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Johnnie Jackson: "Some players at Charlton not giving their all"

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  • CharltonByBlood
    CharltonByBlood Posts: 1,900
    edited March 2017
    The love I have for this man is a joke.

    I really wish we looked after him a lot more in these latter stages of his career.
  • PaddyP17
    PaddyP17 Posts: 13,065
    Re the duplicity involved in praising Jacko, yet rubbishing Robinson, for saying what is essentially the same thing:

    I don't think people are necessarily even praising JJ for the content of his words - more his character, and the fact he has so blatantly been trotted out in front of the press and baying fans to take the heat.

    I also agree with @mogodon and his summary.

    Anyway, what we need is a change of ownership. We can comment on incidences like this 'til the cows come home, but our only focus from now should be ousting the regime.
  • Let him run it till the end of the season and see what happens. Can't be worse than fatty.

    Could be devastating for his embryonic management career though
  • MrLargo
    MrLargo Posts: 8,013
    cabbles said:


    But, why have we got yet another group of players under RD's reign not giving their all.

    That for me is the real question.

    2 answers to that, I would say.

    1. I can't imagine that assessing a player's personality forms a significant part of our recruitment process. Curbishley used to talk a lot about signing personalities that fit in with the Charlton mentality, I doubt that Fat Karl even bothered to meet all of his January signings.

    2. The effect of poor management on staff attitudes. Doesn't matter whether it's a football team or an office - if you're working for a bad manager, or in a poorly managed environment, then it will inevitably effect your performance, and your motivation to do well.

    Personally don't attach any blame whatsoever to the players. I doubt I would have it in me to give 100% every week against that shambolic backdrop.
  • I find it a bit laughable that some are slagging Robinson for saying that some players are not playing for the shirt yet when Jackson says it then he gets Praise.

    What does come out is that both KR and JJ are right. That dressing room dissent is very much down to Robinson. If he can't sort that pdq which I don't think he can then we are bang in trouble.

    Because if you were at the game it's clearly Robinson's tactical ineptitude that's the problem. Jacko is hardly going to blame the manager is he?
    So Jackson is lying and the players are giving 100% ? Interesting take.

  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    seth plum said:

    Jacko has been used as the human shield by this regime on several occasions.

    This, KR's interview was probably discussed and they sent Jacko out to put a spin on it. Poor bastard is probably as sick of it all as the rest of the team
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,450
    Jackson isn't saying the same thing though even if he is talking about the same problem.

    He uses very different terms, doesn't blame everyone else or say he can "do nothink".
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,410
    CAFCTrev said:

    When Robbo says it how it is hes called a mouthy scouse c*nt. Then when Jacko pretty much repeats what Robbo says, we talk about what a club legend Jacko is. I dont get it.

    The difference is that the buck stops with the manager. It’s his job to make sure that the players are giving their all, it’s his job to set the team up to win and it’s his job ultimately to take the blame if he can’t get the team to function. No-one wants to see a manager dodging blame and casting it around onto others when he’s given the platform to explain what happened, and that’s true in just about any workplace. You have to take responsibility for the group you’re in charge of, not publicly throw them under the bus to make yourself look less incompetent. Jackson on the other hand has just called out a load of players he has to share a dressing room with, he has no obligation to do so, and he’s done it because he cares about Charlton, not to save his own neck. It’s really not that surprisingly that people are reacting differently; the same message coming from a different place can completely change the impact it has

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  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,341
    SE7toSG3 said:

    Human Shield roĺled out by the regime end of, its pitiful, patronising and predictable.

    The problem isnt the players, the manager, protesters or the apologists.

    This club is broken from top to bottom until there is a complete change and we are able to start afresh, (and thats properly afresh not a KM 'judge us from now' afresh).

    Exactly what I thought, JJ used again ?
  • MrLargo
    MrLargo Posts: 8,013
    Good post @cabbles , sums it up perfectly.
  • Jackson isn't saying the same thing though even if he is talking about the same problem.

