Kyel Reid

So the first of perhaps a long line of first team players leaving the club is Kyel Reid.  This player, to me, typifies the world of football today and why Chris Powell, the board and the 2011/12 players should get the support of the fans for the whole season.
How many fans saw Kyel Reid as one of the reasons Charlton would be there or thereabouts last season.  At worst he was seen by the majority as one of our better players even if the rest of the team couldn't cut it.  Throughout the whole season he has been greeted with fans calling his name whenever he runs along the touchline (as a sub of course not on the pitch itself!)
Yet, has been mentioned in other places, Scott Wagstaff is seen as not good enough, in and out of games etc.etc.
Looking at the facts which player would you rather have in your team and therefore as Charlton fans which players name should we be singing??
So many fans think Reidy is a good player and should have more game time and Waggy is only an impact player and should be a sub.
The bottom line in all this is, as fans we all have opinions but frankly very few of us really know, when it comes to the finer details, who is good and who is bad.  Even "football" people keep getting it wrong, there is a long list of players that managers (including Curbishley, Wenger and Ferguson) have signed that have not been "good enough".

Managers are "easy" though, they stand or fall on results and Chris Powell's results have been terrible, therefore he should be sacked.  This makes us as bad as "The Owners", instant success means everything, we can't wait a year or two you've got to get it right now.

If we assume that all managers make mistakes when signing players then the most important factor must be their tactics and how they want the game to be played.  Although it is possible to change the way a team plays in half a season, it is by no means guaranteed, it is possible to stop the rot in half a season but it is not guaranteed, in fact nothing is guaranteed.

Surely if you give a manager time and that means years not months, there is more chance that he will build a team playing winning football with good players in most positions.  Its seems madness that the manager changes, the results get worse, we sack him, new manager, the results don't improve, we sack him, new manager, results don't improve etc. etc.................

Chris Powell may not be the right man for the job but I do not believe anyone can tell me with absolute certainty that he is or he is not, he needs time before we can make that judgement.
As you would imagine there really is only one opinion that counts and he says  "He will do well in the future" lets just hope that future is soon!


Remember

Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.