There's definitely been a change in Slade. Can you remember when he first joined and was full of enthusiasm for educating new signings about our history? Seemed a very different bloke in the last two interviews.
Not really. He's being interviewed about a match so he's hardly going to be talking about anything else.
I don't suppose he's happy with the lack of signings but it could be any one of a number of reasons that they haven't happened. Not EVERYTHING is down to the regime. Sometimes transfers take a lot of time.
Slade is fishing in a different pot now - he doesn't need to get bargain basement players so maybe he's being mega picky. No season was ever lost in August and there's a shed load of football to be played. The window shuts in 3/4 weeks. If we haven't signed anyone by then then I'll be down there doing a poo in the car park as a protest.
I actually thought this post was a brilliant piece of sarcasm ............ until I saw who wrote it
There's definitely been a change in Slade. Can you remember when he first joined and was full of enthusiasm for educating new signings about our history? Seemed a very different bloke in the last two interviews.
Not really. He's being interviewed about a match so he's hardly going to be talking about anything else.
I don't suppose he's happy with the lack of signings but it could be any one of a number of reasons that they haven't happened. Not EVERYTHING is down to the regime. Sometimes transfers take a lot of time.
Slade is fishing in a different pot now - he doesn't need to get bargain basement players so maybe he's being mega picky. No season was ever lost in August and there's a shed load of football to be played. The window shuts in 3/4 weeks. If we haven't signed anyone by then then I'll be down there doing a poo in the car park as a protest.
I actually thought this post was a brilliant piece of sarcasm ............ until I saw who wrote it
Feel free to elaborate.
Slade has always hand his hands tied when it comes to transfers. When we were prepared to spend £800k on Ajose he was probably like a fat kid in a sweet shop. It seems that optimism has faded somewhat but we know he's still having the say in who he signs - and more importantly is resisting network cast-offs.
There's definitely been a change in Slade. Can you remember when he first joined and was full of enthusiasm for educating new signings about our history? Seemed a very different bloke in the last two interviews.
Not really. He's being interviewed about a match so he's hardly going to be talking about anything else.
I don't suppose he's happy with the lack of signings but it could be any one of a number of reasons that they haven't happened. Not EVERYTHING is down to the regime. Sometimes transfers take a lot of time.
Slade is fishing in a different pot now - he doesn't need to get bargain basement players so maybe he's being mega picky. No season was ever lost in August and there's a shed load of football to be played. The window shuts in 3/4 weeks. If we haven't signed anyone by then then I'll be down there doing a poo in the car park as a protest.
I actually thought this post was a brilliant piece of sarcasm ............ until I saw who wrote it
Feel free to elaborate.
Slade has always hand his hands tied when it comes to transfers. When we were prepared to spend £800k on Ajose he was probably like a fat kid in a sweet shop. It seems that optimism has faded somewhat but we know he's still having the say in who he signs - and more importantly is resisting network cast-offs.
So effectively you're confirming that he's been duped and that we have been lied to yet again.
Control over transfers. Top six budget. 22 players plus kids.
This lot take some beating in the shitest owner category. If Slade can't get his five or six in I really hope he walks and spills the beans.
There's definitely been a change in Slade. Can you remember when he first joined and was full of enthusiasm for educating new signings about our history? Seemed a very different bloke in the last two interviews.
Not really. He's being interviewed about a match so he's hardly going to be talking about anything else.
I don't suppose he's happy with the lack of signings but it could be any one of a number of reasons that they haven't happened. Not EVERYTHING is down to the regime. Sometimes transfers take a lot of time.
Slade is fishing in a different pot now - he doesn't need to get bargain basement players so maybe he's being mega picky. No season was ever lost in August and there's a shed load of football to be played. The window shuts in 3/4 weeks. If we haven't signed anyone by then then I'll be down there doing a poo in the car park as a protest.
I actually thought this post was a brilliant piece of sarcasm ............ until I saw who wrote it
Feel free to elaborate.
Slade has always hand his hands tied when it comes to transfers. When we were prepared to spend £800k on Ajose he was probably like a fat kid in a sweet shop. It seems that optimism has faded somewhat but we know he's still having the say in who he signs - and more importantly is resisting network cast-offs.
