Riga *Might* be coming back

Please no! No personal issue with Riga and grateful to him for his previous stint with us...but we don't need him, or Fraeye!

With all due respect RD sacked him at standard. Didn't renew his contract at Charlton. Asked him back when standard were in shit. Didn't renew his contract at standard, and now potentially asks him back to manage Charlton now we're in shit? What self respecting manager, let alone man would say 'yes' ?

Just say no Jose.

john3 said:

Covered End said:

john3 said:

I went to the demonstrations both before and after the match against Forest to make my presence and feelings known, i stood there and joined in the singing not for a compromise but to join with the Charlton family in attempting to get this board and its manager out.
Why on earth should we settle for anything less;i do not believe that by the board appointing Riga if it is true should be acceptable to us,i think it is an insult [not the man himself,he's being used to appease the "customers"] .
Are we really going to accept this? keep standing,keep the faith and WE WILL SEE THIS THROUGH,NO COMPROMISE!

I think you're confusing 2 issues here.

You are allowed to have a good coach and still want the owners out.

I'm happy with Riga, but still want the owners out.

Disagree ,if Riga comes in and we survive the drop that will only strengthen the current boards position to stay and say that their appointment was right and what are we complaining about. I think also that the current momentum of demonstration may loose weight as we accept the new status quo,then a few months into the new season the same old
chestnut!!

I agree. However, I would prefer that we aren't relegated. Sheff U have been down there for years now.

If we go down, we too may take years to come back, or we might not even come back if Fraeye stays in charge.

Fraeye can't pick a team, he has no concept of tactics and is utterly utterly clueless.

Riga now or Fraeye, it's a no brainer for me.

Yep, I would like us to stay up and I would quite like someone in charge on Tuesday who can set up a team and give them clear instructions. Agree with @Covered End Riga now or Fraeye its a no brainer.

CharltonByBlood said:

atleast he understands what Charlton means to us... But please give him longer than bloody 6months!

I wonder how he would have done without hughesy, Morro, Wilson, jacko, dyer, hamer - all big personalities - on and off the pitch - which typify the Charlton mentality that I have always known. There's just none of that left at the club now - bar jacko of course but even he seems a broken man.

What a cheap desperate move.

CAFCTrev said:

Karels exit interview with Roeland:

"They said you would bring balance to our books not lead the club in to darkness"

Covered End said:

braydex said:

Please no! No personal issue with Riga and grateful to him for his previous stint with us...but we don't need him, or Fraeye!

With all due respect RD sacked him at standard. Didn't renew his contract at Charlton. Asked him back when standard were in shit. Didn't renew his contract at standard, and now potentially asks him back to manage Charlton now we're in shit? What self respecting manager, let alone man would say 'yes' ?

He didn't sack him at Standard. Riga resigned to go to Qatar.

Push or jump....you leave the ship either way.

carly burn said:

Riga could always say no ta.

That'll leave em with a bit of a problem.

Just say no José

hope this happens

I shall judge Riga by the terms he gets for his return. as a minimum he should be looking for
- a contract of at least 2 years
- keeping the players he wants over the transfer window, plus a decent budget to bring in those he needs
- the coaching staff and assistant manager he wants
- the title of manager rather than chief coach
_ a commitment that KM and RD will maintain total silence on all football related matters
- access to a good lawyer ( and that doesn't mean KM) and a good accountant
- a much bigger salary than last time

He has twice got himself into situations where he has been well and truly shafted by football club owners both here and at Blackpool - if he allows it to happen to him a third time then he has only himself to blame.

cafcinse6 said:

So if we have improved with every new manager we have hired what does this mean?

Fuck me, inept is too kind for the mob that make the decisions for our club.

We have moved into the quantum physics of running a football club. The football manager is both alive and dead.

john3 said:

Covered End said:

john3 said:

I went to the demonstrations both before and after the match against Forest to make my presence and feelings known, i stood there and joined in the singing not for a compromise but to join with the Charlton family in attempting to get this board and its manager out.
Why on earth should we settle for anything less;i do not believe that by the board appointing Riga if it is true should be acceptable to us,i think it is an insult [not the man himself,he's being used to appease the "customers"] .
Are we really going to accept this? keep standing,keep the faith and WE WILL SEE THIS THROUGH,NO COMPROMISE!

I think you're confusing 2 issues here.

You are allowed to have a good coach and still want the owners out.

I'm happy with Riga, but still want the owners out.

Disagree ,if Riga comes in and we survive the drop that will only strengthen the current boards position to stay and say that their appointment was right and what are we complaining about. I think also that the current momentum of demonstration may loose weight as we accept the new status quo,then a few months into the new season the same old
chestnut!!

What!!! You want us relegated to satisfy your judgement on the owner! Odd, very odd!!!
Welcome Riga, hope he can do it again and let's see where we end up. For me the best outcome would be for Roland to change his ways not leave. Moneybags owners do not grow on trees

The best we can probably hope for is to remain a Championship club until someone else buys us. If we are only going to be given network managers then Jose is probably the best we can get. He can organise a team... and does our team need organising or what!

Riga hasn't been brought back to placate us fans. He's been brought back because RD is looking at his investment going down the plughole into League One. He knows Riga. Riga knows us and no doubt is willing to work with what he's got and not make the kind of demands the British managers named on here would.

It's perhaps a bonus for RD and us that Riga is not going to be universally disliked but if you think this appointment has anything to do with the protests then I think you are mistaken.

Jensenwasclass said:

As far as I know Steven Clark, Nigel Pearson, Tim Sherwood, Gus Poyet, Gary Monk,
Brendan Rogers, Malky McKay are all out of work. Why doesn't Murray
advise these Belgian clowns we need a manager with experience
not another network (or ex network) employee?

I don't want McKay anywhere near the club. I would rather go down then see that disgrace as our manager.

Tim Sherwood is a rubbish manager, and he would never stoop so low as the Championship. I would bet against him keeping us up. Pearson is mental, the shouty-pointy thing just doesn't work as well as it used to.

I think Swansea let Monk go too early, I think he's going to turn into a brilliant manager, but he is obviously young. The rest are alright. All of them have had pretty underwhelming careers.

I'm probably one of the few who thinks if we get a decent manager in (as unlikely as that is), even if they don't have champo experience, they'll turn us around. I think the above shows the real dearth of quality British managers.

On Riga, I am happy in that it is probably the best we can hope for. I'm afraid if we leave it too long we'll get to a point where we're cut adrift or where the players simply give up because of the off-field shambles.

Right now KF is the part of the regime doing the most damage to our club.