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Lap of Honour this year
cabbles
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How are we feeling about it this year? On the one hand, the players haven’t been able to do one for the last two seasons given Covid, so it’s a chance for them and us to give each other a send off, but on the other, this season’s been such a let down, I personally won’t be hanging around for it.
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They'll be getting the middle finger and a wave goodbye8
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Lap of Dis Honour more like.2
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I’ll stay and clap, I always do. If they’ve any sense they’ll do it at the final whistle like a normal game. If they delay to get their kids, wags, pets etc they’ll be very few of us left.19
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Think we should all stay but turn our backs on them.
Been a shambles of a season, personally think they should scrap the idea and let us get away quickly so we can enjoy our summer.1 -
Think they should look at the optics and just leave the pitch clapping the fans as they would in any game, an actual lap of honour is not deserved or justified
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Jacko speech ?
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It should be seen as an opportunity for the players to thank the fans, not the other way around17
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Hope Sandgaard will serenade us with a self- penned ballad about not giving up and hope for the future as the players express the meaning of the song through the medium of dance and Euell, Jacko, Skiverton and the keeper coach do a barbeshop quartet skit.
It's the least they can do after this grim season.10 -
The only reason I’m going is to boo them off during the lap of dishonour.4
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The lap of honour should be run by anyone who's suffered a minimum of twenty games - the players can applaud those hardy souls6
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There is no honour to lap up.
I agree with AFKA, if there is the usual fart arseing about with families and stuff that takes ages to get going there will be nobody left. Certainly not me anyway.
At the final whistle the whole squad should appear with a big thank you sign, applaud the loyal fans, then bugger off and prepare for Ipswich.
I would rather clap Mick Everett and the departing head groundsman.23 -
Zero interest in this squad and therefore zero interest in hanging around to massage their egos applauding a lap of 'honour'. I hope the Ipswich match is the last time I have to see the majority of them in a Charlton shirt ever again, the quicker and further they fck off the better.
Maybe it's because I'm getting older, maybe it's just that this squad is so unlikeable, but this season I've really noticed that I'm finding the hero worship of players just a bit weird.
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I'll clap them as I do after every game. Of course, I want to the team to play well in every game and win every game. That doesn't happen.
But they are my team and they are part of my Life and, if they were not there, my Life would be poorer.
Good or bad, I clap them for that.18 -
Croydon said:Zero interest in this squad and therefore zero interest in hanging around to massage their egos applauding a lap of 'honour'. I hope the Ipswich match is the last time I have to see the majority of them in a Charlton shirt ever again, the quicker and further they fck off the better.
Maybe it's because I'm getting older, maybe it's just that this squad is so unlikeable, but this season I've really noticed that I'm finding the hero worship of players just a bit weird.
I've noticed over the past few years our fanbase is very quick to hero worship/ instantly elevate to hero status whether it be managers, players, owners etc. before they have actually proved their worth or done anything of real merit to warrant such plaudits.
Happened with Southall and Sandgaard and players like Elliot Lee. I sit near the corner flag where the players warm up and remember when Aiden McGeady warmed up ahead of his first appearance for us and the covered end started chanting "One Aiden McGeady".
He looked bemused and laughed and muttered to himself "I haven't done anything yet".
Think we are very desperate for someone/ people to come in and stop the rot and turn the misfortunes of the past decade plus around that we're very quick to elevate people to some sort of hero status in the hope they will be so.
I imagine many other clubs do it too.
In this scenarios our fanbase reminds me of that poor woman you get in the local who has had a series of wrong un relationships and is therefore overly receptive and welcome of any attention and potential promise of something better and gives herself away to cheaply. Tragic.
Need a bit more self respect in this sense and stop the cosy cosy nature that exists within our club. Players can come in an earn hero status and plaudits by putting in performances and running through walls in the shirt as the Kinsella's, Hales, Browns, Robinsons and Jacksons and plethora of other heroes over the years have done rather than instant mawkish recognition because of a few platitudes they might pump out on twitter.
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They should be clapping us, and giving a mention to those who have travelled long distances midweek.1
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Suggested playlist to accompany them.
