@brentwoodmark Thanks sweety for your concern. I should be ok. Thanks for your huge contributions to this forum. Them 4 likes you've got since 2012 were clearly for a reason.
LOL...... First time I've laughed this morning!!
Don't get why some bother commenting with such negative comments all the time...
The forum tends to be busier when there is negative energy. Says it all....
I have had time to reflect and my view and opinion has changed slightly.
I wish SCP all the best in his future endeavours, however I agree he had to leave or be backed and if he was not willing to join the new ways... the door was opened and he was thrown from it. His act of defiance cost us a FA CUP Semi-Final.
I will always love Chrissy Powell. Charlton Legend.
Good stuff Cray for getting your view put to the board.
Just seen players at training on sky sports, joking and laughing. Professional footballers move on quickly, maybe you should. The new manager has my full support.COYR.
You saw them laughing in training... Oh no suddenly the world is a better place??? Good one.
I took this from another thread but it sums it all up to be honest. Written by lookout.
"Most of our players are still out of contract. They clearly believed in Chris Powell and his vision for the Club; a vision that is aligned with the history and traditions of CAFC and its supporters. He has been treated extremely poorly in the past two years. And now he's been forced out because of his unwillingness to bend to the owners' vision for the future.
These players will now have nothing to play for knowing that everything they've bought into in the past three years about Charlton Athletic has been brought crashing down and they will know that they have no place in the new vision. They will be disposed of, just like Chris Powell. Who knows who their replacements will be. No one can organise this group of players to achieve anything more than Chris Powell did.
Charlton will be relegated. But what's worse is that we had a chance to be successful and do it the Charlton way. That's now gone for now and we'll have to start again. I can't see it any other way."
Sadly the Charlton way of success in the past (like almost all other clubs) has been to spend lots of money that was 'invested' by those that owned the club.
It's easy to say that we could do things the Charlton way, but the previous owners were vilified because they wouldn't spend more money (even though we were losing £8m a year) and Richard Murray and his old board managed to rack up millions and millions of pounds of debt following the Premier League days that they had to write off.
I'm not saying I like the idea of being in a stable of clubs but if the only viable alternative is for a new owner to drop c. £10m a season into the club then until you find one willing and able to do so we have little alternative. Not to mention that the rules are changing re FFP.
Anyone that says that what we have been doing was working needs to look at where we are in the table and the state of the pitch. I'm not blaming Powell for that but if we are saying that he needed money for players then we are back at the same question aren't we?
In the absence of millions of pounds of free money what are our alternatives? If Powell doesn't want to share players across the 'group' then that's fine, but if that is the only way the owner is going to bankroll us then it made Powell's departure inevitable.
I have had time to reflect and my view and opinion has changed slightly.
I wish SCP all the best in his future endeavours, however I agree he had to leave or be backed and if he was not willing to join the new ways... the door was opened and he was thrown from it. His act of defiance cost us a FA CUP Semi-Final.
I will always love Chrissy Powell. Charlton Legend.
Good stuff Cray for getting your view put to the board.
Cant see how you can say it cost as a semi final.
Picking 'his' players instead of the best possible team could be seen as damaging to our hopes of winning. Whether or not that was indeed the case (I suspect it was).
I have had time to reflect and my view and opinion has changed slightly.
I wish SCP all the best in his future endeavours, however I agree he had to leave or be backed and if he was not willing to join the new ways... the door was opened and he was thrown from it. His act of defiance cost us a FA CUP Semi-Final.
I will always love Chrissy Powell. Charlton Legend.
Good stuff Cray for getting your view put to the board.
Cant see how you can say it cost as a semi final.
Picking 'his' players instead of the best possible team could be seen as damaging to our hopes of winning. Whether or not that was indeed the case (I suspect it was).
But who is to say playing
Thurham Reza AA Nego Koc Polish Pete
instead of lets say
Hamer Church Jackson Wilson or Cousins Harriott Tudgay
would have seen as win?
If CP thought any of the above players were the better choice i believe he would of played them.
I have had time to reflect and my view and opinion has changed slightly.
I wish SCP all the best in his future endeavours, however I agree he had to leave or be backed and if he was not willing to join the new ways... the door was opened and he was thrown from it. His act of defiance cost us a FA CUP Semi-Final.
I will always love Chrissy Powell. Charlton Legend.
Good stuff Cray for getting your view put to the board.
