There is a lot of negativity and talk of terminal decline after yesterday.
I understand that and I'm down myself.
However, when we have a new owner(s) it is down to you and me to rebuild the club, to get us back to The Championship.
In some respect it shouldn't be that difficult.
If everyone that has stayed away returns, then the ACTUAL attendances would likely double overnight,.
If fans encourage, friends and families to come along, it will grow further.
The rebirth of our club is quite simply in our own hands.
We have done it once and we can do it again.
But it really is down to us and no one else and when I say down to us I mean every one of us.
It will boil down to what action every single one of us take and not leaving it to others.
It can and will be done, but the speed of our rise, is in no one's hands but our own.
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Secondly. Whoever takes ownership will need to build a team. If results are good and the club is on the march then fans will return. Getting them back in previous numbers through the gates without on the pitch success might be a challenge. It’s very easy to find things to do on a Saturday afternoon.
TMA, your post kind of illustrates my point.
If we are not to a man (woman) prepared to back the new owner(s) and return and encourage others to return and introduce new supporters, then it will be down to us and no one else.
Already, your post is hinting that you may not be regularly attending unless you approve of the managers and players etc.
If we want to complete with the medium size clubs then we need to physically support the club.
If we are not prepared to do so we will have to settle for what we have.
It truly is in our hands as supporters.
The only question is, how soon. And that won't be until we have a new owner at the earliest.
Pretty much done it before and we can do it again.
I've said it before and I'll say it again - we don't need a Target 20000 or whatever, we need a Target One.
Every Addick brings someone new (or lapsed) to a game. If they come again, well and good. If The Valley is not for them, move on to the next.
This will be the golden opportunity to restore the priceless partnership of the nineties which saw the club's recover from exile and then set off on two successful promotion campaigns. Players/coaches, admin staff, owners and fans were all working to the same end. If you read VoTV for that period you will see that there were still rows and at times serious disagreements, but we stayed together.
In 65 seasons I've seen CAFC at their best and at their worst. Currently much damage has been done, but we will soon be well again and an enlightened and progressive ownership will make it happen all the sooner.
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People did what they did and it can’t be undone but I am sure all just want the club to be moderately successful at least.
As to the new owners be bold with tickets e.g. buy one get one free or football for a fiver until the new season. Do that and really tempt people back sooner rather than later.
And where would that leave Chris?
Which would be tragic IMHO.
I think rebuilding could take a generation and it would be reliant on very enlightened ownership - this is not the Charlton or football era of the 1990s.
People continue to repeat that new owners (whoever they may be) have no reason to take over until the transfer window opens. But, I don't see it that way.
They could take over in September and that would at least immediately bring back the fans who are only staying away due to the Belgian one.
Then with a decent season ticket offer for the remaining home games, it would hopefully bring back those who stayed away for other reasons.
With any luck, we'd then have a bigger crowd to support the boys for several months before the window opens and bring in needed squad players to get us comfortably through the season.
could the fans find a group of investors and a mass investment among us to raise say 10m? and make up part of the Aussie group?