Met him last year on holiday, was very complimentary regarding Charlton and felt we were right to sack him. Had loads of stories and was very good company
Met him last year on holiday, was very complimentary regarding Charlton and felt we were right to sack him. Had loads of stories and was very good company
Did he mention exactly *why* he was sacked?
Still waiting for Varney to explain as he said he would...
Met him last year on holiday, was very complimentary regarding Charlton and felt we were right to sack him. Had loads of stories and was very good company
Did he mention exactly *why* he was sacked?
Still waiting for Varney to explain as he said he would...
Said it was a results business and that he just didn't deliver for us. He was happy to discuss anything and everything but there was nothing more than that. Said about his brother, the walk, Les Reed and other shit but that he thought we were a great club
Dowie doesn't seem like too bad a bloke, just a pony manager with us with some just as bad signings.
Wouldn't feel the need to hurl abuse at him personally.
I always thought he was as thick as two planks as well, as that is how he comes across when he's on TV, but I think I read something saying he was actually really intelligent and a qualified engineer or something along those lines. Now that did shock me.
Former Northern Ireland striker Iain Dowie says he was “very lucky” after suffering a cardiac arrest while at the gym.
The 59-year-old said he was at spin class when the “big” cardiac arrest happened.
Speaking to BBC NI at Larne’s Inver Park on Saturday, Dowie said he doesn’t remember much about what happened and praised the gym staff, paramedics and air ambulance.
Me too. Might not be popular at Charlton or Palace but he's a Hendon legend.
I still think we would have stayed up under him
Possibly. There was a definite change in playing style under Dowie (more akin to a Ben Garner style) but we didn't look especially dangerous and were a little bit soft. I think post-Curbishley we probably needed to offer big money to a higher profile manager but of course, that's no guarantee that that high-profile manager would come to Charlton.
At the time, you would have thought we could at least be a Premier/Championship yo-yo club but the truth is, we've been nowhere near that. Maybe, not least, because we've seemingly adhered to FFP rules while plenty of others may not have done.
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Still waiting for Varney to explain as he said he would...
Wouldn't feel the need to hurl abuse at him personally.
I always thought he was as thick as two planks as well, as that is how he comes across when he's on TV, but I think I read something saying he was actually really intelligent and a qualified engineer or something along those lines. Now that did shock me.
; )
Pardew however, he destroyed us and isn't a very nice person.
(Boom boom)
Former Northern Ireland striker Iain Dowie says he was “very lucky” after suffering a cardiac arrest while at the gym.
The 59-year-old said he was at spin class when the “big” cardiac arrest happened.
Speaking to BBC NI at Larne’s Inver Park on Saturday, Dowie said he doesn’t remember much about what happened and praised the gym staff, paramedics and air ambulance.
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/former-ni-striker-iain-dowie-very-lucky-to-suffer-cardiac-arrest-in-gym/a1589538746.html
At the time, you would have thought we could at least be a Premier/Championship yo-yo club but the truth is, we've been nowhere near that. Maybe, not least, because we've seemingly adhered to FFP rules while plenty of others may not have done.