    He uses very different terms, doesn't blame everyone else or say he can "do nothink".

    That's true but as you say it is the same problem. It's a big thing for Jackson to come out and say.

    Can't see how Robinson can do enough to heal the dressing room quickly enough to avoid us getting dragged into a relegation fight. Worrying times.

  • Horsfield9
    Horsfield9 Posts: 3,090
    it was only a couple of weeks ago , before the wheels fell off completely, that Robinson was saying what a great bunch of players he had here and how great the attitude was within team. I wonder what's changed so much in those recent weeks and why ?
  • Rob7Lee
    Rob7Lee Posts: 9,775

    The love I have for this man is a joke.

    I really wish we looked after him a lot more in these latter stages of his career.

    Which is why, I personally believe, we owe it to him to turn out in force on the 30th April. It will be an utter embarrassment to what will no doubt be his last game to run out in front of 5,000 fans. Sh1tty owner or regime aside, he deserves better.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,450

    it was only a couple of weeks ago , before the wheels fell off completely, that Robinson was saying what a great bunch of players he had here and how great the attitude was within team. I wonder what's changed so much in those recent weeks and why ?

    Exactly.

    What's changed is we aren't winning and since that can't be the fault of the ownership (P45 if he says that) or himself it has to be the players.

    Now, the players have to take some of the blame and in some cases a lot of the blame but if they are so bad and/or uncaring coach them better or drop them.

    Or maybe try playing a settled side in a sensible formation. Play the players you bought a few weeks ago, stick to 442 but not with such a high line with a slow back four, i don't know but you should Jimmy because you are the manager. Not Slade, not Jackson YOU.
  • MrLargo
    MrLargo Posts: 8,013

    it was only a couple of weeks ago , before the wheels fell off completely, that Robinson was saying what a great bunch of players he had here and how great the attitude was within team. I wonder what's changed so much in those recent weeks and why ?

    He's run out of other excuses.

    Players need to gel
    Bad luck in the transfer window
    I need to implement my style on them
    Injuries and suspensions
    Bad luck on the pitch
    I know what the problem is
    We've been working hard, we need to keep working hard
    The players are a disgrace, none of this is my fault, blah, blah, blah, I'm off on holiday soon with the rest of my contract paid up
  • Paddy7
    Paddy7 Posts: 1,663
    In normal circumstances I find the constant sacking of managers ridiculously short-sighted and emblematic of the impatience that besets the modern game. But after KR's latest comments I really don't see how he can stay. There are times when we as supporters can see players collectively need a few home truths, and might endorse a good bollocking. Instead, his clumsily chosen words and passing of the blame will surely have alienated just about everyone.

    Apart from everything else, he's publicly admitted that he thinks he can do nothing about the malaise; pretty much a resignation in itself.
  • MartinCAFC
    MartinCAFC Posts: 3,264
    That KR is how you should have conducted yourself along with the choice of words you should have used.

    Sorry but I don't buy into JJ being a human shield for anyone, I was there last night and think JJ has called it spot on and said it in a way similar to how Curbs or Powell would have done. KR take note.

    That said i'll be honest I don't know how we can be so exposed for the 2nd and 3rd goals conceded when the Shrews players had the freedom of Shrewsbury to create and score the 2nd and 3rd, is it down to KR we were left so horrendously exposed at the back both times or was it down to the players not carrying out instructions where they should be on the pitch?

    My gut feel says there's no way KR would have us throwing the kitchen sink at Shrewsbury in the 47th minute at a corner already 2-1 up.

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  • Tunwellsaddick
    Tunwellsaddick Posts: 2,462

    I've said it before and I'll say it again. When you're going through a bad patch Curbs always said go back to basics.

    1 Only select players that will give 100%.

    2 Play 4-4-2 or possibly 4-5-1 away and make yourself hard to beat.

    3 Don't play 2 wingers away from home that can't/won't defend and expose your full backs. Possibly, don't play 2 wingers at home for the same reason.

