None from a football perspective, he got lucky with Bowyer JJ and Gallen, no plan at all just pure, pure luck & then he contrived to blow that with Bowyers contract extension. Through gritted teeth the pitch did improve but then again it had to so apart from all that nought, Katrina Miere was a defo looker (note LOOKER) and I did get to meet her, might visit her if she is jailed due to the Wednesday financial fiasco if that’s the resultant punishment 😏 although after meeting her and bartered pricing she still refused to let us continue with our box as we were all Card supporters & sponsors - two faced cow.
To see 'Charlton Rule Ok!' sprayed on a wall without needing to slip through a time space continuum back to 1973 was a highlight, other than that discovering the words 'cockwomble' & 'moon-cup', cant recall much else tbf
The pitch - many people forget that when he took over, we literally couldn’t get a game on and were close to serious trouble as a result of it.
The seats - around the outside of the cow field were huge batches of faded pink seats. The Valley looked shite. Look at pics in the sun these days with a carpet pitch and striking red, clean painted backgrounds.
Opening up the North Upper as a fans bar
Some cracking players, despite it being supplemented with turkeys and instable or inappropriate management / coaching set up. Gudmundson, Buyans, Diarra, Bulot, Suk-Young, Bauer, Vetokele, Fanni, Pope, Motta, Holmes, Mavididi, Pearce, JFC, Kashi, Dasilva, Bielik, Taylor, Pratley, Williams, Cullen, Lockyer, Gallagher, Bonne.
Getting to put my Dutch/Flemish language knowledge to practical use. Though spending a Sunday afternoon listening to RD over again while I transcribed and translated a TV interview was not a lot of fun. I think that was the "domme mensen" one.
The pitch - many people forget that when he took over, we literally couldn’t get a game on and were close to serious trouble as a result of it.
The seats - around the outside of the cow field were huge batches of faded pink seats. The Valley looked shite. Look at pics in the sun these days with a carpet pitch and striking red, clean painted backgrounds.
Opening up the North Upper as a fans bar
Some cracking players, despite it being supplemented with turkeys and instable or inappropriate management / coaching set up. Gudmundson, Buyans, Diarra, Bulot, Suk-Young, Bauer, Vetokele, Fanni, Pope, Motta, Holmes, Mavididi, Pearce, JFC, Kashi, Dasilva, Bielik, Taylor, Pratley, Williams, Cullen, Lockyer, Gallagher, Bonne.
Bowyer
The best Valley atmosphere I’ve ever experienced
Wembley
Now list the negatives. I'll give you a few days to be fair :-)
The pitch - many people forget that when he took over, we literally couldn’t get a game on and were close to serious trouble as a result of it.
The seats - around the outside of the cow field were huge batches of faded pink seats. The Valley looked shite. Look at pics in the sun these days with a carpet pitch and striking red, clean painted backgrounds.
Opening up the North Upper as a fans bar
Some cracking players, despite it being supplemented with turkeys and instable or inappropriate management / coaching set up. Gudmundson, Buyans, Diarra, Bulot, Suk-Young, Bauer, Vetokele, Fanni, Pope, Motta, Holmes, Mavididi, Pearce, JFC, Kashi, Dasilva, Bielik, Taylor, Pratley, Williams, Cullen, Lockyer, Gallagher, Bonne.
Bowyer
The best Valley atmosphere I’ve ever experienced
Wembley
Now list the negatives. I'll give you a few days to be fair :-)
Lots more. But we can still be honest about the non negative bits
The pitch - many people forget that when he took over, we literally couldn’t get a game on and were close to serious trouble as a result of it.
The seats - around the outside of the cow field were huge batches of faded pink seats. The Valley looked shite. Look at pics in the sun these days with a carpet pitch and striking red, clean painted backgrounds.
Opening up the North Upper as a fans bar
Some cracking players, despite it being supplemented with turkeys and instable or inappropriate management / coaching set up. Gudmundson, Buyans, Diarra, Bulot, Suk-Young, Bauer, Vetokele, Fanni, Pope, Motta, Holmes, Mavididi, Pearce, JFC, Kashi, Dasilva, Bielik, Taylor, Pratley, Williams, Cullen, Lockyer, Gallagher, Bonne.