So effectively you're confirming that he's been duped and that we have been lied to yet again.
Control over transfers. Top six budget. 22 players plus kids.
This lot take some beating in the shitest owner category. If Slade can't get his five or six in I really hope he walks and spills the beans.
I'm not sure yet. The top 6 budget could well be true because all other clubs are completely potless. The truth might be nearer to "we aren't quite as pikey broke as most in this division"
I really hope it works because Slade is as good as we are going to get in our current state. If he were to walk we would be in a world of shit.
There's definitely been a change in Slade. Can you remember when he first joined and was full of enthusiasm for educating new signings about our history? Seemed a very different bloke in the last two interviews.
Not really. He's being interviewed about a match so he's hardly going to be talking about anything else.
I don't suppose he's happy with the lack of signings but it could be any one of a number of reasons that they haven't happened. Not EVERYTHING is down to the regime. Sometimes transfers take a lot of time.
Slade is fishing in a different pot now - he doesn't need to get bargain basement players so maybe he's being mega picky. No season was ever lost in August and there's a shed load of football to be played. The window shuts in 3/4 weeks. If we haven't signed anyone by then then I'll be down there doing a poo in the car park as a protest.
I actually thought this post was a brilliant piece of sarcasm ............ until I saw who wrote it
Feel free to elaborate.
Slade has always hand his hands tied when it comes to transfers. When we were prepared to spend £800k on Ajose he was probably like a fat kid in a sweet shop. It seems that optimism has faded somewhat but we know he's still having the say in who he signs - and more importantly is resisting network cast-offs.
So effectively you're confirming that he's been duped and that we have been lied to yet again.
Control over transfers. Top six budget. 22 players plus kids.
This lot take some beating in the shitest owner category. If Slade can't get his five or six in I really hope he walks and spills the beans.
I'm not sure yet. The top 6 budget could well be true because all other clubs are completely potless. The truth might be nearer to "we aren't quite as pikey broke as most in this division"
I really hope it works because Slade is as good as we are going to get in our current state. If he were to walk we would be in a world of shit.
Never thought I would even think this yet alone want it but I hope Slade walks and leaves us in the Clatty. I really believe that it's now only complete disaster and humiliation for Duchatelet can actually save the club.
There's definitely been a change in Slade. Can you remember when he first joined and was full of enthusiasm for educating new signings about our history? Seemed a very different bloke in the last two interviews.
Not really. He's being interviewed about a match so he's hardly going to be talking about anything else.
I don't suppose he's happy with the lack of signings but it could be any one of a number of reasons that they haven't happened. Not EVERYTHING is down to the regime. Sometimes transfers take a lot of time.
Slade is fishing in a different pot now - he doesn't need to get bargain basement players so maybe he's being mega picky. No season was ever lost in August and there's a shed load of football to be played. The window shuts in 3/4 weeks. If we haven't signed anyone by then then I'll be down there doing a poo in the car park as a protest.
I actually thought this post was a brilliant piece of sarcasm ............ until I saw who wrote it
Feel free to elaborate.
Slade has always hand his hands tied when it comes to transfers. When we were prepared to spend £800k on Ajose he was probably like a fat kid in a sweet shop. It seems that optimism has faded somewhat but we know he's still having the say in who he signs - and more importantly is resisting network cast-offs.
So effectively you're confirming that he's been duped and that we have been lied to yet again.
Control over transfers. Top six budget. 22 players plus kids.
This lot take some beating in the shitest owner category. If Slade can't get his five or six in I really hope he walks and spills the beans.
I'm not sure yet. The top 6 budget could well be true because all other clubs are completely potless. The truth might be nearer to "we aren't quite as pikey broke as most in this division"
I really hope it works because Slade is as good as we are going to get in our current state. If he were to walk we would be in a world of shit.
Do you not think we are already in a world of shit?
There's definitely been a change in Slade. Can you remember when he first joined and was full of enthusiasm for educating new signings about our history? Seemed a very different bloke in the last two interviews.
