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Karl Robinson wants to meet protesting fans

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  • redbuttle
    redbuttle Posts: 2,018
    HandG said:

    braydex said:

    The simple fact he referred to some fans as "the bad ones" tells me all I need to know about him at this moment in time. He is on their side. Not the fans.

    It's just a throwaway comment that he probably made with a smile on his face. I'm not digging out anyone personally but we have become such a sensitive cynical bunch recently.
    One random conversation in a garage and people are jumping on every quoted word! Have you not sometimes made a comment in a passing conversation that you maybe didn't mean? Or that may have been open to interpretation?

    My dislike of the owners will not change but I have been impressed by Robinson so far and he will get my full support for now. Some of us need to take a chill pill.
    I agree totally with your comment, he was most probably joking (as scousers do)
  • redbuttle said:

    HandG said:

    braydex said:

    The simple fact he referred to some fans as "the bad ones" tells me all I need to know about him at this moment in time. He is on their side. Not the fans.

    It's just a throwaway comment that he probably made with a smile on his face. I'm not digging out anyone personally but we have become such a sensitive cynical bunch recently.
    One random conversation in a garage and people are jumping on every quoted word! Have you not sometimes made a comment in a passing conversation that you maybe didn't mean? Or that may have been open to interpretation?

    My dislike of the owners will not change but I have been impressed by Robinson so far and he will get my full support for now. Some of us need to take a chill pill.
    I agree totally with your comment, he was most probably joking (as scousers do)
  • tgarrat1
    tgarrat1 Posts: 266
    Rumour is he wants Poyet back (he had him at MK).. if he could get him back to where he was 3 years ago that would be a hell of a coup
  • sammy391
    sammy391 Posts: 3,847

    Roland says he's not going to sell the club? Well I say I'm not going to stop protesting until he does. Stick that in your Belgian pipe.

    As if Roland is going to tell a potential employee that the current employer is actively looking to rid him self of the business- let alone whether he's going to sell the club in the near future or not!

    "Yeah I really want to hire you , but just so you know I may or may not be at the cloob in a few months and you may or may not have a stingy bastard running the club , yes even stingier than me!
    So when will you be starting?"

    The only person who will have told Robinson the club isn't for sale is KM- and she whittled out the "won't be sold" line every few weeks!
  • Give him a month or two with Pinocchio on his case every 5 minutes and he'll be searching for The Samaritans number.
  • andynelson
    andynelson Posts: 1,951
    It's easy to forget that Russell Slade also said all the right things during the summer break.
  • sammy391
    sammy391 Posts: 3,847
    tgarrat1 said:

    Rumour is he wants Poyet back (he had him at MK).. if he could get him back to where he was 3 years ago that would be a hell of a coup

    Didn't Robinson/MKD send poyet back early 'cos he was constantly shite?
    Few months later he was back at the valley and continued where he left off at stadium:MK!
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,857

    I fully support CAST meeting Robinson but you can guarantee that Meire won't allow it unmediated or without other handpicked individuals who can be relied on to misrepresent the situation.

    As a Trust member, I am very pleased that CAST have offered his meeting and have every confidence in their ability to present a balanced picture of fan perspectives, which I think is important. However, I would insist on this meeting being solely with the Trust (and preferably a few members of the Trust Board rather than a large gathering - as it is more conducive to a clearer exchange of views). No other fans groups or hand-picked additions. Understandable if the club want to field someone to accompany KR but I hope that isn't allowed to become a PR spin.
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,341

    Beyond Daisy's revelation that they want to give us a unique football experience, where we can all see the stars of the future play for Charlton before being sold on to the premiership, this regime has never been able to express a vision for the football club. As such, I was left slightly bemused when I read the article in Tuesday's Evening Standard. The sentence that stood out for me is as follows:

    "Robinson took the Charlton job last week after meeting Duchatelet in Paris and says he was sold by his vision for the club during their three-and-a-half hour meeting".

    Sorry, but this just reeks of BS to me and when considered alongside some of KR's other utterences, it seems his focus is on PR as much as football.

    Perhaps Pitch will offer him employment when CO'L gets his job

    mentioned this the other day on another thread, if he's shared his vision with Robinson how about sharing it with the supporters ?
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,073
    I don't know if it's been mentioned but he will meet the protesting fans at some point. There are a few sitting near him on matchdays after all.

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  • Essex Al has been keeping Robinson in the loop with all things Charlton

    I'd like to put EssexAl in a loop.
  • Essex_Al said:

    Fumbluff said:

    Essex_Al said:

    Essex Al has been keeping Robinson in the loop with all things Charlton

    Yep, sent him a nice email offering to meet.

    Just to keep an objective balance of course!
    Do you do work at the training ground too?
    Nope!
    Liar!
  • Sam lloyd
    Sam lloyd Posts: 1,083

    Beyond Daisy's revelation that they want to give us a unique football experience, where we can all see the stars of the future play for Charlton before being sold on to the premiership, this regime has never been able to express a vision for the football club. As such, I was left slightly bemused when I read the article in Tuesday's Evening Standard. The sentence that stood out for me is as follows:

    "Robinson took the Charlton job last week after meeting Duchatelet in Paris and says he was sold by his vision for the club during their three-and-a-half hour meeting".

    Sorry, but this just reeks of BS to me and when considered alongside some of KR's other utterences, it seems his focus is on PR as much as football.

    Perhaps Pitch will offer him employment when CO'L gets his job

    It might well be bollocks but what is he supposed to say? He's not going to say, "i'm out of work and desperate for a job"!

    If you listened to Louis' charlton live show yesterday, they had an interview with Robinson and he came across very well, plus an interview with one of the guys who met with him the other night at the ground who was impressed with him.

