Absolute bollocks - he was lucky first time round to have solid experienced back room staff and a core of decent, honest players. I am pretty sure we are going to see the Blackpool Riga this time round.
In the short term this is the best outcome for the club IMO
Gives us a chance of staying up and we need to remember that as a club we are a million times more attractive to potential new owners in the Championship than League One
Support Riga and the team from now until the end of the season and continue to try and force the owner to sell up
IF he keeps us up and is given the funds and support to pick/gets who he wants in then wouldnt have a huge issue, but we all know there is more chance of getting shit out a rocking horse
1. Riga and his assistant Fraeye seen as not good enough for Charlton job, released. 2. Peeters appointed, Luzon gets lined up for Charlton job, quotes in Israeli press, wife follows on Twitter etc well ahead of announcement 3. Peeters sacked, extensive search for new coach 20 interviews within 8 hrs, Luzon new manager 4. Luzon sacked, Fraeye appointed within a couple of hours, stupidly announced later as an interim while they recruit new coach 5. No recruitment search occurs 6. Riga rumoured to be new boss, talks collapse apparently, Riga says there have been no talks 7. Fraeye no longer tenable even under the farce of a stand in, search for a new coach announced 8. Nobby Vinegar set to be announced within 20 mins, decision backtracked. Word circulated now turning to British manager 9. Another Belgium network on a retainer Riga appointed
Is that right....?
Just posted the below on another forum for people who don't know as much about the club...
"like an unprecedented number of injuries , we could not have foreseen" Are you having a laugh you stupid old bastard. All the players you brought are known for their injury problems or they haven't played competitive football for a long time. Bunch of C%^%" the lot of em.
As for Riga, I will support him, however all respect to the bloke has gone, I felt gutted for him when they let him go first time around but to carry on letting Roland mug him around is pathetic.
Also dont why I'm getting annoyed at Roland there is no way he said shit. those quotes are either from the editor or the witch and her dog.
my guess is that Riga was approached a few days ago but wanted more than RD was willing to give, be it his contract or a transfer budget. The loss of the Hungarian one left them in a panic and RD gave in to Riga.
I'm not happy with this appointment although he may save us the only real future for the club will be under new owners
I'm not upset but he is only the best of a tragic bunch. He won't hire a British coach as an established, respected one would cost at the very minimum £5k per week. If he takes someone from Belgium they will be on less than half that, then that Serbian fella would have been on a quarter of it.
Roland will cut corners and save money any way he can and he will continue to do that with our managers until he fucks off. Saving money off the pitch is more important than results on it.
WTF would you employee someone who they have binned twice previously or more alarmingly why would you want to go and work for someone who has sacked twice ??
Judging from RD's comments... IS HE FINALLY LEARNING?
Of course he's not. He says in his statement that as soon as he realised things weren't working we tried to put things right at the start of January...except it's the 14th of January and Fraeye was only just sacked last night off the back of two results so comically terrible even I would have said you were being silly if you'd predicted them. All that's happened is the clamour from us, the media and over the top shellackings have forced his hand. And as a result he's gone back to a manager he deemed not good enough in the first place, ignoring our pleas to change the programme. He's learned dick all.
Having said that, Riga has worked before and he could work again, there's nothing to say it won't now, but we shouldn't kid ourselves that it's a new dawn just because they pasted his name onto a nonsense statement
Bienvenu José, it only seems like 18 months or so since we saw you here last, with all the comings and goings thru Roly's revolving door it felt like it must have been much longer, watching the 'action' on the pitch certainly felt like several lifetimes. As you were then, there's a few familiar faces at the training ground, their legs are a couple of years slower and there's a lot more teenagers around. Good luck getting approval for the critically important further recruitment. Apparently RD is acknowledging 'errors in recruitment' to which apparently attempts have been made to address this month, 2 in, 5 or 6 more needed, more if the departures of Watt, Lookman can't be avoided Won't see you at the Valley for a few weeks got some slightly less mad/frustrating calls on my time. 'Til then - Bon chance and all that mon ami. P.S. for the avoidance of doubt neither Naby Sarr or El-Hadji Ba are footballers nor are they to be allowed anywhere near the team coach, unless they're loading the kit or hoovering the seats, your predecessors have been struggling under some misapprehension they might have been players, not so, avoid, whatever the cost.
Roland is a complete madman , Riga did well last time he says well you should have gave him the fucking job last time you prick , the search went well then fucking joke that , Roland please do us all a favour and sell the club and fuck off to wherever you came from , I am fuming at the moment really need to calm down ,bollocks Roland , katrien , and Richard Murray u AV destroyed our great football club Murray how can you look at yourself in the mirror u should hang your head in shame .
