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  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,259
    kimbo said:

    Really sorry you have goneWho is going to tell us to Keep the Faith!! Respect your decision but slightly disappointed you have gone now without waiting to see what happens this season. You are right it was toxic last season for many reasons. I don't like the regime but the protests went to far. I am hoping that things calm down if we get the results on the pitch

    Really ?????? In what way did they go too far
  • 3blokes
    3blokes Posts: 4,610
    Covered End said:

    BDL said:

    Evening all, thanks for all the positive messages. Huge leap of faith but knew it was the right decision to make after speaking at length in the past few weeks to a few lifers, @3blokes being the one who copped it most! (Cheers Jon).

    For the record, I was paid to do the job, but it was never about the money, I got to shout, scream (sorry) our heroes names out and welcome back (until I was told off) former heroes home.

    I had the privilege of working with many good people at the Valley, some are still there keeping the old Charlton alive, some have moved on.

    The regime won't be there forever, they may "own" the club, but we all know the fans are the owners, guardians of its history and its future. They will be gone, sooner rather than later I hope and a new regime will take its place. I prey that any new owner will look at what's happened, learn lessons and harness the power of the Charlton fans because united we are so much stronger.

    As I said at then end of every game, Keep the Faith!

    So did Meire tell you off for welcoming back Chris Powell ?
    I think that was about Yann...

  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,900
    3blokes said:

    Really nice to read the positive comments on here about BDL and thoroughly deserved. He is a top top bloke and he hasn't even paid me to say that :wink:
    I know he agonised over this decision for a considerable time, because he loved the job he did, and he loves the club. Keeping it professional while the protests erupted all around was particularly hard.
    He kept it dignified and professional all the way through but that's what he is.
    The regime's loss.
    Where will they get the message that they are not wanted here?

    they well and truly have the message - its about trying to sell at a price that is agreeable now make no mistake and i remain a firm believer that promotion will be the quickest way, not that i think it will happen - the alternative is going to be very drawn out and painful
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,259
    BDL said:

    Evening all, thanks for all the positive messages. Huge leap of faith but knew it was the right decision to make after speaking at length in the past few weeks to a few lifers, @3blokes being the one who copped it most! (Cheers Jon).

    For the record, I was paid to do the job, but it was never about the money, I got to shout, scream (sorry) our heroes names out and welcome back (until I was told off) former heroes home.

    I had the privilege of working with many good people at the Valley, some are still there keeping the old Charlton alive, some have moved on.

    The regime won't be there forever, they may "own" the club, but we all know the fans are the owners, guardians of its history and its future. They will be gone, sooner rather than later I hope and a new regime will take its place. I prey that any new owner will look at what's happened, learn lessons and harness the power of the Charlton fans because united we are so much stronger.

    As I said at then end of every game, Keep the Faith!

    Well done Sir ........ don't know if I missed this somewhere but who did you welcome back & get told off for it .... & what the hell did they say to you ?
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,729
    edited July 2016
    I think they would have got it by now if they didn't have the mental issues they seem to have! We can't hope for that anymore! Toxic and crazy - we will struggle next season! I can see us having to form a new Charlton!
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    Top fella is BDL a genuinely nice bloke

    Great decision great morales
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,766
    Could we get BDL working the mic at a game across the channel at some point this coming season, if you catch my drift? :-)
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,223
    Dave is a top bloke. When I lived in Lansdowne Lane, Dave's dulcet tones often woke me up on a Saturday morning testing out the sound system. I might've even swore about him.

    This must've been a horrible decision. Hard to give up a job you love.

    I know I will demand he comes back once these fuckwits leave our club. I might even start a petition!

    A recent memory of Daves from 2012... "Champions!"


  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,900
    MuttleyCAFC said:

    I think they would have got it by now if they didn't have the mental issues they seem to have! We can't hope for that anymore! Toxic and crazy - we will struggle next season! I can see us having to form a new Charlton!

    you may be right but i genuinely think a few on here could do with taking a holiday with no internet access - try to remove the douchatalet virus that has overwhelmed everybody - some of the drama and misery is truly amazing when you look at some of the real tragedies that are happening around the world at the moment
  • AddickFC81
    AddickFC81 Posts: 4,053
    George Sefton is the bloke on the mic at Anfield and he has been there since 1971. 45 years. He's the one with that low tone voice.
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  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,866
    I don't know how much more humiliation the regime can take.

    Ex players have openly slagged them off, current players slag them off, ex managers/coaches slag them off, Riga at the time, a current head coach, slagged em off.

    Lots of people have resigned, of course, including Dave, because of them and the way the club is being run.

    Not to even mention what the fans have demonstrated towards them. The media, national papers, publishers, people in the media with no links or affection for the club, have slagged them off.

    I'm surprised Obama hasn't stuck his foot in yet.

    People that are dead...have probably slagged them off.

    The regime is a brick wall with absolutely no class or normal compassionate human like qualities. They don't answer to anybody. They constantly lie.

    And they can never be wrong.


  • LuckyReds
    LuckyReds Posts: 5,866
    3blokes said:

    Covered End said:

    BDL said:

    Evening all, thanks for all the positive messages. Huge leap of faith but knew it was the right decision to make after speaking at length in the past few weeks to a few lifers, @3blokes being the one who copped it most! (Cheers Jon).

    For the record, I was paid to do the job, but it was never about the money, I got to shout, scream (sorry) our heroes names out and welcome back (until I was told off) former heroes home.

    I had the privilege of working with many good people at the Valley, some are still there keeping the old Charlton alive, some have moved on.

    The regime won't be there forever, they may "own" the club, but we all know the fans are the owners, guardians of its history and its future. They will be gone, sooner rather than later I hope and a new regime will take its place. I prey that any new owner will look at what's happened, learn lessons and harness the power of the Charlton fans because united we are so much stronger.

