The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)

Mal · March 2018

Being suggested Kewell has said goodbye to his players, and the takeover and announcement he is the Manager is tomorrow..... Wynn Grant: Social media reports are stating that Crawley Town manager Harry Kewell has said his goodbyes to his players this morning as he is set to leave the club and be announced as Charlton manager this Thursday. Charlton are set to be taken over on Wednesday and the new owners believe Kewell is the man for the job.

I have no independent confirmation of these reports. I would like to have seen Bowyer given more of a 'fair go' at the task of management.

AFKABartram · March 2018

@mal and others

KEWELL DID NOT SO GOODBYE TO PLAYERS. THIS WAS A FALSE STORY PUT OUT BY A FAKE TWITTER ACCOUNT

Scoham · March 2018

Mal said:
Being suggested Kewell has said goodbye to his players, and the takeover and announcement he is the Manager is tomorrow..... Wynn Grant: Social media reports are stating that Crawley Town manager Harry Kewell has said his goodbyes to his players this morning as he is set to leave the club and be announced as Charlton manager this Thursday. Charlton are set to be taken over on Wednesday and the new owners believe Kewell is the man for the job.

I have no independent confirmation of these reports. I would like to have seen Bowyer given more of a 'fair go' at the task of management.

That's clearly just based on that fake journalist account. If it turns out to be true it'll be a coincidence.

Dave2l · March 2018

AFKABartram said:
@mal and others

KEWELL DID NOT SO GOODBYE TO PLAYERS. THIS WAS A FALSE STORY PUT OUT BY A FAKE TWITTER ACCOUNT

Whoever did that is such a loser

magic1999 · March 2018

What no take over yet? Shock horror

Mal · March 2018

AFKABartram said:
@mal and others

KEWELL DID NOT SO GOODBYE TO PLAYERS. THIS WAS A FALSE STORY PUT OUT BY A FAKE TWITTER ACCOUNT

I Just said it was being suggested, I didnt say I believed it, I copied it from the Forever Charlton site from Wyn Grants post.

Athletico Charlton · March 2018

NapaAddick said:

hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
It would be mad if Kewell was installed as manager - his only qualification seems to be that he's Australian. He doesn't have any connection to our club and doesn't have a record of success as a manager.
I could care less about whether a new manager has any "connection to the club." I think this silly policy has set back English football for ages. I want the best qualified and most likely to do well for the job we are hiring for. English football is the only place where fans want ex-players to run their clubs even though data is overwhelming that such has no bearing on success as a manager.

Now, as to the point "he has no record of success as a manager"... on that I agree.

Apologies for off topic but I am not sure if that is true for us though...

I have been going since 1982, in that time we have had 18 managers. Discounting those who lasted less than a month (ie caretakers) that number is 14.

Now, the next bit is subjective I accept but I also suspect most would broadly agree with me on most (and likely all the ex players):

Unquestionable successes
Lawrence
Curbs (ex player)
Powell (ex player)

Decent Efforts
Gritt (ex player)
Riga
Parkinson
Robinson
Peeters

Bad
Pardew (ex player)
Fraeye
Luzon
Slade
Dowie
Reed

This suggests ex players have served us statistically well as managers.

Further, the state the club is in then bringing it all together would potentially be easier under a respected coach. We ain’t going to get a proven top one in League One so an ex player is likely the next best thing.

The fans are likely to give them more time and support - that is just a human emotion.

That Cardiff home match under Powell a case in point; I suspect if he was not a very very popular character in charge the crowd may have been less likely to stay onside.

JamesSeed · March 2018

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Athletico Charlton said:

NapaAddick said:

hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
It would be mad if Kewell was installed as manager - his only qualification seems to be that he's Australian. He doesn't have any connection to our club and doesn't have a record of success as a manager.
I could care less about whether a new manager has any "connection to the club." I think this silly policy has set back English football for ages. I want the best qualified and most likely to do well for the job we are hiring for. English football is the only place where fans want ex-players to run their clubs even though data is overwhelming that such has no bearing on success as a manager.

Now, as to the point "he has no record of success as a manager"... on that I agree.
Apologies for off topic but I am not sure if that is true for us though...

I have been going since 1982, in that time we have had 18 managers. Discounting those who lasted less than a month (ie caretakers) that number is 14.

Now, the next bit is subjective I accept but I also suspect most would broadly agree with me on most (and likely all the ex players):

Unquestionable successes
Lawrence
Curbs (ex player)
Powell (ex player)

Decent Efforts
Gritt (ex player)
Riga
Parkinson
Robinson
Peeters

Bad
Pardew (ex player)
Fraeye
Luzon
Slade
Dowie
Reed

This suggests ex players have served us statistically well as managers.

