If have genuinely taken the approach of giving Freye a chance but his in game tactical naivity is pushing my patience. Firstly, I can accept him trying it, but Vas Te and Reza are strikers who play in front of defenders. You can play one, but it is daft to play two together. When this is clear during the game -it should be prior to the game IMO- Freye is too slow to react. JJ hasn't got the legs for a two man midfield - we dodged the bullet going 2 up yesterday, my immediate thoughts were we were fortunate and Reza or Vas Te off for a midfielder was the logical move against a poor side low on confidence given the great position we were undeservedly in. To be fair - that midfileder would have had to be Ba (which highlights the problem with the owner's policy) but it would have still been the right thing to do. On Saturday you could see the levels dropping, he waited for them to fall off a cliff before he acted. We were fortunate to get away with it.
I think you look at his starting eleven, you can make the case for his choices, but during the game he is completely hopless. When I know 99% I would have got a win out of yesterday, I get livid. Basically because I am a fan who thinks about the game not a manager and I shouldn't be seeing the basic errors I am.
If Lookman wasn't injured, I don't think Freye should be sacked on the spot, but given a big beating first. Lookman should be playing up front with Makienock, as limited player that he is, Mak requires defenders to work and pace and ability with a big lump gives them more of a challenge than the current set up. I will presume Lookman was injured until clarified, but my earlier points stand.
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However, like his predecessors he has little chance with a threadbare squad.
When our options on the bench are Ba & Makienok you know we're well & truly f****d.
I don't see how any manager could get us much higher up the league.
If you budget for relegation, don't be surprised when you're relegated.
On yer bike Fraeye. There's no hiding place from the fans.
and ps, you not only look like Mr Bean
you manage a football team like him too!
Since Riga we've not had that manager. I don't dislike Fraeye and I don't think he's the worst we've had under this regime but we need someone with good tactical nous and a track record of making silk purses out of sows' ears. We've always needed that. The best candidate available when Luzon went is now overseeing Blackburn's resurgence.
This is where one of the many flaws in this recruitment policy lies. Appoint new manager, ask what "type" of player they want rather than "which" actual players, offer them a selection of players sourced by scouts god knows how that no one else appears to want a ask them to sign one.
Sign them on a long contract and hope the gamble pays off and hope that our excellent youth academy (in place for years before them) plugs the gap.
Then sack the manager when they're not good enough and/ or said squad's inadequate and bring in the next gamble lying to the fans that they're the best for the job out there, they're interim and an improvement on all the previous appointments
New man expected to make do with said squad with perhaps a couple of additions in the same mould as above in front of smaller crowds each time ad infitum.
Absolute shambles and they are clueless this board when it comes to football or just too arrogant to change.
A message to Karel Fraeye: I don't think you've realised this yet, but the formation above doesn't work. There's too big a gap in the centre of the park so the defenders can't get forward to support the forwards, the forwards can't get back to support the defenders and the opposition can boss the game from the middle. I realise that you hardly have a great choice of midfielders, but please stop thinking that the way to win is to add extra
strikersforwards at the expense of the midfield.Maybe Fraeye doesn't think this way as he is an inexperienced and not particularly good coach or tactician ? Dowie I remember being completely hopeless in game strategy. It is not an easy skill to learn. The Championship is not the place to try and develop that, if you ain't got it. Fraeye does not have it. With the players and squad set up, Charlton would need a really good and astute manager (and a decent off field set up). Being that Charlton have neither, the Fraeye appointment is doomed to failure. Being angry at the players publicly is not going to help him either. Its just a question of when he goes. If only the same could be said of Duchatelet and Meire.
Yes Mick McCarthy & Paul Lambert are better than Fraeye.
But like I say if you budget for relegation, don't be surprised when you're relegated.
The fact is we have gone backwards under RD and KM cant spin it any other way.
It's clear he cannot set up a team or organise a defence. All concerns when he joined have now been shown as true and proven. If he actually cared about the club he'd piss off on his accord.
KF appointment by RD and his arrogance to continue with him is the perfect example of why fans can see that we will never move forward with RD and it is very real threat of doing damage long term beyond repair.
Also, all this anger stuff he came out with in his post match interview was just pathetic and will only serve to alienate players. He knew that there were problems at half time so he had plenty of time to change things but, if anything, we were worse in the second half. If he was that angry, you would assume he vented his spleen at the interval? His message obviously isn't getting through....
This whole 'interim' thing is exactly the same lie as 'we had 20 interviews before hiring Luzon'. They are treating us all like mugs and taking our loyalty for granted.
Only two weeks ago he was telling us the squad is fine and he's happy with it being small. Now he's hinting we have to get on with it till January.
Didn't want him appointed, don't want him here any longer.
Suspect he'll be here for the rest of the season so if nothing else, he'll be able to notch a Championship relegation on his bed post.
but just like Cardiff who have given a 2 goal lead away on 3 occasions,
The lack of a playmaker in midfield is really showing, because That team is nearly impossible to manage over 90 minutes.
Dale Stevens, would've a field day with Reza and Lookman doing runs so he had someone to pass to.
If KF has any balls he will demand money to be spent on a midfield or we will be
Proving the bookies right.
The catch 22 is if KF stood up to Duchatelet he won't get the job,
but if he doesn't he will fail anyway.
The crying shame is, their is talent in this team, and not just Lookman,
But we have to do so much chasing, no wonder we don't last 90 minutes.
Decent Playmaker or we struggle all season.
It wouldn't matter who was the head coach,