Produced his best work when left alone, the more he had to entertain opinions of hugely underqualified people the quality of signings dipped, wish him all the best going forward
Served the club well under difficult circumstances. Highly respected within the game , and his departure if not a surprise might in time be seen as an event to be regretted.
Good luck Steve. More than did his bit for us. Last two years not as great but he had to work with the Sandgaards. Disappointing to see Jim Rodwell trying to lay some of the blame for January's debacle at his door.
Worth remembering that Rodwell and Scott came in as Methven's men on six week contracts primarily to oversee the window. They sold Eoghan O'Connell to Wrexham, moved Forster-Caskey on as well as handful of others on loan, to make room for Bonne, Penney, Todd, Kilkenny and unfit Hector. Not a window to boast about.
As others have said, it's hard to accurately gauge his work without knowing what was going on behind the scenes, and even what exactly his job was--because it seemed to vary year to year. My thinking is that, on balance, he did well. But it's hard not to look at the money spent in the last three seasons and wonder...
Good luck Steve. More than did his bit for us. Last two years not as great but he had to work with the Sandgaards. Disappointing to see Jim Rodwell trying to lay some of the blame for January's debacle at his door.
Worth remembering that Rodwell and Scott came in as Methven's men on six week contracts primarily to oversee the window. They sold Eoghan O'Connell to Wrexham, moved Forster-Caskey on as well as handful of others on loan, to make room for Bonne, Penney, Todd, Kilkenny and unfit Hector. Not a window to boast about.
What are you going on about. He worked with Gallen in January and expressed gratitude for his help. No blame attached. You've Just done that in effect.
Good luck Steve. More than did his bit for us. Last two years not as great but he had to work with the Sandgaards. Disappointing to see Jim Rodwell trying to lay some of the blame for January's debacle at his door.
Worth remembering that Rodwell and Scott came in as Methven's men on six week contracts primarily to oversee the window. They sold Eoghan O'Connell to Wrexham, moved Forster-Caskey on as well as handful of others on loan, to make room for Bonne, Penney, Todd, Kilkenny and unfit Hector. Not a window to boast about.
Good luck Steve. More than did his bit for us. Last two years not as great but he had to work with the Sandgaards. Disappointing to see Jim Rodwell trying to lay some of the blame for January's debacle at his door.
Worth remembering that Rodwell and Scott came in as Methven's men on six week contracts primarily to oversee the window. They sold Eoghan O'Connell to Wrexham, moved Forster-Caskey on as well as handful of others on loan, to make room for Bonne, Penney, Todd, Kilkenny and unfit Hector. Not a window to boast about.
No idea where you've imagined that from. He said "he was a great help in the January 2023 window".
Good luck Steve. More than did his bit for us. Last two years not as great but he had to work with the Sandgaards. Disappointing to see Jim Rodwell trying to lay some of the blame for January's debacle at his door.
Worth remembering that Rodwell and Scott came in as Methven's men on six week contracts primarily to oversee the window. They sold Eoghan O'Connell to Wrexham, moved Forster-Caskey on as well as handful of others on loan, to make room for Bonne, Penney, Todd, Kilkenny and unfit Hector. Not a window to boast about.
What are you going on about. He worked with Gallen in January and expressed gratitude for his help. No blame attached. You've Just done that in effect.
Imagine being recognised for doing great at your job as a negotiator on behalf of a club that you happen to have grown fond of, despite working in less than ideal conditions for an egotistical, no-nothing-owner, and then, in hard times and through no fault of your own, you get brought in to also support identifying players, on top of your role in negotiating transfers, as part of a tragically inept committee run by the next equally inept, no-nothing-owner, largely because there’s no one else that knows anything about what their doing beyond the parade of desperate managers, and are then slated for it when it all goes tits up because that egotistical and inept boss and his nepo-baby son dream up a doomed-from-the-start-setup run off a mysterious, homebrew black box that ends up identifying only previous players and the chronically injured, or both! And round and round we go.
Steve’s a really nice guy who has been working under extremely difficult conditions, how he has managed to stick it out for 6 years, when owners, players and managers, have come and gone I don’t know.
Thanks for caring about us Steve, and all the best for the future.
