloody easy this season), and how anyone can contemplate buying a season ticket is just beyond me. Not a penny more!
All the time Roland remains you could dress a pig in a Macron jacket and stick it in the technical area and it would do as good a managerial job as anyone else we could get. Managers don't get to manage under Roland.
The only thing Robinson COULD do is drop his shitty system. He won't though and, understandably from his perspective, is just hanging on for his pay off. The situation is win win for him. He's taken over a 'basket case' and competed for a while before it all went belly up. The wider game of football will judge him kindly and he should be employed again after us.
Won’t make any difference what formation we play. The players have lost all desire, and probably all self belief, it seems.
Robinson might be a poor manager, but he seems to be the only one at the club who gives a shit at the moment. Murray wants his money back, so is keeping quiet at a time when we need an interim leader. Who else is there who could give the club and supporters something positive to hang on to? We don’t even know whether to protest any more.
As you said, football will remember how we did well before injuries and sale talk ‘derailed out season’. But we never had the depth of squad to survive all but the most minor of blips. And Robinson didn’t have the flexibility to adapt to changing situations.
If the players are worried about their futures, why aren't they performing to a level that might get them noticed by other clubs? Or at least by any potential future manager/owner.
Because they have an excuse. ‘Club in turmoil, crap manager, just need a fresh start with a “proper” club.’
I feel for the people that come and watch us. When you’ve got family and kids and not knowing what’s happening in the summer – it can put you in a predicament.”
Karl, mate ... they aren’t upset ,annoyed and tired of takeover not sticking to a timeframe - they’re pissed off with the constant crap you and your team serve up on Tuesdays and Saturdays ... they’re pissed off at the drivel you pump out in interviews too!
I have no idea why this clown keeps banging on about the takeover taking time and dragging on ... because currently it’s the endless timeframe that’s keeping him employed!
To me that quote reads as Karl angling for an exit due to uncertainty - he’ll walk that’s why the oxford odds are tumbling - isn’t he often seen in a pub in MK? He obv hasn’t moved so commuting to oxford won’t be a problem to him
Don’t panic. The information must have come from Murray, so probably means nothing. It might have just been an aside which Karl has latched on to (successfully) deflect attention away from a poor performance.
Ok I’m clutching at straws here.
Anyway, the good news is there are plenty of July and August dates available in the prediction thread.
Statement from Murray required now.
He’ll only say what he thinks the fans want to hear. He’s just another cog in the bullshit brigade.
This this this
Nothing he says holds weight or value it’s exactly what West ham done the other week
Pacify and make people feel like they are achieving something by getting information from them
Fooling some of the people some of the time but In the end you can’t fool all of the people all of the time
How exactly is it in Murray's interest to have put himself in a position where the manager is publicly undermining him though? And let's face it the overwhelming likelihood is that Robinson is simply regurgitating a version of what Murray is telling him.
The key dynamic is the one that repeatedly left Meire publicly supporting managers just before they were sacked. The old bastard in Belgium is mad as a box of frogs and no one can keep up with him - including the club's own lawyers. It's like Trump's West Wing.
Think we should start protesting again , so the lame fans and Robinson have a fresh excuse to blame our wank form on . You know when we sing “we want Roland out” and we should be backing them , it’s all the protesting fans fault that we are a pissy joke of a club
yes we are c!oser than ever before to be sold by RD but I stand by the fact that we are not going to see it before it's mathematically certain what league we will be in and it's RD dictating that not the buyer
The good news is, just one more defeat and we'll be sold by Sunday.
Says it all! Robinson backed RD& KM to the hills and then moaned when they inevitably screwed him over... he’s done the same with Murray who now seems to have been economical with the truth!
What next, Lorraine on reception hasn’t been forwarding his calls?
If there is indeed anyone left on reception now!
True story - when I rang the club last season the main reception desk phone was answered by a junior security steward who said he had been asked to man the phones - I doubt things have improved. The above was when Meire was CEO of the club of course...........
If prospective purchasers are waiting on duche deciding when to sell (when we know the division) then why is their no evidence of them being around the club? By this i mean, watching games, analysing the first team etc.
There are any number of scouts at games. You wouldn't know who they are or who they represent.
That's true. But take last night as a poor example. (500 hundred plus round trip - so if they were going to miss a game it would be that one). However with a takeover close I would have expected at least one or two of them to be on the Charlton guest list. The only names on the list were the Parkes.
By the time new owners take over we will have a potential scenario that would look like this-: No CEO, No CFO, No manager (think his time is done), players looking to leave asap, dwindling support, a team stuck in League 1. Is this part of RD's plan to completely knacker the club before getting rid, some kind of weird payback plan? We can only hope that whoever the new owners are they wont allow RD to destroy their purchase, otherwise we are screwed!!
If the players are worried about their futures, why aren't they performing to a level that might get them noticed by other clubs? Or at least by any potential future manager/owner.
Human nature because there is no end date. If the takeover was definitely thought to be next week then we'd see an improvement in player performance. A sort of new regime bounce.
Whether Robinson is correct (and that's a big "if" with pretty much everything this bloke says) what strikes me as interesting is that he is comfortable publicly contradicting his boss.
