Contender for Corniest Title of the Year, but in a world where EVERYTHING CHANGES, I am SURE that he is the right man to RELIGHT MY FIRE. Oohaah and Len Glover have always maintained we should NEVER FORGET, well i just PRAY you read my thoughts. IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE after all
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But I'm going to pick just one word out of it which is enough to convince me.
And the word is : "methodical''. I used to think it was a rather dull word. But, boy, does it sound sweet today!
I mean, ask yourself : when did we last hear the words "methodical'' and "Charlton" used in the same sentence?
Exactly. It was four managers ago.
Please, AC. Like AFKA says, just for six months...
I think he needs to SHINE
Seriously though, any particular points those that have read it agree / disagree with ?
The media have clearly, and very unfairly, tagged him as "boring" and are trying to spin that his time with Wet Spam was a failure. As a result, there are very few clubs in the Premiership that would touch him, especially in the south, and I can really only see Fulham and Pompey as realistic Premiership options. Certainly no big club or one with genuine pretensions to Europe (Villa, Everton, Newcastle, Sunderland) will be keen on poor old Curbs.
Even if Curbishley wanted to look further north at smaller clubs there would be only the limited options of Blackburn, Wigan and Boro - I doubt he'd fancy that much for the same reasons that Arry Boy turned down the Geordies earlier this year.
As a result he might as well give the Charlton job some serious consideration, even if its only a short-term position until the end of the season.
The funny thing is that, based on his time at Colchester, Phil Parkinson is probably the second best qualified and available person for the job and would probably be an even hotter candidate if he was not already at the club.
I know Billy Davies has his admirers on here, and there is no doubting his credentials, but the bloke turned us down before when we were in the Premiership so I can't see why he'd take it now we're in the crap.
Added to that, he had major fallouts with his boards at Preston and Derby which makes me think he might be a bit of a loose canon, and that's the last bloody thing we need.
Valid pont, it is his association with the old regime that is worrying people.
We need to look at this as a new appointment and a new start. Parky at least has management experience.
That kind of logic makes the notion of Curbs coming back not too ridiculous at all. This is Curbs we're talking about though, he's a proud man and likes to do things his way, and I do believe he won't go over old ground. If he does think it might improve his stock he might just go for it.
As for our POV, if like you say, we can't afford anything other than a man who is currently out of work, than that very much puts Curbs in pole position.
So who knows, maybe those two facts combined, together with a little discussion between old pals, might bring about the marriage that many would want. I said no outright to Curbs in the poll but having looked a little deeper maybe having him til the end of the season might suit both parties very nicely.
One things for certain, if Kinsella were to eventually take over he would certainly have the full backing and support of the fans and that alone would buy him a certain amount of time to get it right.
My only other choice would be Di Canio....
cruising to a mid table finish in the prem.
Oh and bring back Eltham John, your much more suited to that style