Any sane owner would have Bowyer tied down on a decent contract long ago. Offering him and Jackson a season-long contract was short-sighted, and not offering him a new contract in January was typically stupid of the Belgian. It will probably take a better offer than QPR to tempt him away, but that better offer will come. You'd think with the number of managers Roland has got through that he'd realise that really good ones don't drop into your lap very often, if at all, but that's Roland for you. Losing Aribo for nothing won't teach him anything, because people like that surround themselves with sycophants and yes-men who tell them they're wonderful whatever.
I really don't think RD can differentiate between good and bad managers, as I basically believes he knows more than anyone anyway. It will always meet his criteria - 'can we get someone cheaper?, ...yes... 'then get on with it and bring 'em in'. The ideal scenario is that the fans pay to come into a stadium with no electricity and no football, dance to a bit of drumming for a bit and then go away. On the way out, they are told Charlton won with a last minute winner, at which point loud cheers and frenzied happiness break out, everyone goes home happy and Tony Keohane chains up the doors on the way out. No overheads, no players to pay, and happy customers.
If he takes us up he'll be in even greater demand. If the Belgian has the choice between paying him what he's worth or looking for a cheaper option we know what choice he'll make.
It is disgraceful to let all the contracts run down at the same time. On the playing front, the loans of Maxwell, Purrington, Cullen, Bielik will expire. The contracts Of Bauer, Aribo, Fosu, Reeves, Vetokele, Williams, Parker, Marshall, Hackett- Fairchild, Forster- Caskey, will expire. Bowyer, Jackson and the Goalkeeping Coach Marshall's contracts will also expire. Plus we have no CEO or CFO. The Club is a shambles.
The Sun are reporting that Bowyer wants to join QPR Fans will feel very very let down if this happens Worse still, Lee Clark lines up to replace him?? Can things at this sh1t hole of a club get any worse ???
If Bowyer leaves it won't be a betrayal. He's not a fan, he's a manager, and a bloody good one. Failing to tie him up on a contract will be the ultimate idiocy by the mad Belgian. Worse than selling Yann even. Bowyer has been responsible for the revival of spirits at Charlton, the best manager since Curbs.
Tim Sherwood still favourite at 2/5 but Lee Bowyer came in yesterday from 10/1 to 4/1 but that could be on the 'paper talk'
After Bowyer recently said "Everyone knows I love this club" recently I observed that players often said that sort of thing before leaving a club.
Has the Turkey kept the Belgian in the loop about the Bowjackson situation? or is the Turkey trying (in some way?) to be cleaver by delaying a contract offer to Bows?
