I hope he gets a good send off from Charlton fans today. He did his best under extremely difficult circumstances and has been dignified and respectful throughout. I'm guessing he wasn't retained the first time around because he refused to be dictated to. He returned this time, but only after having certain conditions agreed to, one of those being a longer 18 month contract rather than the six they offered him. No doubt he once again made it clear that he needed to be able to do things his way if he were to return for a second term. They obviously agreed, because they were in a desperate situation.
Now it seems to me that the rug has been pulled from under him for the second time. It's an appalling way to treat a decent man. Far from being a "puppet" he is doing the honourable thing by telling them to get stuffed and walking away from the job he loves, rather than agree to their terms.
Goodbye from me Jose, thanks for giving me a little hope and for putting some pride back into our performances, I hope your next job is at a normal club, under normal circumstances, where you can show what you are capable of achieving.
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Take it easy and hope you get a job that you deserve.
But yes of course.
If Riga was our manager from the start of the season and his contract prevented him from ever getting sacked for whatever reason between the time of August up until this point, I don't think we would have got relegated. We would have survived by the skin of our teeth.
The original post is just slightly ott
My opinion, for what it's worth ........ if Riga had pitched up early in the summer, plus a few signings of his choice, had a full pre-season ...... being a coach who at least can set up a team and man-manage under performing players to improve their game ..... I feel that we could have had a very decent season.
He'd have brought a stability to the team, which just about every 1st teamer has already said, has been lacking all season.
A sad indictment of the fall in self esteem and declining expectation of what is good enough for this club