Parkinson gets a chance

The view amongst Addicks appears to be that Phil Parkinson is damaged goods as he was Pards' man and must carry part responsibility for the mess we're in. I wouldn't disagree with that but the Board have acted decively in appointing him caretaker and he will, at least, get a chance to show if he can motivate the players and if they will play for him. He will be hoping that the Board haven't already done their homework and that he gets a few games at least before they get close to announcing a successor.

His first match couldn't really be harder; an away game in west London against a QPR side who have won six and drawn one of nine home games so far. However, if he gets a few more matches we have several games coming up from which we could expect to get a couple of wins, who knows, maybe even two in-a-row. Southampton at home is winnable. Blackpool away in the week is a toughie but they aren't great shakes this year and we could get something there. Then we have two home matches against an inconsistent Coventry side and then Derby County who have been stuttering again after a run out of the bottom three. If he lasts that long, we have Norwich the week before Christmas at Carrow Road and a real chance of our second away win of the season.

I promised myself I wasn't going to QPR but I'll have a look at my diary for tomorrow and might get over to see for myself whether Parky's got any chance of a longer term appointment. It would be a cheap option if it worked out.