My faith wained briefly after Crawley because that really was rock bottom under his reign, also thought he'd end up going after that match. When he was still in charge at the weekend, I realised that it probably wasn't going to be a quick decision from the owners. So started supporting him again.
I didn't get to watch the Lincoln game, but felt the Mansfield game the following week was the precursor to Northampton and in hindsight you could tell something was changing, and that someone was in for a tonking.
I reckon he will do it with us, it will take some time, but he's proven his worth.
The whole Nathan Jones ordeal has actually taught me a lot, I am far more patient now than I ever was. Thinking back it now seems ridiculous how many people wanted him out.
If I had to break it down with oohah metrics it felt like.
5% - Stay 15% - can see why people want him to go 80% - Out
Or am I overcooking that? It definitely felt that way at games and on here. It would have been one of the biggest mistakes in our clubs history.
In terms of togetherness, cohesion, understanding, all these team work buzzwords, we are the best we have ever been since we left the prem imo.
If we are patient and the board keep backing him, I am fairly confident he can deliver us top flight football.
I think that break down is spot on. I wanted the SMT to be sacked before NJ because I couldn’t imagine them hiring anyone better at the time. Luckily NJ stayed and the SMT were given the boot!
I kept the faith. I thought NJ was clearly a good manager, but we'd fckd up recruitment. I was wrong on that part.
And I understood the criticism of Jones the time, but I didn't have time for anyone saying he'd lost the dressing room. It wasn't coming together, but everyone was still putting in a shift. And that should have been easy enough to see, because our past teams were full of shirkers.
The injuries were ridiculous as well. Take Jones and Ramsay out of our team even now and see what happens to our results!
Well that's a small coincidence, because I was talking to Nicholas about this post in the pub, prior to Saturday's game.
I agree with Nick's post today. I had nearly reached the point of calling "Jones out", except for the fact that I'm thinking we had sacked too many managers and who better could we bring in? Therefore I felt we should stick with him a bit longer.
But it's without a doubt, at the time we, were playing clueless hoofball over the top of the midfield and had no one playing on the wing and very little creativity.
I can also confirm that Nick and his family follow Charlton home and away and rarely miss a game.
If all Charlton fans were as loyal we'd sell out every game home & away.
I reckon he will do it with us, it will take some time, but he's proven his worth.
The whole Nathan Jones ordeal has actually taught me a lot, I am far more patient now than I ever was. Thinking back it now seems ridiculous how many people wanted him out.
If I had to break it down with oohah metrics it felt like.
5% - Stay 15% - can see why people want him to go 80% - Out
Or am I overcooking that? It definitely felt that way at games and on here. It would have been one of the biggest mistakes in our clubs history.
In terms of togetherness, cohesion, understanding, all these team work buzzwords, we are the best we have ever been since we left the prem imo.
If we are patient and the board keep backing him, I am fairly confident he can deliver us top flight football.
I think this is overstating it a touch. I never wanted him out and thought it would be silly to sack him when we certainly wouldn’t be able to hire a better replacement, but I never commented on the situation as I was more apathetic than anything.
I imagine that’s the same for a lot of people, a lot of people tend to speak up when they’re angry and that skews public perception.
I kept the faith. I thought NJ was clearly a good manager, but we'd fckd up recruitment. I was wrong on that part.
And I understood the criticism of Jones the time, but I didn't have time for anyone saying he'd lost the dressing room. It wasn't coming together, but everyone was still putting in a shift. And that should have been easy enough to see, because our past teams were full of shirkers.
The injuries were ridiculous as well. Take Jones and Ramsay out of our team even now and see what happens to our results!
I would be very grateful if we don't have to try this experiment, thank you very much!
I kept the faith. I thought NJ was clearly a good manager, but we'd fckd up recruitment. I was wrong on that part.
And I understood the criticism of Jones the time, but I didn't have time for anyone saying he'd lost the dressing room. It wasn't coming together, but everyone was still putting in a shift. And that should have been easy enough to see, because our past teams were full of shirkers.
The injuries were ridiculous as well. Take Jones and Ramsay out of our team even now and see what happens to our results!
All about the IFs for all sides, but had those two, and Edwards had stayed fit all season then I reckon we'd have had second in the bag.
The difference in results between Jones being in the team, and out injured alone was ridiculous.
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I didn't get to watch the Lincoln game, but felt the Mansfield game the following week was the precursor to Northampton and in hindsight you could tell something was changing, and that someone was in for a tonking.
I agree with Nick's post today.
I had nearly reached the point of calling "Jones out", except for the fact that I'm thinking we had sacked too many managers and who better could we bring in?
Therefore I felt we should stick with him a bit longer.
But it's without a doubt, at the time we, were playing clueless hoofball over the top of the midfield and had no one playing on the wing and very little creativity.
I can also confirm that Nick and his family follow Charlton home and away and rarely miss a game.
If all Charlton fans were as loyal we'd sell out every game home & away.
I think this is overstating it a touch. I never wanted him out and thought it would be silly to sack him when we certainly wouldn’t be able to hire a better replacement, but I never commented on the situation as I was more apathetic than anything.
The difference in results between Jones being in the team, and out injured alone was ridiculous.