I saw the son-in-law who is a Saints season ticket holder yesterday and he commented, 'The Nathan Jones effect didn't last long.' He would find agreement from some of Charlton's armchair managers. Leavering themselves up from their Christmas snooze, they have declared that 'Jones has reached his ceiling' and offered other insights of similar depth.
I think that the thinness of the squad is more of an issue - we have difficulty in coping with an expected number of injuries. Unfortunately, it is difficult to get value signings in January.
Let's assume for a moment that the armchair critics are right and the manager has to be replaced. Who is going to replace him?
In this respect the experience of Oxford United is relevant after Gary Rowett succumbed to the curse of Charlton. Apparently the following replacements are in the frame according to yesterday's Football League Paper:
- Michael Beale, his last management job was at Sunderland two years ago where he lasted just 63 days,
- Liam Manning who got the heave ho at Norwich after a poor run of results
- 'Vastly experienced' Tony Mowbray. Any port in a storm.
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