He’s been helping other clubs with multi club ownership models in recent years. Really don’t want this for us, and not just because of the mess Palace are in at the moment. It’s impure and shouldn’t be allowed.
Are there many CEOs who get so involved in the recruitment side? It was great to see Chapple come back, Murphy joining should only add to that - I’m excited to see how our recruitment plays out.
Though from what happened at Barnsley (selling their best three players), it also won’t be surprising if we sell a player or two for a big fee at some point.
Not sure how the whole Rodwell, Chapple, Murphy dynamic is going to work, all 3 usually play a big part in recruitment all work very differently but are experienced. Going to be some rogue signings this window
I really don’t mind us selling any of our players as long as the trend for the club as a whole is upward. In fact I think it’s inevitable and part of the overall plan to use our home grown talent as a springboard to overall success
Are there many CEOs who get so involved in the recruitment side? It was great to see Chapple come back, Murphy joining should only add to that - I’m excited to see how our recruitment plays out.
Though from what happened at Barnsley (selling their best three players), it also won’t be surprising if we sell a player or two for a big fee at some point.
In the interview posted, he said the three players Barnsley had to sell after promotion were Ethan Pinnock (to Brentford), Liam Lindsay (to Stoke) and Kieffer Moore (to Wigan).
I would imagine the reaction of Barnsley fans to those sales weren't too dissimilar to the reactions on here when CBT, then Dobson and then May all moved on. Different circumstances, similar outcomes.
If you told any one of us that we'd have to sell Ramsay, Jones and Coventry this summer but in return, we'll stay up relatively comfortably with players who turn out to be as good as them, if not better - then I think you'd struggle to find anyone who wouldn't take that deal.
As far as I understood, there was previously a division of labour where Methven was strictly commercial and “off-field growth”, Rodwell was “football operations”/training ground and Scott was recruitment and technical (players, basically).
If Dane Murphy is a credited with a lot of player deals, it will be interesting to see if they bother replacing Scott with a technical director… and what it means for Rodwell longer term. I guess Murphy will handle more of the transfer activity than Methven but less of the recruiting than Scott… basically letting Chapple and the manager focus on which players to get.
Arnhem, June 10, 2025 - Vitesse announces that Dane Murphy will resign from his position as a member of the Vitesse Supervisory Board with immediate effect. Murphy has decided to do so himself, given his intended appointment as CEO at Charlton Athletic FC.
Discussions are taking place about Murphy's shareholding. In the interest of transparency, the KNVB has already been informed of the decision.
Vitesse, the Sterkhouders and its shareholders are seizing this opportunity to critically review the composition and structure of the so-called 'RvC'. The club expects to be able to present a fully-fledged board of three members in the short term.
It would be interesting to see if he will have any shares in the club? Seems like a great move by our owners. But why would he relinquish his role in a club he part owns if he doesn't have a stake with us or he is being paid very well!
Arnhem, June 10, 2025 - Vitesse announces that Dane Murphy will resign from his position as a member of the Vitesse Supervisory Board with immediate effect. Murphy has decided to do so himself, given his intended appointment as CEO at Charlton Athletic FC.
Discussions are taking place about Murphy's shareholding. In the interest of transparency, the KNVB has already been informed of the decision.
Vitesse, the Sterkhouders and its shareholders are seizing this opportunity to critically review the composition and structure of the so-called 'RvC'. The club expects to be able to present a fully-fledged board of three members in the short term.
Vitesse are in a complete mess, multiple point deductions and going backwards. I’m sure he can’t wait to get away from there, he is one of many owners I believe.
It would be interesting to see if he will have any shares in the club? Seems like a great move by our owners. But why would he relinquish his role in a club he part owns if he doesn't have a stake with us or he is being paid very well!
I doubt he will have been given (or bought) shares in CAFC. Just a "we want you to focus 100% on the Charlton CEO role with no other football distractions and therefore you must divest your interest in Arnhem" type conversation.
Arnhem, June 10, 2025 - Vitesse announces that Dane Murphy will resign from his position as a member of the Vitesse Supervisory Board with immediate effect. Murphy has decided to do so himself, given his intended appointment as CEO at Charlton Athletic FC.
Discussions are taking place about Murphy's shareholding. In the interest of transparency, the KNVB has already been informed of the decision.
Vitesse, the Sterkhouders and its shareholders are seizing this opportunity to critically review the composition and structure of the so-called 'RvC'. The club expects to be able to present a fully-fledged board of three members in the short term.
I am disappointed that no-one picked up on this bit of the statement.
Arnhem, June 10, 2025 - Vitesse announces that Dane Murphy will resign from his position as a member of the Vitesse Supervisory Board with immediate effect. Murphy has decided to do so himself, given his intended appointment as CEO at Charlton Athletic FC.