    I strongly believe that KR is the regime's best appointment by far.
    I've just listened to Charlton Live & the club KR is talking about didn't bear ANY resemblance to Charlton #IMHO
  • boggzy
    boggzy Posts: 3,626
    I said to him I just wanted to say hello as I'm a big Charlton fan, he then asked if I was one of the good ones or bad ones in a jokey way.

    Complete wanker.

    All the people I know who support other football clubs are aware what's happening/happened at Charlton to a lesser or greater extent.

    Apparently the bloke who just took the manager's job isn't.

    He's full of shit imo and will fit right in nicely with his scumbag colleagues.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,225
    edited December 2016
    I find it somewhat peculiar that many Charlton fans expect Karl Robinson to have a detailed knowledge of why Charlton fans are protesting. I'm quite certain he knows more than he is letting on, but it's almost as if people expect Robinson to have been following CL for nearly 3 years.

    Let's face it there's a substantial amount of Charlton fans that can't understand why we're protesting.

    Adiitionally, it's also peculiar to me that some people can't understand why an unemployed family man, with a young son, wants to take a job for which he is eminently qualified.

    He's been promised a fair say in the transfers and no doubt been promised he can improve the squad next month.

    If he gets sacked and paid off within 12 months, so what ?

    What's the average time in role for a L1 manager ? I'd be surprised if it's even 2 years in any case.

    I really hope The Trust arrange a meeting with KR, so that he is fully briefed and I still wish KR the best of British.

    He has my full backing at the present time.
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,878
    boggzy said:

    I said to him I just wanted to say hello as I'm a big Charlton fan, he then asked if I was one of the good ones or bad ones in a jokey way.

    Complete wanker.

    All the people I know who support other football clubs are aware what's happening/happened at Charlton to a lesser or greater extent.

    Apparently the bloke who just took the manager's job isn't.

    He's full of shit imo and will fit right in nicely with his scumbag colleagues.

    So that's it then he's a complete wanker and full of shit.
    Ffs give him a chance he hasn't even been in charge for a single game
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,489
    Christ, some people in this thread
  • Davo55 said:

    I fully support CAST meeting Robinson but you can guarantee that Meire won't allow it unmediated or without other handpicked individuals who can be relied on to misrepresent the situation.

    As a Trust member, I am very pleased that CAST have offered his meeting and have every confidence in their ability to present a balanced picture of fan perspectives, which I think is important. However, I would insist on this meeting being solely with the Trust (and preferably a few members of the Trust Board rather than a large gathering - as it is more conducive to a clearer exchange of views). No other fans groups or hand-picked additions. Understandable if the club want to field someone to accompany KR but I hope that isn't allowed to become a PR spin.
    So just the same faces with there one eyed opinions. Very balanced. Stay out of it Karl and do your talking on the pitch.
  • If he said 'the bad ones' then he's immediately made life hard for himself and his players. I can totally understand why he took the job; London, probably a decent salary, the squad isn't that bad and he probably got assurances he'll be able to strengthen in January. He's said all the right things so far, but so did Slade. He's only managed one club before, remember. I'm going to judge him solely on results, but right now being heralded as our messiah by some is completely untrue; at least let's see how he does first.
  • Did you check your hubcaps when you left?

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  • Deary me the hysterical overreaction at ever minor thing really doesn't help our cause.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    The bloke is paid to do a job, hopefully he will be allowed to do that without any interference. Unfortunately we know what the regime are like.

    Will be interesting to see how things pan out over the next couple of months.

    I just hope he gets time and no knee jerk reactions kick in if/when things aren't going so well.

    Hope it works out well for him and he is still in place should we be lucky enough to get owners who know how to run a football club.
  • Did you check your hubcaps when you left?

    Lazy.
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,109

    If your looking in Karl, have a read and have a listen

    gettingtoknowthenetwork.com/the-emails/


  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,475
    edited December 2016
    Robinson's job is to manage the football team with the aim of winning as many points and games as possible so that we can get re-promoted a s a p .. he's not been appointed to be a go-between, a buffer twixt fans and owners ..
    Just get on with your job Robinson, I cannot imagine what benefit meeting with the protesting fans will bring. The protests are supposedly aimed at the owner and CEO and not at the team or is it the aim of 'the protesters' to select the team as well as to drive out Duchatelet and Meire ?
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,878
    Spot on Lincs stay out of the politics and concentrate on winning matches.
    If we climb the league the fans will back you
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,301

    I fully support CAST meeting Robinson but you can guarantee that Meire won't allow it unmediated or without other handpicked individuals who can be relied on to misrepresent the situation.

    She's contacted a casting agency to ask for actors and the exercise to be filmed on cafc player. That's the only way I can see it happening.

    The casting agency fuck up and send down actors who think Karl wants to meet fans of Charlton Heston.

    This is Charlton Athletic 2016 under RD and KM, I wouldn't be surprised if something like that actually took place
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,178
    I can't believe how many people believe in this imaginary petrol station conversation.
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,857
    Look. For all those telling Karl Robinson to "stick to the football" it is him that said he wanted to meet with fans to learn about the protests. The Trust are our biggest representative group. That is surely a logical coming together.

    Don't let this just be another case if talking the talk. KR will earn the respect of many Charlton fans if he does what he says and understands clearly the reasons for the protests. If he then decides, ok I'm not convinced and we are all making a lot of fuss about not very much, so be it. At least it will be an informed opinion.
  • I can't believe how many people believe in this imaginary petrol station conversation.

    Very long conversation considering he didn't want to bother him.

    Can't believe how much KR opened up to someone he doesn't know