What is it with these new Directors in football and their managers, that must be one of the shortest contracts. Makes you wonder what Murry makes of all this, its certainly not the Charlton he through his life behind. I do remember a comment he made that he was here till the end of the season, then he would talk about his future with the club, obviously they new he didn't have one. He played our own players from the academy and not always what was brought in, which is what Powel wanted to do, so perhaps no surprise, appears you have to toe the line. Its great he's putting money into the new set up at Sparrows Lane.....new pitch.....that's all fine but unless he lets his manager, manage, we will just plod along aimlessly and if he's not carful we will miss out on any players that could of come here......but there again he's probably got that all under control, he's our new manager !
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Yh, I just wish the Belgian fella never came near our club, we were in such a Fcking great place with a shit pitch, shit team, loads of cash to spend.
Pee off Rowland, come back Slater and Jimenez please, please please we are soo doomed.
When Riga came and said the same thing he realized he was wrong.
I don't think he will make the same mistake with the new manager
He reacted by replacing him with a temporary man in JR until the end of the season to stay up.
When we stayed up he then replaced the temporary man with a permanent man who we don't know much about.
He in the meantime attempted and failed to bolster the squad with a number of in house signings and young potential players who aside a very few glimpses were not up to Championship standard as opposed to invest in what he believed was a failing squad until ithad been stabilised.
I don't necessarily agree with what he has done but equally do not see him as a pantomime villain and it still feels like my Charlton.I may be left alone so don't bother turning lights out when you all leave and any mass exodus will not include me (covered 3/4 threads there).
We have lost a hometown hero in CP, a terrace favourite in YK, a successful temporary manager in RD who went from unknown foriegner to our saviour when we beat Watford and now have a new unknown to get to know, I have no idea what will happen but am sticking around to find out.
RD hasn't been proved to have mad any wrong decisions yet, everything he has done has benefited the club so far.
When he makes a decision that fails, then you can obviously start booing again.
And again, just because you can't choose who owns the club doesn't mean you can't criticise. Were you not criticising when Slater and Jimenez were here?
I don't know enough of what goes on behind the scenes to criticise the owners, J&S came in, the got us out of L!, it then appeared they lost interest.
The only thing Post Curbs I have felt strong enough to spout an opinion in is Pardew as he clearly would rather be anywhere else after the first season in Championship.
However, the Jose Riga saga has made no sense to me at all. Including the long period of inaction on the manager front soon after the season finished. Riga had the support of the players, a key factor when negotiating new contracts. I have not seen much in the press that clarifies exactly why Riga did not sign a deal. Was it a disagreement on the future direction of the club? This seems the most likely. If so, this is a huge concern especially as Riga appeared to be very much onside with Duchatelet at the start of his short reign.
This makes me think, what are the benefits of being part of this network of clubs? A more efficient scouting network; easy access to players (on loan or permanent deals). But what are the downsides? Slow decision making; poor communication; unfocussed or inadequate scouting. Next season will be very interesting!
Would I have kept Yann....yes. Stephens...no. But then again I don't pay the wages and have to make judgements on whether Yann was worth what he was asking.
If my auntie had balls etc but if YK had stayed would Sordell have scored a hatrick at Sheffield Wed ? If Stephens had stayed would Poyet have broken through ?
We' ll never know but what we do know is that decisions were made and in the final analysis of the season they were correct.