Curbs was a great manager for us but there seems to be far more affection towards CP. I think CP is a better man manager(his biggest strength) and if he can marry this to the tactical nous that Curbs had then his place as a club legend will be assured.
CP has brought joy back to the Valley and I think fans of many clubs are jealous of us having him in charge. The desperate days of Dowie and Pardew seem a lifetime ago.
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I love SCP but let's not get ahead of ourselves.
The way football is now though, I dont see it
Very different characters and CP is the tonic we all needed following the debacle after Curbs left
The fact that he took us from pretty much our lowest point in decades to a record breaking championship win means that he will be talked about for years and years to come, whatever happens.
Alan Curbishley should have a stand to his name.
Powell is more likeable, and has near legend status for his time on the pitch and has near legend status for his managerial spell - 2.5 years isn't long enough to reach full legend status yet!
Don't forget Lennie, a legend and also a likeable individual
Where it went wrong was not having a contingency plan in place for when he left.
I think CP has so to speak ' put the batteries back into supporting Charlton'
Having previously been in many management roles at work over the years you have to be fairly driven as a person and you really need the support of the people who are around you to buy into what you are trying to achieve which is not an easy task.
I so wanted Chris to succeed when he came back to Charlton as a manager, as he brings fun , dignity, determination and pride with him characteristics he showed in buckets as a player, which is why I decided to up my game and get along to as many away games as were physically possible ( 18 in League One).
The warmth this guy brings with is infectious, my question is if Chris was to up sticks one day, who would fill his boots?
I know it's disrespectful to speculate whilst someone is still in the job, but I can see the same thing happening again, ie we tumble back down the divisions again.
Would be nice to think Chris could build something special, and if he decides to leave that we have some sort off continuity and legacy.
Different people, neither perfect but both incredible and I love them equally.
Chrissy is in the future, and I'm sure he will give Curbs a run for his money if we can keep him, but you can't compare the two yet! Chrissy has a League one title and a decent championship season to his name so far.
Only then can a fair comparison be made.
I love CP and he is a legend but Curbs was more in the deep end and he help built us up.
To be fair, Jimmy Seed and Lennie are currently ahead of CP for their achievements. I note all three had Wembley on their cv albeit in Lennie's case it was in a Mickey mouse cup and didn't involve winning there! Jimmy is the only Charlton manager to have taken us from D3 to D1 and our highest ever league place to boot. But for Lennie, doing it all with no home ground to play at was incredible.
Wimbledon were the only other club to play four whole seasons in the top flight on someone else's ground. In at least one season their average attendance was higher than Palace achieved this year. Hard to believe there was a time when that was possible isn't it?
WARNING: Seed went on to manage Millwall, Lawrence went on to manage Palace and Curbs went on to manage West Ham. So what on earth will become of our Chris later in his career?