Cant see how you can say it cost as a semi final.
Picking 'his' players instead of the best possible team could be seen as damaging to our hopes of winning. Whether or not that was indeed the case (I suspect it was).
You don't think he sees his players as the best possible team? He clearly didn't rate the signings that were brought in, apart from Astrid, who many have mentioned does not seem fit enough to complete 90 minutes. The guy wanted the best for Charlton, he wasn't not playing these players out of spite.
There seems to be an opinon that because Pete cost 800k, Goochi is an international and Nego is someone new, that they must be great and ready for the rigours of championship football. It's clear Powell didn't think so, and isn't that was a manager's job is? Not at Charlton anymore sadly.
I have had time to reflect and my view and opinion has changed slightly.
I wish SCP all the best in his future endeavours, however I agree he had to leave or be backed and if he was not willing to join the new ways... the door was opened and he was thrown from it. His act of defiance cost us a FA CUP Semi-Final.
I will always love Chrissy Powell. Charlton Legend.
Good stuff Cray for getting your view put to the board.
I have had time to reflect and my view and opinion has changed slightly.
I wish SCP all the best in his future endeavours, however I agree he had to leave or be backed and if he was not willing to join the new ways... the door was opened and he was thrown from it. His act of defiance cost us a FA CUP Semi-Final.
I will always love Chrissy Powell. Charlton Legend.
Good stuff Cray for getting your view put to the board.
Cant see how you can say it cost as a semi final.
Picking 'his' players instead of the best possible team could be seen as damaging to our hopes of winning. Whether or not that was indeed the case (I suspect it was).
But who is to say playing
Thurham Reza AA Nego Koc Polish Pete
instead of lets say
Hamer Church Jackson Harriott Tudgay
would have seen as win?
If CP thought any of the above players were the better choice i believe he would of played them.
Koc and Pete are youth products and their appearances in the U21s I believe shows that RD was not pushing for them to be played.
I think Reza and AA have shown far more since they've been here than the Powell equivalents. Nego hasn't been given a chance but didn't look to bad in the single game that he played.
Thuram hasn't been great, and he's the only selection that I don't particularly agree with.
To me, it was clear that Powell knew his job was untenable and made the decision to play his team rather than the best, which goes against the best interests of Charlton in my mind. They could've lost anyway, but the principle of not playing the best available team is still there.
I have had time to reflect and my view and opinion has changed slightly.
I wish SCP all the best in his future endeavours, however I agree he had to leave or be backed and if he was not willing to join the new ways... the door was opened and he was thrown from it. His act of defiance cost us a FA CUP Semi-Final.
I will always love Chrissy Powell. Charlton Legend.
Good stuff Cray for getting your view put to the board.
Cant see how you can say it cost as a semi final.
Picking 'his' players instead of the best possible team could be seen as damaging to our hopes of winning. Whether or not that was indeed the case (I suspect it was).
You don't think he sees his players as the best possible team? He clearly didn't rate the signings that were brought in, apart from Astrid, who many have mentioned does not seem fit enough to complete 90 minutes. The guy wanted the best for Charlton, he wasn't not playing these players out of spite.
There seems to be an opinon that because Pete cost 800k, Goochi is an international and Nego is someone new, that they must be great and ready for the rigours of championship football. It's clear Powell didn't think so, and isn't that was a manager's job is? Not at Charlton anymore sadly.
Who's to say that RD hasn't been trying to make Powell play them from the start and he's been refusing? Nego was given a game and didn't look too bad, him with Wilson RM is more balanced than Cousins. Hasn't been seen since.
Reza has been stuck behind Church for about 5 games even though he's shown more quality every time he's come on for Church (outside of one reactionary miss).
I have had time to reflect and my view and opinion has changed slightly.
I wish SCP all the best in his future endeavours, however I agree he had to leave or be backed and if he was not willing to join the new ways... the door was opened and he was thrown from it. His act of defiance cost us a FA CUP Semi-Final.
I will always love Chrissy Powell. Charlton Legend.
Good stuff Cray for getting your view put to the board.
Cant see how you can say it cost as a semi final.
Picking 'his' players instead of the best possible team could be seen as damaging to our hopes of winning. Whether or not that was indeed the case (I suspect it was).
But who is to say playing
Thurham Reza AA Nego Koc Polish Pete
instead of lets say
Hamer Church Jackson Harriott Tudgay
would have seen as win?
