Chris Powell will get a deserved welcome today and rightly so.
But lets not forget Bowyer and remember as much as he loves Charlton, between 3 and 5 he will want us to get slaughtered.
However loud we cheer SCP make sure we cheer twice as loud for LLB
Literally slaughtered with those tackles that were flying in on Williams and others. His team today just showed he is just another manager of a rubbish league one team.
I agree. Was very disappointed by the tactics of Powell's team today.
I’d love his tactic of getting 100 points and winning the league though ! That’s not to suggest I want him back, although I wouldn’t object too much when LB inevitably leaves this summer
Can’t believe the ten men of Southend didn’t wanna keep the game flowing and wasted time , really strange tactics
There is a difference between time wasting and what they were doing.
Also the time wasting started on the 40th minute
Seriously , we are a better side than them , they have to do all they can to get something out of the game , even more so with ten men ive seen our goalies waste time from early on , Amos would do it even when we were losing !! its what the weaker teams do .
The time wasting I am unhappy about is the continuing feigning of serious injury. To my mind that is cheating same as diving. I understand the ref cannot ignore a player saying they are injured, but he could then add on the 20 minutes lost ( we probably would not have scored)
I can understand a bit of time wasting as they were clearly the weaker team and having to play most the game with 10 men, but it was the way they went about it that was disappointing from a Chris Powell team, he is a man we look at as an honest pro doing things the right way. His team today were just cheats pure and simple. The ref didn’t help as he had no control of the situation, the goalkeepers antics were just ridiculous towards the end. Oh and the fattest physio in the world didn’t help!
I can understand a bit of time wasting as they were clearly the weaker team and having to play most the game with 10 men, but it was the way they went about it that was disappointing from a Chris Powell team, he is a man we look at as an honest pro doing things the right way. His team today were just cheats pure and simple. The ref didn’t help as he had no control of the situation, the goalkeepers antics were just ridiculous towards the end. Oh and the fattest physio in the world didn’t help!
When they are chasing a game they have another physio who is really slim and quick , unreal
I can understand a bit of time wasting as they were clearly the weaker team and having to play most the game with 10 men, but it was the way they went about it that was disappointing from a Chris Powell team, he is a man we look at as an honest pro doing things the right way. His team today were just cheats pure and simple. The ref didn’t help as he had no control of the situation, the goalkeepers antics were just ridiculous towards the end. Oh and the fattest physio in the world didn’t help!
When they are chasing a game they have another physio who is really slim and quick , unreal
It's interesting that people wrote him off as a manager before any of his team had kicked a ball; oh he's too nice, he'll never make it as a manager. For some even a 100 point season wasn't enough to change their perspective. Now his new team have faced us using some less than nice tactics people are bleating. That's football folks, you have to play to your strengths and if your strengths aren't on a par the the opposition you may need to give them a kick or run down the clock.
Why is it, when people (Charlton) critique CP, it always comes with a "top bloke" comment? Every knows he's a really nice bloke, but I personally find that most people are nice. Dowie was nice when I met him, but I wouldn't want him selling programs at Charlton, let alone managing...
I can accept time wasting but constantly feigning injury was just too much yesterday and the ref did f*** all. The injury time was a joke - it could easily have been doubled.
What made it worse was Southend could easily have won at the end.
Maybe time to adopt the rugby method. Automatically stop the clock for incidents & injuries. Virtually all teams in EFL have a stadium clock. It's even sillier that once 90 mins have elapsed you're not allowed to see the added on time. Probably THE time that you are most interested in how long has been played & how long is left.
The keeper going down injured worked as it killed our momentum and after that they had 2 great chances to.score. Before this a yellow card to the keeper early on would have helped but I think the ref was worried about the no. of cards already dished out. I think in the end our team looked very disjointed with our subs and I think Powell may look back and think maybe his team could have played a bit more and even with 10 men got the win.
I dont have a problem with timewasting we do the same albeit not quite so cynically, thats modern football. As Robinson said Allardyce plan is to reduce playing time against the stringer teams. What i did not like about this Powell team was the cutting down of players with thigh high tackles with no intention to get the ball. Powell never played like that and its sad that he condones it as a manager. 2 games and 3 sendings off!
If he was behind the time wasting by his team today I have lost a lot of respect for him. Football is entertainment, that display was cheating.
Are we selectively forgetting that his Charlton team did exactly the same?
It does go to show that CP (top top guy) is like every other sports manager in the entire universe (usually tossers) and is focussed on winning every game for his club, regardless of the opposition and so he should.
Guarantee there's Charlton who wanted Southend to win yesterday as it was CP (absolute gentleman of the highest order) and also because of the current situation at the Club.
If he was behind the time wasting by his team today I have lost a lot of respect for him. Football is entertainment, that display was cheating.
Are we selectively forgetting that his Charlton team did exactly the same?
It does go to show that CP (top top guy) is like every other sports manager in the entire universe (usually tossers) and is focussed on winning every game for his club, regardless of the opposition and so he should.
Guarantee there's Charlton who wanted Southend to win yesterday as it was CP (absolute gentleman of the highest order) and also because of the current situation at the Club.
If he was behind the time wasting by his team today I have lost a lot of respect for him. Football is entertainment, that display was cheating.
Are we selectively forgetting that his Charlton team did exactly the same?
It does go to show that CP (top top guy) is like every other sports manager in the entire universe (usually tossers) and is focussed on winning every game for his club, regardless of the opposition and so he should.
Guarantee there's Charlton who wanted Southend to win yesterday as it was CP (absolute gentleman of the highest order) and also because of the current situation at the Club.
Really? Can’t see that being the case
Several 'fans' on here have said they want us to lose every game to hirt RD.
I can accept time wasting but constantly feigning injury was just too much yesterday and the ref did f*** all. The injury time was a joke - it could easily have been doubled.
What made it worse was Southend could easily have won at the end.
and maybe if it was doubled Southend might have won in it
If he was behind the time wasting by his team today I have lost a lot of respect for him. Football is entertainment, that display was cheating.
Are we selectively forgetting that his Charlton team did exactly the same?
It does go to show that CP (top top guy) is like every other sports manager in the entire universe (usually tossers) and is focussed on winning every game for his club, regardless of the opposition and so he should.
Guarantee there's Charlton who wanted Southend to win yesterday as it was CP (absolute gentleman of the highest order) and also because of the current situation at the Club.
Really? Can’t see that being the case
Several 'fans' on here have said they want us to lose every game to hirt RD.
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to suggest I want him back, although I wouldn’t object too much when LB inevitably leaves this summer
Also the time wasting started on the 40th minute
ive seen our goalies waste time from early on , Amos would do it even when we were losing !!
its what the weaker teams do .
What made it worse was Southend could easily have won at the end.
Guarantee there's Charlton who wanted Southend to win yesterday as it was CP (absolute gentleman of the highest order) and also because of the current situation at the Club.
Didnt Pompey fans have similar views of us after we beat them?