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Post by revilo on Jan 19, 2024 8:38:22 GMT
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Post by eric on Jan 19, 2024 9:51:57 GMT
You would think Appleton would have changed formation sooner after a winless run of 10 games . Poor management but hopefully things will improve with the new signings.
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Post by earlpurple on Jan 19, 2024 9:55:29 GMT
Can't read it, "Adblocker detected". yes, sorry, my computer, my choice as to what I run on it. You want me to see ads? Host them on your own page then lazy gits.
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Post by revilo on Jan 19, 2024 10:22:58 GMT
Can't read it, "Adblocker detected". yes, sorry, my computer, my choice as to what I run on it. You want me to see ads? Host them on your own page then lazy gits. Charlton Athletic boss explains formation change – as doubts over future of main wingers a factor Michael Appleton is set to persist with a front two after liking the tactical tweak both in training and Charlton’s second-half display against Peterborough United on Saturday. The Addicks switched to a three-man central defence and wing-backs in the 2-1 reverse at The Valley. And Appleton reckons that having a longer-term plan without wingers is sensible with Derby County failing with two bids in the January transfer window for Corey Blackett-Taylor, who is due to be out of contract along with Tyreece Campbell. Both have yet to sign extensions although Campbell’s age means Charlton would be due compensation if he chose to move on. Blackett-Taylor’s absence against Peterborough was cited as an injury picked up in training, at the end of a week when the Rams had a £250,000 offer rejected. Chem Campbell’s loan from Wolves was terminated on Monday. “The situation is where it is with Corey at this moment in time – he is our player and will remain our player until Derby come up with a fee that suits and fits us as a football club,” Appleton told the South London Press. “But if that did happen then, all of a sudden, you are down to one main wide player. “As far as I’m aware we have made a good contract offer to Tyreece – the ball is in his court. If the worst-case scenario did happen and he didn’t stay then, come the summer, you have got no wingers at all. “We want to get Alfie (May) in a position that you are getting the best out of him and, secondly, that he is most comfortable in. “Even though I do think with the right number 10 he can be a nine in certain games, he plays his best football when he is playing with a big striker, or a striker that can deal with the ball. “We will hopefully do that in this window, with a bit of luck. Going forward with the likes of Chuks (Aneke) and Miles (Leaburn) coming into the fray (after returning from injury), we’ll be able to get that partnership going. “So with that in mind – are we going to have wingers or not have wingers? How can we be as effective as we can with one of the better goalscorers in the division? “The three (at the back) just naturally came up in conversations over three or four weeks. We did a little bit of work in training and I quite liked how it looked and I enjoyed coaching it. “It certainly suits us better with the two up top – like we did in the second half. We couldn’t find a way to get Chem and TC into the game in the first half against Peterborough because when we turned the ball over we weren’t good enough with it – we didn’t get the ball into them. “When we had the two up there and almost went with two eights in the second half we had running power in the team. We ran all over them second half and it was good to see, good to watch. “We put a really, really top side under pressure and the crowd got behind the players. That quite excited me going forward. In the very short-term it will be something we look to do and try to move forward with it. “The reality is the better players you bring in and the more time you spend on the training ground trying to improve it – the more time in games doing it and sticking with it – hopefully it will be quite successful." |
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Post by aaronaldo on Jan 19, 2024 20:23:14 GMT
If you're Appleton right now are you: Excited? Nervous? Relaxed? Can't wait for the next game? Unsure on your first 11?
You've been given the tools. Time to get the results. Has this added to the pressure on him?
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Post by Occam’s Razor on Jan 20, 2024 9:12:54 GMT
If we don’t beat Burton this afternoon with 3/4 of the new signings playing, Appleton needs to go. Tonight. At the risk of becoming a member of Mundell seriouslyred Clipboard Clive’s Assiciation, we need 46 points from our remaining 20 league games to have any chance of the Play Offs. That’s 2.6 points per game, or around 14 wins and a couple of draws 🤔 Funnily enough, I think there’s one manager out there, who happens to be available, who could get us the amount of points we need to go up with the better quality of players we now have at our disposal. Neil Warnock. A really bold move by SE7 Partners would be to fire Appleton if we lose again today, make clear that writing this season off in January isn’t acceptable, and give Warnock an incentive -based contract for the rest of this season. If we can’t beat Burton , Appleton becomes the problem. |
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Post by watameires on Jan 20, 2024 9:21:21 GMT
For a minute I thought you were advocating we bring in that lump Rooney
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2024 9:33:10 GMT
Encouraging that T Campbell's contract expires end of season. Discouraging that we've offered him a new one.
I can't believe the cheeky fucker is considering it, should be snapping up anything that keeps him as a pro.
