This isn't a reaction to one bad result. I've been more than willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
We've been poor since November. Something like 21 points in 18 games is barely good enough to avoid relegation.
Things came to a head for me yesterday because it was there for all to see what a decent manager can do and that was the final nail in KR's coffin. They didn't just beat us, they completely outplayed us.
This.
We have been dreadful for a long time now. Walsall at home was about the only game I can remember thinking we played ok.
The Manager has had long enough to realise his formation doesn’t work.... but he persists with it. He continues to pick players that are not good enough / struggling.
We don’t score enough goals, always look like we are going to concede and the game management is appalling.
If and when a new owner comes in, the first job has to be to tell Robinson his contract has been terminated.
What is it about the formation, as opposed to the players or patterns of play or defensive rigidity, that is not working?
This isn't a reaction to one bad result. I've been more than willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
We've been poor since November. Something like 21 points in 18 games is barely good enough to avoid relegation.
Things came to a head for me yesterday because it was there for all to see what a decent manager can do and that was the final nail in KR's coffin. They didn't just beat us, they completely outplayed us.
This.
We have been dreadful for a long time now. Walsall at home was about the only game I can remember thinking we played ok.
The Manager has had long enough to realise his formation doesn’t work.... but he persists with it. He continues to pick players that are not good enough / struggling.
We don’t score enough goals, always look like we are going to concede and the game management is appalling.
If and when a new owner comes in, the first job has to be to tell Robinson his contract has been terminated.
What is it about the formation, as opposed to the players or patterns of play or defensive rigidity, that is not working?
Knowing Ricky & having been to many a match with him - I don't think he's going to be analyzing patterns of play or degrees of defensive rigidity!
He know's his stuff & I trust his judgement 100%
You don't need a Masters Degree in Football Tactics to have sussed that Robinson is not the right manager to take us forward & 17 points from the last 16 games is not acceptable.
This isn't a reaction to one bad result. I've been more than willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
We've been poor since November. Something like 21 points in 18 games is barely good enough to avoid relegation.
Things came to a head for me yesterday because it was there for all to see what a decent manager can do and that was the final nail in KR's coffin. They didn't just beat us, they completely outplayed us.
This.
We have been dreadful for a long time now. Walsall at home was about the only game I can remember thinking we played ok.
The Manager has had long enough to realise his formation doesn’t work.... but he persists with it. He continues to pick players that are not good enough / struggling.
We don’t score enough goals, always look like we are going to concede and the game management is appalling.
If and when a new owner comes in, the first job has to be to tell Robinson his contract has been terminated.
What is it about the formation, as opposed to the players or patterns of play or defensive rigidity, that is not working?
Knowing Ricky & having been to many a match with him - I don't think he's going to be analyzing patterns of play or degrees of defensive rigidity!
He know's his stuff & I trust his judgement 100%
You don't need a Masters Degree in Football Tactics to have sussed that Robinson is not the right manager to take us forward & 17 points from the last 16 games is not acceptable.
I should also add that @ricky_otto committed some of the worse fouls I have ever witnessed on a football pitch - every week!
We’ve only won 5 out of our last 18 league games. People have every right to be losing patience with Robinson. Too many people keep thinking this is just a blip and keep banging on about our good start to this season which was over 5 months ago. Time to live in the present people. 5 wins against dire opposition in our last 18 league games is quite frankly dire.
We’ve only won 5 out of our last 18 league games. People have every right to be losing patience with Robinson. Too many people keep thinking this is just a blip and keep banging on about our good start to this season which was over 5 months ago. Time to live in the present people. 5 wins against dire opposition in our last 18 league games is quite frankly dire.
That so many seem to see this as progress - five wins from 18 in League 1 - says all we need to know about life under the Belgian.
We’ve only won 5 out of our last 18 league games. People have every right to be losing patience with Robinson. Too many people keep thinking this is just a blip and keep banging on about our good start to this season which was over 5 months ago. Time to live in the present people. 5 wins against dire opposition in our last 18 league games is quite frankly dire.
