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All About Charlton - BBC Radio London tonight 7pm - exclusive interview with Thomas Sandgaard
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Christ 🙄PrincessFiona said:
Just a bloke who saved us. Success isn't a right and can't even be bought. Even those that cheat dont achieve it.carly burn said:
The problem I have with it all is that he doesn't have anyone in place to tell him where he may or may not be going wrong.AFKABartram said:Personally I think people are being v harsh. If he was saying this with us in the play off position then people would probably be agreeing with him. There needs to be a long term shift change to make football clubs more financially viable.
Key thing for me is his enthusiasm and approach for next season seems high, talk of increasing budget further and at a competitive level for promotion, seems there’s a fair strategy think already in place for next year, that Jacko is clearly in plan for next season etc
Perhaps I misread it all
And from what I've just heard he definitely needs that type of person in his sphere.
Also, he's not really saying anything different from what he was saying 18 months ago. It really doesn't sound very progressive to me.
Just a bloke who's stumbled his way into the football scene who's going to have a lot of fun and lose a lot of money along the way.
I'm just grateful we still have a club. Anything more is a bonus10 -
He’s just digging a bigger pit for his money.0
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From the Q&A thread ... and posted at around 3.30pm this afternoon.
"You know ... being the Head of large organization in the US is the same as being the Head of a football Club in the UK. It's a business ... right? And I am a successful business man.
I'm here quite a lot. Also, I now have my son, Marden, here too. And he can be my eyes and ears on the ground. So, we're pretty confident about things. You don't have to worry."
It's a gift. Thank you.
Sadly, I wasn't joking earlier.
The BBC Radio London interview shows exactly how Sandgaard thinks and why we are doomed to failure against his stated objectives.
Look out for job ads at The Valley for 'product promotional agents' (aka Sales reps) as we take our new brand of soccer football to the global market.
"Hey, Marden. Soccer's not so big in the Pacific right now and there's more than 2 million people out there. Why don't we do 'bring a Maori for a pound?".
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Seeing that almost the first thing the Belgian did was give Yann away it's not surprising he wasn't given time.Callumcafc said:
I mean that's a pretty big difference off the bat and is what his buying him more time than Roland ever got.thenewbie said:
If you can genuinely point out what part of his plan makes sense please do. Until then I can't see him as anything other than a more charismatic and well intended Roland Mark 2.Dazzler21 said:It's exhausting to read all the constant negativity on here, fuck knows how some of you live, nay revel in it day in day out...
I like him. I want him to succeed. But based on the interview I see nothing that suggests he actually will.0 -
My thoughts exactly. We need and deserve better than this. Watching Boro yesterday;including one of our play off heroes, seeing Millwall and Palace. As someone else said just how did we upset the football gods?Croydon said:
Christ 🙄PrincessFiona said:
Just a bloke who saved us. Success isn't a right and can't even be bought. Even those that cheat dont achieve it.carly burn said:
The problem I have with it all is that he doesn't have anyone in place to tell him where he may or may not be going wrong.AFKABartram said:Personally I think people are being v harsh. If he was saying this with us in the play off position then people would probably be agreeing with him. There needs to be a long term shift change to make football clubs more financially viable.
Key thing for me is his enthusiasm and approach for next season seems high, talk of increasing budget further and at a competitive level for promotion, seems there’s a fair strategy think already in place for next year, that Jacko is clearly in plan for next season etc
Perhaps I misread it all
And from what I've just heard he definitely needs that type of person in his sphere.
Also, he's not really saying anything different from what he was saying 18 months ago. It really doesn't sound very progressive to me.
Just a bloke who's stumbled his way into the football scene who's going to have a lot of fun and lose a lot of money along the way.
I'm just grateful we still have a club. Anything more is a bonus6 -
Isn't he? Running at an 8million loss in League one does not sound like a viable longterm plan. And if the money does dry up, he doesn't even have much in the way of assets - Roland still owns those.Champs85 said:He’s made mistakes and he will no doubt make more but does everyone expect us to suddenly do a Southampton and shoot up the leagues? The guy is trying his hardest and spending money. He’s not out to fail so let’s cut him some slack? Not many people would put themselves in his shoes and he isn’t ruining the club like others have.
By no means is he out to fail and I give him full credit for putting his own money into this but giving him slack won't save him and won't save the club if we are still flailing around in this division in a few years time.2 -
Well it was TS, not the fans that said we'll shoot up the leagues and be in The Premier League in 5 years.Champs85 said:He’s made mistakes and he will no doubt make more but does everyone expect us to suddenly do a Southampton and shoot up the leagues? The guy is trying his hardest and spending money. He’s not out to fail so let’s cut him some slack? Not many people would put themselves in his shoes and he isn’t ruining the club like others have.
2 years later we're in a lower league position.
It's his bullshit that's caused the high expectations. No one else's.
I'll get a S/T, I'll support the team home & away & I appreciate TS saving us.
