My tin hat is firmly on, but now that it is obvious that Parky is our man this season, I reckon we should get behind him and start chanting his name during games. Maybe some have done this last season already? I haven't and neither have I heard it, but I want all teams coming to the Valley (at least) knowing we are a club, a family and we are right behind the entire team. I am prepared to get right behind him, he appears to be getting things together and I think we should offer him a clean slate.
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Obviously if his record at the start of this season continues on from last year then my position will change but right now he's making the right noises, the players seem behind him and as fans of CAFC all we can do is give the team and Parky 100% backing from the minute the first ball is kicked. Anything else would be counter productive and make another bad season a self fulfilling prophecy.
GET BEHIND HIM!
gibber, gibber, gibber.
I agree with this. I want him to succeed because I want Charlton to succeed but vocal backing ? A step too far for me at the moment. He needs to show that he deserves that backing and so far he has done nothing to warrant me singing his name. Unfortunately I really think he is the wrong man for the job and that we will be singing his name after four or five games but in a different context. Hope I'm wrong though.
Phil Parkinson the player I remember as a tough, no-nonsense player. The manager at Colchester who made his name and was heralded when Pardew bought him in, is the manager of my club. He has my backing, He just has a bloody difficult name to sing anything to!!
I will not forgive or forget Pardew saying at the village hotel in Maidstone that IF we went down, we would need some solid, hard men in the side who could do 45 physically demanding games a season. He then proceeded to spend 10 million pounds on not one player who I would describe as hard or solid. Iwelumo doesn't count as he was on a free.
Parkinson deserves a chance, to be fair to him he could of dropped out and let Kinsella take on the undo-able task but he didn't so I back Parkinson.
Deserves a chance?
He deserved a chance to be caretaker manager.
That was it. And he failed.
No wins in 8 matches. But he got the job anyway. It's all about "results!"
He didn't deserve to be made "permanent manager." But he still was, and he led the club to the worst period in its 104-year history.
He deserved to be fired. Again.
But he wasn't, if for no other reason that he became a victim of circumstance with another year on his contract, a skint board and a protracted takeover bid.
As long as he has the job, I'll wish him well. Despite seeing no evidence that he is actually up to the task.
So while I wish him success, I would not chant his name.
That should be earned, not automatic for anyone in the manager's seat.
To date, Parky hasn't earned anything.
yet the blinkered think it has nothing to do with him ffs
even he'd admit he was part of that shambles but he isn't doing us any favours by staying it's his job and he has bills to pay ffs
and you can't tell me that we've got that bad a squad to go down 13 points from safety especially as there was some 'improved' performances at the end
he took over a demoralised squad of players that he'd been around as they got demoralised for 2 years and he got them playing worse ffs he took over 3rd bottom and went down bottom by a country mile
but despite his poor track record with us of course we all want him to do well , fingers crossed
He has handled himself well in the close season when the takeover must be unsettling for him and the team.
Lets get behind him
You can all show unity by getting behind the team it doesn't have to include shouting Parky's name and you know if things start going pear shape he will get stick.
I hope the guy does well and gets us back up for all our sakes but lets keep it in perspective for the time being.
He has earned mine already
‘Cos he took us down
He’s a bit of a clown
But he’s Charlton’s own
Ooooh Parky
Ooooh Parky
Confidence is a preference for the habitual crap manager known as... Parky!
And defeat can be avoided if you take a route straight through what is known as... Parky!
He’s got brewer's droop, he gets intimidated by the Palace - they love a bit of it… Parky!
Who's that playing 4-5-1 ? You should cut down on your midfielders mate, get some strikers….Parky !
Could catch on I think
If we are losing people will soon start calling for his head.
Such is the way of football.
Thank you Sigmund
He appears to be doing his best in trying circumstances and does not spout bullsh** blaming fans, Club songs, location of away fans, training ground decor in short everybody but himself unlike the 21st Century Mullery!
I want Charlton to succeed once more. That will only happen if the fans get behind the shirt and the management in my opinion.
but no-one is saying boo him (yet, but it will happen imo) and there is a big difference between that and cheering his name. He's done nothing yet for fans to start chanting his name. We did that straight off when our supposed savious Pardoo arrived and look where that got us. Hopefully in time Parky will win us over and earn the accolades he'd then receive but until he does no way Jose.
AA you seem to be suggesting that someone sometime said that Parky would only be retained on the outcome of results....have I missed something here...where and when was that?
I think we all know he's at the last chance saloon....he has to start getting some decent results and very very quickly.
Not if Parky is part of the consortium taking over the club. Job for life.
Luckiest man in footaball at the moment is Parkinson to have pretty much a season to turn it around after the shambles last year.
I completely agree.
It's a new season, so why not get behind him on the first day of the season. If he has a terrible record after 10 games and people want to have a go then fine, but it's a new start and he's the manager like it or not. Hearing the fans get behind Parky could help settle the players and give a feel of unity that we really need.
Some football fans seem to go in for the cut off your nose to spite your face approach - Charlton succeeding is what we all want more than anything but they'd rather hold back some support on a small principle or prejudice they hold. I don't understand how not getting behind the manager is in the interests of the club at the moment because no-one knows how he will do next season, especially when we can't even afford to get rid of him at the moment anyway.
Surely Mark Hughes is in with a shout for that award!
Unlike Mark Hughes Parkinson has little or no pressure or expectation as we have scarce resources etc and none of us are really expecting great things for the first time in past couple of seasons I would imagine. It is right though that the past is the past and come 3pm on the start of the new term he has a blank canvas and will judge him on results this year.