Charlton have been mighty bad at times in the past but fans have dealt with it because they felt connected to the club and the players. The connection now seems to be ebbing away and I féel largely indifferent to most of the players that turn out for us - we have gone through a massive amount of players in recent seasons and very few will be remembered.
I get the impression most of the players don't want to be here which is a sad state of affairs.
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One of the best things about the League One days though were that because the Grounds are smaller, the fans are closer to the players and therefore there was more communication between the two (i.e. You'd forever see John Sullivan having a chat with fans at away games in between his warm ups)...
Unfortunately the way English Football has gone, the moment you get promoted to the Championship now, you do lose that closeness with the players (Have felt it ever since we came back up)
I'm not agreeing with or promoting the use of boo's against your own players, but there's usually a reason to it. Most managers would demand they get a loan in to replace him to stop his confidence being shattered, but our owner simply doesn't care. He's ruining young players in his experiment trying to create them to sell them on.
Whether Fox is actually that poor or not, he is made look worse by the regime's woefully inept approach to player recruitment and retention, so that there is almost no relevant experience in the team. I'd be inclined to say that Morgan Fox in a settled and experienced team would be a much better player, his teammates would have a greater understanding of both the league we are playing in and their own responsibilities in terms of supporting each other in defence and attack.
It's a shame to see a young player like Fox getting abuse if he is playing to the best of his abilities - as has been said above it's not the lads fault - it's the fault of the owners/head coach for continuing to select him before he's ready.
This tickled me from Wiki: "To the dismay of all fans of Charlton Athletic, On 25 April 2014, Fox signed a new three-year deal, securing his future to Charlton until 2017"
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slating of Sarr
and the
vitriol aimed at Vetokele
not to mention the
poo-pooing of Pope
As he was passed the pen, someone shouted "CAREFUL, HE'LL DROP IT!!"...
Anyway, what did Pope do, fumble the pen into the hands of the nearest player to follow up with an easy signature?
The slating of Solly
The barracking of Bauer
The diatribes aimed at Diarra
The ******* off of Fanni
The cussing of Cousins
Everyone has their right to boo as they claim, yet want the players to be as open as anything and communicate better. Make your mind up.
If I was Fox, even though I'm sure he knows he hasn't been in the best of forms, but I certainly wouldn't be pandering to some of the fans who boo me every week. Saying that, if you think about it, most of us would stick two fingers up at "communicating" also.
The bitching at Bauer
However let's not fool ourselves into thinking this is a new phenomenon. (Pleased I got a spell checker). I distinctly recall Keith peacock getting slated, Peter Shaw, Lawrie maddern, Carl leaburn and even the hard working Garry Nelson. I generally don't agree with but it has probably always gone on at the valley and all other grounds.