At the beginning of the season, there were quite a few supporters looking forward to a season in the Championship and relishing the prospect of defeating the majority of teams at the Valley whilst playing stylish football way above what we have been used to seeing. Well it ain't happening and we are just one of 24 clubs trying to fight our way out of the fizzy pops. I have yet to witness a convincing performance whereby we have dominated a team so much as to leave me ecstatic about our promotion credentials.
It now looks as though the eagerly awaited venture into the Championship has turned sour and in my opinion we are a long way from regaining our place in the Premiership. Oh! for those boring matches in the Premiership with mid-table safety by January and the annual last 10 matches without a win. The lack of TV exposure and Press coverage is driving me crazy and sitting in the ground with empty seats opposite makes me realise, what a massive blow relegation is to this over achieving club .
Five seasons without the worry of relegation, what an achievement. Any win in the Premiership means so much more than a victory in the Championship, as the quality is a million miles apart. At the time before Curbishley left or retired , unbelievably he was knocked for underachieving, by not qualifying for a European place and gaining a top six spot . I'm proud to say I was horrified by Curbishley's doubters and what he did for this club should be remembered as the greatest managerial achievement in its history, just above Lenny Lawrence . Jimmy Seed will probably get the vote as the best, but the premiership is so much a harder to play in than the old First Division. The criticism Curbishley received was so unjust and I would like to think it was only from a minority of the new supporters, who have never endured standing on the open East terrace in the pouring rain, with 3,244 other fans watching Charlton beat Aldershot 2-0 with goals from Bob Curtis and Bobby Goldthorpe. The reason this match was significant, well the season 1973/74 was so poor, the only honour Charlton could achieve in the old third division was winning £4,000, as one of the two highest-scoring non-promoted teams from Watneys.
Pardew is a good manager, but may well be influenced by the club supporters shouting out for good football, which they say has been missing for 3 years. Please give me 25 boring 1-0 wins and promotion and I will be a very happy man.
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To be honest , North Downs , although our home performances have started to be dreadful , actually I am enjoying the football more than the Prem when the limit of our aspirations is avoiding the drop and beating teams like Boro and Fulham.
I thought we were great at Soton and Bristol , lets hope for a repeat tonight
CND
To declare appreciation for AC is tantamount to heresy in large swathes of the Charlton supporting community.
I am delighted with your post as it shows a sense of perspective sadly lacking amongst many supporters.
The England team were undone by over inflated ideas of their own self importance and failing to realise their true standing in the football hierarchy.
The same may become true for Charlton, with edgy fans expecting us to be Liverpool or Newcastle, when in fact, we are Charlton!
Richard. Peru
Where is Bobby Goldthorpe and Dicky Plumb when you need them. I would put Lennie marginally above Curbs, but both managers achieved amazing results against all odd. My vote goes to Lennie only because he had to cope with no home to go with mo money, at least curbs had a home.
Delighted to see you and others sticking up for Curbs - I am disappointed at the number of critics he has now that he's gone. I think he was a legend for us. As were/are the Directors who have take us to where we are today - a massive journey from a 5000 gate against Wrexham on good Saturday in the early 80s.
re am I enjoying the Championship? Yes, Yes, Yes, No, No, Yes, Yes (and so on)
Pembury Addick
Curbs will always be a hero to me and the criticism he received for being to cautious must have really hurt him. It would be nice to add Pardew one day to the list of great managers. Curbs Lennie and Pards sounds good to me
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