Don't want to write off Bob Peeters yet (not fair as he hasn't had a chance to prove himself) but Greg Riga's comment only goes to confirm the good feelings I had about JR at the end of the season, and how gutted I am that RD didn't hire him. JR understood the squad and was getting a team picked which was the right mix. Wasn't perfect, but the best he could achieve. Reckon he had the potential to give us a good shot at doing well in the Championship this coming season.
Lets see what gives with BP. I think he needs a lot of good luck to sort something decent from the transfer and loan windows.
Another bitter non believer - keep the faith we have a very successful businessman owner who would not want to waste money and understands that failure is not an option He has talented scouts scouring youtube as we speak for the next polish Pete or Thuram , these guys know their stuff why else would €2.7m have been spent on these fine prospects If you can't move with the times , I suggest you move on because what a great and wonderful joke Club we follow and to be part of this masterful initiative from this Belgian visionary is truly an honour to be involved with
Apparent ly the post is not a fake. However, RD only employed Riga on a short term contract and despite the adrenalin rush of avoiding relegation he continued with his plans of bringing in someone other than Riga, presumably Bob. You must have come across some pretty successful business men who have little human skills and continue on their chosen plan to spite the evidence that an alternative is better.
Apparent ly the post is not a fake. However, RD only employed Riga on a short term contract and despite the adrenalin rush of avoiding relegation he continued with his plans of bringing in someone other than Riga, presumably Bob. You must have come across some pretty successful business men who have little human skills and continue on their chosen plan to spite the evidence that an alternative is better.
I have. However, there are some businesses where the major assets are human. Advertising agencies are an example. I think that football clubs are very similar. In such companies, "people businesses", human skills are very important for those companies' leaders. Otherwise the assets either walk out of the door or don't perform as well as they could. And new "assets" don't want to be part of the business.
I can accept that RD never had any plan to keep JR. For the life of me, I cannot think of any good reason why RD failed to tell JR this immediately after the season ended, handing him a juicy little performance bonus in the process. If he had done that, this thread would not exist.
Has anyone just thought that the last time Roland had Riga on a contract he just left him at liege and went to Qatar to go and coach. So he didn't want to risk losing someone again who was never in a job very long , i really liked Riga but maybe Roland see's Peeters as a long term manager ( head coach ).
Has anyone just thought that the last time Roland had Riga on a contract he just left him at liege and went to Qatar to go and coach. So he didn't want to risk losing someone again who was never in a job very long , i really liked Riga but maybe Roland see's Peeters as a long term manager ( head coach ).
Or have you thought about why Riga left Liege after one season under Duchatelet with a year left on his contract for a short term 9 month contract at the Aspire Youth Academy in Qatar?
As for being "someone...who was never in a job very long" - just before joining Liege on July 1st 2011 he had been at his previous club RCS Visé from July 1st 2008 to June 30th 2011.....
Additionally, the evidence of his 3 years in control at Liege and his 5 months with us is that Duchatelet doesn't do long term coach/managers...
Riga left SL of his own volition, not waiting for RD to sack him - so perhaps not giving Riga the Charlton job is Roly's rather puerile attempt at getting his own back?
Who knows what's going on in that man's head. I was gutted to see Powell go but the way Riga conducted himself from day one was exemplary and when the results picked up, I started to wonder whether Roly didn't know what he was doing after all and if maybe, I was just a bit too sentimental. Then he got shot of him too.
Has anyone just thought that the last time Roland had Riga on a contract he just left him at liege and went to Qatar to go and coach. So he didn't want to risk losing someone again who was never in a job very long , i really liked Riga but maybe Roland see's Peeters as a long term manager ( head coach ).
This is something I've been thinking as well...
Partly could also be down to the fact that RD prefers giving young managers a shot i.e. Guy Luzon at Liege is only 38-years old whilst Bob Peeters is of course 40-years old... In Riga he saw someone who was experienced and who could get us out of the Relegation problem (and was correct in his decision) but ultimately might prefer youth as they could have new ideas about the Sport etc...
And I know Chris Powell is 44 so also young in that sense but again I believe that RD just wants a fellow countryman to deal with... (this isnt racist or me discriminating but if I owned a Football club I'd ideally want an English Manager to ensure there wasnt a language barrier and things couldnt be miss-translated)
This thread makes me quite sad. I will support Peeters and whoever ends up playing for us as much as I can, but Riga built up a real affinity with the club in a very short space of time. He had a difficult job, following a club legend, and not much time to do it. To get the players, staff and fans pulling together to retain our Championship status is remarkable and I think he really deserved a shot at the job long term. Let's hope we will find out why Peeters was preferred!
