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Appleton's press conferences
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I hadn't realised there was an issues with McGrandles. He got a knock, but seemed to have run it offclive said:1 -
McGrandles can expect to be dropped then if he's in a real good vein of form cos that's what happened to Louie Watson eh!4
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I must have watched different games up Appleton because in the Cup relay & on Tuesday evening McGrandles has been lightweight & not seen him do much at all. Doesn't tackle like Dobson nor does he play any telling passes like Fraser or Watson (L) To me the game just passes him by.clive said:
Ho hum.1 -
No mention of CBT? Is he injured or not?0
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He’s a clown a pisstaker or delusional either way the effect is the same
he ain’t up to scratch and the results won’t improve
throws the available players names up in the air then chooses the least sensible formation for that rabble to play
Has 5 possible changes per game but never makes one before it’s forced by injury or early enough to stop the rot
he ain’t this team’s only inadequacy but he’s one of the worst
the squad is deficient but he’s a bungler
And all that crap about taking the cups seriously was just dishonest7 -
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21 points from Appleton’s 13 league games - enough for 74/75 over a 46 game season.
He’s not perfect and he’ll recognise that his gamble with subs today cost us points.But I really can’t understand the massive negativity aimed at him specifically. You’d think we were in the bottom four and won fuck all since he was appointed.
I’ve never been a massive subscriber to the “Charlton connection” theory but I do wonder if that’s where we have to go next just so some of you can last a bit longer before sticking the boot in on another manager.I’m almost as sick of reading hyperbolic bollocks online as I am with how long we’ve been stuck in this god forsaken league.23 -
I know just what you mean Callum, I’ve barely posted as I’ve been on such a high from these last few results.Callumcafc said:21 points from Appleton’s 13 league games - enough for 74/75 over a 46 game season.
He’s not perfect and he’ll recognise that his gamble with subs today cost us points.But I really can’t understand the massive negativity aimed at him specifically. You’d think we were in the bottom four and won fuck all since he was appointed.
I’ve never been a massive subscriber to the “Charlton connection” theory but I do wonder if that’s where we have to go next just so some of you can last a bit longer before sticking the boot in on another manager.I’m almost as sick of reading hyperbolic bollocks online as I am with how long we’ve been stuck in this god forsaken league.We really should be more thankful to be playing against some of these mainstays of the English game and even securing the odd score draw against some of them.6 -
Bit earlier than I thought, but the public digging out of players has begun.
https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/charlton-boss-pins-late-cambridge-goals-down-to-personnel-options-rather-than-complacency/
He knew this when he took the job surely? He's now obviously questioning Scott's ability to find the right kind of player. And so it begins0 -
@Braziliance has described Appleton as a fraud.
I am of a mind to extend that description to the whole of the new regime.
I was watching the Television last night and there was talk of Steve Cooper at Nottingham Forest having his job under threat and that made me wonder if we could get him.
A proper manager.9 -
This is where I've started feeling negative. He clearly isn't perfect but it's League One so he's going to have flaws in his game. But digging out players like that, starting Rylah over TC, CC randomly coming into the team and LW being put to the side just seems like bad man management to me. I'm sure some of it is to send messages to those above but it must be effecting those young playerscarly burn said:Bit earlier than I thought, but the public digging out of players has begun.
https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/charlton-boss-pins-late-cambridge-goals-down-to-personnel-options-rather-than-complacency/
He knew this when he took the job surely? He's now obviously questioning Scott's ability to find the right kind of player. And so it begins3 -
The results have been decent, but there is no sign of a style of play, performances have not been great (especially recently) and his team selections are often baffling.Callumcafc said:21 points from Appleton’s 13 league games - enough for 74/75 over a 46 game season.
He’s not perfect and he’ll recognise that his gamble with subs today cost us points.But I really can’t understand the massive negativity aimed at him specifically. You’d think we were in the bottom four and won fuck all since he was appointed.
I’ve never been a massive subscriber to the “Charlton connection” theory but I do wonder if that’s where we have to go next just so some of you can last a bit longer before sticking the boot in on another manager.I’m almost as sick of reading hyperbolic bollocks online as I am with how long we’ve been stuck in this god forsaken league.Alfie May is our best player and will (unlike some others) be here next season, why aren’t we building around him? We had to pick a manager that plays 2 up top but instead we have Appleton. I really wish we’d got Challinor from StockportWe need to give a manager time, so he should get it. But I still think it was the wrong appointment and we will probably be in exactly the same position in 12 months time so will probably have had no progress for 4 years4 -
What contract length is Appleton on?0
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Bowyer would decimate the confidence of our young playersSilverdreammachine said:4 -
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Surely it’s abundantly clear to all by now that the problems with Charlton are not related to the manager, they go much deeper. We can chop and change managers multiple times a season for the next decade if you want, but we’ll be doing it in League One (at best).14
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I think he’s been alright, we have a very average squad and thats the problem. Last squad that was decent was under Bowyer. I don’t think another would do much better with this squad.7
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Apart from May, this new groups transfer dealings have been mediocre at best. And you have to remember May literally fell into their laps such was his want to return back home.0
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I’m not happy about it either.Fumbluff said:
I know just what you mean Callum, I’ve barely posted as I’ve been on such a high from these last few results.Callumcafc said:21 points from Appleton’s 13 league games - enough for 74/75 over a 46 game season.