Some of our happy clappy supporters seem content watching a pile of shit.
The anger and frustration is not just about what happens on the pitch. I have watched Charlton since 1966 and was a season ticket holder until last season. I have not been at all this season. My daughter asked me whether I would like to go yesterday and I couldn't get any enthusiasm to say "Yes". It took her a considerable time to persuade me. It was a poor performance from top to bottom and, walking away from the ground, where I used to be in a really bad mood, I wasn't. My passion for watching the club has been run over by a steamroller and I can only hope that it returns once RD has gone and we have an owner that cares about success on the pitch. What a legacy to leave.
This isn't a reaction to one bad result. I've been more than willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
We've been poor since November. Something like 21 points in 18 games is barely good enough to avoid relegation.
Things came to a head for me yesterday because it was there for all to see what a decent manager can do and that was the final nail in KR's coffin. They didn't just beat us, they completely outplayed us.
This.
We have been dreadful for a long time now. Walsall at home was about the only game I can remember thinking we played ok.
The Manager has had long enough to realise his formation doesn’t work.... but he persists with it. He continues to pick players that are not good enough / struggling.
We don’t score enough goals, always look like we are going to concede and the game management is appalling.
If and when a new owner comes in, the first job has to be to tell Robinson his contract has been terminated.
What is it about the formation, as opposed to the players or patterns of play or defensive rigidity, that is not working?
Knowing Ricky & having been to many a match with him - I don't think he's going to be analyzing patterns of play or degrees of defensive rigidity!
He know's his stuff & I trust his judgement 100%
You don't need a Masters Degree in Football Tactics to have sussed that Robinson is not the right manager to take us forward & 17 points from the last 16 games is not acceptable.
Ok so we wern't at the races yesterday. But prior to then for the past few weeks we have been playing better. Even in the games we were getting pegged back in. I think yesterday's performance is a one off and we will play a lot better next week. Hopefully result to match.
This isn't a reaction to one bad result. I've been more than willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
We've been poor since November. Something like 21 points in 18 games is barely good enough to avoid relegation.
Things came to a head for me yesterday because it was there for all to see what a decent manager can do and that was the final nail in KR's coffin. They didn't just beat us, they completely outplayed us.
This.
We have been dreadful for a long time now. Walsall at home was about the only game I can remember thinking we played ok.
The Manager has had long enough to realise his formation doesn’t work.... but he persists with it. He continues to pick players that are not good enough / struggling.
We don’t score enough goals, always look like we are going to concede and the game management is appalling.
If and when a new owner comes in, the first job has to be to tell Robinson his contract has been terminated.
What is it about the formation, as opposed to the players or patterns of play or defensive rigidity, that is not working?
Well if you insist on 4-5-1, but don't have a striker who is proven at, and happy with, the "1" role, you are doomed to failure.
This isn't a reaction to one bad result. I've been more than willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
We've been poor since November. Something like 21 points in 18 games is barely good enough to avoid relegation.
Things came to a head for me yesterday because it was there for all to see what a decent manager can do and that was the final nail in KR's coffin. They didn't just beat us, they completely outplayed us.
This.
We have been dreadful for a long time now. Walsall at home was about the only game I can remember thinking we played ok.
The Manager has had long enough to realise his formation doesn’t work.... but he persists with it. He continues to pick players that are not good enough / struggling.
We don’t score enough goals, always look like we are going to concede and the game management is appalling.
If and when a new owner comes in, the first job has to be to tell Robinson his contract has been terminated.
What is it about the formation, as opposed to the players or patterns of play or defensive rigidity, that is not working?
Well if you insist on 4-5-1, but don't have a striker who is proven at, and happy with, the "1" role, you are doomed to failure.
It's not 451 it's 4231.
To play that you need a really good no.10 which we had in Clarke and very mobile and three interchangeable forwards with pace and power.
Karl tried to play that formation last season without the players. We nearly went down .
He played it with Clarke and Holmes and it worked to a degree but remember we were still only 4th or 5th.