If CP thought any of the above players were the better choice i believe he would of played them.
Koc and Pete are youth products and their appearances in the U21s I believe shows that RD was not pushing for them to be played.
I think Reza and AA have shown far more since they've been here than the Powell equivalents. Nego hasn't been given a chance but didn't look to bad in the single game that he played.
Thuram hasn't been great, and he's the only selection that I don't particularly agree with.
To me, it was clear that Powell knew his job was untenable and made the decision to play his team rather than the best, which goes against the best interests of Charlton in my mind. They could've lost anyway, but the principle of not playing the best available team is still there.
I disagree with you. I'm not sure if you saw the game nego played in but it was pretty awful. He looked well off the pace.
Powell picks the best players he has available. If the board were not willing to back him and instead gave him players that had no experience in English football then what do you honestly expect???
Apart from Astrid I don't think the others were anywhere near ready.
Surely it's unfair for the owner to put pressure on any manager to play certain players he has picked from "the network".
It should be the manager who picks the transfers targets, the team and the tactics.
I have had time to reflect and my view and opinion has changed slightly.
I wish SCP all the best in his future endeavours, however I agree he had to leave or be backed and if he was not willing to join the new ways... the door was opened and he was thrown from it. His act of defiance cost us a FA CUP Semi-Final.
I will always love Chrissy Powell. Charlton Legend.
Good stuff Cray for getting your view put to the board.
Cant see how you can say it cost as a semi final.
Picking 'his' players instead of the best possible team could be seen as damaging to our hopes of winning. Whether or not that was indeed the case (I suspect it was).
But who is to say playing
Thurham Reza AA Nego Koc Polish Pete
instead of lets say
Hamer Church Jackson Harriott Tudgay
would have seen as win?
If CP thought any of the above players were the better choice i believe he would of played them.
Koc and Pete are youth products and their appearances in the U21s I believe shows that RD was not pushing for them to be played.
I think Reza and AA have shown far more since they've been here than the Powell equivalents. Nego hasn't been given a chance but didn't look to bad in the single game that he played.
Thuram hasn't been great, and he's the only selection that I don't particularly agree with.
To me, it was clear that Powell knew his job was untenable and made the decision to play his team rather than the best, which goes against the best interests of Charlton in my mind. They could've lost anyway, but the principle of not playing the best available team is still there.
I disagree with you. I'm not sure if you saw the game nego played in but it was pretty awful. He looked well off the pace.
Powell picks the best players he has available. If the board were not willing to back him and instead gave him players that had no experience in English football then what do you honestly expect???
Apart from Astrid I don't think the others were anywhere near ready.
Surely it's unfair for the owner to put pressure on any manager to play certain players he has picked from "the network".
It should be the manager who picks the transfers targets, the team and the tactics.
I agree completely about the manager being in control of transfer targets etc.
I'm not supporting RD here, i'm just saying Powell should've chosen a team that was the best for the day (including AA, maybe Reza) and not just his players. You cannot tell me that Tudgay looked more on the pace than Reza has been doing recently or AA.
He could've still ignored RD and left Nego/Thuram/others on the bench, but pick the ones deserving to play.
I have had time to reflect and my view and opinion has changed slightly.
I wish SCP all the best in his future endeavours, however I agree he had to leave or be backed and if he was not willing to join the new ways... the door was opened and he was thrown from it. His act of defiance cost us a FA CUP Semi-Final.
I will always love Chrissy Powell. Charlton Legend.
Good stuff Cray for getting your view put to the board.
Cant see how you can say it cost as a semi final.
Picking 'his' players instead of the best possible team could be seen as damaging to our hopes of winning. Whether or not that was indeed the case (I suspect it was).
But who is to say playing
Thurham Reza AA Nego Koc Polish Pete
instead of lets say
Hamer Church Jackson Harriott Tudgay
would have seen as win?
If CP thought any of the above players were the better choice i believe he would of played them.
Koc and Pete are youth products and their appearances in the U21s I believe shows that RD was not pushing for them to be played.
I think Reza and AA have shown far more since they've been here than the Powell equivalents. Nego hasn't been given a chance but didn't look to bad in the single game that he played.
Thuram hasn't been great, and he's the only selection that I don't particularly agree with.
