Can only speak for myself, was very very cyncial when he completed the speed-interview process successfully. Thought we'd just been dumped with a 'Roland yes man' who was here with the remit of what was not primarily best for Charlton, but was what was best for Starprix.
That may well be the case to a certain extent (a couple of team selections left me baffled), and there may well have been a bounce element with the players more due to Peeters no longer being in charge, but i've really taken to the guy, which if i'm honest i really didn't think i would.
Not only has he not been the disaster i feared, but he also seems to be a nice guy who has also taken to our club.
May well go wrong next season, but i'm more than happy at this point knowing he'll be in charge for the start of the season and more than willing to give him time if we get off to a poor start.
Do others feel the same / completely different ?
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So far so good, but next season will prove his worth what with him having a whole summer to make changes/bring in his own players etc.
Good luck to him, he stuck with it and got the results. I think he has proved he can do the job.
To be honest, managers hasnt really been where old Roly has fallen down. I liked Riga. Peeters honestly wasnt terrible (we all liked him at the start) and now the crouching Israeli has done well.
Basically I like him, seems the players like him, and he definitely likes himself.
Lets hope the recruitment over the summer means that we keep the same manager for a whole season (imagine that) due to having the quality in the squad to keep us out of any bad runs and near or in the playoffs.
I've still not taken to him as a person the way I did to Powell and Riga but I admire his iron clad self-belief and he's not arrogant - he's given credit to his staff and the players where appropriate and not once did he shove the poor initial reception back down the fans' throats as tempting as that must have been during that string of 3-0 wins.
Would be disappointed to see him go, and not just because it would mean yet another change. If he gets Roly's backing and trust then he could very well be the man to see us promoted - though I suspect it will be via the play-offs if ever.
He seems to me like a likeable young bloke with positive ideas about how he expects his teams to play. You can tell not only from the way we've played a few times under him, but also from his interviews.
I really hope RD/KM back him with some players that he feels would benefit the side. Dont think there's a manager currently out there available (within our catchment) that i would prefer than Luzon.
The day he was appointed as manager I'm sure that if you asked charlton fans at that point where do you think we will finish the season, answer would have been - relegation.
He done the job that was most important. Also pushed us up the league a bit to a more respectable position.
We played more positive and attractive football in patches.
I quote David Brent "judge me by my results"
Ps iam not guy Luzon.
He came in when we were on a bad run and after a bad start he had the boost of Hendo coming back, Coquelin playing and Watt finding form. He was backed with senior experienced players coming in too.
At times we played very well and we finished much higher in the table than our position when we arrived. And he seems to be liked by the players while even Seth Plum likes him now.
But next season it will be his season, not a clean up of Peeters mess. And Peeters was equally if not more liked by fans. We sung his name for sure.
Expectation will be that we improve on last season which means at least near the play-offs. But that depends on the club finding him 7 or 8 (at least) top notch players and some kids being able to step. I think that is a very big ask albeit outside his control.
Wanted him to be a success when he came and still do but I think he needs to be backed.
This season just gone was the warm up. His real test starts now.
So far he looks a good coach and under the model our owner has adopted that is exactly what we need.
I like his eccentric carry on at the side of the pitch and you can tell the players have warmed to him.
I think he'll be a success and the football we have played under him has (at times) been the best for years.
It all now depends on Roland. If he gives the right support to Guy, we could have an interesting season in 2015/2016.
Now the problem is; when we have a squad of fit and raring to go players with an onus on attacking, fine. but towards the end of last season, both Igor and Tony began to look a bit heavy legged. Tony because the lack of a pre season after the initial adrenalin boost at the beginning. With Igor is it an injury or just lost of form ?
we all know what we need up front and the ball playing mid fielder,
But i hope Guy explains that the successful teams have more pace than us,
No more slow players. I love Tony magic feet, but the rest must have pace.
The bottom line is Guy is at the mercy of the owner,
Yet again we are back at the same cross roads.
With the West ham Olympic stadium due to open with cheap tickets,
we can't afford not to be ambitious because i have heard not only our fair weather fans say their considering watching premier football across the river but a very long standing fan us well.
Should they be shot for treason ?
Or does our owner need to up his game.
The rumours about him seem true - he is a yes man (to Roland), and he rotates his squad (that may have gone un-noticed by some, but he definitely did it toward season end), and we don't know how much clout he has with what players stay.
I felt he was lucky in that he was "allowed" to sign squad back-up (Diarra, Johnson, Eagles) that Peters was apparently refused, had a resurgent Bulot, a fit-again Henderson, and an injured Jackson (which allowed Cousins to move central).
If he signs good players this summer, hangs on to the good ones we have (Johan, Joe, Jordan, and Hendo), and is lucky with loans and injuries, he could be a fine manager for our club. If he doesn't do all that, expect a bumpy ride (copyright Henry Irving).
It is all based on the results now, he has had his period where it basically did not matter (after moving us away from the zone) but there will be higher expectations of the club next season and that will reflect on him, KM and RD in equal measure.
Guy Luzon said in his first interview he likes to win and doesn't like to lose, and in that regard I have agreed with him from day one.
I really didn't like the manner of his appointment, and his online presence as it were, coupled with his inauspicious start, made me take against him from the off.
I do agree he has knowledge of football (although he cheerily admitted to me he had never read the laws, as did every player I asked at the POTY
I have also met him personally, and found I liked him, and that encounter has done a lot to mitigate against my first impression of him, he was good humoured and had a warmth about him which surprised me as this does not come over in the interviews.
He no longer makes my skin crawl or makes me want to vomit.
However the coming season is going to be a test of the regime. It will be a minor miracle if a template for all things continental, can be placed onto the Charlton context with no regard to aspects of English football, or aspects of the history and culture at Charlton.
I would like to see a shrewd Guy Luzon who does not see the championship competition with a blanket regard, but with a more forensic focus, and he either learns a lot very quickly about the game over here, or he gets good advice he can trust and work with.
We would all like to win, we all hate to lose, and in addition I would like to see bigger attendances at the Valley. Guy and the regime can influence attendances and I hope it works out.
But I have warmed to quirky Guy, in fact I earned a Bullseye of off Greenie Jnr he said we would finish 14th or worst I said higher, thanks to GL I won.
So based on the above he will take us back to the promised land of Glory Boy Football next season.
Arise SGL.
Took a few weeks to start getting results, but once he'd had a look he started playing players (particularly JC) in the right positions and with the mentality to go out and attack. That run of winning 3-0 was brilliant!
Looking forward to seeing what he can do after a while pre-season and with some of his own signings.
A lot depends on whether, now, he has got the bottle to stand up for the players he really wants to extend/sign - not just accept whatever is thrown his way.