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Your favorite Charlton manager in your lifetime

Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 85,242
edited March 2008 in General Charlton
would be Jimmy South Stand for me but edited to be in your life time so Lennie.
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  • StanmoreAddick
    StanmoreAddick Posts: 4,150
    is this a "in your lifetime" Henry???? ;-)
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,438
    Lennie. End of.
  • 1. Lennie
    2. Curbs & gritty
    3. Curbs
    4. Pardew
    5. Les Reed
    6. Davros

    Can't remenber much before 1982
  • ChiAddick
    ChiAddick Posts: 1,781
    in my life time only had curbs,dowie,les,pardew so i gotta say curbs
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,242
    [cite]Posted By: StanmoreAddick[/cite]is this a "in your lifetime" Henry???? ;-)

    OK let's make in your life time

    Lennie for me as well
  • StanmoreAddick
    StanmoreAddick Posts: 4,150
    Curbs.

    but i'd guess Lennie may in the fullness of time run him close.
  • ThreadKiller
    ThreadKiller Posts: 8,622
    would have been lennie if he hadn't tried to sign robert lee on the cheap as we he knew we needed it most.

    so curbs all day long as you can't really argue with his record.
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Robin Michael Lawrence.

    How he got us promoted when we moved to Sellout/no money/poor crowds; I shall never know - followed by four seaons in the top flight. The most inspired player purchases of any Charlton manager. Without him Curbs would never have happened.

    And a win at Old Trafford, that Curbs never managed.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,661
    edited March 2008
    Close run thing between Curbs and Lennie Lawrence with an honourary mention to Andy Nelson for a while at least.

    Lennie did a great job getting us up and keeping us up four 4 seasons despite the handicap of playing at that shithole.

    However, without wishing to diminish his achievements, English clubs were banned from European competitions at the time which meant that the English first division was as high as you could go. The "silly" money wasn't around then either so players were not desperate to move on.

    Curbs had silly money wages to contend with, Europe and Bosmans all at a time we were also redeveloping the ground. I therefore think his achievements marginally exceeded Lennie's and therefore vote Curbs.
  • curbs he brought some great young players and gave us two prmotional years ok it went stale towards the end but would we have achieved half the things under another manager

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  • northstandsteve
    northstandsteve Posts: 14,330
    Curbs and Lennie joint
  • Southendaddick
    Southendaddick Posts: 5,314
    Favourite was Lennie, best was Curbs.
  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    Allan Mullerey for me













    is the worst, after Les Reed.
    I respect Curbs but never liked him. I liked Lenny till I met him a couple of years ago, very bitter, so for me Super Al.
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,170
    curbishley just pips lennie for me... we never had it so good and i doubt we will again, not in my lifetime or by the time riscardo reaches 28
  • RedArmySE7
    RedArmySE7 Posts: 5,407
    Curbs, haven't really got much else to chose from!
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,608
    Lennie.

    Steered the club through the darkest years.
  • Has to Be Curbs at 33 i thought Lennie would be the best mgr i ever saw but curbs came and achieved at a very influencial time in my life so curbs wins hands down although what lennie achieved was very impressive.

    but pipped at the post
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,577
    Lennie for his record and identifying Curbs as a potential.
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,823
    [cite]Posted By: LenGlover[/cite]Close run thing between Curbs and Lennie Lawrence with an honourary mention to Andy Nelson for a while at least.

    Lennie did a great job getting us up and keeping us up four 4 seasons despite the handicap of playing at that shithole.

    However, without wishing to diminish his achievements, English clubs were banned from European competitions at the time which meant that the English first division was as high as you could go. The "silly" money wasn't around then either so players were not desperate to move on.

    Curbs had silly money wages to contend with, Europe and Bosmans all at a time we were also redeveloping the ground. I therefore think his achievements marginally exceeded Lennie's and therefore vote Curbs.

    can't disagree with the Curbs / Lennie comparison
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    Curbs and Lennie, I can't decide between the two. Anyone who remembers the years at Selhurst and hanging on with little or no money.

    Curbs was a good solid manager and completed the work that Lennie started.

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  • Pardew 4 ever!
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    Eddie Firmani and Theo Foley
  • JohnnyH2
    JohnnyH2 Posts: 5,344
    Lennie's achievements should never be down played. To get a side up with all that was going on around him, and then to keep us there for 4 years was outstanding. If that had happended now with all the hype surrounding it the whole world would know about it, but back then we were just riducled for being small, e.g the 'joke' that Den did on Eastenders about our gates!
  • bald1
    bald1 Posts: 50
    theres only one lennie lawrence
  • ChicagoAddick
    ChicagoAddick Posts: 4,394
    I'm too young for Jimmy S, so it should be Curbs but I'm still a bit childish about him at the moment.

    Lennie was a legend but equally I remember leading the singing behind the goal at Selhurst with a chorus of "Lennie Lawrence has fucked it up again."

    Bailey was superb for one season. But I'm going for Lennie because I used to have a couple of sherberts with him in the Catford Cricket Club and history has shown that he still very much cares about us, whereas Curbishley doesn't seem to.
  • bingaddick
    bingaddick Posts: 8,184
    Favourite manager is Lennie, the best though for me is Curbs.
  • Alex Wright
    Alex Wright Posts: 8,214
    Mike Bailey
  • StanmoreAddick
    StanmoreAddick Posts: 4,150
    edited March 2008
    [cite]Posted By: ChicagoAddick[/cite] and history has shown that he still very much cares about us, whereas Curbishley doesn't seem to.

    Maybe he has the time at the moment to appear that way whereas Curbs hasn't

    Curbs' speech at the end of his last home game showed his love for our club- never a man to play to the media- that was heartfelt. But don't expect too much public "adoration" for us whilst he is Wham manager.
  • Despite rumours to the contrary, I wasn't around for Jimmy Seed and I'm convinced had Mike Bailey been given the time, he would have been a legend. As it is though it's a tough call between Lennie and Curbs and perhaps it's a little churlish for me to try to choose between them.

    Lennie's management abilities enabled our club to survive poverty and coupled with success and top league status, kept us from likely extinction. Curbs abilities in a different era arguably brought us greater success in a tougher environment, but with the backdrop of a much more secure foundation.

    Legends both say I.
  • mascot88
    mascot88 Posts: 9,639
    Lennie Lawrence.......

    I have to mention as well meeting him at city addicks him and johnnie H was like a timewarp for me from when I met them when I was a kid..... absolutely fantastic....

    I think lennie was the best thing since sliced bread and to be fair give it another five years I think every one will look back and fel the same about curbs...

    both fantastic but Lennie gets it for me..