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Steve Waggott gone down with Coventry - coincidence ?

Covered End
Covered End Posts: 52,061
edited May 2012 in General Charlton
Development director Steve Waggott has confirmed that Coventry remain in contract talks with defensive duo Richard Keogh and Martin Cranie.
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  • supaclive
    supaclive Posts: 6,518
    Martin Cranie! He was sh1t for us - not lost on me that as we are on the way up he's on his way down. Part of the general malaise of the last 5 years+
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,886
    No. Only been there a couple of months. Cov have been a basket case for a while.
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,252
    Good luck to 25/8 man. He may need it.
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,121
    I hope he's still smiling.
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,592
    Good luck to him. When I met him he seemed a nice guy, obviously wrong man at the wrong time for us, which resulted in the briefings against him, but hope he goes on and helps make Coventry a successful third tier club
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,501
    Bumped into him in the post office/minimarket opposite Chislehurst Caves a couple of weeks back....I guess he still lives in the area.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,061
    In the caves ? :-)
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,413
    Bumped into him in the post office/minimarket opposite Chislehurst Caves a couple of weeks back....I guess he still lives in the area.
    The P.O. where they believe they are doing you a huge favour in accepting your post/parcels - even though their commission is 7%
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,373
    Yeah think he is still in Chiselhurst, I'm good friends with his daughter.

    Very nice bloke each time I met him.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,501
    Yes he is a nice fella...had a tough gig following Peter Varney and had to sack a lot of folk into the bargain which didn't help him one little bit.

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  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,296
    Wasn't he paid like a guzilion pounds a year whilst he was with us. I am surprised he hasn't retired to the Bahamas with all the loot....! ;-)
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,987
    Yeah think he is still in Chiselhurst, I'm good friends with his daughter.

    Very nice bloke each time I met him.
    His daughter? How old is she, he's only about 24 isn't he?
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,238
    Yes soundas... one of them our very own suzi... the man will always be a villain in my book for that reason alone.
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,752
    I wouldn't waste any sympathy to be honest. Nice enough bloke who was massively overpaid for a job he didn't do. Has anyone missed his input?
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,592
    Yes soundas... one of them our very own suzi... the man will always be a villain in my book for that reason alone.
    Harsh, without knowing the exact ins and outs, he would not have made the decision on making redundancies by hiumself, he was acting as much on behalf of the board. I would imagine that Murray was as much responsible for redundancies as him.

    I've been made redundant 5 or so times and I have lost count of the number of people I have made redundant,very few people I know make redundancies lightly or when implementing them are left unscarred.

  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,238
    No need for the sermon kap10. Was largely said with tongue in the cheek. But having said that as a friend of hers I guess I know a little more than you do. And as airman said above... I reckon a few jobs could've been saved if it weren't for his salary.

    Harsh?
  • DRF
    DRF Posts: 2,455
    I wouldn't waste any sympathy to be honest. Nice enough bloke who was massively overpaid for a job he didn't do. Has anyone missed his input?
    Hello pot.
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,592
    No need for the sermon kap10. Was largely said with tongue in the cheek. But having said that as a friend of hers I guess I know a little more than you do. And as airman said above... I reckon a few jobs could've been saved if it weren't for his salary.

    Harsh?
    Tonguie in cheek - sometimes the black and white does not communicate humour well - so sorry I misinterpreted that, however mine wasw meant as more of an opinion than sermon, not really an friend of pulpits. His salary, players salaries whatever we accept what we can get and as I said its not just his decision. Airman never made it a secret of his disdain for Waggott, so I would hardly expect him to be singing his praises now.

    As for Suzi of course I sympathise with her.

  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,077
    I wouldn't waste any sympathy to be honest. Nice enough bloke who was massively overpaid for a job he didn't do. Has anyone missed his input?
    Hello pot.
    What a weird post.

  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,772
    I don't think he has been turning out for them this season, and they were on the slide before he came. Relegation was inevitable, sooner or later. Don't think Waggot can take the blame.

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  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,197
    Nice enough bloke who was massively overpaid for a job he didn't do. Has anyone missed his input?
    Hmmmmmm reminds me of a few players/assistants/managers we've had during our pathetically embarassing times since the Lord Curbs left
    Still he was a nice bloke .....................

    For Airman :
    Are the club taking on many new staff now we've promoted or are they going to see if the streamlined outfit can cope and see what demand is like ??
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Knew he was a wrong 'un the first time I met him at Bromley. Seen a few like him who talk the talk but can't walk the walk.

    Just made me realise what a miss Reg was - he just got on with doing the job quietly and efficiently. He didn't need to tell anbody how good he was.

    One of a few mistakes made in that era, that we shouldn't really dwell on but just learn from.
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,835
    I wouldn't waste any sympathy to be honest. Nice enough bloke who was massively overpaid for a job he didn't do. Has anyone missed his input?
    Classy
  • southamptonaddick
    southamptonaddick Posts: 4,058
    I wouldn't waste any sympathy to be honest. Nice enough bloke who was massively overpaid for a job he didn't do. Has anyone missed his input?
    Classy
    But at least it's from somebody who knew him personally and worked with him.

    Although obviously it's Airmans personal view which is what forums are all about.

  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    edited June 2012
    My question at the time was how many season tickets we would have to sell to fund Mr Waggott salary.
    I felt it was massively out of proportion with the season ticket funding of the playing and coaching staff.
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,197
    And as usual seth , anyone who questions the holy grail of Charlton Athletic , you got grief for daring mention the club were doing something wrong or that we weren't the perfectly run role model of a club that everyone aspired to follow
  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,871
    You must be starting to bore yourself, surely?
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,592
    You must be starting to bore yourself, surely?
    LOL

  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    I wish I could drag out the old thread on Waggott.

    Seth and I were getting a lot of abuse for questioning not only Waggotts salary in relation to the ST prices, but also his 'worth' in the whole scheme of things.

    As I said earlier, a sorry saga which we've hopefully learned our lesson from. He may have been good at leading a Charity, but a commercial enterprise is something completely different.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    I emailed him directly at the time, and got no reply of any kind. Not suprising because he was so busy working 25/8.

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