I'm guessing it's mostly personal decisions that will suit his professional life and the location is better for him.
The fact that he's off and Robinsons staying, may also suggest that Robbo knows he's a gonna too but he wants to wait for the payoff and can afford to be in between jobs.
I can't vouch for his coaching credentials, but having met him you could tell he was a football fan first and foremost. We all know the crazy ins and outs the past 3+ years as highlighted above but I suspect this one is a combination of being able to go somewhere he really has a connection to and wants to be and also knowing that role likely has a more longevity than at Charlton.
If his replacement is JJ then it's probably a win win all round, but I also fear a little for Jackson if RD remains owner for the foreseeable. But it's testament to the man that despite everything he knows and has seen he's not giving up on us just yet.
I wish Richie all the best, i've no doubt he would have worked hard for us in his short stint at the coaching mad house.
Barker is a very experienced coach and manager. Like the also departing Clark he was the wise old head in an otherwise young and inexperienced team of coaches.
KR is 36, JJ 34, Bowyer 40 but has no experience to talk off. Not sure how old Congo Chris is but he has a few months in English football.
Barker going leaves a big experience gap but such things have never worried Duchatelet before.
Barker is a very experienced coach and manager. Like the also departing Clark he was the wise old head in an otherwise young and inexperienced team of coaches.
KR is 36, JJ 34, Bowyer 40 but has no experience to talk off. Not sure how old Congo Chris is but he has a few months in English football.
Barker going leaves a big experience gap but such things have never worried Duchatelet before.
Barker is only 41, so not that much more experienced than KR really seeing that KR has been managing for 7 years
Steve Gallen might have been brought in on the recruitment side but can probably help as well, as he's certainly experienced
Barker is a very experienced coach and manager. Like the also departing Clark he was the wise old head in an otherwise young and inexperienced team of coaches.
KR is 36, JJ 34, Bowyer 40 but has no experience to talk off. Not sure how old Congo Chris is but he has a few months in English football.
Barker going leaves a big experience gap but such things have never worried Duchatelet before.
Barker is only 41, so not that much more experienced than KR really seeing that KR has been managing for 7 years
Steve Gallen might have been brought in on the recruitment side but can probably help as well, as he's certainly experienced
Thought he was older than that as seemed to have been around for ages. My mistake.
Still need a more experienced coach imo. A Peacock for Curbs
Barker is a very experienced coach and manager. Like the also departing Clark he was the wise old head in an otherwise young and inexperienced team of coaches.
KR is 36, JJ 34, Bowyer 40 but has no experience to talk off. Not sure how old Congo Chris is but he has a few months in English football.
Barker going leaves a big experience gap but such things have never worried Duchatelet before.
Barker is only 41, so not that much more experienced than KR really seeing that KR has been managing for 7 years
Steve Gallen might have been brought in on the recruitment side but can probably help as well, as he's certainly experienced
Thought he was older than that as seemed to have been around for ages. My mistake.
Still need a more experienced coach imo. A Peacock for Curbs
I guess it could have been Lennie if things had turned out differently...
Clark to go as well as Barker according to the SLP. If the Liverpool Lip (Nicked from Kevin Nolan's report on the Chesterfield game) thinks that replacing them with ex Charlton players instead, will make the fans happy, he's daft as a brush.
Think the main point about this we can see is less the merit of individuals as the continuing instability.
Robinson's set-up always looked top-heavy, although O'Loughlin was imposed on the club by Duchatelet and Nugent and Clark he inherited.
Out of 12 second-tier coaches who have begun to work with the first team since the takeover only one - Lee Turner - has lasted more than a year and more than half have failed to survive six months.
None of the seven different managers / head coaches have completed a year either. Overall, 22 different people will have taken charge of training about 100 different players in just over three years - even before considering the other backroom staff.
Think the main point about this we can see is less the merit of individuals as the continuing instability.
Robinson's set-up always looked top-heavy, although O'Loughlin was imposed on the club by Duchatelet and Nugent and Clark he inherited.
Out of 12 second-tier coaches who have begun to work with the first team since the takeover only one - Lee Turner - has lasted more than a year and more than half have failed to survive six months.
None of the seven different managers / head coaches have completed a year either. Overall, 22 different people will have taken charge of training about 100 different players in just over three years - even before considering the other backroom staff.
Put like that it shows why we are in our current position. To be honest, it's amazing we are not even lower.
With Clarky, we spoke to him about one or two things internally that he didn’t think were for him. He wants to challenge himself in a different way. He is another great guy and someone that I will stay in contact with.
Yeah he didnt want to be a puppet anymore I bet!!
There will be more changes in the summer – some through their own choices, and some mine. They are choices that I believe will help us to get to where we want to go.
There are going to be a lot of things that are completely different around the building and that gives us complete flexibility moving forward.
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Funnily Barker actually lives in Brighton!
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I'm guessing it's mostly personal decisions that will suit his professional life and the location is better for him.
The fact that he's off and Robinsons staying, may also suggest that Robbo knows he's a gonna too but he wants to wait for the payoff and can afford to be in between jobs.
If his replacement is JJ then it's probably a win win all round, but I also fear a little for Jackson if RD remains owner for the foreseeable. But it's testament to the man that despite everything he knows and has seen he's not giving up on us just yet.
I wish Richie all the best, i've no doubt he would have worked hard for us in his short stint at the coaching mad house.
KR is 36, JJ 34, Bowyer 40 but has no experience to talk off. Not sure how old Congo Chris is but he has a few months in English football.
Barker going leaves a big experience gap but such things have never worried Duchatelet before.
Steve Gallen might have been brought in on the recruitment side but can probably help as well, as he's certainly experienced
Still need a more experienced coach imo. A Peacock for Curbs
Maybe we could get him back and return to the glory days of being thrashed 3-0 in the Championship?
Robinson's set-up always looked top-heavy, although O'Loughlin was imposed on the club by Duchatelet and Nugent and Clark he inherited.
Out of 12 second-tier coaches who have begun to work with the first team since the takeover only one - Lee Turner - has lasted more than a year and more than half have failed to survive six months.
None of the seven different managers / head coaches have completed a year either. Overall, 22 different people will have taken charge of training about 100 different players in just over three years - even before considering the other backroom staff.
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Yeah he didnt want to be a puppet anymore I bet!!
There will be more changes in the summer – some through their own choices, and some mine. They are choices that I believe will help us to get to where we want to go.
There are going to be a lot of things that are completely different around the building and that gives us complete flexibility moving forward.
These two sentences make me very nervous!!