It’s interesting that they’ve (apparently) sacked the back room staff too. That’s an expensive thing to do, also suggests they have someone lined up who’ll bring their team with them.
I don't think Senda was that expensive. I suspect part of the reason he was promoted to the first team in the first place is because he was here and relatively cheap. He didn't seem to be really highly regarded by players and people who regularly watch the youth teams the way others (Hayes) seem to be.
Oh if it’s just Senda then it won’t have cost a fortune, but the cheap option is normally to sack the manger, let the coaching staff have a crack at it for a couple of matches and see what happens. Something tells me they have a manager + coaching team lines up already.
Two potential theories. 1) This a convenient distraction tactic / rationale for when we don’t sign anyone over the next few days. And / Or 2) maybe the transfer malaise is because Scott and Holden didn’t agree on targets.
Regardless, Methven is guilty of being full of shit until proven otherwise and we haven’t got any money, until proven otherwise.
Right decision. The squad may not be the finished article but we could have a £30m squad and still be shite with the dismal coaching and tactical naivety Holden’s responsible for.
is it? We will just appoint another manager, give him a long contract and then sack him. Lack of investment on the playing side is the problem.
You can only coach the players you have - we have a squad full of shit ones…again.
It’s interesting that they’ve (apparently) sacked the back room staff too. That’s an expensive thing to do, also suggests they have someone lined up who’ll bring their team with them.
I don't think Senda was that expensive. I suspect part of the reason he was promoted to the first team in the first place is because he was here and relatively cheap. He didn't seem to be really highly regarded by players and people who regularly watch the youth teams the way others (Hayes) seem to be.
Oh if it’s just Senda then it won’t have cost a fortune, but the cheap option is normally to sack the manger, let the coaching staff have a crack at it for a couple of matches and see what happens. Something tells me they have a manager + coaching team lines up already.
You’d like to think so, and might explain the lack of signings in the last 4 weeks, but I doubt it and want to be proved wrong.
I liked DH as a fella but yesterday really was the last straw for me. Obviously we need a few additional players but not a chance in hell this squad should be losing 5 on the bounce to the teams we have lost to. I’m glad this time the back room has gone as well we need to total reset
Sad that it hasn't worked out as Holden's a nice guy. His limitations as a manager have been cruelly exposed whilst bereft of some key injured players and he hasn't been able to find a winning formula to paper over the cracks.
Writing was on the wall after the 6-0 at Ipswich for me, and I’ll also refer to the NTT20 pre season preview, who thought despite the signing, that Holden was the weak link, and could be the reason we aren’t competitive. Smart are Ally and George
Right decision. The squad may not be the finished article but we could have a £30m squad and still be shite with the dismal coaching and tactical naivety Holden’s responsible for.
is it? We will just appoint another manager, give him a long contract and then sack him. Lack of investment on the playing side is the problem.
You can only coach the players you have - we have a squad full of shit ones…again.
The squad may not be good enough yet for a promotion challenge but it’s not “full of shit ones”. That’s just cobblers. Being silent on the touchline when Asiimwe was the last man, leaving us ludicrously exposed to the counter for their winner yesterday, was gross professional incompetence on Holden’s part and, in the circumstances of desperately needing a point, unforgivable. Curbs would have been going ballistic, whistling and barking at least at some of the players who’d gone forward to assume defensive positions. Of course they need to appoint the right manager now but Holden is patently not a good enough coach and us tactically naive. He’d had his chance.
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https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/charlton-appoint-millwalls-academy-coach-glyn-shimell-as-andy-marshalls-successor/#google_vignette
Officially a circus. Again.
"nor his development of many younger players....because we have forced him to play them due to lack of investment."
I'm not too concerned about who the interim manager is. I highly doubt Pearce is in consideration for the job, and if he is then I'll kick off.
never given a fair crack
https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/dean-holden-dismissed-by-charlton-athletic-with-backroom-departures-too/
Being silent on the touchline when Asiimwe was the last man, leaving us ludicrously exposed to the counter for their winner yesterday, was gross professional incompetence on Holden’s part and, in the circumstances of desperately needing a point, unforgivable. Curbs would have been going ballistic, whistling and barking at least at some of the players who’d gone forward to assume defensive positions.
Of course they need to appoint the right manager now but Holden is patently not a good enough coach and us tactically naive. He’d had his chance.