Not really. He's being interviewed about a match so he's hardly going to be talking about anything else.
I don't suppose he's happy with the lack of signings but it could be any one of a number of reasons that they haven't happened. Not EVERYTHING is down to the regime. Sometimes transfers take a lot of time.
Slade is fishing in a different pot now - he doesn't need to get bargain basement players so maybe he's being mega picky. No season was ever lost in August and there's a shed load of football to be played. The window shuts in 3/4 weeks. If we haven't signed anyone by then then I'll be down there doing a poo in the car park as a protest.
I actually thought this post was a brilliant piece of sarcasm ............ until I saw who wrote it
Feel free to elaborate.
Slade has always hand his hands tied when it comes to transfers. When we were prepared to spend £800k on Ajose he was probably like a fat kid in a sweet shop. It seems that optimism has faded somewhat but we know he's still having the say in who he signs - and more importantly is resisting network cast-offs.
I agree with you that transfers can be held up for a litany of reasons, and Pearce and Rudd could be training with us this week for all we know.
Where I'm not sure I agree with you is that Slade is ready for the step up in quality that he needs. We haven't exactly been linked with world beaters. Of course rumours should all be taken with a grain of salt, but with Crofts, Foley, Gobern, and the likes of Turner, Kilgallon, Pearce, Thompson, we're not really unearthing hidden gems it would seem. That is something SCP did incredibly well. I'm just afraid that as a club, we're out of ideas.
Tumbleweeds on the pitch curtesy of CARD v Northampton? Miggt be a bugger getting them through the turnstiles though.
The thought of any poor buggers trying to smuggle them in, stuffed down their trousers, is enough to bring tears to your eyes - they'd be walking funny for a month...
Though, it might explain why CARD would appear to be curtseying.
There's definitely been a change in Slade. Can you remember when he first joined and was full of enthusiasm for educating new signings about our history? Seemed a very different bloke in the last two interviews.
Not really. He's being interviewed about a match so he's hardly going to be talking about anything else.
I don't suppose he's happy with the lack of signings but it could be any one of a number of reasons that they haven't happened. Not EVERYTHING is down to the regime. Sometimes transfers take a lot of time.
Slade is fishing in a different pot now - he doesn't need to get bargain basement players so maybe he's being mega picky. No season was ever lost in August and there's a shed load of football to be played. The window shuts in 3/4 weeks. If we haven't signed anyone by then then I'll be down there doing a poo in the car park as a protest.
I actually thought this post was a brilliant piece of sarcasm ............ until I saw who wrote it
Feel free to elaborate.
Slade has always hand his hands tied when it comes to transfers. When we were prepared to spend £800k on Ajose he was probably like a fat kid in a sweet shop. It seems that optimism has faded somewhat but we know he's still having the say in who he signs - and more importantly is resisting network cast-offs.
So effectively you're confirming that he's been duped and that we have been lied to yet again.
Control over transfers. Top six budget. 22 players plus kids.
This lot take some beating in the shitest owner category. If Slade can't get his five or six in I really hope he walks and spills the beans.
I'm not sure yet. The top 6 budget could well be true because all other clubs are completely potless. The truth might be nearer to "we aren't quite as pikey broke as most in this division"
I really hope it works because Slade is as good as we are going to get in our current state. If he were to walk we would be in a world of shit.
Do you not think we are already in a world of shit?
There's definitely been a change in Slade. Can you remember when he first joined and was full of enthusiasm for educating new signings about our history? Seemed a very different bloke in the last two interviews.
Not really. He's being interviewed about a match so he's hardly going to be talking about anything else.
I don't suppose he's happy with the lack of signings but it could be any one of a number of reasons that they haven't happened. Not EVERYTHING is down to the regime. Sometimes transfers take a lot of time.
Slade is fishing in a different pot now - he doesn't need to get bargain basement players so maybe he's being mega picky. No season was ever lost in August and there's a shed load of football to be played. The window shuts in 3/4 weeks. If we haven't signed anyone by then then I'll be down there doing a poo in the car park as a protest.
