Voice of The Valley

Greenie said:

nth london addick said:

I am worried that there's no sign of Greenie, you bullies hope your proud of yourselves

I think some of the potential names for my page in VOTV are great, I can feel the love coming from you all.

Greenie is back Greenie is back ay oh ay oh

GretnaGreenAddick said:

Just finished reading the latest issue, really enjoyed it, i thought it was positive, think certain people confuse some or any criticism, as full criticism, perhaps a bit of bias reading on their part due to a personal issue they have with the Editor.

As far as i can remember only one contributor to VOTV has openly stated his complete opposition to Charlton being a part of a European network, so i don't accept the notion that the fanzine is anti the current ownership just because it does not fail to forget the many mistakes the current ownership has made whilst still praising the good things they have achieved too.

Anyway back to this issue, one of my favourites, especially the Curbs interview and i did have a smile when i noticed the cover price, already looking forward to the next issue.

Did not notice the price at first, just looked at my copy & laughed.

stonemuse said:

Just had a chance to read it.

Very good and enjoyed the interview with Curbs.

Great picture in the middle from the Tunisia tour - nice to see myself in there with some old Cherry Orchard Estate mates, plus a few Middle Parkers including Jimmy Jarrett, Dave Cox and Dick Healing.

Rick, I've got a couple more photos of Charlton fans on the terraces at the games if you are interested.

If he's not the museum is?

An excellent Voice, nice range of topics. My personal favourite is Matt Wright's trip to the US game.

But when it comes to Curbs I had this same sense of disappointment that I got when reading his autobio. Somehow he manages to avoid giving any real insights, when he touches on topics that must be potentially full of them. I guess its just the way Curbs is. I don't think any less of the man, but I don't feel I learnt much.

I always thought a fanzine was meant to be more critical of the club as a ripost to the clubs own programme for instance where you would never find self criticism. As others have posted, plenty of praise for the club in the articles too.

PragueAddick said:

An excellent Voice, nice range of topics. My personal favourite is Matt Wright's trip to the US game.

But when it comes to Curbs I had this same sense of disappointment that I got when reading his autobio. Somehow he manages to avoid giving any real insights, when he touches on topics that must be potentially full of them. I guess its just the way Curbs is. I don't think any less of the man, but I don't feel I learnt much.

A bit like Lennie's I suppose!

I thought it was a very good article with Curbs.
Not having read his book i found the words he used about Richard Murray and the relationship between then Fascinating, and the way Dowie and Pardew seemed to get Money from Murray, where Alan didn't like to push the Chairman too far.

My old Mum said to me recently,
"Is that nice Alan Curbishley still on Gardening Leave from West Ham"

"if he is Mum, he could teach Monty Don or Alan Titchmarsh a thing or Two"

Alan quite rightly fought his 14 month battle and won but the words

"Once i got that cleared up, i was and have been offered a few jobs, but i felt with my record i could afford to be a bit picky, so i turned a few down, and was waiting for the right opportunity."

This could turn out to be famous last words.

Having the England job interview can be the kiss of death ?
Or Being Nominated for it by the Press like fellow Eastender Harry Boy.

7 years and counting for Alan, but seems to like his new life style more than the 24/7 pressure cooker of being a manager.

Henry Irving said:

http://www.votvonline.com/

Slagging off older fans now. Disgusting negativity :- )

To be fair, I didn't name you ... ;-)

Got mine in Oz last Friday. Really enjoyed the Curbs article. Bits in there I didn't like so much but I enjoyed the majority of it. Can't please all the people all the time.........

Managed to get the UK subscriber copies in the last post tonight, so hopefully some people will get theirs in the morning.

thank you Rick, I received the new VoTV by mail this morning, seems you have a better understanding of Royal Mail than the Club.

Some new ramblings on the last two games to supplement Saturday's latest issue.