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  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,742
    We should remember that the players who are getting us out of the mess are largely Powell players minus Kermogant and Stephens. I think Riga has done very well as he had a tough job, but the signing activity since RD took over has been largely negative. We don't know how we will go in the summer, but we should be concerned. Had the bloke been given a modicum of backing he would have brought us success, I'm sure of that.
  • He said he would reply to all fans letters! Get writing people... i might ask him who would win a fight between a polar bear and a grizzly bear

    good question, Polar bear I reckon

    It's looking pretty even to me.....
  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,331
    Promotion for £900k. Bargain.

    Such a pity he was not given 2mil when he got us up.

    He will always be remembered as the manager who cleared out the negativity and gave us our club back.

    I look forward to the day he returns.
  • JonnyK
    JonnyK Posts: 830
    But they say 'never go back' and I'm sure that it will be an easier gig (if such a thing exists in the modern day hire and fire world of pro footy) for CP to manage elsewhere without the attachment of the legend status.

    We wi follow his career with continued interest and he will be exceptionally well received if he comes back and stands in the away technical area!
  • cafc4life
    cafc4life Posts: 4,634
    I miss him,and listening to that made me hope that one day he does return.Top bloke, and will turn out to be a top manager.
  • markmc68
    markmc68 Posts: 1,593
    Too much man love going on in here. Yes I liked the guy. But it stopped there. He gave a good interview yesterday but I wouldn't have expected anything different. I often wonder if the people who say they love him actually know him.
    Likeable guy granted.
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,233
    markmc68 said:

    Too much man love going on in here. Yes I liked the guy. But it stopped there. He gave a good interview yesterday but I wouldn't have expected anything different. I often wonder if the people who say they love him actually know him.
    Likeable guy granted.

    People can feel what they like about him without you dictating too much this, move on there, etc etc. Stop telling people what they should and shouldnt feel.



  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,987
    I love the man but the only time id want him back is if he goes and does a good job at another 2/3 clubs.

    He still has a lot to learn as a manager and experience at clubs he has no ties too will do him the world of good.
  • markmc68
    markmc68 Posts: 1,593
    That's choice. You're telling me what to do. Chill out. By the way I love Jose. Only teasing
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,233
    That's choice you telling me to chill out.

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  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,538
    "When [RD's] plans were unveiled for the future of the club it didn't sit easy with him. It was getting tougher and tougher."

    And this, in a nutshell, is why I have major question marks over RD, the network and the as yet unknown strategy, apart from the stated intention to breakeven.

    Regardless of one's view re Powell's managerial capabilities, no-one can doubt his love for, understanding of, and commitment to Charlton Athletic Football Club. If Powell had serious reservations re the Duchatelet strategy, and could not reach agreement over "footballing issues" going forward, then that worries me big-time.
  • Heisenberg
    Heisenberg Posts: 183

    Powell said that RD bought in players he didn't consider good enough and has been proved right with JR not playing them either

    Oh yeah, he certainly proved them right at Sheffield (Utd).
    True, but it was still Powell and Powell's players that got us to Sheffield Utd. Is Riga also wrong to not be playing the likes of Thuram, Koch, Nego and Polish Pete then?

  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,577
    edited April 2014
    @Weegie Addick I think most of us are concerned with "the strategy" and "the network" and that is primarily because we don't know any of the detail. It does not surprise me that CP was unhappy with it, few British mangers would be happy with European styles of club management, and this is a development on that but that does not mean it is wrong.

    For me the period we are in at the moment is a firefighting period and we don't really have a true reflection of what will happen going forward in running the club or transfers.

    Once our league status has been established and over the summer months we will have a clearer idea of where RD will take us.

    On the plus side we have seen the investment in the pitch and the academy being taken forward but in the negative we see the transfer dealings, which if repeated spell doom, but if improved could spearhead us towards a play off contention next season.

    It's never easy being a Charlton fan and sometimes I wish we were in the age pre internet when we really did know nothing and just saw what was going on, on the pitch.
  • As much as I want Powell back as manager it'll never happen under RD. We'll have to wait until the club is sold again for that to happen.

