Katrien Meire says the club “do not want to build up expectations” as Charlton prepare for League 1

CyrilDavies

Dazzler21 said:

jamiebcool said:

The fact that we have used circa 60* different players in the last 3 seasons infuriates me.
*I don't know this number for fact, but I bet it's not far off!

Here you go:
1 Hamer
2 Hughes
3 Evina
4 Jackson
5 Morrison
6 Dervite
7 Green
8 Stephens
9 Reza
10 Church
11 Sordell
12 Harriott
13 Alnwick
14 Pritchard
15 Wood
16 Wiggins
17 Cook
18 Kermorgant
19 Tudgay
20 Petrucci
21 Hollands
22 Solly
23 Thuram
24 Wilson
25 Cousins
26 Nego
27 Parzyshek
28 Gower
29 Cort
30 Lennon
31 Stewart
32 Piggott
33 Fox
34 Poyet
35 Ajderavic
36 Henderson
37 Gomez
38 Veljkovic
39 Bikey
40 Ben Haim
41 Bulot
42 Eagles
43 Gudmundsson
44 Moussa
45 Coquelin
46 Diarra
47 Vetokele
48 Onyewu
49 Buyens
50 Johnson
51 Tucudean
52 Pope
53 Watt
54 Dmitrovic
55 Le Point
56 Ahearne-Grant
57 Etheridge
58 Vaz Te
59 Suk-Young
60 Kashi
61 Bauer
62 Sarr
63 Makienok
64 Ceballos
65 Fanni
66 Holmes-Dennis
67 Bergdich
68 Ba
69 Charles-Cook
70 Williams
71 McAleny
72 Kennedy
73 Muldoon
74 Umerah
75 Lookman
76 Motta
77 Texeira
78 Poyet (Loan re-signed)
79 Johnson (re-signed)

So we could make it 80 this weekend LOL

Is Sanogo there?

Dave2l

With the money and recourses we have we could get out if this league (league one) very very quickly, but we simply choose not to because Roland is a dickhead.

A self sustainable football business is a fantastic idea...but once no one is turning up then it's never ever going to happen. Your only option is to give in to the fan base...they are the only ones that can make the self sustainable football club possible.

He's gana have to spend more on the club then what he wants. He's gana have to start thinking reasonably and realistically, but he won't.

He hates the fans.

Fanny Fanackapan

Dave2l said:

Rob7Lee said:

Imagine if instead of saying:

"We don't want to build up expectations. Will have one of top six budgets in League 1. Hopefully on the back of a successful season, we can rebuild."

She said:

"We want everyone to get behind the team. We will have the top budget in League 1. We will have a successful season, we can rebuild, we will get promoted and back on our path to the Premiership".

We'd have all given her just as much stick as 'here we go, lying again', 'lies lies lies', 'they wouldn't know how to get promoted' etc

The relationship (if you can call it that) between the regime and us the fans has become so toxic they may as well just say nothing (although we will berate them for that as well)...... whatever she says, we will never believe them.

Even they must now realise that they have no other option but to sell. I sincerely hope they have realised and are in discussions with relevant potential buyers, thats what I want to believe anyway.

I agree the relationship is toxic enough to the point of no return. I disagree however that she will be ridiculed ...whatever she says so it almost doesn't matter.

People can generally tell whether someone does, or doesn't give a shit about something.
She will not put her heart and soul into this job. It's called being selfish and being lazy. Her employer appears to also have given her the green light to not massively have to care that much.

She could start with being honest about how bad everything has gotten (we can all see it including the media, stop continuously living in denial) and how she truly regrets her negative input towards the outcome of what is now weekly protests.

This woman has no fight in her. She is not willing enough to open up in the correct way, whatever the reaction or outcome would be to it. Perhaps scared of rejection.

She can or could, still, with dignity at least make a heart full attempt to understand how the fans feel, apologise and acknowledge what the perception is towards the regime and perhaps why that is.

She may not be able to win people back, but she could still make people think.

Her problem is, she just cannot admit to being wrong. That would be a starting point. She simply doesn't want to give other people the apparent satisfaction. It's like some kind of stubborn childish sibling rivalry. Or she's simply just a b*tch and I'm giving her too much credit.

Have a re-think and start again Katrien...

"I can truly understand the reasons why season ticket sales are likely to be much lower next season. It's a big combination of things. This season has been a disaster and it's one where we only have ourselves to blame. Everyone from myself, the whole management from top to bottom, the team and the excessive amount of 3 different managers we have had, have all not been good enough.

I have made an amount of deep regretful mistakes in the running of this club that I really wish did not happen as they have clearly broken down my personal general relationship with the Charlton fans. I'm very upset it has turned out this way.

I assure you, I will not make certain mistakes again and I will understand and be more respectful.
We will do everything, what we can to put this right again, for the fans. I don't expect protests to come to an end in the next coming weeks but I hope after some hard work and careful thinking that we can at least make Charlton supporters once again see light at the end of the tunnel.

