There seems to have been quite a bit of frustration about at Big Bob's management over the last week or two: Lack of shape/purpose, playing players out of position, surrendering leads, binary score-lines and most of all a lack of wins. This all seems to be in sharp contrast with the position a couple of months back, when we were boasting about being the only undefeated team in the division and one of only a handful in the league. When Bob Peeters joined Charlton he got a fair welcome despite the fact that a good number of fans that thought José Riga had done well enough to secure the manager's post on a longer term basis. In a short space of time he'd put together a winning team and an impressive string of results. Now though, the wins seem to have dried up and the points have stopped flowing as has the fluency on the pitch. If Bob's honeymoon isn't over yet, it seems like there's not long before the time when results will be judged in a rather harsher light.
In comparison to his predecessor Big Bob has won more points, though he's taken more games to do so. His team is scoring more goals; 1.1 per game compared to 1.06. And only once have we lost by more than one goal, something that happened four times under José's tenure. The disturbing thing though, is that although we're difficult to beat we are also struggling to win; 57% of all matches this season have ended as draws. Under the old two-points for a win system, I'm sure we'd all be as happy as pigs in the proverbial. But these days a draw isn't just a point earned, it's two points dropped. How long can the current situation carry on without serious questions being asked by the Charlton board? In the meantime though, lets ask the Lifers a (perhaps) more frivolous one: Bob or José?
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HOWEVER
Fans questioning BP now, but blindly following and supporting CP for the last 12 months of his reign seriously need to give themselves a slap.
For a young manager who (as many were quick to point out, repeatedly) hadn't any managerial experience in this country before, he's done a pretty damn good job. I want wins, but draws are better than losses. Give him money and patience in January and I think we'll see a team with a bit more sparkle than splutter.
I liked Riga but we have Bob Peeters. I would like to see him have the quality on the pitch to work with. Maybe then he would have more confidence to go for it.
2 differing scenarios and 2 (almost) different sets of players.
turned Blackpool around so better than them all
He also needs to sort out leadership on the pitch - much as i love little Solly, I am not sure it is his forte, and he will miss some games over Christmas due to his knee probably too. So I'd like to see either TBH or Buyens entrusted with the captaincy until JJ is back.
Come on Bob - you know what they say - when the going gets tough, the tough get going...
You would say that ;-)
Jose for the wine bar where the ladies would flock around and we could explain the
merits of 442, 451 and Quantum physics.
As Jose kept us up and Bob has us in the top half of the table (just)
I would say it's another score draw. (no more draws)