    Robinson's been bloody poor, but most managers will struggle under RD.

    How can we recruit the right type of player, when the company's brand/strap line/ethos is we don't care if we win games ?

    How can you expect your employees to want footballing success, when the owner doesn't want it ?

    In a nutshell. Agree 100%
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,929

    I've said it before and I'll say it again. When you're going through a bad patch Curbs always said go back to basics.

    1 Only select players that will give 100%.

    2 Play 4-4-2 or possibly 4-5-1 away and make yourself hard to beat.

    3 Don't play 2 wingers away from home that can't/won't defend and expose your full backs. Possibly, don't play 2 wingers at home for the same reason.

    Robinson's been bloody poor, but most managers will struggle under RD.

    How can we recruit the right type of player, when the company's brand/strap line/ethos is we don't care if we win games ?

    How can you expect your employees to want footballing success, when the owner doesn't want it ?

    if i could like this twice i would ...we are an anti football club ,they follow the example of the management and ownership ....The Club is becoming ever rotten to the core under this lot
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,109
    I no longer give a f*** what any of them say, I will be at Northampton, but only because I have tickets and meeting some family for a couple of pints afterwards, if we lose, zero f**** will be given.
    We have an owner who is despised, we have an SMT who are clueless, we have a marmite manager whose initial enthusiasm and David Brentishness is starting to wear thin and grate.
    We have a squad, that, apart from a few exceptions, clearly don't give a shit, and are mercenary in their attitude, no doubt on a good wage for League 1.
    Who actually loses if we get relegated?
    RD loses more revenue stream, good, KM may get the bullet, good, the SMT might get the bullet, good, KR might get the bullet...meh, some of the mercenaries in the squad will get what they want and be sold on to earn fraudulent wages elesewhere, good.
    RD may actually sell up, after all, he doesn't do failure.

    Me?
    Nobody in my family or circle of friends will have died, I will still go, as it's a major part of my social life, my tickets will probably be cheaper, the queues for a half time piss & a pie will be quicker, yes, smaller stadiums, lower quality football, but not the end of the world.

    It's always darkest before the dawn, maybe we need a complete reboot from top to bottom.

    Fuck you RD and your ridiculous regime of toadies, I will still be here in years to come, with more integrity than you or any of your cohorts will ever possess.

    Rant over
  • Dippenhall
    Dippenhall Posts: 3,927
    We've changed all the players, that didn't work,
    changed some seats, that didn't work,
    put in undersoil heating, that didn't work
    changed the scouts, that didn't work,
    changed all the managers, that didn't work, ,
    promised a new training ground, that didn't work,
    sold our best players, that didn't work.

    Can't think of anything else that hasn't changed in three years that might make a difference... hold on...nailed it, we've still got the same bloody fans.
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,344

    I find it a bit laughable that some are slagging Robinson for saying that some players are not playing for the shirt yet when Jackson says it then he gets Praise.

    What does come out is that both KR and JJ are right. That dressing room dissent is very much down to Robinson. If he can't sort that pdq which I don't think he can then we are bang in trouble.

    Because if you were at the game it's clearly Robinson's tactical ineptitude that's the problem. Jacko is hardly going to blame the manager is he?
    So Jackson is lying and the players are giving 100% ? Interesting take.

    Yeah that's exactly what I said isn't it.
  • cabbles said:

    MrLargo said:

    cabbles said:


    But, why have we got yet another group of players under RD's reign not giving their all.

    That for me is the real question.

    2 answers to that, I would say.

    1. I can't imagine that assessing a player's personality forms a significant part of our recruitment process. Curbishley used to talk a lot about signing personalities that fit in with the Charlton mentality, I doubt that Fat Karl even bothered to meet all of his January signings.

    2. The effect of poor management on staff attitudes. Doesn't matter whether it's a football team or an office - if you're working for a bad manager, or in a poorly managed environment, then it will inevitably effect your performance, and your motivation to do well.

