Dont get me wrong they have made some shocking decisions and the performances have be pretty dire but they have also made some really positive changes.
I am also happy with Poyet and Johnson signing instead of some Belgium second division players. Maybe this is a sign they are learning and started to realise how tough and demanding the championship is.
Anyway my point is we are in a huge relegation scrap and I dont think changing ownership of the club at such a crucial time is the way forward at the moment. We wont be able to get new owners in before the jan transfer window finishes so I dont see how getting rid of them now is going to help maintain our championship status.
Just wondering if anyone else agrees or am I the 2%
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Poyet won't be here next season and wouldn't be now if Kashi was fit. Johnson is an improvement on Sarr and Lennon but nothing more than an average CB in this league. Any signings might be paid for by selling Lookman before he's even made 10 starts for us.
But yeah, we did sign a 32 year old centre back from Pune City..
A new owner now can at least plan for next season and the rebuilding of the whole club, because as well as players it needs new back room staff as well.
I think you may have not considered the lift this news would give to supporters and the air of positivity would lift the whole club. Carol could even end up keeping his job!!
If RD does leave, and I do think that it is his time, he will leave with my thanks for saving the club in the first place and for making so many improvements that should help the club move forward. It is such a pity that a great innovator does not understand the value of what is already there.
I agree with you, we are all but relegated and making up he numbers in the fixtures now.
Things could change but it would take a change in playing and management staff and a change of attitude of those who run he club.
There's no way they are learning, they're doing exactly the same as before.
Let's look at last season.
Start the season well, injuries hit hard on a small squad, we plummet down the table, in the relegation zone by christmas, bring in some solid loan players in January, stay up, bring in any number of untried, mostly unsuitable foreign players in the summer.
Does that ring any bells with this season at all?
Can you honestly say that this team has a chance at staying up with Karal in charge? If not, then the only way that is going to change is for RD to go.
1. To pressure them into making short term improvements - these could make the difference as to which division we'll be in next season.
2. Because at some point they will leave anyway. At whatever point that is, it will take time for the new owners to turn things around. This club is in such a stinking mess and we can't expect miracles overnight. The quicker Two Shats goes, the earlier a new owner can start work on turning things around.
Too late for any sale to be completed by the end of January now.
But remember Varney was asking for a meeting in Sept 15. This would have the new Kuwait owners first chance to splash the cash.
As for Johnson. Glad he's back as we need him. Shows their incompetence that they didn't or wouldn't allow the coach to have adequate cover.
Poyet I welcome back too but again too late. Kashi has been injured and badly missed for months. Why wait so long while we struggled other than because Roland doesn't believe in paying players to "sit around".
Panic buys after lack of foresight.
So just like last year. Nothing learnt and staying up (we're not relagated yet) is the limit of our playing ambition.
And paid for by selling Watt and, a big maybe , Lookman.
If we do manage to get out of this mess, the only thing the club will learn is that they can have a tiny squad for most of the season but get out of jail in January if the shit hits the fan. Which means that we will see this cycle repeated year after year until finally they don't get so lucky and we do go down. I don't want to see us hovering around the foot of the table all the time. I'm not expecting miracles, I'd be happy to see us hovering around 15th for a season, then maybe 14th the next, and then 13th the next, because it shows progress. We have not moved on at all since RD took over, some will say we've gone backwards as Powell managed a top ten finish in his first season in the Championship.
Agree that signing ex-players who were good for us is better than signing awful unproven players with no experience of or desire for the division - but it's hardly ground breaking. They so far have done the absolutely bare minimum in player signings and in doing so have proven that they got it wrong YET AGAIN in pre-season.
As far as I'm concerned though, unless we get a manager who knows how to utilise the squad we have in this league we can sign whoever we want, it just wont make enough of a difference. We're nothing without tactics and KF is completely and utterly clueless to a level which must leave the players with little hope or motivation, let alone the fans.
So basically, a change in ownership would mean these mistake may stop. When you're looking beyond the next 5 months it's clear to see that the sooner this happens the better.
8 wins looks unlikely considering we've currently had 4 all season out of 25 games. We're playing Huddersfield, Blackburn and Rotherham all this month though. Win those 3 and then it starts to seem more possible. Still doesn't look brilliant however.
All the board have to do is see the team finish 21st and move closer to breaking even and they will have likely met their season's objectives.
They'll be happy to repeat the former each season so long as they continue to make progress towards the later.
Roland can then sit back and say I knew it could be done before upping sticks and going to work on his next vanity project of painting the moon green or developing dental floss for hedgehogs or whatever other lunacy he has lined up after Operation Balance Sheet.
If as a Charlton supporter you're content with the complete lack of ambition and progress then it may be appealing at first glance to keep the (relative) stability as opposed to rolling the dice and calling for them to go.
However given the key objective of the owner appears to be proving it possible to break even it is risky because a relegation would see that aim being significantly less achievable. Perhaps they gambled with a poorly resourced squad and ill qualified manager (s) and january "rescue us on the cheap" signings last season and it worked and therefore they are repeating it again. If it works why change it and repeat it ad infitum.
If it fails then sell up and move on to the next time filler.
The owner and board's strategy is not wholly compatible (if at all) with that of the vast majority of Charlton supporters.. or football fans in general I would bet. It is perhaps that it's just not been wholly obvious in the relatively short term of two years particularly after the preceding years of instability, uncertainty and misery.
For this reason amongst a multitude of others they must go. We must unite to ensure this and not be cowered by the fear of future uncertainty.
Also, the signings of Poyet and Johnson are just smoke and mirrors and are designed to placate the floating protester. After the first season as owners/CEO the CEO said that they did not realise how competitive the Championship was, and that they have learnt, so most gave her the benefit of doubt, but they have not learned.
I dont really want Douchbag to sell, after all he has a bob or two, I just want him to drop his ridiculous business model, that we all know is not working, and invest in good players, I dont want Messi or Ronaldo, just players that are fit for purpose at the level we play at.
But we still have time to sack the Liar, and that should be done as quickly as possible, surely her position is untenable and what other club/business would deal with her on a long term basis having seen the demos against her.
Nevertheless, I cannot see that a change of ownership now would have any detrimental effect whatsoever on the team and most likely it would have a positive effect all round. Plus, the sooner the club starts the long rebuilding process, the sooner it will be in a position to support a challange at the top end the league, whatever league that might be !
We are going down 95% sure on that, what we need to think about though is are we going to get back up and push on in the championship again under the current regime? Personally, I very much doubt it.