In normal circumstances that move would be outrageous but is indicative to the absolute lack of leadership, and respect, at this football club both on and off the pitch. Robinson is both a victim and a perpetrator of this situation.
yes we are c!oser than ever before to be sold by RD but I stand by the fact that we are not going to see it before it's mathematically certain what league we will be in and it's RD dictating that not the buyer
I agree 100% with this. If there’s any chance Norbert Colon Duchâtelet can squeeze any more cash out of CAFC, then that’s what he’ll try to do. Whether he’s being realistic or not in banking on a promotion charge at this point is another matter.
It’s almost as if Robinson and the team are trying to extinguish this possibility
I'm not quite sure why Robbo is being dug out for what he's saying regarding the "take-over", it just looks to me as though he's answering what he's been asked with what he's been fed be it bullshit or not, it don't read to me like he's claiming to be completely ITK when it comes to the "take-over", unlike some on here, who don't seem to get the same shit as he does for not getting things on-point with their updates. And all said and done, it ain't his job to update us on "take-over" news, it's his job to manage the team and talk about what goes on on the pitch. If you think he's a shit manager, then fair enough, but, despite the last couple of weeks, I still don't think he's done bad considering the cards he's been dealt while he's been in the job.
Quite an amazing statement, and at the same time thoroughly depressing. We just have to find a way to up the ante. I think the ROT party is a great idea. I also think we need more protests here and in Belgium (he's had it too bloody easy this season), and how anyone can contemplate buying a season ticket is just beyond me. Not a penny more!
All the time Roland remains you could dress a pig in a Macron jacket and stick it in the technical area and it would do as good a managerial job as anyone else we could get. Managers don't get to manage under Roland.
The only thing Robinson COULD do is drop his shitty system. He won't though and, understandably from his perspective, is just hanging on for his pay off. The situation is win win for him. He's taken over a 'basket case' and competed for a while before it all went belly up. The wider game of football will judge him kindly and he should be employed again after us.
Won’t make any difference what formation we play. The players have lost all desire, and probably all self belief, it seems.
Robinson might be a poor manager, but he seems to be the only one at the club who gives a shit at the moment. Murray wants his money back, so is keeping quiet at a time when we need an interim leader. Who else is there who could give the club and supporters something positive to hang on to? We don’t even know whether to protest any more.
As you said, football will remember how we did well before injuries and sale talk ‘derailed out season’. But we never had the depth of squad to survive all but the most minor of blips. And Robinson didn’t have the flexibility to adapt to changing situations.
Are you related to KR? Even now you're happy to trot out the same tired excuses.
The club has been in dire straits before and as I'm sure you are aware we're playing in L1 where most teams have issues and limited resources.
He's failed - not much else to say. If Karl was being honest he'd have to admit that.
If the players are worried about their futures, why aren't they performing to a level that might get them noticed by other clubs? Or at least by any potential future manager/owner.
Because their agents will have sorted their future with another club and they will be ensuring they don't get injured - is what Robinson is really saying
As things stand, his rumours have proved to be as substantiated as anyone's. Edit: with the exception of NLA, who I seem to remember has been sceptical of an 'imminent' takeover from the beginning.
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They have not had a manager for six weeks and it was an easy story to link him to Oxford(as well as Barnsley) given the problems here and his fragile position.
Quite rightly, Robinson will stay until he's booted out. Why walk out on a substantial pay off? Not many of us would if in his shoes.
Ok I’m clutching at straws here.
Anyway, the good news is there are plenty of July and August dates available in the prediction thread.
Statement from Murray required now.
Nothing he says holds weight or value it’s exactly what West ham done the other week
Pacify and make people feel like they are achieving something by getting information from them
Fooling some of the people some of the time but In the end you can’t fool all of the people all of the time
Robinson might be a poor manager, but he seems to be the only one at the club who gives a shit at the moment.
Murray wants his money back, so is keeping quiet at a time when we need an interim leader.
Who else is there who could give the club and supporters something positive to hang on to?
We don’t even know whether to protest any more.
As you said, football will remember how we did well before injuries and sale talk ‘derailed out season’. But we never had the depth of squad to survive all but the most minor of blips. And Robinson didn’t have the flexibility to adapt to changing situations.
The key dynamic is the one that repeatedly left Meire publicly supporting managers just before they were sacked. The old bastard in Belgium is mad as a box of frogs and no one can keep up with him - including the club's own lawyers. It's like Trump's West Wing.
You know when we sing “we want Roland out” and we should be backing them , it’s all the protesting fans fault that we are a pissy joke of a club
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/league-one/table
True story - when I rang the club last season the main reception desk phone was answered by a junior security steward who said he had been asked to man the phones - I doubt things have improved.
The above was when Meire was CEO of the club of course...........
"Why do you say we are a badly run club?"
No CEO, No CFO, No manager (think his time is done), players looking to leave asap, dwindling support, a team stuck in League 1. Is this part of RD's plan to completely knacker the club before getting rid, some kind of weird payback plan? We can only hope that whoever the new owners are they wont allow RD to destroy their purchase, otherwise we are screwed!!
In normal circumstances that move would be outrageous but is indicative to the absolute lack of leadership, and respect, at this football club both on and off the pitch. Robinson is both a victim and a perpetrator of this situation.
It’s almost as if Robinson and the team are trying to extinguish this possibility
The club has been in dire straits before and as I'm sure you are aware we're playing in L1 where most teams have issues and limited resources.
He's failed - not much else to say. If Karl was being honest he'd have to admit that.
Edit: with the exception of NLA, who I seem to remember has been sceptical of an 'imminent' takeover from the beginning.