Interesting theory. Should be clearer once the window closes. If we lose say TBH and Buyens, there are few quality additions to the squad, Luzon doesn't add to the back room team and the club doesn't bring in any advisors with Championship experience- this will support the argument that Roland is happy to play the odds and risk relegation.
If he is willing to take this risk than as a rational businessman he'll have thought through the pros and cons. Your suggested logic is as good as any.
Alternatively he may just be poorly advised and drunk on his own arrogance, straying into a new business area that he doesn't fully understand. In business for every Branson there's a Ratner.
I can't call it at the minute.
I cannot for one minute see that he would think a team being relegated would make good business sense.
someone posted on the facebook Charlton group that the work permit id to be confirmed tomorrow with a 1pm press conference - think (and hope!) he is wrong as don't we usually have a presser on Thursdays?
someone posted on the facebook Charlton group that the work permit id to be confirmed tomorrow with a 1pm press conference - think (and hope!) he is wrong as don't we usually have a presser on Thursdays?
Let's hope it goes a bit better than the last press conference. Shambles.
someone posted on the facebook Charlton group that the work permit id to be confirmed tomorrow with a 1pm press conference - think (and hope!) he is wrong as don't we usually have a presser on Thursdays?
Let's hope it goes a bit better than the last press conference. Shambles.
someone posted on the facebook Charlton group that the work permit id to be confirmed tomorrow with a 1pm press conference - think (and hope!) he is wrong as don't we usually have a presser on Thursdays?
Let's hope it goes a bit better than the last press conference. Shambles.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss...
Exactly! Unless he's spent the week watching videos of the Championship and having English lessons, how could it possibly get any better?
I hope that it was not Luzon suggesting that Charlton play a high line with slow defenders in the back line (such as Bikey) like happened at Watford. I hope who ever suggested that, with the current pace in the defence, never does that again.
Damian said he was acting on Luzon's instructions, at least part of the time against Watford. I am assuming Watford was 100% down to Luzon, as I assume Wolves will be 100% down to Luzon, if not Luzon, then Duchatelet.
I assume he's been on a lovely sunny beach in Israel, since leaving Standard. now he's in cold, damp Bexleyheath and looking forward to getting Peeters Pelters before h/t against Rotherham if we've not taken the lead.(the Wolves game shouldn't count)
The word on the street is saying he has found a young flemish lawyer and is reading the small print to see if there's a get out clause within the first 14 days.
Maybe there's a cooling off period.
Or maybe I'm mixing it up with buying a Timeshare.
Actually, the "network" IS a bit like the Timeshare concept.
You buy, then, by means of "banking" your purchase into a "pool", you proceed to borrow another from said pool..... ad infinitum.
I assume he's been on a lovely sunny beach in Israel, since leaving Standard. now he's in cold, damp Bexleyheath and looking forward to getting Peeters Pelters before h/t against Rotherham if we've not taken the lead.(the Wolves game shouldn't count)
The word on the street is saying he has found a young flemish lawyer and is reading the small print to see if there's a get out clause within the first 14 days.
I hope that it was not Luzon suggesting that Charlton play a high line with slow defenders in the back line (such as Bikey) like happened at Watford. I hope who ever suggested that, with the current pace in the defence, never does that again.
To be fair, as soon as it went 2-0, we seemed to drop back and it didn't exactly go any better!
Interesting theory. Should be clearer once the window closes. If we lose say TBH and Buyens, there are few quality additions to the squad, Luzon doesn't add to the back room team and the club doesn't bring in any advisors with Championship experience- this will support the argument that Roland is happy to play the odds and risk relegation.
If he is willing to take this risk than as a rational businessman he'll have thought through the pros and cons. Your suggested logic is as good as any.
Alternatively he may just be poorly advised and drunk on his own arrogance, straying into a new business area that he doesn't fully understand. In business for every Branson there's a Ratner.
I can't call it at the minute.
I cannot for one minute see that he would think a team being relegated would make good business sense.
I agree that it does not appear to make good business sense. The strategy does seem insane on a business level. Yet all those things are happening. What does the evidence point to ? What other conclusions can Charlton supporters arrive at ?
The football decisions make sense on one level for saving money but not in having a successful football strategy. Luzon as manager for a team, when at least 3 of the team have fallen out with him and those players have been moved sideways to that team to escape him ? The probable result will be that those players will be looking to move from that team.
Liege supporters did warn us that Duchatelet makes baffling football decisions. Duchatelet, I think knows the price of everything but the value of nothing. It may just be hubris. I definitely don't rule out general incompetence.
I assume he's been on a lovely sunny beach in Israel, since leaving Standard. now he's in cold, damp Bexleyheath and looking forward to getting Peeters Pelters before h/t against Rotherham if we've not taken the lead.(the Wolves game shouldn't count)
The word on the street is saying he has found a young flemish lawyer and is reading the small print to see if there's a get out clause within the first 14 days.
I assume he's been on a lovely sunny beach in Israel, since leaving Standard. now he's in cold, damp Bexleyheath and looking forward to getting Peeters Pelters before h/t against Rotherham if we've not taken the lead.(the Wolves game shouldn't count)
The word on the street is saying he has found a young flemish lawyer and is reading the small print to see if there's a get out clause within the first 14 days.
Maybe there's a cooling off period.
Can i have an assist for setting you up Fanny.
Your just the finisher we need.
She'd be FFF then.
I'm happy with that, Red
As long as the first F isn't misconstrued as "Flatulent".
Luzon on a surface level makes some short term sense on an accountancy level as Luzon is twiddling his thumbs at Carl Zeiss Jena so why not use him ? Doesn't speak the language, players don't like him, crowd don't want him and he doesn't know the Championship. Good on an accountancy level but a very poor footballing decision.
