Sausagedog has been told one more Swindon player will be joining.
The obvious ones everyone will talk about are Mckirdy, Reed, Payne and Williams.
However we need an attacking left back and Ellis Iandolo had a good season for them. 7 assists.
And the keeper. Him and Payne could be the easiest/most likely given they're out of contract.
I feel like we're unlikely to change keepers this season. Mac isn't a bad keeper at all, he just goes through a few too many phases. Having a defence in front of him that isn't made out of rice paper and sadness might help this season too, especially having a consistent one. In his first season with us he's had to line up behind a struggling back four in a team that could barely get the ball out of our half and then a back 5 that had wingers at wingback, fullbacks and central midfielders at centre back and a constantly rotating set of personnel. I think we had 8 different players line up at CB in various combinations. Keepers thrive when there's a consistent defence in front of them, he didn't even consistently have defenders in front of him. He also reacted to and improved a deficit in his game with his command of the box which was good to see. We have AMB hopefully ready to challenge, so I think given that no matter what Sandgaard puts in and how much we get in sell on fees there will still be a budget, there's a lot of empty priority positions to fill before we decide to change up a spot where there are two serviceable players. Switching the keeper for one more comfortable with the ball at his feet might be a season two job for Garner, but we'll see.
Nailed on back to Wimbledon with Jacko, they love him there
I doubt it
Don't think he gets on with JJ
That rumour sucks. In a competitive sports environment there are disagreements but I just don't see how two guys like JJ and Jason would've anything other that a good professional working relationship.
I don't feel Jason wants to be number 2 to Jackson again but that's because he is ready to be the boss, decide Tatics and formations. He will get a job somewhere in the national League even if he has to go to National League North or South. Well respected in the England set up along with Chris Powell and amoungs the young coaches I know, many who are black, have only good things to say about Jason when they have met on courses or charity matches.
It's no worse than the suggestion that everyone was best buddies and the whole gang would go to the, well, crazy gang. Pearce, Washington, Euell even seen Gilbey mentioned.
If everyone was best buddies they would probably still all be here.
Gareth Barry said when he was at Man City, players were at each other in training and many a pushing and shoving took place. At Villa it was less intensity and fewer scraps on the training ground.
If your contact has told you different then fine but I still say JJ and Jason would've had a decent working relationship even thou I don't believe they would go drinking together.
Team spirit is a weird concept because it's funny that it's good when you are on a winning run and then it's poor when you are on a losing run. Football is a results business and always will be. Can never be completely stable.
Cole and Sheringhan only made up recently after never getting on after Teddy upset Andy/Andrew by not wishing him luck when replacing him as a sub for England. Everyone knew that because it was real and neither denied it.
Same page has posted Millwall are signing Reeco Hackett from Pompey, absolute bollocks! I think Kirk will be staying unless something changes later in the window.
Not sure where to put this, but the usual characters on twitter have been talking about Thomas not paying the rent for the last three months.
It was to be expected, everything around the club has been positive lately so they were bound to make something up.
Not expecting it but in a way it would be hilarious if we put together a strong team and have a great season. Those characters would be waiting for it to go horribly wrong. For them every L2 signing is further proof we’re going backwards under TS.
Definitely some fans almost wishing him to fail. It's bizarre
Nailed on back to Wimbledon with Jacko, they love him there
I doubt it
Don't think he gets on with JJ
That rumour sucks. In a competitive sports environment there are disagreements but I just don't see how two guys like JJ and Jason would've anything other that a good professional working relationship.
I don't feel Jason wants to be number 2 to Jackson again but that's because he is ready to be the boss, decide Tatics and formations. He will get a job somewhere in the national League even if he has to go to National League North or South. Well respected in the England set up along with Chris Powell and amoungs the young coaches I know, many who are black, have only good things to say about Jason when they have met on courses or charity matches.
It's no worse than the suggestion that everyone was best buddies and the whole gang would go to the, well, crazy gang. Pearce, Washington, Euell even seen Gilbey mentioned.
If everyone was best buddies they would probably still all be here.
