JOHNNIE JACKSON - managed AFC Wimbledon to 2025 League 2 Play-off Final victory(p46)

J BLOCK said:

Fanny Fanackapan said:

J BLOCK said:

Fanny Fanackapan said:

Absolutely shocked !!!!

My respect for TS, well earned when he beat all the odds to buy our club, has plummeted downwards.

I'm speechless & upset at the same time.

His partner, all over Jacko's wife at the dinner on Sunday...besties it looked like. 

Now 2 days later, THIS. Maybe the old adage, that you shouldn't mix business with pleasure ? 

Wonder what the players are thinking now ? 

Johnnie. You didn't deserve this.

Can't post anything further now.

Well OTT

How come ?

Were you there, sitting on the closest table to them ? 

We were rubbish under JJ and he deserved to go, tactics were awful, results awful. You're making out TS has just liquidated the club. 

Perspective needed, football is a business. 

Now who's OTT 

For me personally, I would have loved JJ to do well as Charlton manager, but I was never confident we were going to see anything in terms of style of play and ideas from him different to what we have seen in recent years, which is why I would never have appointed him in the first place. 

You can argue that he was giving a bad hand with the players at his disposal, and not having a full pre-season with them (as manager). But there's plenty of teams who have limited players, and may not be successful as a whole, but they have a clear identity and style of play. Under JJ we were never dynamic, never able to adapt, and served up a style of football that has not been the meta for about 10 years.

However I will tell you something, I am not confident we have the set up in place to make the correct appointment now, and bring the correct players in as well. And if we were going to be a bit shit, I would much rather that be with someone passionate about Charlton like JJ at the helm.

Richard J said:

Depending on what type of manager we want I would like either Michael Beale or Mark Bowen.

Could Beale have a similar impact that McKenna has at Ipswich or Manning at MKD?

Bowen was my choice before Adkins. Genuine Charlton pedigree and he would know L1 having just taken on the impossible task of revitalising Afc Wombles. 

Bowen would be a terrible choice after his Wimbledon gig, he changed formation and personnel more often than bowyer!! I reckon Euell might go to Wimbledon now.  Bowen for Euell would not be a fair swap

Very abrupt from TS, makes me think he's got someone already lined up?

Shocked but not shocked at the same time. Results have very poor since the new year, but there was an argument that he should get the summer and build his own team, then we can see what kind of a manager he is. TS had other ideas clearly. 

Thank you for your service JJ, you're a Charlton legend in my eyes. 

I think I am right in saying JJ has the highest win ratio of any Charlton manager at 47.5%? Even Curbs, Jimmy Seed, Chris Powell, Bowyer couldn't match that-I think Jimmy Seed came closest at 43%- on a pure statistical measure the decision to sack him seems bizarre!

Mark warburton I’d like to see, managed at clubs where he’s had no say on transfers 

With Pearce and JJ gone do we have anyone left who endured the Roland era? 

Fanny Fanackapan said:

J BLOCK said:

Fanny Fanackapan said:

J BLOCK said:

Fanny Fanackapan said:

Absolutely shocked !!!!

My respect for TS, well earned when he beat all the odds to buy our club, has plummeted downwards.

I'm speechless & upset at the same time.

His partner, all over Jacko's wife at the dinner on Sunday...besties it looked like. 

Now 2 days later, THIS. Maybe the old adage, that you shouldn't mix business with pleasure ? 

Wonder what the players are thinking now ? 

Johnnie. You didn't deserve this.

Can't post anything further now.

Well OTT

How come ?

Were you there, sitting on the closest table to them ? 

We were rubbish under JJ and he deserved to go, tactics were awful, results awful. You're making out TS has just liquidated the club. 

Perspective needed, football is a business. 

YOU highlighted the line in my post regarding TS's partner at the POTY dinner.

Then following my comment, chose to post something unrelated .....

I'm entitled to my opinion & you have totally disregarded something you clearly didn't see for yourself.

What's your problem ? 

You're being overly dramatic. "I'm speechless & upset at the same time." At a manager who has failed since he arrived being sacked? 

Seems some people would rather an out of depth manager stay in role because he is a Charlton legend, than see us actually do well on the pitch. 

Also all the happy lot should think on how TS's last actual selection had us adrift st the bottom of the league this season. Not a great track record.

Absolutely the right decision to let him go, but the replacement is the important thing.

Will be a real show of how much Sandgaard junior has learnt in the six months he's had as football expert.

kimbo said:

Good god, renewed season tickets at 13:53 -not sure i would have don't that without Jackson

Imagine it was the champagne football under JJ that made you renew? 

Get a grip people, the guy was not going to get us out of this league, the football and results were appalling. Charlton legend, but not as a manager. 

I am not surprised, but it’s very sad

Last few months the football played by Charlton has been poor, with no signs of it getting better, indeed it was getting worse - for me (sitting behind home dugout) it brought it home to me that he was, sadly, out of his depth - against Oxford at The Valley we started well, so Karl Robinson signalled to one of his players to feign injury (I saw him make the signal) - whilst player was ‘treated’ by the Physio, the rest of the Oxford outfield players huddled around Robinson, and he was clearly changing their set up

Lo and behold, they changed formation, and then gave us a pasting - JJ just stood in his technical area, and did nothing - was it a case that he couldn’t see it (doubt that), or that he didn’t know what to do…..

I know some on CL are very upset by this, and I get that completely, but personally I have been expecting it for a few months now

His replacement - well Mark Warburton is a free agent soon - we may be Lge 1, but what a project we are for someone like him (and yes, I doubt he will come to us)

We defo need an experienced manager, and appointed very soon, and not repeat the mistakes that did for Adkins

First of all best wishes to Johnnie, absolute legend to the club - probably the longest-serving/iconic I remember since Clive Mendonca in my 29 years of age/support. 

That said, after his initial spell of games, Jacko's tactics left a lot to be desired. The stubborness to not budge from his 3-5-2 may have been the nail in his coffin, playing the likes of Ben Purringon, Chris Gunter, Adam Matthews and others in CB when we didn't have enough players rather than switching to a 4-4-2 shows tactical arrogance for somebody who's only been a manager for <1yr. It's going to spice up the summer given we will only likely retain 10-12 players and a new manager with his own system... If nothing else it'll be a fun summer.

Thought he deserved full season, but I did have my doubts about the way we were playing. Deserves credit for saving us from a relegation season which is what it looked like after 13 games.