I actually thought this post was a brilliant piece of sarcasm ............ until I saw who wrote it
Feel free to elaborate.
Slade has always hand his hands tied when it comes to transfers. When we were prepared to spend £800k on Ajose he was probably like a fat kid in a sweet shop. It seems that optimism has faded somewhat but we know he's still having the say in who he signs - and more importantly is resisting network cast-offs.
So effectively you're confirming that he's been duped and that we have been lied to yet again.
Control over transfers. Top six budget. 22 players plus kids.
This lot take some beating in the shitest owner category. If Slade can't get his five or six in I really hope he walks and spills the beans.
I'm not sure yet. The top 6 budget could well be true because all other clubs are completely potless. The truth might be nearer to "we aren't quite as pikey broke as most in this division"
I really hope it works because Slade is as good as we are going to get in our current state. If he were to walk we would be in a world of shit.
Do you not think we are already in a world of shit?
Not quite. Not a million miles from it though.
I'm really worried about what your criteria is for a world of shit!
There's definitely been a change in Slade. Can you remember when he first joined and was full of enthusiasm for educating new signings about our history? Seemed a very different bloke in the last two interviews.
Not really. He's being interviewed about a match so he's hardly going to be talking about anything else.
I don't suppose he's happy with the lack of signings but it could be any one of a number of reasons that they haven't happened. Not EVERYTHING is down to the regime. Sometimes transfers take a lot of time.
Slade is fishing in a different pot now - he doesn't need to get bargain basement players so maybe he's being mega picky. No season was ever lost in August and there's a shed load of football to be played. The window shuts in 3/4 weeks. If we haven't signed anyone by then then I'll be down there doing a poo in the car park as a protest.
I actually thought this post was a brilliant piece of sarcasm ............ until I saw who wrote it
Feel free to elaborate.
Slade has always hand his hands tied when it comes to transfers. When we were prepared to spend £800k on Ajose he was probably like a fat kid in a sweet shop. It seems that optimism has faded somewhat but we know he's still having the say in who he signs - and more importantly is resisting network cast-offs.
So effectively you're confirming that he's been duped and that we have been lied to yet again.
Control over transfers. Top six budget. 22 players plus kids.
This lot take some beating in the shitest owner category. If Slade can't get his five or six in I really hope he walks and spills the beans.
I'm not sure yet. The top 6 budget could well be true because all other clubs are completely potless. The truth might be nearer to "we aren't quite as pikey broke as most in this division"
I really hope it works because Slade is as good as we are going to get in our current state. If he were to walk we would be in a world of shit.
Do you not think we are already in a world of shit?
Not quite. Not a million miles from it though.
I'm really worried about what your criteria is for a world of shit!
Roland's latest master plan for CAFC, his new theme park "World of Shit"...
I'd say we were already in a world of shit, but if we sign only two players one on loan and both a bit ordinary, and Slade walks, that is a universe of shit.
Poor squad, no manager, no one wanting to join, no one wanting to lead, no one wanting to spend money or even hire on a free to get the squad up to realistic levels for a season without loans, season ticket holders not renewing, no sales process in sight, ex-missus suggesting she is going to try and take the boy to watch West Ham because I won't buy season tickets at Charlton, owner and flunky who must be thinking we can get promotion with the u21 team and then in three years flog them to the premiership.....
It's bad, very very bad but experience tells us that Roland and Katrien have a way of making it worse.
There's definitely been a change in Slade. Can you remember when he first joined and was full of enthusiasm for educating new signings about our history? Seemed a very different bloke in the last two interviews.
Not really. He's being interviewed about a match so he's hardly going to be talking about anything else.
I don't suppose he's happy with the lack of signings but it could be any one of a number of reasons that they haven't happened. Not EVERYTHING is down to the regime. Sometimes transfers take a lot of time.
Slade is fishing in a different pot now - he doesn't need to get bargain basement players so maybe he's being mega picky. No season was ever lost in August and there's a shed load of football to be played. The window shuts in 3/4 weeks. If we haven't signed anyone by then then I'll be down there doing a poo in the car park as a protest.