Gareth Barry said when he was at Man City, players were at each other in training and many a pushing and shoving took place. At Villa it was less intensity and fewer scraps on the training ground.
If your contact has told you different then fine but I still say JJ and Jason would've had a decent working relationship even thou I don't believe they would go drinking together.
Team spirit is a weird concept because it's funny that it's good when you are on a winning run and then it's poor when you are on a losing run. Football is a results business and always will be. Can never be completely stable.
Cole and Sheringhan only made up recently after never getting on after Teddy upset Andy/Andrew by not wishing him luck when replacing him as a sub for England. Everyone knew that because it was real and neither denied it.
I have never claimed or heard different. Remember both, Adkins and Bowyer were all thrown together, in various combinations, by circumstance. Not choice.
It's telling that Jackson took Skivo to Wimbledon, after he brought him here. Out of choice.
None of those 4 will ever work together again. That doesn't mean they were unprofessional, disruptive or anything else.
I'm quite surprised by the people that say they don't care about our playing style, they just want to get promoted. Is supporting a football team that much more enjoyable the higher league you are?
Prestige wise yes. But I honestly don't think my excitement is that much different no matter what league we're in. I'm probably more excited about this season than in recent memory because I feel like we're trying to build something that makes sense. And this season just gone was the worst I can remember because it was so aimless and haphazard.
Please God just make the 4140 minutes of this season eenjoyable to watch and I'll consider it a good season, promotion or not.
Edit: the Pardew championship season was fucking terrible.
I'm quite surprised by the people that say they don't care about our playing style, they just want to get promoted. Is supporting a football team that much more enjoyable the higher league you are?
Prestige wise yes. But I honestly don't think my excitement is that much different no matter what league we're in. I'm probably more excited about this season than in recent memory because I feel like we're trying to build something that makes sense. And this season just gone was the worst I can remember because it was so aimless and haphazard.
Please God just make the 4140 minutes of this season eenjoyable to watch and I'll consider it a good season, promotion or not.
Edit: the Pardew championship season was fucking terrible.
If we were in the championship I would agree with you. The club is not viable in league 1. That's a fact. You can't change it, many have tried. All have failed.
Nailed on back to Wimbledon with Jacko, they love him there
I doubt it
Don't think he gets on with JJ
That rumour sucks. In a competitive sports environment there are disagreements but I just don't see how two guys like JJ and Jason would've anything other that a good professional working relationship.
I don't feel Jason wants to be number 2 to Jackson again but that's because he is ready to be the boss, decide Tatics and formations. He will get a job somewhere in the national League even if he has to go to National League North or South. Well respected in the England set up along with Chris Powell and amoungs the young coaches I know, many who are black, have only good things to say about Jason when they have met on courses or charity matches.
It's no worse than the suggestion that everyone was best buddies and the whole gang would go to the, well, crazy gang. Pearce, Washington, Euell even seen Gilbey mentioned.
If everyone was best buddies they would probably still all be here.
Gareth Barry said when he was at Man City, players were at each other in training and many a pushing and shoving took place. At Villa it was less intensity and fewer scraps on the training ground.
If your contact has told you different then fine but I still say JJ and Jason would've had a decent working relationship even thou I don't believe they would go drinking together.
Team spirit is a weird concept because it's funny that it's good when you are on a winning run and then it's poor when you are on a losing run. Football is a results business and always will be. Can never be completely stable.
Cole and Sheringhan only made up recently after never getting on after Teddy upset Andy/Andrew by not wishing him luck when replacing him as a sub for England. Everyone knew that because it was real and neither denied it.
This is so true at all levels of the game. When I managed and we were having a sticky run I got one parent undermining the point I was making in a post match talk which I was very angry about as well as getting regular e-mails about not warming the players up properly, favouritism and lack of drills in training.
Of course you look first if the points are valid and the reasons you are doing what you are doing, then if you think you are on the correct course you double down and then when results change, you do the same things and nobody complains. In fact they praise you and buy you gifts!
I know from when I played, there was all this talk when you lost a few games. Somebody has to be to blame. Whether that be the manager or a teammate or mates. It is natural. In the professional game the pressure must be immense for a manager and you have to be surprised people want to do it, even if it does pay well in many cases.