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Post by Mundell on Jan 20, 2024 9:53:39 GMT
If we don’t beat Burton this afternoon with 3/4 of the new signings playing, Appleton needs to go. Tonight. At the risk of becoming a member of Mundell seriouslyred Clipboard Clive’s Assiciation, we need 46 points from our remaining 20 league games to have any chance of the Play Offs. That’s 2.6 points per game, or around 14 wins and a couple of draws 🤔 Funnily enough, I think there’s one manager out there, who happens to be available, who could get us the amount of points we need to go up with the better quality of players we now have at our disposal. Neil Warnock. A really bold move by SE7 Partners would be to fire Appleton if we lose again today, make clear that writing this season off in January isn’t acceptable, and give Warnock an incentive -based contract for the rest of this season. If we can’t beat Burton , Appleton becomes the problem. You’d be very welcome to join Occam’s Razor !! There’s a small joining fee to cover admin costs and some paperwork to complete which I can send out this afternoon. You’ll get a notebook, Clipboard Clive pencil and a bumper sticker. Welcome aboard! |
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Post by Occam’s Razor on Jan 20, 2024 10:07:16 GMT
That’s a very tempting offer Mundell but I’m not sure that I get sufficiently excited by Xg to warrant membership. Let’s see where we are at 5pm today. What do you think of the likelihood of us getting 46 points from our remaining 20 games , to make 6th place at the Play Offs ? I think Warnock could do it. |
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Post by ENdeavour on Jan 20, 2024 10:07:30 GMT
If we don’t beat Burton this afternoon with 3/4 of the new signings playing, Appleton needs to go. Tonight. At the risk of becoming a member of Mundell seriouslyred Clipboard Clive’s Assiciation, we need 46 points from our remaining 20 league games to have any chance of the Play Offs. That’s 2.6 points per game, or around 14 wins and a couple of draws 🤔 Funnily enough, I think there’s one manager out there, who happens to be available, who could get us the amount of points we need to go up with the better quality of players we now have at our disposal. Neil Warnock. A really bold move by SE7 Partners would be to fire Appleton if we lose again today, make clear that writing this season off in January isn’t acceptable, and give Warnock an incentive -based contract for the rest of this season. If we can’t beat Burton , Appleton becomes the problem. You’d be very welcome to join Occam’s Razor !! There’s a small joining fee to cover admin costs and some paperwork to complete which I can send out this afternoon. You’ll get a notebook, Clipboard Clive pencil and a bumper sticker. Welcome aboard! I have a question for the newly formed CCA, what’s the likelihood of us achieving top 6 this season? |
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Post by Occam’s Razor on Jan 20, 2024 10:22:15 GMT
You’d be very welcome to join Occam’s Razor !! There’s a small joining fee to cover admin costs and some paperwork to complete which I can send out this afternoon. You’ll get a notebook, Clipboard Clive pencil and a bumper sticker. Welcome aboard! I have a question for the newly formed CCA, what’s the likelihood of us achieving top 6 this season? Have you any thoughts ? #ACC |
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Post by Mundell on Jan 20, 2024 10:28:11 GMT
That’s a very tempting offer Mundell but I’m not sure that I get sufficiently excited by Xg to warrant membership. Let’s see where we are at 5pm today. What do you think of the likelihood of us getting 46 points from our remaining 20 games , to make 6th place at the Play Offs ? I think Warnock could do it. Very good!! I’ll send you some promotional materials just in case!! It’s obviously very unlikely that we could make 6th place from here. To answer ENdeavour ‘s question we’re 100/1 on SkyBet and I’m not tempted even at that price. However, I think you’ve got to be positive and have a swing. It’s a cliche I know, but we need to take things one game at a time, look to win every game, then who knows? Win five or six games on the spin and the table could look quite different if, in the meantime, those above us drop lots of points. Hopefully, we’ll play positively and on the front foot. It would be nice to have some hope, even if we know we’d need a miracle. I’m a big fan of Warnock. His record is simply unbelievable and I don’t think he gets anything like the credit he deserves. There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell we’ll see him at the Valley though, unfortunately. I’m sure that in Andy Scott’s mind he’s trying to build something and he’ll be desperate for continuity. As result, I think he’ll give Appleton every chance to show he’s the right man for the job. I’m speculating obviously, but my sense is that the only way he goes before the summer is if the wheels really come off leading to discontent at the training ground etc. Notwithstanding a very poor run of results I suspect we’re a long way off that. To be clear, I’m not defending that position, per se, just giving my best guess on where we’re at. |
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Post by ENdeavour on Jan 20, 2024 11:11:36 GMT