To me, it was clear that Powell knew his job was untenable and made the decision to play his team rather than the best, which goes against the best interests of Charlton in my mind. They could've lost anyway, but the principle of not playing the best available team is still there.
I disagree with you. I'm not sure if you saw the game nego played in but it was pretty awful. He looked well off the pace.
Powell picks the best players he has available. If the board were not willing to back him and instead gave him players that had no experience in English football then what do you honestly expect???
Apart from Astrid I don't think the others were anywhere near ready.
Surely it's unfair for the owner to put pressure on any manager to play certain players he has picked from "the network".
It should be the manager who picks the transfers targets, the team and the tactics.
I agree completely about the manager being in control of transfer targets etc.
I'm not supporting RD here, i'm just saying Powell should've chosen a team that was the best for the day (including AA, maybe Reza) and not just his players. You cannot tell me that Tudgay looked more on the pace than Reza has been doing recently or AA.
He could've still ignored RD and left Nego/Thuram/others on the bench, but pick the ones deserving to play.
I hear what your saying. But I think Powell would pick the players that he felt were the best as oppose to just picking them because they were "his" players.
Clearly the imports were not ready to come into the side.
I have had time to reflect and my view and opinion has changed slightly.
I wish SCP all the best in his future endeavours, however I agree he had to leave or be backed and if he was not willing to join the new ways... the door was opened and he was thrown from it. His act of defiance cost us a FA CUP Semi-Final.
I will always love Chrissy Powell. Charlton Legend.
Good stuff Cray for getting your view put to the board.
Cant see how you can say it cost as a semi final.
Picking 'his' players instead of the best possible team could be seen as damaging to our hopes of winning. Whether or not that was indeed the case (I suspect it was).
But who is to say playing
Thurham Reza AA Nego Koc Polish Pete
instead of lets say
Hamer Church Jackson Harriott Tudgay
would have seen as win?
If CP thought any of the above players were the better choice i believe he would of played them.
Koc and Pete are youth products and their appearances in the U21s I believe shows that RD was not pushing for them to be played.
I think Reza and AA have shown far more since they've been here than the Powell equivalents. Nego hasn't been given a chance but didn't look to bad in the single game that he played.
Thuram hasn't been great, and he's the only selection that I don't particularly agree with.
To me, it was clear that Powell knew his job was untenable and made the decision to play his team rather than the best, which goes against the best interests of Charlton in my mind. They could've lost anyway, but the principle of not playing the best available team is still there.
I disagree with you. I'm not sure if you saw the game nego played in but it was pretty awful. He looked well off the pace.
Powell picks the best players he has available. If the board were not willing to back him and instead gave him players that had no experience in English football then what do you honestly expect???
Apart from Astrid I don't think the others were anywhere near ready.
Surely it's unfair for the owner to put pressure on any manager to play certain players he has picked from "the network".
It should be the manager who picks the transfers targets, the team and the tactics.
I agree completely about the manager being in control of transfer targets etc.
I'm not supporting RD here, i'm just saying Powell should've chosen a team that was the best for the day (including AA, maybe Reza) and not just his players. You cannot tell me that Tudgay looked more on the pace than Reza has been doing recently or AA.
He could've still ignored RD and left Nego/Thuram/others on the bench, but pick the ones deserving to play.
I hear what your saying. But I think Powell would pick the players that he felt were the best as oppose to just picking them because they were "his" players.
Clearly the imports were not ready to come into the side.
I suppose we'll see in the coming games whether they are ready or not. Expecting to be proven wrong now, but will be glad if they're better than most people expect.
I have had time to reflect and my view and opinion has changed slightly.
I wish SCP all the best in his future endeavours, however I agree he had to leave or be backed and if he was not willing to join the new ways... the door was opened and he was thrown from it. His act of defiance cost us a FA CUP Semi-Final.
I will always love Chrissy Powell. Charlton Legend.
Good stuff Cray for getting your view put to the board.
Cant see how you can say it cost as a semi final.
Picking 'his' players instead of the best possible team could be seen as damaging to our hopes of winning. Whether or not that was indeed the case (I suspect it was).
But who is to say playing
Thurham Reza AA Nego Koc Polish Pete
instead of lets say
Hamer Church Jackson Harriott Tudgay
would have seen as win?
If CP thought any of the above players were the better choice i believe he would of played them.
Koc and Pete are youth products and their appearances in the U21s I believe shows that RD was not pushing for them to be played.
