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Steve Gallen
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Redhenry said:Not rated by the people i know0
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shirty5 said:cafcfan1990 said:shirty5 said:Not every player you bring in will be a success. That’s a fact.
For every Mark Kinsella, John Robinson, Clive Mendonca, Josh Cullen you will have a Ralph Milne, Simon Francis, Neil Redfearn.0 -
cafcfan1990 said:shirty5 said:cafcfan1990 said:shirty5 said:Not every player you bring in will be a success. That’s a fact.
For every Mark Kinsella, John Robinson, Clive Mendonca, Josh Cullen you will have a Ralph Milne, Simon Francis, Neil Redfearn.Sandgaard , his partner and his son are the main problem in my opinion at this football club6 -
Let’s play devils advocate here then? Gallen resigns as of today. Who replaces him or does Sandgaard let Junior take more control than he already has?
Would things improve?6 -
Not every signing at any club works out.Some very high profile transfers end up being unproductive.Too many moving parts especially at Charlton to suggest SG is a weak link.TS described him more as a negotiator didn’t he? In other words not necessarily the one identifying targets.0
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shirty5 said:cafcfan1990 said:shirty5 said:cafcfan1990 said:shirty5 said:Not every player you bring in will be a success. That’s a fact.
For every Mark Kinsella, John Robinson, Clive Mendonca, Josh Cullen you will have a Ralph Milne, Simon Francis, Neil Redfearn.Sandgaard , his partner and his son are the main problem in my opinion at this football club1 -
shirty5 said:Let’s play devils advocate here then? Gallen resigns as of today. Who replaces him or does Sandgaard let Junior take more control than he already has?
Would things improve?
A different question. If Sandgaard sold the club in March and a new owner came in and set the biggest budget in League 1 for next season, would you want Gallen as head of recruitment to get us promoted?1 -
cafcfan1990 said:shirty5 said:cafcfan1990 said:shirty5 said:cafcfan1990 said:shirty5 said:Not every player you bring in will be a success. That’s a fact.
For every Mark Kinsella, John Robinson, Clive Mendonca, Josh Cullen you will have a Ralph Milne, Simon Francis, Neil Redfearn.Sandgaard , his partner and his son are the main problem in my opinion at this football club0 -
Charlton's transfer policy
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cafcfan1990 said:shirty5 said:Let’s play devils advocate here then? Gallen resigns as of today. Who replaces him or does Sandgaard let Junior take more control than he already has?
Would things improve?
A different question. If Sandgaard sold the club in March and a new owner came in and set the biggest budget in League 1 for next season, would you want Gallen as head of recruitment to get us promoted?
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I think it’s impossible to judge. The whole club both on the pitch and back of house is a shit show and the employees are without doubt to a man doing the best they can with what they’re given. Until the club is properly funded with a CEO that knows how football works with enough staff to improve things then I find it hard to find blame with anyone other than the owner.4
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shirty5 said:cafcfan1990 said:shirty5 said:Let’s play devils advocate here then? Gallen resigns as of today. Who replaces him or does Sandgaard let Junior take more control than he already has?
Would things improve?
A different question. If Sandgaard sold the club in March and a new owner came in and set the biggest budget in League 1 for next season, would you want Gallen as head of recruitment to get us promoted?
Happy to agree to disagree. In my scenario above I'd certainly keep him at the club and I think his asset is his negotiation. But I'd prefer to have a new recruitment team in place with fresh ideas and leave Gallen to the latter part.0 -
Leaving aside the job he does for good or ill, on a personal level I have always found him to be charming, articulate, and easy to communicate with. Very likeable.6
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Gallen for example got us Connor Gallagher, not everything he does is a failure.4
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KBslittlesis said:Taking a pay check.
Thats it.
Doubt he gives a stuff quite frankly.0 -
At the Back to The Valley dinner last Thursday, Gallen made a specific point of coming over to the tables with the Valley Party candidates to say a personal thank you and to stress how he had worked in football for so many years but that it was such actions by the fans that made Charlton a different and special club. He didn't need to do that. In fact, no-one else did!42
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Obviously everyone on here can have an opinion, but without knowing all the facts, ie. A timeline of events over a period of time, judgement is not possible.