The other constant seems to be, where Duchatelet can possibly get a cheaper player for a position, then he will. Instead of Hamer and Alnwick, we now have Henderson (good keeper but injury prone) and Etheridge. Onewyu instead of Morrisson etc.
The Championship needs a squad with depth and quality. Charlton definitely don't have that. It is more of a Doncaster type squad when they were briefly in the Championship (some quality but short on depth, same socks). It would have been touch and go for the Duchatelet strategy with an effective FFP but that's gone now. I don't think that Dutchatelet philosophically wants to spend money as that doesn't fit into the vision. There does appear to be a danger that when the income drops in league one, that further Duchatelet reductions in budget may happen.
Not what Charlton supporters want, but its Duchatelet spending the money and he may have come to the conclusion that Charlton has to be run at a League One level. If he has decided this, he is unlikely to share it. Katrien Meire let slip about the pitch being funded by the Kermogant sale. He is definitely not going to tell the supporters / customers what the plan is. The supporters appear to be incidental (unless they complain / protest and then it is to keep them quiet with a short term fix). The Roland strategy is either a deliberate strategy or incompetence. One or the other. I am currently leaning towards Duchatelet being a mixture of hubris and incompetence with inexperience of the world of football.
The only person knowing what is going on in Duchatelet's brain is Duchatelet himself. We are only likely to find that out by his actions.
Damian said he was acting on Luzon's instructions, at least part of the time against Watford. I am assuming Watford was 100% down to Luzon, as I assume Wolves will be 100% down to Luzon, if not Luzon, then Duchatelet.
Unless lessons are quickly learnt, and these people don't take advice (as Riga appeared to do) then I am concerned about the outcome of the Wolves game. I am not holding my breath that Duchatelet or Luzon will actually take advice. If Luzon did suggest that Charlton play a high line, knowing how slow Bikey is, then that is an ominously bad start.
Lets hope the visa application hits a snag (and the rumours of it being granted are incorrect). I am worried though about Duchatelet running the team selection from his office in Belgium. I fear that he is that much of a misguided megalomanic to think he can do that.
Damian said he was acting on Luzon's instructions, at least part of the time against Watford. I am assuming Watford was 100% down to Luzon, as I assume Wolves will be 100% down to Luzon, if not Luzon, then Duchatelet.
Unless lessons are quickly learnt, and these people take advice (as Riga appeared to do) then I am concerned about the outcome of the Wolves game.
someone posted on the facebook Charlton group that the work permit id to be confirmed tomorrow with a 1pm press conference - think (and hope!) he is wrong as don't we usually have a presser on Thursdays?
Let's hope it goes a bit better than the last press conference. Shambles.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss...
'Won't Get Fooled Again' is the most appropriate song title for the mess of the last couple of weeks anyway
Red tape is an interesting way of putting it. A lot of us have had a mini crash course in what qualifies an immigrant to get a work permit and it is a bit more than a formality. Maybe the unlawful behaviour of Guy Luzon and the club is proving to be quite a stumbling block.
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― Jessie Douglas Kerruish, The Undying Monster: A Tale of the Fifth Dimension
Got it from a quote site.
I am assuming Watford was 100% down to Luzon, as I assume Wolves will be 100% down to Luzon, if not Luzon, then Duchatelet.
Or maybe I'm mixing it up with buying a Timeshare.
Actually, the "network" IS a bit like the Timeshare concept.
You buy, then, by means of "banking" your purchase into a "pool", you proceed to borrow another from said pool..... ad infinitum.
Sound familiar ?
Your just the finisher we need.
The football decisions make sense on one level for saving money but not in having a successful football strategy. Luzon as manager for a team, when at least 3 of the team have fallen out with him and those players have been moved sideways to that team to escape him ? The probable result will be that those players will be looking to move from that team.
Liege supporters did warn us that Duchatelet makes baffling football decisions. Duchatelet, I think knows the price of everything but the value of nothing. It may just be hubris. I definitely don't rule out general incompetence.
As long as the first F isn't misconstrued as "Flatulent".
The other constant seems to be, where Duchatelet can possibly get a cheaper player for a position, then he will. Instead of Hamer and Alnwick, we now have Henderson (good keeper but injury prone) and Etheridge. Onewyu instead of Morrisson etc.
The Championship needs a squad with depth and quality. Charlton definitely don't have that. It is more of a Doncaster type squad when they were briefly in the Championship (some quality but short on depth, same socks). It would have been touch and go for the Duchatelet strategy with an effective FFP but that's gone now. I don't think that Dutchatelet philosophically wants to spend money as that doesn't fit into the vision. There does appear to be a danger that when the income drops in league one, that further Duchatelet reductions in budget may happen.
Not what Charlton supporters want, but its Duchatelet spending the money and he may have come to the conclusion that Charlton has to be run at a League One level. If he has decided this, he is unlikely to share it. Katrien Meire let slip about the pitch being funded by the Kermogant sale. He is definitely not going to tell the supporters / customers what the plan is. The supporters appear to be incidental (unless they complain / protest and then it is to keep them quiet with a short term fix). The Roland strategy is either a deliberate strategy or incompetence. One or the other. I am currently leaning towards Duchatelet being a mixture of hubris and incompetence with inexperience of the world of football.
The only person knowing what is going on in Duchatelet's brain is Duchatelet himself. We are only likely to find that out by his actions.
Lets hope the visa application hits a snag (and the rumours of it being granted are incorrect). I am worried though about Duchatelet running the team selection from his office in Belgium. I fear that he is that much of a misguided megalomanic to think he can do that.
Hx
I called out "Yes. Hope ".
Sorry, Weegie. I'm struggling here at the minute but will be there at Wolves and Boro' and....ad infinitum
Well, until I fall off my perch!
:-)