I'm quite surprised by the people that say they don't care about our playing style, they just want to get promoted. Is supporting a football team that much more enjoyable the higher league you are?
Prestige wise yes. But I honestly don't think my excitement is that much different no matter what league we're in. I'm probably more excited about this season than in recent memory because I feel like we're trying to build something that makes sense. And this season just gone was the worst I can remember because it was so aimless and haphazard.
Please God just make the 4140 minutes of this season eenjoyable to watch and I'll consider it a good season, promotion or not.
Edit: the Pardew championship season was fucking terrible.
If we were in the championship I would agree with you. The club is not viable in league 1. That's a fact. You can't change it, many have tried. All have failed.
Fair enough. But in league one there's a chance we will be the best team, in the premier league there is a chance you could be the 8th best team.
Buzzing for the season to start, Saturdays aren't the same at the moment.
I'm quite surprised by the people that say they don't care about our playing style, they just want to get promoted. Is supporting a football team that much more enjoyable the higher league you are?
Prestige wise yes. But I honestly don't think my excitement is that much different no matter what league we're in. I'm probably more excited about this season than in recent memory because I feel like we're trying to build something that makes sense. And this season just gone was the worst I can remember because it was so aimless and haphazard.
Please God just make the 4140 minutes of this season eenjoyable to watch and I'll consider it a good season, promotion or not.
Edit: the Pardew championship season was fucking terrible.
Good post.
Whilst I’m sick of league 1, I’d quite happily suffer it for another couple of seasons if we can build something. The football played under Bowyer (at the end of his tenure), Adkins and Jackson was soul destroying I’m actually looking forward to us managing to complete 10 passes.
I'm quite surprised by the people that say they don't care about our playing style, they just want to get promoted. Is supporting a football team that much more enjoyable the higher league you are?
Prestige wise yes. But I honestly don't think my excitement is that much different no matter what league we're in. I'm probably more excited about this season than in recent memory because I feel like we're trying to build something that makes sense. And this season just gone was the worst I can remember because it was so aimless and haphazard.
Please God just make the 4140 minutes of this season eenjoyable to watch and I'll consider it a good season, promotion or not.
Edit: the Pardew championship season was fucking terrible.
If we were in the championship I would agree with you. The club is not viable in league 1. That's a fact. You can't change it, many have tried. All have failed.
Fair enough. But in league one there's a chance we will be the best team, in the premier league there is a chance you could be the 8th best team.
Buzzing for the season to start, Saturdays aren't the same at the moment.
I also agree with that, the two seasons we were the best team in the league have been two of the best seasons of my Charlton life, but you can't beat beating Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City and Liverpool can you. I have never seen us beat United (in the premier league), and I really want to.
I'm quite surprised by the people that say they don't care about our playing style, they just want to get promoted. Is supporting a football team that much more enjoyable the higher league you are?
Prestige wise yes. But I honestly don't think my excitement is that much different no matter what league we're in. I'm probably more excited about this season than in recent memory because I feel like we're trying to build something that makes sense. And this season just gone was the worst I can remember because it was so aimless and haphazard.
Please God just make the 4140 minutes of this season eenjoyable to watch and I'll consider it a good season, promotion or not.
Edit: the Pardew championship season was fucking terrible.
Good post.
Whilst I’m sick of league 1, I’d quite happily suffer it for another couple of seasons if we can build something. The football played under Bowyer (at the end of his tenure), Adkins and Jackson was soul destroying I’m actually looking forward to us managing to complete 10 passes.
While I agree, I can guarantee a lot of fans will turn on the “boring passing football” when we don’t win for a few weeks.
I’ll give it till game week 5 before the “WHY WONT GARNER PLAY 4-4-2” thread is created.
I'm quite surprised by the people that say they don't care about our playing style, they just want to get promoted. Is supporting a football team that much more enjoyable the higher league you are?
Prestige wise yes. But I honestly don't think my excitement is that much different no matter what league we're in. I'm probably more excited about this season than in recent memory because I feel like we're trying to build something that makes sense. And this season just gone was the worst I can remember because it was so aimless and haphazard.
