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Michael Appleton - Jan 2026 no longer Shrewsbury manager (p129)
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But, we don’t know how much money he had to work with in the summer. There’s no way the new consortium would finance a transfer window if they thought the deal wasn’t going to happen. We were probably still under the tight purse strings of Sandgaard, hence the lack of quality that was brought in. This window has been different. No one can argue that this hasn’t been a good window. Now we need a coach/manager who can handle the players. We know the juries well and truly out on Appleton. Let’s see how it pans out.charltonman2016 said:
But has recruited a piss poor manager and signed a load of rubbish in the summer that meant half of them went back to their parent clubs in January.drawnablank said:
Cheers for Coventry, Bakinson, Ladapo, Rarmani, Gillesphy, Fiorini. Actually showing actions that spoke louder than words. Showing tangible signs of progress in our recruitment. But let’s give him a load of grief as well.PWADDICK said:I hope tomorrow there’s heat towards Scott as well as Appleton, we are ultimately where we are because of him.
Right!Let this managerial situation play out. There is obviously something going on behind the scenes. If there is an improvement managerially, like there has been recruitment wise, happy days, if not then you’ve something to give heat about!2 -
eh? i'm pro may and anti appleton if that helps?altrinchamaddick said:Manic_mania said:
Alfie May's reaction after the final whistle on Saturday - maybe a little circumstantial and not evidence of the entire dressing room, but having your top scorer and talisman react that way I feel is an indicator that all isn't well.altrinchamaddick said:Gravesend_Addick said:What a strange day. I don't see the point in giving him 1 more game. Looks like he's lost the dressing room & he never had the fans on side either.
Was a strange appointment & it's even more strange to be dragging this out & prolonging the inevitable
What evidence is there that he has lost the dressing room? I hate these throwaway comments, the sort of comments that lead to ' no smoke without fire' scenario. Why would so many players who have played with Appleton have joined us. Do I think he will go-yes, do I want him to be our long term manager-no, but making stuff up is unacceptable.
And Doucher, I don't think he's clueless,
Wasn't that a reaction that he didn't think his teammates were putting in the effort or tactics that the manager demanded.0 -
It will only be a good window when results improve. Too soon to say.Rob said:
But, we don’t know how much money he had to work with in the summer. There’s no way the new consortium would finance a transfer window if they thought the deal wasn’t going to happen. We were probably still under the tight purse strings of Sandgaard, hence the lack of quality that was brought in. This window has been different. No one can argue that this hasn’t been a good window. Now we need a coach/manager who can handle the players. We know the juries well and truly out on Appleton. Let’s see how it pans out.charltonman2016 said:
But has recruited a piss poor manager and signed a load of rubbish in the summer that meant half of them went back to their parent clubs in January.drawnablank said:
Cheers for Coventry, Bakinson, Ladapo, Rarmani, Gillesphy, Fiorini. Actually showing actions that spoke louder than words. Showing tangible signs of progress in our recruitment. But let’s give him a load of grief as well.PWADDICK said:I hope tomorrow there’s heat towards Scott as well as Appleton, we are ultimately where we are because of him.
Right!Let this managerial situation play out. There is obviously something going on behind the scenes. If there is an improvement managerially, like there has been recruitment wise, happy days, if not then you’ve something to give heat about!