Discussions are taking place about Murphy's shareholding. In the interest of transparency, the KNVB has already been informed of the decision.
Vitesse, the Sterkhouders and its shareholders are seizing this opportunity to critically review the composition and structure of the so-called 'RvC'. The club expects to be able to present a fully-fledged board of three members in the short term.
I think it was always going to be a bridge too far for him
Arnhem, June 10, 2025 - Vitesse announces that Dane Murphy will resign from his position as a member of the Vitesse Supervisory Board with immediate effect. Murphy has decided to do so himself, given his intended appointment as CEO at Charlton Athletic FC.
Discussions are taking place about Murphy's shareholding. In the interest of transparency, the KNVB has already been informed of the decision.
Vitesse, the Sterkhouders and its shareholders are seizing this opportunity to critically review the composition and structure of the so-called 'RvC'. The club expects to be able to present a fully-fledged board of three members in the short term.
Vitesse are in a complete mess, multiple point deductions and going backwards. I’m sure he can’t wait to get away from there, he is one of many owners I believe.
In fairness they've been a mess for a while now and Murphy only got involved there 6 months ago, so he would've known the mess he was getting into.
Murph has resigned from Vitesse as he is joining Charlton as CEO it is reported… so all good
and many great reports from Barnsley and Forest fans…
This is really good news for Charlton…
Dare I say it… ”We’ve got our Charlton back…we’ve got our Charlton back”
(oooh and it feels fine)
Sorry but we don't. Not yet. We don't own our own stadium and while we're absolutely moving in the right direction I think we need to see all these big moves and positive steps actually pay off before we say that we've actually got it back.
We're closer than we've been for a very long time yes but I wouldn't say it is done just yet.
Murph has resigned from Vitesse as he is joining Charlton as CEO it is reported… so all good
and many great reports from Barnsley and Forest fans…
This is really good news for Charlton…
Dare I say it… ”We’ve got our Charlton back…we’ve got our Charlton back”
(oooh and it feels fine)
Sorry but we don't. Not yet. We don't own our own stadium and while we're absolutely moving in the right direction I think we need to see all these big moves and positive steps actually pay off before we say that we've actually got it back.
We're closer than we've been for a very long time yes but I wouldn't say it is done just yet.
a. promotion to the Championship in front of 45,000 Charlton fans, signing new players, hiring a CEO with a spectacular cv, tying Nathan Jones down to a long-term contract, continuing to rent The Valley, set the club on course to become profitable (eventually) thereby gathering investment and resources required to purchase The Valley
b. Buy The Valley, sign no new players for five seasons, lose Nathan Jones, sell all players with value, remain in League One, battle against relegation for several seasons, successively close stands in order to match rapidly dwindling crowds, save some rent
Murph has resigned from Vitesse as he is joining Charlton as CEO it is reported… so all good
and many great reports from Barnsley and Forest fans…
This is really good news for Charlton…
Dare I say it… ”We’ve got our Charlton back…we’ve got our Charlton back”
(oooh and it feels fine)
Sorry but we don't. Not yet. We don't own our own stadium and while we're absolutely moving in the right direction I think we need to see all these big moves and positive steps actually pay off before we say that we've actually got it back.
We're closer than we've been for a very long time yes but I wouldn't say it is done just yet.
a. promotion to the Championship in front of 45,000 Charlton fans, signing new players, hiring a CEO with a spectacular cv, tying Nathan Jones down to a long-term contract, continuing to rent The Valley, set the club on course to become profitable (eventually) thereby gathering investment and resources required to purchase The Valley
b. Buy The Valley, sign no new players for five seasons, lose Nathan Jones, sell all players with value, remain in League One, battle against relegation for several seasons, successively close stands in order to match rapidly dwindling crowds, save some rent
Which path would you prefer?
We've achieved a, which has proved a good direction to take, but we now need to get The Valley sorted, all the time "he" has control of the reins, we are not in charge of our own destiny. So I remain hopeful that the owners have this in their sights sooner rather than later...
Owning your stadium isn't the be all and end all of a club. It'll come, when he gets bored, we get rich enough, or he dies and his offspring don't want the hassle anymore
Owning your stadium isn't the be all and end all of a club. It'll come, when he gets bored, we get rich enough, or he dies and his offspring don't want the hassle anymore
Bloody hope so, at the moment we are at his beck and call...🤦♂️
Murph has resigned from Vitesse as he is joining Charlton as CEO it is reported… so all good
and many great reports from Barnsley and Forest fans…
This is really good news for Charlton…
Dare I say it… ”We’ve got our Charlton back…we’ve got our Charlton back”
(oooh and it feels fine)
Sorry but we don't. Not yet. We don't own our own stadium and while we're absolutely moving in the right direction I think we need to see all these big moves and positive steps actually pay off before we say that we've actually got it back.
