What else is he going to say? He's clearly correct, but anything else would be impolitic. If he said it was the efforts of the players it invites a question about their earlier efforts. If he said it was the fans he'd be criticised for not recognising the efforts of the players. If he says it was the owners he'd be being disingenuous. If he said Riga was a better manager than him he'd be ridiculed or come across as sarcastic, and he probably doesn't think that highly of someone who was meeting the players whilst he was getting the boot. He gave, in my opinion, the correct and most appropriate answer.
The reality is here that for some he just can't do anything right and for some he can't do anything wrong - but for me I think he's generally being very respectful and simply avoiding the more difficult questions.
That was a shitty thing for Powell to say. Some are so blinded by their love for him that they can't take any criticism of him whatsoever.
I can completely understand why he said it, no doubt he's still pissed off about the whole situation, but that doesn't mean we can't disagree with what he said.
That team at Sheffield United would not have kept us up IMO, they weren't playing with the spirit this squad have been known for. A change was made, and it's worked for us. Time to move on
Sordell might have been part of 'his' team but Riga got 5 precious goals out of him...
I really wish Chrissy well, he played a huge part in turning things around. But we were in a right pickle, and Bramall Lane was just awful... we can't simply assume that things would have turned around.
He was dealt a terrible hand this season. But has to move on, we have to move on, and I'm not going to regard RD as some evil force for moving him out.
Good post. CP did a great job as manager getting us up and keeping us up last season. But for events off the pitch I am sure he would have done a great job this season. I've said before, emotionally he was drained this season. 6 wins from 31 wasn't a good return, we could all see certain things weren't working, but it's human nature to stick to what you know or entrench yourself deeper in a style that has delivered results before (see Moyes at Man Utd). It doesn't make him a bad manager, just means that his approach isn't right for that environment at that given time. We've all probably had no choice but to move on, because we're always Charlton, whereas personnel come and go. Glad to hear he's finding it easier than he thought to get over it. Glad we had Riga and hope he stays. And like Redlanered, I believe RD was right to make the change.
That was a shitty thing for Powell to say. Some are so blinded by their love for him that they can't take any criticism of him whatsoever.
I can completely understand why he said it, no doubt he's still pissed off about the whole situation, but that doesn't mean we can't disagree with what he said.
That team at Sheffield United would not have kept us up IMO, they weren't playing with the spirit this squad have been known for. A change was made, and it's worked for us. Time to move on
Then you don't understand why he said it. The first comment about 'his team' was said tongue in cheek, and I happen to know was jokingly put to him by a friend the night before. The second comment is factually accurate but isn't actually saying anything.
The key change was the resolution of the enmity between manager and owner. That could have happened any number of ways, in the event it happened because one was removed.
That was a shitty thing for Powell to say. Some are so blinded by their love for him that they can't take any criticism of him whatsoever.
I can completely understand why he said it, no doubt he's still pissed off about the whole situation, but that doesn't mean we can't disagree with what he said.
That team at Sheffield United would not have kept us up IMO, they weren't playing with the spirit this squad have been known for. A change was made, and it's worked for us. Time to move on
You have to put that short sentence into context of the entire show. See AFKA's other thread.
That was a shitty thing for Powell to say. Some are so blinded by their love for him that they can't take any criticism of him whatsoever.
I can completely understand why he said it, no doubt he's still pissed off about the whole situation, but that doesn't mean we can't disagree with what he said.
That team at Sheffield United would not have kept us up IMO, they weren't playing with the spirit this squad have been known for. A change was made, and it's worked for us. Time to move on
You have to put that short sentence into context of the entire show. See AFKA's other thread.
yep fair enough, the sentence on it's own sounds a lot worse then it was intended
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The reality is here that for some he just can't do anything right and for some he can't do anything wrong - but for me I think he's generally being very respectful and simply avoiding the more difficult questions.
#super riga is fantastic powelly was atrocious
I can completely understand why he said it, no doubt he's still pissed off about the whole situation, but that doesn't mean we can't disagree with what he said.
That team at Sheffield United would not have kept us up IMO, they weren't playing with the spirit this squad have been known for. A change was made, and it's worked for us. Time to move on
The key change was the resolution of the enmity between manager and owner. That could have happened any number of ways, in the event it happened because one was removed.