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Matt Southall's first press conference: suggestions for questions
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I sent the post before I got to the punch lines at the end.bobmunro said:soapboxsam said:robroy said:Why did Matt not say straight away that they had offered Bowyer a five year contract.Enjoyed the press conference and he came across well, but he should have said a lot of things from the get go
Agree.
More reactive than pro active on the 5 years but that was a positive response from Matt Southall. Bowyer said he hadn't seen it as he had come from the training ground. I guess it might be Royal mail's fault !
If Matt had surprised everyone and pulled the contract out from under the table and handed it to Lee and said read it when you get home but it runs to 2025 that would've made the Conference even more upbeat.
A kind of this is your life surprise !
That s not the way to conduct multi-million pound contract negotiations.0 -
I have been slightly critical of ESi so far but after yesterday's press conference I am more positive, I like the suggestion of sustainability and building for the future, I'm not so sure on filling the ground every match as so incresing income but am positive on increasing income from the commercial side of the club.
All in all a good start from ESi, the proof will be in the detail.1 -
Agreed. In fact it is already all much more public than I would normally expect.bobmunro said:soapboxsam said:robroy said:Why did Matt not say straight away that they had offered Bowyer a five year contract.Enjoyed the press conference and he came across well, but he should have said a lot of things from the get go
Agree.
More reactive than pro active on the 5 years but that was a positive response from Matt Southall. Bowyer said he hadn't seen it as he had come from the training ground. I guess it might be Royal mail's fault !
If Matt had surprised everyone and pulled the contract out from under the table and handed it to Lee and said read it when you get home but it runs to 2025 that would've made the Conference even more upbeat.
A kind of this is your life surprise !
That s not the way to conduct multi-million pound contract negotiations.2 -
Get a grip mate.meldrew66 said:I thought his attempted answers about Lyle possibly staying were embarrassing. Lyle has decided to leave us for more money than we are willing to offer. Matt pussy-footed around it unnecessarily IMO. No point him suggesting that Lyle re-signing is a possibility. It isn’t! He is moving on and so, sadly, must we. This whole ‘there will be marquee signings’ and comparisons with Man City do not resonate with pay caps that result in Lyle Taylor leaving Charlton for clubs like Bristol City, Cardiff or Brentford. True?
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I got to say that the whole thing just looked so more professional, it’s a great start. Getting the 3 guys with jackets on and shirts, with the name tags etc. It looked like a premiership media outfit2
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Lee has preempted that and and has met most of them already .............FishCostaFortune said:A little thing I missed yesterday that Matt said that I really liked was when he discussed how the first team manager being involved with the youth team, and being seen by them gives them that little bit of confidence
It's only a small thing, and may seem obvious to some, but shows a nice understanding of how football works and does encourage me that he does actually know what he is doing.
They were sitting on the bench as part of the first team squad. 😉7 -
Season ticket holders can get one free ticket for our game on the 1st February. Looks like he really intends to fill the stands!
Great idea.0 -
Yes, I think this is correct. As a stammerer myself, I can hear the delays and changing of some words in sentences which he finds less difficult. The more stress a stammerer is under, the more noticeable it becomes. When MS has got LB to sign, and a few new players in the club, I think we'll see a more relaxed chairman. Hats off to him so far though for being open and honest in his approach. My guess is that Gallagher will be our player for the whole season, LB will sign, we will get another 2/3 players, one defender and two forwards, and with injured players coming back, we'll remain in the Championship. This is the most realistic diagnosis for 2020.Taxi_Lad said:I do wonder if MS is or has been a stammer sufferer. There were occasions when he seemed to struggle a little
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I didn’t get the idea he was uncomfortable with Taylor himself, more that he was very conscious of not saying the wrong thing at such a critical moment and was concentrating on being super tactful.superclive98 said:
I thought that he looked uncomfortable discussing Lyle, struggling to find words at times.2121 said:it quite got to southall talking about lyle taylor, looked like he was heart rate was going, eyes watering. Dont think he is impressed with lyle at all.9 -
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Impressive coat.Bedsaddick said:0 -
blackpool72 said:Bowyer will sign a new contract and stay.
