Apologies for starting another thread on this, but reading some of the comments about Powell after the match tonight are frankly embarrassing.
The man is a club legend who clearly loves the club. He took us up on a shoe-string budget and then took us to 9th in the Championship last season on an even smaller budget. He has given us some great moments in the last couple of years and yet when things start to get a bit tough many of you are prepared to turn on him so easily.
Now is the time to get behind Powell and the players, not to slag them off. Grow a pair and get behind the team and we might just get out of this.
He has helped us immensely in recent years; now it's time for us to help him.
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He is the right man for Charlton.
100% support Chris!!
He also did a fantastic job last season.
He is a very bright coach and and genuinely a really nice guy to be around.
Given some financial support he will take the club in the right direction.
Of course, on a game-to-game basis it stops with Powell and the players - especially when you consider some of the baffling tactical decisions he made last night.
That being said, in any walk of business if there is something fundamentally wrong with the organisation then it lies with the board and ultimate decision makers (TJ/Slater/RD/Katrien/Murray).
I firmly believe that if our club got relegated then Powell would be at fault to a certain extent but if you assess the club from top to bottom then the blame and reasons for demise lies with the people sitting in the big long table at The Valley.
But he is still 100% my man for the job
Just hope he plays players in their natural position. ( who he plays at right back, I haven't got a clue)
How should Charlton be performing? Is Powell under-performing, if so by how much? I see a squad built to get out of league 1 plus a few players who were at the bottom of a barrel we were scraping.
I look at the Championship table and I don't see many teams with a budget as small as ours. I may be wrong here but I'd say our budget will be in the bottom three of the championship, if this is the case, is Chris still under achieving?
A few years ago I remember "We want our Charlton back" ringing around the Valley. The Charlton I want back is where the fans get behind the players and the manager. Some people on our facebook page and to a lesser extent on here make me cringe. I suppose these fans have always been there but they now have a platform where they can be heard. Perhaps these fans started following us during the Premiership years, unfortunately for them, that is not the natural position for Charlton.
I still believe the majority of fans are behind Chris and the team but unfortunately, as is in most areas of life the morons shout loudest.
It's not unbelievable that people want a change, but lets be realistic. There's only a few days left of the transfer window, Powell leaves and I think there's a good chance that our better players will follow him out of the door. Let's see if he's given the money to get hold of players he actually wants and how he gets on.
Powell's sacked and we lose someone who genuinely cares about the club like we all do, for who? A journeyman manager who sees us as a quick buck
Before I get pelted about who the replacement should be, there've been a few names banded about, but I don't know and he ain't my job to know.
He has the ability to get us up and we may just need that come the end of this season
He has credit in the bank as far as I'm concerned and deserves up till Christmas next season
All this is before taking in to stock that we have a cheap squad for this league hence the shit players who come in when the injuries and suspensions kick in and that's not forgetting players' form that drops
SCP didn't pick a team I would have last night but I believe he tried to stay solid because to not lose was more important than winning IMO obviously failed
His only 100% nause up was playing Evina
I think he put cousins out wide because he hasn't been having the best of it lately and I believe in an ideal world of a decent squad SCP would like to be resting him
Wood is more solid than Dervite
But people moan he has his favourites and sticks with them too long then moan when he changes it up!
What I can't accept from a SCP team is the lack of effort and commitment that the team showed glimpses of last night and that is a worrying sign
Duchy has to back him now or back him in the summer for a promotion push
Mincing around with contracts and chuff players that won't make a difference to the first team will only lead to League One Mr Duchatelet huuuuh
SCP has 100% support from me
I would also make the point that in that time Powell has seen no new back room coaching staff come in. (As well as losing Nathan Jones)
Every side needs fresh faces and new ideas coming in. The current dour football is no doubt a result of that and a lack of competition in the squad.
If we secure 2-3 signatures in the coming days and manage to retain the contracts of our core players then there is every chance of an up turn in fortune.
Without it our only option is continue to support the Powell and his squad in a time when his hands remain obviously tied.
Powell makes mistakes but look at the track record of those being linked with us, they make just as many if not more and I don't think they are at the point in their career where they are still developing.
On the team selection last night, I agree it was wrong in hindsight but I feel Powell didn't have too many choices in the team. Maybe AA on the wing to start, he couldn't pick green on the right with Wilson both are defensive liabilities, as Wilson proved, so cousins offered a bit more protection on paper. JJ is the captain and in theory lifts the team, if he is out Morrison gets the armband and he hasn't impressed me as captain.
I see a team that isn't made for this level, they're too old, cast offs or players just starting out. The few players that can play at this level were either not on the pitch or stranded up front on their own trying to carry the team. Powell got the most out of them last year overachieving. Now the older ones are on the wrong side of the bell curve, the players in their "prime" are gone or injured and haven't been replaced.
I would love to have a manager who can get more out of these players but I don't think that person exists, I don't see anyone who can get more out of them than Powell and if the other man people want in is Avram Grant then they need to take a long hard look at themselves and his track record.
In my opinion we are in between a rock and a hard place players contracts up and not playing well enough and will only sign if CP does. But the current league performances of those players isnt good enough to earn CP a new contract.
Since playing Stephens out wide against Sheff Wed he has puzzled me, and made the same mistake again last night with Cousins.
If we let Powell manage the club, sign players, offer contracts to key players I believe he will see us safe this season then we and Roland can re-assess where we are. At the point where Roland bought the club, it was a mess. Players/staff unhappy with contracts, agents looking for moves, pitch unplayable. If players were promised contracts which have not materialised, the agents will be looking to get their players moved on, it's in their interest and how they make a living.
Powell could have walked out on the shambles of a regime we've just got rid of and I honestly believe we'd be rock bottom, possibly without a new owner. Lets get Powell signed up, the players we want signed up, some trust back between the players and the club.
My biggest worry this season is heading for a relegation scrap with a team of players who are out of contract in a few months/weeks. Those 50/50 tackles, players thinking about their hamstring when chasing down an opposing player, it's a recipe for disaster.
Always thought that moving Mervyn Day on was the solution when we were stagnant under Curbs. Same may apply here...