Dean Holden & Anthony Hayes Q & A at Bromley Addicks on Thursday 19 January.

Covered End said:

The training pitches have been waterlogged since the arrival of DH, so the players are training on half a pitch or astro turf. 

Covered End said:

The Red Robin said:

Might be worth asking Holden how well he knew Rodwell, Scott and Methven before he took our job and who approached him about this one?

I asked Dean who was responsible for him joining as it obviously wasn't TS. 
He asked why it couldn't be TS. I replied because he knows nothing about football.
He didn't really say who was responsible. 

Covered End said:

The training pitches have been waterlogged since the arrival of DH, so the players are training on half a pitch or astro turf. 

paulie8290 said:

oohaahmortimer said:

Covered End said:

The training pitches have been waterlogged since the arrival of DH, so the players are training on half a pitch or astro turf. 

That’s a bit pony for a pro club ..


Cat 1 you’re having a laugh …caravans and a pond 🙄

Talking of cat 1, I don't think it has ben mental yet.

The question was put to Hayes on where we failed and if we will try again.

Hayes said we were understaffed in a couple of areas (sports science for one) and needed some structural work he said roughly around £1.7-£1.9m(if I remember the figures correctly I'm sure someone can correct me if I am wrong) the owner would need to spend.

However a big barrier was we are a league 1 club and even if we did all that was required it was highly unlikely we would get it still as the Premier League don't want to start giving out Cat 1 status to league 1 clubs.

So no point doing what is required until we get promoted 

Covered End said:

The training pitches have been waterlogged since the arrival of DH, so the players are training on half a pitch or astro turf. 

sillav nitram said:

Covered End said:

sillav nitram said:

Covered End said:

Re injuries - all players may be handled differently/individually.

So Inniss & Aneke for example are managed differently. Perhaps more recovery allowed and not pushed too hard to cause another injury.

Inniss is a model professional & Holden wants tough players like him.

Ness is very mature & sensible with an excellent attitude.

AMB has the gloves & it's up to Wollacott to get them back.

Wollacott is returning to training but needs more time for his fracture/break to toughen up.

Aneke could be in the squad for Saturday as he's not far off. 

Hayes said Stockley had been frustrated missing chances early in the season & we hadn't played to his strength with a lack of crosses.

Kane will be out for a number of weeks. 

Was there no comment about our continual injury curse?

Holden couldn't comment on what has happened in the past, although existing staff have fully briefed him. 
He is concentrating on the future and managing players to their individual needs. 

Thanks @coveredend

I understand that but he could have commented about Kane being injured so soon after joining. 

Is it a case of the club always recruiting injury prone players or bad luck, if so, we do seem to have our fair share of it, don’t we?

AFKABartram said:

Very enjoyable and positive evening, only annoyance was the worlds loudest blues band playing underneath in the second half making it difficult to hear some bits.

Both were really engaging, Hayes you could sense this wasn’t his forte but he was interesting with a dry wit. Holden was as I was expecting, good orator, engaging and wanting to speak passionately, but I wouldn’t fully take what he says as the truth (I’ve no problem with that though).

Couldn’t / wouldn’t answer who championed him for the job. Think he inadvertently tripped up a bit later by saying he got the train down for the Cheltenham game to do a reccy and get a sense for the place. That was 3 days before Garner was sacked so it’s clear (to me) he was lined up by someone before the job was even available (someone correct me please if I got all that wrong?). Suppose that’s football. 

Also didn’t really buy his explanation that when having talks he was happy with only a 6 month contract as he didn’t feel any longer was right for the club. He’s the first manager to ever put a club they’ve no affection for ahead of their own package / security.

But a very enjoyable evening and great to have such a full room turnout. Holden has likability and I think a potential momentum manager. No idea whether he’s going to be here long term or not, particularly if the current takeover group he must have been backed by falls away. Bet you could get some real fireworks with him at one of these evenings if things weren’t going well as there’s a definite prickly side there under the bonnet. He seemed like he’d be more than happy having it out with a room full of people! 

Suspect he’s good fun on a night out, but seems to have high values, very strong family network etc and I think could be a good influence to a lot of our young players coming through. 

It’s also increasingly clear that the work Steve Avery has done over the last 10 years or so has probably been more important to the current existence of our club than most of us realise. 

Not saying the above is an accurate account, just my take and most likely others read things differently. 

Briston_Addick said:

Covered End said:

The training pitches have been waterlogged since the arrival of DH, so the players are training on half a pitch or astro turf. 

Defensive half or attacking half?