Dear All,
As a local, I have been avidly reading your post match views over the season and I have to say, you guys are a knowledgeable lot. Would be very interested in your comments on;
1) There's obviously a lot of respect and love for SCP. What makes him so special to CAFC fans - is it is character or just that he's winning games?
2) Do you think he's got more sense, than say Paul Ince, to not jump ship at the first opportunity to manage a Premier League club and when, if at all, do think another club will come knocking for his services?
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He I believe was always going to be given time due to his time as a player
1. He signed as a player three times yet unlike some players when he left for fresher pastures no one resented his departure and each time he was welcomed back. As a player he kept himself fit, worked hard and always put a shift in and played with a smile on his face while off the park he had time for the fans and you never felt that the pro-footballer thing had gone to his head. On one of his last incarnations as a player he started a tradition which some might have regarded as hubristic - of jumping out of the tunnel after home wins to the delight of the Covered End. This is on youtube somewhere, with Powelly it suited his character and personality.
2. You should never say never, but I get the impression that CP knows exactly what he's doing, where he's going and how to go about getting it, for that reason I think he'll be here for a few years yet while he learns how to become a manager. Then who knows. I'd credit him too with knowing his own mind. After taking over in January he systematically gutted what was a very ordinary team but has put together a squad with the right balance of skill and tenacity, not too dirty but not a pushover and one that plays football in the style he wants to see. Clearly he's worked hard not just to identify players with the right skills but also the correct temperament. For the first time in about a decade I feel that we have a genuine Charlton team of players who have a common goal and ambition. I say about a decade because after the Curbs side of 1998-2002/3 began to dismantle we only rarely have had or seen such a cohesive and collective spirit.
Only place I can seeing him ending in is the England hotseat!
1) In addition to all the points made above, for me, there's just something extra special about him as a human being. He just seems to be one of those people that you feel you can trust, a man that has enormous integrity, decency and humanity.
2) I think CP may be destined for higher things in the fullness of time, I'm just going to relish every minute that we have him.
In a country that increasingly values ignorance over intelligence, hype over content, PR and spin over content, volume over quality, a place where honest, decent good-hearted individuals take second place, Mr Chris Powell is a good man getting what he deserves.
It is even sweeter because many 'fans' doubted him as he tried to re-organise the team.
If karma works in a single lifetime, Chris Powell will go on to equal Curbs and Lawrence as a Charlton modern-era hero.