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Ben Roberts to depart? (Departed)

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  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,991
    Here's an idea.

    Wait till it happens and then listen to the reason why it happened.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,642
    Derek1952 said:

    Does sinking ship spring to mind?Glad I have not renewed my season ticket.

    I really hope Ben stays. He's obviously very good at his job and well liked and respected but let's get real here. Its a GK coach we might lose who can be replaced. There are any number of reasons why he might want to move nothing to do with Charlton or sinking ships. Perhaps he fancies moving to the coast in one of the nicest and most vibrant cities in the UK. Perhaps Brighton can offer him more money. Perhaps he fancies a new challenge. Perhaps he's fed up with London.

    I find it truly amazing how every single item of news that comes out of The Valley these days is spun to be doom mongeringly negative by so many posters.



  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Links with Nathan ?
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,033
    He also played for Brighton when he left us as a player.
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,742
    Derek1952 said:

    Does sinking ship spring to mind?Glad I have not renewed my season ticket.

    Presume this is tongue in cheek, Derek.....

  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,161
    ShootersHillGuru said:

    Derek1952 said:

    Does sinking ship spring to mind?Glad I have not renewed my season ticket.

    I really hope Ben stays. He's obviously very good at his job and well liked and respected but let's get real here. Its a GK coach we might lose who can be replaced. There are any number of reasons why he might want to move nothing to do with Charlton or sinking ships. Perhaps he fancies moving to the coast in one of the nicest and most vibrant cities in the UK. Perhaps Brighton can offer him more money. Perhaps he fancies a new challenge. Perhaps he's fed up with London.

    I find it truly amazing how every single item of news that comes out of The Valley these days is spun to be doom mongeringly negative by so many posters.



    But comments like Sue Parkes' fuel that negativity, no?
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,991
    Who's Sue Parkes?
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,846
    She's the club secretary's wife. She posted on social media this morning

    "the heart is being ripped out the club"
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,232
    ValleyGary said:

    Who's Sue Parkes?

    Wife of the Legend Chris Parkes.

    Now that would be a book worth reading.


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  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,991
    Oh I bet he's well happy his missus is writing that all over social media.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,642
    PragueAddick said:

    ShootersHillGuru said:

    Derek1952 said:

    Does sinking ship spring to mind?Glad I have not renewed my season ticket.

    I really hope Ben stays. He's obviously very good at his job and well liked and respected but let's get real here. Its a GK coach we might lose who can be replaced. There are any number of reasons why he might want to move nothing to do with Charlton or sinking ships. Perhaps he fancies moving to the coast in one of the nicest and most vibrant cities in the UK. Perhaps Brighton can offer him more money. Perhaps he fancies a new challenge. Perhaps he's fed up with London.

    I find it truly amazing how every single item of news that comes out of The Valley these days is spun to be doom mongeringly negative by so many posters.



    But comments like Sue Parkes' fuel that negativity, no?
    Yes they might but to consider Charlton as a sinking ship is just laughable. Yes things have obviously changed under the new ownership and I'm sure things are done very differently to how they were done in the good old days.

    My view of the good ship Charlton is that it is currently riding higher in the water than it has for many a year after narrowly avoiding the rocks on more than one occasion fairly recently. The sea might still be choppy but at least there is now open water in front which is navigable.

    I'm not buying into this continual doom mongering.

  • andynelson
    andynelson Posts: 1,951
    When a well-respected coach like Roberts leaves for a similar type of club to us, not a big club like Gomez has, I can't really feel too pleased about it.
  • Atletico Addick
    Atletico Addick Posts: 5,843
    AFKABartram said:

    She's the club secretary's wife. She posted on social media this morning

    "the heart is being ripped out the club"

    ValleyGary said:

    Oh I bet he's well happy his missus is writing that all over social media.

