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Chris Powell - Not Necessarily A Good Manager

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PopIcon Posts: 5,970
in General Charlton
He just had a good transfer window that let him build a team that basically anyone could have managed to promotion.


Who was our chief scout at the time?
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  • robinofottershaw
    robinofottershaw Posts: 1,921
    Good grief. What gave rise to this all of a sudden?
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,323
    PopIcon said:
    He just had a good transfer window that let him build a team that basically anyone could have managed to promotion.


    Who was our chief scout at the time?
    If only it was that straight forward...
  • PopIcon
    PopIcon Posts: 5,970
    Henry Irving said:
    Yawn
    A Charlton related conversation on a Charlton Forum, how dare I.....

    Okay, what was your first pets name? What age did you have your first shag? Have you ever had the flu? Have you ever shat yourself in a public place? 
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,860
    Rover, 34, no, does a shart count?
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,846
    Joey, still a virgin, medical records are confidential, often.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Boo Boo, never had sex with a coastal seabird, don't know, yes.
    Chris Powell gave us that Cardiff game that will live long in the memory.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,227
    Never had a pet, a gentleman never tells, no and no.

    Great thread
  • PopIcon
    PopIcon Posts: 5,970
    seth plum said:
    Boo Boo, never had sex with a coastal seabird, don't know, yes.
    Chris Powell gave us that Cardiff game that will live long in the memory.
    I'd like to hear more about the shitting yourself in a public place please. 

    I once had chronic diarrhoea at a Charlton match and no fewer than six lavvy visits during the match. In hindsight I should have gone home.
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  • LeaburnForEngland
    LeaburnForEngland Posts: 2,291
    robinofottershaw said:
    Good grief. What gave rise to this all of a sudden?
    He just shat himself, while losing his virginity, in public, possibly due to a side effect of having the flu, and wanted to start a thread to take his mind off the embarrassment.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Is driving in a full car a public place?
    My advice is don't go for flatulance in a closed car however funny you think it might be, too risky.
  • ProperCharlton
    ProperCharlton Posts: 2,254
    Chris did extremely well with us, and I'll always be grateful to him for that. His performances and results elsewhere would however say he's not a good manager 
  • FishCostaFortune
    FishCostaFortune Posts: 10,773
    PopIcon said:
    Henry Irving said:
    Yawn
    A Charlton related conversation on a Charlton Forum, how dare I.....

    Okay, what was your first pets name? What age did you have your first shag? Have you ever had the flu? Have you ever shat yourself in a public place? 
    I mean, that's fine, but surely your opening post should have a little more substance?

      
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    No Lorraine, I don't care if your parents are Buddhists, our love transcends all cultural barriers.

    Come with me and cellotape bacon to the garden path
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,884
    PopIcon said:
    Henry Irving said:
    Yawn
    A Charlton related conversation on a Charlton Forum, how dare I.....

    Okay, what was your first pets name? What age did you have your first shag? Have you ever had the flu? Have you ever shat yourself in a public place? 
    Leaburn, 4, yes, no but stainage
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,884
    edited June 2020
    on this basis Gallen got us promoted and bowyer got lucky? 

    Kerrmogant was known to Powell and he takes the credit. I think Powell’s record after leaving us proves that certain people fit with certain clubs but he definitely isn’t a bad manager. Are Southend better off with or without Powell? I know that Huddersfield’s fortunes changed For the better after he left but no, he isn’t a bad manager! He isn’t pep but he isn’t mike basset either 
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,481
    PopIcon said:
    seth plum said:
    Boo Boo, never had sex with a coastal seabird, don't know, yes.
    Chris Powell gave us that Cardiff game that will live long in the memory.
    I'd like to hear more about the shitting yourself in a public place please. 

    I once had chronic diarrhoea at a Charlton match and no fewer than six lavvy visits during the match. In hindsight I should have gone home.
    And stayed there.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,323
    PopIcon said:
    Henry Irving said:
    Yawn
    A Charlton related conversation on a Charlton Forum, how dare I.....