Please God just make the 4140 minutes of this season eenjoyable to watch and I'll consider it a good season, promotion or not.
Edit: the Pardew championship season was fucking terrible.
Good post.
Whilst I’m sick of league 1, I’d quite happily suffer it for another couple of seasons if we can build something. The football played under Bowyer (at the end of his tenure), Adkins and Jackson was soul destroying I’m actually looking forward to us managing to complete 10 passes.
My thoughts exactly. For the 1st time in years I can see a "plan" I'm not saying it will work and get us where we all want to be straight away, but what I do know is like you I'm looking forward to seeing what happens whereas the last few years it was just unbearable turgid rubbish that felt like a punishment having to watch it. Hopefully we can move on from here and have a season we can actually enjoy watching
Honestly, I couldn’t care less how we play football as long as we win. If we became Stoke or Wimbledon ( as was) and got promoted and won games that would work for me. I don’t think the crowd care whether we win every game 1-0 or 6-5 as long as we win. Anyway, its all about opinions isn’t it - if we play great one touch football and win and get promoted that would work for me too !!
Honestly, I couldn’t care less how we play football as long as we win. If we became Stoke or Wimbledon ( as was) and got promoted and won games that would work for me. I don’t think the crowd care whether we win every game 1-0 or 6-5 as long as we win. Anyway, its all about opinions isn’t it - if we play great one touch football and win and get promoted that would work for me too !!
Yes very much about opinions mate. I guess I'm the opposite of you in that if had had the choice of our season being made up of entertaining good football but we missed promotion or watching boring rubbish and getting promoted I would go for the 1st option no contest. Ofcourse I would be pleased we got promoted but I wouldnt bother watching it
Not sure where to put this, but the usual characters on twitter have been talking about Thomas not paying the rent for the last three months.
It was to be expected, everything around the club has been positive lately so they were bound to make something up.
Not expecting it but in a way it would be hilarious if we put together a strong team and have a great season. Those characters would be waiting for it to go horribly wrong. For them every L2 signing is further proof we’re going backwards under TS.
Definitely some fans almost wishing him to fail. It's bizarre
I think it’s more, some fans, and I’ll include myself in this to an extent, are just a bit more cautious after the last few owners we’ve had.
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Gareth Barry said when he was at Man City, players were at each other in training and many a pushing and shoving took place. At Villa it was less intensity and fewer scraps on the training ground.
If your contact has told you different then fine but I still say JJ and Jason would've had a decent working relationship even thou I don't believe they would go drinking together.
Team spirit is a weird concept because it's funny that it's good when you are on a winning run and then it's poor when you are on a losing run. Football is a results business and always will be. Can never be completely stable.
Cole and Sheringhan only made up recently after never getting on after Teddy upset Andy/Andrew by not wishing him luck when replacing him as a sub for England. Everyone knew that because it was real and neither denied it.
It's telling that Jackson took Skivo to Wimbledon, after he brought him here. Out of choice.
None of those 4 will ever work together again. That doesn't mean they were unprofessional, disruptive or anything else.
Prestige wise yes. But I honestly don't think my excitement is that much different no matter what league we're in. I'm probably more excited about this season than in recent memory because I feel like we're trying to build something that makes sense. And this season just gone was the worst I can remember because it was so aimless and haphazard.
Please God just make the 4140 minutes of this season eenjoyable to watch and I'll consider it a good season, promotion or not.
Edit: the Pardew championship season was fucking terrible.
Of course you look first if the points are valid and the reasons you are doing what you are doing, then if you think you are on the correct course you double down and then when results change, you do the same things and nobody complains. In fact they praise you and buy you gifts!
I know from when I played, there was all this talk when you lost a few games. Somebody has to be to blame. Whether that be the manager or a teammate or mates. It is natural. In the professional game the pressure must be immense for a manager and you have to be surprised people want to do it, even if it does pay well in many cases.
Buzzing for the season to start, Saturdays aren't the same at the moment.
Anyway, its all about opinions isn’t it - if we play great one touch football and win and get promoted that would work for me too !!
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