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  • Addick90
    Addick90 Posts: 677
    we are 33-1 to win the league and 13-1 for promotion on ladbrookes aparently
  • smudge7946
    smudge7946 Posts: 4,131
    It will definately be a season where Chris Powell will show his worth as a manager.
    He has done really well this year after a rubbish first season. Hopefully he can
    continue to improve as a manager.

    My guess is that we nick the final playoff spot on the last day of the season.
    Had he have turned that shower round he inherited, that would have been a miracle!


    Parkinson had just won manager of the month prior to being sacked and the team were in playoff contention.
  • C_A_F_C
    C_A_F_C Posts: 3,867
    It will definately be a season where Chris Powell will show his worth as a manager.
    He has done really well this year after a rubbish first season. Hopefully he can
    continue to improve as a manager.

    My guess is that we nick the final playoff spot on the last day of the season.
    Had he have turned that shower round he inherited, that would have been a miracle!


    Parkinson had just won manager of the month prior to being sacked and the team were in playoff contention.
    The two best players during that month for us were Martin and Jackson, Martin left before Powell came in and Jackson only played five and a half matches and we won 4 of them.
  • seriously_red
    seriously_red Posts: 5,741
    As it stands, mid-table. Higher will depend on a few signings - we've got 7 or 8 players who would not look at all out of place in a top Championship team, but it's a squad game these days and we'd need to strengthen in a few places to challenge for the play-offs or above.
    There's a lot of variables we don't know like how much money is out there and who's available but I would have thought a big clue is on our very own stats list... any player rated 6.75 and above must have a chance and we will see pretty quickly whether our back 5 are good enough.

    Hopefully Chris Powell knows the championship well through his time with us, Leicester and West Ham and will know what he's looking for to attain a top half finish... 5 in and 5 out is my prediction just like the early Curbishley years but hopefully with more money as per the bigger picture mentioned by people on here
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,664
    we are 33-1 to win the league and 13-1 for promotion on ladbrookes aparently
    Amazing odds , 13-1 i reckon we'll get promoted this season.

  • pilchard
    pilchard Posts: 3,763
    As another poster said, The board are not here to mess about, I think we will see reasonable investment and I think a tilt at the play offs are a distinct possiblity. The last time we were here we were in a mess on and off the pitch, everything has improved all round and judging by the success that other League One escapees have had in the Championship I think we can make an impact on this league.
  • DiscoCAFC
    DiscoCAFC Posts: 1,762
    edited April 2012
    It's too early to tell what our expectations might be and it depends what will we be doing over the summer, how many players we will bring in and how much we will spend but the clubs long term ambition is to get back into the Premier League. Norwich and Southampton proved this can be done after promotion from League One so who knows what might happen. If we are fighting relegation next season then there is a cause to get worried but judging what has gone on this season and the ambition we have, I believe we could be in for a another good season.
  • Deadred
    Deadred Posts: 1,514
    edited April 2012
    It will definately be a season where Chris Powell will show his worth as a manager.
    He has done really well this year after a rubbish first season. Hopefully he can
    continue to improve as a manager.

    My guess is that we nick the final playoff spot on the last day of the season.
    Had he have turned that shower round he inherited, that would have been a miracle!


    Parkinson had just won manager of the month prior to being sacked and the team were in playoff contention.
    Grossly outpunching their weight at the time, struggled to get past Barnet (bottom of the 2nd Division) and Luton (Conference) in cup replays not forgetting of course they hadn't won in 4 before the 4-2 thumping at home by Swindon, who eventually got relegated, - Parkinson's last game. A great start for SCP but once the euphoria wore off not even he could not make a silk purse out of a pigs ear. Selective memory some people. All's well now though following the clear out and rebuilding exercise...................job done! ftb
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,297
    I would be delighted to stay up and consolidate, push on for a couple of years before making play offs...build for the long term essentially...

    However I actually think this squad is very good and the Championship games I have seen this season have generally looked poor, there is little to fear there and if we have enough money to bring in 5 really good players (CB, CM, RW & 2x Strikers) we will have a decent chance of pulling off top 6.

    Just depends on what investment is made and which players are bought in.
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,880
    It's too early to discuss this particular topic but I personally believe we are going to beat the living biscuit daylight shite out of leyton orient on Sunday.

    All I want is for Charlton to become an established championship level club. No dramatic off field problems. Settle down and just enjoy it. Stay in the championship and allow the club to naturally grow.

