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Albert Lindon... Was he shafted by Charlton?

Addickted
Addickted Posts: 19,456
edited January 2012 in General Charlton
Am I in a minority of 1 in thinking AL got a raw deal at The Valley?

I thought that with the resources he had at his disposal at the time, he was doing a good job.

Granted, the football being served up wasn't a lot of fun to watch, but I believe we'd be playing 1st Divsion football already if he'd kept his position.

Hope the fella turns it around at Merthyr, I thought he was a decent, genuine bloke who deserved more loyalty from our Board.
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  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,063
    He was a nice man, but that doesn't make him a good manager. Anyone who witnessed that shambles as Chesterfield beat us 5-2 at home knows that he had to go.
  • C_A_F_C
    C_A_F_C Posts: 3,867
    Retroll
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,033
    LOL
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,847
    He inherited a bad situation from Alex McFarlane, and as is often the case in football carried the can at the end of the season. I wait to see if the new bloke Seed will do any better.

  • SE7toSG3
    SE7toSG3 Posts: 3,140
    Now this is a quality thread, LMAO as the yoof say these days!
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    But he got far to animated on the touch line ,


    And it was quite frankly an embarrassment to our club and our fans



    The poor kit man and Orange peeler used to get so much stick
  • SheffieldRed
    SheffieldRed Posts: 3,772
    He inherited a bad situation from Alex McFarlane, and as is often the case in football carried the can at the end of the season. I wait to see if the new bloke Seed will do any better.


    Seed's a good young manager with the potential to grow in the job.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,271
    Nice one Addickted.

    Personally, I think it is too soon to judge Lindon.
  • johnny73
    johnny73 Posts: 4,567
    A bit harsh at the time but in hindsight a good move by the board. Lindon hasn't done much recently!
  • sralan
    sralan Posts: 2,031
    Think this Seed fella will eventually bloom, if given the chance

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  • olster
    olster Posts: 1,402
    In the fertile environment around club at the moment, i reckon seed could blossom
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,271
    I'm impressed with the new owners. Under the Glicksteins I can't see anything but first division football. We'll never be a selling club again.
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Can we start a campaign to rename the terrace behind the goal The Lindon Terrace?
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,271
    Can we start a campaign to rename the terrace behind the goal The Lindon Terrace?
    Good idea but I fear that people at the Club would still refer to it as the south end.

  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,033
    A bit sceptical about Seed is he proper Charlton like Lindon after all he used to play for Spurs and the Wendys.
  • sygonrima
    sygonrima Posts: 236
    I see all the rose tinted brigade are out saying give Seed time, but the guy has just signed that keeper who let in 6 goals in his first reserve game against Luton and flaped around his box like a performing monkey. Even I can see that northern ginger waster has no future in the game.

    If we want to get out of this league we will need to invest some serious money. Seed out NOW!!!!

  • Tunwellsaddick
    Tunwellsaddick Posts: 2,454
    Who is this Seed bloke? Does he have any experience in football management? I think his appointment is a great risk and the Board are taking the cheap option (as usual). No chance of promotion now. More gloom and doom ahead. Typical Charlton. We will we reap as we sow );
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,271
    I see all the rose tinted brigade are out saying give Seed time, but the guy has just signed that keeper who let in 6 goals in his first reserve game against Luton and flaped around his box like a performing monkey. Even I can see that northern ginger waster has no future in the game.

    If we want to get out of this league we will need to invest some serious money. Seed out NOW!!!!

    Harsh, OK the new keeper is never going to have a statue put up to him but give him a chance, he was working down pit a few weeks ago.

  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,432
    Bastard!
    how do you know if his parents were married or not when he was born?
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,817
    edited January 2012
    also are people forgetting seed has only has had a couple years of mangement for clapton orient. yeah, who?
    he only managed to just keep them in the league the last couple of years.
    the only good thing out of this move for seed is that we stoped the wendys from getting him. though in the long run we might of done them a favor.

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  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,033

    It think Seed's record at Clapton Orient isn't very good with them having to apply for reelection in 1933 ,apparently Herbert Chapman wanted to buy them as a nursery club for Arsenal and without that financial backing they have run out of money .

    They haven't been the same club since they left Millfields Road near Clapton Pond for the Lea Bridge Stadium in 1930 apparently their gates are appalling now .
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,847



    They haven't been the same club since they left Millfields Road near Clapton Pond for the Lea Bridge Stadium in 1930 apparently their gates are appalling now .
    Always risky shifting grounds like that, it upsets the fans for starters - I'll never forget paying my three farthings at The Valley and getting that piece of paper telling me we were moving to Catford. Twenty minutes on the Omnibus, my a*se. At least the "Back to the chalkpit" campaign got everyone pulling in the same direction and the club saw the error of its ways.

    We should concentrate on getting out of the Third south, all this talk about who to buy for next season is pointless, it's not like we're going to go up two years running, is it?
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,063
    Big William: "it's not like we're going to go up two years running, is it?"

    Brilliant.
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,902
    No Plan B.
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    I see Acworth has been at it again - recommending a non-league player by the name of Bartram.
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,847
    How tall is Jimmy Oakes anyway?
  • HarryHutchens
    HarryHutchens Posts: 541
    Big William: "it's not like we're going to go up two years running, is it?"

    Such negativity. I'm counting on these Glikstein boys to spend hundreds on players and Charlton dominating English football for years to come.

    Only another World War could stop this happening....and since we've already had the war to end all wars that's hardly likely is it.
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    I hear that German Chancellor is a strong right winger outside half.
  • incorruptible addick
    incorruptible addick Posts: 2,125
    edited January 2012
    Linden is a decent sort. His misfortune is to have been the right man but at the wrong time (whatever that means). Besides which, promoting the number two to the top job never works, as I confidently predict CAFC history will prove in about75 years or so.

    (Well done to Charley Varrick for joining in the spirit of this. CL at its best).
  • legaladdick
    legaladdick Posts: 1,808
    Only another World War could stop this happening....and since we've already had the war to end all wars that's hardly likely is it.
    Very good Harry

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