But unless he's now under playing the situation instead of over playing it, he's seems to be a fantasist.11 -
I feel like a Turkey who’s just caught Bernard Matthews grinning at him5
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I get that he can't go into details of strategy on a radio show. But if we are looking for evidence of a strategy, I can't see any. The attempts to fill the ground have resulted in an apology, there was the ridiculous "special" offers for being a ST holder, we have spent a lot for L1 on players who are mostly duds (on the evidence so far, anyway) and we are moving closer, week by week, to the relegation zone. Paid attendance mostly correlates to success on the field. The trouble with sport compared to lots of other business, I suppose, is that there is no guarantee of increased revenue following increased spending. Oh well.
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Concerning that he still feels he can do without local "industry" expertise in running a football club.
If Thomas had bought a winery or a restaurant or a haulage company, I'm sure he would have used professional management to help run them, as they're totally different business sectors to his own expertise.3 -
Sorry if anyone is expecting that – it ain’t happening. After that we saw someone come in – Roland Duchatelet – with a much better, maybe not business understanding, but ran the club more financially healthy – didn’t lose that much money. But obviously didn’t get enough in the trenches to turn the right dials and adjust the right parts of the club.LouisMend said:
TS believes RD didn’t lose that much money?1 -
I mean Thomas has better teeth than Roland because they have at least seen some toothpaste but Roland had much better hair.Thomas needs to embrace the baldness and lop it off otherwise I worry he’s going to have a Mouthall pube transplant on his bonce the next time we see him….3
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I'm sure that sandgaard really cares about the club & his heart is in the right place, it's just such a shame that his head is stuck up his arse.killerandflash said:Concerning that he still feels he can do without local "industry" expertise in running a football club.
If Thomas had bought a winery or a restaurant or a haulage company, I'm sure he would have used professional management to help run them, as they're totally different business sectors to his own expertise.7 -
God that interview is woeful.
‘On the one hand I’ll lose £8m this season, but also football’s easy and I don’t need to employ people that know much about it.’We’re an absolute basket case.9 -
If I got this level of support at my job I think I’d tell them where to stick it, especially if success is largely dependent on the bloke saying it and his “10x more knowledge than a sky tv watcher” recruitment specialist.
not sure how good JJ is at smoothing pieces of wood though, so maybe planing isn’t a strong suit
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I worry about people who buy pubs because they think they have experience / know the trade from drinking there.16
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If he thinks a couple of players and our under 23’s will get us automatic promotion next season (top two) the geezer is a fruitcake6
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Really don't understand all the negativity. How can any owner actually know what they're doing - it's such a unique job and you just hope what you try works. Generally having more money helps.
We've got a guy who spends loads of his time visiting the club, doesn't want the club to be a financial wreck, and makes lots of time for fans to grill him. What more could you actually want?
I know signings haven't gone well this season, but I think it would be easy to understand why the club did the business it did:
Kirk - dud but was a star at Crewe
Lavelle - been a good player with an unfortunate injury
MacGillivray - had good moments and loved by Pompey
Dobson - been a good player
Stockley - retained & been a good striker with an unfortunate injury
Aneke - Excellent goal record for us - I accept the 3.5 years for an injury prone player is odd
Fraser - highly thought of at Ipswich
Leko - scored goals in a higher division for us
Lee - Played a crucial role in getting Luton promoted from L1
It might have worked. It didn't. Sandgaard is happy to try again and I very much doubt that next year we'll finish in the bottom half.
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What a deluded crock of shit.2
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Pretty much exactly the same way I feel honestly.charltonbob said:
I'm sure that sandgaard really cares about the club & his heart is in the right place, it's just such a shame that his head is stuck up his arse.killerandflash said:Concerning that he still feels he can do without local "industry" expertise in running a football club.
If Thomas had bought a winery or a restaurant or a haulage company, I'm sure he would have used professional management to help run them, as they're totally different business sectors to his own expertise.2 -
Personally I just think it’s bad timing for the interview. If we’d won the last 5 there would be none of the negativity.Im not sure I agree with all his points, but let’s try and treat it without having the current form at the forefront of the mind?3
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Someone who recognises that his investment in the club would be more efficiently spent if he employed people that knew what they were doing, rather than assuming that his expertise in one area easily transfers across to another.cafcnick1992 said:We've got a guy who spends loads of his time visiting the club, doesn't want the club to be a financial wreck, and makes lots of time for fans to grill him. What more could you actually want?
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Yeh well, about that "enormous fanbase" Tommy.LouisMend said:1 -
Scoham said:
Sorry if anyone is expecting that – it ain’t happening. After that we saw someone come in – Roland Duchatelet – with a much better, maybe not business understanding, but ran the club more financially healthy – didn’t lose that much money. But obviously didn’t get enough in the trenches to turn the right dials and adjust the right parts of the club.LouisMend said:
TS believes RD didn’t lose that much money?
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If we’d won the last 5 but we haven’t. When is it down to him?Saulc23 said:Personally I just think it’s bad timing for the interview. If we’d won the last 5 there would be none of the negativity.Im not sure I agree with all his points, but let’s try and treat it without having the current form at the forefront of the mind?2