That’s a very tempting offer Mundell but I’m not sure that I get sufficiently excited by Xg to warrant membership. Let’s see where we are at 5pm today. What do you think of the likelihood of us getting 46 points from our remaining 20 games , to make 6th place at the Play Offs ? I think Warnock could do it. Very good!! I’ll send you some promotional materials just in case!! It’s obviously very unlikely that we could make 6th place from here. To answer ENdeavour ‘s question we’re 100/1 on SkyBet and I’m not tempted even at that price. However, I think you’ve got to be positive and have a swing. It’s a cliche I know, but we need to take things one game at a time, look to win every game, then who knows? Win five or six games on the spin and the table could look quite different if, in the meantime, those above us drop lots of points. Hopefully, we’ll play positively and on the front foot. It would be nice to have some hope, even if we know we’d need a miracle. I’m a big fan of Warnock. His record is simply unbelievable and I don’t think he gets anything like the credit he deserves. There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell we’ll see him at the Valley though, unfortunately. I’m sure that in Andy Scott’s mind he’s trying to build something and he’ll be desperate for continuity. As result, I think he’ll give Appleton every chance to show he’s the right man for the job. I’m speculating obviously, but my sense is that the only way he goes before the summer is if the wheels really come off leading to discontent at the training ground etc. Notwithstanding a very poor run of results I suspect we’re a long way off that. To be clear, I’m not defending that position, per se, just giving my best guess on where we’re at. I, like many others, had written this season off, until yesterday! As you say, statistically it’s still very unlikely that we’ll achieve top six status but not yet mathematically impossible. We need to fight tooth and nail for every point and, I think, we now have the players to do it. A couple of early wins and 1 or 2 more quality signings and we could get on a roll. We’ll need other results to go our way of course but that’s possible in this league. Call me an old romantic but surely this new group of players must believe they can do it, otherwise, what’s the point? |
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Post by seriouslyred on Jan 20, 2024 12:03:31 GMT
Very good!! I’ll send you some promotional materials just in case!! It’s obviously very unlikely that we could make 6th place from here. To answer ENdeavour ‘s question we’re 100/1 on SkyBet and I’m not tempted even at that price. However, I think you’ve got to be positive and have a swing. It’s a cliche I know, but we need to take things one game at a time, look to win every game, then who knows? Win five or six games on the spin and the table could look quite different if, in the meantime, those above us drop lots of points. Hopefully, we’ll play positively and on the front foot. It would be nice to have some hope, even if we know we’d need a miracle. I’m a big fan of Warnock. His record is simply unbelievable and I don’t think he gets anything like the credit he deserves. There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell we’ll see him at the Valley though, unfortunately. I’m sure that in Andy Scott’s mind he’s trying to build something and he’ll be desperate for continuity. As result, I think he’ll give Appleton every chance to show he’s the right man for the job. I’m speculating obviously, but my sense is that the only way he goes before the summer is if the wheels really come off leading to discontent at the training ground etc. Notwithstanding a very poor run of results I suspect we’re a long way off that. To be clear, I’m not defending that position, per se, just giving my best guess on where we’re at. I, like many others, had written this season off, until yesterday! As you say, statistically it’s still very unlikely that we’ll achieve top six status but not yet mathematically impossible. We need to fight tooth and nail for every point and, I think, we now have the players to do it. A couple of early wins and 1 or 2 more quality signings and we could get on a roll. We’ll need other results to go our way of course but that’s possible in this league. Call me an old romantic but surely this new group of players must believe they can do it, otherwise, what’s the point? Completely agree with your sentiments. Chances of top six this time are incredibly small. But this 8-8-8 is a new approach so perhaps we might consider these next few months a run up into next season instead? Let's watch the next couple of games, see who plays and how we play. Then we might all see something that we can get behind. |
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Post by aaronaldo on Jan 20, 2024 12:46:41 GMT
That’s a very tempting offer Mundell but I’m not sure that I get sufficiently excited by Xg to warrant membership. Let’s see where we are at 5pm today. What do you think of the likelihood of us getting 46 points from our remaining 20 games , to make 6th place at the Play Offs ? I think Warnock could do it. Very good!! I’ll send you some promotional materials just in case!! It’s obviously very unlikely that we could make 6th place from here. To answer ENdeavour ‘s question we’re 100/1 on SkyBet and I’m not tempted even at that price. However, I think you’ve got to be positive and have a swing. It’s a cliche I know, but we need to take things one game at a time, look to win every game, then who knows? Win five or six games on the spin and the table could look quite different if, in the meantime, those above us drop lots of points. Hopefully, we’ll play positively and on the front foot. It would be nice to have some hope, even if we know we’d need a miracle. I’m a big fan of Warnock. His record is simply unbelievable and I don’t think he gets anything like the credit he deserves. There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell we’ll see him at the Valley though, unfortunately. I’m sure that in Andy Scott’s mind he’s trying to build something and he’ll be desperate for continuity. As result, I think he’ll give Appleton every chance to show he’s the right man for the job. I’m speculating obviously, but my sense is that the only way he goes before the summer is if the wheels really come off leading to discontent at the training ground etc. Notwithstanding a very poor run of results I suspect we’re a long way off that. To be clear, I’m not defending that position, per se, just giving my best guess on where we’re at. Speaking of Warnock, anyone listen to That Peter Crouch podcast? Great couple of episodes from Warnock recently. His man management is something I personally think Appleton lacks, albeit I can’t see what he’s like day to day. Warnock would be great as a consultant as well in my opinion. Bring him in for a few months to assess the team and what wh]irks with each player and what doesn’t. I think he’d have our team sussed out in no time. I was never a fan of Warnock’s teams though or him. He comes across well in the pod mind. He’s grown on me there. |
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