Recruitment is surely a team game and without every other team member doing their bit in harmony to achieve the desired result, the actions of one person cannot really be assessed in isolation.1 -
Some interesting comments on both sides of the argument, and as usual @ShootersHillGuru is right to say that most of us don’t have the visibility inside the club to even speculate effectively.One non-speculative thing I would say, is that this is a business, as I am sure TS wishes us all to accept. Well in any business the buck stops at the top. Even more so if the biz is distinctly medium size and the bloke at the top gets heavily involved personally in key decisions that competitors leave to suitably qualified senior managers. And even more so if the owner brings his completely unqualified son into a senior role which clearly impacts the (apparent) role that has been assigned to Gallen.
In retrospect bringing his son in is the point when the light should have changed from flashing amber to red for me, and I’m embarrassed that I didnt face up to it, preferring to keep telling myself that he saved us from the crooks. It remains true but it is also true that the state of our squad (including its fitness, as I keep saying) is ultimately on him.12 -
valleynick66 said:TS described him more as a negotiator didn’t he? In other words not necessarily the one identifying targets.
Up until the summer I would have said Gallen was in credit, and with that I would include Sess & JRS as positive recruits. But taking into account the lack of a left back & letting Washington go without any decent replacements then recruitment this summer has been poor.....and getting worse. I dread to think what loans we might scrape together by Feb 1st but I doubt they will be the quality needed.
SG has done sterling work up until now & comes across as a knowledgeable & likeable bloke. To save his own skin its probably best he walks away asap.0 -
Whisper it but his transfer dealings have generally been poor since Driesen left.
DJ, Lavelle, Kirk etc etc.
How many of his signings have we gone on to make a profit on? Bonne... Any others?
He has had to work during turmoil but so do many at L1 level and most would be delighted to have had his budget in the last 2 yrs or so.
Nice chap, hope he improves but I have doubts... If he was that good someone up the pyramid would have taken him by now.3 - Sponsored links:
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I've wondered this recently too. Certainly not blameless IMO0
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TS said recruitment is a four way process, him, MS, SG and whoever is the manager at that given hour and if all four don't agree, then said player isn't signed.
I wonder how true that is? If big bollox Sangaard and little bollox Sandgaard both want said player. then do they push it through?6 -
sillav nitram said:TS said recruitment is a four way process, him, MS, SG and whoever is the manager at that given hour and if all four don't agree, then said player isn't signed.
I wonder how true that is? If big bollox Sangaard and little bollox Sandgaard both want said player. then do they push it through?2 -
sillav nitram said:TS said recruitment is a four way process, him, MS, SG and whoever is the manager at that given hour and if all four don't agree, then said player isn't signed.
I wonder how true that is? If big bollox Sangaard and little bollox Sandgaard both want said player. then do they push it through?1 -
I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and say it’s budget. Look at the 2018/2019 team
he put together.1 -
The Red Robin said:I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and say it’s budget. Look at the 2018/2019 team
he put together.2 -
cafcfan1990 said:shirty5 said:cafcfan1990 said:shirty5 said:cafcfan1990 said:shirty5 said:Not every player you bring in will be a success. That’s a fact.
For every Mark Kinsella, John Robinson, Clive Mendonca, Josh Cullen you will have a Ralph Milne, Simon Francis, Neil Redfearn.Sandgaard , his partner and his son are the main problem in my opinion at this football club3 -
sillav nitram said:TS said recruitment is a four way process, him, MS, SG and whoever is the manager at that given hour and if all four don't agree, then said player isn't signed.
I wonder how true that is? If big bollox Sangaard and little bollox Sandgaard both want said player. then do they push it through?0 -
if you sent a blind man into harrods with a million pound and said buy what you want, he wouldnt necessarily come out with decent things. If you send a man who can see into harrods with a pound , he cant afford anything but he has to still make a choice on buying something. This is Steve Gallen0
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DDOUBLEE said:His best work was when Tommy Driesen was still at the club, genuinely
And that window was a shambles, but obviously mainly because of the Southall stuff, but since then we've had several below-par windows. This recent one has probably been our least bad, as in no real duds, but there's also no incredible bits of recruitment (apart from JRS on loan, obvs)
Not sure Martin Sandegaard is up to it. I'm not sure he could pull off the cardigan at a training ground look either.2