Obivously a lot of you had doubts the moment the news broke on him. For me, when he bought us, I was initially very happy. It seemed for the first time since the prem days, we had financial stability.
The first inklings that he might be an oddball were via CL, with people sharing news on some of his antics at Standard Liege, and the fans opposition to him there. I just thought thats a one off and it wont happen here. How wrong I was!
I continued to give him the benefit of the doubt until last season, the Karel Fraeye debacle made it clear to me he had no idea about football, or what is best for Charlton.
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Wasn't actively supporting charlton when Powell was sacked so wasn't aware of goings on at that time.
Then the next but one away game (we lost 3-0 at Donny in between) we almost grind out a win at Wigan and he concedes two in the last
tentwo minutes after flapping his way through the game! Nego also made his debut there, was pants and not up to the rigours of Championship football.The final straw was the sacking of Powell at the Sheff Utd Cup QF defeat where rumours were rife before the game over team selection. I've had no time for the bloke or his CEO ever since and that's the way it will remain until they are gone.
Not really enjoyed a game since - defeats have become less and less painful, wins less and less satisfying.
as much as i loved Yann, it was all about the money.
I spend a lot of my time researching into mostly foreign Clubs and know a lot about dodgy owners and the effect they can have on a Club. Something didn't sit right with what I'd read about RD, it was about business and about financial estate and he quite obviously didn't like to be told what he was doing doesn't work.. All was out there on t'internet from his former/current Clubs elsewhere.
Heartbreaking when there's nothing you can do!
Was sceptical from the start but was willing to give them a chance but not keeping Riga was a key point. Giving us Luzon then employing Riga at Standard a week or so later was the final straw.
Even then though, I imagined they were simply teething issues.. Riga leaving confused me though, as did his son who was blunt on Facebook saying his dad wanted to stay.
That said, I bought my cheap season ticket in the A Block, enjoyed the new beers and foods, and sat back content in the fact that we had a new pitch, new seats, some decent new players and this was a fresh start.
When Peeters got sacked I realised that we were probably beginning a "manager merry-go-round" and began to get frustrated. That tipped over much later when Fraeye was appointed and it was clear that the situation was hopeless.
So: there was no one moment, I was fair and gave them multiple chances, but eventually enough was enough. The final straw was Karel fucking Fraeye, Meire smirking at the protests and the refusal to admit wrongdoing.
Writing that out has really made me question just how so many people seem OK with the situation.
The changeover between Peeters and Luzon was alarm bells.
The Belgians lost the fans at the Watford 5-0 and since then the football has been irrelevant.