CONFIRMED Ricky Holmes

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Getting desperate to not be commenting on league one games much longer.

His previous article was all about a single tweet from one individual not officially associated with the club suggesting Holmes may be motivated by money.
 

Weasel said:
No need to apologise fella. I make mistakes all the time....so my missus is forever telling me....like the times she tells me I've made a mistake as she scrapes my Sunday dinner into the bin when I'm late home from the afternoon session in the ale house with the lads...
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Ah! the epitome of Yorkshire working class life! And if you had been home in time to eat your dinner, would you have stripped down to your string vest afterwards and fallen asleep on the settee for a few hours, and been farting and snoring throughout?
 
Cerberus Blade said:
Ah! the epitome of Yorkshire working class life! And if you had been home in time to eat your dinner, would you have stripped down to your string vest afterwards and fallen asleep on the settee for a few hours, and been farting and snoring throughout?
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Haha. Yes, you are pretty much bang on with that description of a typical Sunday afternoon in my household. The only thing missing is that my partner in crime (the dog) is also usually farting and snoring on a Sunday afternoon after eating my 'your late home' Sunday dinner the disloyal tw@t. I dont mind the hound having a bit of Sunday dinner snap, but the day I walk in house from the pub and find him wearing my string vest and the tele controls in the paws is the day he over steps the mark.

Anyway, me and the missus have an agreement on most Sundays. I give her some free time to practice her culinary skills by making the dinner for the clan, play with her new toy (the iron), converse with her best friends (the kids), or even spend some intimate time with a 6 inch piece of plastic that is battery oparated and gives much pleasure.... (the tele controls obviously!), whilst I have to slum it in the surroundings of the 'Cock In Cider' alehouse talking bollox to my mates. She's a lucky girl that one I can tell you.
 
Weasel said:
Haha. Yes, you are pretty much bang on with that description of a typical Sunday afternoon in my household. The only thing missing is that my partner in crime (the dog) is also usually farting and snoring on a Sunday afternoon after eating my 'your late home' Sunday dinner the disloyal tw@t. I dont mind the hound having a bit of Sunday dinner snap, but the day I walk in house from the pub and find him wearing my string vest and the tele controls in the paws is the day he over steps the mark.

Anyway, me and the missus have an agreement on most Sundays. I give her some free time to practice her culinary skills by making the dinner for the clan, play with her new toy (the iron), converse with her best friends (the kids), or even spend some intimate time with a 6 inch piece of plastic that is battery oparated and gives much pleasure.... (the tele controls obviously!), whilst I have to slum it in the surroundings of the 'Cock In Cider' alehouse talking bollox to my mates. She's a lucky girl that one I can tell you.
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Thats what she says to me, while you are down the pub, with your mates
 
Paulus said:
What a bizarre article - http://www.kentlive.news/charlton-a...-as-his-word/story-30356580-detail/story.html
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It's as though that article has been written by a naeve 14 year old Charlton fan.

Much more sense spoken by the Charlton fans on the Charltonlife forum.
Even CA fans say they are a "headcase of club" and can't be confident about promotion.

If Holmes was 21 then he has plenty of time to progress and improve at Charlton.
However Homes is 30 in a few weeks, so this will probably be Holmes final chance to test himself at Championship level.

It's not about being a mercenary, it's about fulfilling his potential as a footballer.
If he doesn't have a season in the Championship, he'll always regret it and wonder how good he could have been.
 
Weasel said:
Haha. Yes, you are pretty much bang on with that description of a typical Sunday afternoon in my household. The only thing missing is that my partner in crime (the dog) is also usually farting and snoring on a Sunday afternoon after eating my 'your late home' Sunday dinner the disloyal tw@t. I dont mind the hound having a bit of Sunday dinner snap, but the day I walk in house from the pub and find him wearing my string vest and the tele controls in the paws is the day he over steps the mark.

Anyway, me and the missus have an agreement on most Sundays. I give her some free time to practice her culinary skills by making the dinner for the clan, play with her new toy (the iron), converse with her best friends (the kids), or even spend some intimate time with a 6 inch piece of plastic that is battery oparated and gives much pleasure.... (the tele controls obviously!), whilst I have to slum it in the surroundings of the 'Cock In Cider' alehouse talking bollox to my mates. She's a lucky girl that one I can tell you.
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That has made my day....soooo funny...,,,so great!
 
Weasel said:
Haha. Yes, you are pretty much bang on with that description of a typical Sunday afternoon in my household. The only thing missing is that my partner in crime (the dog) is also usually farting and snoring on a Sunday afternoon after eating my 'your late home' Sunday dinner the disloyal tw@t. I dont mind the hound having a bit of Sunday dinner snap, but the day I walk in house from the pub and find him wearing my string vest and the tele controls in the paws is the day he over steps the mark.