We are now committed to 352 with no proper 10 yet through the door and dodgy wingbacks. We will soon see if the defence recruits make any difference.0 -
Just noticed this, “Flomsie” who appears to be CBT’s agent posted this on instagram a couple of days ago. For those who haven’t seen the video, the above bald man cries about losing his job. Now I’m no conspiracy theorist…0 -
He was posting that in response to Derby fans who had found his account and grabbed screenshots of him posting Corey in a Derby shirt before they'd officially announced it. Don't know why it would have anything to do with Appleton.PWADDICK said:Just noticed this, “Flomsie” who appears to be CBT’s agent posted this on instagram a couple of days ago. For those who haven’t seen the video, the above bald man cries about losing his job. Now I’m no conspiracy theorist…0 -
True. With the players we have, they should. But we shall see. I was surprised that he didn’t start Gillesphey and REG last Saturday. And I wasn’t surprised with the way we conceded that 1st goal. Business as usual if you don’t change things.Southbank said:
It will only be a good window when results improve. Too soon to say.Rob said:
But, we don’t know how much money he had to work with in the summer. There’s no way the new consortium would finance a transfer window if they thought the deal wasn’t going to happen. We were probably still under the tight purse strings of Sandgaard, hence the lack of quality that was brought in. This window has been different. No one can argue that this hasn’t been a good window. Now we need a coach/manager who can handle the players. We know the juries well and truly out on Appleton. Let’s see how it pans out.charltonman2016 said:
But has recruited a piss poor manager and signed a load of rubbish in the summer that meant half of them went back to their parent clubs in January.drawnablank said:
Cheers for Coventry, Bakinson, Ladapo, Rarmani, Gillesphy, Fiorini. Actually showing actions that spoke louder than words. Showing tangible signs of progress in our recruitment. But let’s give him a load of grief as well.PWADDICK said:I hope tomorrow there’s heat towards Scott as well as Appleton, we are ultimately where we are because of him.
Right!Let this managerial situation play out. There is obviously something going on behind the scenes. If there is an improvement managerially, like there has been recruitment wise, happy days, if not then you’ve something to give heat about!
We are now committed to 352 with no proper 10 yet through the door and dodgy wingbacks. We will soon see if the defence recruits make any difference.0 -
I sincerely hope we win tonight, and win well. I want MA to be given time to work with HIS players (who have only just walked through the door) and not the inherited dross he has had to work with. What I cannot stomach is the frenzied and heartless lynch mob mentality that this board sometimes generates. At times it makes me thoroughly ashamed to be a lifelong Addicks fan.
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It is funny of course but this is mostly a serious debacle for the football club
They appointed one manager/head coach and then sacked him in the middle of a transfer window.
They appointed a new manager who very few thought was a credible choice.
They then leaked they had sacked him too. And in the middle of the next transfer window. But they couldn't even organise that properly. So Appleton is still in post, knowing no-one wants him in post. It is not only humiliating for Appleton , it's professionally embarrassing for Charlton Athletic Football Club.
This extensive management team sold one of our two standout players but they failed to do that properly. They loaned him to a League 1 rival. They they consented to let him play against us twice when we are facing a relegation threat. What odds on a CBT goal sending us down?
Their big fee marquee recruit (Coventry) turns out to be replacement/substitute for our other standout player, Dobson, who now has to leave, or play out of position.
So the management team briefed against the club Captain in the middle of his contract negotiation to try and force him out.
I am no fan of Appleton. He is probably very knowledgeable about the technicalities of coaching but it's just impossible to imagine him inspiring or motivating anyone. And he's just not Charlton. We all knew that but they didn't.
However, Appleton is NOT the key problem any more than Bowyer, Adkins, Jackson. Garner and the last nice bloke we all liked, were the key problem.
Surely its time for any venom to be directed at the likes of Scott, Rodwell and Methven and their coterie of highly renumerated hangers on.
The truth is, 8 plus 8 plus 8 = relegation, misery and and total obscurity.
Sack the lot of them. Now.
Get Lee Bowyer back with 100% control of first team issues. Add Euell and Pearce in support and lets get on with it. This is a waste of everyone's time and sanity.
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Schrödinger’s paper, scissor, stone. All 3 are equal possibilities and you will never, ever knowAFKABartram said:
It’s about as possible as them deciding it by a game of paper, scissor, stone.ShootersHillGuru said:Is it possible that they spoke with him about him leaving by mutual consent and he’s refused and said I don’t walk away. Sack me.
(Which Appleton would have lost what with his hands in his pockets)0 -
Sounds as if things have got really messy.. It isn't going to end well that's for sure.. I think tonight is going to be extremely toxic tonight at the valley.. Maybe never like this to a manager before!7
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There will probably only be about 5k There tonight.DubaiCAFC said:Sounds as if things have got really messy.. It isn't going to end well that's for sure.. I think tonight is going to be extremely toxic tonight at the valley.. Maybe never like this to a manager before!