I actually thought this post was a brilliant piece of sarcasm ............ until I saw who wrote it
Feel free to elaborate.
Slade has always hand his hands tied when it comes to transfers. When we were prepared to spend £800k on Ajose he was probably like a fat kid in a sweet shop. It seems that optimism has faded somewhat but we know he's still having the say in who he signs - and more importantly is resisting network cast-offs.
So effectively you're confirming that he's been duped and that we have been lied to yet again.
Control over transfers. Top six budget. 22 players plus kids.
This lot take some beating in the shitest owner category. If Slade can't get his five or six in I really hope he walks and spills the beans.
I'm not sure yet. The top 6 budget could well be true because all other clubs are completely potless. The truth might be nearer to "we aren't quite as pikey broke as most in this division"
I really hope it works because Slade is as good as we are going to get in our current state. If he were to walk we would be in a world of shit.
May the top six budget take into account what we are paying on the numerous players on loan?
It is all shit really isn't it and getting worse. I am glad I am holiday and well away from the Valley the next couple of weekends. If I were Slade I would walk on Friday and just tell the world they are mad.
Everyone at Charlton Athletic Football Club is deeply disappointed that we have been relegated from the Championship.
This is not the time for excuses. We apologise for our mistakes and now need to learn from them so that we can put firm foundations in place for the future that ensure the long-term stability of the club.
We all acknowledge that this is a difficult time for the club, but I and the club’s Senior Management Team will start the rebuilding work immediately. Our sole aim is to be fighting for promotion next season and our top priority is to put together a squad that can help Charlton Athletic get back into the Championship.
This was written on the 19th April. By the time of our 4th game, it will have been more than four months since this comment was made.
That's nearly four months they've had to prepare.
And now, going into the first game we've got a half complete squad and a manager playing "an experimental team" in the last friendly. He's playing a 3-5-2 formation (or a variation of) with only two players possessing an attacking bone in their body going into the last friendly! I hope it was a protest selection because otherwise that idea is absolutely ludicrous.
Of course, he's not playing with a full hand is he. We're into August with an exodus of players, a handful of ins, and whispers of incoming loans. After four months, loans is what we're resorting to?
We've heard they're learning from their mistakes. They've apologised. So where's the evidence that they've learnt? Where's the evidence they're trying to make things right?
Hiring an English manager and trying the same tricks with English players won't wash.
They should be pushing the boat out, working harder, making the additional investment to get us back up, making promotion an absolute priority. Nobody else got us here, they did. If they're that sorry then they should be making amends. They've had four months to work on it.
Of course things don't always work out the way you plan. But you plan for that. Did nobody within in the club think that Pope might be the subject of a bid? When Burnley bid the first time, did they not think there might be a chance that Burnley might eventually get to an acceptable offer? Or that someone else might? You plan for this. They clearly didn't.
So it comes down to either a lack of ambition, or a lack of competence. A lack of ambition at League One level is unforgivable. A lack of competence is unfortunately a given. But the SMT responsible for all this stays in place. All of which points to wilful neglect from above, and a carefree attitude from the SMT. The squad doesn't matter, results don't matter, promotion doesn't matter.
And still some people are willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. And people say we're not in the shit? We are very much in the shit.
There's definitely been a change in Slade. Can you remember when he first joined and was full of enthusiasm for educating new signings about our history? Seemed a very different bloke in the last two interviews.
Not really. He's being interviewed about a match so he's hardly going to be talking about anything else.
I don't suppose he's happy with the lack of signings but it could be any one of a number of reasons that they haven't happened. Not EVERYTHING is down to the regime. Sometimes transfers take a lot of time.
Slade is fishing in a different pot now - he doesn't need to get bargain basement players so maybe he's being mega picky. No season was ever lost in August and there's a shed load of football to be played. The window shuts in 3/4 weeks. If we haven't signed anyone by then then I'll be down there doing a poo in the car park as a protest.
I actually thought this post was a brilliant piece of sarcasm ............ until I saw who wrote it
Feel free to elaborate.
