Slade press conference updates

Essex_Al said:

waldo said:

Essex_Al said:

Ha, ha, you lot really do make me laugh!

How many of you wallies actually believe that all of the other 91 league managers have it written into their contracts that they have sole control over transfers and the like!

At last! About time someone made a sensible comment! Whatever is said or any action nothing will ever be right for some of the posters on CL.

Why thank you dear Waldo.

If this was a horse race, you and I would be the only ones not wearing blinkers!

Pair of pantomine horses

ForeverAddickted said:

Declan Warrington ‏@decwarrington 26s26 seconds ago
Meire: "For me, the change starts today. I'm very positive we made the right appt and this will start to bring the fans back." #CAFC

It's only 2% though so it's fine.

Whilst I desperately want to believe that bringing in an experienced English manager or Head Coach or whatever the title is the start of a shift in the approach of the regime, it really won't be.

Murray's comment today was laughable. Meire's repetition of previous baloney about learning from mistakes, looking forward etc is just rehashed from her previous purile crap.

Duchatalet has a model that he is convinced will work despite it clearly being unworkable. That attitude is not that of a man who is used to or willing to change his mind.

Slade has committed professional suicide in believing that he will have anything other than a passing comment to make on transfers. Who knows his motives for joining but this will probably be his last job in football.

Posters on here who see this as some seismic shift in approach are wonderfully optimistic people.

Me? I tend to judge people on their previous actions. Plus on how they conduct themselves as individuals and a collective. This lot have pretty much destroyed what made this a great club and have done so in such a pigheaded, arrogant and malicious way.

Appointing Russell Slade goes absolutely nowhere near giving me any sort of optimism that they have changed their MO.

They knew that if they appointed another unheard of foreign manager then they would be left with little option but to sell up. By doing this they think they will appease the masses. Unfortunately they think that the masses are as thick as shit.

Most of us aren't .

"Verbal agreement" ------- Russel, Russ, Russy ----- she can't hear you

Daft of Slade not to get full control in writing, however to get a 3 year deal and to admit that he has only a verbal agreement when it's on film is cute. Make sure you have a copy put somewhere safe just in case someone accidentally deletes it. Might come in handy in the future.

Murray is a card. What exactly does he expect does all to do! The club has been going backwards since 2006 and as he wants to be the publicity man here you have to take the flack along with the praise.

Addickted2TheReds said:

Swisdom said:

LoOkOuT said:

Swisdom said:

If protests are to continue we need to do it properly. Not with flares and petty name calling or aggression and racism. That just makes us look childish and will definitely deter players from joining us.

Unbelievable.

Addickted2TheReds said:

Swisdom said:

If protests are to continue we need to do it properly. Not with flares and petty name calling or aggression and racism. That just makes us look childish and will definitely deter players from joining us.

Are you taking the piss?

We are a basket case at the moment but two wrongs don't make a right. We, as fans, are better than that.

Racism is never acceptable
The vicious name calling I have personally witnessed aimed at the Directors box is never acceptable
I got abuse for not getting up and walking out in the 74th minute - what the fuck is that about? This is a football club not a picket line.

Protest if you choose but we get more attention for doing it the right way (inflatables and stress balls) than we ever will for mob rule

Ok, so you are actually being serious.

Please please explain your point about racism...

When has that occurred?

Racism is probably the wrong word on my part. Still think there's probably something somewhere that states "Fuck off back to Belgium you stupid fucking Belgian slag" "Go back to fucking Naby Sarr you whore" at the top of your voice isn't socially acceptable. That's happened.

I wouldn't say that sort of stuff to my worst enemy.

Swisdom said:

Addickted2TheReds said:

Swisdom said:

LoOkOuT said:

Swisdom said:

If protests are to continue we need to do it properly. Not with flares and petty name calling or aggression and racism. That just makes us look childish and will definitely deter players from joining us.

Unbelievable.

Addickted2TheReds said:

Swisdom said:

If protests are to continue we need to do it properly. Not with flares and petty name calling or aggression and racism. That just makes us look childish and will definitely deter players from joining us.

Are you taking the piss?

We are a basket case at the moment but two wrongs don't make a right. We, as fans, are better than that.

Racism is never acceptable
The vicious name calling I have personally witnessed aimed at the Directors box is never acceptable
I got abuse for not getting up and walking out in the 74th minute - what the fuck is that about? This is a football club not a picket line.

Protest if you choose but we get more attention for doing it the right way (inflatables and stress balls) than we ever will for mob rule

Ok, so you are actually being serious.