He’s not perfect and he’ll recognise that his gamble with subs today cost us points.But I really can’t understand the massive negativity aimed at him specifically. You’d think we were in the bottom four and won fuck all since he was appointed.
I’ve never been a massive subscriber to the “Charlton connection” theory but I do wonder if that’s where we have to go next just so some of you can last a bit longer before sticking the boot in on another manager.I’m almost as sick of reading hyperbolic bollocks online as I am with how long we’ve been stuck in this god forsaken league.We really should be more thankful to be playing against some of these mainstays of the English game and even securing the odd score draw against some of them.3 -
A lot of this stuff has been due to the unavailability of key players. He’s had less than three months, no pre season and is dealing with about eight injuries.NabySarr said:
The results have been decent, but there is no sign of a style of play, performances have not been great (especially recently) and his team selections are often baffling.Callumcafc said:21 points from Appleton’s 13 league games - enough for 74/75 over a 46 game season.
He’s not perfect and he’ll recognise that his gamble with subs today cost us points.But I really can’t understand the massive negativity aimed at him specifically. You’d think we were in the bottom four and won fuck all since he was appointed.
I’ve never been a massive subscriber to the “Charlton connection” theory but I do wonder if that’s where we have to go next just so some of you can last a bit longer before sticking the boot in on another manager.I’m almost as sick of reading hyperbolic bollocks online as I am with how long we’ve been stuck in this god forsaken league.Alfie May is our best player and will (unlike some others) be here next season, why aren’t we building around him? We had to pick a manager that plays 2 up top but instead we have Appleton. I really wish we’d got Challinor from StockportWe need to give a manager time, so he should get it. But I still think it was the wrong appointment and we will probably be in exactly the same position in 12 months time so will probably have had no progress for 4 years
Surely it’s near impossible to impart a proper style of play on a group of footballers under those circumstances.We all know that the club is in a period of getting through to January until, hopefully, some reinforcements arrive. But we also want to see a complete style of play as well? Those things are mutually exclusive in my mind.
On team selections, I’ve seen people clamouring for Louie Watson again yesterday. Those people are conveniently forgetting how crap LW was in both the Gillingham and Reading games that those same fans were so pissed off about.4 -
Too many excuses. To be totally outplayed by Cambridge for all bar about 30 mins in the 2nd half is unacceptable. He knew what he was taking on.Callumcafc said:
A lot of this stuff has been due to the unavailability of key players. He’s had less than three months, no pre season and is dealing with about eight injuries.NabySarr said:
The results have been decent, but there is no sign of a style of play, performances have not been great (especially recently) and his team selections are often baffling.Callumcafc said:21 points from Appleton’s 13 league games - enough for 74/75 over a 46 game season.
He’s not perfect and he’ll recognise that his gamble with subs today cost us points.But I really can’t understand the massive negativity aimed at him specifically. You’d think we were in the bottom four and won fuck all since he was appointed.
I’ve never been a massive subscriber to the “Charlton connection” theory but I do wonder if that’s where we have to go next just so some of you can last a bit longer before sticking the boot in on another manager.I’m almost as sick of reading hyperbolic bollocks online as I am with how long we’ve been stuck in this god forsaken league.Alfie May is our best player and will (unlike some others) be here next season, why aren’t we building around him? We had to pick a manager that plays 2 up top but instead we have Appleton. I really wish we’d got Challinor from StockportWe need to give a manager time, so he should get it. But I still think it was the wrong appointment and we will probably be in exactly the same position in 12 months time so will probably have had no progress for 4 years
Surely it’s near impossible to impart a proper style of play on a group of footballers under those circumstances.We all know that the club is in a period of getting through to January until, hopefully, some reinforcements arrive. But we also want to see a complete style of play as well? Those things are mutually exclusive in my mind.
On team selections, I’ve seen people clamouring for Louie Watson again yesterday. Those people are conveniently forgetting how crap LW was in both the Gillingham and Reading games that those same fans were so pissed off about.3 -
It’s not excuses, it’s facts.Melrose said:
Too many excuses. To be totally outplayed by Cambridge for all bar about 30 mins in the 2nd half is unacceptable. He knew what he was taking on.Callumcafc said:
A lot of this stuff has been due to the unavailability of key players. He’s had less than three months, no pre season and is dealing with about eight injuries.NabySarr said:
The results have been decent, but there is no sign of a style of play, performances have not been great (especially recently) and his team selections are often baffling.Callumcafc said:21 points from Appleton’s 13 league games - enough for 74/75 over a 46 game season.