Taylor will leave and be replaced.
Just my take on it
That's what I am expecting too. I'd put my house on it (provided that the financial package offered to Lee is a sensible one).0 -
Inexperience.robroy said:Why did Matt not say straight away that they had offered Bowyer a five year contract.Enjoyed the press conference and he came across well, but he should have said a lot of things from the get go0 -
Clearly MS is not the most polished from a media perspective but why should he be given his corporate background. I'm reassured seeing these key questions about our future answered with sincerity from a real person as opposed to some smooth talking, bullshit and soundbite merchant a la 90% of the people that work in football.
I hope, and trust, the terms of the contract offer to Bow are favourable as it's absolutely key he stays. Proper Charlton. Love the bloke
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Good spot!ForeverAddickted said:Just watching the Press Conference now and someone might be able to correct me
Right at the start Southall gestures to Gallen and calls him the Director of Football
Am I right in thinking thats the first time he's been called that? - I know we've always thought of him as that but didnt think that was his role / title?0 -
Maybe not the biggest, but maybe the final influencing factor for Lyle to stay.meldrew66 said:
True but I don’t believe Lee staying is anywhere near being the biggest influencing factor for Lyle to stay. Again, I want to be proven wrong on that. Only time will tell. Stay Lyle, stay.Chunes said:I don't think it's a case of who to believe @meldrew66, clearly Lyle (or his agent) thought the club could do better, the club said no. Now it seems like Lyle would reconsider if Bowyer signed a contract.
He might very well have been trying it on given who our new owner is.
There's no such thing as a pessimistic realist.
Optimist, Realist or Pessimist.
We're at opposite ends of the spectrum. 👍🏼1 -
What players have you been an agent for?1
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Christophe Lepoint, Anil Koc and El Hadji BaMendonca In Asdas said:What players have you been an agent for?7 -
ForeverAddickted said:
Christophe Lepoint, Anil Koc and El Hadji BaMendonca In Asdas said:What players have you been an agent for?
Congratulations then on convincing people they were professional footballers 😄3 -
Did Lee sign?0
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When His Excellency comes over for his first game, will he be staying at the Woolwich Travelodge?5
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Will his Excellency buy an off-peak travel card from city airport to Charlton like the last owner ?6
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It will be a private plane. Let's not pretend the Sheikh's not involved. We have the Chairman AND CEO of ADBD in charge of Charlton. We are the 61st of his company's.soapboxsam said:Will his Excellency buy an off-peak travel card from city airport to Charlton like the last owner ?2 -
Who came up with the name East street investments? Is it a reference to our beginnings or just a coincidence1
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Don't know who but certainly not a coincidenceCharltonPete said:Who came up with the name East street investments? Is it a reference to our beginnings or just a coincidence0 -
That suggests to me that they looked at the history of the club and bought into it, literally.Henry Irving said:
Don't know who but certainly not a coincidenceCharltonPete said:Who came up with the name East street investments? Is it a reference to our beginnings or just a coincidence2 -
They know more about our history and what the club means to us fans in a few short weeks than Roland did in six years.CharltonPete said:
That suggests to me that they looked at the history of the club and bought into it, literally.Henry Irving said:
Don't know who but certainly not a coincidenceCharltonPete said:Who came up with the name East street investments? Is it a reference to our beginnings or just a coincidence2 -
And more than a lot of fans do tbh !blackpool72 said:
They know more about our history and what the club means to us fans in a few short weeks than Roland did in six years.CharltonPete said:
That suggests to me that they looked at the history of the club and bought into it, literally.Henry Irving said:
Don't know who but certainly not a coincidenceCharltonPete said:Who came up with the name East street investments? Is it a reference to our beginnings or just a coincidence1 -
We need some sort of museum to preserve and present all this history0
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🎼 It's enough to make your heart go wooooh! We don't care what the Millwallwa*k say 🎼 😉Henry Irving said:We need some sort of museum to preserve and present all this history1
