Yann's Departure (Confirmed p14)

I have to say I am with nla on this issue.

I have already expressed my great appreciation on the contribution KMG made to the club. That will not diminish. It is undeniable. My only divergence from his views is the underlying reason for KMGs actions.

I doubt the issue ultimately boiled down to money or there was an appreciable difference in the money being offered by Bournemouth and Charlton. For the sake of a few thousand pounds I suspect they could have reached agreement.

For KMG there were bigger issues. As Stephens suggested there were concerns about the long term future of the manager.

In a players position if another manager who is secure in his job offers you a comparable deal 2yr what would you as the player do?

Equally if you indicated you would not sign the deal unless the manager had the appropriate assurances concerning his future what would you do as the owner?

My answer, as the owner, is with the greatest respect you do not choose who manages the club - I do.

I understand the difficulty from both sides. If KMG did manipulate the position to avoid the club being able to invoke the contract extension then that was entirely inappropriate.

For me it is not a matter of anger but of disappointment and sincere regret. Truth be known I suspect all the parties directly involved likely feel the same.

This incident will not diminish my overall respect for KMG nor particularly taint my view of RD.

I wish yann all the best for the future. This is probably his last venture as a professional footballer and I'd imagine he's taken the best deal to suit him and his family and set them up for the future when he retires. I think he's decision to go would have been different if he was a few years younger, I also think we wouldn't have let him go if he was younger.

Also, the panic is unnecessary now, RD has bought in replacements, I'd be more worried if he had left us with loans and youth until the end of the season. We have 2 young international strikers in and some real money spent, whether they will be better than yann or not we will see but I am optimistic. 11 years younger and a much longer future are a good thing. Yann was great for us and was also a great character and gave us some good memories, he now has a guaranteed 2 1/2 years of football at a decent level we should be happy for him, we owe him that. Let's not let Yann leaving over shadow our new players and give them a warm welcome.

Goodbye Yann, thank you and good luck.

LenGlover said:

It seems a long time ago now but when I started this thread I asked about the less obvious effect of Yann's departure on the morale of the rest of the squad and Chris Powell.

Any thoughts?

Guess we'll know by this time tomorrow. I've know idea what to expect - can see us getting thumped 4-0 and looking thoroughly demoralised or getting a deserved win inspired by the new signings. I'm sure the players will be well aware, far more than we are, of what's been happening the last few days. I think their perception of Powell's status as manager will have more of an impact on morale than Yann's departure. I think footballers see players moving on as part and parcel of the business, but if they see that the man who gives them their orders on a Saturday has been completely undermined this week that could have a significant impact on their performance.

I'm sorry to see Yann go. When he came to us he needed nurturing after what happened at Leicester. He has got a lot to thank Powell and this club for. I hope his new club look after him as well as we did.

Apart from that he was possibly the most important player in the squad. We'll be lucky to survive relegation now (IMHO).

Must be tough being a footballer. Two 1/2 years of sterling service. Plenty of memories. But someone posts on a forum that you refused to play to get more money and your legacy is tarnished forever.

Again, not saying there's no truth in it. But were you actually there? Could he have actually been prevented from playing by an owner who didn't want to commit to paying his wages for another year? One source doesn't make it true. Absolutely no noises from people who knew and worked with him at the club that he let them down in anyway. In fact, they're full of tribute.

"Yann the Muppet" ??? Turn it in.

everyone is entitled to their opinion
but even as one of the most loyal Charlton fans in the world, if i was Yann, I would have put the betterment of my familys future in front of our club , even if it wasn't played out in a perfect way, because they mean more to me than Charlton and it appears that's what he did ,
good luck to him and his family , he brought more joy to me and my family than most Charlton players I've seen in my 37 years of watching

Thanks for the good times Yann. Good luck at Bournemouth.

http://www.photoblog.com/Jarvo/2012/04/21/we-are-the-champions-charlton-athletic-2-wycombe-wanderers-1-part-1-yanns-goal.html

http://www.photoblog.com/Jarvo/2012/05/08/yann-kermorgants-goal-charlton-athletic-3-hartlepool-united-2.html

MrLargo said:

Just to add to that, we don't know that Powell has been undermined, although it looks that way for me on the outside. The reality inside the club is hopefully very different.

He has been. Massively.
And kermorgant should not, in my opinion, be getting stick

Ask rob if its not true

MrLargo said:

Rob62 said:

MrLargo said:

Just to add to that, we don't know that Powell has been undermined, although it looks that way for me on the outside. The reality inside the club is hopefully very different.

He has been. Massively.
And kermorgant should not, in my opinion, be getting stick

The only reason he's getting stick is because someone on this board has posted the same unsubstantiated rumour about 40 times over the last couple of days. Abundantly clear from his interview after joining Bournemouth that he was gutted to have left Charlton.That's good enough for me.

He is gutted. That is certain. In fairness to NYA, there were some goings on with the automatic renewal, but I don't feel the same way about it. The guy was our best player. He wanted a two year contract, which will almost certainly be his last. He has a family to support.

Over the last year the previous owners of the club have lied to him about being offered a new deal, the manager who brought him in is in a incredibly precarious situation, and he has been offered reduced wages to stay on. He should be remembered for what he brought to the club, which was a great deal. Both the first team and the dressing room will suffer from this sale.

we still have three hours of the window left,we might get Simeon Jackson,all is not lost

I have not once slagged him off in fact I have said the opposite with regards to his ability and up to that point his commitment to us

But he is a footballer and like grapevine said he didn't have to go

The main crux is that he was pissed off and lied to by the last owners

His actions after that are his own and I personally don't believe he covered himself in glory

However I also feel he shouldve stayed but he chose not to his choice he was not forced out a two year deal on the table from that point it was down to yann