Jose Riga
That's a pretty good record for CAFC in relation to where they were when he took over.
Maybe needs to learn how to grab points in key games but, as these forums show, he's becoming popular which, considering who he's following and the love the fans will always have for Sir Chris, is impressive, to say the least.
I agree with many others on this site, give him a try - and some money!
COYR!
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I was one who was so disappointed when CP was shown the door, BUT Jose has come in and in a difficult situation has kept us up and got us playing some half decent football. As far as I'm concerned he needs to be given the job with the same back-room staff as now, given money to really strengthen the squad, move on the fringe players, give new contracts to Poyet, Morrow et al and show us what he can do with an improved and larger squad. He has earn't his chance, now sign him up and let him get on with it!!23
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I believe he has a meeting with RD this week .3
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There is a strong youth base which can only be good news for the future and Riga has identified that.
What may hold the club back is the revenue it generates as a business in relation to the quality of players it can afford to buy.
The good news is that there are a lot of decent players in our country who are not getting football, waiting in the wings for a break - find the hungry ones and we are there.0 -
It's staggering to recall that JR has been with us less than two months. What an impact he has made. Since that darkest of days at Bramall Lane and its immediate aftermath, we seem to have taken many steps forward, albeit with a few back from time to time. JR's arrival could not have come under more difficult circumstances, with a football club seemingly bewildered on the pitch being equally stricken by the loss of a much loved and talismanic figure in SCP.
That JR has triumphantly surmounted all these obstacles leaves one lost in total admiration. For our part he has rapidly gained widespread acceptance and credibility. For his part (and also the admirable KM) it seems that our club has made a profound and highly favourable impact on them both. It is almost as if we were meant to find each other, drawn together by a fate for once showing a bit of kindness.
What RD has in store for our new hero, his sidekick KF and our own two stalwarts AD and DM remains to be seen. Easily overlooked are maybe personal (family?) considerations on JR's part - after all, he has suddenly been uprooted and dropped in another country. Of course, in earlier days he was prepared to do this when he went to Qatar, but who really knows what all the issues are, other than the protagonists themselves?
The King is dead, long live the King !!
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He has shown such intelligence in dealing with the situation that we were in. He has reinvigorated some players, rested others when they needed resting. I would even say that he has rightly chosen to throw the towel in in order to conserve energy in a couple of games. Belgium is certainly a lot closer than Qatar. He could probably manage a trip home every couple of weeks if he wanted to, I hope we sign him up quickly whilst he is still buzzing.2
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He's obviously done a fantastic job with the hand that he was dealt. What worries me is that he won't be familiar with available players when it comes to rebuilding a squad, one of CPs tremendous strengths.2
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Don't see why he wouldn't be, he clearly knows a thing or two, he's not exactly a novice and dear Old Uncle Roly will have his own scouts out looking, not to mention if Dyer is still around he will have an idea of CP's kind of suggestions (e.g. Obika and Tudgay were clearly Powell type signings.)limeygent said:He's obviously done a fantastic job with the hand that he was dealt. What worries me is that he won't be familiar with available players when it comes to rebuilding a squad, one of CPs tremendous strengths.
Doesn't mean we'll be signing big names everyone knows but that's not necessarily a bad thing. All anyone knew about Yann Kermorgant when he signed was he missed an important penalty, badly... and that worked out okay.1 -
We are being managed by a town in Nigeria?! That is impressive.
I understand why they want to introduce chip and pin at the concession stalls now!2 -
lol - just 'got' that one. !Huskaris said:We are being managed by a town in Nigeria?! That is impressive.
I understand why they want to introduce chip and pin at the concession stalls now!0 -
I'd like to keep Riga. If he was not given the managers job, who would we want/be in the frame? Giggs, Hasselbaink, Curbs, Allardyce???0
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1 Leicester 33 30 74
2 Burnley 34 27 69
3 Derby 34 17 61
4 QPR 33 14 60
5 Forest 34 14 55
6 Reading 34 13 52
7 Wigan 32 11 52
8 Brighton 33 7 50
9 Ipswich 34 5 48
10 B'burn. 33 -2 46
11 Watford 33 9 45
12 Leeds 33 0 44
13 'Boro 34 6 43
14 Hudds. 34 -1 43
15 B'mouth. 33 -8 42
16 Sheff W. 33 -1 39
17 Bolton 34 -4 39
18 Brum. 34 -5 36
19 Blackpool 34 -20 35
20 Donc. 34 -23 33
21 Millwall 34 -29 31
22 Yeovil 33 -18 29
23 Barnsley 33 -25 29
24 Charlton 30 -17 27
Just a reminder of the table when he took over. Interesting to note that our goal difference got worse despite accumulating 24 points from 16 games.
Fantastic effort to end up above every one of the six teams above us.3 -
We don't need no steenkin goal difference...
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Riga is the capital of Latvia. Unless there is a town in Nigeria by the same name, I think you are thinking or LagosHuskaris said:We are being managed by a town in Nigeria?! That is impressive.
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Purdis OP? - click on the link.Chrispy51 said:
Riga is the capital of Latvia. Unless there is a town in Nigeria by the same name, I think you are thinking or LagosHuskaris said:We are being managed by a town in Nigeria?! That is impressive. - cick on the link.
