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Next manager - Ben Garner confirmed (p256)

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  • masicat said:
    Purrington gone then…
    No. NO. NOOOO!
  • Just been past his house.  The builders are in his back garden already. Don't do it Ben...

  • masicat said:
    Purrington gone then…
    error, if true
  • edited June 2022
    I'd like to have some competition at left back and not one starter and one backup. You hear former footballers talk all the time about how competition drives performances. Purrington was never competition he was just competent. 
  • Chunes said:
    I'd like to have some competition at left back and not one starter and one backup. You hear former footballers talk all the time about how competition  drives performances. Purrington was never competition he was just competent. 
    Chunes said:
    I'd like to have some competition at left back and not one starter and one backup. You hear former footballers talk all the time about how competition  drives performances. Purrington was never competition he was just competent. 
    We already potentially need 3 full backs better than Purrington I would be very pleasantly surprised if we got 3.  I would be gob smacked if we got 4.
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  • edited June 2022
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Chunes said:
    I'd like to have some competition at left back and not one starter and one backup. You hear former footballers talk all the time about how competition  drives performances. Purrington was never competition he was just competent. 
    Chunes said:
    I'd like to have some competition at left back and not one starter and one backup. You hear former footballers talk all the time about how competition  drives performances. Purrington was never competition he was just competent. 
    We already potentially need 3 full backs better than Purrington I would be very pleasantly surprised if we got 3.  I would be gob smacked if we got 4.
    Perhaps in Garner's system they just need to be better at one thing and that's keeping possession of the ball. 
  • cabbles said:
    Good news if Purrington has gone - good pro, always worked hard but not good enough to get us out this league 
    Even though he has previously proved that he is good enough to get us out of this league?
    He isn’t. Bang average league one player. Scoring one goal at Wembley doesn’t change that. 
  • So we know Purrington was offered a contract by the club.

    Has he rejected it or has it been withdrawn?

    WIOTOS
  • cabbles said:
    Good news if Purrington has gone - good pro, always worked hard but not good enough to get us out this league 
    Even though he has previously proved that he is good enough to get us out of this league?
    I think that might be down to the fact we had a championship standard midfield, with a championship standard striker in Taylor. Bowyer got lucky to have that in league 1. Everyone knows purrington is extremely limited 
    That's changing history. Purrington was very very good when he came in, solid defensively and tidy with the ball. He wasn't a star player but was a steady full-back who did his job well on a regular basis. More than good enough to be back up IMO although I would certainly want someone different starting most games. 
    Exactly what you've said ..... "a steady full-back who did his job well on a regular basis".

    But perhaps that's not what we need in his position - if the gameplan dictates pacy wingbacks, as we've seen, that's not really Purrington's game.

    Doesn't matter how good the player is, if he's not what we need in that position, he'll be let go.


  • Oggy Red said:
    cabbles said:
    Good news if Purrington has gone - good pro, always worked hard but not good enough to get us out this league 
    Even though he has previously proved that he is good enough to get us out of this league?
    I think that might be down to the fact we had a championship standard midfield, with a championship standard striker in Taylor. Bowyer got lucky to have that in league 1. Everyone knows purrington is extremely limited 
    That's changing history. Purrington was very very good when he came in, solid defensively and tidy with the ball. He wasn't a star player but was a steady full-back who did his job well on a regular basis. More than good enough to be back up IMO although I would certainly want someone different starting most games. 
    Exactly what you've said ..... "a steady full-back who did his job well on a regular basis".

    But perhaps that's not what we need in his position - if the gameplan dictates pacy wingbacks, as we've seen, that's not really Purrington's game.

    Doesn't matter how good the player is, if he's not what we need in that position, he'll be let go.


    No that’s true enough and if I was in charge, I’d have Purrington and then another pacey more attacking LB as my two. I never actually said anything about how good he would be for us in the future, just that the previous poster was unfair. I don’t think keeping or releasing Purrington will determine how successful we are but I’d be surprised if we sign two better than him. 
  • Ben Garner, whoah
    Ben Garner, whoah
    He comes from Pembury
    And plays football progressively

     ;) 
    I like it, it’s catchy.
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  • seth plum said:
    seth plum said:
    He would be better served watching all the U18 and U23 action from last season.
    Not that we get to see such stuff other than on a haphazard and random often last minute basis.
    I hope that coverage of below first team football is hugely improved by the communications team next season.
    So don't watch the first team, have no idea about the players you have and what is required and watch the U18/23's instead? Ridiculous.
    Are you making some kind of point?
    Charlton TV subscribers are partially enticed by a suggestion that development level games are covered.
    Up to now that has been haphazard and unpredictable and I am hoping for it to get better.
    We are not allowed to watch games at Sparrows Lane, even with a season ticket.
    Now my opinions are probably rubbish, but some others, and some other posters know that I have always been interested in commenting on the play and players below first team level, and have built up some knowledge of that part of the club.
    If you think that it is ridiculous that I hope for better coverage then fine, but what I think is happening is you are once again seizing on an opportunity to have a dig at me for no reason because I don’t continually worship the comms team but want them to give a better service.
    Another person describes it as a vendetta, which it isn’t. It is a desire for better coverage, and by the way that includes better camera coverage and commentary when it falls short.
    It is like certain people are above criticism, but Seth Plum deserves as much criticism as can be brewed up. I do not describe your posts as ridiculous, I have explained my point of view, if you think there is something wrong with the detail of what I write then comment on that rather than your continual baseless personal digs.
    This is the next manager/Ben Garner confirmed thread.

