It got worse. Just three days later, another email explained to Powell, a manager who had won the League One title, the LMA League One Manager of the Year award, alongside three Manager of the Month accolades prior to Duchatelet's arrival, what the 4-4-2 formation was.
The Charlton forward's goals had more than played their part. 21 in total, with a vital goal and assist in their semi-final first leg victory over Doncaster at the Keepmoat.
We learn a lot from player interviews. The insight to training, the route into the mood in the dressing room, alongside the key opinions of those at the heart of the major incidents.
Yet the one interview that said it all was the one of few words. The speechless striker struggled to sum up the afternoon, and that gave all the answers.
"I'm just so happy that we managed to do it," he told Sporting Life. "I don't know how we managed to do it after the start that we had but what a way to win a game with ten seconds to play. Unbelievable, unbelievable!"
The relationship with Bowyer and the atmosphere created was clear from that. Every player wants to achieve success, but you felt that Charlton had that little bit extra needed to get over the line.
The refreshing honesty shone through and that few minutes taught me just what type of team Charlton had under their current manager.
"He's a great man, honestly he's a great man," Taylor said of Bowyer. "It's been a pleasure. I said to him 'thank you' and he said to me 'no, thank you for choosing this club'.
"I chose the club because of him. So, it's a full circle, he wanted me, he thanked me for choosing here and I chose here because of him. We've done it together."
In all that, there was an acknowledgement of who this was all for. The fans who had suffered so much, and while that's often a cliche answer by many nowadays, you could tell there was real meaning behind it.
"They've been phenomenal," the striker continued. "I don't really know what else there is to say about the Charlton fans to be honest that I haven't already said.
"They are something else and they deserve this, they deserve this. So, this is for them."