Next Manager Search - August 2023

CAFCsayer said:

East Kent Addick said:

CAFCsayer said:

DamoNorthStand said:

If it is partly about uniting the fanbase and getting the club moving forward as one, I know the ownership are well aware Chris Powell being announced and coming out the tunnel, would supply that more than any other appointment. By a stretch.

More than Curbs? I think quite a few people remember the football under Powell towards the end, it was crap (I don't want either tbh, but would bck them)

But to provide some context, the spivs had pulled the plug financially and we had a very poor squad that season and Duchatelet comes in sells Kermorgant, Stephens and Alnwick replaces them with a load of network rubbish and puts pressure on the manager to pick the new players including the worst excuse for a goalie I have seen in over 50 years of supporting us. The football may have been crap at times but is wasn't all Powell's fault.

Not taking away any of his achievements, just playing devils advocate, think Curbs would be more overwhelmingly supported than Powell

I don't think so. So much of our support now weren't even alive/really aware of us since he was manager.

masicat said:

Bowyer. If not, Wilder. 

🤔
The only manager wilder than Bowyer was Guy Luzon who went crazy. 

Steve Bruce is looking to get back into management. 

He’s obviously a level above our current station, but what’d the group consensus be if it was Scott Parker who was offered the job?

DubaiCAFC said:

PragueAddick said:

RC_CAFC said:

PragueAddick said:

DubaiCAFC said:

Wouldn't write off Powell just yet!

And why not? he appears to have written himself off fairly clearly.

No. He wrote himself off to be a caretaker. Big difference. No idea if he is interested, but it doesn't mean he is writing himself out of the job on a full term basis.

I hoped @DubaiCAFC had a bit more than this, but clearly not. 

If the market knows you have a full time job on offer, the only sensible time when you suggest an interim role is if you believe the candidate is under-qualified. Quite patently Powell is at least as qualified  as any of the clowns being discussed here. After all none of them have led a team to the League One title with 101 points, and this with just six months previous experience. 

Chris Powell strikes me as a man of enormous dignity, full of respect for others and for himself. He was grieviously mis-treated by Duchatelet, and for sure has heard an awful lot about Charlie Methven.

I daresay he has also not forgotten the title of a long thread on here by all those wonderful Charlton fans : “Powell’s football is terrible”.

From what I have heard today, we have gone back in for him.. Was a bit of a mistake I believe offering Interim role, and as you say Powell is a man of integrity, so let see what plays out, I understand he is the first choice.. If it happens is a different matter! 

The obstacle to Chris Powell coming is the squad and the club's short, medium and long term plans for it.

If he thinks he's being set up to fail (as he was by the spivs after 2012 and by Duchatelet) he won't touch it, and rightly so.

I suspect the reason they won't approach Bowyer is that he would want too much money, apart from any other issues.

tom_k said:

Imagine a Powell and Curbs double act doing the tunnel jump this Saturday!

Then add Bowyer too…👍

Danny Addick said:

Airman Brown said:

DubaiCAFC said:

PragueAddick said:

RC_CAFC said:

PragueAddick said:

DubaiCAFC said:

Wouldn't write off Powell just yet!

And why not? he appears to have written himself off fairly clearly.

No. He wrote himself off to be a caretaker. Big difference. No idea if he is interested, but it doesn't mean he is writing himself out of the job on a full term basis.

I hoped @DubaiCAFC had a bit more than this, but clearly not. 

If the market knows you have a full time job on offer, the only sensible time when you suggest an interim role is if you believe the candidate is under-qualified. Quite patently Powell is at least as qualified  as any of the clowns being discussed here. After all none of them have led a team to the League One title with 101 points, and this with just six months previous experience. 

Chris Powell strikes me as a man of enormous dignity, full of respect for others and for himself. He was grieviously mis-treated by Duchatelet, and for sure has heard an awful lot about Charlie Methven.

I daresay he has also not forgotten the title of a long thread on here by all those wonderful Charlton fans : “Powell’s football is terrible”.

From what I have heard today, we have gone back in for him.. Was a bit of a mistake I believe offering Interim role, and as you say Powell is a man of integrity, so let see what plays out, I understand he is the first choice.. If it happens is a different matter! 

The obstacle to Chris Powell coming is the squad and the club's short, medium and long term plans for it.

If he thinks he's being set up to fail (as he was by the spivs after 2012 and by Duchatelet) he won't touch it, and rightly so.

I suspect the reason they won't approach Bowyer is that he would want too much money, apart from any other issues.

Interesting about Bows Rick. I never would have thought he’d be on way more than your average L1 manager and certainly Powell?

He was on good money by the time he left. 

Jason Euell ? 

I actually think this kind of speculation brings out the best and worst of CL. That said, it's entertaining and funny, the idea of Appleton becoming the apple of our eye one that always gets me, especially when the photo appears. Is it so wrong to want him to have a crack at it? I'm actually not as opposed to it as others. He's not my ideal choice, and I don't have one, but I'm far from being "done" if he gets it.

Seeing Hudson's name linked is an interesting one given that he's in work. I agree his past time with us is all but irrelevant, but that defence of ours will kill any prospects of a half decent season unless it's sorted and that's why he might suit our needs just now so we can build a solid foundation for progression.

Airman Brown said:

DubaiCAFC said:

PragueAddick said:

RC_CAFC said:

PragueAddick said:

DubaiCAFC said:

Wouldn't write off Powell just yet!

And why not? he appears to have written himself off fairly clearly.

No. He wrote himself off to be a caretaker. Big difference. No idea if he is interested, but it doesn't mean he is writing himself out of the job on a full term basis.

I hoped @DubaiCAFC had a bit more than this, but clearly not. 

If the market knows you have a full time job on offer, the only sensible time when you suggest an interim role is if you believe the candidate is under-qualified. Quite patently Powell is at least as qualified  as any of the clowns being discussed here. After all none of them have led a team to the League One title with 101 points, and this with just six months previous experience. 

Chris Powell strikes me as a man of enormous dignity, full of respect for others and for himself. He was grieviously mis-treated by Duchatelet, and for sure has heard an awful lot about Charlie Methven.

I daresay he has also not forgotten the title of a long thread on here by all those wonderful Charlton fans : “Powell’s football is terrible”.

From what I have heard today, we have gone back in for him.. Was a bit of a mistake I believe offering Interim role, and as you say Powell is a man of integrity, so let see what plays out, I understand he is the first choice.. If it happens is a different matter! 

The obstacle to Chris Powell coming is the squad and the club's short, medium and long term plans for it.

If he thinks he's being set up to fail (as he was by the spivs after 2012 and by Duchatelet) he won't touch it, and rightly so.

I suspect the reason they won't approach Bowyer is that he would want too much money, apart from any other issues.

 The best candidates will just be naming their price won't they?

We completely reek of desperation.

I instantly become a lot more patient for the long term plan if it exists, if the man in the dug out is CP. 

Both Powell & Bows are pure CAFC - but for some reason Powell always seemed to be more authentic and his love for the club shone through. 

My order would be -

Powell
Bows
Moore
Curbs
Jones (Nathan)

RonnieMoore said:

Please not Powell …would be the worst choice 

You have to point out quality trolling when you see it