It's Parky's team...

nigel

In advance of tonight's game, just looked up the starting XI from when we beat Reading earlier in the season.

Weaver

Moots Hudson Fortune Basey

Sam Bailey Holland Bouazza

Gray Varney

Only Hudson, Bailey and possibly Sam from that XI will start tonight. So it's very much Parky's team. We can't go on blaming the toxic Pardew inheritance forever!

BlackForestReds

Possible Basey may play, and Gray and Fortune would have had they not gotten injured.

Bouazza was recalled and would still be in the playing squad.

gilbertfilbert

But I don't suppose it's the team he would have chosen had he been in charge since the close season. He's obviously been constrained by the limited pool of available players in mid-season, the presence in the squad of highly paid players he might not rate or want, the reluctance of players to come into such an unstable set up, and the already shattered morale of the club. I'm certainly not convinced he's the man for the job, but we can't really say he's had free rein, can we?

American_Addick

Other than some people are against further change because they believe some stability is needed ... what has Parky done that gives anyone confidence that he can do the job and deserves the opportunity to reshape this team and take it into next season?

oohaahmortimer

[cite]Posted By: American_Addick[/cite]Other than some people are against further change because they believe some stability is needed ... what has Parky done that gives anyone confidence that he can do the job and deserves the opportunity to reshape this team and take it into next season?

maybe it was his brilliant coaching when pardew was in charge that people aren't willing to forget too easily after this rather unlucky run of results

nigel

On paper, that team from last August doesn't look too shoddy, does it? (And indeed, more than on paper - they got a 4-2 result to back it up,too). At the very least, when you read the 11 names it certainly doesn't sound like a relegation side.

Interestng to compare it with the very different XI (8 or 9 changes) who are going to start tonight.

If Charlton Aug 2008 played Charlton March 2009, which XI do you reckon would win? I have to say my money would be on the Aug 08 team !

on edit: and I've just noticed Bouazza was the only loanee in the side last August...

SE7

[cite]Posted By: nigel w[/cite]In advance of tonight's game, just looked up the starting XI from when we beat Reading earlier in the season.

Weaver

Moots Hudson Fortune Basey

Sam Bailey Holland Bouazza

Gray Varney

Only Hudson, Bailey and possibly Sam from that XI will start tonight. So it's very much Parky's team. We can't go on blaming the toxic Pardew inheritance forever!

Fair play, but two of those have gone and two are out for the season, and I think we all prefer Elliot to Weaver, likewise Racon to Holland but I still firmly believe Moo2 should be playing

Oggy Red

2 out for the season - Fortune and Gray.
Add the 2 who have left, Bouazza and Varney.

Basey, who gave away a soft penalty that match, only played because Youga was suspended.
Racon had played well the previous match at Watford (but had picked up serious injury).

Surely both Youga and Racon would have played in that Pardew match if available?


Holland is a bit of an old knacker, but still gets regular appearances.
Sam played last reasonably well last Saturday - so maybe he's not fit?


So the main 2 out of favour are Moo2 and Weaver (who the club say has been unfit until last week).

Maybe many of the changes can be seen to have been forced upon the team, rather than by the manager deliberately not choosing the previous manager's squad .... ?