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Alcorcon new season

Top of the table (second division) for Roland's Spanish club after 4 games.

The network relationship hasn't really involved much, so probably of limited interest, but presumably some success for them could have some implications for us. Still need to get to the ground with my Charlton top on!
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  • Keep us posted. With Standard out, I'm not sure there's a call for the weekly round up I was doing last season. Anyway what about Marko? Is he first choice keeper?
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,824
    Yes, first choice
  • Top of the table (second division) for Roland's Spanish club after 4 games.!

    Bastards are now Roland's No.1 club after selling Liege, must really hate us!!
  • Marko has played every game so far.

    Early days in the league, but there are no outstanding teams in the division who are expected to run away with it. The teams relegated from La Liga last year (Cordoba, Almeria and Elche) haven't made particularly strong starts. I expect Osasuna and Real Valladolid to be front runners, but Alcorcon could challenge for the playoffs I reckon.
  • Delighted to hear Marko is a key part of a table topping team Ina tough league. When I saw him in the summer for Serbia U21, I thought he was the real deal. This may turn out to be a smart move to send him there, but I also hope he has a future at Charlton. I was never actually worried about Nick Pope yesterday and thought he made some excellent saves. But in many ways it will be easier for Charlton to compare the two if Marko is playing regularly at this level.

    What about the attendances? Crawling above 3,000 yet?
  • CharltonMadrid
    CharltonMadrid Posts: 5,091
    edited September 2015
    Only 2324 in attendance last night. Crowds are always poor but quite hard to see exactly why. Combination of cost, time of the game and the massive focus on Real and Atletico in Madrid I guess.

    Other Madrid teams Rayo Vallecano only get about 9000 and Getafe only about 5000. The whole focus of the city is really lopsided towards the big two.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    Did they make signings from across like us? Any other network moves other than Dmitrovic?
  • Had players on loan from Standard Liege before but nothing this season.
  • Away to Bilbao Athletic tonight, who are newly promoted and in the bottom four. Good opportunity for Alcorcon to extend their lead at the top of the table.
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,126
    Who's their manager....?
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  • Juan Muñiz, former Malaga and Dnipro manager, took over from Jose Bordales in the Summer.
  • Away to Bilbao Athletic tonight, who are newly promoted and in the bottom four. Good opportunity for Alcorcon to extend their lead at the top of the table.

    The Atletico Bilbao? They were in the 3rd? Wow...

  • Bilbao Athletic are (somewhat confusingly) Athletic Bilbao's reserve team and are now the only B team in the Segunda Liga. With the full team's Basque only policy, most of their players come through the 'cantera' (the 'quarry'), so the B team are always guaranteed to have a few future stars.

    Disappointingly for Alcorcon, Bilbao won one nil tonight.
  • Down to a more realistic fifth after yesterday's other results. Osasuna on top.
  • Most Charlton fans are probably sick of the RD network by now, but for those with an interest Alcorcon drew at home to Numancia tonight and are currently third.

    I must admit that my initial enthusiasm at having a 'partner' club has petered out, both due to the underwhelming current situation at Charlton and the general mediocrity of Alcorcon. A connection with Rayo Vallecano would have been much more interesting.
  • 2-0 win away at Gimnastic has put Alcorcon back up to second, though Osasuna and Elche could both overtake them if they win tomorrow.
  • Will go back top if they win home game later today.
  • thewolfboy
    thewolfboy Posts: 2,927
    Cheers CM...of interest.
  • Wasted opportunity: lost one nil at home to struggling Huesca, and drop down to fifth.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,824
    @CharltonMadrid

    out of interest, has there been any noticeable change at the Club since Roland took over? (I know he changed the manager this summer)

    Did he install 'his people' a la Katrien to run it?

    Has there been any obvious signs of change other than Dmitrovic on loan on the playing side?
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  • CharltonMadrid
    CharltonMadrid Posts: 5,091
    edited October 2015
    Fans were not happy last year but are a bit happier this year as they are doing better. RD is seen as being symptomatic of modern football: faceless and corporate, the antithesis of a small community team. The fans are pleased with improvements to the ground though. Sound familiar?

    The coach is an experienced Spanish manager but not sure about the behind the scenes team. I pop on the Alcorcon message board every now and again so will report back anything they say about that.

    On the pitch, the team has been pretty stable over the last couple of years. David Rodriguez gets a few goals and Oscar Plano always looks decent. I reckon sending some academy players this way would be good experience for them. Alcorcon's B team also play in the fourth division, in the same league as a team I have a season ticket for (Puerta Bonita) and it is probably conference standard, so would be a good level for Charlton's young players.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Appreciate the updates re Alcorcon CM.
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,144
    What's the word on Dmitrovic in goal?
  • 6-1 win this weekend against Llagostera and up to third. As others have pointed out, the stability in the team, faith in proven Spanish managers and general lack of all things Belgian at Alcorcon is bewildering compared to RD's treatment of Charlton.
  • cafcnick1992
    cafcnick1992 Posts: 7,413
    I spoke to an alcorcon fan on fifa. We had our mics on; it was a very homoerotic affair, but he said Dmitrovic is doing really well.
  • 6-1 win this weekend against Llagostera and up to third. As others have pointed out, the stability in the team, faith in proven Spanish managers and general lack of all things Belgian at Alcorcon is bewildering compared to RD's treatment of Charlton.

    I'd consider the Spanish League to be very technical like with Belgium though in that respect is probably easier leaving the Spanish Manager in charge... Doesnt look like any of their Managers have lasted more than a season though.

    Biggest shock is Dmitrovic is their only Network Loanee
  • kentred2
    kentred2 Posts: 2,335
    Dermot Corrigan describes Duchatelet's plan for Alcoron as "building sustainably towards the top flight, while introducing synergies between his various clubs." In Decembers WSC.
  • IA
    IA Posts: 6,103
    kentred2 said:

    Dermot Corrigan describes Duchatelet's plan for Alcoron as "building sustainably towards the top flight, while introducing synergies between his various clubs." In Decembers WSC.

    That's the kind of blue sky thinking we need on a go-forward basis.
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,144
    It's the quietest of all the clubs. I don't think there has been any big unrest there, has there? I realised today that there have been at all the others, including us.
  • These updates are very interesting, especially as the club seems to be run in a very different way to us.

    While virtually all Spanish, it does seem that most of the team are relatively recent recruits, and with a decent age profile so it seems that whoever is responsible for their transfers is doing a reasonable job