I think Reza and AA have shown far more since they've been here than the Powell equivalents. Nego hasn't been given a chance but didn't look to bad in the single game that he played.
Thuram hasn't been great, and he's the only selection that I don't particularly agree with.
To me, it was clear that Powell knew his job was untenable and made the decision to play his team rather than the best, which goes against the best interests of Charlton in my mind. They could've lost anyway, but the principle of not playing the best available team is still there.
I think we will have to agree to disagree mate.
I think CP is not such an ego that if he generally felt any them players was a better option they would play.
I understand you are overseeing correspondence relating to today's decision regarding the club's change of manager, and would like to add my views to the many you will doubtless be receiving.
The decision taken today has robbed the club of a very special person who - unlike some - would never put himself before Charlton Athletic. He has of course made mistakes in his first managerial position but was currently experiencing his first poor season after an exceptional start. On top of managing with the very limited resources offered by the previous owners, he has now had to contend with the sale of three of his key players against his judgement. Whether the replacements he has had foisted on him will prove successful remains to be seen, but they appear increasingly unlikely to save the club's second division status.
And this appears to be the very issue that has forced his departure. I understand the salary for his new contract was settled almost immediately - itself unusual in the modern game. I also understand that he felt unable to MANAGE the club he cares so passionately for when decisions regarding his playing squad were clearly being taken over his head. Instead of a man of such dignity, passion, and already proven managerial skill, it would appear Mr. Duchatelet would prefer a coach who I presume knows little of English football outside the top tier, and who is happy to have his squad selected for him. Beyond the obvious emotional link many of us have for Mr. Powell after his playing career, we have now lost a universally respected man who has identified realistic targets for a club of our size and means, and developed them into successful players who always gave the club their utmost even in defeat.
With a realistic level of backing Chris Powell could perhaps have built something very special at Charlton Athletic Football CLUB. Today it feels less of a club, and more of a businessman's plaything. I will always support the club, but will sing passionately at tomorrow's game for a man who made me very very proud to tell people I support Charlton. One day we might regain the identity that sets our club apart.
Yours sincerely,
I don't really care if I receive some corporate pre-dictaed generic reply; just wanted to add my voice.
Genuine question.
If he get's 500 of these emails do you think he will have time to read them all? Do you think he will bother to read any of them after he has ten?
I'm not knocking your decision to send it but I wonder if it will have any impact at any level at all."
KHA, I doubt it will have much impact at all; it certainly won't get CP his job back. But like going on a protest march against a government policy it will register my own displeasure, and hopefully enough similar correspondence might at least make him or someone close to him question his judgement. For the record, I've already had a personal non-standard response (not from RD).
I don't know whether to go tomorrow. I would have originally gone to put my money into Charlton, support Powell and the pre existing team, (picked by Powell). That no longer exists..... I don't want my money going to Roland, I don't want to watch SL Team B and Chrissy is gone......
@brentwoodmark Thanks sweety for your concern. I should be ok. Thanks for your huge contributions to this forum. Them 4 likes you've got since 2012 were clearly for a reason.
No worries Cray, although statistically I may have 4 likes but post considerably less than you. The irony is that based on percentages I have more likes than you, which confirms my original point that you post some right old emotional guff. Now that's something to be upset about. All the best.
@brentwoodmark Thanks sweety for your concern. I should be ok. Thanks for your huge contributions to this forum. Them 4 likes you've got since 2012 were clearly for a reason.
No worries Cray, although statistically I may have 4 likes but post considerably less than you. The irony is that based on percentages I have more likes than you, which confirms my original point that you post some right old emotional guff. Now that's something to be upset about. All the best.
Lol I'm not quite sure how you worked that out considering the "like section" was introduced in the last 6 months and I've been posting since 2009 but again thank you for such a pointless post.
If you don't like that I'm showing emotion / passion for my club don't read my thread. That's hardly rocket science mark is it?
How's everyone feeling about things a couple weeks on?
I've moved on and realised its only football. 2 close friends dieing, with 1 taking his own life has made me think how great people have it, if they have time to still be pissed with all this 2 weeks on.
How's everyone feeling about things a couple weeks on?
I've moved on and realised its only football. 2 close friends dieing, with 1 taking his own life has made me think how great people have it, if they have time to still be pissed with all this 2 weeks on.
How's everyone feeling about things a couple weeks on?