Bowyer
The best Valley atmosphere I’ve ever experienced
Wembley
Besides, the pitch, the bar, the players the atmosphere, Bowyer and a day out at Wembley, what has the Roland’s ever done for us.
Meeting so many great people through the protests and making good friends as a result. The threat caused by his ownership making me realise how much I loved the club. Feeling like a part of the club now rather than just a fan. Realising I could make an effigy Belgian beer, food and hospitality (Thanks Wim) Discovering how pleasant much of Belgium is, and finding my way around it comfortably, even in the dark.
To see 'Charlton Rule Ok!' sprayed on a wall without needing to slip through a time space continuum back to 1973 was a highlight, other than that discovering the words 'cockwomble' & 'moon-cup', cant recall much else tbf
Coincidence! I saw that too when I was on a weekend break abroad earlier this year!
That the club did not go into receivership, which looked likely at the time. You might not like that he cut spending drastically but he also loaned the club 10 million pounds a season.
Well I have improved my Belgian history which was pretty non existent before and I’ve started brushing my teeth more as I don’t want to look like that when I am 70
One of the best starting elevens that Roland put out first appeared on 27th Feb 2016 ,we had no sub sitting on the bench that day but our coach did manage to obtain tickets for our match.
Some people must have enjoyed their city breaks in Belgium
Yes especially with the ESPC (Eurostar Standard Premier Crew, ICF? pah!), namely @T.C.E. , @oohaahmortimer and @ThreadKiller.
And the other Euro trips. Stopping off in Liege to meet the Standard Socios, tour of their atmospheric stadium and proud city, and becoming a bit of a Standard fan; and the great one to Jena with @GlassHalfFull.
A memorable trip indeed, @PragueAddick. The wheel now turns full circle with the announcement on Wednesday that RD is investing a tidy sum into FCC's new €50m stadium. Had he but known it, RD could have everything he wanted right here in SE7 ....
2. Allowing Chris Powell to select Diego Poyet (Mk1) for the first team. I'm surprised that nobody else has mentioned this, but the spivs would not allow it because it would have triggered a bonus in his contract, and he was clearly ready for it.
Nothing else. Although some good players were brought in, as mentioned in posts above, that was bound to happen through the law of averages, and most of them were wrongly allowed to run down their contracts or sold for too little. And we must hold the record for paying up players' contracts just to get rid of them when they were dross.
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Making new friends, camaraderie and some great laughs with them is thing I'll remember from the prick's ownership.
The pitch - many people forget that when he took over, we literally couldn’t get a game on and were close to serious trouble as a result of it.
The seats - around the outside of the cow field were huge batches of faded pink seats. The Valley looked shite. Look at pics in the sun these days with a carpet pitch and striking red, clean painted backgrounds.
Opening up the North Upper as a fans bar
Some cracking players, despite it being supplemented with turkeys and instable or inappropriate management / coaching set up. Gudmundson, Buyans, Diarra, Bulot, Suk-Young, Bauer, Vetokele, Fanni, Pope, Motta, Holmes, Mavididi, Pearce, JFC, Kashi, Dasilva, Bielik, Taylor, Pratley, Williams, Cullen, Lockyer, Gallagher, Bonne.
Bowyer
The best Valley atmosphere I’ve ever experienced
Wembley
I'll give you a few days to be fair :-)
The threat caused by his ownership making me realise how much I loved the club.
Feeling like a part of the club now rather than just a fan.
Realising I could make an effigy
Belgian beer, food and hospitality (Thanks Wim)
Discovering how pleasant much of Belgium is, and finding my way around it comfortably, even in the dark.
Some even had to leave negative reviews about this one poor place.
And the other Euro trips. Stopping off in Liege to meet the Standard Socios, tour of their atmospheric stadium and proud city, and becoming a bit of a Standard fan; and the great one to Jena with @GlassHalfFull.
A memorable trip indeed, @PragueAddick. The wheel now turns full circle with the announcement on Wednesday that RD is investing a tidy sum into FCC's new €50m stadium. Had he but known it, RD could have everything he wanted right here in SE7 ....