Albert Lindon... Was he shafted by Charlton?

Addickted · January 27

Am I in a minority of 1 in thinking AL got a raw deal at The Valley?

I thought that with the resources he had at his disposal at the time, he was doing a good job.

Granted, the football being served up wasn't a lot of fun to watch, but I believe we'd be playing 1st Divsion football already if he'd kept his position.

Hope the fella turns it around at Merthyr, I thought he was a decent, genuine bloke who deserved more loyalty from our Board.

Stig · January 27

He was a nice man, but that doesn't make him a good manager. Anyone who witnessed that shambles as Chesterfield beat us 5-2 at home knows that he had to go.

C_A_F_C · January 27

Retroll

Richard J · January 27

LOL

Big William · January 27

He inherited a bad situation from Alex McFarlane, and as is often the case in football carried the can at the end of the season. I wait to see if the new bloke Seed will do any better.

SE7toSG3 · January 27

Now this is a quality thread, LMAO as the yoof say these days!

CharleyVarrick · January 27

Bastard!

nth london addick · January 27

But he got far to animated on the touch line ,

And it was quite frankly an embarrassment to our club and our fans

The poor kit man and Orange peeler used to get so much stick

SheffieldRed · January 27

Big William said:
He inherited a bad situation from Alex McFarlane, and as is often the case in football carried the can at the end of the season. I wait to see if the new bloke Seed will do any better.

Seed's a good young manager with the potential to grow in the job.

CharleyVarrick · January 27

Seed's got no chance. He's got to get rid of that waste of space Bartram boy and buy an experienced goalkeeper.

Henry Irving · January 28

Nice one Addickted.

Personally, I think it is too soon to judge Lindon.

johnny73 · January 28

A bit harsh at the time but in hindsight a good move by the board. Lindon hasn't done much recently!

sralan · January 28

Think this Seed fella will eventually bloom, if given the chance

olster · January 28

In the fertile environment around club at the moment, i reckon seed could blossom

Henry Irving · January 28

I'm impressed with the new owners. Under the Glicksteins I can't see anything but first division football. We'll never be a selling club again.

Addickted · January 28

Can we start a campaign to rename the terrace behind the goal The Lindon Terrace?

Henry Irving · January 28

Addickted said:
Can we start a campaign to rename the terrace behind the goal The Lindon Terrace?

Good idea but I fear that people at the Club would still refer to it as the south end.

Richard J · January 28

A bit sceptical about Seed is he proper Charlton like Lindon after all he used to play for Spurs and the Wendys.

sygonrima · January 28

I see all the rose tinted brigade are out saying give Seed time, but the guy has just signed that keeper who let in 6 goals in his first reserve game against Luton and flaped around his box like a performing monkey. Even I can see that northern ginger waster has no future in the game.

If we want to get out of this league we will need to invest some serious money. Seed out NOW!!!!

Tunwellsaddick · January 28

Who is this Seed bloke? Does he have any experience in football management? I think his appointment is a great risk and the Board are taking the cheap option (as usual). No chance of promotion now. More gloom and doom ahead. Typical Charlton. We will we reap as we sow );

Henry Irving · January 28

sygonrima said:
I see all the rose tinted brigade are out saying give Seed time, but the guy has just signed that keeper who let in 6 goals in his first reserve game against Luton and flaped around his box like a performing monkey. Even I can see that northern ginger waster has no future in the game.

If we want to get out of this league we will need to invest some serious money. Seed out NOW!!!!

Harsh, OK the new keeper is never going to have a statue put up to him but give him a chance, he was working down pit a few weeks ago.

Dazzler21 · January 28

CharleyVarrick said:
Bastard!

how do you know if his parents were married or not when he was born?

Karim_myBagheri · January 28

also are people forgetting seed has only has had a couple years of mangement for clapton orient. yeah, who?
he only managed to just keep them in the league the last couple of years.
the only good thing out of this move for seed is that we stoped the wendys from getting him. though in the long run we might of done them a favor.

Richard J · January 28

It think Seed's record at Clapton Orient isn't very good with them having to apply for reelection in 1933 ,apparently Herbert Chapman wanted to buy them as a nursery club for Arsenal and without that financial backing they have run out of money .

They haven't been the same club since they left Millfields Road near Clapton Pond for the Lea Bridge Stadium in 1930 apparently their gates are appalling now .

Big William · January 28

Richard J said:

They haven't been the same club since they left Millfields Road near Clapton Pond for the Lea Bridge Stadium in 1930 apparently their gates are appalling now .