Buy Club - Give manager no room to manage - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network on short term contract, whilst micro managing him - stay up (just) - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - etc etc.
RD just thinks this will calm down the protests, if anything I think this makes things worse. All the lies about searching for a manager Aswell as the fact that he's been useless since leaving us.
Charlton are delighted to confirm the appointment of José Riga as Head Coach on an 18-month contract. (Thus rapidly completing the recruitment process you belatedly started less than 24 hours ago)
The 58-year-old returns to The Valley having successfully steered the club away (note that Fraeye "masterminded" the same) from relegation danger at the end of the 2013/14 season. (But we didn't extend his contract for reasons never really explained other than that Peeters was meant to be good at bringing the kids thru')
He oversaw 16 Championship matches during his first stint in SE7, winning seven, draw three and accumulating 24 points to lift the Addicks from the bottom of the Championship to 18th position. (But we didn't keep him on and we didn't appoint him when he was available again when Peeters was sacked)
Only Leicester City, who went on to win the title, recorded more Championships points in the remainder of 2013/14, following Riga’s appointment in March. (No one will look at where we are now and where Leicester are now and think "God, we messed up big time", no, not at all)
Charlton owner Roland Duchâtelet said: “This has been a disappointing (disappointing is drawing when maybe we could have won, we're frustrated, angry and rebellious while staring at a financially and every other form of disastrous relegation) season for everyone connected with Charlton (so not you then Roland) and the board take responsibility for that (Dead right on that one) . Some things, like an unprecedented number of injuries, we could not have foreseen.(Yes you could because players get injured and the paper thin squad wasn't good or deep enough and most people could see that in August) But we have also made errors in recruitment, mistakes (Yes, in everyone of the 5 transfer windows since you took over) we have immediately tried to address in January. (Only these were the same quotes attributed to CEO Katrien Meire in the first draft of the Nobby Vinegar is appointed press release yesterday. So why is Roland saying it now?)
“It was also crucial we dealt with the position of the Head Coach. José did an excellent job in his short period with Charlton two seasons ago. (but we didn't keep him on) He was very popular with supporters (But we didn't keep him on) and I believe that he will get us back on track(as he had in 2014 but you didn't keep him on). There are 20 matches of the season still to play and it’s vital that we battle for every point.(There were about 33 when you sacked Luzon)
Riga guided Belgian club Standard Liege to the last 16 of the Europa League in the 2011/12 season and, earlier in his career, he won the Belgian second division with R.A.E.C. Mons for the first time in the club’s history in his first year in charge. And? All this was on his CV when you let him go
He also spent time as technical director of Cercle Sportif Vise in Belgium and worked at the Aspire Academy in Qatar. ditto
After leaving Charlton in the summer of 2014, Riga had a short spell at Blackpool before re-joining Liege for the end of the 2014/15 season. (Yes you re-employed him at Standard when he could have come back to Charlton when Peeters went)
So, once again, what exactly does KM do (apart from lie and smirk)?????
Well for a start she makes the right decision every time Gary you ungrateful bastard. When you're that good you don't have to work hard because you literally shit out golden eggs
She also holds the world record for 'most interviews conducted simultaneously'
Only Leicester City, who went on to win the title, recorded more Championships points in the remainder of 2013/14, following Riga’s appointment in March. (No one will look at where we are now and where Leicester are now and think "God, we messed up big time", no, not at all)
Hilarious statistic - we played twice as many games as everyone else from March onwards!
“It was also crucial we dealt with the position of the Head Coach. José did an excellent job in his short period with Charlton two seasons ago. He was very popular with supporters and I believe that he will get us back on track. There are 20 matches of the season still to play and it’s vital that we battle for every point.”
Roland - you are a total joke. You haven't got a fucking clue.
I wonder if it's possible that RD and Katrien are that useless they didn't even ask Riga (hence him saying there had been no contact). Instead they went straight to the Ujpest manager, just as they were about to appoint him they heard the news that actually Riga did want the job and then decided he was a better option.
Laughable quotes from RD in that statement. Neither the management nor player recruitment process has improved if bringing back Riga, Johnson et al are anything to go by...
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Gives us a chance of staying up and we need to remember that as a club we are a million times more attractive to potential new owners in the Championship than League One
Support Riga and the team from now until the end of the season and continue to try and force the owner to sell up
So the timeline is this....
https://twitter.com/RichCawleySLP/st...49407994556417 - Club leaks that they want Riga back
http://www.southlondonpress.co.uk/ar...earchyear=2016 - Fraeye knows he is done after result at Huddersfield
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/sport/1...scue_Charlton/ - Riga claims he has not been contacted
https://twitter.com/RichCawleySLP/st...84595042217985 - Nebojša Vignjević our new manager...
https://twitter.com/airmanbrown/stat...30105883013122 - Change mind on Ujpest guy because of "internal (players?)" pressure
https://twitter.com/airmanbrown/stat...27428188991489 - Due to said pressure, proper search starts (clearly even though Fraeye was interim, there was no search for a permanent manager) for a British manager.