    Personally don't attach any blame whatsoever to the players. I doubt I would have it in me to give 100% every week against that shambolic backdrop.
    I got into a discussion with my old man about it on the car on the way home after getting dropped off by the coach last night.

    He's of the opinion that the players should be doing better which I agree with to a certain extent, but I was trying to put across my point about the culture being rotten, because what's the one constant in these 3 years. I think he misinterpreted my choice of words when I said 'who/what has always been there during these 3 years' because he took it literally and said that Roland isn't always there.

    Obviously I meant there as in the owner of the club. Doesn't matter how much interaction (if any) the players have with KM & RD, it's the aura and the culture, that's what I mean by being 'there'.

    In my work we talk a lot about company culture and although it brings out the management bollocks/buzzwords it's a massive factor on performance if it's not a good culture.

    As an example, I work in telesales. When I first started I was 24 and one of a number of young lads, lots of banter, pub, drinks blah blah blah, all very poor man's wolf of Wall Street. Now I'm 35, if I went for another job in a similar role it would be important to me not to be in some environment with a bunch of me's from 10 years ago, I'm not interested in that anymore.

    Goes back to your point re: the culture that was built under Curbs and even Powell.

    Top down Murray, Varney, Curbs, Kinsella, Robinson, Supporters, the Trust, the players, the kit man, the stewards, everyone in a similar cultural space, everyone brings their best self or as near as possible to the club, day in day out.

    Culture of cancer and disease which reflects the RD era 2014 - present RD, KM, Keohane, 9 managers, Naby Sarr, Tony Watt, Andre Bikey, Roger Johnson, Ba, CARD, WAR and a protest fund.

    Now I'm obviously not digging out CARD, WAR or the protest fund being a supporter, but these are by products of a cancerous culture and none of it would've even been imagined under the Curbs era.

    It's a fucking joke
    It's about respect. Curbs respected Murray and Varney. The players respected Curbs. The fans respected the players. Respect has to be earned, that takes time and effort. It is very hard to find any respect within this current circus, putting aside Sue Parkes misplaced respect for her boss.
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,410
    edited March 2017
    As if on cue

    https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/mar/01/footballers-not-trying-premier-league-leicester-city

    Apart from just being generally quite funny, the main point is that it's usually more complex than people just deciding not to try. Step forward Roland and your energy sapping, morale crushing, sinking shitshow ship of death.
  • HarryLime
    HarryLime Posts: 1,295

    We've changed all the players, that didn't work,
    changed some seats, that didn't work,
    put in undersoil heating, that didn't work
    changed the scouts, that didn't work,
    changed all the managers, that didn't work, ,
    promised a new training ground, that didn't work,
    sold our best players, that didn't work.

    Can't think of anything else that hasn't changed in three years that might make a difference... hold on...nailed it, we've still got the same bloody fans.

    We could change the CEO
  • Dippenhall
    Dippenhall Posts: 3,927
    HarryLime said:

    We've changed all the players, that didn't work,
    changed some seats, that didn't work,
    put in undersoil heating, that didn't work
    changed the scouts, that didn't work,
    changed all the managers, that didn't work, ,
    promised a new training ground, that didn't work,
    sold our best players, that didn't work.

    Can't think of anything else that hasn't changed in three years that might make a difference... hold on...nailed it, we've still got the same bloody fans.

    We could change the CEO
    Bloody genius.
  • I find it a bit laughable that some are slagging Robinson for saying that some players are not playing for the shirt yet when Jackson says it then he gets Praise.

    What does come out is that both KR and JJ are right. That dressing room dissent is very much down to Robinson. If he can't sort that pdq which I don't think he can then we are bang in trouble.

    Because if you were at the game it's clearly Robinson's tactical ineptitude that's the problem. Jacko is hardly going to blame the manager is he?
    So Jackson is lying and the players are giving 100% ? Interesting take.

    Yeah that's exactly what I said isn't it.
    Well Jackson blamed some of the players.