Chris Powell has been sacked, is that the end of the world? no end of charlton ? of course not !
Ive seen threads of "contacting the club" .. "lets all protest" blah blah
I have just seen someone say " we should all stand up Wednesday and turn out back to the players " - wow... wow... WOW
seriously wtf is wrong with half of you lot ? i support CHARLTON ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB , not Chris Powell , i love the guy dont get me wrong , do i feel its a little harsh? granted but to protest ? don't be ridiculous!.
The negativity on here is a joke, no wonder the guys on ITTV forum mock us ? its embarrassing how we act to things we don't like , Chris is gone now onto Jose, he may not be our choice but end of the day its not our choice to make, we are bottom of the championship ( yes don't get me wrong 4 games in hand but that is not 12 points guaranteed ) we are in this position because we have not been good enough all season, with Yann , Dale and Ben
We need to get behind the boys & Jose we may not like it but the last thing we should do is protest
Ill be there Wednesday cheering on the 11 that's out there,Ii wont be doing any stupid protests.
Please many of you grow up, or go support Chelsea you can give me abuse as much as you like for my outburst , I really don't care
( im not a powell out guy , i wanted him to stay but he didnt .. oh well)
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I've calmed down a bit now but do not like the cowardly treatment meted out to an honourable, hardworking professional man who has given much to Charlton Athletic.
I am therefore boycotting the Huddersfield game as a personal mark of respect to Chris Powell. An empty stadium, in my opinion, would speak volumes but I am one person and it is evident that many are delighted with the turn of events so I act for myself and no other.
However, the protest angle may very well be incredibly important in regards to the bigger picture. I.e the plans for the next five years of Charlton Athletic. What embarrasses you might possibly be what helps save the club you love from becoming a reserve team for Standard Liege. Making it clear to our club's owners that we won't take it lying down is crucial. Fortunately, there are better-sighted supporters than the OP or Scabby. And for that I'm thankful.
I do agree that we need to get behind the players and the new manager for the rest of the season as relegation still needs to be avoided.
As for what ITTV say and their "mocking", does anybody on here really give a flying one?
That is a genuine question. I'm not saying that you are wrong to want to 'speak volumes' I just wonder what your goal is?
Len - seriously mate??, you are boycotting tomorrow night as a personal mark of respect to Powell WTF ?? and you will support the Oppo next time he comes to the Valley as a Manager?!?!?
My attitude towards the future is more of the 'go on then, prove yourself', and I suspect many feel the same, but with much less inclination to help by attending matches and making any noise.
We are where we are, and if Riga delivers big time, especially arriving in these circumstances then he will have done incredibly well to save us I won't argue that.
However at the moment my view is that he has to prove himself before he gets any slack.
We can start by getting a win tomorrow and a win on Saturday, for me anything less is failure.
But there has to be a line drawn in the sand when a club is just not the club it used to be.
The values, the owners, players and the fans are what make a club, not the name on a shirt.
Is this the club I've spent the past 20 years in supporting?
Do I want to support a club who's run to profit another club's future / fortunes / players?
A team who picks players not by their individual merit but by looking at their wages / values?
Players who are motivated by the hope of getting in Standard Leige's first team.
Did I grow up supporting a club with such little regard to it's fans?
When I'm at the Valley and a moron is screaming "you're sh***t" at the latest scapegoat.
Don't get me wrong, it will always be my team but little by little, it chips away at my love of football and the club.
Next season, with a manager who's put in place to play the owner's bigger interests, with a team I won't know or have any affinity with, is playing. Is that the same club I started supporting all that time ago?
It looks like Charlton, but it's not the same.
The reaction in general against Roland is to be expected and the lead article in this thread misses the point.
If Powell had been given millions and a free run with the team then the sacking would not have been met with such disapproval. However it has been made after the best players were taken away, players of low ability given to him and no money to spend.
As it stands the administration that we would have faced without the bloke from Belgium is looking a better prospect than the one we have, going down anyway!
The reaction to the sacking has been ridiculous, Like Dianas death or Mandelas etc.
Some of your comments and talks of protests and boycotts are absolutely cringeworthy.
Powell has gone, it was a decision made by the board......end of, now let's move on to a new (hopefully successful) era under the new manager.
Who do you support Charlton Athletic or Chris Powell?