Has anyone just thought that the last time Roland had Riga on a contract he just left him at liege and went to Qatar to go and coach. So he didn't want to risk losing someone again who was never in a job very long , i really liked Riga but maybe Roland see's Peeters as a long term manager ( head coach ).
This is something I've been thinking as well...
Partly could also be down to the fact that RD prefers giving young managers a shot i.e. Guy Luzon at Liege is only 38-years old whilst Bob Peeters is of course 40-years old... In Riga he saw someone who was experienced and who could get us out of the Relegation problem (and was correct in his decision) but ultimately might prefer youth as they could have new ideas about the Sport etc...
And I know Chris Powell is 44 so also young in that sense but again I believe that RD just wants a fellow countryman to deal with... (this isnt racist or me discriminating but if I owned a Football club I'd ideally want an English Manager to ensure there wasnt a language barrier and things couldnt be miss-translated)
Let's hope Bob can speak French or Roland can speak Flem^^
Although many of us would have liked to see Jose Riga appointed on a longer term basis, the way that he left, on a high having kept us up means that it never had the time to go a little sour. Both we and Jose himself will always have fond memories of his time here, untainted by the brickbats that inevitably come with hard times. I will always remember that very noisy JOSE RIGA BABY singing when we clinched survival at the Valley - one of those priceless Charlton memories.
Whilst I was impressed by Jose and hoped he would stay, whilst I loved it when he declared his affection for our great club, it's from his son, hardly objective and adds little to the debate.
It's an interesting, admirable display of loyalty and one I would expect from my son but no more than that, he was hardly likely to say "tough luck Dad, you did well but Bob Peeters is the man for the job"
Whilst I was impressed by Jose and hoped he would stay, whilst I loved it when he declared his affection for our great club, it's from his son, hardly objective and adds little to the debate.
It's an interesting, admirable display of loyalty and one I would expect from my son but no more than that, he was hardly likely to say "tough luck Dad, you did well but Bob Peeters is the man for the job"
Actually I would say that something that his offspring says about his affection for the club is more valid than any reading between the lines or guessing that usually happens on here.
If his son says that Riga wanted to stay and is willing to put it all over Facebook, then yes I think its worth something!
Problem is no one still in the club are going to publicly state anything negative whilst they are still employed. The only such information is going to come from those that have left. That then allows those who choose not to believe anything negative to say it's just soar grapes.
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Reckon he had the potential to give us a good shot at doing well in the Championship this coming season.
Lets see what gives with BP. I think he needs a lot of good luck to sort something decent from the transfer and loan windows.
JUST DON'T LOSE US POYET FFS!!!!
He has talented scouts scouring youtube as we speak for the next polish Pete or Thuram , these guys know their stuff why else would €2.7m have been spent on these fine prospects
If you can't move with the times , I suggest you move on because what a great and wonderful
jokeClub we followand to be part of this masterful initiative from this Belgian visionary is truly an honour to be involved with
- Jose Riga's son is a basket case, or
- the post is fake?
What about his girlfriend though . Ssshwwiiiiing
I can accept that RD never had any plan to keep JR. For the life of me, I cannot think of any good reason why RD failed to tell JR this immediately after the season ended, handing him a juicy little performance bonus in the process. If he had done that, this thread would not exist.
As for being "someone...who was never in a job very long" - just before joining Liege on July 1st 2011 he had been at his previous club RCS Visé from July 1st 2008 to June 30th 2011.....
Additionally, the evidence of his 3 years in control at Liege and his 5 months with us is that Duchatelet doesn't do long term coach/managers...
Partly could also be down to the fact that RD prefers giving young managers a shot i.e. Guy Luzon at Liege is only 38-years old whilst Bob Peeters is of course 40-years old... In Riga he saw someone who was experienced and who could get us out of the Relegation problem (and was correct in his decision) but ultimately might prefer youth as they could have new ideas about the Sport etc...
And I know Chris Powell is 44 so also young in that sense but again I believe that RD just wants a fellow countryman to deal with... (this isnt racist or me discriminating but if I owned a Football club I'd ideally want an English Manager to ensure there wasnt a language barrier and things couldnt be miss-translated)
It's an interesting, admirable display of loyalty and one I would expect from my son but no more than that, he was hardly likely to say "tough luck Dad, you did well but Bob Peeters is the man for the job"
If his son says that Riga wanted to stay and is willing to put it all over Facebook, then yes I think its worth something!