Some will shout and moan.
The rest are just resigned to the fact our club is a basket case.18 -
Seems you were misled..DubaiCAFC said:He has gone, he was told on Saturday night, the set up for the next few games was arranged yesterday, it hasn't been announced yet, is because of legal stuff!
I have reconfirmed 3 or 4 times with different sources, and same answer every time..That video released this morning made me very uncomfortable. The bloke has lost the supporters completely and I find it hard that we will ever warm to him.
The guy shouldn't be put in that position in my opinion as he was never ever going to be accepted at Charlton. He has been a figure of derision for many years and if the management had even a modicum of a clue about us, they would have known it.The club have a duty of care to him like any other person they employ and they are basically putting off the inevitable.4 -
Hopefully Appleton can reach some sort of financial package with the club today and we won't have to witness a very embarrassing evening tonight.
That would of course involve us having proper professional people in charge of our club.
So I won't be expecting it to happen.3 -
The players will know that Appleton needs a win tonight if he wants to keep his job. We'll be able to tell through their effort (or lack thereof) whether they rate him.
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Disagree, tonight will be lively.blackpool72 said:
There will probably only be about 5k There tonight.DubaiCAFC said:Sounds as if things have got really messy.. It isn't going to end well that's for sure.. I think tonight is going to be extremely toxic tonight at the valley.. Maybe never like this to a manager before!
Some will shout and moan.
The rest are just resigned to the fact our club is a basket case.0 -
I know you only share what you’re told, and for that I’m grateful, but I assume you must question the veracity of your own sources given that you told us:DubaiCAFC said:Sounds as if things have got really messy.. It isn't going to end well that's for sure.. I think tonight is going to be extremely toxic tonight at the valley.. Maybe never like this to a manager before!
“He has gone, he was told on Saturday night, the set up for the next few games was arranged yesterday, it hasn't been announced yet, is because of legal stuff!
I have reconfirmed 3 or 4 times with different sources, and same answer every time..”1 -
To be fair, Dubai wasn't the only person to say this.se9addick said:
I know you only share what you’re told, and for that I’m grateful, but I assume you must question the veracity of your own sources given that you told us:DubaiCAFC said:Sounds as if things have got really messy.. It isn't going to end well that's for sure.. I think tonight is going to be extremely toxic tonight at the valley.. Maybe never like this to a manager before!
“He has gone, he was told on Saturday night, the set up for the next few games was arranged yesterday, it hasn't been announced yet, is because of legal stuff!
I have reconfirmed 3 or 4 times with different sources, and same answer every time..”
something has gone on. My view is that he was either told to leave mutually but he said no or the investors overruled the smt9 -
Why has @DubaiCAFC had to have been misled? Is it not a possibility that what he shared was absolutely correct?…at that time!
There is so much more to this which may or may not ever come to light.20 -
Well been pretty much on the money with everything else... Everything is a bit of a mess with it at the moment!se9addick said:
I know you only share what you’re told, and for that I’m grateful, but I assume you must question the veracity of your own sources given that you told us:DubaiCAFC said:Sounds as if things have got really messy.. It isn't going to end well that's for sure.. I think tonight is going to be extremely toxic tonight at the valley.. Maybe never like this to a manager before!
“He has gone, he was told on Saturday night, the set up for the next few games was arranged yesterday, it hasn't been announced yet, is because of legal stuff!
I have reconfirmed 3 or 4 times with different sources, and same answer every time..”10 -
Here's another possibility. It was all bollocks. People read rumours on here or elsewhere and then share them with their mates as if they've heard it themselves. And then they again get shared on here, and the circle continues. It's a snowball effect.7
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As I said, I checked with 3 or 4 different people, and same message was coming out.. In particular one person who have been very close to this, and was all saying the same thing now..Todds_right_hook said:
To be fair, Dubai wasn't the only person to say this.se9addick said:
I know you only share what you’re told, and for that I’m grateful, but I assume you must question the veracity of your own sources given that you told us:DubaiCAFC said:Sounds as if things have got really messy.. It isn't going to end well that's for sure.. I think tonight is going to be extremely toxic tonight at the valley.. Maybe never like this to a manager before!
