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Ben Garner - Jan 2026 pointed assistant 1st team coach at Southampton (p285)
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So was he 8th, 9th or 10th choice..........
What a joke....... sacked Jackson for this........ I really give up. All will have been done on a spreadsheet, just like RD he'll never learn, too pig/big headed.13 -
Mentioned Garner to sandgaard just now and be responded saying btw we're still interviewing...Callumcafc said:
Huh?ButtleJR said:Can confirm they're still interviewing. Doesn't seem as set in stone as it appears.7 -
It was always going to be announced before June 1st. No way could Thomas not give the new manager 3 weeks or so before the first day of training and working with Steve Gallen to see the list of players plus what the "black box" suggests !
I would imagine Ben Garner was our 3rd or 4th choice. Michael Beale wouldn't apply twice to be mentioned as a yardstick.
And Warburton like a challenge but Cafc might just have been a challenge too far.
Matt Taylor saw some people say the Cafc job was too big for him and decided to stay in Exeter where he is in credit and appreciated.
I wish Ben Garner good luck and a thick skin as the Charlton fan base are so flakey and punch drunk after the last decade or so he is slagged off before he even gets here.
I hope he doesn't read Twitter as I can only imagine what that cesspit would say.
We are a mid table League 1 team and how ever great and 'massive' the fans think we are, the league table said we are mediocre.
Many thanks to JJ for at least getting us to mid table from 22nd.
Ben Garner now needs to be backed by TS. and he gets players who can adapt to his style and formation of play. The Charlton managers job feels like a poisoned chalice.
Big team syndrome means he won't have a honeymoon period at the valley.
We all want to get to the championship but so do the other 6 "Big teams" in the 3 tier.
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You lot are some of the most miserable people on the planet….50
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Mid-table mediocre League One team appoints good League Two manager, hold the front page!
He wouldn’t have been top of the shortlist and I don’t feel excited but by far it’s not the most uninspiring appointment we’ve ever had in our recent history. Let’s just see how it goes.
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Please let it be Warburton lol 😆ButtleJR said:
Mentioned Garner to sandgaard just now and be responded saying btw we're still interviewing...Callumcafc said:
Huh?ButtleJR said:Can confirm they're still interviewing. Doesn't seem as set in stone as it appears.1 -
That’s the bottom line really - whoever comes in needs a few quality reinforcements. Garner’s stats look decent, but he’d have to be an alchemist to get the current squad anywhereThe Red Robin said:I’m not Sandgaard’s biggest fan but the reaction on here is pretty negative. We’ve gotta give Garner a chance here and a lot dismissing him have probably never watched a team of his. Palace or not, pretty good experience as a first team coach at a good level. The big plus for me is that he’s being allowed to bring his own coaching staff with him.Good luck to him. Sandgaard has to back him in the transfer market.1 -
Good luck to him, impressive stats and has previously put together a squad in a hurry. Don’t understand why it’s taken so long however and hope he has input in terms of recruitment and a team available for pre seasons.
Hopefully TS has a prog metal anthem already penned to encourage him……0 -
well we have a guy & his team in place and after last year gotta he better - just make us look like a team - because adkin & jacko failed
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Gribbo said:
Please let it be Warburton lol 😆ButtleJR said:
Mentioned Garner to sandgaard just now and be responded saying btw we're still interviewing...Callumcafc said:
Huh?ButtleJR said:Can confirm they're still interviewing. Doesn't seem as set in stone as it appears.
LoL indeedGribbo said:
Please let it be Warburton lol 😆ButtleJR said:
Mentioned Garner to sandgaard just now and be responded saying btw we're still interviewing...Callumcafc said:
Huh?ButtleJR said:Can confirm they're still interviewing. Doesn't seem as set in stone as it appears.0 -
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You should co write with Sandgaard!Mendonca In Asdas said:
Ben Garnerseth plum said:I feel more persuaded by this appointment than I did about dear Nigel Adkins, so for me that's a start.
I wish him well, why not? If he does well we do well.
What will his chant be?
Woah,
Ben Garner
Woah.