Slade has always hand his hands tied when it comes to transfers. When we were prepared to spend £800k on Ajose he was probably like a fat kid in a sweet shop. It seems that optimism has faded somewhat but we know he's still having the say in who he signs - and more importantly is resisting network cast-offs.
So effectively you're confirming that he's been duped and that we have been lied to yet again.
Control over transfers. Top six budget. 22 players plus kids.
This lot take some beating in the shitest owner category. If Slade can't get his five or six in I really hope he walks and spills the beans.
I'm not sure yet. The top 6 budget could well be true because all other clubs are completely potless. The truth might be nearer to "we aren't quite as pikey broke as most in this division"
I really hope it works because Slade is as good as we are going to get in our current state. If he were to walk we would be in a world of shit.
Do you not think we are already in a world of shit?
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Surely one of these days Rodney?
Slade has always hand his hands tied when it comes to transfers. When we were prepared to spend £800k on Ajose he was probably like a fat kid in a sweet shop. It seems that optimism has faded somewhat but we know he's still having the say in who he signs - and more importantly is resisting network cast-offs.
Control over transfers. Top six budget. 22 players plus kids.
This lot take some beating in the shitest owner category. If Slade can't get his five or six in I really hope he walks and spills the beans.
I really hope it works because Slade is as good as we are going to get in our current state. If he were to walk we would be in a world of shit.
Where I'm not sure I agree with you is that Slade is ready for the step up in quality that he needs. We haven't exactly been linked with world beaters. Of course rumours should all be taken with a grain of salt, but with Crofts, Foley, Gobern, and the likes of Turner, Kilgallon, Pearce, Thompson, we're not really unearthing hidden gems it would seem. That is something SCP did incredibly well. I'm just afraid that as a club, we're out of ideas.
Though, it might explain why CARD would appear to be curtseying.
Poor squad, no manager, no one wanting to join, no one wanting to lead, no one wanting to spend money or even hire on a free to get the squad up to realistic levels for a season without loans, season ticket holders not renewing, no sales process in sight, ex-missus suggesting she is going to try and take the boy to watch West Ham because I won't buy season tickets at Charlton, owner and flunky who must be thinking we can get promotion with the u21 team and then in three years flog them to the premiership.....
It's bad, very very bad but experience tells us that Roland and Katrien have a way of making it worse.
I expect the out is Tex which would be a pisser
If you spend EUR 2m over the next week you save EUR 10m over the next year.
I realise this is a year too late for you but it remains true today.
Also if you have massively underporforming management, sack them.
That's nearly four months they've had to prepare.
And now, going into the first game we've got a half complete squad and a manager playing "an experimental team" in the last friendly. He's playing a 3-5-2 formation (or a variation of) with only two players possessing an attacking bone in their body going into the last friendly! I hope it was a protest selection because otherwise that idea is absolutely ludicrous.
Of course, he's not playing with a full hand is he. We're into August with an exodus of players, a handful of ins, and whispers of incoming loans. After four months, loans is what we're resorting to?
We've heard they're learning from their mistakes. They've apologised. So where's the evidence that they've learnt? Where's the evidence they're trying to make things right?
Hiring an English manager and trying the same tricks with English players won't wash.
They should be pushing the boat out, working harder, making the additional investment to get us back up, making promotion an absolute priority. Nobody else got us here, they did. If they're that sorry then they should be making amends. They've had four months to work on it.
Of course things don't always work out the way you plan. But you plan for that. Did nobody within in the club think that Pope might be the subject of a bid? When Burnley bid the first time, did they not think there might be a chance that Burnley might eventually get to an acceptable offer? Or that someone else might? You plan for this. They clearly didn't.
So it comes down to either a lack of ambition, or a lack of competence. A lack of ambition at League One level is unforgivable. A lack of competence is unfortunately a given. But the SMT responsible for all this stays in place. All of which points to wilful neglect from above, and a carefree attitude from the SMT. The squad doesn't matter, results don't matter, promotion doesn't matter.
And still some people are willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. And people say we're not in the shit? We are very much in the shit.
I don't know why we bought him. By the time he came in we were virtually down.