    He doesn't tell her any of the business going on at the club, he takes his job deadly serious as it is an important one at that, take it from someone who is a good family friend of hers. What she posts on social media is up to her not her husband. That's her opinion on matters as a fan.
  • Atletico Addick
    Atletico Addick Posts: 5,843
    Also, Ben Roberts is a top top goalkeeper coach.. no coincidence Ben Hamer is where he is and overcome his weaknesses, everyone has such good words to speak about him. Hope he doesn't go but after what he's been through with the whole Thuram debacle and some of his best pals leaving the club week by week.. maybe a fresh start would do his career good. Could even push a little harder than Brighton with some work I'm sure, no offence to BHA :-)
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    It's like Del amtri

    The needle returns to the start of the song
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,642

    nth london addick said:

    It's like Del amtri

    The needle returns to the start of the song

    Feck me nla. That's pretty philosophical from you ;0)
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    I am sick to death of that phrase being churned out shg

    It is going to send people who are normally reasonable and balanced into melt down and those that don't need encouraging into booking flamingos and leaflet bombing Floyd Rd against qpr
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,023
    ShootersHillGuru said:

    PragueAddick said:

    ShootersHillGuru said:

    Derek1952 said:

    Does sinking ship spring to mind?Glad I have not renewed my season ticket.

    I really hope Ben stays. He's obviously very good at his job and well liked and respected but let's get real here. Its a GK coach we might lose who can be replaced. There are any number of reasons why he might want to move nothing to do with Charlton or sinking ships. Perhaps he fancies moving to the coast in one of the nicest and most vibrant cities in the UK. Perhaps Brighton can offer him more money. Perhaps he fancies a new challenge. Perhaps he's fed up with London.

    I find it truly amazing how every single item of news that comes out of The Valley these days is spun to be doom mongeringly negative by so many posters.



    But comments like Sue Parkes' fuel that negativity, no?
    Yes they might but to consider Charlton as a sinking ship is just laughable. Yes things have obviously changed under the new ownership and I'm sure things are done very differently to how they were done in the good old days.

    My view of the good ship Charlton is that it is currently riding higher in the water than it has for many a year after narrowly avoiding the rocks on more than one occasion fairly recently. The sea might still be choppy but at least there is now open water in front which is navigable.

    I'm not buying into this continual doom mongering.

    Fully agree SHG
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,912
    If Ben leaves, then good luck and thanks for your efforts, but a goalkeeping coach is hardly the hardest position to fill.

    And this is the guy who's always rated Neil Etheridge...

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  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,235
    edited June 2015
    ShootersHillGuru said:




    nth london addick said:

    It's like Del amtri

    The needle returns to the start of the song


    Awful band
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    Underrated band
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,232
    edited June 2015
    killerandflash said:

    If Ben leaves, then good luck and thanks for your efforts, but a goalkeeping coach is hardly the hardest position to fill.

    And this is the guy who's always rated Neil Etheridge...

    And this is the guy who got Stephen Henderson to CAFC after working with him at
    Yeovil.

  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    There is no truth in the rumour that Andy Patterson is being lined up.
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,286
    Seems a decent bloke and well liked. Hope he stays.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,423
    Brighton make official approach for Roberts

    http://www.southlondon-today.co.uk/sport.cfm?id=37664&headline=Brighton make official approach for Charlton coach Ben Roberts
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,235
    Scoham said:

    Brighton make official approach for Roberts

    http://www.southlondon-today.co.uk/sport.cfm?id=37664&headline=Brighton make official approach for Charlton coach Ben Roberts

    Undisclosed fee if he goes.
  • sirjohnhumphrey
    sirjohnhumphrey Posts: 1,864
    Will be a real shame if he goes as he is clearly a popular figure in the club. Will be slightly surprised by it though as his stock is fairly high beyond the Championship.
  • Super_Eddie_Youds
    Super_Eddie_Youds Posts: 1,977
    I can't see how this is ripping the soul from the club, it's someone being headhunted for a new job, surely?

    The hyperbole and overreaction among our fans is getting a bit embarrassing. In my opinion.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,023
    Super_Eddie_Youds said:

    I can't see how this is ripping the soul from the club, it's someone being headhunted for a new job, surely?

    The hyperbole and overreaction among our fans is getting a bit embarrassing. In my opinion.

    Precisely, no different to any of us being headhunted for a new job ...how can Charlton be blamed for that? It's the way the market works. If Ben gets a great offer and we can't match it, he will probably go. Doesn't mean that Roland and Katrien have screwed up.

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