Ceballos got seriously injured early on. And once recovered, sold on to STVV to get his high wages off the books after relegation.
Harsh to judge him a failure, more never really got a fair chance to prove himself.
The only memory I have of him was of him taking the worst corner in CAFC history. Cant even remember the match, I know it was away fixture and right in front of us. I want to say Reading or Derby....
It was Derby, one of those moments i'm really glad i can say 'i was there'
So of those he influenced - 9 - five were bad calls. Of those he called right Diarra and Fanni were ex French internationals that I could have called right. Its not the greatest CV.
i assumed he had joined Swanseas scouting team when Gallagher went there
Do you think that the 4 fails where general bad players? Ba had never played men's football and was over played for example due . Kashi's injury. But 3 of the players you said failed played under 3 different managers in total chaos. Another player bought in at the same time was Sarr, look how much he has improved under proper coaching and a stable environment.
Nego was totally unsuited.
I would also go as far to say that JBG and Diarra are 2 of the best players that we have ever signed, outside of the top flight.
Ba wasn't overplayed. He Was just utter shite from the very moment he stepped on the pitch for us. He'd played men's football, not in great quantities admittedly, over 4 years and he was 22 when he signed. He should have been able to contribute to our midfield all season but he was total rubbish. Even Driesen has admitted in the past that Ba was a total disaster
Ceballos got seriously injured early on. And once recovered, sold on to STVV to get his high wages off the books after relegation.
Harsh to judge him a failure, more never really got a fair chance to prove himself.
The only memory I have of him was of him taking the worst corner in CAFC history. Cant even remember the match, I know it was away fixture and right in front of us. I want to say Reading or Derby....
Scott Parker took the worst corner in Charlton history. Went about 1 yard before going out of play. Away to Bradford in Div 2, Championship or whatever the fuck it was called. Hilarious.
I wonder if the Thomas Driesen algorithm could be packaged up and sold? No need for scouts, huge savings for Premiership clubs.
Read why Liverpool signed Salah. It wasn't through scouting, it was quite obvious to everyone he was "quite good" it was because their "data" suggested he was undervalued in the market.
People mock him, some times justifiably, but no one actually knows what he actually does and throw around football manager, fifa and watching YouTube in his under pants. It is probably much more detailed and involved than that.
If he has a product to sell he will continue to work in football. He is not short on self belief. Now is the time to step out of the shadows, now is the time to bring his ideas to the table and answer his critics in the best way possible.
FWIW I would be amazed if that happens. Driesen has no traceable football background and no Uncle Roly character to indulge him ... as far as I know.
So of those he influenced - 9 - five were bad calls. Of those he called right Diarra and Fanni were ex French internationals that I could have called right. Its not the greatest CV.
i assumed he had joined Swanseas scouting team when Gallagher went there
Do you think that the 4 fails where general bad players? Ba had never played men's football and was over played for example due . Kashi's injury. But 3 of the players you said failed played under 3 different managers in total chaos. Another player bought in at the same time was Sarr, look how much he has improved under proper coaching and a stable environment.
Nego was totally unsuited.
I would also go as far to say that JBG and Diarra are 2 of the best players that we have ever signed, outside of the top flight.
Ba wasn't overplayed. He Was just utter shite from the very moment he stepped on the pitch for us. He'd played men's football, not in great quantities admittedly, over 4 years and he was 22 when he signed. He should have been able to contribute to our midfield all season but he was total rubbish. Even Driesen has admitted in the past that Ba was a total disaster
He wouldn't of had to play if Kashi was fit, he had played about 15 games before we signed him, less than Morgan has, now playing in the French second division. IMO if he had played for Bowyer you might have seen a player.
I wonder if the Thomas Driesen algorithm could be packaged up and sold? No need for scouts, huge savings for Premiership clubs.
Read why Liverpool signed Salah. It wasn't through scouting, it was quite obvious to everyone he was "quite good" it was because their "data" suggested he was undervalued in the market.
People mock him, some times justifiably, but no one actually knows what he actually does and throw around football manager, fifa and watching YouTube in his under pants. It is probably much more detailed and involved than that.
If he has a product to sell he will continue to work in football. He is not short on self belief. Now is the time to step out of the shadows, now is the time to bring his ideas to the table and answer his critics in the best way possible.
FWIW I would be amazed if that happens. Driesen has no traceable football background and no Uncle Roly character to indulge him ... as far as I know.
But you don't know his back ground, neither do I, he hasn't played. Does he have a degree in some data based subject? I don't know, it's all rumour and innuendo.
Ceballos got seriously injured early on. And once recovered, sold on to STVV to get his high wages off the books after relegation.
Harsh to judge him a failure, more never really got a fair chance to prove himself.
The only memory I have of him was of him taking the worst corner in CAFC history. Cant even remember the match, I know it was away fixture and right in front of us. I want to say Reading or Derby....
Scott Parker took the worst corner in Charlton history. Went about 1 yard before going out of play. Away to Bradford in Div 2, Championship or whatever the fuck it was called. Hilarious.
Ceballos got seriously injured early on. And once recovered, sold on to STVV to get his high wages off the books after relegation.