He continues to try and play it but without a number ten.
He's tried Reeves (terrible), Aribo, Fosu, Kaikia, Holmes as a number 10 but he wont try a different formation.
Every team knows how we play and how to stop us.
Mavididi covered a lot of our weaknesses. We need to be able to change it around, we need to play to our strengths, not to a dogma because that is what 4231 has become.
Nothing wrong with 4231 but nothing wrong with 442, 352 or 343 either.
Let's just analyse this in calm, mature and adult manner. So we weren't good enough on the day. So what it happens. It's first poor one for a few weeks, since Gills.
I have a pragmatic philosphy. It's to analyse why we didn't perform to the best of our abilities. We simply lost our coolness when Shrewsbury managed to get a foothold in the game. We have to remember they are in the top two and play a high pressing, play in your face game. I think the reason why we didn't play the way Karl wanted is because maybe we lost a bit of patients playing their way and reverted to what we are best at. But yes we need to be more patient at that type of game and work on improving on it. It certainly wasn't a dishonest non caring performance by any stretch.
This is the business end of the season when we look to losses into a least a draw and a draw into a win. We were doing it earlier in the season. It's creapt out a wee bit recently. But hopefully we can start doing it again. It is important in this period that players and fans alike keep a calm attitude.
This is at least your second thread telling everyone to calm down because it's just one bad performance. I think the problem is you've confused complacently watching the team under-perform given its resources for helpful positivity. Shrugging your shoulders every time we play crap and claiming everyone else is overreacting just ignoring the problems that need dealing with. I haven't been to The Valley in a good few games thanks to Roland, but telling the people who go every week to calm down when they watch a crock of shit isn't too helpful
Let's just analyse this in calm, mature and adult manner. So we weren't good enough on the day. So what it happens. It's first poor one for a few weeks, since Gills.
I have a pragmatic philosphy. It's to analyse why we didn't perform to the best of our abilities. We simply lost our coolness when Shrewsbury managed to get a foothold in the game. We have to remember they are in the top two and play a high pressing, play in your face game. I think the reason why we didn't play the way Karl wanted is because maybe we lost a bit of patients playing their way and reverted to what we are best at. But yes we need to be more patient at that type of game and work on improving on it. It certainly wasn't a dishonest non caring performance by any stretch.
This is the business end of the season when we look to losses into a least a draw and a draw into a win. We were doing it earlier in the season. It's creapt out a wee bit recently. But hopefully we can start doing it again. It is important in this period that players and fans alike keep a calm attitude.
This is at least your second thread telling everyone to calm down because it's just one bad performance. I think the problem is you've confused complacently watching the team under-perform given its resources for helpful positivity. Shrugging your shoulders every time we play crap and claiming everyone else is overreacting just ignoring the problems that need dealing with. I haven't been to The Valley in a good few games thanks to Roland, but telling the people who go every week to calm down when they watch a crock of shit isn't too helpful
Let's just analyse this in calm, mature and adult manner. So we weren't good enough on the day. So what it happens. It's first poor one for a few weeks, since Gills.
I have a pragmatic philosphy. It's to analyse why we didn't perform to the best of our abilities. We simply lost our coolness when Shrewsbury managed to get a foothold in the game. We have to remember they are in the top two and play a high pressing, play in your face game. I think the reason why we didn't play the way Karl wanted is because maybe we lost a bit of patients playing their way and reverted to what we are best at. But yes we need to be more patient at that type of game and work on improving on it. It certainly wasn't a dishonest non caring performance by any stretch.
This is the business end of the season when we look to losses into a least a draw and a draw into a win. We were doing it earlier in the season. It's creapt out a wee bit recently. But hopefully we can start doing it again. It is important in this period that players and fans alike keep a calm attitude.