We got him cos he’s cheap,
He makes the Palace weep.1 -
Uninspiring to say the least. My guess is 3rd choice at best, probably 4th or 5th. Let’s hope he proves TS right and us wrong.
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Swindon only played their Play Off game on Thursday - interviews, compensation to be agreed etc etc and TS was almost certainly talking to other candidates in the interimIAgree said:Good luck to him, impressive stats and has previously put together a squad in a hurry. Don’t understand why it’s taken so long however and hope he has input in terms of recruitment and a team available for pre seasons.
Hopefully TS has a prog metal anthem already penned to encourage him……4 -
I jumped about 200 posts so apologies if this has already been done, but
”We’ll incorporate Swindon”24 -
Good?! Have you seen his managerial record?SheedyCAFC said:Mid-table mediocre League One team appoints good League Two manager, hold the front page!
He wouldn’t have been top of the shortlist and I don’t feel excited but by far it’s not the most uninspiring appointment we’ve ever had in our recent history. Let’s just see how it goes.0 -
I just hope that if he sees a player jumping out of a tackle, he makes him captain in the next game2
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Sacked in the morning.seth plum said:I feel more persuaded by this appointment than I did about dear Nigel Adkins, so for me that's a start.
I wish him well, why not? If he does well we do well.
What will his chant be?0 -
I'd have given JJ more time, and of course we don't know how his might have looked after a transfer window, but IMO he's not the type to get a team dominating possession while also being the leagues top scorers. He was similar to Powell in that way for me - aim to get a team motivated and organised, rather than stand out as a coach improving players, a great tactician or someone who has a philosophy of attractive football. Nothing wrong with that as it's worked for us in the past, but plenty of us were fed up of teams like Cambridge and Cheltenham outpassing us weren't we?Cafc43v3r said:I want a young, progressive, attacking coach.
nO nOt ThAt OnE!!!
Some people need a reality check.
IMO this is a very good appointment. You will be surprised.
Really hope you're right. Good sign that he appears to be bringing his two assistants.1 -
Didn’t Swindon have one of the biggest budgets in league 2?0
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So hold on. Was our main reason for getting him in because he got 7 or 8 players in at short notice and did alright?
Unfathomable.4 -
Hmmmmm something doesnt add up rich cawley wouldnt put all that out there and in depth if he wasnt sureButtleJR said:
Mentioned Garner to sandgaard just now and be responded saying btw we're still interviewing...Callumcafc said:
Huh?ButtleJR said:Can confirm they're still interviewing. Doesn't seem as set in stone as it appears.
maybe sandgaard wants to gauge the reaction first or hes going to keep offer on table to garner knowing hes accepted and choose over next couple days with whoever else0 -
Curbs should love this one, his team takes plenty of shots2
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40 plus points by Christmas or he’ll be out the door, Thomas is trigger happy.0
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Well people were right that we were waiting for the season to be finished.... just the league 2 season ffs1
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orMendonca In Asdas said:
Ben Garnerseth plum said:I feel more persuaded by this appointment than I did about dear Nigel Adkins, so for me that's a start.
I wish him well, why not? If he does well we do well.
What will his chant be?
Woah,
Ben Garner
Woah.
We got him cos he’s cheap,
He makes the Palace weep.
Ben Garner
Woah,
Ben Garner
Woah.
He comes from Pembury
His head is not hairy.11 -
Neither did MK Dons with similar stats, maybe we should have gone for Ainsworth?Covered End said:4 -
Swindon website makes it clear he was only part of their recruitment team. They appointed him and a DoF on th same day.
https://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/2021/july/new-director-of-football-and-head-coach-appointed/
I want a director of football and head coach model rather than a traditional manager because I want continuity to run through the club. If the head coach moves on, the philosophy of the club carries on and the playing squad does not need to be a complete overhaul. The Head coach will be part of the process of recruiting players.
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League 2 is not done yet, play off final on Saturday, just got my tickets!cs1986 said:Well people were right that we were waiting for the season to be finished.... just the league 2 season ffs1