Please please explain your point about racism...

When has that occurred?

Racism is probably the wrong word on my part. Still think there's probably something somewhere that states "Fuck off back to Belgium you stupid fucking Belgian slag" "Go back to fucking Naby Sarr you whore" at the top of your voice isn't socially acceptable. That's happened.

I wouldn't say that sort of stuff to my worst enemy.

Yeah I probably would say that racism was the wrong word...

seth plum said:

I feel I must apologise for the apostrophe.

(hangs head in shame)

Great work Seth. I don't suppose any of the journos stopped for a chat with you?

Whatever Murray's done for the club in the past counts for nothing: he's been an apologist for the regime these past two and a half years and just wants his investment back.

Squirrel Face is an abject failure and shouldn't be in the job. If she seriously thinks fans will come flooding back on the strength of this then she's seriously deluded.

However, I think once she strolls in on her first day back after her jolly in Portugal, she'll find 1,000 or so ST renewals from the West Stand faithfull have landed on her desk on the back of Slade's appointment. I'm sure they'll shift a few match day tickets too, at least at the start of the campaign (* subject to ticket office being open/available to non-ASBO all singing/all dancing customers only, and with restricted access to the director's box).

I wish Slade and the team well. Clearly a change of PR emphasis, if not direction (we'll wait & see); so if it's to be believed that Squirrel Face and RM told Rat to change or sell up, and Rat is has changed his stance, it means he's in this for the long haul, and as long as Rat's there then Squirrel Face will be too. That's why it'll never work.

I see us yo-yoing between 1st & 10th next season, probably in with a shout of the play-offs or automtic promotion.

But such is the cancer eating away at this club thanks to Rat & Squirrel Face, the club will be in even more debt by the time we get promotion, and we'll face many years doing a Leeds or Rotherham: hovering in or around the relegation places.

The whole lot need to be put out of their misery and, until then, the protests must go on.

seth plum said:

MrLargo said:

seth plum said:

I feel I must apologise for the apostrophe.

(hangs head in shame)

Great work Seth. I don't suppose any of the journos stopped for a chat with you?

I spoke to a lot of them. Sky and ITN filmed a short conversation with me, and I am trepidatious about how that will look. I spoke to the lads from the SLP, The News Shopper, the press association, Kevin Nolan amongst others.
The ITN guy asked if most Charlton fans feel similarly to me, and I emphasised that I don't speak for most Charlton fans just in case anybody says I was a part of any one group or another.
Today I was simply a lone protester/voice doing my thing.

Well done, hope and look forward to seeing a bit of coverage on the box this evening.

Swisdom said:

Addickted2TheReds said:

Swisdom said:

LoOkOuT said:

Swisdom said:

If protests are to continue we need to do it properly. Not with flares and petty name calling or aggression and racism. That just makes us look childish and will definitely deter players from joining us.

Unbelievable.

Addickted2TheReds said:

Swisdom said:

If protests are to continue we need to do it properly. Not with flares and petty name calling or aggression and racism. That just makes us look childish and will definitely deter players from joining us.

Are you taking the piss?

We are a basket case at the moment but two wrongs don't make a right. We, as fans, are better than that.

Racism is never acceptable
The vicious name calling I have personally witnessed aimed at the Directors box is never acceptable
I got abuse for not getting up and walking out in the 74th minute - what the fuck is that about? This is a football club not a picket line.

Protest if you choose but we get more attention for doing it the right way (inflatables and stress balls) than we ever will for mob rule

Ok, so you are actually being serious.

Please please explain your point about racism...

When has that occurred?

Racism is probably the wrong word on my part. Still think there's probably something somewhere that states "Fuck off back to Belgium you stupid fucking Belgian slag" "Go back to fucking Naby Sarr you whore" at the top of your voice isn't socially acceptable. That's happened.

I wouldn't say that sort of stuff to my worst enemy.

if you did it wouldn't make much sense anyway so I wouldn't worry about it


edit: unless your worst enemy was a Belgian who knew who Nabby Sarr is.

colin1961 said:

Slade said no player will be sold on the cheap and he hopes the players he wants to stay will stay and fight to get the club back ..... Already apoken to one or two players but will see the others when pre season starts and looking forward to trip to Austria

Unfortunately he will find out pretty quickly that words, like his bosses are cheap.

The gullible amongst us will hang on to every word from the regime, the rest of us have every right to question and be cynical.

A leopard doesn't change it's spots & this leopard has more spots than we care to remember.