Now as someone who didn't want Guy in at all after Peeters, my mind was changed pretty quickly.
I enjoy the mans passion to win, "To kill the opponents" when being 1-0 up- so refreshing to here a positive attacking coach. His antics on the touchline, kicking and heading every ball along with the team. The football too was exciting, first time i heard my 11 year old say: "Dad Charlton actually looking good".He kept us up and pretty comfortably too, with in my opinion a pretty poor team.
Now again i have always backed RD, but after hearing ( Pretty Reliable sources ) that GL will be dismissed shall we not win on Tuesday i must say my patience is wearing thin. GL is a very good coach and given a competitive team (like our fully fit first 11) he could get us in the top 8. He has been let down by his "friend" RD. I know its easy to say who i think we should sign and sign and before i hear the usual "Well its not your money" or the classic "If you dont like it buy the club" bull, lets think about this, Charlton are a pretty big club, we are in London and in a league where all it takes is one lucky run.. Your in the big time, so we can easily attract decent players. GL made numerous remarks in the press how he wants 3 players, yet he gets given a youngster from Everton who had previously been out for a year with a broken leg and in my opinion not yet ready for Championship football.
Before i ramble on ill get to the point. The thing that gets me the most is we have a very good coach, passionate man and good guy(Spoke to him twice and both times very pleasant) who the board have let down massively. Given a paper thin squad and expected to do well with them. I feel even if we win tomorrow Guy is a dead man walking and its totally undeserved.
I know i may be jumping to conclusions as he hasn't gone yet, but if GL does go, he should keep his head up and hope it doesn't affect any future employment opportunities for him.
Good luck tomorrow Guy and hope you stay with us, I'm sorry our board well and truly have f***** you over.
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He knew the remit. Buy cheap foreign nobody's not expensive somebody's. Sell your youngsters and keep the squad trimmed. It's no secret. But Luzon signed up to it.
I don't blame him though. He needed a job.He knew full well that it probably wouldn't work out. Nobody can make this air brained policy work.Any manager worth his salt would give it a swerve.
The problem for Duchatalet. Are there many more willing to give it ago? Does he care?
I think all three parties above knew that so on that basis I can't see GL being under much pressure.
Any new manager needs the transfer window open or at least about to open.
If our form doesn't improve by December, Christmas may not be very happy for Guy Luzon.
I thought initially that RD was trying to prove that you could build a sustainable model in the Championship, four full time managers (maybe five soon) later and I was obviously very wrong but I only care about Charlton Athletic and have very little sympathy for the "predicament" that anyone who chooses to work for RD finds themselves in - particularly if you'd worked under him previously.
Basically it's all becoming a bit too predictable. If we get rid of Luzon, then RD & KM will look like idiots given the fanfare and statements put out upon his arrival. However, RD will probably not care and we'll move onto hoping the next guy in is 'the one'. KM will do the damage limitation exercise with the press release etc. I just want to start winning again hopefully with GL at the helm
It was their policy of living within a budget, that we now find ourselves with a small squad hit with injuries, suspensions and a poor run of results.
The never ending injury situation and the loss of form is baffling.
It would probably be a backroom revolt by the players – the same kind of revolt that hastened the removal of Big Bob to give K.M. the excuse to sack G.L.
and the rest were in the team anyway !
It's strange, maybe he is researching, maybe he wants to KNOW that he can't do it on a show string and slowly add over a few seasons... so next year we spend a bit more and the year after and so on... so that he gets us where we need to go at the cheapest possible price... hang on, that might be it ...
I really like Guy and don't see how anyone else could do better with the squad we have at the moment.
we've missed your mainly
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