Always risky shifting grounds like that, it upsets the fans for starters - I'll never forget paying my three farthings at The Valley and getting that piece of paper telling me we were moving to Catford. Twenty minutes on the Omnibus, my a*se. At least the "Back to the chalkpit" campaign got everyone pulling in the same direction and the club saw the error of its ways.

We should concentrate on getting out of the Third south, all this talk about who to buy for next season is pointless, it's not like we're going to go up two years running, is it?

Stig · January 28

Big William: "it's not like we're going to go up two years running, is it?"

Brilliant.

Off_it · January 28

No Plan B.

BlackForestReds · January 28

I see Acworth has been at it again - recommending a non-league player by the name of Bartram.

Big William · January 28

How tall is Jimmy Oakes anyway?

HarryHutchens · January 28

Big William: "it's not like we're going to go up two years running, is it?"

Such negativity. I'm counting on these Glikstein boys to spend hundreds on players and Charlton dominating English football for years to come.

Only another World War could stop this happening....and since we've already had the war to end all wars that's hardly likely is it.

Addickted · January 28

I hear that German Chancellor is a strong ~~right winger~~ outside half.

incorruptible addick · January 28

Linden is a decent sort. His misfortune is to have been the right man but at the wrong time (whatever that means). Besides which, promoting the number two to the top job never works, as I confidently predict CAFC history will prove in about75 years or so.

(Well done to Charley Varrick for joining in the spirit of this. CL at its best).

legaladdick · January 28

Only another World War could stop this happening....and since we've already had the war to end all wars that's hardly likely is it.

Very good Harry

CatAddick · January 28

Now they have moved the FA Cup final to that new Empire Stadium, I really fancy a trip there. Apparently it's got plenty of seats for those who don't want to stand all game. Not convinced Seed is the man to get us there though

seriously_red · January 29

I say get rid of Seed and bring in mr South...
Who knows they might even name a stand after him?

Oggy Red · January 29

Should never have got rid of Seth Plum.

sralan · January 29

seriously_red said:
I say get rid of Seed and bring in mr South...
Who knows they might even name a stand after him?

Can't do that as Mr. Stand has all four named after him.What a guy he was, but somehow slipped under the radar.

AFKABartram · January 29

BlackForestReds said:
I see Acworth has been at it again - recommending a non-league player by the name of Bartram.

Ten years ago I would have given Bexley Dan a run for his money, but not nowadays.

ShootersHillGuru · January 29

"The Bexley Dan" stand..........has a certain ring to it.

Big William · January 29

Mr Stand took all the credit for sorting out The Valley, those in the know realise that the real movers and shakers were

Cover Den
Wes Tand
Big Side
Olly (O)Penend

They all drink in the Whig club before the game. Mr Stand keeps out of there!

LenGlover · January 29

Oh I don't know.

Lindon was a player and became player manager when Macfarlane left but still stayed on as a player when Macfarlane came back.

My gripe is no shelter when it rains at games. They're so busy shuttling grounds between Charlton and Catford! Why don't they just stay in Charlton and build a shed at the North End where all our supporters stand? They could call it the Covered End.

My old girl spent an hour at the mangle getting the water out of my clothes after the last match and then soaked them all again on Monday wash day! Anyway enough of this: I'm off for a shag, so much more pleasurable than a woodbine.

Karim_myBagheri · January 29

i despair at this current bored. i really do. i know we are a league below, but you give lindon several thousand! yes thousand! to spend on some duffer defenders. then only give your new 'messiah' a couple of hundred. There's no point being cautious now.
I'm getting sick and tired of having to put up with those lumbering clay-headed buffoons from the den because they are a league above us. we will get there, but under this lot i have my doubts. still, Up the addicks.

legaladdick · January 29

LenGlover

My old girl spent an hour at the mangle getting the water out of my clothes after the last match

. Please stop boasting. There are people oop north in Sheffield who can only dream of one day getting a mangle.

Oggy Red · January 29

You were lucky to have a mangle. We had to burn clothes on t'fire to dry them.

ShootersHillGuru · January 29

Fire ! We were so poor we had to burn our mangle to keep warm.

3blokes · January 29

This board are bl ***y hopeless.
What next?
Maybe these buffoons will suggest we all sit on seats at matches or sell food in the ground or some other d**n silly idea.
In years to come people will call it Charlton's lowest point and say Bart Ram?Who did he play for?

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