Appleton getting some Pelters by Charlton

This comment sums him up perfectly from the shambles of last season when he was in charge here!

'Hasn't a clue, repeatedly plays players out of position when there is no need. No idea at set pieces. Attacking build ups lack crispness and urgency. Incapable of shutting a game down and very little signs of being able to change tactics when needed.'
 
The quote below could easily have been applied to Appleton when he was with us…an arrogant prick who set this club back at least three years progress wise..a shockingly shit manager and the worst in my lifetime.

“Sick and tired of this talentless jorneyman of a manager.

He was never our first chocie anyway so time to bin him off.

We are going backwards under him in terms of quality on the pitch.

Unbeaten runs mean nothing when you are drawing at home to the likes of Cambridge and Burton.

We might have a few injuries but that doesn't excuse playing players who are out of position.

The season is over in terms of the play-offs. Pointless bringing in new players now...save it for a new manager. Who is going to want to come in and play for one of the also rans in front of 8000 fans?

Burton are managerless, one point from a possible 21 before today.

A totally unacceptable performance and that goon of a manager is 100% responsible there for it. Stands there hands in pockets for 90 minutes.

No passion from the guy.”
 
TANGERINETOWERPOWER said:
The quote below could easily have been applied to Appleton when he was with us…an arrogant prick who set this club back at least three years progress wise..a shockingly shit manager and the worst in my lifetime.

“Sick and tired of this talentless jorneyman of a manager.

He was never our first chocie anyway so time to bin him off.

We are going backwards under him in terms of quality on the pitch.

Unbeaten runs mean nothing when you are drawing at home to the likes of Cambridge and Burton.

We might have a few injuries but that doesn't excuse playing players who are out of position.

The season is over in terms of the play-offs. Pointless bringing in new players now...save it for a new manager. Who is going to want to come in and play for one of the also rans in front of 8000 fans?

Burton are managerless, one point from a possible 21 before today.

A totally unacceptable performance and that goon of a manager is 100% responsible there for it. Stands there hands in pockets for 90 minutes.

No passion from the guy.”
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TangerineBayern said:
This comment sums him up perfectly from the shambles of last season when he was in charge here!

'Hasn't a clue, repeatedly plays players out of position when there is no need. No idea at set pieces. Attacking build ups lack crispness and urgency. Incapable of shutting a game down and very little signs of being able to change tactics when needed.'
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To be fair TB those comments summed up my feelings towards NC up to a few weeks ago.
 
Watched them against port vale the other week.. how they got a draw never mind nearly winning I ill never know... think vale had 28 shots... hopefully that is us on saturday
 
Was Mansford advising Charlton as well? If that was in the public sector his appointment at Bloomfield Road would likely have been seen as fraud
 
My mate is a Charlton season ticket holder. Whilst the football is awful, he says he's going nowhere soon as he's been backed in the transfer market over the last few weeks. However, would love to stuff them next week and send him on his way.
 
Stood with his hands cupped to his ears when they equalised at their place in October……I think he’s likely to get plenty back on Saturday.
 
Strong rumours he’s gone.
To be honest I don’t know why Charlton are ** about when it comes to managers.
They have a big budget for this level and always seem to make the right sort of signings but then appoint a unknown or useless manager.
 
King Billy said:
Strong rumours he’s gone.
To be honest I don’t know why Charlton are ** about when it comes to managers.
They have a big budget for this level and always seem to make the right sort of signings but then appoint a unknown or useless manager.
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They wanted Liam Richardson, but he turned them down because he wasn't comfortable with how they were set up behind the scenes. So they got Appleton instead. They seem to bit of a basket case behind closed doors. On paper they have a top 6 squad.
 
One of the maddest things I think Appleton does, alongside not having any strength in midfield and playing strikers out wide, is not entertaining trying to build a connection with fans.

It would or could buy him some more time but he tends to go the other way that ends up getting him the bullet.

Daft really as it’s just a basic thing.
 
Adams Kebab said:
One of the maddest things I think Appleton does, alongside not having any strength in midfield and playing strikers out wide, is not entertaining trying to build a connection with fans.

It would or could buy him some more time but he tends to go the other way that ends up getting him the bullet.

Daft really as it’s just a basic thing.
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Maybe he wants to hasten the exit!

Lets hope they beat Northampton and he gets a stay of execution. Seems unlikely he'll be in charge Saturday tbh.
 
As well as the fans it's having a connection with the players too. He goes into clubs and doesn't care about the squad he inherits until he gets it how he likes it. Whether that be players he thinks can play his way or to remove the loudest voices like the older heads, or if his remit is to lower the wage bill. The kind of character he is he doesn't really dress it up and when you're not winning and you've got him staring a hole into your soul then there's not a lot of fun going on.