We're closer than we've been for a very long time yes but I wouldn't say it is done just yet.
a. promotion to the Championship in front of 45,000 Charlton fans, signing new players, hiring a CEO with a spectacular cv, tying Nathan Jones down to a long-term contract, continuing to rent The Valley, set the club on course to become profitable (eventually) thereby gathering investment and resources required to purchase The Valley
b. Buy The Valley, sign no new players for five seasons, lose Nathan Jones, sell all players with value, remain in League One, battle against relegation for several seasons, successively close stands in order to match rapidly dwindling crowds, save some rent
Which path would you prefer?
Out of those two very specific scenarios, it's definitely A and I don't think anyone would answer differently.
But in more general terms my point is that we've managed to get promoted from L1 to Championship before and then promptly fucked it. On more than one occasion as it happens.
So while I'm definitely OPTIMISTIC that we're going the right way we've been burned too many times prior for me to be counting any chickens just yet.
As far as I understood, there was previously a division of labour where Methven was strictly commercial and “off-field growth”, Rodwell was “football operations”/training ground and Scott was recruitment and technical (players, basically).
If Dane Murphy is a credited with a lot of player deals, it will be interesting to see if they bother replacing Scott with a technical director… and what it means for Rodwell longer term. I guess Murphy will handle more of the transfer activity than Methven but less of the recruiting than Scott… basically letting Chapple and the manager focus on which players to get.
That was the public line but I’m not convinced Methven was actually doing the job or that Rodwell was fully focused on the football side. I suspect it was just a cover story to explain Methven being put in a position where he could be held to account. Mind you, they were at loggerheads, as Charlie was with Warrick, so who knows how that could ever have worked?
Owning your stadium isn't the be all and end all of a club. It'll come, when he gets bored, we get rich enough, or he dies and his offspring don't want the hassle anymore
No it is not but how long a lease do City have on The Etihad? More than 10 years I would guess.
And are Manchester Council likely to evict them? How about Roland the Irrational?
Milan and Inter are looking at moving away from the San Siro due to issues and building stadiums they own and so can generate more income.
It's not that the club don't own the Valley, and the training ground as well BTW, but that the tenure is insecure and in the hands of a man who is still crying because Charlton fans didn't understand his brilliant ideas and so sold us for £1 to some crooks while retaining the only assets which he values at a ridiculous price £50m price.
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Though from what happened at Barnsley (selling their best three players), it also won’t be surprising if we sell a player or two for a big fee at some point.
I would imagine the reaction of Barnsley fans to those sales weren't too dissimilar to the reactions on here when CBT, then Dobson and then May all moved on. Different circumstances, similar outcomes.
If you told any one of us that we'd have to sell Ramsay, Jones and Coventry this summer but in return, we'll stay up relatively comfortably with players who turn out to be as good as them, if not better - then I think you'd struggle to find anyone who wouldn't take that deal.
I doubt he will have been given (or bought) shares in CAFC. Just a "we want you to focus 100% on the Charlton CEO role with no other football distractions and therefore you must divest your interest in Arnhem" type conversation.
I wonder, did he apply or was he head hunted? Perhaps Scott put his name forward?
and many great reports from Barnsley and Forest fans…
This is really good news for Charlton…
Dare I say it…
”We’ve got our Charlton back…we’ve got our Charlton back”
(oooh and it feels fine)
...little steps as they say...👍
We're closer than we've been for a very long time yes but I wouldn't say it is done just yet.
b. Buy The Valley, sign no new players for five seasons, lose Nathan Jones, sell all players with value, remain in League One, battle against relegation for several seasons, successively close stands in order to match rapidly dwindling crowds, save some rent
Which path would you prefer?
So I remain hopeful that the owners have this in their sights sooner rather than later...
Do AC and Inter Milan own the San Siro?
What about PSG and the Parc de Princes?
Owning your stadium isn't the be all and end all of a club. It'll come, when he gets bored, we get rich enough, or he dies and his offspring don't want the hassle anymore
But in more general terms my point is that we've managed to get promoted from L1 to Championship before and then promptly fucked it. On more than one occasion as it happens.
So while I'm definitely OPTIMISTIC that we're going the right way we've been burned too many times prior for me to be counting any chickens just yet.
And are Manchester Council likely to evict them? How about Roland the Irrational?
Milan and Inter are looking at moving away from the San Siro due to issues and building stadiums they own and so can generate more income.
It's not that the club don't own the Valley, and the training ground as well BTW, but that the tenure is insecure and in the hands of a man who is still crying because Charlton fans didn't understand his brilliant ideas and so sold us for £1 to some crooks while retaining the only assets which he values at a ridiculous price £50m price.