No Hasselbaink at Charlton

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink is definitely not in the running for the job of Charlton manager, reports Richard Cawley of the SLP.

Think what we have missed.   This is his advice on how to manage your way out of a paper bag:

1. Place paper bag on head
2. Shouting loudly to overcome muffling effect of bag, say 'I am the greatest'
3. Tear paper bag to ease removal from head.

Hasselbaink wants Charlton job

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink is keen to become Charlton manager, but he is only one of a hundred applicants for the vacant position: https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/burton-albion-boss-hasselbaink-keen-on-charlton-athletic-boss-job/

He has done a decent job with limited resources at Burton and he is certainly better than some of the external candidates that have been mentioned.

Fans and players continue to declare their enthusiasm for Johnnie Jackson, but this will be a business decision taken by the owner.   If it was down to me, I would give Jackson a 18-month contract, but I am not the person paying the bills.

As for a mass exodus of fans if Jacko is not appointed, if I had left every time I was dissatisfied with a managerial appointment, I would have left multiple times.   I still haven't got over Dowie who did us real damage (Karel Fraeye was just a joke in bad taste).

Could Costa come back as manager?

Assistant manager Kevin Nugent has taken over first team duties until a new manager is appointed. Chris O'Loughlin has joined the coaching staff but will not be considered for the permanent managers job. Some Addicks think that he is already doing the job, but without the title.

A number of possible candidates have indicated interest, at least for the future. The most interesting of those is Jorge Costa, popular loan player and Millwall hater. In an interview, he said how much he had enjoyed his time at Charlton. The club still have a special place in his heart: The Tank

Another is former Burton Albion and QPR manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, although according to Twitter he wants a break from managerial duties after leaving QPR: Hasselbaink

The bookies have it as a two horse race between Johnnie Jackson and Gary Caldwell, but fans have said that they would not like Jackson to be sacrificed in this way and his career brought to an ignominious end at the hands of the regime.