Further, the state the club is in then bringing it all together would potentially be easier under a respected coach. We ain’t going to get a proven top one in League One so an ex player is likely the next best thing.

The fans are likely to give them more time and support - that is just a human emotion.

That Cardiff home match under Powell a case in point; I suspect if he was not a very very popular character in charge the crowd may have been less likely to stay onside.

I know you said during your time, but...
Seed: Very much an ex player. Did ok

Stig · March 2018

The Aussies have been in the frame for a long time now. If they are serious about running the club they'll already have plans in place rather than waiting until they are the owners. That could mean that a prospective manager may have been lined up weeks, maybe months, ago. If they are serious, they won't be altering those plans on the basis of one good performance. And frankly, I'd hope that they were a bit more loyal and a bit less capricious in their decision making than to do that.

I'll accept anyone as a new manager as long as we get new owners.

The Red Robin · March 2018

I heard Kewell was saying goodbye to his horse, goodbye horse.

Henry Irving · March 2018

Nonsense to say England is the only country that places value on ex-players.

Italy and Spain are just two.

Personally I'd rather have a good manager over any ex- player but everything else being equal then knowing the club is an advantage.

Gritt was and is much more a Charlton man than Curbs but we know who was the better manager.

DOUCHER · March 2018

The club needs uniting and it needs to regain its identity and spirit and get some momentum back. I'm not sure kewell would give us that but anybody who gets the team winning probably would to an extent I guess. The ideal way would be to get some club men back at the helm. Bowyer and jj have been a good step in that direction but the icing on the cake would surely be for the likes of curbs and peacock to come into the set up in some way as well. If I was the new owner I would have been onto curbs before I even considered bidding - what a buzz that would create

JamesSeed · March 2018

DOUCHER said:
The club needs uniting and it needs to regain its identity and spirit and get some momentum back. I'm not sure kewell would give us that but anybody who gets the team winning probably would to an extent I guess. The ideal way would be to get some club men back at the helm. Bowyer and jj have been a good step in that direction but the icing on the cake would surely be for the likes of curbs and peacock to come into the set up in some way as well. If I was the new owner I would have been onto curbs before I even considered bidding - what a buzz that would create

But how awful would it be if it went wrong.

CafcWest · March 2018

Mal said:

AFKABartram said:
@mal and others

KEWELL DID NOT SO GOODBYE TO PLAYERS. THIS WAS A FALSE STORY PUT OUT BY A FAKE TWITTER ACCOUNT

I Just said it was being suggested, I didnt say I believed it, I copied it from the Forever Charlton site from Wyn Grants post.

I think @AFKABartram was a bit annoyed because you are at least the 4th person to post that news on here today if you read back through this thread...

Solidgone · March 2018

And so your knitting will make a big difference. Does that include crochet?

ross1 · March 2018

Nothing on the Crawley BBC site

iamdan · March 2018

What’s the latest on the Redbull rumour?

Valley11 · March 2018

Just in from a mental day at work and my first opportunity to check CL.
300 new posts on this thread.....interesting.

297 about Sussex.

The internet is an odd place.

The Prince-e-Paul · March 2018

JamesSeed said:

DOUCHER said:
The club needs uniting and it needs to regain its identity and spirit and get some momentum back. I'm not sure kewell would give us that but anybody who gets the team winning probably would to an extent I guess. The ideal way would be to get some club men back at the helm. Bowyer and jj have been a good step in that direction but the icing on the cake would surely be for the likes of curbs and peacock to come into the set up in some way as well. If I was the new owner I would have been onto curbs before I even considered bidding - what a buzz that would create
But how awful would it be if it went wrong.

It begs the question, what is defined as wrong. We've dropped so far down that play-offs are a dream. What is needed is passion for the club. Success yes, but the treatment received from Roly has been tant amount to neglect/abuse. We need owners that want to heal the club from the bottom up....Boots the Chemists should have something for it

Bring back some of the passionate club servants (at all levels) definately.

Rudders22 · March 2018

Valley11

Well there has been f'.... all else to talk about.

Henry Irving · March 2018

A watched kettle never boils.

If we all stop thinking about the takeover it will happen.

So at 9.55 am tomorrow we all have to focus on the sound of one hand clapping for five minutes.

If we all do it the takeover will be announced at 10.00 am

Mal · March 2018

cafc-west said:

Mal said:

AFKABartram said:
@mal and others

KEWELL DID NOT SO GOODBYE TO PLAYERS. THIS WAS A FALSE STORY PUT OUT BY A FAKE TWITTER ACCOUNT

I Just said it was being suggested, I didnt say I believed it, I copied it from the Forever Charlton site from Wyn Grants post.
I think @AFKABartram was a bit annoyed because you are at least the 4th person to post that news on here today if you read back through this thread...

I am annoyed also, the missus burnt my bacon sanies