Charlton v Aston Villa (Chris Solly testimonial) - Match Thread

_MrDick said:

AFKABartram said:

Enjoyed being back at The Valley, but so much of our club screamed amateurish today

Yeah, they ran out of hot dogs and hot water for the tea at half time. I wonder who ate all the hot dogs, eh?

You was lucky brought 5 of the little f**kers @ £4.30 a go and honest they were the worst thing I've ever eaten inside a football stadium. 
And no we only had one each before you ask
Absolute shocking

limeygent said:

As the Villa commentator said several times, "It's very dark here at The Valley".

He was referring to the big black cloud that’s hanging over us AKA Roland Duchatelet 

ross1 said:

Bowyer said he may go for X-ray on Monday

LenGlover said:

Am I making this up or did I read on here that there was a heavy police presence, including mounted police, in attendance?

If I am not making it up then how was this police presence paid for? If it was out of yesterday's testimonial receipts then that rather blows the theories of 'no money going to Roland' from the match out of the water.

How does it?

LenGlover said:

Off_it said:

LenGlover said:

Am I making this up or did I read on here that there was a heavy police presence, including mounted police, in attendance?

If I am not making it up then how was this police presence paid for? If it was out of yesterday's testimonial receipts then that rather blows the theories of 'no money going to Roland' from the match out of the water.

How does it?

In that the Club (ie Roland effectively) may not have had to pay police costs they normally would for putting on a home match.

Back in the day the Club put on a  special match at ITS expense as a reward for a long serving player.

That may have happened yesterday too in which case fine. However if not then indirectly Roland, via the Club, has saved costs he would otherwise have incurred.

To the argument if there was no testimonial there would have been no police costs therefore the testimonial fund should pay my response would be that the Club (theoretically I accept given the shitshow we have become under Roland) has benefited towards next season from a friendly against a team from a higher level and should thus pay accordingly.

I blame the EU.

The police horse complaint comes round regularly and misses the point that the police use minor football matches to exercise and train their horses; they are not necessarily there because they are thought to be required to control the crowd. There is a cost but it's unlikely to have been met by the club or the testimonial fund.

Airman Brown said:

The police horse complaint comes round regularly and misses the point that the police use minor football matches to exercise and train their horses; they are not necessarily there because they are thought to be required to control the crowd. There is a cost but it's unlikely to have been met by the club or the testimonial fund.

A pre-season friendly for the OB to try out their new squad 

To Len Glover,yes,6 horses in Floyd Road,and about 20 other officers,most of who were wearing flat caps and looked like senior officers not your ordinary bobby.
With regards only a training exer cise,this happens to often and is a waste of valuable police time.

Watched most the match on YouTube and thought it wasn't quite as bad as I was expecting.  
Aneke looked good, and hopefully will form a decent partnership with Taylor, who doesn't seem to be too bothered by friendlies. Harriott was ok too and worth a punt if we're thin on the ground. Wasn't convinced by the defense, but it takes time to develop an understanding doesn't it? The midfield is light, but IBWT. Actually Williams looked in great nick.

Aneke's little move with Harriott led to a cross that should have be turned in at the far post by Purrington, and would have been were it not for a deflection. Would have made it 2-3, and added a spring to the step maybe.

10 minute of the match to watch on the laptop, with the Tour de France on the telly. Happy days.

(Actually, they're not happy days at all, but that's another matter).

ElfsborgAddick said:

angrybird said:

I didn't and wouldn't criticise fans for their choice of action was merely stating my view. I don't see how I'm part of the problem..ive protested etc and would continue to do so but i don't see how we can make him sell... if you have any ideas please feel free to share. I would be interested to know what that something is. 
So what you're saying is we should all boycott and let the team come out to no support at all ,,and what would that achieve?!
And for your information i consider myself a real fan ... i have joined in all protests and will continue to do so ! Im by no means happy how the club is being run and i have not said for people not to bother. Its just that he's not going to stop me from following and supporting the club that i love. 

Of course the fans are not going to make the idiot sell.

It makes me feel a lot better I am not giving him any of my dough.

I tried that last season, and it didn’t work :-(

Silverdreammachine said:

Solely on today's performance only Williams, Taylor and Aneke
looked anything like Championship class.

On today's performance Taylor is either unfit or not good enough for the step up. He looked slow and ponderous on the ball.

cs1986 said:

Silverdreammachine said:

Solely on today's performance only Williams, Taylor and Aneke
looked anything like Championship class.

On today's performance Taylor is either unfit or not good enough for the step up. He looked slow and ponderous on the ball.

The Taylor I saw looked okay.

To Off it,my inference was that this level of policing was at most games last year,even when Fleetwood brought less than 200 fans on a tuesday night,so I have my doubts if it was a training exercise,as it happens all over the country.I just do not think this level of policing is needed and resources should be used elsewhere.Certainly when Leeds,Millwall etc turn up their is some justification,but just imagine the amount of officers at Charlton on saturday,and the amount at meaningless friendlies all round the country.

StigThundercock said:

floydroadfaithfull said:

_MrDick said:

AFKABartram said:

Enjoyed being back at The Valley, but so much of our club screamed amateurish today

Yeah, they ran out of hot dogs and hot water for the tea at half time. I wonder who ate all the hot dogs, eh?

You was lucky brought 5 of the little f**kers @ £4.30 a go and honest they were the worst thing I've ever eaten inside a football stadium. 
And no we only had one each before you ask
Absolute shocking

If you're buying anything from the twunt's toxic tearoom you can't complain it's rank - that's the bitter taste of karma for continuing to subsidise his senseless vandalism of the football club we once knew.
Don't give me any of that bleeding heart excusery about how he doesn't get the proceeds directly.  Feeding the beast through whichever agents/contractors/smoke'n'mirrors he's exploiting, is collaboration pure and simple.  Catering, club shop, sponsorship, executive boxes, they're all eventually inflows to the twunt.  Cut off the cash supply and he'll divest sooner.
Not a penny more.

So we can't take food into the ground and now we can't feed our kids at the ground? Thanks for the memo. 

Your 'not a penny more' motto ignores the fact that Duchatelet just keeps adding the debts of running the club to his sale costs. 

Fantastic.