This is at least your second thread telling everyone to calm down because it's just one bad performance. I think the problem is you've confused complacently watching the team under-perform given its resources for helpful positivity. Shrugging your shoulders every time we play crap and claiming everyone else is overreacting just ignoring the problems that need dealing with. I haven't been to The Valley in a good few games thanks to Roland, but telling the people who go every week to calm down when they watch a crock of shit isn't too helpful
Ok so we wern't at the races yesterday. But prior to then for the past few weeks we have been playing better. Even in the games we were getting pegged back in. I think yesterday's performance is a one off and we will play a lot better next week. Hopefully result to match.
Robinson had my full support all season until the start of February, that Oxford game for me showed so many weaknesses in the team, in the squad, in the management and game management it was frightening. Okay he has came out and said he got that one wrong. But then a similar thing happened a week later in Doncaster.
He keeps saying we need to be more ruthless and clinical, which we do. But we haven’t played well for a whole game for ages now. The first half against Bradford we were good, but we didn’t go in more than 1-0 up. The fact is, we have only kept 3 clean sheets in the last 18 league games, which is horrific, and that means we have to be out scoring opponents, which we just don’t do. How many centre back pairings have we had in those last 18 games? - The answer is 7: Pearce, Konsa Bauer, Konsa Bauer, Sarr Bauer, Lennon Konsa, Lennon Konsa, Sarr Lennon, Sarr
That means that we have had 8 different partnerships so far this season with Bauer and Pearce at the beginning of the season being the other one. - How can that be sustainable? How can you ever even think we are going to get results when one of the most important areas on the pitch is constantly changing? How is Amos meant to be confident? How is the midfield meant to build an understanding with the defence? It is beyond a joke. - I know we have had injuries to all centre backs other than Konsa, but does Robinson even know who his main and first choice centre backs are?
Ultimately, Robinson has become very predictable and very rarely ever makes a substitution to influence the game in our favour, to be proactive. It’ll get to 70-80 minutes and he’ll react to how players are tiring or how the opposing team have tried to change the game. It’ll then get to 80-85 and he’ll make another before bringing on someone between 85-90+. All three subs can’t influence the game, what’s the point?
We continue to play 4231 with as Henry has said, multiple number 10s which is the main part of the formation. Clarke, Reeves, Holmes, Fosu, Aribo, Kaikai, Mavididi, Best, KAG. - all have been asked to play there this season. That’s 9 players. It’s a joke.
We don’t have a midfielder who is an enforcer, who is going to sit and protect the back four to allow someone like Forster-Caskey to push on and overload. Kashi is a good player but that’s not what he is about, he is ineffective so deep and he has a rash challenge in him. Diarra would be perfect for that role if we could get him in. But that’s another area where we have been so short in, just like up front.
We have the personnel now to be mixing it up, we need to support Magennis much more than we do, he can’t be expected to play 90 minutes every single game, leading the line but having no one within 20 yards of him, and if they are, they’re not suited to the role or still learning it, as we saw with Aribo on Saturday. We have the centre backs to be playing 3 at the back to allow Dasilva to push us forward and for him not to feel so exposed without a covering left midfielder in front of him. We have different options to use but Robinson seems so reluctant to change how we play because he is believing far too much into this system when it just isn’t working.
I think we still have the abilities to get play off spot and from there, anything can happen. But we desperately need to pick up and get on a run of results. Just right now with every game we play, time is running out and just aren’t getting any better.
Ok so we wern't at the races yesterday. But prior to then for the past few weeks we have been playing better. Even in the games we were getting pegged back in. I think yesterday's performance is a one off and we will play a lot better next week. Hopefully result to match.
I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you mate!
I'm certainly not holding my breatth on getting a game at Kingsmeadow on Saturday. Seen the forecast?
This isn't a reaction to one bad result. I've been more than willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
We've been poor since November. Something like 21 points in 18 games is barely good enough to avoid relegation.
Things came to a head for me yesterday because it was there for all to see what a decent manager can do and that was the final nail in KR's coffin. They didn't just beat us, they completely outplayed us.
This.
We have been dreadful for a long time now. Walsall at home was about the only game I can remember thinking we played ok.
The Manager has had long enough to realise his formation doesn’t work.... but he persists with it. He continues to pick players that are not good enough / struggling.
