I’m not trying to make an impatient point here but if you’d of told me this time last month Jackson will make his first signing in a new job before we named his successor I wouldn't of believed it.
Nearly 5 weeks, and people defend it. Total circus.
I’m defending or attacking it, it’s just a little surprising to me, but if his tactic is to make sure it’s the absolute right one then so be it.
Doesn't take a semi competent league one club 5 weeks to appoint a manager, in the off season.
Why though? What’s wrong with negotiating a deal to suit us as well as them, if I could drag the purchase of something expensive out to save a few quid I probably would, it’s not critical right now, I’ll admit I was nervous but I don’t see why haggling over compensation makes us incompetent.
Because we fucked up last season due to our inactivity all summer and lack of preparation. Jackson has been sacked nearly 5 weeks ago, seemingly without any sort of succession plan as we still have no manager on June 7th.
Since Jackson has left, he's gone on holiday, interviewed for / got a new job, and made his first signing.
Fleetwood sacked their manager May 4th, they have a new manager in place and have already made their first signing.
I get all that but you know full well we have a plan as at today, they’re obviously cross t’s and dotting i’s. I get all the frustration and I’m with you, but I think some are getting too panicked, there’s so so much time to get this summer right, the players aren’t even in the building.
I’ll fully agree with you “if” we end up with a shit squad and are looking at deadbeats come midnight deadline day. But for now I’m happy to see if he’s leant from last season.
I dunno mate, 7 & a half weeks until the first game of the season doesn’t seem like a lot of time when we need 7/8 players for the first xi + x amount as squad players.
Fair point but that’s where we’ll probably disagree. Im not saying he will get it right I'm saying there is plenty of time and chances to get it right.
Plenty?
What so any side who hasn’t made a signing at this point doesn’t have much time?
I don't care for any other club, just this one. For the job we needed to do before the end of the season, I didn't think we had plenty of time. Looks like another wasted season. Unless there is around 12 rabbits about to be pulled from a hat!
You can make comparisons whilst still only caring for one club.
Its 7th June there’s loads of time to sign loads of players.
9 days till the lads back in training 😂
Yes. Which is why there’s loads of time to sign players, or did you think clubs sign absolutely everyone before their first day back?
This season was gonna do things early 🤣 Learn from mistakes. But it's all good you think there is loads of time 👍
Yes because there is lots of time, you crack on with your tantrum though I’m sure it’ll help.
Tantrum? I just congratulated you was the 👍 not enough here we go 👏👏👏
I was outside York Minster yesterday and met Shay Given. He told me he fed the Garner story to Alan Nixon and Richard Crawley at the same time to play both ends against the middle.
I was outside York Minster yesterday and met Shay Given. He told me he fed the Garner story to Alan Nixon and Richard Crawley at the same time to play both ends against the middle.
Sounds like Shay Given has coordinated a truly repulsive spit-roast.
Amidst the confusion and 'non announcement' announcements being announced, I'm losing the plot here. Isn't Ben Garner officially still under contract as Swindon Town manager, or is that one of the things that we know we don't know?
If he is, then surely he can't be working for us (yet).
No need to lose the plot. If he’s been seen at Sparrows Lane, then it seems like it’s a fait accompli.
Amidst the confusion and 'non announcement' announcements being announced, I'm losing the plot here. Isn't Ben Garner officially still under contract as Swindon Town manager, or is that one of the things that we know we don't know?
If he is, then surely he can't be working for us (yet).
Jeez. I joined CL nearly 16 years ago (shortly after it started). Have endured the highs and lows, lived thru RD, Spivs, ESI but never stopped going. TS has spent millions and saved us from certain doom. He isn't right with everything...but who is? The sense of entitlement of some individuals on here to verbally attack and criticise amazes me - he's the guy who owns us - get over it. Yes we all want a manager sorted and ready when the window opens on the 10th June and we all want success on the pitch...but give the guy some time. Social media and the ease with which we can all 'particpate' in discussion has made it so easy to moan and this thread is one of the worst I can remember. Give it a rest.
