Right. The football club is telling us nothing. Although rumours persist about a takeover there is certainly nothing concrete that even the press have picked up on. Not one iota of real evidence. We are still speculating arabs, irish or perhaps more likely the tooth fairy. The fixtures come out on June 17th just less than THREE weeks away. We do not have a confirmed manager, sponser or perhaps shirt. Our players have publically stated well Josh Wright anyway that they do not know what is happening or where his future lies and another thread has suggested that Fleetwood would be welcome at Exeter again but their manager can`t do anything because Charlton are in a difficult situation. It would appear thousands of season tickets will not be renewed because of the manager situation and the Chief Executive is smoothing the way for another year of disapointment by stating how difficult the finacial situation currently is. Can anyone tell me exactly when we should start to panic ?
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Until then, we'll have been through worse and we'll continue to exist. As long as I still have my Charlton, in some form or another, then I see no reason to panic.
I have always said to work mates----staff ---managers " Do something, doing nothing is just that------------NOTHING",i hope we anrt just in an end of season hibernation.
Yes, we do - it's Parky until we're told it's not. Well, if it's good enough for FC Barcelona... Like about 30-40% of all footballers, his contract is up on 30 June this year. He knows exactly where his future lies until then; and he knows he's got until then to sort it out. They'll just have to form an orderly queue. We can't fix other clubs' problems. So if Exeter - or anyone else - want to sign one of our under-contract players, they'll have to wait their turn. All in all, taking everything into consideration, and allowing for contingencies, errors, ommissions and anything else out of our control, I would say that the time to start panicking is ... NOW!
Also players have said that they are happy to stay e.g Matt Spring, Llyod Sam....
We are located in a main part of London which is useful for the olympics and possible a world cup so if we do have another problem with money im sure we will get taken over.
We aren't the only club who are suffering from the recession at this current time.
We still would have Charlton Life.
That's why i'm not worried at the moment.
Charlton Athletic:Mostly Harmless
Does explain the attempts to use 42 players in a season.
The board manfully refused to panic. Instead, they were mature and sensible and grown-up and opted for the 'stability' offered by Parkinson. The results were predictable. Relegation. But hey, we can at least hold our heads high, look Capt Mainwaring in the eye and say we didn't panic!
It's far too late to press the button now.
Instead, think of division three as an thrilling new adventure into the unknown. Just like when we first joined Div 3 (South) 88 seasons ago. As I have pointed out elsewhere, if you look at the table for 1922, we are more or less back where we started, playing the same teams that must have seemed such an exciting prospect to our grandfathers who followed CAFC back then - Exeter, Gillingham, Brighton etc.
We don't know who the manager will be next season, who the owners wll be, what players will still be here - but we'll still be Charlton and it's going to be a great adventure into an unknown, brave new world. I can't wait!
Meanwhile, why not forget about it until August and join me at the cricket at Canterbury this afternoon for Kent v Middx?
telling us that nothing has been finalised yet .... ?
IMHO, the OS should at least run a story each day made up of rumour and wild speculation.
if by some random chance they do hit on something that does have some thread of truth in it, they could exaggerate out of all proportion - and maybe even prejudice any deal, managerial change or progress that's being put together piece by piece outside of the glare of press publicity.
Meanwhile, like Nigel says, there are other things we can do.
The sun is shining, it's a beautiful day ...... and my birthday.
And AFKA's too, if I remember.
Enjoy the sunshine and let's look forward to a trip down to Oggyshire next season when we play Exeter !
Happy Birthday Oggster. I'm hoping the weather holds for mine tomorrow!
Erm, no it's not.
I'm pretty sure he got the managers job till the end of last season only.
So, we have no manager at all.
Don't panic Mr Mainwaring!
are you going to the picnic ?
Worse thing to do. Gets you nowhere. Just make sure you have a copy of the book and a clean towel.
as Benjamin Zepheniah once said
If you can keep your money when governments about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust your neighbour when they trust not you
And they be very nosy too;
If you can await the warm delights of summer
Then summer comes and goes with sun not seen,
And pay so much for drinking water
Knowing that the water is unclean.
If you seek peace in times of war creation,
And you can see that oil merchants are to blame,
If you can meet a pimp or politician,
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you cannot bear dis-united nations
And you think this new world order is a trick,
If you've ever tried to build good race relations,
And watch bad policing mess your work up quick.
If you can make one heap of all your savings
And risk buying a small house and plot,
Then sit back and watch the economy inflating
Then have to deal with the negative equity you've got;
If you can force your mind and body to continue
When all the social services have gone,
If you struggle on when there is nothing in you,
Except the knowledge that justice can't be wrong.
If you can speak the truth to common people
Or walk with Kings and Queens and live no lie,
If you can see how power can be evil
And know that every censor is a spy;
If you can fill an unforgiving lifetime
With years of working hard to make ends meet,
You may not be wealthy but I am sure you will find
That you can hold your head high as you walk the streets.
The papers haven't said anything - erm they are probably busy covering the other footballing events, wait until the season is over for everyone and the rumours will start.
But as for panicing, what exactly are you panicing about? We're not going bust, we will put a team out, with a manger on the first day of the season. We may not win the league but so what.
I just can't get my head around what exactly you want to panic about.
telling us that nothing has been finalised yet .... ?
IMHO, the OS should at least run a story each day made up of rumour and wild speculation.
if by some random chance they do hit on something that does have some thread of truth in it, they could exaggerate out of all proportion - and maybe even prejudice any deal, managerial change or progress that's being put together piece by piece outside of the glare of press publicity.
Meanwhile, like Nigel says, there are other things we can do.
The sun is shining, it's a beautiful day ...... and my birthday.
And AFKA's too, if I remember.[/quote]
Delayed Birthday Wishes , have a good one
Maybe nothing is being announced due to the supposed takeover? But then, that's gone quiet too.
Still, no news is good news...I guss :$
Errrr, relegation ... and the worst run of results in the club's 104 year history!
Quite why the club continues to 'stonewall' it's fans and supporters does nothing for every Charlton fan that I meet.
The clever option is NOT to keep quiet and keep your head down, sigh and fart........
The only people so far that have lost there heads, are the poor bastards that were the backroom staff, innocent in all of this shambles.
No, I do not have the answers, but loyalty cuts both ways. A difficult situation we all agree on, but a clear statement of intent is needed now, not in six weeks time......
Try earning your money MD.