If I could turn back time, Cher
Sorry seems to be the hardest word, Elton
Please forgive me, Bryan Adams
Winner takes it all (losers have to fall) Abba
Don't look back in Anger, Oasis.
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Dobson should just do the lap of honour on his own. The rest can piss off.8
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The one vital thing lacking from the vast majority of our players this season is the one thing I expect every player to have, I call it passion, perhaps total commitment is a better term .. some skills, proper effort, I expect that as a given, those alone are not enough so far as I'm concerned .. without passion there is no honour, so no, no 'lap of honour' will convince me that the majority of our players are totally committed to the CAFC cause1
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i don't think there has been a lack of effort from the players this year i just think that the majority aren't good enough to match expectations - either way, i won't bother staying for a lap of honour5
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seth plum said:There is no honour to lap up.
I agree with AFKA, if there is the usual fart arseing about with families and stuff that takes ages to get going there will be nobody left. Certainly not me anyway.
At the final whistle the whole squad should appear with a big thank you sign, applaud the loyal fans, then bugger off and prepare for Ipswich.
I would rather clap Mick Everett and the departing head groundsman.0 -
Likely to be the last time fans can show their appreciation of Souare and Watson (amongst others), personally I am gutted I cannot make it.1
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That’s the valuable drinking time I could be missing out on if they decided to see off this awful season with a walk around the pitch.
So for that reason, I’m out.0 -
As Doucher said above, I haven’t witnessed lack of effort in very many games, we simply have neither had enough quality, nor the right chemistry available to us in too many games, while carrying a few too many players way past their best and some rough injury spells. Add to that a recruitment drive which came way too late into the start of the season…Loads of work to do this summer, no doubt, but IF we are to say goodbye to the likes of Washington, Inniss, Dobson could be a risk if a Championship club came in for him for all we know, they will be seeing me wait behind, clapping and thanking them for their efforts. In a shit season, Stockley is on the cusp of 20 goals too and players like CBT and Lavelle have come from a place of Google searching to part of next season’s building plans. A lot not to like, but some things to applaud and if anybody is seriously thinking on staying to boo or make foul gestures, please go enjoy a pint after the final whistle and save our great club the embarrassment. We are way better than that regardless of inevitable frustrations…1
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Pavoren007 said:As Doucher said above, I haven’t witnessed lack of effort in very many games, we simply have neither had enough quality, nor the right chemistry available to us in too many games, while carrying a few too many players way past their best and some rough injury spells. Add to that a recruitment drive which came way too late into the start of the season…Loads of work to do this summer, no doubt, but IF we are to say goodbye to the likes of Washington, Inniss, Dobson could be a risk if a Championship club came in for him for all we know, they will be seeing me wait behind, clapping and thanking them for their efforts. In a shit season, Stockley is on the cusp of 20 goals too and players like CBT and Lavelle have come from a place of Google searching to part of next season’s building plans. A lot not to like, but some things to applaud and if anybody is seriously thinking on staying to boo or make foul gestures, please go enjoy a pint after the final whistle and save our great club the embarrassment. We are way better than that regardless of inevitable frustrations…7
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I haven't seen them televised or live all season and they have right royally pissed on my chips this season.
If they have half a conscience instead of a ready propensity to gurn into a camera in training for publishing on soschial meedya, they will slink off back down the tunnel, hand the sacred jersey back and fuck off!
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soapy_jones said:I haven't seen them televised or live all season and they have right royally pissed on my chips this season.
If they have half a conscience instead of a ready propensity to gurn into a camera in training for publishing on soschial meedya, they will slink off back down the tunnel, hand the sacred jersey back and fuck off!3 -
soapy_jones said:I haven't seen them televised or live all season and they have right royally pissed on my chips this season.
If they have half a conscience instead of a ready propensity to gurn into a camera in training for publishing on soschial meedya, they will slink off back down the tunnel, hand the sacred jersey back and fuck off!0 -
If Innis & Chuks manage to get round I'll be amazed!13
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There’s always honour in wearing the Charlton shirt. Certainly these current players are not as good as many that have worn the badge but they’re still Charlton players and I’d give them a round of applause. I support every player wearing the shirt. I’m fairly confident most of you lot would too.6