    The discussion was around Garner watching last season's first team games, so that he will be well versed in the players he has and the players he would need, which seems very sensible to me.

    You suggested that he would be better off not watching the first team games to get up to speed with our first team, but "he would be better served watching the U18 and U23 games".

    I said that it ridiculous which it clearly is.

    (I'm not interested in a discussion on the manager thread, about anything else you have added inappropriately).
     
    Seth is innocent, ok?
  • Redrobo said:
    Scoham said:
    Good stuff but can see him regretting the move about 2 games in.
    Thanks for giving me the first laugh of the day, just wait until he gets to the Lincoln and Ipswich away matches!
    He will probably be concluding that it will be difficult not to be successful here!
    Is Ben a masochist !! 

    Good luck to him - let’s hope he turns it around.
  • We've had infinitely worse than Purrington over the last few years but if he's going then good luck and thanks for Wembley alone. As for BG watching games, you'd kind of hope he may have done a bit of this prior to his interview.

  • Shocker indeed, would have aged us all very badly...that's for sure..shame indeed...
  • seth plum said:
    seth plum said:
    He would be better served watching all the U18 and U23 action from last season.
    Not that we get to see such stuff other than on a haphazard and random often last minute basis.
    I hope that coverage of below first team football is hugely improved by the communications team next season.
    So don't watch the first team, have no idea about the players you have and what is required and watch the U18/23's instead? Ridiculous.
    Are you making some kind of point?
    Charlton TV subscribers are partially enticed by a suggestion that development level games are covered.
    Up to now that has been haphazard and unpredictable and I am hoping for it to get better.
    We are not allowed to watch games at Sparrows Lane, even with a season ticket.
    Now my opinions are probably rubbish, but some others, and some other posters know that I have always been interested in commenting on the play and players below first team level, and have built up some knowledge of that part of the club.
    If you think that it is ridiculous that I hope for better coverage then fine, but what I think is happening is you are once again seizing on an opportunity to have a dig at me for no reason because I don’t continually worship the comms team but want them to give a better service.
    Another person describes it as a vendetta, which it isn’t. It is a desire for better coverage, and by the way that includes better camera coverage and commentary when it falls short.
    It is like certain people are above criticism, but Seth Plum deserves as much criticism as can be brewed up. I do not describe your posts as ridiculous, I have explained my point of view, if you think there is something wrong with the detail of what I write then comment on that rather than your continual baseless personal digs.
    This is the next manager/Ben Garner confirmed thread.

    The discussion was around Garner watching last season's first team games, so that he will be well versed in the players he has and the players he would need, which seems very sensible to me.

    You suggested that he would be better off not watching the first team games to get up to speed with our first team, but "he would be better served watching the U18 and U23 games".

    I said that it ridiculous which it clearly is.

    (I'm not interested in a discussion on the manager thread, about anything else you have added inappropriately).
     
    I did not say this at all.
    I understand the Spanish trip will involve a lot of development players, players the club hopes to bring through.
    At no time did I suggest Garner should not watch as many first team videos as he chooses, I was suggesting additional research which in the current circumstances might prove fruitful.
  • edited June 2022
    seth plum said:
    seth plum said:
    seth plum said:
    He would be better served watching all the U18 and U23 action from last season.
    Not that we get to see such stuff other than on a haphazard and random often last minute basis.
    I hope that coverage of below first team football is hugely improved by the communications team next season.
    So don't watch the first team, have no idea about the players you have and what is required and watch the U18/23's instead? Ridiculous.
    Are you making some kind of point?
    Charlton TV subscribers are partially enticed by a suggestion that development level games are covered.
    Up to now that has been haphazard and unpredictable and I am hoping for it to get better.
    We are not allowed to watch games at Sparrows Lane, even with a season ticket.
    Now my opinions are probably rubbish, but some others, and some other posters know that I have always been interested in commenting on the play and players below first team level, and have built up some knowledge of that part of the club.
    If you think that it is ridiculous that I hope for better coverage then fine, but what I think is happening is you are once again seizing on an opportunity to have a dig at me for no reason because I don’t continually worship the comms team but want them to give a better service.
    Another person describes it as a vendetta, which it isn’t. It is a desire for better coverage, and by the way that includes better camera coverage and commentary when it falls short.
    It is like certain people are above criticism, but Seth Plum deserves as much criticism as can be brewed up. I do not describe your posts as ridiculous, I have explained my point of view, if you think there is something wrong with the detail of what I write then comment on that rather than your continual baseless personal digs.
    This is the next manager/Ben Garner confirmed thread.

    The discussion was around Garner watching last season's first team games, so that he will be well versed in the players he has and the players he would need, which seems very sensible to me.

    You suggested that he would be better off not watching the first team games to get up to speed with our first team, but "he would be better served watching the U18 and U23 games".

    I said that it ridiculous which it clearly is.

    (I'm not interested in a discussion on the manager thread, about anything else you have added inappropriately).
     
    I did not say this at all.
    I understand the Spanish trip will involve a lot of development players, players the club hopes to bring through.
    At no time did I suggest Garner should not watch as many first team videos as he chooses, I was suggesting additional research which in the current circumstances might prove fruitful.
    You suggested he’d be better watching the youth games than first team ones. I’m with Covered End, it has to be the first team games in the first instance. Garner should get the opportunity to have a look at a few of the younger players in pre-season and needs to speak to the coaches about them. But it's the first team which has to come first, the U23's will step up when they're ready. 
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