Harsh to judge him a failure, more never really got a fair chance to prove himself.
The only memory I have of him was of him taking the worst corner in CAFC history. Cant even remember the match, I know it was away fixture and right in front of us. I want to say Reading or Derby....
Scott Parker took the worst corner in Charlton history. Went about 1 yard before going out of play. Away to Bradford in Div 2, Championship or whatever the fuck it was called. Hilarious.
We lost 1-0 (I think).
Ceballos' didnt even make it on to the pitch.
Are you sure?
Then the ball was not in play. And the corner would be retaken.
So of those he influenced - 9 - five were bad calls. Of those he called right Diarra and Fanni were ex French internationals that I could have called right. Its not the greatest CV.
i assumed he had joined Swanseas scouting team when Gallagher went there
Do you think that the 4 fails where general bad players? Ba had never played men's football and was over played for example due . Kashi's injury. But 3 of the players you said failed played under 3 different managers in total chaos. Another player bought in at the same time was Sarr, look how much he has improved under proper coaching and a stable environment.
Nego was totally unsuited.
I would also go as far to say that JBG and Diarra are 2 of the best players that we have ever signed, outside of the top flight.
Ba wasn't overplayed. He Was just utter shite from the very moment he stepped on the pitch for us. He'd played men's football, not in great quantities admittedly, over 4 years and he was 22 when he signed. He should have been able to contribute to our midfield all season but he was total rubbish. Even Driesen has admitted in the past that Ba was a total disaster
He wouldn't of had to play if Kashi was fit, he had played about 15 games before we signed him, less than Morgan has, now playing in the French second division. IMO if he had played for Bowyer you might have seen a player.
Nope, he was signed to play. He started the season playing alongside Kashi. Kashi was meant to be the destroyer, Ba was meant to be the box to box player, he was just rubbish. He rotated a little bit with Cousins but he generally started alongside Kashi and tended to get hauled off during games. I don't think he ever made 90 minutes. He then only had to survive about 5 games without Kashi before Diarra came in to replace what we'd lost in Kashi and Ba was mostly relegated to cameo appearances off the bench because he'd been identified as not being up to it, even by Karel Fraeye which is a real kick in the balls. He then proceeded to be rubbish for a mid-table Norwegian team after us, and be passed around second division French teams. He's now at Guingamp where he has made a total of 2 appearances this season amounting to 58 minutes; one sub appearance and one start where he was taken off after 51 mins, and generally can't even get on the bench. Lee Bowyer's a good manager but he'd have to be a literal god to get anything out of Ba.
Ceballos got seriously injured early on. And once recovered, sold on to STVV to get his high wages off the books after relegation.
Harsh to judge him a failure, more never really got a fair chance to prove himself.
The only memory I have of him was of him taking the worst corner in CAFC history. Cant even remember the match, I know it was away fixture and right in front of us. I want to say Reading or Derby....
Scott Parker took the worst corner in Charlton history. Went about 1 yard before going out of play. Away to Bradford in Div 2, Championship or whatever the fuck it was called. Hilarious.
We lost 1-0 (I think).
Ceballos' didnt even make it on to the pitch.
Are you sure?
Then the ball was not in play. And the corner would be retaken.
Edit: I've just seen the video. Ha ha. You win
Looking at that video, it was a far better corner than I remember.
I think the key point he is trying to make is that he has been the key decision maker on signings over the last two years and that it went very well.
He’s also made clear he was the one to push the Cullen signing through and that he vetoed going for Eaves, and also vetoed another midfielder Bowyer wanted who is now on the bench in L1.
Clear from ones he’s retweeted in the past that he was supportive of the signings of Lockyer, Bielik, Taylor and Bonne.
Don't fall for it. Bob Peeters is on the GTK podcast quoted as saying Driesen had final say over everything. Guy Luzon said the same to News Shopper. Now Tommy is trying to say it was just the past two years (since we've been successful). It's rubbish.
So of those he influenced - 9 - five were bad calls. Of those he called right Diarra and Fanni were ex French internationals that I could have called right. Its not the greatest CV.
i assumed he had joined Swanseas scouting team when Gallagher went there
Do you think that the 4 fails where general bad players? Ba had never played men's football and was over played for example due to Kashi's injury. But 3 of the players you said failed played under 3 different managers in total chaos. Another player bought in at the same time was Sarr, look how much he has improved under proper coaching and a stable environment.
Nego was totally unsuited.
I would also go as far to say that JBG and Diarra are 2 of the best players that we have ever signed, outside of the top flight.
To turn your argument around how do we know what influence he had over those two signings.
JBG was the only playing and financial success of the network.
Sarr has been a financial disaster and did ok-ish in league one.
He doesn't even claim to have spotted them.
So if you say we can't blame him because we don't know 100% fact what he did by the same logic we can't credit him either.
I am not sure why any of us are wasting an ounce of energy on this nobody. Nothing to be grateful for, nothing notable to recognise, perhaps just a chancer who caught the imagination of an incompetent owner of our beloved club. The only thing of this 5-6 year period I will remember is the sheer incompetence of a pretty rich man and the frustrating times it brought. Looking forward now...
