Can the high number of foriegn players adapt to the English game? And quickly gel as a team?
If so I predict a top 9 finish.
If not, I predict...an inevitable dramatic return of Jose Riga to keep us up again. (footballs too strange to rule that one out)
I maybe echoing a point that has already been made plenty of times, but cmon, it deserved its own thread.
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Would of thought it's less about the new faces being foreign, and more about whether they're up to the required standard. RD's scouting network were way off the mark last season, have they got it right this time round?
The main thing is that Peeters implements his own style and the way he wants them to play early doors . Has had the fortune of getting 8 players in quickly, so I'm quite confident this group will be ready come Brentford. If we get to 8-10 games in and we are struggling then I'll be quite concerned but I don't think that's gonna happen.
Powell managed to get a much bigger transition to run smoothly after only half a season as a manager - Peeters actually has more experience in that regard already. Perhaps being relatively new to the English game from a coaching perspective will count against him but let's face it, the basic principles of team building and creating a united squad are the same wherever you go. He's got a good reputation for getting teams to gel, it was part of why RD and Katrien opted for him (and that is from KM herself in an OS interview, not me spinning facts.)
Unless the other new players get up to speed and quickly for us in The Championship this could well be the downfall.
In the past it has worked but the players we brought came from the north or Scotland in the case of Lennie .
Bring back the class of 86 .
Whether or not RD and his advisors underestimated the league in January I think there's some Lifers overestimating it this time around. If you look at the mid-range teams in the league they're really not all that special honestly. Coming in with a decent preseason and some experience training as a team instead of being thrown into the fire to see if they burn and I think these new players can (hopefully) fit in just fine.
2015/6 would then be an opportunity to build on that success.
Will we have better strategy, tactics and formations? Will we want it enough? Will we have any players capable of imposing themselves on a match? Will we have any players able to unlock doors?
Will we be capable of stopping other good players and other good teams?
Will we be able to gather points?
I know it is stating the bloomin' obvious all that, but I am saying that have we got a set up for this particular competition?
It is a bit like the Reza conundrum. Yes he is a player, he can do a bit, but is he suited to our league even though he has recognizable qualities?
My advice to Bob is take one game at a time.......and win it!
I know we're only little old Charlton but I think the job in hand is too big for Peeters.
I'm hoping Vetokele will be the new Darren Bent, scaring the shit out of defenders with pace, alongside Tucudean taking over the reigns from a certain frenchman.
If those two can emulate them, being backed by (what I think is) our most exciting midfield line-up for a few seasons, then I can really see us having a very good campaign.
I realise it's a lot of ifs & buts, but you can't blame a lad for dreaming......................