And now Jose Riga is in charge.
I'm not happy with this appointment although he may save us the only real future for the club will be under new owners
so
support the team not the regime
Roland will cut corners and save money any way he can and he will continue to do that with our managers until he fucks off. Saving money off the pitch is more important than results on it.
Having said that, Riga has worked before and he could work again, there's nothing to say it won't now, but we shouldn't kid ourselves that it's a new dawn just because they pasted his name onto a nonsense statement
Won't see you at the Valley for a few weeks got some slightly less mad/frustrating calls on my time.
'Til then - Bon chance and all that mon ami.
P.S. for the avoidance of doubt neither Naby Sarr or El-Hadji Ba are footballers nor are they to be allowed anywhere near the team coach, unless they're loading the kit or hoovering the seats, your predecessors have been struggling under some misapprehension they might have been players, not so, avoid, whatever the cost.
Buy Club - Give manager no room to manage - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network on short term contract, whilst micro managing him - stay up (just) - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - Appoint new manager from network, whilst micro managing him - disastrous results - Sack manager - etc etc.
All the lies about searching for a manager Aswell as the fact that he's been useless since leaving us.
I don't like this appointment.
At least we'll soon finally get the answer as to whether it was Riga or Powell's squad that kept us up. (It was the latter by the way.)
The 58-year-old returns to The Valley having successfully steered the club away (note that Fraeye "masterminded" the same) from relegation danger at the end of the 2013/14 season. (But we didn't extend his contract for reasons never really explained other than that Peeters was meant to be good at bringing the kids thru')
He oversaw 16 Championship matches during his first stint in SE7, winning seven, draw three and accumulating 24 points to lift the Addicks from the bottom of the Championship to 18th position. (But we didn't keep him on and we didn't appoint him when he was available again when Peeters was sacked)
Only Leicester City, who went on to win the title, recorded more Championships points in the remainder of 2013/14, following Riga’s appointment in March. (No one will look at where we are now and where Leicester are now and think "God, we messed up big time", no, not at all)
Charlton owner Roland Duchâtelet said: “This has been a disappointing (disappointing is drawing when maybe we could have won, we're frustrated, angry and rebellious while staring at a financially and every other form of disastrous relegation) season for everyone connected with Charlton (so not you then Roland) and the board take responsibility for that (Dead right on that one) . Some things, like an unprecedented number of injuries, we could not have foreseen.(Yes you could because players get injured and the paper thin squad wasn't good or deep enough and most people could see that in August) But we have also made errors in recruitment, mistakes (Yes, in everyone of the 5 transfer windows since you took over) we have immediately tried to address in January. (Only these were the same quotes attributed to CEO Katrien Meire in the first draft of the Nobby Vinegar is appointed press release yesterday. So why is Roland saying it now?)
“It was also crucial we dealt with the position of the Head Coach. José did an excellent job in his short period with Charlton two seasons ago. (but we didn't keep him on) He was very popular with supporters (But we didn't keep him on) and I believe that he will get us back on track(as he had in 2014 but you didn't keep him on). There are 20 matches of the season still to play and it’s vital that we battle for every point.(There were about 33 when you sacked Luzon)
Riga guided Belgian club Standard Liege to the last 16 of the Europa League in the 2011/12 season and, earlier in his career, he won the Belgian second division with R.A.E.C. Mons for the first time in the club’s history in his first year in charge. And? All this was on his CV when you let him go
He also spent time as technical director of Cercle Sportif Vise in Belgium and worked at the Aspire Academy in Qatar. ditto
After leaving Charlton in the summer of 2014, Riga had a short spell at Blackpool before re-joining Liege for the end of the 2014/15 season. (Yes you re-employed him at Standard when he could have come back to Charlton when Peeters went)
He was appointed as Head Coach of Ligue 2 club Metz in June 2015 but left his December with them position in sixth place.
Read more at http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/charlton-athletic-jose-riga-2900902.aspx#cswhc3GVHhi1HTjB.99
Stop the world, I want to get off.
She also holds the world record for 'most interviews conducted simultaneously'
The fact that the "quotes" are in his name and not Meire's hopefully means that her number is being binned!!
“It was also crucial we dealt with the position of the Head Coach. José did an excellent job in his short period with Charlton two seasons ago. He was very popular with supporters and I believe that he will get us back on track. There are 20 matches of the season still to play and it’s vital that we battle for every point.”
Roland - you are a total joke. You haven't got a fucking clue.