    Okay, what was your first pets name? What age did you have your first shag? Have you ever had the flu? Have you ever shat yourself in a public place? 
    Olga, whats a shag? - Yes - Yes @ Woolwich Arsenal Station
  • Its_Hamer_Time
    Its_Hamer_Time Posts: 1,565
    Blimey - run out of tug mags?? It must be a slow day. 
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  • Windy
    Windy Posts: 85
    PopIcon said:
    Henry Irving said:
    Yawn
    A Charlton related conversation on a Charlton Forum, how dare I.....

    Okay, what was your first pets name? What age did you have your first shag? Have you ever had the flu? Have you ever shat yourself in a public place? 
    Rosa. Circa 15/16 y.o. and I was terrible. Yes I believe so. Yes, in my car driving near Clapham.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    Nurse, nurse!
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,272
    It's a hot take, and one I don't disagree with, but I don't fully agree with it either. That season was a perfect storm of good recruitment, shit competition and pretty good management. We rode our luck a lot and didn't have many injuries, especially to key players. The reason I'm reluctant to day he was great is what's happened since, he hasn't achieved anything else and arguably has gone down ever since, with teams he managed suffering under him.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,317
    Sometimes a motivator and figure of absolute respect who understand their players is the best manager for a situation. I'd put Karl Robinson in a similar albeit slightly lesser bracket (insofar as he seemed to lose the dressing-room eventually, albeit that he never quite had the squad he wanted at his disposal, and obviously isn't a CAFC playing legend so didn't command quite as much respect as Powell)

    Oh sorry um uh I mean Nibbles & Munch, not sure, not sure, not sure
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,026
    I think the opening post might have a little more credibility if any of the managers since had come anywhere near to Powell's 101 points. That record still stands and is (unfortunately) likely to do so for many many years.
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,884
    Stig said:
    I think the opening post might have a little more credibility if any of the managers since had come anywhere near to Powell's 101 points. That record still stands and is (unfortunately) likely to do so for many many years.
    I would never knock what Powell achieves but I think bowyer finishing 3rd with loans and frees working under Roland is a lot bigger achievement than Powell winning the league. I’m not taking anything away from Powell. Under him, Charlton felt like Charlton and he gave us a promotion and he deserves all the credit for that! I think that bowyers task was harder and finishing 3rd with that squad is a bigger achievement, but both big achievements.
  • Valley11
    Valley11 Posts: 11,986
    What a pillock. Close the bloody thread you donkey 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,026
    sam3110 said:
    It's a hot take, and one I don't disagree with, but I don't fully agree with it either. That season was a perfect storm of good recruitment, shit competition and pretty good management. We rode our luck a lot and didn't have many injuries, especially to key players. The reason I'm reluctant to day he was great is what's happened since, he hasn't achieved anything else and arguably has gone down ever since, with teams he managed suffering under him.
    Whilst it's true that there was a fair amount of chaff at the bottom on the league, the promotion places were very strongly contested. Five teams finished 80 points or more, there was widespread debate as to who was the best striker (Rhodes, Madine or Bradley) and Huddersfield commenced an unbeaten run that is still going strong today. The strength of the others in the top five is even greater testimony to how well Chris Powell managed the season.
  • objectivecafc
    objectivecafc Posts: 679
    See this really is interesting. The recruitment was key and a team who played for him. I was always impressed with the way SCP set his teams out dependant on the opposition in the championship. My thoughts were he never had a way to change it if it wasn't working. He normally waited for half time and by the man could not make the right sub to save his life!!! We need speed and a goal I know..... BRADLEY PRITCHARD!!!!
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Bricky (tortoise), 15, Yes, if you call the Med a public place then yes, when a Porpoise decided to have some fun with me and I thought it was a shark (bearing in mind this was '76 and Jaws was fresh in the memory)

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