Unqualified and ill-suited appointment who had the audacity and arrogance to revel in his own self-importance. I can't begin to describe how much I despise this cretin
Blame Ronald, not some kid who was lucky enough to land the job. I bet there are people on here who children work for the Daily Mail/Sun or are a solicitor and are stealing for leaving. Well everybody hates your children, not just Charlton supporters.
Look Driesen: - Charlton Athletic didn't need you. We didn't want you. You were foisted on people that were/are far more qualified and able to identify players that would be suitable for this football club. Your removal will not negatively impact ongoing player recruitment in the slightest. You were an unnecessary bureaucratic irrelevance and an insult to the intelligence of able football people.
Blame Ronald, not some kid who was lucky enough to land the job. I bet there are people on here who children work for the Daily Mail/Sun or are a solicitor and are stealing for leaving. Well everybody hates your children, not just Charlton supporters.
Thomas Driesen is a lucky lad because of the bizarre and unique ways of the Douchebag. There are so many of the under 35 (and older) Charlton lifers who would've given up their 5 knuckle shuffle, to have been in Tommy boys position as a teenager and 20's to be paid to advise an old eccentric fool. At least 3 posters at the lower age group sound jealous ? Well I guess they have boring jobs. 20 Years ago I said look at Michael Carrick in West ham's reserves and Tim Cahill, about the year 2000 when fans of these team told me about them at work, now I would email or text these names to Steve Gallen.( Only because they would already be known and ask, why can't we bid for these players ? ) Our budget then would have purchased these players at that point in their careers. I thought it was TC's first season at Millwall and Carrick was struggling for a while and was sent out on loan to Birmingham. I imagine Driesden's remit was to use the network and use a European database of players.
Not on twitter or Facebook as CL is consuming and addictive enough !
Of course it's a crazy thing for Gallen to have to ok transfers or Loans through TD and hopefully he has disappeared down the bunker with his favourite "uncle". With Steve Gallen as head of Recruitment we can go back to being a professional football club but I don't blame TD, just feel he was a lucky bastard.
So of those he influenced - 9 - five were bad calls. Of those he called right Diarra and Fanni were ex French internationals that I could have called right. Its not the greatest CV.
i assumed he had joined Swanseas scouting team when Gallagher went there
Do you think that the 4 fails where general bad players? Ba had never played men's football and was over played for example due to Kashi's injury. But 3 of the players you said failed played under 3 different managers in total chaos. Another player bought in at the same time was Sarr, look how much he has improved under proper coaching and a stable environment.
Nego was totally unsuited.
I would also go as far to say that JBG and Diarra are 2 of the best players that we have ever signed, outside of the top flight.
They all failed for us, doesn't matter if they were good or bad players. Ultimately he was given too much responsibility (RDs fault, not his). The best managers build a squad of talent and character. Someone like TD helps but does not have a final veto.
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We lost 1-0 (I think).
FWIW I would be amazed if that happens. Driesen has no traceable football background and no Uncle Roly character to indulge him ... as far as I know.
Ba could play. He just needed games and guidance. Losing Kashi was a hammer blow. What a good player he was.
Then the ball was not in play. And the corner would be retaken.
Edit: I've just seen the video. Ha ha. You win
such a supple wrist
JBG was the only playing and financial success of the network.
Sarr has been a financial disaster and did ok-ish in league one.
He doesn't even claim to have spotted them.
So if you say we can't blame him because we don't know 100% fact what he did by the same logic we can't credit him either.
I can't begin to describe how much I despise this cretin
I bet there are people on here who children work for the Daily Mail/Sun or are a solicitor and are stealing for leaving. Well everybody hates your children, not just Charlton supporters.
Charlton Athletic didn't need you.
We didn't want you.
You were foisted on people that were/are far more qualified and able to identify players that would be suitable for this football club.
Your removal will not negatively impact ongoing player recruitment in the slightest.
You were an unnecessary bureaucratic irrelevance and an insult to the intelligence of able football people.
He's spelt "you're" correctly.
Thomas Driesen is a lucky lad because of the bizarre and unique ways of the Douchebag. There are so many of the under 35 (and older) Charlton lifers who would've given up their 5 knuckle shuffle, to have been in Tommy boys position as a teenager and 20's to be paid to advise an old eccentric fool.
At least 3 posters at the lower age group sound jealous ? Well I guess they have boring jobs.
20 Years ago I said look at Michael Carrick in West ham's reserves and Tim Cahill, about the year 2000 when fans of these team told me about them at work, now I would email or text these names to Steve Gallen.( Only because they would already be known and ask, why can't we bid for these players ? ) Our budget then would have purchased these players at that point in their careers. I thought it was TC's first season at Millwall and Carrick was struggling for a while and was sent out on loan to Birmingham.
I imagine Driesden's remit was to use the network and use a European database of players.
Not on twitter or Facebook as CL is consuming and addictive enough !
Of course it's a crazy thing for Gallen to have to ok transfers or Loans through TD and hopefully he has disappeared down the bunker with his favourite "uncle".
With Steve Gallen as head of Recruitment we can go back to being a professional football club but I don't blame TD, just feel he was a lucky bastard.