“He has gone, he was told on Saturday night, the set up for the next few games was arranged yesterday, it hasn't been announced yet, is because of legal stuff!
I have reconfirmed 3 or 4 times with different sources, and same answer every time..”
something has gone on. My view is that he was either told to leave mutually but he said no or the investors overruled the smt
But all I am getting now, is 'we can't say much, but it is a mess'9 -
I doubt Appleton is on a particularly good wage.
Surely if the club want him gone it wouldn't cost that much to pay him off.
Fuck knows what's going on.2 -
Ah I see, well apologies then!Callumcafc said:
He was posting that in response to Derby fans who had found his account and grabbed screenshots of him posting Corey in a Derby shirt before they'd officially announced it. Don't know why it would have anything to do with Appleton.PWADDICK said:Just noticed this, “Flomsie” who appears to be CBT’s agent posted this on instagram a couple of days ago. For those who haven’t seen the video, the above bald man cries about losing his job. Now I’m no conspiracy theorist…0 -
blackpool72 said:I doubt Appleton is on a particularly good wage.
Surely if the club want him gone it wouldn't cost that much to pay him off.
Fuck knows what's going on.
I suspect the problem isn’t just getting rid of Appleton but the people who hired him and have sat back and watched the awful run of results. Explaining that to the ‘new’ owners as you say we’re going to need a bit more money to pay for a season that’s basically been wasted and by the way the team could get relegated might be a bit tricky3 -
It's a mess ain't it.letthegoodtimesroll said:blackpool72 said:I doubt Appleton is on a particularly good wage.
Surely if the club want him gone it wouldn't cost that much to pay him off.
Fuck knows what's going on.
I suspect the problem isn’t just getting rid of Appleton but the people who hired him and have sat back and watched the awful run of results. Explaining that to the ‘new’ owners as you say we’re going to need a bit more money to pay for a season that’s basically been wasted and by the way the team could get relegated might be a bit tricky0 -
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Well it can’t be correct - because Michael Appleton hasn’t “gone”. I don’t think Dubai fabricated this at all - I just think maybe his connection(s) didn’t have the full picture.drawnablank said:Why has @DubaiCAFC had to have been misled? Is it not a possibility that what he shared was absolutely correct?…at that time!
There is so much more to this which may or may not ever come to light.1 -
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I think this is the bi-product of Charlton’s convoluted structure.se9addick said:
Well it can’t be correct - because Michael Appleton hasn’t “gone”. I don’t think Dubai fabricated this at all - I just think maybe his connection(s) didn’t have the full picture.drawnablank said:Why has @DubaiCAFC had to have been misled? Is it not a possibility that what he shared was absolutely correct?…at that time!
There is so much more to this which may or may not ever come to light.You’ve got god knows how many people with an ownership stake. Just because one of them offer a view and insight, doesn’t mean it will then be a carried finalisation. Same with the ‘UK management team’. Then chuck in all the usual ‘someone who works at the training ground / The Valley’, or knows a players dad, or X’s agent etc and you got so many potential messages out, which if they were correct about so and so signing in the past then get interpreted as everything they say is fact when that might not necessarily be the case.9 -
If people are told things in good faith, and then share it, especially if they are told by multiple different sources, then its wrong to shoot the messenger. Let's face it, it wasn't just @DubaiCAFC who said he'd gone and didn't take training, others on here and elsewhere said the same! What transpired after all the reports, I haven't got a clue, I've never been ITK, but to me there's no smoke without fire.
Did the owners overule the SMT?, did MA refuse a mutual agreement? Or were the people who fed info to the different posters being used? I really don't have a clue, however I'm sure info shared was as accurate, at the time.
I do believe if he losses tonight his gone pronto!11
