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Karl Robinson

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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    Brought both Bowyer and Gallen to the club. We should be wishing him well.
    Thank him for leaving so freeing us from his one dimensional football and allowing a far better manager to takeover.

    Did a bad job and left badly.
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,650
    Must be a popular character, even got 2 Karl Robinson threads going, and he’s not even at the club!
  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,864
    I watched part of the MK Dons for AFC yesterday and they showed Karl shaking hands with the oppo at the time.  My god, he was lot thinner back then. He has put on so much weight. 
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    Henry Irving said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    Brought both Bowyer and Gallen to the club. We should be wishing him well.
    Thank him for leaving so freeing us from his one dimensional football and allowing a far better manager to takeover.

    Did a bad job and left badly.
    Don't disagree with the weaknesses of his football, but he did play a part in our success. Not saying we should worship the guy, or even praise him. Just maybe we should be a bit kinder towards him, given that he DID bring Bowyer and Gallen into the club.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    Rudders22 said:
    I watched part of the MK Dons for AFC yesterday and they showed Karl shaking hands with the oppo at the time.  My god, he was lot thinner back then. He has put on so much weight. 



  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,864
    Mind you, it was from the side.... am I right in that he never played top level football? 
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    Henry Irving said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    Brought both Bowyer and Gallen to the club. We should be wishing him well.
    Thank him for leaving so freeing us from his one dimensional football and allowing a far better manager to takeover.

    Did a bad job and left badly.
    Don't disagree with the weaknesses of his football, but he did play a part in our success. Not saying we should worship the guy, or even praise him. Just maybe we should be a bit kinder towards him, given that he DID bring Bowyer and Gallen into the club.
    No
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,144
    Sad to see Oxford there... Not... Wish I could meet that prat again who said see you next year cretins after the game in April, and the prats who gave it large on the bus back to Oxford.... 
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,673
    Chippycafc said:
    Sad to see Oxford there... Not... Wish I could meet that prat again who said see you next year cretins after the game in April, and the prats who gave it large on the bus back to Oxford.... 
    Wanky club
    Wanky fans 
    Wanky manager. 
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  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Rudders22 said:
    Mind you, it was from the side.... am I right in that he never played top level football? 
    His playing career


  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,864
    So he couldn't even get a game at very low league level? 
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,144
    blackpool72 said:
    Chippycafc said:
    Sad to see Oxford there... Not... Wish I could meet that prat again who said see you next year cretins after the game in April, and the prats who gave it large on the bus back to Oxford.... 
    Wanky club
    Wanky fans 
    Wanky manager. 
    Agreed mate... Some berk on the bus was even going through the history of the games since we last beat them.... 
  • ads
    ads Posts: 3,224
    paulie8290 said:
    Rudders22 said:
    Mind you, it was from the side.... am I right in that he never played top level football? 
    His playing career


    Can't quite see that, could you make it a big bigger?
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    Rudders22 said:
    So he couldn't even get a game at very low league level? 
    Was with pro clubs as a kid but had a bad back injury.

    His playing career doesn't make him a bad manager. His managerial career does.
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,673
    Henry Irving said:
    Rudders22 said:
    So he couldn't even get a game at very low league level? 
    Was with pro clubs as a kid but had a bad back injury.

    His playing career doesn't make him a bad manager. His managerial career does.
    Back injury caused by having a 46inch waistline. 
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    edited September 2019
    Henry Irving said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    Henry Irving said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    Brought both Bowyer and Gallen to the club. We should be wishing him well.
    Thank him for leaving so freeing us from his one dimensional football and allowing a far better manager to takeover.

    Did a bad job and left badly.
    Don't disagree with the weaknesses of his football, but he did play a part in our success. Not saying we should worship the guy, or even praise him. Just maybe we should be a bit kinder towards him, given that he DID bring Bowyer and Gallen into the club.
    No
    Just shows that some of us are not as ungrateful as others. Are you trying to say he didn't bring Bowyer and Gallen to the club? I thought it was a matter of fact in the same way as Robinson has limitations as a manager.
  • Halix
    Halix Posts: 2,237
    Scoham said:
    Rudders22 said:
    I watched part of the MK Dons for AFC yesterday and they showed Karl shaking hands with the oppo at the time.  My god, he was lot thinner back then. He has put on so much weight. 



    who hasnt!
  • Danny Addick
    Danny Addick Posts: 3,930
    Bedsaddick said:
    Why the obsession with him ?. He certainly Isn't the worst manager we've had in our history . He isn't even the worst manager we've had in the last five years . I  for one ' wish him well because he has always spoken highly of Charlton .

    Having said that , Oxford United and their awful three sided ground can do one!
    More shocked by the obsession over his weight - I’m sure all the stallions on here are able to judge fairly
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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    Bedsaddick said:
    Why the obsession with him ?. He certainly Isn't the worst manager we've had in our history . He isn't even the worst manager we've had in the last five years . I  for one ' wish him well because he has always spoken highly of Charlton .

    Having said that , Oxford United and their awful three sided ground can do one!
    Was more interested in doing media work the day we played and lost 3-1 @ Millwall when he'd have been better preparing for that game

    Effectively engineered the move to Oxford by putting the fans through some shocking performances in an effort to get sacked so he didnt have to resign

    Of course he had to do the latter in the end as Roland dont care enough to sack someone but isnt the point
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,881
    Bedsaddick said:
    Why the obsession with him ?. He certainly Isn't the worst manager we've had in our history . He isn't even the worst manager we've had in the last five years . I  for one ' wish him well because he has always spoken highly of Charlton .

    Having said that , Oxford United and their awful three sided ground can do one!
    Nope, but he was the loudest!!! Pro Roland, negative football, refused to change from his one and only formation. All reasons for the negative comments
  • Ross
    Ross Posts: 4,409
    2 threads on him currently.

    @AFKABartram
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    edited September 2019
    blackpool72 said:
    One dimensional donut, eating knob
    Fixed ;)


    Edit: Sorry, I've had a lot of wine and shed 50 years off my age
  • nelsonsleftfoot
    nelsonsleftfoot Posts: 308
    I met Karl a couple of times. I liked him, as did the staff who worked for him. 
  • NapaAddick
    NapaAddick Posts: 4,657
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    Brought both Bowyer and Gallen to the club. We should be wishing him well.
    That’s correct. I don’t understand those who can’t let it go. As bad a manager as he was, his staff appointments have worked out incredible for us.
  • addick05
    addick05 Posts: 2,348
    Rudders22 said:
    Mind you, it was from the side.... am I right in that he never played top level football? 

    Received a career-ending injury while with Everton I believe when he was quite young.
  • AddickFC81
    AddickFC81 Posts: 4,053
    I said my bit about him following the night Sanogo got sent off after our draw with MK while KR was still their gaffer. Karl's post match comments annoyed me at the time. But when he came here and after meeting him a few times he is actually a decent bloke. But he was just a bit rigid in that formation. I wish him well though.
  • esseffect
    esseffect Posts: 493
    Pretty sure he brought through Lookman, Konsa and first to see Aribo’s talent without ruining him... 

    Tactics weren’t great but no need to hate the fella
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    esseffect said:
    Pretty sure he brought through Lookman, Konsa and first to see Aribo’s talent without ruining him... 

    Tactics weren’t great but no need to hate the fella
    Far too generous.

    Lookman was already in the first team under Fraeye, Konsa had been a star in the youth set up for years and Aribo's talent was spotted by Euell and developed by Bowyer.

    Never rated him and still don't.  Don't hate him.

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