Jeez. I joined CL nearly 16 years ago (shortly after it started). Have endured the highs and lows, lived thru RD, Spivs, ESI but never stopped going. TS has spent millions and saved us from certain doom. He isn't right with everything...but who is? The sense of entitlement of some individuals on here to verbally attack and criticise amazes me - he's the guy who owns us - get over it. Yes we all want a manager sorted and ready when the window opens on the 10th June and we all want success on the pitch...but give the guy some time. Social media and the ease with which we can all 'particpate' in discussion has made it so easy to moan and this thread is one of the worst I can remember. Give it a rest.
You mentioned previous owners and I think thats why TS gets such a hard time. Its a form of PTSD.
I'm absolutely sick to death of circus owners and unfortunately I like many other can see TS being a well intentioned circus owner. The evidence is stacking up and many are over reacting but you can't deny how amateur they appear to be.
There is an increasingly popular conspiracy theory on Twitter that Garner has been secretly on contract to CAFC since June 1988 and is, in fact, the long lost nephew of TS. A genetically cloned double of Garner had his perm surgically removed at a clinic in Switzerland in 1989 before he was deliberately placed undercover in Swindon as part of a cunning scheme to recruit him using advanced black-box technology pioneered by MS.
People may scoff but it does explain the delay and why we would spend weeks to appoint an unproven manager from the fourth tier and his two mates.
If Garner is announced soon, be that at a press conference complete with dancing girls and the like, or not, I'd like to hear more about those 'other shareholders' Thomas said were coming over with him.
Perhaps they were the 'suits' seen in the Chairman's office yesterday and are bringing in sufficient extra funding to salvage 'HMS P*ss' the League' from the murky depths.
We can but hope and we all know what that does to you.
If only someone could do a summary of the verbatim quotes from Thomas Sandgaard and a Bona fide Journalist on the SLP or the Swindon roundabout sports advertiser but not posters who say they have a mate who told them or folk on the internet called Sausage or Conor just in case it turns out to be attention seekers who just rehash what they hear from each other.
Both Airman Brown and buttleJR are good sources as the former has a track record of garnering info from the inner circle over the years and the latter has a connection with Thomas who tells him information which may be smoke and mirrors but young JR passes on in good faith.
There is only one person who is a course and distance winner in this skill on CL ?
I call for super woman @aliwibble to separate out the wheat from the chaff.
Natural for a thread to go slightly off tangent but we’ve been going into different postcodes last 24hrs. Just an early warning likely to delete future completely different topic posts today.
to be fair AFKA, there has been no arguments on here for the last 24 hours which makes a nice change
I heard that TS has been trying to read this thread, that he is fed up with all the rubbish that he has decided to get it done as soon as possible ............. maybe this week
If only someone could do a summary of the verbatim quotes from Thomas Sandgaard and a Bona fide Journalist on the SLP or the Swindon roundabout sports advertiser but not posters who say they have a mate who told them or folk on the internet called Sausage or Conor just in case it turns out to be attention seekers who just rehash what they hear from each other.
Both Airman Brown and buttleJR are good sources as the former has a track record of garnering info from the inner circle over the years and the latter has a connection with Thomas who tells him information which may be smoke and mirrors but young JR passes on in good faith.
There is only one person who is a course and distance winner in this skill on CL ?
I call for super woman @aliwibble to separate out the wheat from the chaff.
This long and continued drawn out saga to sign a new manager has really dented my trust is TS, especially as I think back to the start of last season when we recruited Adkins and TS stated in the background we are always identifying our next potential manager - hmm that didn’t happen with JJ and now TS had identified to get rid of JJ without having a succession plan - echos cries of lies and as loyal Charlton fans we will not have our trust tested to the brink especially after all circus 🎪 of owners we have had in the recent past - IF YOU ARE LISTENING SANDGAARD - DO NOT PUSH US !