We don’t score enough goals, always look like we are going to concede and the game management is appalling.
If and when a new owner comes in, the first job has to be to tell Robinson his contract has been terminated.
What is it about the formation, as opposed to the players or patterns of play or defensive rigidity, that is not working?
Well if you insist on 4-5-1, but don't have a striker who is proven at, and happy with, the "1" role, you are doomed to failure.
It's not 451 it's 4231.
To play that you need a really good no.10 which we had in Clarke and very mobile and three interchangeable forwards with pace and power.
Karl tried to play that formation last season without the players. We nearly went down .
He played it with Clarke and Holmes and it worked to a degree but remember we were still only 4th or 5th.
He continues to try and play it but without a number ten.
He's tried Reeves (terrible), Aribo, Fosu, Kaikia, Holmes as a number 10 but he wont try a different formation.
Every team knows how we play and how to stop us.
Mavididi covered a lot of our weaknesses. We need to be able to change it around, we need to play to our strengths, not to a dogma because that is what 4231 has become.
Nothing wrong with 4231 but nothing wrong with 442, 352 or 343 either.
Just win games.
A League One equivalent of Didier Dogma is exactly what we need up front IMO.
Robinson is the latest in a long line of shit managers we've had under RD. He might be a nice bloke for all I know but I've had enough of our pitiful displays under him.
What alarms me is that we have supporters who seem unable to reognise how crap we are. Are we watching the same team?
If we improve, go on a winning run and secure promotion then I will happily admit I was wrong.
The anger and frustration is not just about what happens on the pitch. I have watched Charlton since 1966 and was a season ticket holder until last season. I have not been at all this season. My daughter asked me whether I would like to go yesterday and I couldn't get any enthusiasm to say "Yes". It took her a considerable time to persuade me. It was a poor performance from top to bottom and, walking away from the ground, where I used to be in a really bad mood, I wasn't. My passion for watching the club has been run over by a steamroller and I can only hope that it returns once RD has gone and we have an owner that cares about success on the pitch. What a legacy to leave.
This.
This I can relate to so much......... since 1966, in my case, and over 25 years a season ticket holder, though now exiled on Wight (not Parkhurst!) So much history, many ups and downs, plentiful disappointments and celebrations. Yet now ....... Sky Sports money and a very self indulgent, negligent FA have destroyed most hope for all but a few perennials. Fit and proper owners? Really? What a poisoned Blatteresque charade the game has become. Thanks to greedmeisters like Blatter, Duchatelet and the FA, not to mention misappropriation of public funds to financing the likes of West Ham (whose directors could surely have gone to the porn brokers if in need of funding). Football has already seen the Orient go West. Many clubs will follow.
Charlton's never ending, Wricurkincam rants, We are not pretending, But three lines in our pants,
Send the Belgian home, Just send him home He has us shafted, Walloony scrote Or Flemish throat, Don't know, but he's a ba*****d,
Send the Belgian home etc; and fade...... (but not Charlton....)
This isn't a reaction to one bad result. I've been more than willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
We've been poor since November. Something like 21 points in 18 games is barely good enough to avoid relegation.
Things came to a head for me yesterday because it was there for all to see what a decent manager can do and that was the final nail in KR's coffin. They didn't just beat us, they completely outplayed us.
This.
We have been dreadful for a long time now. Walsall at home was about the only game I can remember thinking we played ok.
The Manager has had long enough to realise his formation doesn’t work.... but he persists with it. He continues to pick players that are not good enough / struggling.
We don’t score enough goals, always look like we are going to concede and the game management is appalling.
If and when a new owner comes in, the first job has to be to tell Robinson his contract has been terminated.
What is it about the formation, as opposed to the players or patterns of play or defensive rigidity, that is not working?
Well if you insist on 4-5-1, but don't have a striker who is proven at, and happy with, the "1" role, you are doomed to failure.
It's not 451 it's 4231.
To play that you need a really good no.10 which we had in Clarke and very mobile and three interchangeable forwards with pace and power.