Good luck Steve. More than did his bit for us. Last two years not as great but he had to work with the Sandgaards. Disappointing to see Jim Rodwell trying to lay some of the blame for January's debacle at his door.
Worth remembering that Rodwell and Scott came in as Methven's men on six week contracts primarily to oversee the window. They sold Eoghan O'Connell to Wrexham, moved Forster-Caskey on as well as handful of others on loan, to make room for Bonne, Penney, Todd, Kilkenny and unfit Hector. Not a window to boast about.
What are you going on about. He worked with Gallen in January and expressed gratitude for his help. No blame attached. You've Just done that in effect.
Have a rest up Steve and I am sure you will move onwards and upwards. Those nights of waking up in a cold sweat after another nightmare with the soundtrack "Addicks to mediocrity", are over!
Under the very skinny model of the end of Duchatelet era Gallen's role appeared to be huge. Bowyer appeared to be the main, decisive element in pushing for Taylor. Signing Cullen, Bielik, Taylor, Williams, Purrington and Pratley that season was an outstanding return. Then over the next two seasons keeping us competitive was a supreme effort.
We may have been below par the last two seasons, but probably weren't anywhere near the budget of the big teams in L1. What Bowyer and Gallen did - no doubt with others' inputs - deserves to be not far behind Lawrence and Curbishley's achievements in their early years: Not as good but the 18/19 team was an absolute joy to watch, especially compared to how atrocious Robinson's Barca ball entertained.
Thank you Steve for your sheer huge effort and work to improve Charlton.
If we are completely honest, he has had one good window. Significantly more misses than solid pickups over his tenure. That is not completely his fault given our ownership and budgetary issues but he was the driving force behind getting Kirk and the ones he brought in on frees and on loan generally have not been good. I think he is good at the contractual/negotiating loans portion of the business, I just don’t think he is the best talent evaluator. He has been extremely loyal and a steward of the club during his time here so he should be thanked but not overly bothered that he is leaving.
Imagine being recognised for doing great at your job as a negotiator on behalf of a club that you happen to have grown fond of, despite working in less than ideal conditions for an egotistical, no-nothing-owner, and then, in hard times and through no fault of your own, you get brought in to also support identifying players, on top of your role in negotiating transfers, as part of a tragically inept committee run by the next equally inept, no-nothing-owner, largely because there’s no one else that knows anything about what their doing beyond the parade of desperate managers, and are then slated for it when it all goes tits up because that egotistical and inept boss and his nepo-baby son dream up a doomed-from-the-start-setup run off a mysterious, homebrew black box that ends up identifying only previous players and the chronically injured, or both! And round and round we go.
Under the very skinny model of the end of Duchatelet era Gallen's role appeared to be huge. Bowyer appeared to be the main, decisive element in pushing for Taylor. Signing Cullen, Bielik, Taylor, Williams, Purrington and Pratley that season was an outstanding return. Then over the next two seasons keeping us competitive was a supreme effort.
We may have been below par the last two seasons, but probably weren't anywhere near the budget of the big teams in L1. What Bowyer and Gallen did - no doubt with others' inputs - deserves to be not far behind Lawrence and Curbishley's achievements in their early years: Not as good but the 18/19 team was an absolute joy to watch, especially compared to how atrocious Robinson's Barca ball entertained.
Thank you Steve for your sheer huge effort and work to improve Charlton.
Lennie and Curbs are miles ahead of what Bowyer and Gallen did. No comparison I'm afraid.
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Worth remembering that Rodwell and Scott came in as Methven's men on six week contracts primarily to oversee the window. They sold Eoghan O'Connell to Wrexham, moved Forster-Caskey on as well as handful of others on loan, to make room for Bonne, Penney, Todd, Kilkenny and unfit Hector. Not a window to boast about.
He said "he was a great help in the January 2023 window".
Thanks for caring about us Steve, and all the best for the future.
We may have been below par the last two seasons, but probably weren't anywhere near the budget of the big teams in L1. What Bowyer and Gallen did - no doubt with others' inputs - deserves to be not far behind Lawrence and Curbishley's achievements in their early years: Not as good but the 18/19 team was an absolute joy to watch, especially compared to how atrocious Robinson's Barca ball entertained.
Thank you Steve for your sheer huge effort and work to improve Charlton.
Has anyone ever told you before ?
( Sentence, of course !