Jeez. I joined CL nearly 16 years ago (shortly after it started). Have endured the highs and lows, lived thru RD, Spivs, ESI but never stopped going. TS has spent millions and saved us from certain doom. He isn't right with everything...but who is? The sense of entitlement of some individuals on here to verbally attack and criticise amazes me - he's the guy who owns us - get over it. Yes we all want a manager sorted and ready when the window opens on the 10th June and we all want success on the pitch...but give the guy some time. Social media and the ease with which we can all 'particpate' in discussion has made it so easy to moan and this thread is one of the worst I can remember. Give it a rest.
U ain’t seen nothing yet - this is just a warm up act for the transfers thread
If Garner, or whoever is manager doesn't win his first 3,...by 2 clear goals and 3 clean sheets, God help them... including TS
I don't think that's true. If there's a clear plan and strategy, I think most of us would overlook poor results in the short-medium term. Adkins had no plan, Jacko had no plan B and it didn't work out- the football was either awful or boring. IF Garner is appointed and there's something to get behind, I think most people will be happy. Charlton fans are no harder to please than anyone else. Equally, he needs to be given the squad to achieve that.
Jeez. I joined CL nearly 16 years ago (shortly after it started). Have endured the highs and lows, lived thru RD, Spivs, ESI but never stopped going. TS has spent millions and saved us from certain doom. He isn't right with everything...but who is? The sense of entitlement of some individuals on here to verbally attack and criticise amazes me - he's the guy who owns us - get over it. Yes we all want a manager sorted and ready when the window opens on the 10th June and we all want success on the pitch...but give the guy some time. Social media and the ease with which we can all 'particpate' in discussion has made it so easy to moan and this thread is one of the worst I can remember. Give it a rest.
Some people on here are like Veruca Salt on steroids.
Jeez. I joined CL nearly 16 years ago (shortly after it started). Have endured the highs and lows, lived thru RD, Spivs, ESI but never stopped going. TS has spent millions and saved us from certain doom. He isn't right with everything...but who is? The sense of entitlement of some individuals on here to verbally attack and criticise amazes me - he's the guy who owns us - get over it. Yes we all want a manager sorted and ready when the window opens on the 10th June and we all want success on the pitch...but give the guy some time. Social media and the ease with which we can all 'particpate' in discussion has made it so easy to moan and this thread is one of the worst I can remember. Give it a rest.
Some people on here are like Veruca Salt on steroids.
If only someone could do a summary of the verbatim quotes from Thomas Sandgaard and a Bona fide Journalist on the SLP or the Swindon roundabout sports advertiser but not posters who say they have a mate who told them or folk on the internet called Sausage or Conor just in case it turns out to be attention seekers who just rehash what they hear from each other.
Both Airman Brown and buttleJR are good sources as the former has a track record of garnering info from the inner circle over the years and the latter has a connection with Thomas who tells him information which may be smoke and mirrors but young JR passes on in good faith.
There is only one person who is a course and distance winner in this skill on CL ?
I call for super woman @aliwibble to separate out the wheat from the chaff.
Sausagedog111 broke the Garner story before everyone! According to the sausage, Garner was interviewed 2.5 weeks ago on the Saturday, and agreed to join us on the following Monday. Got that sorted, had a meeting with Gallen at the training ground, then buggered off on holiday while interclub negotiations rumbled on.
Who is this fella, and how does he know everything before anyone else?
Natural for a thread to go slightly off tangent but we’ve been going into different postcodes last 24hrs. Just an early warning likely to delete future completely different topic posts today.
And there was me thinking the rumours that Southall had a hair transplant weren’t true.
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I'm absolutely sick to death of circus owners and unfortunately I like many other can see TS being a well intentioned circus owner. The evidence is stacking up and many are over reacting but you can't deny how amateur they appear to be.
People may scoff but it does explain the delay and why we would spend weeks to appoint an unproven manager from the fourth tier and his two mates.
Perhaps they were the 'suits' seen in the Chairman's office yesterday and are bringing in sufficient extra funding to salvage 'HMS P*ss' the League' from the murky depths.
We can but hope and we all know what that does to you.
See what ya did there, very good.
There are some funny adult football fans!
Cheers Raith, I'm pleased someone noticed.
Read half a page and have decided not to bother with CL for the rest of the day, maybe the week. What a truly awful thread.
Was she Nabby Vinegars other Half ?