I feel more persuaded by this appointment than I did about dear Nigel Adkins, so for me that's a start. I wish him well, why not? If he does well we do well. What will his chant be?
I’m not Sandgaard’s biggest fan but the reaction on here is pretty negative. We’ve gotta give Garner a chance here and a lot dismissing him have probably never watched a team of his. Palace or not, pretty good experience as a first team coach at a good level. The big plus for me is that he’s being allowed to bring his own coaching staff with him.
Good luck to him. Sandgaard has to back him in the transfer market.
I feel more persuaded by this appointment than I did about dear Nigel Adkins, so for me that's a start. I wish him well, why not? If he does well we do well. What will his chant be?
Cue the level headed posters who knew all along it weren't gonna be a "name" and could see no point in discussing perspective candidates since JJ went....
I have said before it will take us two more years to get out of this league, but think we have a good chance of playoffs this season now. Pleased we have a young progressive manager.
Looking forward to reading the signings thread in the coming days and hearing how the recruitment team is shit and MS should not have been given the job.
Come on chaps, there is one massive positive in that lot - Swindon reached the 3rd round of the FA Cup under him for the first time in a decade. At last a Manager who gives the Cup some respect.
I'm underwhelmed, but I'm invariably wrong. I wanted Gritt not Curbs. I was overjoyed when we appointed Pardew. So as always I back the owner & manager. Best wishes to Ben Garner.
What a joke....... sacked Jackson for this........ I really give up. All will have been done on a spreadsheet, just like RD he'll never learn, too pig/big headed.
It was always going to be announced before June 1st. No way could Thomas not give the new manager 3 weeks or so before the first day of training and working with Steve Gallen to see the list of players plus what the "black box" suggests !
I would imagine Ben Garner was our 3rd or 4th choice. Michael Beale wouldn't apply twice to be mentioned as a yardstick. And Warburton like a challenge but Cafc might just have been a challenge too far. Matt Taylor saw some people say the Cafc job was too big for him and decided to stay in Exeter where he is in credit and appreciated.
I wish Ben Garner good luck and a thick skin as the Charlton fan base are so flakey and punch drunk after the last decade or so he is slagged off before he even gets here. I hope he doesn't read Twitter as I can only imagine what that cesspit would say.
We are a mid table League 1 team and how ever great and 'massive' the fans think we are, the league table said we are mediocre. Many thanks to JJ for at least getting us to mid table from 22nd.
Ben Garner now needs to be backed by TS. and he gets players who can adapt to his style and formation of play. The Charlton managers job feels like a poisoned chalice. Big team syndrome means he won't have a honeymoon period at the valley.
We all want to get to the championship but so do the other 6 "Big teams" in the 3 tier.
Mid-table mediocre League One team appoints good League Two manager, hold the front page!
He wouldn’t have been top of the shortlist and I don’t feel excited but by far it’s not the most uninspiring appointment we’ve ever had in our recent history. Let’s just see how it goes.
I’m not Sandgaard’s biggest fan but the reaction on here is pretty negative. We’ve gotta give Garner a chance here and a lot dismissing him have probably never watched a team of his. Palace or not, pretty good experience as a first team coach at a good level. The big plus for me is that he’s being allowed to bring his own coaching staff with him.
Good luck to him. Sandgaard has to back him in the transfer market.
That’s the bottom line really - whoever comes in needs a few quality reinforcements. Garner’s stats look decent, but he’d have to be an alchemist to get the current squad anywhere
Good luck to him, impressive stats and has previously put together a squad in a hurry. Don’t understand why it’s taken so long however and hope he has input in terms of recruitment and a team available for pre seasons.
Hopefully TS has a prog metal anthem already penned to encourage him……
I feel more persuaded by this appointment than I did about dear Nigel Adkins, so for me that's a start. I wish him well, why not? If he does well we do well. What will his chant be?
Good luck to him, impressive stats and has previously put together a squad in a hurry. Don’t understand why it’s taken so long however and hope he has input in terms of recruitment and a team available for pre seasons.
Hopefully TS has a prog metal anthem already penned to encourage him……
Swindon only played their Play Off game on Thursday - interviews, compensation to be agreed etc etc and TS was almost certainly talking to other candidates in the interim
Mid-table mediocre League One team appoints good League Two manager, hold the front page!
He wouldn’t have been top of the shortlist and I don’t feel excited but by far it’s not the most uninspiring appointment we’ve ever had in our recent history. Let’s just see how it goes.
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nO nOt ThAt OnE!!!
Some people need a reality check.
IMO this is a very good appointment. You will be surprised.
I wish him well, why not? If he does well we do well.
What will his chant be?
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🍆💦💦💦
Woah,
Ben Garner
Woah.
We got him cos he’s cheap,
He makes the Palace weep.
.....Oh 🙄
Pleased we have a young progressive manager.
I wanted Gritt not Curbs.
I was overjoyed when we appointed Pardew.
So as always I back the owner & manager.
Best wishes to Ben Garner.
will reserve judgement until we actually play under him.
What a joke....... sacked Jackson for this........ I really give up. All will have been done on a spreadsheet, just like RD he'll never learn, too pig/big headed.
I would imagine Ben Garner was our 3rd or 4th choice. Michael Beale wouldn't apply twice to be mentioned as a yardstick.
And Warburton like a challenge but Cafc might just have been a challenge too far.
Matt Taylor saw some people say the Cafc job was too big for him and decided to stay in Exeter where he is in credit and appreciated.
I wish Ben Garner good luck and a thick skin as the Charlton fan base are so flakey and punch drunk after the last decade or so he is slagged off before he even gets here.
I hope he doesn't read Twitter as I can only imagine what that cesspit would say.
We are a mid table League 1 team and how ever great and 'massive' the fans think we are, the league table said we are mediocre.
Many thanks to JJ for at least getting us to mid table from 22nd.
Ben Garner now needs to be backed by TS. and he gets players who can adapt to his style and formation of play. The Charlton managers job feels like a poisoned chalice.
Big team syndrome means he won't have a honeymoon period at the valley.
We all want to get to the championship but so do the other 6 "Big teams" in the 3 tier.
He wouldn’t have been top of the shortlist and I don’t feel excited but by far it’s not the most uninspiring appointment we’ve ever had in our recent history. Let’s just see how it goes.
Hopefully TS has a prog metal anthem already penned to encourage him……
”We’ll incorporate Swindon”