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None of the above .Northern_Monkey said:I'd like to keep Riga. If he was not given the managers job, who would we want/be in the frame? Giggs, Hasselbaink, Curbs, Allardyce???
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Purdis OP? - click on the link.Chrispy51 said:
Riga is the capital of Latvia. Unless there is a town in Nigeria by the same name, I think you are thinking or LagosHuskaris said:We are being managed by a town in Nigeria?! That is impressive. - cick on the link.
I understand why they want to introduce chip and pin at the concession stalls now!
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The link you posted takes you to Jos, which is a "city in the Middle Belt of Nigeria".purdis said:
????The_President said:
Purdis OP? - click on the link.Chrispy51 said:
Riga is the capital of Latvia. Unless there is a town in Nigeria by the same name, I think you are thinking or LagosHuskaris said:We are being managed by a town in Nigeria?! That is impressive. - cick on the link.
I understand why they want to introduce chip and pin at the concession stalls now!
As for your post regarding Riga the manager, I completely agree. A very impressive return and I really hope he is given a new contract.
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I think it will happen. RD would in my opinion have to already have cut and dried a deal with someone else which incidently has been rumoured for him not to offer the job to Jose. Riga has succeeded in his "mission" and has obviously enjoyed his brief time with us. He has the players and fans very much onside and he and the club are a good fit.
Provided the RD and JR vision are along similar lines then I doubt there will be too many problems.
The sponsors thread threw up comments made by Katrien that the club were looking to conclude its transfer dealings by the end of June which to me implies that the players wanted are at least already identified and perhaps in some instances already lined up. It seems to me inconceivable that JR and KF wouldn't have had input into that list. My guess is that we are in for a very interesting couple of months.
For my part I really hope JR signs for us ASAP.10 -
The biggest thing for me that despite the situation, Riga didn't panic. He stayed calm even after bad defeats and I think ultimately that calmness got through to the players.4
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I think that's a great point. In any one game, or sometimes over a sequence of games, there can be a significant random element in results. You lose when you could just have easily have won and vice versa. This, combined with the huge emotion involved, must make it very difficult for the Manager (or Head Coach) to assess, rationally, what's working and what isn't, making adjustments where appropriate, but otherwise telling the players to keep at it.Simonsen said:The biggest thing for me that despite the situation, Riga didn't panic. He stayed calm even after bad defeats and I think ultimately that calmness got through to the players.
Riga appears to know what he's doing and once that became clear to the players it must have been very powerful. I was really struck by a comment he made post the win at Sheffield Wed. "Players are looking for solutions" he said. I really hope he stays.2 -
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I was never the brightest star in the sky! Thanks for clarifyingAidenTheAddick said:
The link you posted takes you to Jos, which is a "city in the Middle Belt of Nigeria".purdis said:
????The_President said:
Purdis OP? - click on the link.Chrispy51 said:
Riga is the capital of Latvia. Unless there is a town in Nigeria by the same name, I think you are thinking or LagosHuskaris said:We are being managed by a town in Nigeria?! That is impressive. - cick on the link.
I understand why they want to introduce chip and pin at the concession stalls now!
As for your post regarding Riga the manager, I completely agree. A very impressive return and I really hope he is given a new contract.
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What's also significant is that Riga did this without significant help from the loan market. Obika did contribute, but could hardly be described as having been critical, whilst Petrucci was entirely marginal. Fantastic is the right word.newyorkaddick said:1 Leicester 33 30 74
2 Burnley 34 27 69
3 Derby 34 17 61
4 QPR 33 14 60
5 Forest 34 14 55
6 Reading 34 13 52
7 Wigan 32 11 52
8 Brighton 33 7 50
9 Ipswich 34 5 48
10 B'burn. 33 -2 46
11 Watford 33 9 45
12 Leeds 33 0 44
13 'Boro 34 6 43
14 Hudds. 34 -1 43
15 B'mouth. 33 -8 42
16 Sheff W. 33 -1 39
17 Bolton 34 -4 39
18 Brum. 34 -5 36
19 Blackpool 34 -20 35
20 Donc. 34 -23 33
21 Millwall 34 -29 31
22 Yeovil 33 -18 29
23 Barnsley 33 -25 29
24 Charlton 30 -17 27
Just a reminder of the table when he took over. Interesting to note that our goal difference got worse despite accumulating 24 points from 16 games.
Fantastic effort to end up above every one of the six teams above us.2 -
He has shown respect for everyone concerned with the Club and in return he won the support of the whole squad. Roland, please ensure he stays to complete the task of taking us onwards and upwards.2
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The form Riga showed with 1.5 points per game would put us eighth in that table. Given that Wigan(7th) and Brighton(8th) made the playoffs it certainly makes sense to get Riga on board and strengthen the squad.0
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And he achieved that with a severe fixture backlog and without two of our best players, three if you include the final games without Wiggins. I always thought that although our squad was deficient in a couple of area's, we were far too good to be right down at the bottom. We were good enough for mid table at least and Riga proved that.seriously_red said:The form Riga showed with 1.5 points per game would put us eighth in that table. Given that Wigan(7th) and Brighton(8th) made the playoffs it certainly makes sense to get Riga on board and strengthen the squad.
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Any manager that has kept us in this division with the strike force we've had this season must be all right.0
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Would be a crime not to get him signed up
Imagine what he can do with a pre season and regular training3 -
i'm convinced now, sign him up0
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