The club is currently not for sale but we will of course need to review the situation again now and then in a years time maybe see and decide what is ultimately best for Charlton Athletic"

^ that would in parts still get taken the piss out of, and deservedly so, but it's just a lot more respectful and acceptable then the routinely crap she usually says. She needs to dig very very deep if she does infact want to say sorry and be partially forgiven. Is it worth doing? Of course it f*cking is!

Actions will still always speak louder then words.

IMHO, you're giving her far too much credit, Dave.

She will always insist she is right - her arrogance will never allow her to do otherwise.

The 5 letter word you used to describe a woman at her very worst IS correct in this instance IMHO.

She is runner up only to her Gepetto in terms of toxicity as far as our beloved football club is concerned.

As my old Gran would have said " She talks as her belly guides her".

jimmymelrose

Maybe she means exactly what she says. They do not want to build up expectations and that is why they have been doing everything wrong on purpose.

When she was a schoolgirl in Belgium ten or so years ago she went on an exchange programme to Croydon and promised her exchange partner that she would strive to set straight the heartbreak cause by Jonathon Fortune's goal.

She worked her way into Duchatelet's favour and persuaded him that buying Charlton would be a good idea and since then she has been fulfilling her promise.

After all her statement means the same us 'we do want to destroy expectations,' and she's gone beyond that: she's destroyed hope.

Alwaysneil

An announcement on the official site that 'Roland Duchatelet has today entered into legal agreements that mean he and his heirs are unable to divest of their ownership of Charlton for 10 years.'

Now that would destroy hope, and probably result in a decent amount of destruction of property as well.

Edit: made clear no such announcement has yet been made

Dave2l

Alwaysneil said:

Roland Duchatelet has today entered into legal agreements that mean he and his heirs are unable to divest of their ownership of Charlton for 10 years.

Now that would destroy hope, and probably result in a decent amount of destruction of property as well.

That sounds quite serious if true. Do you have a link to this info?

Alwaysneil

Sorry made it up. Should have used a smiley, have amended.

Mendonca In Asdas

We've become the Faulty Towers of football clubs, trouble is I can't laugh with this lot running the gaff.

Dave2l

Mendonca In Asdas said:

We've become the Faulty Towers of football clubs, trouble is I can't laugh with this lot running the gaff.

Accurate

Six-a-bag-of-nuts

Mendonca In Asdas said:

We've become the Faulty Towers of football clubs,

I think I know who the stupid cloth-eared bint is

limeygent

I think we should start referring to her as our "interim CEO", drop her name completely.

Dazzler21

CyrilDavies said:

Dazzler21 said:

jamiebcool said:

The fact that we have used circa 60* different players in the last 3 seasons infuriates me.
*I don't know this number for fact, but I bet it's not far off!

Here you go:
1 Hamer
2 Hughes
3 Evina
4 Jackson
5 Morrison
6 Dervite
7 Green
8 Stephens
9 Reza
10 Church
11 Sordell
12 Harriott
13 Alnwick
14 Pritchard
15 Wood
16 Wiggins
17 Cook
18 Kermorgant
19 Tudgay
20 Petrucci
21 Hollands
22 Solly
23 Thuram
24 Wilson
25 Cousins
26 Nego
27 Parzyshek
28 Gower
29 Cort
30 Lennon
31 Stewart
32 Piggott
33 Fox
34 Poyet
35 Ajderavic
36 Henderson
37 Gomez
38 Veljkovic
39 Bikey
40 Ben Haim
41 Bulot
42 Eagles
43 Gudmundsson
44 Moussa
45 Coquelin
46 Diarra
47 Vetokele
48 Onyewu
49 Buyens
50 Johnson
51 Tucudean
52 Pope
53 Watt
54 Dmitrovic
55 Le Point
56 Ahearne-Grant
57 Etheridge
58 Vaz Te
59 Suk-Young
60 Kashi
61 Bauer
62 Sarr
63 Makienok
64 Ceballos
65 Fanni
66 Holmes-Dennis
67 Bergdich
68 Ba
69 Charles-Cook
70 Williams
71 McAleny
72 Kennedy
73 Muldoon
74 Umerah
75 Lookman
76 Motta
77 Texeira
78 Poyet (Loan re-signed)
79 Johnson (re-signed)
80 Sanogo
81 Obika
82 ?

So we could make it 82 this weekend LOL

Is Sanogo there?

Missed him and Obika

addick1965

theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/mar/16/hotel-inspired-john-cleese-classic-comedy-fawlty-towers-demolished

Mendonca In Asdas said:

We've become the Faulty Towers of football clubs, trouble is I can't laugh with this lot running the gaff.

cherryorchard

On the Fawlty Towers theme, the running gag at the start of each episode was the rearrangement of the letters on the hotel sign.

Thus a rearrangement of 'Charlton Athletic' gives "Halt Technical Rot'. You couldn't make it up!

HarryLime

Another rearrangement gives "Chronic tat at hell" thus summing up Roger Johnsons' second stint.