    It would be great

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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,735
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  • Crispywood
    Crispywood Posts: 700
    People forgetting we already played a championship side in Preston this season both teams at reasonable strength and we lost 2-1. Yes we played well and should have won but we didn’t and Preston is as bad as it gets in the championship. If we get promoted and avoid relegation it should be classed as a massive achievement, obviously a lot will come down to ins and outs in the window but it’s a massive step up in quality. Realistically we only have Ramsay, Jones, Edwards, Coventry who are guaranteed good level championship players. Can make the argument for Godden and Berry but no idea if age will catch up with then and TC/Small/Leaburn have potential but are very inconsistent will be much harder than people think 
  • NabySarr
    NabySarr Posts: 4,358
    Can admins put a block on this thread until after the game? Stop getting ahead of yourselves 
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  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,448
    Dave2l said:
    It's too early to discuss this particular topic but I personally believe we are going to beat the living biscuit daylight shite out of leyton orient on Sunday.

    All I want is for Charlton to become an established championship level club. No dramatic off field problems. Settle down and just enjoy it. Stay in the championship and allow the club to naturally grow.

    It would be great
    'It's too early to discuss this particular topic' 

    Yep. So stop doing it.

    Ta. 
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,074
    edited May 20
    Crispywood said:
    People forgetting we already played a championship side in Preston this season both teams at reasonable strength and we lost 2-1. Yes we played well and should have won but we didn’t and Preston is as bad as it gets in the championship. If we get promoted and avoid relegation it should be classed as a massive achievement, obviously a lot will come down to ins and outs in the window but it’s a massive step up in quality. Realistically we only have Ramsay, Jones, Edwards, Coventry who are guaranteed good level championship players. Can make the argument for Godden and Berry but no idea if age will catch up with then and TC/Small/Leaburn have potential but are very inconsistent will be much harder than people think 
    Filled with hope - cheers! 

    Honestly, without a major overhaul of the squad we’ll be coming straight back down if we get up.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,385
    Championship ? .. there is a very old recipe for rabbit pie .. the first line reads 'first catch your rabbit' if yer no wot i meen


  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,912
    Sink the thread ..let's not be presumptuous 
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,902
    Alexa, how do you unbump a thread ? 
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,831
    My expectations for the Championship are that there will be 24 teams involved. One of them will be Charlton or Leyton Orient.

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  • Radostanradical
    Radostanradical Posts: 860
    edited May 20
    Squad right now (and i do mean the whole squad) provided they stay relatively injury free, I think hovering around 16th but staying away from trouble by March. I do think we need to add a few more bodies in of the required quality and hope jones would be backed. Provided we actually get there.
  • Woodwork
    Woodwork Posts: 423
    Radostanradical said:
    Squad right now (and i do mean the whole squad) provided they stay relatively injury free, I think hovering around 16th but staying away from trouble by March. I do think we need to add a few more bodies in of the required quality and hope jones would be backed. Provided we actually get there.
    In the Championship 👀

    I’d be amazed if this current squad scored 16 goals by March, let alone hover around 16th!! 
  • wmcf123
    wmcf123 Posts: 5,836
    Radostanradical said:
    Squad right now (and i do mean the whole squad) provided they stay relatively injury free, I think hovering around 16th but staying away from trouble by March. I do think we need to add a few more bodies in of the required quality and hope jones would be backed. Provided we actually get there.
    Must be great to be an optimist.  I think we’re punching above our weight as we are .  We did see in the last few months that when missing key players , we weren’t very good .  I think the current first XI of everyone played 46 games would have a sniff at survival but I wouldn’t be more confident than that.

    And we need to win on Sunday . 
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,074
    wmcf123 said:
    Radostanradical said:
    Squad right now (and i do mean the whole squad) provided they stay relatively injury free, I think hovering around 16th but staying away from trouble by March. I do think we need to add a few more bodies in of the required quality and hope jones would be backed. Provided we actually get there.
    Must be great to be an optimist.  I think we’re punching above our weight as we are .  We did see in the last few months that when missing key players , we weren’t very good .  I think the current first XI of everyone played 46 games would have a sniff at survival but I wouldn’t be more confident than that.

    And we need to win on Sunday . 
    Basically our plan for the next few days should be:

    Sunday - get promoted
    Bank holiday Monday - started planning to replace ~50% of the squad that got us promoted 
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,248
    Sunday - get promoted.
    Monday - people on here moaning we haven't signed 25 players and will be relegated next year. 
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,880
    The fixture list day goes in the diary 😁

    Told ya
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,095
    Midfield and a big dose of creativity would be my main concern. 

    I expect us to be horrible to play against, get the same purists complaining about our style of play as we had before today as we win 1-0 away from home with 25% possession and 1 shot. 

    Hopefully Chapple , NJ and the owners are ready for a very busy summer 
  • R0TW
    R0TW Posts: 1,681
    Orient could have played for another our and not scored, however following narrow wins on both recent counts, we cartainly need so spend on a attacking front
  • kinveachyaddick
    kinveachyaddick Posts: 3,881
    GK and back 5 will all be fine. But in front of them I can’t see anyone who’s definitely good enough. Probably only Leaburn if he can get fit and stay fit 
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,880
    I guess we'd better start spending then. Season starts in August so we have the time

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