    As I said at then end of every game, Keep the Faith!

    So did Meire tell you off for welcoming back Chris Powell ?
    I think that was about Yann...

    Let's have a game of CLuedo..

    I reckon Tony the Testicle, for welcoming back Yann Kermorgant at The Valley.
  • LuckyReds
    LuckyReds Posts: 5,866
    I must admit, I generally take some satisfaction when I hear someone's taken a stand and left the regime so as to make a stand.

    I didn't this time.

    Dave comes across as a genuinely passionate fan who has Charlton in his heart, and to read that statement in the SLP is absolutely agonising. You can tell it was a difficult decision to make, and in all honesty not one of us could blame him had he not chosen to make a stand.

    This is more than a resignation. It's another story of a fan having to severe the tie of the club they love because it's unrecognisable and toxic. It's another fan losing something very dear to them when it should never have deteriorated so severely.

    Looking at some of the photos posted I think it's an absolute outrage things have got like this, and I genuinely feel gutted for him. I won't be raising a drink to this resignation.
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    He is a really nice bloke mate i agree it's the first resignation that I feel sad about, because for him it was more than a job
  • cafcledbury
    cafcledbury Posts: 1,228
    Do you think they gave him a season ticket as a goodbye present.
  • Coyotejohn1947
    Coyotejohn1947 Posts: 1,163
    Only just caught up with this and reading Dave's words in the SLP................mixture of anger and sadness that it's come to this but what a dignified statement from Dave -

    well done in making your decision and articulating so clearly how and why you came to the decision to reject this poisonous regime at the cost of your own job - respect.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,225
    alan dugdale said:

    DOUCHER said:

    MuttleyCAFC said:

    I think they would have got it by now if they didn't have the mental issues they seem to have! We can't hope for that anymore! Toxic and crazy - we will struggle next season! I can see us having to form a new Charlton!

    you may be right but i genuinely think a few on here could do with taking a holiday with no internet access - try to remove the douchatalet virus that has overwhelmed everybody - some of the drama and misery is truly amazing when you look at some of the real tragedies that are happening around the world at the moment
    One of my pet hates is comments like that.
    Yes, there are far worse situations and incidents happening in the world. We all know that. However, this is a football forum, a Charlton Athletic forum. No-one's comparing the goings on at Charlton to a terrorist attack or a war. We do, though, have the right to moan about what is happening to the football club that this forum is all about.
    Well said. If we're not allowed to comment on the woes of Charlton if there is something worse going on somewhere else in the world then we'd never comment at all.

    Discussing Charlton on a Charlton is normal, moaning that we're moaning is weird.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,015
    Dave2l said:

    I don't know how much more humiliation the regime can take.

    Ex players have openly slagged them off, current players slag them off, ex managers/coaches slag them off, Riga at the time, a current head coach, slagged em off.

    Lots of people have resigned, of course, including Dave, because of them and the way the club is being run.

    Not to even mention what the fans have demonstrated towards them. The media, national papers, publishers, people in the media with no links or affection for the club, have slagged them off.

    I'm surprised Obama hasn't stuck his foot in yet.

    People that are dead...have probably slagged them off.

    The regime is a brick wall with absolutely no class or normal compassionate human like qualities. They don't answer to anybody. They constantly lie.

    And they can never be wrong.



    Colin likes them though.
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  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,900
    But moaning about absolutely everything is bordering on obsessional
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,225
    DOUCHER said:

    But moaning about absolutely everything is bordering on obsessional

    So stop doing it, stop believing everything your "contact" tells you without question and you'll feel much happier.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,225
    Henry Irving said:

    http://www.southlondonpress.co.uk/article.cfm?id=119159

    104 likes and counting, thanks Dave


    : - )
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,900
    Henry Irving said:

    DOUCHER said:

    But moaning about absolutely everything is bordering on obsessional

    So stop doing it, stop believing everything your "contact" tells you without question and you'll feel much happier.

    Just fine thanks - a range of info from a range of people - as In life - u don't believe everything but take all on board - gives a bit of perspective
  • Dansk_Red
    Dansk_Red Posts: 5,727
    Can CARD organize a tribute to Dave at one of the first games of the new season, ie. a minutes applause at a designated time, I know the Valley will be almost empty, Just a thought.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    Medium size Dave Lockwood.

    A legend in your own lunch time.

    The voice of the Valley.

    This is not goodbye.

    hasta la vista baby.
  • sadiejane1981
    sadiejane1981 Posts: 9,012
    The valley won't be the same without you BDL, thanks and good luck.
  • WestCountryAddick
    WestCountryAddick Posts: 2,545
    edited July 2016
    DOUCHER said:

    But moaning about absolutely everything is bordering on obsessional

    And you moan about absolutely everything people moan about. What's the difference?
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,037
    Well done, top man.

    I genuinely fear who they'll have in store for us next though !
  • BowieAddick
    BowieAddick Posts: 1,192
    Dave2l said:

    I don't know how much more humiliation the regime can take.

    Ex players have openly slagged them off, current players slag them off, ex managers/coaches slag them off, Riga at the time, a current head coach, slagged em off.

    Lots of people have resigned, of course, including Dave, because of them and the way the club is being run.

    Not to even mention what the fans have demonstrated towards them. The media, national papers, publishers, people in the media with no links or affection for the club, have slagged them off.

    I'm surprised Obama hasn't stuck his foot in yet.

    People that are dead...have probably slagged them off.

    The regime is a brick wall with absolutely no class or normal compassionate human like qualities. They don't answer to anybody. They constantly lie.

    And they can never be wrong.


    Yes, but was does Shay Given think?

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