The same. No reply yet from Duchatelet obviously, not that I was expecting one. We've played ok in the two games since Powell left but been let down by a lack of quality, up front in particular. So on the pitch it's the same story as before. Off the pitch, I'm still disappointed that Powell was sacked, but, whereas that was the focus of my anger last week, I'm now more concerned about the general feeling of the club being taken away from the supporters, the unnecessary relegation that seems quite likely to happen, and the overriding fear that Charlton are currently, and for the foreseeable future, nothing more than an unwilling participant in someone's experiment. I know that there are plenty who disagree, but it's the lowest I've felt about the club.
How's everyone feeling about things a couple weeks on?
The same. No reply yet from Duchatelet obviously, not that I was expecting one. We've played ok in the two games since Powell left but been let down by a lack of quality, up front in particular. So on the pitch it's the same story as before. Off the pitch, I'm still disappointed that Powell was sacked, but, whereas that was the focus of my anger last week, I'm now more concerned about the general feeling of the club being taken away from the supporters, the unnecessary relegation that seems quite likely to happen, and the overriding fear that Charlton are currently, and for the foreseeable future, nothing more than an unwilling participant in someone's experiment. I know that there are plenty who disagree, but it's the lowest I've felt about the club.
What lower than nearly going out of business? Lower than moving to Selhurst? I am really bullish about the new regime. Give them eighteen months to two years before judging them.
Comments
It's easy to say that we could do things the Charlton way, but the previous owners were vilified because they wouldn't spend more money (even though we were losing £8m a year) and Richard Murray and his old board managed to rack up millions and millions of pounds of debt following the Premier League days that they had to write off.
I'm not saying I like the idea of being in a stable of clubs but if the only viable alternative is for a new owner to drop c. £10m a season into the club then until you find one willing and able to do so we have little alternative. Not to mention that the rules are changing re FFP.
Anyone that says that what we have been doing was working needs to look at where we are in the table and the state of the pitch. I'm not blaming Powell for that but if we are saying that he needed money for players then we are back at the same question aren't we?
In the absence of millions of pounds of free money what are our alternatives? If Powell doesn't want to share players across the 'group' then that's fine, but if that is the only way the owner is going to bankroll us then it made Powell's departure inevitable.
Thurham
Reza
AA
Nego
Koc
Polish Pete
instead of lets say
Hamer
Church
Jackson
Wilson or Cousins
Harriott
Tudgay
would have seen as win?
If CP thought any of the above players were the better choice i believe he would of played them.
There seems to be an opinon that because Pete cost 800k, Goochi is an international and Nego is someone new, that they must be great and ready for the rigours of championship football. It's clear Powell didn't think so, and isn't that was a manager's job is? Not at Charlton anymore sadly.
Koc and Pete are youth products and their appearances in the U21s I believe shows that RD was not pushing for them to be played.
I think Reza and AA have shown far more since they've been here than the Powell equivalents. Nego hasn't been given a chance but didn't look to bad in the single game that he played.
Thuram hasn't been great, and he's the only selection that I don't particularly agree with.
To me, it was clear that Powell knew his job was untenable and made the decision to play his team rather than the best, which goes against the best interests of Charlton in my mind. They could've lost anyway, but the principle of not playing the best available team is still there.
Reza has been stuck behind Church for about 5 games even though he's shown more quality every time he's come on for Church (outside of one reactionary miss).
Powell picks the best players he has available. If the board were not willing to back him and instead gave him players that had no experience in English football then what do you honestly expect???
Apart from Astrid I don't think the others were anywhere near ready.
Surely it's unfair for the owner to put pressure on any manager to play certain players he has picked from "the network".
It should be the manager who picks the transfers targets, the team and the tactics.
I'm not supporting RD here, i'm just saying Powell should've chosen a team that was the best for the day (including AA, maybe Reza) and not just his players. You cannot tell me that Tudgay looked more on the pace than Reza has been doing recently or AA.
He could've still ignored RD and left Nego/Thuram/others on the bench, but pick the ones deserving to play.
Clearly the imports were not ready to come into the side.
I think CP is not such an ego that if he generally felt any them players was a better option they would play.
All the best.
If you don't like that I'm showing emotion / passion for my club don't read my thread. That's hardly rocket science mark is it?
Anyway as they say in brentwood "What Ever'".
Thanks for your contribution.