Karl tried to play that formation last season without the players. We nearly went down .
He played it with Clarke and Holmes and it worked to a degree but remember we were still only 4th or 5th.
He continues to try and play it but without a number ten.
He's tried Reeves (terrible), Aribo, Fosu, Kaikia, Holmes as a number 10 but he wont try a different formation.
Every team knows how we play and how to stop us.
Mavididi covered a lot of our weaknesses. We need to be able to change it around, we need to play to our strengths, not to a dogma because that is what 4231 has become.
Nothing wrong with 4231 but nothing wrong with 442, 352 or 343 either.
Just win games.
I agree the 10 had been a real problem. But if our our problem is isolating the forward and struggling to connect midfield to attack I don't know that 4-4-2 is the answer. As for three at the back, right wingback remains the problem. Solly is struggling to get up and back as a fullback, and Marshall is struggling terribly as a winger, both their natural positions.
I think there are coaching and tactical flaws that would belie any formation. Bring susceptible to crosses from deep is certainly one. Finishing is another obviously. One big gripe I've had of late is the late of triangles and intricate play we did brilliantly in the first 5-10 minutes, and then it all went away.
Lastly, want to give another plug for my theory that the first things new owners should do is hire an experienced assistant for Robinson. We have two coaches on the bench who have zero experience. Full stop. Yes they were/ate both successful players but it's not the same. And one is literally on the bench every week so when he's on the pitch we have one assistant.
I appreciate you answering in an intelligent and insightful way,
@Sage there's a lot of good stuff in your post. I agree the centerbacks are a problem, but to be fair most of the chopping and changing there has been due to injury, with the exception of leaving Lennon is for Oxford which was a huge mistake as he was awful two weeks prior. I'll try and come back later and go more into it.
Also I do agree with the OP to some extent. We're not good and haven't been that good for a while, and it's really frustrating. But the lows of bad results seem to plummet new depths each week.
I really hope the takeover helps that. I feel like it adds to the tension a lot. I hope with new owners there will be a renewed feeling that this club had a future.
Soz posted the above twice on accident so here's a nice picture of the snowfall we had last week. Nope it's not attaching so just use your imagination. It was very pretty.
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He know's his stuff & I trust his judgement 100%
You don't need a Masters Degree in Football Tactics to have sussed that Robinson is not the right manager to take us forward & 17 points from the last 16 games is not acceptable.
He know's his stuff & I trust his judgement 100%
You don't need a Masters Degree in Football Tactics to have sussed that Robinson is not the right manager to take us forward & 17 points from the last 16 games is not acceptable.
Ricky_Otto=Next manager of Charlton.
To play that you need a really good no.10 which we had in Clarke and very mobile and three interchangeable forwards with pace and power.
Karl tried to play that formation last season without the players. We nearly went down .
He played it with Clarke and Holmes and it worked to a degree but remember we were still only 4th or 5th.
He continues to try and play it but without a number ten.
He's tried Reeves (terrible), Aribo, Fosu, Kaikia, Holmes as a number 10 but he wont try a different formation.
Every team knows how we play and how to stop us.
Mavididi covered a lot of our weaknesses. We need to be able to change it around, we need to play to our strengths, not to a dogma because that is what 4231 has become.
Nothing wrong with 4231 but nothing wrong with 442, 352 or 343 either.
Just win games.
He keeps saying we need to be more ruthless and clinical, which we do. But we haven’t played well for a whole game for ages now. The first half against Bradford we were good, but we didn’t go in more than 1-0 up. The fact is, we have only kept 3 clean sheets in the last 18 league games, which is horrific, and that means we have to be out scoring opponents, which we just don’t do. How many centre back pairings have we had in those last 18 games? - The answer is 7:
Pearce, Konsa
Bauer, Konsa
Bauer, Sarr
Bauer, Lennon
Konsa, Lennon
Konsa, Sarr
Lennon, Sarr
That means that we have had 8 different partnerships so far this season with Bauer and Pearce at the beginning of the season being the other one. - How can that be sustainable? How can you ever even think we are going to get results when one of the most important areas on the pitch is constantly changing? How is Amos meant to be confident? How is the midfield meant to build an understanding with the defence?
