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Ian Dowie

Taxi_Lad
Taxi_Lad Posts: 3,766
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Just crossed the road in front of me. I was tempted to give him some abuse!!
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  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,596
    Or put your foot down
  • sadiejane1981
    sadiejane1981 Posts: 9,012
    Taxi_Lad said:

    Just crossed the road in front of me. I was tempted to give him some abuse!!

    Can't stand the guy, but hate for him is nothing compared to the hate for Roland rat and his pet squirrel!
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Iain
  • Pringle
    Pringle Posts: 464
    That might be a bit harsh on a man who's been through more clubs than Nick Faldo and is now unemployable.
  • Taxi_Lad
    Taxi_Lad Posts: 3,766
    Addickted said:

    Iain

    You say Iain .... I say useless C***
  • ThreadKiller
    ThreadKiller Posts: 8,620
    Met him last year on holiday, was very complimentary regarding Charlton and felt we were right to sack him. Had loads of stories and was very good company
  • boggzy
    boggzy Posts: 3,595
    ThreadKiller said:

    Met him last year on holiday, was very complimentary regarding Charlton and felt we were right to sack him. Had loads of stories and was very good company

    Did he mention exactly *why* he was sacked?

    Still waiting for Varney to explain as he said he would...
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,617
    DaveMehmet said:

    Or put your foot down

    How would you know if you had done him any damage?
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    Was he crossing the road to get in an Uber?
  • colthe3rd
    colthe3rd Posts: 8,486
    Was he going North?
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  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    Taxi_Lad said:

    Addickted said:

    Iain

    You say Iain .... I say useless C***
    Now now.
  • ThreadKiller
    ThreadKiller Posts: 8,620
    boggzy said:

    ThreadKiller said:

    Met him last year on holiday, was very complimentary regarding Charlton and felt we were right to sack him. Had loads of stories and was very good company

    Did he mention exactly *why* he was sacked?

    Still waiting for Varney to explain as he said he would...
    Said it was a results business and that he just didn't deliver for us. He was happy to discuss anything and everything but there was nothing more than that. Said about his brother, the walk, Les Reed and other shit but that he thought we were a great club
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    R I P
  • NomadicAddick
    NomadicAddick Posts: 2,114
    Dowie doesn't seem like too bad a bloke, just a pony manager with us with some just as bad signings.

    Wouldn't feel the need to hurl abuse at him personally.

    I always thought he was as thick as two planks as well, as that is how he comes across when he's on TV, but I think I read something saying he was actually really intelligent and a qualified engineer or something along those lines. Now that did shock me.
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,145
    He hates Pardew with a passion as well
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    ..."guess who I had in front of my cab today"

    ; )
  • falconwood_1
    falconwood_1 Posts: 7,368
    Pardew and Katie, a fine partnership.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,596
    falconwood_1 said:

    Pardew and Katie, a fine partnership.

    She'd have to do some pretty impressive lying to get a nose as big as his though.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    falconwood_1 said:

    Pardew and Katie, a fine partnership.

    Match made in heaven.
  • dizzee
    dizzee Posts: 5,616
    I'll say it again. We would have stayed up if he was left in charge. Dowie definitely isn't a horrible person ...

    Pardew however, he destroyed us and isn't a very nice person.
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  • rememberbillybonds
    rememberbillybonds Posts: 759
    Forget the football, even in the Premiership Dowie was appointed so Murray could publicly stick fingers up at Simon Jordon.
  • mascot88
    mascot88 Posts: 9,616
    Ian tried, he was just total shit... an awful appointment from an over cocky RM.

  • Hovi's Biscuit
    Hovi's Biscuit Posts: 1,717
    edited March 2017
    Lincsaddick said:

    R I P

    Iain's not dead, but his football management career is!

    (Boom boom)
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,304
    HEY YOU GUYS!!
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,452

    Former Northern Ireland striker Iain Dowie says he was “very lucky” after suffering a cardiac arrest while at the gym.

    The 59-year-old said he was at spin class when the “big” cardiac arrest happened.

    Speaking to BBC NI at Larne’s Inver Park on Saturday, Dowie said he doesn’t remember much about what happened and praised the gym staff, paramedics and air ambulance.

    https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/former-ni-striker-iain-dowie-very-lucky-to-suffer-cardiac-arrest-in-gym/a1589538746.html

  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,824
    Glad he’s ok
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,499
    AFKABartram said:
    Glad he’s ok
    Me too. Might not be popular at Charlton or Palace but he's a Hendon legend. 
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,031
    Hope he gets better soon, and has longer than the 20 years left he mentions.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,849
    Simonsen said:
    AFKABartram said:
    Glad he’s ok
    Me too. Might not be popular at Charlton or Palace but he's a Hendon legend. 
    I still think we would have stayed up under him


  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,499
    edited April 2024
    MrOneLung said:
    Simonsen said:
    AFKABartram said:
    Glad he’s ok
    Me too. Might not be popular at Charlton or Palace but he's a Hendon legend. 
    I still think we would have stayed up under him


    Possibly. There was a definite change in playing style under Dowie (more akin to a Ben Garner style) but we didn't look especially dangerous and were a little bit soft. I think post-Curbishley we probably needed to offer big money to a higher profile manager but of course, that's no guarantee that that high-profile manager would come to Charlton.

    At the time, you would have thought we could at least be a Premier/Championship yo-yo club but the truth is, we've been nowhere near that. Maybe, not least, because we've seemingly adhered to FFP rules while plenty of others may not have done.

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