tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740923946598832694.post3534811820735120359..comments2023-12-23T08:55:06.129+00:00Comments on Drinking During the Game: Charlton Athletic 1 v Norwich City 1Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191662363898215747noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740923946598832694.post-27728977350774763292009-01-04T08:31:00.000+00:002009-01-04T08:31:00.000+00:00I was there too and will be in future, but I don't...I was there too and will be in future, but I don't have to pretend to enjoy it. We have barely put a management foot wrong in ten years and now we are making big, obvious mistakes on a weekly basis from the Board to the Manager.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01191662363898215747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740923946598832694.post-1488077022410415002009-01-04T00:29:00.000+00:002009-01-04T00:29:00.000+00:00For heaven's sake stop being such a misery It was ...For heaven's sake stop being such a misery <BR/>It was still good fun today. It might take a while ( a couple of seasons ) but it will be fun again . <BR/>I was there in the 3001 crowd , Halifax at home in the 70's and I was there at Selhurst in the 979 attendance against Bradford in the full members cup. <BR/>The Board have no money left and so its going to be lower leagues for a while. I personally think we wil go straight through the next division too with this team<BR/>However, it goes in cycles , you just have to be patient !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740923946598832694.post-60840401806792516882009-01-03T23:18:00.000+00:002009-01-03T23:18:00.000+00:00Very hard to disagree with this and depressing it ...Very hard to disagree with this and depressing it is too. I thought that today's game really brought home the paucity of the squad. Since Pardew's appointment in December '06, 30+ players have been signed by Charlton, a club able to spend more on transfers and on wages than most of the competition in the Championship, at least initially, and it beggars belief that there is so little quality in the side; quite an achievement.<BR/><BR/>The only player with touch and time today was a 16 year old starting only his second game of the season; three full backs got a game today, but none of them appear to be rated by the management; despite only one absence in central defence, Matt Holland had to play there; it is doubtful that there is a weaker central midfielder in the Championship than Jose Semedo and Nicky Bailey isn't exactly the finished article; finally, the manager has so little confidence in his strikers that he played 4-5-1 in a home Cup Tie against poor opposition and then moved the diminuitive Bouazza to lone striker when Burton tired. I am at a complete loss to understand how the Club got into this state. After the fiasco of squad management during the last two years, the Board must be naive or natural optimists (or both) to think that the January window will make a difference.<BR/><BR/>I have two additional, random observations that serve to illustrate what is fast becoming a bizarre story. First, yet again today Yassin Moutaouakil looked a raw, but talented player. A great athlete who needs to learn the game, but already a player that, at least in home games, provides a real threat when he gets forward. He has now been at the Club for over a season and a half. Why hasn't he played more? Why was Martin Cranie signed on loan and Gregg Halford before him? We were never going to sign either, the Club's record during their respective spells was poor and, as we all knew would be the case, Moutaouakil is now once again the only right back at the Club. He just lacks the experience Charlton chose to give instead to Martin Cranie. And paid for!! Explanations on a postcard please! Second, the Club's management clearly don't believe that Chris Dickson is good enough for the Championship (for what is it worth, from what little I've seen of him, I would tend to agree). Why, pray, did he come on today? McCleod, who is ahead of Dickson in the pecking order and also starved of experience, was on the bench as was the experienced and classy Todorov. Extraordinary. Sadly, there are many similar examples of what can only be described as very muddled thinking.<BR/><BR/>To end on a positive note, Jonjo Shelvey oozed class today. Who cares if he is only 16, he could be outstanding next season in Division Three and a joy to watch. The key will be to hold on to him and a small number of other key players, say Sam, Fortune (may be asking a bit much), Wright, McCleod and, perhaps, Burton and then build a promotion challenge around them. Think I'm being pessimistic? Perhaps, but Forest have hit form (three successive away wins) at just the wrong time and if they extend that run next week the Addicks will be gone unfortunately.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740923946598832694.post-32287956000786791312009-01-03T23:10:00.000+00:002009-01-03T23:10:00.000+00:00Nice blog! i sit lower west had a season ticket si...Nice blog! i sit lower west had a season ticket since i was 3 now 18 will never stop going my dad had a season ticket since the 60's same with him never stop going, we had a massive group around us that have gradually faded away to only 6 or 7 of us ! thought it was a bit shocking of parky to play one up front might as well give mcleod and dickson a go or toddy! and as well we played with just bouazza up front when he brought burton off sometimes you wonder what they see that we dont!! still gotta support the club now cos thats all that matters to get out of this crap were in!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com