Anyway, me and the missus have an agreement on most Sundays. I give her some free time to practice her culinary skills by making the dinner for the clan, play with her new toy (the iron), converse with her best friends (the kids), or even spend some intimate time with a 6 inch piece of plastic that is battery oparated and gives much pleasure.... (the tele controls obviously!), whilst I have to slum it in the surroundings of the 'Cock In Cider' alehouse talking bollox to my mates. She's a lucky girl that one I can tell you.
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Make sure you get your missus a magic coffee table for Xmas!



:)
 

wizadry said:
We'll have to see if his missus prefers the shops there first.
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Aren't Leeds still managerless?

Who shows him around the training ground and explains to him how he fits into his first team plans if they have no manager?
 
McGrath said:
Aren't Leeds still managerless?

Who shows him around the training ground and explains to him how he fits into his first team plans if they have no manager?
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Don't worry about this part of the procedure, if his wife wants London then all this is irrelevant. :)
 
Rodley said:
I'd put them on a similar stature as us, West Brom, Wolves, etc.
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You must be 20 years old then? All my life they've been a 2 bob, Micky mouse club, bar when Curbishley miraculous over achieved for 6/7 years.
 
Norderner said:
You must be 20 years old then? All my life they've been a 2 bob, Micky mouse club, bar when Curbishley miraculous over achieved for 6/7 years.
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We've probably had the edge in the 50s, 60s and 70s. But in the 40-50 years since then I suspect they've edged it.

Similar sized club to us IMHO.
 
Rodley said:
We've probably had the edge in the 50s, 60s and 70s. But in the 40-50 years since then I suspect they've edged it.

Similar sized club to us IMHO.
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Ridley, we are bigger than them on almost every criteria than you can use to compare size.
Even the Charlton fans admit we're a much bigger club.

Let's look at a few facts: We win 6-0 based on the categories below.

Seasons spend in the top flight: SU 60 CA 26 (more than double).
Top flight titles won SU 1 CA 0
FA Cup wins SU 4 CA 1
League cup best achievement SU Semi final 2 CA Quarter-final 1
Average historical support 19K CA 17K
CA are only close to us because our average of 19K includeds gates starting from the1890's when gates were at a record low. Charlton joined the league in the 1920's when attendances everywhere were much higher. If you compare average gates from 1920 only then ours are much better.
Current stadium capacity 32.7K CA 27.1K

Charlton are one of those clubs with great potential (it is London after all). If they did well in the top flight they'd get excellent support but when they are struggling they always struggle to break 10,000. I remember Charlton as a 2nd tier club in the 80's and 90's and they always used to get 6K and 7K gates.
 
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Sheffsteel said:
Ridley, we are bigger than them on almost every criteria than you can use to compare size.
Even the Charlton fans admit we're a much bigger club.

Let's look at a few facts: We win 6-0 based on the categories below.

Seasons spend in the top flight: SU 60 CA 26 (more than double).
Top flight titles won SU 1 CA 0
FA Cup wins SU 4 CA 1
League cup best achievement SU Semi final 2 CA Quarter-final 1
Average historical support 19K CA 17K
CA are only close to us because our average of 19K includeds gates starting from the1890's when gates were at a record low. Charlton joined the league in the 1920's when attendances everywhere were much higher. If you compare average gates from 1920 only then ours are much better.
Current stadium capacity 32.7K CA 27.1K

Charlton are one of those clubs with great potential (it is London after all). If they did well in the top flight they'd get excellent support but when they are struggling they always struggle to break 10,000. I remember Charlton as a 2nd tier club in the 80's and 90's and they always used to get 6K and 7K gates.
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You've nailed it with that. I cannot understand for one moment how anyone could even remotely think that Sheff Utd and Charlton are similar size clubs. Never have been, never will be, no matter what criteria you look at. Charlton have always had a big ground - I'll give them that. As for "potential", well that depends on who is bankrolling them to a large extent. Charlton have never been a fashionable club - I'm not sure Sheff Utd have either - but we do have the better potential to get to the Prem and stay a bit longer this time maybe?
 
Reading Silent's thread showing finances in 60/61 and the reasons why we lost money, I question if we've ever been a big club after WW2. If we're bigger than Charlton then not by a great deal. We're closer to their size than we are Man U or Arsenal.
 
BushBlade said:
Reading Silent's thread showing finances in 60/61 and the reasons why we lost money, I question if we've ever been a big club after WW2. If we're bigger than Charlton then not by a great deal. We're closer to their size than we are Man U or Arsenal.
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Frankly I'm not all that bothered about how big we are. There's numerous clubs in the Champ of a similar scale. It's time we stopped trotting out all this self-congratulatory bollocks, it's a blue & white trait which we shouldn't adopt.
 

Rodley said:
Frankly I'm not all that bothered about how big we are. There's numerous clubs in the Champ of a similar scale. It's time we stopped trotting out all this self-congratulatory bollocks, it's a blue & white trait which we shouldn't adopt.
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Likewise. When I started going we were in L1 (Div 3) and had crowds of around 10-15,000. I didn't start going because we were massive or for the 'glory' but because it was my local team.
 
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