You need time to get all that up and running and you've got to be effective at managing and motivating the players you have until you can get there. And time is the one thing you don't get now. If he lasts at Charlton he'll eventually get a squad together like he did at Oxford and Lincoln where he uses his Prem U21 contacts to bring in younger players with more energy who he can have run around a lot. Those lads like him as he'll give them a platform to show what they can do and he likes them because they're eager to learn so will listen. But I would think if you're a Charlton fan you're expecting your club to be run on a better basis than that. Appleton's method is better at a league one/two club who want to make cost savings and aren't expecting too much.

Critchley won the big one against him at Wembley but in the league game head-to-head he's struggled in all three so far when Appleton has made subs that have changed the outcome every time. I'd be wary of that if he lasts as far as this weekend just as much as I'd be wary of them being shackles off if he goes this week.
 
poolfc said:
As well as the fans it's having a connection with the players too. He goes into clubs and doesn't care about the squad he inherits until he gets it how he likes it. Whether that be players he thinks can play his way or to remove the loudest voices like the older heads, or if his remit is to lower the wage bill. The kind of character he is he doesn't really dress it up and when you're not winning and you've got him staring a hole into your soul then there's not a lot of fun going on.

You need time to get all that up and running and you've got to be effective at managing and motivating the players you have until you can get there. And time is the one thing you don't get now. If he lasts at Charlton he'll eventually get a squad together like he did at Oxford and Lincoln where he uses his Prem U21 contacts to bring in younger players with more energy who he can have run around a lot. Those lads like him as he'll give them a platform to show what they can do and he likes them because they're eager to learn so will listen. But I would think if you're a Charlton fan you're expecting your club to be run on a better basis than that. Appleton's method is better at a league one/two club who want to make cost savings and aren't expecting too much.

Critchley won the big one against him at Wembley but in the league game head-to-head he's struggled in all three so far when Appleton has made subs that have changed the outcome every time. I'd be wary of that if he lasts as far as this weekend just as much as I'd be wary of them being shackles off if he goes this week.
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You make some good points there.
 
poolfc said:
As well as the fans it's having a connection with the players too. He goes into clubs and doesn't care about the squad he inherits until he gets it how he likes it. Whether that be players he thinks can play his way or to remove the loudest voices like the older heads, or if his remit is to lower the wage bill. The kind of character he is he doesn't really dress it up and when you're not winning and you've got him staring a hole into your soul then there's not a lot of fun going on.

You need time to get all that up and running and you've got to be effective at managing and motivating the players you have until you can get there. And time is the one thing you don't get now. If he lasts at Charlton he'll eventually get a squad together like he did at Oxford and Lincoln where he uses his Prem U21 contacts to bring in younger players with more energy who he can have run around a lot. Those lads like him as he'll give them a platform to show what they can do and he likes them because they're eager to learn so will listen. But I would think if you're a Charlton fan you're expecting your club to be run on a better basis than that. Appleton's method is better at a league one/two club who want to make cost savings and aren't expecting too much.

Critchley won the big one against him at Wembley but in the league game head-to-head he's struggled in all three so far when Appleton has made subs that have changed the outcome every time. I'd be wary of that if he lasts as far as this weekend just as much as I'd be wary of them being shackles off if he goes this week.
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Not forgetting that he took a break in his last season at Lincoln for cancer treatment, struggled when he came back and left by mutual consent. then we appointed him! It seemed a mad decision to me at the time. He has struggled ever since. He needs time out if you ask me but doesn't seem to like having too much time at home. Wants to be out there coaching - fine, take a coaching job in the background.
 
voyeur said:
Not forgetting that he took a break in his last season at Lincoln for cancer treatment, struggled when he came back and left by mutual consent. then we appointed him! It seemed a mad decision to me at the time. He has struggled ever since. He needs time out if you ask me but doesn't seem to like having too much time at home. Wants to be out there coaching - fine, take a coaching job in the background.
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Or needs the money. Don't think he had the best advice on managing the payout he got from having to finish playing early.
 
poolfc said:
Or needs the money. Don't think he had the best advice on managing the payout he got from having to finish playing early.
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Sure. He can't be short of a few bob though - he's earned a lot more than most of us over the last 10 years or so. Maybe he spends at a rapid rate too.
 
If he went for time out, I very much doubt he’d get back in the game at a decent enough level anyways. I imagine fear of not being in football is what makes him keep going for jobs and subjecting himself to all these “pelters” time and time again. I actually warmed to him a bit in his second spell with us until it turned really ugly again.
 
Charlton would be about the tenth team we’d have played this season with the new manager bounce if he didn’t make it to Saturday
 
I was just reading one of the Charlton MBs and it sounds like Appleton was gone (on a mutual case basis) then had a change of mind or didn't like the financial settlement. Also comments on Twitter that Appleton has taken issue with and is kicking off with the fans.

Apparently Michael Duff has been lined up so it looks like we won't be able to give Apples a nice "warm" reception back to Bloomfiled Rd. Charlton will also get the new manager bounce! We seem to have a knack of playing teams at the wrong time i.e. at the crest of a slump!
 
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