    Should this comment be for the joke thread.
    Nice man everyone knows but only some have the knowledge that he was a shit manager....now look what you made me do! Comment on bloody chris powell again. We are not safe yet but if he had stayed there was only way we were going and it wasn't essex.

    So which bits of Powell's reign makes you come to the conclusion that he was a shit manager?
    Was it winning the league one title, but not beating Fulaham's record points total?
    Or only finishing 9th in our first year back in the Championship? Obviously most other managers would have smashed that league with that team wouldn't they?
    Or this season's cup run, culminating in that disappointing loss and being last in the league (with four games in hand), despite the old and new owners playing KerPlunk with his team?
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,130

    "When [RD's] plans were unveiled for the future of the club it didn't sit easy with him. It was getting tougher and tougher."

    And this, in a nutshell, is why I have major question marks over RD, the network and the as yet unknown strategy, apart from the stated intention to breakeven.

    Regardless of one's view re Powell's managerial capabilities, no-one can doubt his love for, understanding of, and commitment to Charlton Athletic Football Club. If Powell had serious reservations re the Duchatelet strategy, and could not reach agreement over "footballing issues" going forward, then that worries me big-time.

    Ssshhhhh, we're supposed to pretend everything is just fine! Put your head back in the sand and declare your love for Jose Riga, RD and Katrien!
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    Some miserable fockers on here
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,987

    "When [RD's] plans were unveiled for the future of the club it didn't sit easy with him. It was getting tougher and tougher."

    And this, in a nutshell, is why I have major question marks over RD, the network and the as yet unknown strategy, apart from the stated intention to breakeven.

    Regardless of one's view re Powell's managerial capabilities, no-one can doubt his love for, understanding of, and commitment to Charlton Athletic Football Club. If Powell had serious reservations re the Duchatelet strategy, and could not reach agreement over "footballing issues" going forward, then that worries me big-time.

    Ssshhhhh, we're supposed to pretend everything is just fine! Put your head back in the sand and declare your love for Jose Riga, RD and Katrien!
    Zzzzzz
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,130

    "When [RD's] plans were unveiled for the future of the club it didn't sit easy with him. It was getting tougher and tougher."

    And this, in a nutshell, is why I have major question marks over RD, the network and the as yet unknown strategy, apart from the stated intention to breakeven.

    Regardless of one's view re Powell's managerial capabilities, no-one can doubt his love for, understanding of, and commitment to Charlton Athletic Football Club. If Powell had serious reservations re the Duchatelet strategy, and could not reach agreement over "footballing issues" going forward, then that worries me big-time.

    Ssshhhhh, we're supposed to pretend everything is just fine! Put your head back in the sand and declare your love for Jose Riga, RD and Katrien!
    Zzzzzz
    No one asked you to open the thread.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,987

    "When [RD's] plans were unveiled for the future of the club it didn't sit easy with him. It was getting tougher and tougher."

    And this, in a nutshell, is why I have major question marks over RD, the network and the as yet unknown strategy, apart from the stated intention to breakeven.

    Regardless of one's view re Powell's managerial capabilities, no-one can doubt his love for, understanding of, and commitment to Charlton Athletic Football Club. If Powell had serious reservations re the Duchatelet strategy, and could not reach agreement over "footballing issues" going forward, then that worries me big-time.

    Ssshhhhh, we're supposed to pretend everything is just fine! Put your head back in the sand and declare your love for Jose Riga, RD and Katrien!
    Zzzzzz
    No one asked you to open the thread.
    I dont recall the thread being called 'lets slag off people that support the current board'

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  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,004
    @Nug - so have you suddenly lost affinity with the players since Jose became manager? Is he not Charlton enough for you? (Genuine question, not a dig - we all have different measures/levels of judging such things.) It seems to me that despite a definitely European style and approach quite unlike CP's (not necessarily better OR worse) he seems to be in the proper Charlton mode - getting the players playing with and for each other, keeping calm and carrying on and bouncing back after potentially crushing defeats. Can't think what more you could realistically ask of any manager in his position frankly.
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,130

    "When [RD's] plans were unveiled for the future of the club it didn't sit easy with him. It was getting tougher and tougher."

    And this, in a nutshell, is why I have major question marks over RD, the network and the as yet unknown strategy, apart from the stated intention to breakeven.