He’s not perfect and he’ll recognise that his gamble with subs today cost us points.But I really can’t understand the massive negativity aimed at him specifically. You’d think we were in the bottom four and won fuck all since he was appointed.
I’ve never been a massive subscriber to the “Charlton connection” theory but I do wonder if that’s where we have to go next just so some of you can last a bit longer before sticking the boot in on another manager.I’m almost as sick of reading hyperbolic bollocks online as I am with how long we’ve been stuck in this god forsaken league.Alfie May is our best player and will (unlike some others) be here next season, why aren’t we building around him? We had to pick a manager that plays 2 up top but instead we have Appleton. I really wish we’d got Challinor from StockportWe need to give a manager time, so he should get it. But I still think it was the wrong appointment and we will probably be in exactly the same position in 12 months time so will probably have had no progress for 4 years
Surely it’s near impossible to impart a proper style of play on a group of footballers under those circumstances.We all know that the club is in a period of getting through to January until, hopefully, some reinforcements arrive. But we also want to see a complete style of play as well? Those things are mutually exclusive in my mind.
On team selections, I’ve seen people clamouring for Louie Watson again yesterday. Those people are conveniently forgetting how crap LW was in both the Gillingham and Reading games that those same fans were so pissed off about.
The bloke he replaced if we had all forgotten had lost four games out of the first five. We were fortunate to find ourselves taking the lead in matches.
Now we’re moaning about dropping points from winning positions.
It’s shit and it’s not good enough but he’s doing his best in shit circumstances.11 -
Re: Key players, he's only been missing Aneke & Camara up until recently. And we all knew you couldn't count on Chuks to be fit anyway, no Charlton manager has had that luxury.Callumcafc said:
A lot of this stuff has been due to the unavailability of key players. He’s had less than three months, no pre season and is dealing with about eight injuries.NabySarr said:
The results have been decent, but there is no sign of a style of play, performances have not been great (especially recently) and his team selections are often baffling.Callumcafc said:21 points from Appleton’s 13 league games - enough for 74/75 over a 46 game season.
He’s not perfect and he’ll recognise that his gamble with subs today cost us points.But I really can’t understand the massive negativity aimed at him specifically. You’d think we were in the bottom four and won fuck all since he was appointed.
I’ve never been a massive subscriber to the “Charlton connection” theory but I do wonder if that’s where we have to go next just so some of you can last a bit longer before sticking the boot in on another manager.I’m almost as sick of reading hyperbolic bollocks online as I am with how long we’ve been stuck in this god forsaken league.Alfie May is our best player and will (unlike some others) be here next season, why aren’t we building around him? We had to pick a manager that plays 2 up top but instead we have Appleton. I really wish we’d got Challinor from StockportWe need to give a manager time, so he should get it. But I still think it was the wrong appointment and we will probably be in exactly the same position in 12 months time so will probably have had no progress for 4 years
Surely it’s near impossible to impart a proper style of play on a group of footballers under those circumstances.We all know that the club is in a period of getting through to January until, hopefully, some reinforcements arrive. But we also want to see a complete style of play as well? Those things are mutually exclusive in my mind.
On team selections, I’ve seen people clamouring for Louie Watson again yesterday. Those people are conveniently forgetting how crap LW was in both the Gillingham and Reading games that those same fans were so pissed off about.
Most concerning for me is the repetition. We have the same problem in the first 45 minutes... Lack of aggression, not competing, not willing to be brave and play forwards. Then second half they come out and improve for a while.
If a set of players can do it for 30-45 minutes, they can do it for 90. Surely all it needs is the right messages and motivation. But it's the same thing every week.6 -
I don't subscribe to hyperbole but Appleton was an underwhelming appointment and is proving so with results and performances after 3 months in charge.
His previous track record was already uninspiring but even if we granted him a clean slate, every game I've seen us play under him has shown a complete lack of identity, zero fluidity. Can anybody here say otherwise?
In the cups we've performed poorly against lower league opposition (Gillingham & Cray Valley).
Have we beaten any of the 9 teams currently ahead of us in the league? The performances against the bottom sides have been lacklustre too (really lucky to beat Cheltenham especially).
He's the beige middle of a Russell Slade & Karl Robinson Venn diagram. Bang average mediocre League One at best.
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Literally?carly burn said:Apart from May, this new groups transfer dealings have been mediocre at best. And you have to remember May literally fell into their laps such was his want to return back home.2
