Doubt he'll be scoring all season but he was always capable of getting a few goals with good service.
You don't get the best out of a player with no experience of English football by playing him alongside others in the same situation, as well as several youngsters that aren't proven and/or consistent. Throw in an unproven head coach and assistant and what chance do any of them have?
It's not surprising that a number of players have left for a higher division. We had some good individuals but as a club we didn't have the management and squad to give them a chance of having any real success.
There's something I thought I'd never see in the flesh. Played really well tonight against a strong(ish) Bournemouth side, no Francis tonight @PragueAddick btw but he has been excellent whenever I've seen him for Bournemouth. Mak gave a real target man performance for PNE, caused their centre halfs problems throughout and put in a massive shift. Even did a bit of Tony Watt in the corner right at the end. Not a great game tbf but Preston were good for their win in the end.
Obviously a decent player - showed at Rotherham away last season what he was capable of.
Sadly the clusterfuck administration of the club and the clown-shoe brigade coaching meant we ruined him - and then the neanderthal brigade jumped on his back as well.
Just because a bloke is 6' 5" doesn't mean he'll be strong in the air, Peter Crouch isn't dominant in the air either, he wins his share but is not actually that good of a header, certainly not compared to someone like Duncan Ferguson or Andy Carroll.
Makienok needed balls to feet and chest and then to link the play but what did he get? Aimless punts forward twenty foot over his head whilst Tony Watt adopted the teapot pose on the halfway line.
Not surprising that two of his goals were headers.
The fact is, a large section of our support are dickheads who don't recognise what the problem actually is and instead they blame the player.
We were never set up in a way to get the best out of him. Gudmundsson on one side cutting in and no winger on the left, where were the crosses ever coming from? Not to mention the amount of hoofed balls up to him without any single Charlton player near him was embarrassing.
Add to the fact that others have said about players in the same situation or young and inexperienced players and coaches. We were doomed. And we all know who's fault that is.
They may actually use his strengths, stick crosses into the box and get players closer to him. By doing that, he's a good, effective player.
I wish him well and am happy to see him not only be the match winner, but score a hat trick against a Premier League side.
Not surprising that two of his goals were headers.
The fact is, a large section of our support are dickheads who don't recognise what the problem actually is and instead they blame the player.
We were never set up in a way to get the best out of him. Gudmundsson on one side cutting in and no winger on the left, where were the crosses ever coming from? Not to mention the amount of hoofed balls up to him without any single Charlton player near him was embarrassing.
Add to the fact that others have said about players in the same situation or young and experienced players and coaches. We were doomed. And we all know who's fault that is.
They may actually use his strengths, stick crosses into the box and get players closer to him. By doing that, he's a good, effective player.
I wish him well and am happy to see him not only be the match winner, but score a hat trick against a Premier League side.
Not surprising that two of his goals were headers.
The fact is, a large section of our support are dickheads who don't recognise what the problem actually is and instead they blame the player.
We were never set up in a way to get the best out of him. Gudmundsson on one side cutting in and no winger on the left, where were the crosses ever coming from? Not to mention the amount of hoofed balls up to him without any single Charlton player near him was embarrassing.
Add to the fact that others have said about players in the same situation or young and experienced players and coaches. We were doomed. And we all know who's fault that is.
They may actually use his strengths, stick crosses into the box and get players closer to him. By doing that, he's a good, effective player.
I wish him well and am happy to see him not only be the match winner, but score a hat trick against a Premier League side.
Games like Ipswich at home when he didn't try at all did him no favours . I don't advocate booing our players and ironic cheering but without doubt he had about 3 good games for us ; 2 of them in August
Last season's team / squad weakness (apart from a pile of players, mistakenly picked from Thomas Drieson's stats model that didn't appear to take account of the fact that a pass rate in a European second division / reserve game does not equate with a pass rate in a competitive championship game) was a lack of wingers. Duchatelet did not want to put his hand in his pocket for Karl Henry or Bulot. Makienok needed decent wingers to create opportunities and that was seriously lacking in Charlton's team. Whilst not the best footballer in the world, the team set up didn't favour Makienok.
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Ha. I hadn't seen the above, when I posted, so it must be true !
Dunno whether Francis was playing or not for Bournemouth, but they both show a section of our support up as a right bunch of knobheads.
You don't get the best out of a player with no experience of English football by playing him alongside others in the same situation, as well as several youngsters that aren't proven and/or consistent. Throw in an unproven head coach and assistant and what chance do any of them have?
It's not surprising that a number of players have left for a higher division. We had some good individuals but as a club we didn't have the management and squad to give them a chance of having any real success.
Sadly the clusterfuck administration of the club and the clown-shoe brigade coaching meant we ruined him - and then the neanderthal brigade jumped on his back as well.
Just because a bloke is 6' 5" doesn't mean he'll be strong in the air, Peter Crouch isn't dominant in the air either, he wins his share but is not actually that good of a header, certainly not compared to someone like Duncan Ferguson or Andy Carroll.
Makienok needed balls to feet and chest and then to link the play but what did he get? Aimless punts forward twenty foot over his head whilst Tony Watt adopted the teapot pose on the halfway line.
A real shame.
The fact is, a large section of our support are dickheads who don't recognise what the problem actually is and instead they blame the player.
We were never set up in a way to get the best out of him. Gudmundsson on one side cutting in and no winger on the left, where were the crosses ever coming from? Not to mention the amount of hoofed balls up to him without any single Charlton player near him was embarrassing.
Add to the fact that others have said about players in the same situation or young and inexperienced players and coaches. We were doomed. And we all know who's fault that is.
They may actually use his strengths, stick crosses into the box and get players closer to him. By doing that, he's a good, effective player.
I wish him well and am happy to see him not only be the match winner, but score a hat trick against a Premier League side.
Charlton not featuring at all.
He's the one laughing on the other side of his face!
- On SSN
- gets to go home and score a hat-trick of his own with his actress wife:
But solace for us is we can belch on a forum about what a donkey he was for us. So needless to say we have the last laugh.