http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_RigaThat's a pretty good record for CAFC in relation to where they were when he took over.
Maybe needs to learn how to grab points in key games but, as these forums show, he's becoming popular which, considering who he's following and the love the fans will always have for Sir Chris, is impressive, to say the least.
I agree with many others on this site, give him a try - and some money!
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What may hold the club back is the revenue it generates as a business in relation to the quality of players it can afford to buy.
The good news is that there are a lot of decent players in our country who are not getting football, waiting in the wings for a break - find the hungry ones and we are there.
It's staggering to recall that JR has been with us less than two months. What an impact he has made. Since that darkest of days at Bramall Lane and its immediate aftermath, we seem to have taken many steps forward, albeit with a few back from time to time. JR's arrival could not have come under more difficult circumstances, with a football club seemingly bewildered on the pitch being equally stricken by the loss of a much loved and talismanic figure in SCP.
That JR has triumphantly surmounted all these obstacles leaves one lost in total admiration. For our part he has rapidly gained widespread acceptance and credibility. For his part (and also the admirable KM) it seems that our club has made a profound and highly favourable impact on them both. It is almost as if we were meant to find each other, drawn together by a fate for once showing a bit of kindness.
What RD has in store for our new hero, his sidekick KF and our own two stalwarts AD and DM remains to be seen. Easily overlooked are maybe personal (family?) considerations on JR's part - after all, he has suddenly been uprooted and dropped in another country. Of course, in earlier days he was prepared to do this when he went to Qatar, but who really knows what all the issues are, other than the protagonists themselves?
The King is dead, long live the King !!
Doesn't mean we'll be signing big names everyone knows but that's not necessarily a bad thing. All anyone knew about Yann Kermorgant when he signed was he missed an important penalty, badly... and that worked out okay.
I understand why they want to introduce chip and pin at the concession stalls now!
2 Burnley 34 27 69
3 Derby 34 17 61
4 QPR 33 14 60
5 Forest 34 14 55
6 Reading 34 13 52
7 Wigan 32 11 52
8 Brighton 33 7 50
9 Ipswich 34 5 48
10 B'burn. 33 -2 46
11 Watford 33 9 45
12 Leeds 33 0 44
13 'Boro 34 6 43
14 Hudds. 34 -1 43
15 B'mouth. 33 -8 42
16 Sheff W. 33 -1 39
17 Bolton 34 -4 39
18 Brum. 34 -5 36
19 Blackpool 34 -20 35
20 Donc. 34 -23 33
21 Millwall 34 -29 31
22 Yeovil 33 -18 29
23 Barnsley 33 -25 29
24 Charlton 30 -17 27
Just a reminder of the table when he took over. Interesting to note that our goal difference got worse despite accumulating 24 points from 16 games.
Fantastic effort to end up above every one of the six teams above us.
As for your post regarding Riga the manager, I completely agree. A very impressive return and I really hope he is given a new contract.
Provided the RD and JR vision are along similar lines then I doubt there will be too many problems.
The sponsors thread threw up comments made by Katrien that the club were looking to conclude its transfer dealings by the end of June which to me implies that the players wanted are at least already identified and perhaps in some instances already lined up. It seems to me inconceivable that JR and KF wouldn't have had input into that list. My guess is that we are in for a very interesting couple of months.
For my part I really hope JR signs for us ASAP.
Riga appears to know what he's doing and once that became clear to the players it must have been very powerful. I was really struck by a comment he made post the win at Sheffield Wed. "Players are looking for solutions" he said. I really hope he stays.
Imagine what he can do with a pre season and regular training