    Regardless of one's view re Powell's managerial capabilities, no-one can doubt his love for, understanding of, and commitment to Charlton Athletic Football Club. If Powell had serious reservations re the Duchatelet strategy, and could not reach agreement over "footballing issues" going forward, then that worries me big-time.

    Ssshhhhh, we're supposed to pretend everything is just fine! Put your head back in the sand and declare your love for Jose Riga, RD and Katrien!
    Zzzzzz
    No one asked you to open the thread.
    I dont recall the thread being called 'lets slag off people that support the current board'
    I don't recall it being called 'Lets slag off people who dare to question the current board' either.
  • Nug
    Nug Posts: 4,624
    @thenewbie - as I said in my post I am growing to like him and I did not criticize him, he's done a great job so far. Is he Charlton enough? I'm not sure what that means, but put it this way, I doubt he will be here long enough for me to know and that's a shame, same for Astrit who I think is excellent and would love for him to be around a few seasons. That's my concern with being part of a network and I accept I'm probably in a minority. Hopefully I am wrong and Riga will stay and build on his good start, we'll be in the Championship, Hamer, Morrison, Astrit and Poyet sign on the dotted line and I see a lush green pitch at The valley next season.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,987

    "When [RD's] plans were unveiled for the future of the club it didn't sit easy with him. It was getting tougher and tougher."

    And this, in a nutshell, is why I have major question marks over RD, the network and the as yet unknown strategy, apart from the stated intention to breakeven.

    Regardless of one's view re Powell's managerial capabilities, no-one can doubt his love for, understanding of, and commitment to Charlton Athletic Football Club. If Powell had serious reservations re the Duchatelet strategy, and could not reach agreement over "footballing issues" going forward, then that worries me big-time.

    Ssshhhhh, we're supposed to pretend everything is just fine! Put your head back in the sand and declare your love for Jose Riga, RD and Katrien!
    Zzzzzz
    No one asked you to open the thread.
    I dont recall the thread being called 'lets slag off people that support the current board'
    I don't recall it being called 'Lets slag off people who dare to question the current board' either.
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  • LuckyReds
    LuckyReds Posts: 5,866
    Nug said:

    @thenewbie - as I said in my post I am growing to like him and I did not criticize him, he's done a great job so far. Is he Charlton enough? I'm not sure what that means, but put it this way, I doubt he will be here long enough for me to know and that's a shame, same for Astrit who I think is excellent and would love for him to be around a few seasons. That's my concern with being part of a network and I accept I'm probably in a minority. Hopefully I am wrong and Riga will stay and build on his good start, we'll be in the Championship, Hamer, Morrison, Astrit and Poyet sign on the dotted line and I see a lush green pitch at The valley next season.

    Doubt you're in the minority; I agree with that 110%. Your desire is essentially what's best for the club after all.
  • Kap10 said:



    It's never easy being a Charlton fan and sometimes I wish we were in the age pre internet when we really did know nothing and just saw what was going on, on the pitch.

    Rather than the current internet age where we still know nothing but all pretend we do?
  • Gaz it ain't worth it it's just not sinking in with some

    The same way no one should be saying move on get over it

    Now like Afka has said is time for everyone to feel how they want personally but support the current regime
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,577

    Kap10 said:



    It's never easy being a Charlton fan and sometimes I wish we were in the age pre internet when we really did know nothing and just saw what was going on, on the pitch.

    Rather than the current internet age where we still know nothing but all pretend we do?
    Lol there is that.
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,871
    Just listened to the interview.

    It was great and was just honest. Told it how we see it and what it appeared to be.

    It's also quite a sad story aswell in regards to Powell's departure.

    Most people, in and out of Charlton, love Powell, simply because he's down to earth and just a nice bloke. Would speak on the same level to anyone.

    Powell is a rare breed of football manager that does not have the typical big ego to go with it.

  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,130
    Kap10 said:

    Kap10 said:



    It's never easy being a Charlton fan and sometimes I wish we were in the age pre internet when we really did know nothing and just saw what was going on, on the pitch.

    Rather than the current internet age where we still know nothing but all pretend we do?
    Lol there is that.
    I heard that too.