Just get them in now!
Both understand the club and can see everything that is wrong with the playing side of our club.
At worst, they could not do any worse than we are doing now?
Plus they have been watching us weekly for the past few years so already know our weaknesses and possible strengths.
Much better than another annom coming in needing time to evaluate the squad!
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There would be no place for shirkers, or anyone giving less than 100%, they wouldn't stand for it.
Curbs rarely made a bad signing. In recent years 75% of our signings have been a complete waste.
Why would they take it on?
Simple. Because they love the club like us fans, in fact they are fans.
If Brownie could afford to do the job for nothing, I'm sure he would, and Curbs could still fit in plenty of holidays, including free ones when we play in Europe!
Plenty of people can do that, but it does not make them able to actually manage and run a team which is a complete different skill. Football is not easy.
As much as I respect both, particularly Curbs, there’s a reason one has never coached a senior team at this level, and the other has been out the game for 15 years. I just don’t have the faith they would be able to turn around what are long standing issues with a series of poor owners, poor recruitment, and lack luster coaches.
We need changes from the bottom up which will take both time and money. But we have a fan base who think will not necessarily except the time, and owners are not willing to part with the money or have spent the money very poorly.
Far more to it, than talking a good game on Charlton TV... Look at Brown's record at Dover!!
The pair of them would not touch it, however what Brown said after the game yesterday was bang on the money.
No way should either of these two respected icons be subjected to the shit show of managing these time wasters.
He has said that he tried coaching and didn't enjoy it.
Having said that, I'd be thrilled if either of them (especially Curbs) were brought in as some sort of consultant or even DoF. That'd be much less stressful. (But maybe we're now too "broke" to afford that kind of position...)
BTW, didn’t realise Curbs was 66. He looks very good for his age.
However I think a couple of years may just be enough to turn the tide, bring the club together and give it a huge lift, then hand over the reins when on an upward trajectory, rather than stuck in this inescapable downward trajectory.
He's getting on, but still fit and good for his age. Certainly younger and fitter than the likes of Fergie or Roy Hodgson who still managed to to a great job at a much higher level when far older.
I get his contempt for professionals who won't 'throw their bodies on the line', but I'm just as frustrated at players who refuse to kick with either foot, who switch off in defence, who continually play crap passes. Dobson generally gives 100%, as Brownie acknowledged on Tuesday...but he is as much part of the problem as the rest of them IMO. We need quality as well as attitude
When Aneke or Leaburn play we are significantly better but without them we are bottom half of league one standard.
Or indeed, belief in the manager .....
Ask young Tyreece if he's getting what he needs from the coaching staff to help him get his mojo back.
And I wouldn't bet on seeing Chuks & Miles back this season.
Sorry, but I just feel MA has lost the dressing room.
However it always seems to be a relatively common theme when we are not going great that it’s because the manager has lost the dressing room.
Personally I think he is an average league one manager with an average league one team. I think I great manager could get good results with this team, and on the flip side I think Appleton would get good results with a great squad.
But we are not there.