It is beyond a joke. - I know we have had injuries to all centre backs other than Konsa, but does Robinson even know who his main and first choice centre backs are?
Ultimately, Robinson has become very predictable and very rarely ever makes a substitution to influence the game in our favour, to be proactive. It’ll get to 70-80 minutes and he’ll react to how players are tiring or how the opposing team have tried to change the game. It’ll then get to 80-85 and he’ll make another before bringing on someone between 85-90+. All three subs can’t influence the game, what’s the point?
We continue to play 4231 with as Henry has said, multiple number 10s which is the main part of the formation. Clarke, Reeves, Holmes, Fosu, Aribo, Kaikai, Mavididi, Best, KAG. - all have been asked to play there this season. That’s 9 players. It’s a joke.
We don’t have a midfielder who is an enforcer, who is going to sit and protect the back four to allow someone like Forster-Caskey to push on and overload. Kashi is a good player but that’s not what he is about, he is ineffective so deep and he has a rash challenge in him. Diarra would be perfect for that role if we could get him in. But that’s another area where we have been so short in, just like up front.
We have the personnel now to be mixing it up, we need to support Magennis much more than we do, he can’t be expected to play 90 minutes every single game, leading the line but having no one within 20 yards of him, and if they are, they’re not suited to the role or still learning it, as we saw with Aribo on Saturday. We have the centre backs to be playing 3 at the back to allow Dasilva to push us forward and for him not to feel so exposed without a covering left midfielder in front of him. We have different options to use but Robinson seems so reluctant to change how we play because he is believing far too much into this system when it just isn’t working.
I think we still have the abilities to get play off spot and from there, anything can happen. But we desperately need to pick up and get on a run of results. Just right now with every game we play, time is running out and just aren’t getting any better.
What alarms me is that we have supporters who seem unable to reognise how crap we are. Are we watching the same team?
If we improve, go on a winning run and secure promotion then I will happily admit I was wrong.
This I can relate to so much......... since 1966, in my case, and over 25 years a season ticket holder, though now exiled on Wight (not Parkhurst!) So much history, many ups and downs, plentiful disappointments and celebrations. Yet now ....... Sky Sports money and a very self indulgent, negligent FA have destroyed most hope for all but a few perennials. Fit and proper owners? Really? What a poisoned Blatteresque charade the game has become. Thanks to greedmeisters like Blatter, Duchatelet and the FA, not to mention misappropriation of public funds to financing the likes of West Ham (whose directors could surely have gone to the porn brokers if in need of funding). Football has already seen the Orient go West. Many clubs will follow.
Charlton's never ending,
Wricurkincam rants,
We are not pretending,
But three lines in our pants,
Send the Belgian home,
Just send him home
He has us shafted,
Walloony scrote
Or Flemish throat,
Don't know, but he's a ba*****d,
Send the Belgian home etc; and fade...... (but not Charlton....)
I think there are coaching and tactical flaws that would belie any formation. Bring susceptible to crosses from deep is certainly one. Finishing is another obviously. One big gripe I've had of late is the late of triangles and intricate play we did brilliantly in the first 5-10 minutes, and then it all went away.
Lastly, want to give another plug for my theory that the first things new owners should do is hire an experienced assistant for Robinson. We have two coaches on the bench who have zero experience. Full stop. Yes they were/ate both successful players but it's not the same. And one is literally on the bench every week so when he's on the pitch we have one assistant.
I appreciate you answering in an intelligent and insightful way,
@Sage there's a lot of good stuff in your post. I agree the centerbacks are a problem, but to be fair most of the chopping and changing there has been due to injury, with the exception of leaving Lennon is for Oxford which was a huge mistake as he was awful two weeks prior. I'll try and come back later and go more into it.
I really hope the takeover helps that. I feel like it adds to the tension a lot. I hope with new owners there will be a renewed feeling that this club had a future.