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Karl Robinson says he respects boycotting fans

Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 85,228
in General Charlton
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/sport/charlton/15707840.Charlton_manager_explains_why_he_respects_boycotting_fans_ahead_of_25th_anniversary_game_against_Portsmouth/

Robinson told News Shopper: “I’ve always said I respect them. I know they’re big fans, and the reason I know is because they’re not coming because they believe so passionately in their club.
So you never have a divine right in life to judge people’s decision-making. It’s their opportunity to decide.

“There was a man I met at a Bromley Addicks event when I first came to the club, and he told me he’d never come back - and he’s told me he still hasn't come back - but says it’s hurting him more and more.

“But he has a belief in something and I respect that. He’s a tremendous man."


Not me by the way although I can guess who it is.

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  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,477
    Told you all that KR is ok.
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,298
    roland jong un wont approve of this.
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,971
    Roland Rong Un
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,298
    roland wanker

    we could go on :blush:
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,228
    "roland jong un wont approve of this."

    Which makes it more interesting.

    KR trying to build bridges between the playing side and the fans as he realises the senior management are a lost cause?
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,298
    @Henry Irving cant quote but that's exactly what i think is happening previous managers werent allowed to select the team let alone agree with the nasty vinegar pissers, karl at city addicks came across like he does get why were pissed off, and understands it.
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,971
    Yes, agree with this. And he knows the current SMT (nice to have a triple oxymoron) is not long for this world.

    He's handled it well, and Ive warmed to him.
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,648
    Or the senior management are a departing cause?
    A manager popular with the fans is more likely to be kept on.
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    Im liking Tarby more and more, and when the Rat sells I'll be back.
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,040
    Good on him. The cockles of my heart were warmed by that.
    I am coming round to liking him.
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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,228
    Next time an apologists/Anti-CARD fan has a moan we can point them this and say "Karl says you're wrong" : - )
  • Rob7Lee
    Rob7Lee Posts: 9,596
    He 'got it' when I met him in February, I suspect he's got it a lot more now having been in post for 12 months.

    Whether you like his personality, think he's the best manager since curbs, or you don't, to me he comes across as a decent bloke who was once himself 'just a fan'.

    But this is all to an extent PR, much like his personal email to me yesterday :wink:
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,467
    IdleHans said:

    Yes, agree with this. And he knows the current SMT (nice to have a triple oxymoron) is not long for this world.

    He's handled it well, and Ive warmed to him.

    My "LOL" was for the excellent "triple oxymoron."

    Yeah good on him. I've changed my view of him a lot in the last year. I wasn't excited when he came in but since he's come in I feel like he really cares. I'm not wholly convinced by his ability to set teams up to manage games (possession, control, shape, situational understanding, etc.), but that critique is far more niche and narrow than I would have had for any other regime manager bar maybe Riga.

    It seems clear to me he likes this football club and he wants to be here and he's either good enough or nearly good enough to get us promoted, and he wants his sides to play football. To me, that ticks all the boxes for a manager at this level.
  • tom_k
    tom_k Posts: 1,207
    edited December 2017
    “There was a man I met at a Bromley Addicks event when I first came to the club, and he told me he’d never come back - and he’s told me he still hasn't come back - but says it’s hurting him more and more.

    He's talking about Roland
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,807
    Should the thread title be changed to ‘Karl Robinso says whatever comes into his mind, he doesn’t think much but knows who is paying big his wages’...

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