Curb Your Enthusiasm
Tonight's result was simply unacceptable, coming less than two months after another 2-0 lead was given away at home.
Curbishley's team selection was tired and predictable - when will he learn that El Karkouri and Hreidarsson are not a centre-back pairing? Or that Spector isn't a full-back? When will he tell Kishishev not to give the ball away in his own half? What chance the fans ever seeing a youngster make his debut? Or seeing us get past the 4th Round of the League Cup?
It was commented last season that 4-0 and 4-1 type defeats were most un-Charlton like. Five defeats in a row is also most un-Charlton like. We have now won just five home games in the last twelve months. Serious questions have to be asked of the manager - does he have what it takes to motivate the best squad in our history and take us to the next level?
The optimism which heralded the new season has rapidly disintegrated. The Man City game is absolutely huge now. Nothing less than a win is acceptable.
posted by New York Addick @ 10:07 PM
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Can't agree more. I have backed Curbs every time but he is slowly proving that he is running out of ideas.
No one else to blame tonight apart from Curbs, oh and Kish but as sure as eggs are eggs he will be in the team Sunday.
Nov 30th
Serious questions have to be asked of the manager - does he have what it takes to motivate the best squad in our history and take us to the next level?
Nov 15th
Curbs has one of the safest jobs in football - it is hard to envisage any near-term scenario whereby he would get sacked, relegation included (even successive relegations). He is well-paid and has a phenomenal relationship with the board and fans (though even Charlton fans have been shown to be fickle, myself included)
15 Days!! Wow, fickle, never.
Back on Track
I left this one with 15 minutes to go to beat the awful traffic through the Blackwall Tunnel, but whilst the game was never pretty we probably just about deserved our place in the draw.
After four games without a win it was vital we got back on track and things were understandably edgy. However I cannot wait until the draw at the weekend, and we can now really push on and look to make our first trip to Cardiff.
It was also great to see our more illustrious rivals Palace founder. Let's all pray for Doncaster at home!
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I said he would never get sacked. That's not to say he's necessarily the right manager anymore. It's hard to deny that we've not made any progress for two seasons, which is particularly worrying given the money we've spent and players we've brought in.